[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 46 (Friday, March 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12409-12410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4544]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

National Nuclear Security Administration


Additional Public Hearing on the Draft Complex Transformation 
Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Additional Public Hearing.

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SUMMARY: On January 11, 2008, NNSA published a Notice of Availability 
and Public Hearings for the Draft Complex Transformation Supplemental 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Draft Complex 
Transformation SPEIS, DOE/EIS-0236-S4; 73 FR 2023). That notice 
provided the schedule for 19 public hearings to receive comments on the 
Draft Complex Transformation SPEIS. Today, NNSA announces an additional 
public hearing to be held in Espa[ntilde]ola, New Mexico.
    Date and Location: NNSA will hold the additional public hearing on 
March 27, 2008 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at: San Gabriel Mision y 
Convento, Plaza de Espa[ntilde]ola, 1 Calle de las Espa[ntilde]olas, 
Espa[ntilde]ola, New Mexico (NW corner of the intersection of NM Rt 30 
and Paseo de Onate in the City of Espa[ntilde]ola).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please direct questions regarding this 
additional public hearing, requests for additional information, or 
requests for copies of the Draft Complex Transformation SPEIS, to Mr. 
Theodore A. Wyka, Complex Transformation Supplemental PEIS Document 
Manager, Office of Transformation (NA-10.1), National Nuclear Security 
Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20585. Questions also may be telephoned, toll free, 
to 1-800-832-0885 (ext. 63519) or e-mailed to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 11, 2008, NNSA published a Notice 
of Availability and Public Hearings for the Draft Complex 
Transformation Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement 
(Draft Complex Transformation SPEIS, DOE/EIS-0236-S4; 73 FR 2023). That 
notice provided the schedule for 19 public hearings to receive comments 
on the Draft Complex Transformation SPEIS. Today, NNSA announces an 
additional public hearing to be held in Espa[ntilde]ola, New Mexico.
    Individuals who would like to present comments orally at this 
hearing must register upon arrival at the hearing. NNSA will allot 
persons wishing to speak three to five minutes, depending upon the 
number of speakers. This will ensure that as many individuals as 
possible have the opportunity to speak. More time may be allotted by 
the hearing moderator as circumstances allow. NNSA officials will be 
available to discuss the Draft Complex Transformation SPEIS and answer 
questions during the first hour. NNSA will then hold a plenary session 
at the public hearing in which officials will explain the Draft Complex 
Transformation SPEIS and the analyses in it. Following the plenary 
session, the public will have an opportunity to provide oral and 
written comments. Oral comments from the hearing and written comments 
submitted during the comment period will be considered by NNSA in 
preparing the Final Complex Transformation SPEIS.
    NNSA invites comments on the Draft Complex Transformation SPEIS 
during the 90-day public comment period, which ends on April 10, 2008. 
NNSA will consider comments received after this date to the extent 
practicable as it prepares the Final Complex Transformation SPEIS.
    The Draft Complex Transformation SPEIS and additional information 
regarding complex transformation are available on the Internet at: 
http://www.ComplexTransformationSPEIS.com and http://www.nnsa.doe.gov.


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    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 29, 2008.
Robert L. Smolen,
Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security 
Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-4544 Filed 3-6-08; 8:45 am]
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