[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 8569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1562]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Extension of Scoping Period and Rescheduled Scoping Meetings for 
the Notice of Intent To Prepare the Tank Closure and Waste Management 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Hanford Site, Richland, WA

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is extending the scoping 
period for the Tank Closure and Waste Management Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Hanford Site, Richland, Washington (TC & WM EIS) and 
rescheduling the public scoping meetings.

DATES: The scoping period for the TC & WM EIS is extended from March 6, 
2006, through April 10, 2006. The scoping meetings have been 
rescheduled as follows. Registration for the meetings will begin at 6 
p.m. There will be an opportunity for informal discussions with DOE 
project personnel and staff from the Washington Department of Ecology 
(Ecology), followed by brief presentations by DOE and Ecology at 7 p.m. 
After the presentations, meeting participants will be invited to 
provide their comments on the scope of the EIS. The meetings are 
scheduled to end at 10 p.m.

Seattle, Washington; March 21, 2006. Seattle Center, 305 Harrison 
Street, Northwest Rooms Building, Lopez Room, Seattle, WA 98109.
Portland, Oregon; March 22, 2006. Red Lion Portland--Convention Center, 
1021 NE Grand Avenue, Marquam/Fremont/Broadway Room, Portland, OR 
97232.
Hood River, Oregon; March 23, 2006. Columbia Gorge Hotel, 4000 
Westcliff Drive, Benson Ballroom, Hood River, OR 97031.
Tri-Cities (Richland, Kennewick, Pasco) Washington, March 28, 2006. 
Trade Recreation and Agricultural Center (TRAC), 6600 Burden Blvd., 
Meeting Room 4, Pasco, WA 99302.

ADDRESSES: To request information on the TC & WM EIS or to submit 
comments on the scope of this EIS contact: Mary Beth Burandt, Document 
Manager, Office of River Protection, U.S. Department of Energy, Post 
Office Box 450, Mail Stop H6-60, Richland, WA 99352, Electronic mail: 
[email protected]. Fax: 509-376-3661, Telephone and voice mail: 509-
373-9160.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on DOE's NEPA process, 
contact: Carol 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 1-800-472-2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 2, 2006, DOE issued a Notice of 
Intent to prepare the TC & WM EIS for the Hanford Site, Richland, 
Washington (71 FR 5655). The original scoping period was to continue 
through March 6, 2006, and four scoping meetings were scheduled for 
Hood River and Portland, OR and for Seattle and Richland WA on February 
21, 22, 23 and 28 respectively. In response to requests from the 
public, DOE is extending the scoping period through April 10, 2006, and 
the four scoping meetings have been rescheduled as listed in DATES 
above.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 15, 2006.
John Spitaleri Shaw,
Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 06-1562 Filed 2-15-06; 1:17 pm]
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