99-16803. Draft Supplement Analysis: Pit Manufacturing Facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Stockpile Stewardship and Management Environmental Impact Statement

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 126 (Thursday, July 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35635-35636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16803]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Draft Supplement Analysis: Pit Manufacturing Facilities at Los 
Alamos National Laboratory, Stockpile Stewardship and Management 
Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability of 
the Draft Supplement Analysis: Pit Manufacturing Facilities at Los 
Alamos National Laboratory, Stockpile Stewardship and Management 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (SSM PEIS), DOE/EIS-0236/
SA-6, for public review and comment.

DATES: Written comments on the Draft Supplement Analysis are invited 
from the public during the comment period, which ends August 2, 1999 
(see ADDRESSES section for more details). Comments must be postmarked 
by August 2 to ensure consideration; late comments will be considered 
to the extent practicable. The DOE will use the comments received to 
help prepare the Final Supplement Analysis.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the Supplement Analysis or to submit 
comments in writing or orally to DOE, contact: Corey Cruz, Albuquerque 
Operations Office Project Manager, U.S. DOE, Albuquerque Operations 
Office, Nuclear Programs Division (NPD), PO

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Box 5400, Albuquerque, NM 87185-5400.
    Mr. Cruz may also be contacted by telephone [phone] or fax 
[phone]. Comments may also be sent to the E-mail address 
[e-mail]. Requests for copies of the Draft SA or other 
matters regarding this environmental review should be addressed to Mr. 
Cruz at the address above. The Draft Supplement Analysis will be 
available under the NEPA Analyses Module of the DOE NEPA Web Site at 
http://tis.eh.doe.gov/nepa/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information on the DOE 
NEPA process, please contact: Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, EH-42, Director, 
Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance, Department of Energy 1000 
Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20585.
    Ms. Borgstrom may be contacted by calling [phone] or by 
leaving a message at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft Supplement Analysis was prepared 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) [42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.], the Council on Environmental Quality NEPA 
regulations [40 CFR Parts 1500-1508], and the DOE NEPA regulations [10 
CFR Part 1021]. The Department examined issues related to the 
possibility of seismic activity, fire, and sabotage at facilities at 
LANL. DOE prepared the Draft Supplement Analysis in compliance with the 
Memorandum Opinion and Order issued by the United States District Court 
for the District of Columbia in Natural Resources Defense Council, et 
al., v. Federico Pena, et al., (CA 97-0936(SS)).
    DOE has distributed copies of the Draft Supplement Analysis to the 
State of New Mexico, American Indian tribal governments, local county 
governments, other Federal agencies, and other interested parties. The 
Draft Supplement Analysis is also available for public review and 
copying at the following four locations:

University of New Mexico, Dan Barkley Reading Room, Government 
Information Department, Zimmerman Library, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-1466.
Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute (TVI), Main Campus Library, 
525 Buena Vista Dr. SE, Albuquerque, NM.
LANL Community Relations Office, 1619 Central Avenue, Los Alamos, New 
Mexico.
U.S. Department of Energy, Freedom of Information Reading Room, Room 
1E-190, 1000 Independence Ave, SW, Washington, DC.

    After the public comment period, which ends August 2, 1999, the 
Department will consider and respond to the comments received, revise 
the Draft Supplement Analysis as appropriate, and issue a Final 
Supplement Analysis. The Department will consider the analyses in the 
Final Supplement Analysis in making a determination as to whether the 
SSM PEIS should be supplemented or a new SSM PEIS should be prepared.

    Signed in Washington, DC, 25th this of June 1999, for the United 
States Department of Energy.
Victor H. Reis,
Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs.
[FR Doc. 99-16803 Filed 6-30-99; 8:45 am]
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