[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 106 (Monday, June 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 33090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13055]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Re-Opening of the Public Comment Period for the Draft Uranium 
Leasing Program Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Re-opening of the public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is re-opening 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. The public comment 
period will now end on July 1, 2013.

DATES: The public comment period, which was scheduled to end on May 31, 
2013, is being re-opened and will close on July 1, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The Draft ULP PEIS is available for review on the ULP PEIS 
Web site at http://ulpeis.anl.gov/ and 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/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 made the Draft ULP PEIS available for 
public comment on March 15, 2013 (78 FR 16500). The public comment 
period for the Draft ULP PEIS was to end on May 16, 2013, and an 
extension to May 31, 2013, was announced on April 23, 2013 (78 FR 
23926). With this notice, DOE re-opens the public comment period, which 
will now close on July 1, 2013, in response to a public request for 
additional review time.
    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 at the address provided in the ADDRESSES 
section. Comments received after the end of the comment period will be 
considered to the extent practicable.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 29, 2013.
David W. Geiser,
Director, DOE Office of Legacy Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-13055 Filed 5-31-13; 8:45 am]
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