[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28821-28822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13166]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for the Revised 
Draft Hanford Site Solid (Radioactive and Hazardous) Waste Program 
Environmental Impact Statement, Richland, WA

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In response to requests for extension of the public comment 
period

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for the Revised Draft Hanford Site Solid (Radioactive and Hazardous) 
Waste Program Environmental Impact Statement, Richland, Washington, the 
U.S. Department of Energy has extended the public comment period by 15 
days. The comment period began April 11, 2003, and will now run until 
June 11, 2003 instead of May 27, 2003.
    The Revised Draft EIS evaluates the potential environmental impacts 
associated with ongoing activities of the Hanford Site Solid Waste 
Program, disposal of immobilized low-activity wastes from Hanford tank 
waste processing, and reasonably foreseeable treatment, storage and 
disposal facilities and activities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request information about the 
revised draft EIS or to be placed on the EIS distribution list, 
contact: Mr. Michael S. Collins, HSW EIS Document Manager, Richland 
Operations Office, U.S. Department of Energy, A6-38, Post Office Box 
550, Richland, Washington, 99352-0550. Telephone and voice mail: (800) 
426-4914. Fax: (509) 372-1926. Electronic mail: [email protected].
    For general information about the DOE NEPA process, contact: Ms. 
Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance (EH-
42), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20585-0119. Fax: (202) 586-7031. Telephone: (202) 586-
4600. Voice mail: (800) 472-2756.

    Issued in Richland, Washington, on this 19th day of May 2003.
Keith A. Klein,
Manager, Richland Operations Office.
[FR Doc. 03-13166 Filed 5-23-03; 8:45 am]
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