[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 94 (Monday, May 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28222-28223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11909]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

National Nuclear Security Administration


Extension of the Public Review and Comment Period and 
Announcement of an Additional Public Hearing for the Draft Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Nuclear Facility Portion of the 
Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building Replacement Project at Los 
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Extension of Public Review and Comment Period and Announcement 
of an additional Public Hearing.

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SUMMARY: On April 29, 2011, the National Nuclear Security 
Administration (NNSA), a semi-autonomous agency within the U.S. 
Department of Energy (DOE), published a notice of availability for the 
Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Nuclear 
Facility Portion of the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building 
Replacement Project at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New 
Mexico (CMRR-NF DSEIS; DOE/EIS-0350-S1). That notice stated that the 
public review and comment period would continue until June 13, 2011. 
NNSA has decided to extend the public comment period by 15 days through 
June 28, 2011 and to hold an additional public hearing on Monday, May 
23, 2011 in Albuquerque, NM.

ADDRESSES: The Draft CMRR-NF SEIS and its reference material are 
available for review on the NNSA NEPA Web site at: http://nnsa.energy.gov/nepa/cmrrseis. Copies of the Draft CMRR-NF SEIS are 
also available for review at: The Los Alamos National Laboratory, 
Oppenheimer Study Center, Building TA3-207, West Jemez Road, 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 CMRR-NF SEIS or its Summary may be obtained upon 
request by leaving a message on the Los Alamos Site Office (LASO) CMRR-
NF SEIS Hotline at (toll free) 1-877-427-9439; or by writing to: U.S. 
Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Los 
Alamos Site Office, 3747 West Jemez Road, TA-3 Building 1410, Los 
Alamos, New Mexico 87544, Attn: Mr. John Tegtmeier, CMRR-NF SEIS 
Document Manager; or by facsimile ((505) 667-5948); or by e-mail at: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information on the NNSA 
NEPA process, please contact: Ms. Mary Martin (NA-GC), NNSA NEPA 
Compliance Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, or telephone 202-586-9438.
    For general information concerning the DOE NEPA process, contact: 
Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance 
(GC-54), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20585; (202) 586-4600; leave a message at (800) 472-
2756; or send an e-mail to [email protected]. Additional 
information regarding DOE NEPA activities and access to many DOE NEPA 
documents are available on the Internet through the DOE NEPA Web site 
at http://nepa.energy.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council on Environmental Quality's 
implementing regulations for the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) (40 CFR 1502.9[c][1] and [2]) and DOE's NEPA implementing 
regulations (10 CFR 1021.314) require the preparation of a supplement 
to an environmental impact statement (EIS) when there are substantial 
changes to a proposal or when there are significant new circumstances 
or information relevant to environmental concerns. DOE may also prepare 
a supplemental EIS at any time to further the purposes of NEPA. 
Pursuant to these provisions, the NNSA has prepared a supplemental 
environmental impact statement (SEIS) to assess the potential 
environmental impacts of the construction and operation of the nuclear 
facility portion of the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building 
Replacement Project (CMRR-NF) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), 
Los Alamos, New Mexico.
    The CMRR Project was first analyzed in the 2003 Final Environmental 
Impact Statement for the Proposed Chemistry and Metallurgy Research 
Building Replacement Project at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los 
Alamos, NM (the CMRR EIS) (DOE/EIS-0350), and NNSA issued a Record of 
Decision for the CMRR Project in February 2004 (68 FR 6420) announcing 
its decision to construct and operate a two building CMRR facility 
within Technical Area-55 (TA-55) at Los Alamos National Laboratory 
(LANL) in order to meet its need to sustain mission-critical 
specialized nuclear chemistry and metallurgy capabilities at LANL in a 
safe, secure and environmentally sound manner. Since that time, NNSA 
has constructed one of the two buildings for the CMRR Project (the 
Radiological Laboratory/Utility/Office Building, also called the 
RLUOB), and has engaged in project planning and design processes for 
the second building, the CMRR-NF. The planning and design processes for 
the CMRR-NF have identified the need for various changes to the 
original design for the structure and additional project elements not 
envisioned in the 2003 NEPA analyses. These proposed changes, 
identified subsequent to the ROD, are the subject of the CMRR-NF SEIS 
analyses.
    On April 29, 2011, the National Nuclear Security Administration 
(NNSA), published a notice of availability for the Draft Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Nuclear Facility Portion of the 
Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building Replacement Project at Los 
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico (CMRR-NF DSEIS; DOE/
EIS-0350-S1) (76 FR 24018). That notice stated that the public review 
and comment period would continue until June 13, 2011. NNSA has decided 
to extend the public comment period by 15 days through June 28, 2011. 
NNSA has also decided to hold one additional public hearing during the 
comment period.
    The newly added public hearing will take place on Monday, May 23, 
2011 in Albuquerque, NM. The complete schedule for public hearings on 
the Draft CMRR-NF SEIS with all dates, times, and locations is the 
following:
     Monday, May 23, 2011, at 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Albuquerque 
Marriott, Salon F, 2101 Louisiana Boulevard, NE., Albuquerque, NM.
     Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Holiday Inn 
Express, 60 Entrada Drive, Los Alamos, NM.
     Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Santa Claran 
Hotel, 464 N. Riverside Drive, Espa[ntilde]ola, NM.
     Thursday, May 26, 2011, at 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Santa Fe 
Community College, Jemez Rooms, 6401 Richards Avenue, Santa Fe, NM.
    The first half hour of each hearing will be conducted as an open 
house-style session with subject matter experts available to discuss 
the project and answer questions; the remainder of the hearing will be 
devoted to receiving oral and written comments.
    NNSA invites stakeholders and members of the public to submit 
comments on the Draft CMRR-NF SEIS during the public comment period, 
which started with the publication of the Environmental Protection 
Agency's

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Notice of Availability in the Federal Register on April 29, 2011 and 
will continue for 60 days until June 28, 2011. NNSA will consider 
comments received after this date to the extent practicable as it 
prepares the Final CMRR-NF SEIS. Questions or Comments concerning the 
Draft CMRR-NF SEIS can be submitted to the NNSA Los Alamos Site Office 
at the same postal and electronic addresses given above. Additionally, 
the LASO CMRR-NF SEIS Hotline provides instructions on how to record 
comments. Please mark all envelopes, faxes and e-mail: ``Draft CMRR-NF 
SEIS Comments''.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 10, 2011.
Thomas P. D'Agostino,
Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration.
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