[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 14275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6520]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Extension of Public Comment Period for the Environmental 
Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On October 22, 1990, the Department of Energy issued a Notice 
of Intent to prepare the Environmental Restoration and Waste Management 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS). (55 FR 42633). In 
the Notice of Intent and in an Implementation Plan issued in January 
1994, the Department identified the proposed action as follows: ``to 
formulate and implement an integrated environmental restoration and 
waste management program in a safe and environmentally sound manner and 
in compliance with applicable laws, regulations and standards.'' A 
notice was issued on January 24, 1995, inviting the public to provide 
written comments on a proposed modification to the scope and name of 
the PEIS. (60 FR 4607). In the notice, the Department proposed to 
modify the proposed action to eliminate the analysis of environmental 
restoration alternatives. As modified, the PEIS would consider how to 
manage certain types of radioactive and hazardous waste, and analyze 
alternative sites at which the wastes could be managed in the future. 
The PEIS would focus its programmatic evaluations on waste management 
facilities, and would henceforth be known as the ``Waste Management 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.''

INVITATION TO COMMENT: In response to a request from the public, the 
Department is extending for 30 days, until April 10, 1995, the written 
comment period for the proposed modification to the Programmatic 
Environmental Impact Statement. A summary of the comments received in 
response to this notice will be contained in an appendix to the draft 
Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.

ADDRESSES AND FURTHER INFORMATION: Written comments and requests for 
further information on the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement 
should be directed to: James A. Turi, Office of Waste Management (EM-
33), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585-0002, (301) 903-7147. For information on the 
Department's National Environmental Policy Act process, contact: Carol 
M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance (EH-42), 
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20585, (202) 586-4600 or leave a message at 1-800-472-2756.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., this 10th day of March 1995.
Thomas P. Grumbly,
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management.
[FR Doc. 95-6520 Filed 3-15-95; 8:45 am]
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