[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 198 (Friday, October 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 53347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25350]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Intent to Prepare Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Disposal Phase;
Reopening of Public Comment Period
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department reopens the public comment period on the Notice
of Intent to Prepare Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for
the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Disposal Phase.
DATES: The Department reopens the comment period on the Notice of
Intent until October 16, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Written questions and comments should be directed to: Harold
Johnson, NEPA Compliance Officer, Attn: Scoping Comments, Mail Stop
535, Carlsbad Area Office, U.S. Department of Energy, Post Office Box
3090, Carlsbad, NM 88221.
Oral and faxed questions and comments should be directed to:
Telephone: 1-800-336-9477, Facsimile: 1-505-224-8030.
For information on the Department's NEPA process, contact: Carol M.
Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance (EH-42), U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C.
20585, Telephone: 202-586-4600 or leave a message at 1-800-472-2756.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 23, 1995, the Department published
a notice in the Federal Register announcing its intent to prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Waste Isolation
Pilot Plant, Disposal Phase (60 FR 43779). The Department also
announced a public comment period from August 23 to September 30, 1995,
on the scope of the Statement. In response to stakeholder interest, the
Department is reopening the public comment period. The Department has
separately notified interested stakeholders of the reopened comment
period. Because the Department is preparing the Statement on an
expedited schedule, the reopened comment period will end on October 16,
1995.
Comments postmarked after October 16, 1995, will be considered to
the extent practicable. Further information on the Waste Isolation
Pilot Plant and on the Statement is contained in the August 23, 1995,
Notice of Intent.
Issued in Washington, D.C., this 5th day of October, 1995.
Peter N. Brush,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Environment, Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 95-25350 Filed 10-12-95; 8:45 am]
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