[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 151 (Monday, August 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40618-40619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19868]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice Extending the Public Scoping Period and Rescheduling the 
Public Scoping Meeting for the Plutonium Interim Storage Environmental 
Impact Statement for the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department extends the public scoping period and 
reschedules the public scoping meeting for the Plutonium Interim 
Storage Environmental Impact Statement for the Rocky Flats 
Environmental Technology Site (RFETS).

DATES: The Department extends the public scoping period on the 
environmental impact statement until August 23, 1996, and reschedules 
the public scoping meeting to Tuesday, August 13, 1996, from 6:00 p.m. 
to 9:00 p.m., at the RFETS, Building 60 (located immediately off State 
Highway 93 near Golden, Colorado, at the RFETS west entrance).

ADDRESSES: Written questions and comments should be submitted to: 
Dorothy M. Newell, NEPA Document Manager, Office of Material 
Stabilization and Disposition, Rocky Flats Field Office, Department of 
Energy, Post Office Box 928, Golden, Colorado 80402-0928 (Facsimile: 
303-966-4589).
    Envelopes should be marked ``Rocky Flats Plutonium Storage EIS''.
    For general information on the Department's NEPA process, please

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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 800-472-2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 17, 1996, the Department published a 
notice in the Federal Register (61 FR 37247) announcing its intent to 
prepare an environmental impact statement for interim storage of 
plutonium at the RFETS and the commencement of a public scoping period 
that was to continue until August 16, 1996. The July 17, 1996, notice 
also announced a public scoping meeting scheduled for August 6, 1996. 
In response to a stakeholder's request, the Department is rescheduling 
the public scoping meeting to August 13, 1996, and, to ensure that the 
public has ample opportunity to provide comments after the public 
scoping meeting, extending the public scoping period to August 23, 
1996. The Department has separately notified interested and affected 
stakeholders of the change in dates. Comments postmarked after August 
23, 1996, will be considered to the extent practicable. Further 
information on the alternatives regarding interim storage of plutonium 
at the RFETS and on the environmental impact statement is contained in 
the Notice of Intent.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., this 31st day of July, 1996.
Peter N. Brush,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Environment, Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 96-19868 Filed 8-2-96; 8:45 am]
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