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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 

Additional Public Scoping Meetings; Preparation of an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to Clean Out and Deactivate the 
Hanford, Washington Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) Complex (Except for 
Storage Areas), to Stabilize PFP Plutonium-Bearing Materials and to 
Store the Stabilized Material

AGENCY: United States Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of Additional Public Scoping Meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) announced its intent to prepare 
an EIS pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) 
in the Thursday, October 27, 1994, Federal Register (Volume 59, No. 
207, Page 53969). This announcement adds two Public Scoping Meetings to 
the series of public meetings announced previously.

DATES AND ADDRESSES:

Portland, Oregon, Wednesday, December 7, 1994, 6:30-9:30 pm, Workshop 
starts at 5:30 pm, Portland Red Lion, Lloyd's Center 1000 Northeast 
Multnomah, Portland, OR 97232, (503) 281-6111
Seattle, Washington, Thursday, December 8, 1994, 6:30-9:30 pm, Workshop 
starts at 5:30 pm, Executive Inn, 200 Taylor Avenue, Seattle, WA 98109, 
(206) 448-9444

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

    Each Public Scoping Meeting will begin with a welcome and brief 
overview of the proposed EIS and will include workshops beginning one 
hour earlier on specific items of interest in which the public can ask 
questions and provide comments to DOE officials. Notes will be taken in 
the workshops to record public concerns for the workshop record. Each 
Public Scoping Meeting will be recorded by a public stenographer and 
will become part of the official record. The Public Scoping Meetings 
will be chaired by a presiding officer, but will not be conducted as an 
evidentiary hearing; speakers will not be cross-examined although the 
presiding officer and DOE representatives may ask clarifying questions. 
Individuals requesting to speak on behalf of an organization must 
identify the organization. In the interest of ensuring that all who 
wish to speak have an opportunity to do so, each individual speaker 
will be given a 5-minute limit except that a speaker representing an 
organization (one per organization) will be given a 10-minute limit. 
Requests to speak at these Public Scoping Meetings may be made by 
calling the toll-free telephone number, 1-800-516-3740 by 3:00 PM the 
day before the meeting or by writing to the DOE (see ADDRESSES below).
    Persons who have not submitted a request to speak in advance may 
register to do so at the Public Scoping Meeting and will be called on 
to speak on a first-come, first-served basis as time permits. Speakers 
are encouraged to provide written versions of their oral comments for 
the record.
    DOE will review scoping comments to determine their applicability 
to the proposed PFP clean out EIS. An Implementation Plan (IP) for the 
PFP EIS will provide guidance for preparation of the PFP EIS and 
establish its scope and content (10 CFR 1021.312). The IP will briefly 
summarize the scoping comments received and their disposition. The IP 
will be issued prior to the release of the draft EIS and copies will be 
made available for inspection.

Submission of Written Comments

    Written comments on the scope of the PFP EIS, questions or comments 
concerning the PFP clean out program, requests for speaking times at 
the Public Scoping Meetings, and requests for copies of the IP and/or 
the Draft EIS (DEIS) should be directed to the designated Richland 
contacts below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Jim Mecca, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box 550 (MSIN B1-42), 
Richland, WA 99352, Attention: NL Peters, Telephone: (509) 946-3683
Mr. Ben Burton, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box 550 (MSIN B1-42), 
Richland, WA 99352, Telephone: (509) 946-3683

    For information on the DOE NEPA process, contact: Carol M. 
Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Oversight (EH-25), U.S. Department 
of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585, 
Telephone: 202-586-4600 or leave a message at 1-800-472-2756
    EIS technical reports, background data, reference materials, and 
other related documents will be available either through the contacts 
listed above or at:
DOE Freedom of Information Reading Room, Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Ave. S.W., Washington, D.C.
DOE Public Reading Room, Washington State University, Tri-Cities 
Branch, 100 Sprout Road, Richland, WA 99352

and at the following DOE information repositories:

University of Washington, Suzzallo Library, Government Publication, 
Seattle, WA 98195
Portland State University, Branford Price Millar Library, SW Harrison 
and Park, Portland, OR 97207
Gonzaga University, Foley Center, E. 502 Boone, Spokane, WA 99258

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on this 15th day of November, 1994.
Elisabeth G. Feldt,
Acting Director, Northwestern Office, Office of Facility Transition and 
Management, Office of Environmental Management.
[FR Doc. 94-28891 Filed 11-22-94; 8:45 am]
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