[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 156 (Monday, August 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 41778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20419]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; Safe 
Transportation and Emergency Response Training; Technical Assistance 
and Funding

AGENCY: Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Notice extending comment period.

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SUMMARY: On Thursday, May 16, 1996, the Department of Energy (the 
Department) published a Notice of proposed policy and procedures (61 FR 
24772) that set forth its plans for implementing a program of technical 
and financial assistance to states for training public safety officials 
of appropriate units of local government and to Indian tribes through 
whose jurisdiction the Department plans to transport spent nuclear fuel 
or high-level radioactive waste. The training would cover both safe 
routine transportation procedures and emergency response procedures as 
directed in Section 180(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy of Act of 1982, 
as amended, (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.). The comment period for this 
Notice of proposed policy and procedures was scheduled to close on 
August 15, 1996.
    Today's notice announces a 45-day extension of the comment period 
on the proposed policy statement discussed in the Notice. The 
Department is taking this action in response to requests for an 
extension of the comment period.

DATES: Written comments should be sent to the Department and must be 
received on or before September 30, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be directed to: Corinne Macaluso, 
U.S. Department of Energy, c/o Lois Smith, TRW Environmental Safety 
Systems, Inc., 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Suite 695, Washington, D.C. 
20024, ATTN.: Section 180(c) Comments.
    Persons submitting comments should include their names and 
addresses. Receipt of comments in response to the Notice will be 
acknowledged if a stamped, self-addressed postal card or envelope is 
enclosed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the 
transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste 
under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, please contact: Ms. Corinne 
Macaluso, Environmental and Operational Activities, Office of Civilian 
Radioactive Waste Management, (RW-45), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585, Telephone: 202-586-
2837.
    Information packets are available for interested persons who want 
background information about the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste 
Management transportation program and the Section 180(c) program prior 
to providing comments. To receive an information packet, please call 1-
800-225-NWPA (or call 202-488-6720 in Washington, D.C.) or write to the 
National Information Center, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Suite 695, 
Washington, D.C. 20026 or the Yucca Mountain Science Center, 4101B 
Meadows Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada 89107.
    Copies of comments received will be available for examination and 
may be photocopied at the Department's Public Reading Room at 1000 
Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 1E-190, Washington, D.C.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 1996.
Lake Barrett,
Deputy Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
[FR Doc. 96-20419 Filed 8-9-96; 8:45 am]
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