[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60009-60010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20822]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; Safe 
Transportation and Emergency Response Training; Technical Assistance 
and Funding

AGENCY: Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Notice extending comment period.

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SUMMARY: On Monday, July 23, 2007, the Department of Energy (DOE) 
published a notice of revised proposed policy (72 FR 140) setting forth 
its revised plans for implementing Section 180(c) of the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982 (the NWPA).
    The notice requested comments on the provision of technical 
assistance and financial assistance for training of public safety 
officials to States and Indian Tribes through whose jurisdictions the 
DOE plans to transport spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive 
waste to a facility authorized under Subtitle A or C of the NWPA. The 
training is to cover safe, routine transport procedures and emergency 
response procedures as directed in the NWPA. The comment period for 
this notice of revised proposed policy was scheduled to close on 
October 22, 2007.
    Today's notice announces a 90-day extension of the comment period 
on the revised proposed policy. The Department is taking this action in 
order to allow additional time for all interested parties to comment on 
the revised proposed policy.

DATES: Written comments should be mailed and electronic comments 
submitted to the Department and must

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be received on or before January 22, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be directed to Ms. Corinne Macaluso, 
U.S. Department of Energy, c/o Patricia Temple, Bechtel SAIC Company, 
LLC, 955 N. L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Suite 8000, Washington, DC 20024. The 
revised proposed policy and electronic comments forms are also 
available at http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov. Fill out the form and click 
``submit'' to send your comments in through the website. Persons 
submitting comments should include their name and address. Receipt of 
written comments in response to this notice will be acknowledged if a 
stamped, self-addressed postal card or envelope is enclosed. Electronic 
comments will receive an electronic notice of receipt.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the 
transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste 
under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, please contact: Ms. Corinne 
Macaluso, Office of Logistics Management, Office of Civilian 
Radioactive Waste Management (RW-10), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, Telephone: (202) 586-
2837.
    General program information is available on the Office of Civilian 
Radioactive Waste Management Web site located at http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov.
    Copies of comments received will be posted on the OCRWM Web site. 
Please allow up to two weeks after DOE receives comments to view them 
on the Web site.
    DOE will consider all comments submitted by the closing date. 
Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent 
practicable. DOE requests that commenters pay particular attention to 
the questions at the end of the revised proposed policy.

    Issued in Washington, DC, October 17, 2007.
Christopher A. Kouts,
Acting Principal Deputy Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste 
Management.
[FR Doc. E7-20822 Filed 10-22-07; 8:45 am]
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