[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 169 (Thursday, August 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 51810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7298]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

National Nuclear Security Administration


Extension of Comment Period on the Draft Site-Wide Environmental 
Impact Statement for Continued Operation of Los Alamos National 
Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security 
Administration (NNSA).

ACTION: Notice of comment period extension.

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SUMMARY: On July 7, 2006, NNSA published a Notice of Availability for 
the Draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued 
Operation of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 
(LANL Draft SWEIS) (DOE/EIS-0380) (71 FR 38638) and announced a 60-day 
public comment period ending September 5, 2006. Subsequently, in 
response to requests for additional time to review and comment on the 
document, NNSA is extending the public comment period until September 
20, 2006.

DATES: Comments should be submitted to NNSA no later than September 20, 
2006. NNSA will consider comments submitted after this date to the 
extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Comments, or requests for copies of the LANL Draft SWEIS 
should be sent to: U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Los Alamos Site Office, Attn: Ms. Elizabeth Withers, 
SWEIS Document Manager, 528 35th Street, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87544; 
or by facsimile (1-505-667-5948); or by e-mail at: [email protected].
    Requests for copies of the LANL Draft SWEIS or recorded comments 
may also be made by calling 1-877-491-4957. Please mark all envelopes, 
faxes and e-mail: ``LANL Draft SWEIS Comments''. The LANL Draft SWEIS 
and its reference documents are available for review at: the Robert J. 
Oppenheimer Study Center Research Library, Technical Area 3, Los Alamos 
National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico; the Office of the Northern 
New Mexico Citizens Advisory Board, 1660 Old Pecos Trail, Suite B, 
Santa Fe, New Mexico; and the Zimmerman Library, University of New 
Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Draft SWEIS is available on the 
DOE Los Alamos Site Office's NEPA Web site at: http://www.doeal.gov/laso/nepa/sweis.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Department of Energy, Los Alamos 
Site Office, Attn: Ms. Elizabeth Withers, SWEIS Document Manager, 528 
35th Street, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544; or telephone 1-505-845-4984.

    Issued in Los Alamos, NM, this 24th day of August, 2006.
Edwin L. Wilmot,
Manager.
[FR Doc. 06-7298 Filed 8-30-06; 8:45 am]
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