[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 24 (Friday, February 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6066-6067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2529]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2008-0339]
Extension of Public Comment Period on the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the Nichols Ranch In-Situ Recovery Project in
Campbell and Johnson Counties, WY; Supplement to the Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling
Facilities
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Extension of Public Comment Period.
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SUMMARY: This notice revises a notice published on Friday, December 11,
2009, in the Federal Register (74 FR 65808), which announced, in part,
that the public comment period for the NRC's Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS) for the Nichols Ranch In-
Situ Recovery (ISR) Project closes on February 1, 2010. The purpose of
this notice is to extend the public comment period on the Draft SEIS
for the Nichols Ranch ISR Project to March 3, 2010.
DATES: Members of the public have been submitting written comments on
the Draft SEIS for the Nichols Ranch ISR Project since the initial
notice of availability was published on December 11, 2009 (74 FR
65808). In response to multiple requests received in writing, the
comment period on the Draft SEIS is being extended to March 3, 2010.
The NRC will consider comments received or postmarked after that date
to the extent practical. Written comments should be submitted as
described in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods.
Please include Docket ID NRC-2008-0339 in the subject line of your
comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be
posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site
http://www.regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to
remove
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any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against
including any information in your submission that you do not want to be
publicly disclosed.
The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not
include any information in their comments that they do not want
publicly disclosed.
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and
search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-2008-0339. Comments may
be submitted electronically through this Web site. Address questions
about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher at 301-492-3668, or e-mail at
[email protected].
Mail comments to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and
Directives Branch (RDB), Division of Administrative Services, Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax to RDB at (301) 492-
3446. You may also send comments electronically to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information on the NRC's
NEPA process, or the environmental review process related to the Draft
SEIS, please contact Irene Yu, Project Manager, Environmental Review
Branch, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection
(DWMEP), Mail Stop T-8F5, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC, 20555-001, by phone at 1 (800) 368-5642, extension
1951. For general or technical information associated with the safety
and licensing of uranium milling facilities, please contact Stephen
Cohen, Team Lead, Uranium Recovery Branch, DWMEP, Mail Stop T-8F5, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, by phone at 1
(800) 368-5642, extension 7182.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
As stated previously, in response to several requests during the
public comment period, the NRC is extending the Draft SEIS comment
period close date from February 1, 2010, to March 3, 2010. The comment
period extension is in response to public comments indicating (1) the
original comment period for the Draft SEIS included multiple Federal
holidays, and (2) the Draft SEIS for the Nichols Ranch ISR Project was
published concurrently with two additional NRC Draft SEISs (the Lost
Creek ISR Project in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, and the Moore Ranch
ISR Project in Campbell County, Wyoming).
Following the end of the public comment period, the NRC staff will
publish a Final SEIS for the Nichols Ranch ISR Project that addresses,
as appropriate, the public comments on the Draft SEIS.
II. Further Information
Publicly available documents related to this notice can be accessed
using the following methods:
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have
copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR,
Public File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain
entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's public
documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to
[email protected]. The ``Environmental Impact Statement for the
Nichols Ranch ISR Project in Campbell and Johnson Counties, Wyoming--
Supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ
Leach Uranium Milling Facilities'' is available electronically under
ADAMS Accession Number ML093340536.
The Draft SEIS for the Nichols Ranch ISR Project also may be
accessed on the internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/ by selecting ``NUREG-1910.'' The Draft SEIS
will be Supplement 2 to NUREG-1910. To facilitate review, links to NEPA
documents developed by other Federal agencies that were referenced in
the Draft SEIS will be provided at the aforementioned internet address.
Additionally, a copy of the Draft SEIS will be available at the
following public libraries:
Campbell County Public Library, 2101 South 4J Road, Gillette, Wyoming
82718, 307-687-0009.
Johnson County Library, 171 North Adams Avenue, Buffalo, Wyoming 82834,
307-684-5546.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of February, 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patrice M. Bubar,
Deputy Director, Environmental Protection and Performance Assessment
Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection,
Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management
Programs.
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