[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 170 (Thursday, September 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 60351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21071]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Public Meeting To Summarize Public Input Received on 
the Design of a Consent-Based Siting Process for Spent Nuclear Fuel and 
High-Level Radioactive Waste Storage and Disposal Facilities

AGENCY: Fuel Cycle Technologies, Office of Nuclear Energy, Department 
of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is designing a consent-
based process for siting facilities that will be a part of an 
integrated waste management system to transport, store, and dispose of 
spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. As part of this 
process, the Department issued an Invitation for Public Comment in the 
Federal Register on December 23, 2015 and hosted eight public meetings 
across the United States in 2016 to get public input on the elements 
that should be considered in the development of a consent-based siting 
process. At the September 15, 2016 meeting, the Department will 
summarize the comments received and discuss next steps in designing a 
consent-based siting process. The entire meeting will be broadcast live 
via webstream at http://consentbasedsitingwebcast.azureWebsites.net.

DATES: The meeting will take place on Thursday September 15, 2016 from 
2:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Department officials will be 
available to discuss consent-based siting during an informal open house 
30 minutes before and after the formal meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites by Hilton 
Washington DC Convention Center, 900 10th St NW., Washington, DC 20001. 
To register for this meeting and to review the agenda for this meeting, 
please visit energy.gov/consentbasedsiting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for further information 
should be sent to [email protected] or to Michael Reim at 
202-586-2981. Updated information including registration links and 
meeting information will be posted at energy.gov/consentbasedsiting.
    Privacy Act/Publishing of Personally Identifiable Information: Data 
collected via the mechanisms listed above will not be protected from 
the public view in any way. Individual commentors' names and addresses 
(including email addresses) received as part of oral presentations at 
the public meeting will be included in the transcript of the public 
meeting will be published at energy.gov/consentbasedsiting.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 23, 2016.
Andrew Griffith,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fuel Cycle Technologies, 
Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2016-21071 Filed 8-31-16; 8:45 am]
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