[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 30574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14547]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Strategic Petroleum Reserve; Opportunity for Public 
Comment

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Fossil Energy, Office of Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve.

ACTION: Extension of comment period for opportunity for public comment 
on Strategic Petroleum Reserve Policy.

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SUMMARY: In preparation for the issuance of an Administration Statement 
of Policy concerning the capacity, size, use, and financing, among 
other issues, of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the Department of 
Energy, Office of Strategic Petroleum Reserve, on April 30, 1997, 
published a notice of opportunity for interested persons to submit 
written comments (62 FR 23437). The notice requested comments be 
submitted by June 16, 1997. Because of the extent of public interest in 
the policy review, and in order to provide for maximum participation by 
interested persons, the Office of Strategic Petroleum Reserve has 
decided to extend the filing date for comments.

DATES: Comments are due by July 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Mr. Richard D. Furiga, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve, FE-40, Room 3G-024, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20805.
    Comments may also be submitted by use of the Internet by linking to 
the DOE Fossil Energy web site at: http://www.fe.doe.gov/spr.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 29, 1997.
Richard D. Furiga,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
[FR Doc. 97-14547 Filed 6-3-97; 8:45 am]
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