[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 48 (Friday, March 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12293-12294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6148]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for 
a Transuranic Waste Treatment Facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Notice 
Extending the Public Scoping Period

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of extension of Public Scoping Period.

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SUMMARY: The Department extends the public scoping period for a 
Transuranic Waste Treatment Facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. To ensure 
that the public has ample opportunity to provide comments since the 
public scoping meeting, the comment period is being extended until 
March 18, 1999.

DATES: The Department extends the public scoping period on the 
environmental impact statement until March 18, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written questions and comments should be submitted to: Gary 
L. Riner, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations, P.O. Box 
2001, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, Telephone: (423) 241-3498, Facsimile: 
(423) 576-5333, or email [email protected].
    For general information on the Department's NEPA process, please 
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 January 27, 1999, the Department 
published a notice in the Federal Register (64 FR 4079) announcing its 
intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for a Transuranic 
Waste Treatment Facility at Oak Ridge,

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Tennessee. The original public scoping period was scheduled to end on 
February 26, 1999. The Department has separately notified interested 
and affected stakeholders of the change in date. Comments postmarked 
after March 18, 1999, will be considered to the extent practicable. 
Further information on the alternatives being considered in the 
environmental impact statement is contained in the Notice of Intent.

    Issued in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, this 5th day of March 1999.
Rodney R. Nelson,
Assistant Manager for Environmental Management.
[FR Doc. 99-6148 Filed 3-11-99; 8:45 am]
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