[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50432-50433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24715]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7073-1]


Change in Dates of EPA Inspection of Transuranic Waste 
Characterization Systems and Processes at the Savannah River Site 
Related to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION:  Notice of availability and extending of comment period.

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SUMMARY: Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, or ``we''), 
is announcing a change in the dates of an inspection previously planned 
for the week of September 24, 2001 at the Savannah River Site (SRS). 
The August 29 Federal Register notice announced the purpose of the EPA 
inspection and availability of Department of Energy (DOE) documents in 
the EPA Docket, and solicited public comments on the documents 
available in the docket for a period of 30 days (66 FR 45679). Now, the 
inspection will be held during the week of October 15, 2001. The 
following DOE documents entitled: (1) ``CCP-PO-001--Revision 2,7/23/
01--CCP Transuranic Waste Quality Assurance Characterization Project 
Plan'' (2) ``CCP-PO-002--Revision 2, 7/23/01--CCP Transuranic Waste 
Certification Plan''(3)--Savannah River Site Statement of Work (SOW) 
1E8863--Revision 2,9/17/01--Clarification of SRS TRU Waste'' and (4) 
CBFOA-02-09--``Carlsbad Field Office Audit Plan.''These documents are 
available for review in the public dockets listed in ADDRESSES. In 
addition to changing the inspection dates, we areextending the public 
comment period for 30 additional days. The extension of the public 
comment period provides additional opportunity to interested 
individuals/entities if they have not already done so. We will consider 
public comments received on or before September 28 (the last day for 
the first 30-day comment period), and those received since then but on 
or before the due date mentioned in DATES. In accordance with EPA's 
WIPP Compliance Criteria at 40 CFR 194.8, we will conduct an inspection 
at SRS to verify that using the systems and processes developed as part 
of the DOE Carlsbad Office's central characterizations project (CCP), 
DOE can characterize TRU waste at SRS properly, consistent with the 
Compliance Criteria. This notice of the inspection and comment period 
accords with 40 CFR 194.8.

DATES: Comments must be received by EPA's official Air Docket on or 
before November 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to: Docket No. A-98-49, Air 
Docket, Room M-1500 (LE-131), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC, 20460.
    DOE documents related to the CCP are available for review in the 
official EPA Air Docket in Washington, D.C., Docket No. A-98-49, 
Category II-A2, and at the following three EPA WIPP informational 
docket locations in New Mexico: in Carlsbad at the Municipal Library, 
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 10 am-9 pm, Friday-Saturday, 10 am-6 pm, and 
Sunday, 1 pm-5 pm; in Albuquerque at the Government Publications 
Department, General Library, University of New Mexico, Hours: vary by 
semester; and in Santa Fe at the New Mexico State Library, Hours: 
Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm. The documents also are available 
electronically at EPA's WIPP Homepage and may be accessed at: http://
www.epa.gov/radiation/wipp.
    Copies of items in the docket may be requested by writing to Docket 
A-98-49 at the address provided above, or by calling (202) 260-7548. As 
provided in

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EPA's regulations at 40 CFR Part 2, and in accordance with normal EPA 
docket procedures, a reasonable fee may be charged for photocopying Air 
Docket A-98-49 in Washington, DC, accepts comments sent electronically 
or by fax (fax no.: 202-260-4400; E-mail: [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Ms. Rajani D. Joglekar, Office of 
Radiation and Indoor Air, (202) 564-9310, or call EPA's 24-hour, toll-
free WIPP Information Line, 1-800-331-WIPP, or visit our website at 
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/wipp/announce.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See 66 FR 45679-80, August 29, 2001.

    Dated: September 26, 2001.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
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