[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 161 (Monday, August 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 43464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20661]



-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Research


Withdrawal of Notice of Intent to Prepare Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Advanced Neutron Source Project

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy withdraws its Notice of Intent to 
prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Advanced Neutron 
Source project. Funds were not included in the Administration's budget 
request for fiscal year 1996; therefore the Department of Energy is 
terminating the National Environmental Policy Act process for this 
project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. William T. Oosterhuis, Program 
Manager, Division of Materials Sciences, Office of Basic Energy 
Sciences, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, Maryland 20874-1290, 301/
903-3426.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advanced Neutron Source was a proposed 
research facility consisting of a 300-megawatt-thermal nuclear reactor 
with support facilities, associated experimental areas and 
laboratories, and offices for operations and research staff. The 
preferred site for the Advanced Neutron Source was to be the Oak Ridge 
National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Alternate sites considered 
were the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and 
the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
    On May 28, 1993, the Department of Energy announced in the Federal 
Register (58 FR 31019) its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Advanced Neutron Source project. After a public 
scoping process which included meetings in Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Idaho 
Falls, Idaho; and Los Alamos, New Mexico, the Department accepted 
written comments through July 15, 1993. A preliminary draft 
Implementation Plan utilizing input from the scoping process was 
prepared and circulated within the Department of Energy for review. The 
draft Implementation Plan was never released for public dissemination 
because of uncertainty about continuation of the Advanced Neutron 
Source project.
    This withdrawal notice advises the public of the Department's 
termination of the National Environmental Policy Act process.
Martha A. Krebs,
Director, Office of Energy Research.
[FR Doc. 95-20661 Filed 8-18-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P