[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49817-49818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17375]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Extension of Public Comment Period, Draft Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement II for Long Term Management and Storage 
of Elemental Mercury

AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On July 8, 2022, a Federal Register Notice was issued that 
announced the availability of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
Office of Environmental Management's Draft Long-Term Management and 
Storage of Elemental Mercury Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement (Draft Mercury Storage SEIS-II, DOE/EIS-0423-S2D). The Notice 
also announced two web-based public hearings that were held on August 2 
and 4, 2022, to obtain public comments. DOE is extending the public 
comment period for the Draft SEIS from August 22, 2022, to September 6, 
2022.

DATES: DOE extends the public comment period to September 6, 2022. DOE 
will consider all comments submitted or postmarked by September 6, 
2022. Comments submitted to DOE concerning the Draft Mercury Storage 
SEIS-II, prior to this announcement do not need to be resubmitted as a 
result of this extension of the comment period.

ADDRESSES: Additional information regarding the SEIS-II, the 2011 
Mercury Storage EIS, 2013 Mercury Storage SEIS, and other related 
documents is available online at: https://www.energy.gov/nepa/doeeis-0423-s2-supplemental-environmental-impact-statement-long-term-management-and-storage:
     Mail: Ms. Julia Donkin, Document Manager, Office of 
Environmental Management, Department of Energy, EM-4.22, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585.
     Email: [email protected]. Please submit 
comments as an email message or email attachment (i.e., Microsoft Word 
or PDF file format) without encryption.
     Postal Mail: Please submit comments by U.S. Mail to Ms. 
Julia Donkin, NEPA Document Manager, Office of Environmental 
Management, U.S. Department of Energy, EM-4.22, 1000 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585.
     Website: The Draft Mercury Storage SEIS-II is available 
at: https://www.energy.gov/nepa/doeeis-0423-s2-supplemental-environmental-impact-statement-long-term-management-and-storage.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning the Draft Mercury 
Storage SEIS-II or the public hearing can be sent to Ms. Julia Donkin, 
NEPA Document Manager, Office of Environmental Management, U.S. 
Department of Energy, EM-4.22, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 
DC 20585, (202) 586-5000, or to [email protected]. Direct 
questions specific to DOE's elemental mercury program to Mr. David 
Haught, Mercury Program Manager, Office of Environmental Management, 
U.S. Department of Energy, EM-4.22, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-5000, or to [email protected].
     For general information concerning the DOE Office of 
Environmental Management NEPA process, please contact Mr. William 
Ostrum, Office of Environmental Management NEPA Compliance Officer, 
U.S. Department of Energy, EM-4.31, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-2513, or to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 8, 2022, DOE published in the 
Federal Register the Notice of Availability announcing the availability 
of the second Draft Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental 
Mercury Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft Mercury 
Storage SEIS-II, DOE/EIS-0423-S2D) for public comment (87 FR 40830). In 
that notice, DOE also announced that it would host two web-based public 
hearings to allow DOE to present information about the Draft SEIS-II 
and to receive oral comments from the public. The first hearing was 
held on August 2, 2022, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT. The second 
hearing was held on August 4, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on August 5, 
2022, by William I. White Senior Advisor for Environmental Management, 
Office of Environmental Management, pursuant to delegated authority 
from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature 
and date is

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maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance 
with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the 
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to 
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as 
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative 
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon 
publication in the Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-17375 Filed 8-11-22; 8:45 am]
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