[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 24 (Friday, February 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6068-6069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2530]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2008-0391]
Extension of Public Comment Period on the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the Lost Creek In-Situ Recovery Project in
Sweetwater County, 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.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This notice revises a notice published on Friday, December 11,
2009, in the Federal Register (74 FR 65804), which announced, in part,
that the public comment period for the NRC's Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (Draft SEIS) for the Lost Creek
[[Page 6069]]
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 Lost Creek ISR Project to March 3, 2010.
DATES: Members of the public have been submitting written comments on
the Draft SEIS for the Lost Creek ISR Project since the initial notice
of availability was published on December 11, 2009 (74 FR 65804). 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-2008-0391 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 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-2008-0391. 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 Alan B. Bjornsen, Project Manager, Environmental
Review Branch, Division of Waste Management and Environmental
Protection (DWMEP), Mail Stop T-8F5, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, by phone at 1 (800) 368-5642,
extension 1195. 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 Lost Creek ISR Project was
published concurrently with two additional NRC Draft SEISs (the Nichols
Ranch ISR Project in Campbell and Johnson Counties, 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 Lost Creek 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 Lost
Creek ISR Project in Sweetwater County, Wyoming--Supplement to the
Generic Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach Uranium
Milling Facilities'' is available electronically under ADAMS Accession
Number ML093350051.
The Draft SEIS for the Lost Creek 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 3 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:
Sweetwater County Library, 300 North 1st Street East, Green River,
Wyoming 82935, 307-875-8615.
Rock Springs Branch Library, 400 C Street, Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901,
307-352-6667.
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.
[FR Doc. 2010-2530 Filed 2-4-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P