[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 198 (Friday, October 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 53347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25350]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Intent to Prepare Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Disposal Phase; 
Reopening of Public Comment Period

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department reopens the public comment period on the Notice 
of Intent to Prepare Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Disposal Phase.

DATES: The Department reopens the comment period on the Notice of 
Intent until October 16, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written questions and comments should be directed to: Harold 
Johnson, NEPA Compliance Officer, Attn: Scoping Comments, Mail Stop 
535, Carlsbad Area Office, U.S. Department of Energy, Post Office Box 
3090, Carlsbad, NM 88221.
    Oral and faxed questions and comments should be directed to: 
Telephone: 1-800-336-9477, Facsimile: 1-505-224-8030.
    For information on the Department's NEPA process, contact: Carol M. 
Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance (EH-42), 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 23, 1995, the Department published 
a notice in the Federal Register announcing its intent to prepare a 
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Waste Isolation 
Pilot Plant, Disposal Phase (60 FR 43779). The Department also 
announced a public comment period from August 23 to September 30, 1995, 
on the scope of the Statement. In response to stakeholder interest, the 
Department is reopening the public comment period. The Department has 
separately notified interested stakeholders of the reopened comment 
period. Because the Department is preparing the Statement on an 
expedited schedule, the reopened comment period will end on October 16, 
1995.
    Comments postmarked after October 16, 1995, will be considered to 
the extent practicable. Further information on the Waste Isolation 
Pilot Plant and on the Statement is contained in the August 23, 1995, 
Notice of Intent.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., this 5th day of October, 1995.
Peter N. Brush,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Environment, Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 95-25350 Filed 10-12-95; 8:45 am]
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