[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23926-23927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09509]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Extension of the Public Comment Period for the Draft Uranium 
Leasing Program Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Extension of the public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is extending the public 
comment period for the Draft Uranium Leasing Program Programmatic 
Environmental Impact Statement (Draft ULP PEIS, DOE/EIS-0472D), made 
available for public comment on March 15, 2013 (78 FR 16500). The 
public comment period for the Draft ULP PEIS was to complete on May 16, 
2013, and has now been extended to close on May 31, 2013. This 
extension is being made in response to a public request for additional 
review time.

DATES: The public comment period will close on May 31, 2013. Comments 
received after the end of the comment period will be considered to the 
extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: The Draft ULP PEIS is available for review on the ULP PEIS 
Web site at http://ulpeis.anl.gov/ or the DOE NEPA Web site at http://www.energy.gov/nepa. Please direct written comments on the Draft ULP 
PEIS to Mr. Raymond Plieness, ULP PEIS Document Manager, Office of 
Legacy Management, U.S. Department of Energy, 11025 Dover Street, Suite 
1000, Westminster, CO 80021. Comments may also be submitted via email 
to [email protected] or via the internet at http://ulpeis.anl.gov/. DOE 
will give equal weight to written, email, and oral comments. Questions 
regarding the ULP PEIS process, requests to be placed on the ULP PEIS 
mailing list, and requests for copies of the document should be 
directed to Mr. Plieness.
    For general information about the NEPA process, please 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, Telephone: (202) 586-4600, leave a message at 1-
800-472-2756, or send an email to Ask [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE has scheduled four public hearings on 
the Draft ULP PEIS at the following locations, dates, and times:
     Grand Junction, Colorado, April 22, 2013 from 6:30 to 9 
p.m. at the Colorado Mesa University, University Center Ballroom, 1455 
N. 12th St., Grand Junction, CO.
     Montrose, Colorado, April 23, 2013 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at 
the Johnson

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Elementary School, 13820 6700 Road, Montrose, CO.
     Telluride, Colorado, April 24, 2013 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at 
the Telluride Middle/High School, 725 W Colorado Avenue, Telluride, CO.
     Naturita, Colorado, April 25, 2013 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at 
the Naturita School, 141 W Main St., Naturita, CO.
    The public hearings will begin with an open-house format with 
subject matter experts from DOE available to answer questions on the 
ULP and Draft ULP PEIS. Individuals who would like to present comments 
verbally at these hearings should register upon arrival at the hearing 
or register via the internet at http://ulpeis.anl.gov/ before the 
public hearing dates. Members of the general public are invited to 
attend the hearings at their convenience any time during hearing hours 
and submit their comments in writing, or in person to a court reporter.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2013.
David Geiser,
Director, DOE-Office of Legacy Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-09509 Filed 4-22-13; 8:45 am]
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