94-6668. Extension of a Revised Draft Environmental Assessment of the Urgent-Relief Acceptance of Foreign Research Reactor Spent Fuel

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 

Extension of a Revised Draft Environmental Assessment of the 
Urgent-Relief Acceptance of Foreign Research Reactor Spent Fuel

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: DOE, in response to public comments received to date, has 
decided to extend to April 8, 1994, the public comment period on the 
revised draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for Urgent-Relief 
Acceptance of Foreign Research Reactor Spent Fuel.

DATES: Comments on the revised draft EA should be postmarked by April 
8, 1994, to ensure consideration. Comments postmarked after that date 
will be considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Comments or requests for copies of the revised draft EA 
should be addressed to: Mr. David Huizenga, Office of the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste 
Management, U.S. Department of Energy (Mail Stop EM-30), 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0001. Telephone: (202) 
586-0368.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the revised 
draft EA contact Mr. David Huizenga at the above address. For further 
information regarding the Department of Energy National Environmental 
Policy Act process, please contact: Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, 
Office of NEPA Oversight (EH-25), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0001. Telephone: (202) 
586-4600 or leave a message at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 9, 1994, the Department of 
Energy published a notice in the Federal Register (59 FR 6008) 
announcing the availability of the revised draft EA and the close of 
the public comment period scheduled for March 7, 1994. The Department 
proposed to transport spent fuel to the United States as part of an 
effort to minimize the use of highly enriched uranium in civil program 
worldwide. The urgency of the proposed action arose from the need to 
ensure that countries currently possessing this spent fuel continue to 
support the nonproliferation initiatives of the United States embodied 
in the Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors Program until 
an Environmental Impact Statement could be completed on the proposed 
policy to accept up to 15,000 spent fuel elements from foreign research 
reactors for up to fifteen years.
    In response to requests from several parties to extend the comment 
period, and to ensure that all interested parties have the opportunity 
to comment, DOE is extending the comment period to April 8, 1994. 
Comments should be postmarked by April 8, 1994, to ensure 
consideration. Comments postmarked after that date will be considered 
to the extent practicable.

    Issued at Washington, DC, March 16, 1994.
Jill E. Lytle,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environmental Restoration and Waste 
Management.
[FR Doc. 94-6668 Filed 3-18-94; 8:45 am]
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