[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40758-40759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17687]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Extension of Comment Period, Draft Waste Incidental To 
Reprocessing Evaluation for Closure of Waste Management Area C at the 
Hanford Site, Washington

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On June 4, 2018, the U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') 
published in the Federal Register a Notice of Availability of the Draft 
Waste Incidental to Reprocessing Evaluation for Closure of Waste 
Management Area C at the Hanford Site, Washington (Draft WIR 
Evaluation), which evaluates whether the stabilized tanks and ancillary 
structures in WMA C, as well as the residual material in these tanks 
and structures will meet the criteria in Section II.B.(2)(a) of DOE M. 
435.1-1, Radioactive Waste Management Manual at closure. The original 
public comment period was from June 4, 2018 through September 7, 2018. 
This notice announces an extension of the public comment period on the 
Draft WIR Evaluation through November 7, 2018; any comments received 
after that date will be considered to the extent practical.

DATES: The comment period in the Notice of Availability, published on 
June 4, 2018 (83 FR 25657), is extended through November 7, 2018. Any 
comments received after that date will be considered to the extent 
practical.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may submit comments by email to 
[email protected]. Alternately, written comments may also be sent by 
mail to: Mr. Jan Bovier, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of River 
Protection, P.O. Box 450, MSIN H6-60, Richland, WA 99354.

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    The Draft WIR Evaluation is available on the internet at: https://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/WasteManagementAreaC and is also publicly 
available for review at the following locations: U.S. DOE Public 
Reading Room, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, phone: 
(202) 586-5955, or fax: (202) 586-0575; and U.S. DOE Public Reading 
Room located at 2770 University Drive, Consolidated Information Center 
(CIC), Room 101L, Richland, WA 99354, phone: (509) 372-7303.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jan Bovier by email at 
[email protected], by mail at U.S. Department of Energy, Office 
of River Protection, P.O. Box 450, MSIN H6-60, Richland, WA 99354, or 
by phone at (509) 376-9630.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 4, 2018, DOE published in the 
Federal Register a notice of availability of the Draft WIR Evaluation 
for comment by States, Tribal Nations, and the public (83 FR 25657). 
The original public comment period was from June 4, 2018 through 
September 7, 2018.
    In response to several requests, DOE is extending the public 
comment period by 60 days, through November 7, 2018. DOE will consider 
comments received after that date to the extent practical.
    DOE will consider comments from States, Tribal Nations and the 
public, as well as NRC consultative recommendations, prior to 
finalizing DOE's analyses and prior to issuing a final WIR Evaluation. 
Based on the final WIR Evaluation, DOE may determine (in a WIR 
determination) whether the stabilized tanks, residuals and ancillary 
structures in WMA C at closure meet the criteria in Section II.B.(2)(a) 
of DOE M. 435.1-1, Radioactive Waste Management Manual, are not high-
level radioactive waste, and are to be managed as low-level radioactive 
waste.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on August 10, 2018.
Anne Marie White,
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management.
[FR Doc. 2018-17687 Filed 8-15-18; 8:45 am]
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