[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 49264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16674]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Environmental Management


Notice of Preferred Sodium Bearing Waste Treatment Technology

AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Extension of time for comments.

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SUMMARY: In response to a public request, the Department of Energy 
(DOE) announces an extension of time to submit comments on the 
preferred technology announced August 3, 2005 in the Federal Register 
Notice of Preferred Sodium Bearing Waste Treatment Technology (70 FR 
44598) to September 21, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the preferred technology may be submitted to 
Richard Kimmel, Document Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho 
Operations Office, 1955 North Fremont, MS-1222, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 
83415 or via e-mail at [email protected].
    DOE will consider any comments transmitted or postmarked by 
September 21, 2005 before issuing a Record of Decision on the Idaho 
High-Level Waste and Facilities Disposition Environmental Impact 
Statement. Comments submitted after this date will be considered to the 
extent practicable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for further information on 
the preferred technology should be addressed to: Richard Kimmel, 
Document Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 
1955 North Fremont, MS-1222, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83415, Telephone (208) 
526-5583, or via email at [email protected].
    For further information on DOE's National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) process, please contact: Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of 
NEPA Policy and Compliance (EH-42), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, Telephone: (202) 586-
4600, or leave a message at (800) 472-2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 3, 2005, the DOE published a Notice of Preferred Sodium 
Bearing Waste Treatment Technology (70 FR 44598) which announced that 
comments on the preferred treatment technology should be submitted no 
later than 30-days from the date of publication of the notice. DOE is 
extending the time allowed for submittal of comments to September 21, 
2005.

    Issued in Washington DC, August 18, 2005.
Steven Frank,
Office of Environmental Management, NEPA Compliance Office.
[FR Doc. 05-16674 Filed 8-22-05; 8:45 am]
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