[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77464-77465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30177]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Excess Uranium Management: Effects of DOE Transfers of Excess 
Uranium on Domestic Uranium Mining, Conversion, and Enrichment 
Industries; Request for Information

AGENCY: Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On December 8, 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
published a request for information (RFI) seeking comment on certain 
issues related to DOE's plan to issue a new Secretarial Determination 
covering continued transfers of uranium for cleanup services at the 
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant and for down-blending of highly-
enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium. The RFI established a January 
7, 2015, deadline for the submission of written comments. DOE is 
extending the comment period to January 22, 2015.

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, and information responding to 
this RFI submitted on or before January 22, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may submit comments by any of the 
following methods.
    1. Email: [email protected]. Submit electronic 
comments in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, PDF, or ASCII file format, and 
avoid the use of special characters or any form of encryption.
    2. Postal Mail: Mr. David Henderson, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Office of

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Nuclear Energy, Mailstop NE-52, 19901 Germantown Rd., Germantown, MD 
20874-1290. If possible, please submit all items on a compact disk 
(CD), in which case it is not necessary to include printed copies.
    3. Hand Delivery/Courier: Mr. David Henderson, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Mailstop NE-52, 19901 Germantown Rd., 
Germantown, MD 20874-1290. Phone: (301) 903-2590. If possible, please 
submit all items on a CD, in which case it is not necessary to include 
printed copies.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
for this request for information. No facsimiles (faxes) will be 
accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mr. David Henderson, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Mailstop NE-52, 19901 Germantown 
Rd., Germantown, MD 20874-1290. Phone: (301) 903-2590. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  On December 8, 2014, the U.S. Department of 
Energy (DOE) published a request for information (RFI) in the Federal 
Register (79 FR 72661). DOE noted that it is planning to issue a new 
Secretarial Determination covering continued transfers of uranium for 
cleanup services at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant and for 
down-blending of highly-enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium. The 
RFI solicited information about the effects of the proposed transfers 
in the uranium markets and possible consequences for the domestic 
uranium mining, conversion, and enrichment industries. The RFI also 
solicited recommendations about factors that DOE should consider and/or 
the methodology it should use in assessing the possible impacts of 
transfers. The RFI established a January 7, 2015, deadline for the 
submission of written comments. DOE has received requests from the 
public for extension of the public comment period. In response to those 
requests and other considerations, DOE is extending the comment period 
to January 22, 2015 to provide the public additional time for comment.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2014.
Peter B. Lyons,
Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy.
[FR Doc. 2014-30177 Filed 12-23-14; 8:45 am]
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