[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65299-65300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30751]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


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

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Extension of the Public Comment Period.

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SUMMARY: This notice extends the public comment period for the 
Department of Energy's (DOE) Draft Waste Management Programmatic 
Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for sixty days, from December 21, 
1995 through February 19, 1996. All comments received by that date will 
be considered in preparing the final PEIS. A Notice of Availability of 
the draft was published on September 22, 1995 (60 FR 49264) and amended 
on October 25, 1995 (60 FR 54670) to revise the schedule of public 
hearings. All other information contained in the Notice of 

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Availability as amended remains unchanged.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the draft PEIS should be mailed to the 
following address:

U.S. Department of Energy, Waste Management PEIS Comments, P.O. Box 
3790, Gaithersburg, MD 20885-3790.

    Requests for information about and copies of the draft PEIS should 
be directed to:
Center for Environmental Management Information, P.O. Box 
23769,Washington, DC 20026-3769, 1-800-736-3282 or in Washington, D.C.: 
202-863-5084.

    For information on the DOE 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 message at 1-800-472-
2756.
DATES: The comment period on the draft PEIS will continue through 
February 19, 1996. Comments postmarked after that date will be 
considered to the extent practicable.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 22, 1995, the Department issued a Notice of 
Availability (60 FR 49264) on the draft PEIS that included: a brief 
description of the contents of the document and alternatives analyzed; 
a list of reading rooms where the full document is available to the 
public; information on how to obtain additional copies of the document 
and submit public comments; and a schedule of public hearings. This 
Notice also announced a ninety-day public comment period extending from 
September 22, 1995 to December 21, 1995.
    On October 25, 1995, the Department issued an amendment (60 FR 
54670) to the Notice of Availability. This amendment revised the 
schedule of public hearings in order to increase accessibility to the 
hearings. The amendment listed new hearing times and locations in the 
states of Illinois, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Washington.
    The public comment period is being extended to February 19, 1996, 
in response to public requests for additional time to review the 
document and prepare comments. Except as otherwise specified above, all 
information contained in the September 22, 1995 Notice of Availability 
as amended remains unchanged.

    Issued in Washington, DC, December 13, 1995.
David F. Hoel,
PEIS Document Manager, Office of Waste Management, Environmental 
Management.
[FR Doc. 95-30751 Filed 12-18-95; 8:45 am]
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