[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 156 (Monday, August 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 41778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20419]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; Safe
Transportation and Emergency Response Training; Technical Assistance
and Funding
AGENCY: Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice extending comment period.
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SUMMARY: On Thursday, May 16, 1996, the Department of Energy (the
Department) published a Notice of proposed policy and procedures (61 FR
24772) that set forth its plans for implementing a program of technical
and financial assistance to states for training public safety officials
of appropriate units of local government and to Indian tribes through
whose jurisdiction the Department plans to transport spent nuclear fuel
or high-level radioactive waste. The training would cover both safe
routine transportation procedures and emergency response procedures as
directed in Section 180(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy of Act of 1982,
as amended, (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.). The comment period for this
Notice of proposed policy and procedures was scheduled to close on
August 15, 1996.
Today's notice announces a 45-day extension of the comment period
on the proposed policy statement discussed in the Notice. The
Department is taking this action in response to requests for an
extension of the comment period.
DATES: Written comments should be sent to the Department and must be
received on or before September 30, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be directed to: Corinne Macaluso,
U.S. Department of Energy, c/o Lois Smith, TRW Environmental Safety
Systems, Inc., 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Suite 695, Washington, D.C.
20024, ATTN.: Section 180(c) Comments.
Persons submitting comments should include their names and
addresses. Receipt of comments in response to the Notice will be
acknowledged if a stamped, self-addressed postal card or envelope is
enclosed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the
transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste
under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, please contact: Ms. Corinne
Macaluso, Environmental and Operational Activities, Office of Civilian
Radioactive Waste Management, (RW-45), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585, Telephone: 202-586-
2837.
Information packets are available for interested persons who want
background information about the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste
Management transportation program and the Section 180(c) program prior
to providing comments. To receive an information packet, please call 1-
800-225-NWPA (or call 202-488-6720 in Washington, D.C.) or write to the
National Information Center, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Suite 695,
Washington, D.C. 20026 or the Yucca Mountain Science Center, 4101B
Meadows Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada 89107.
Copies of comments received will be available for examination and
may be photocopied at the Department's Public Reading Room at 1000
Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 1E-190, Washington, D.C.
Issued in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 1996.
Lake Barrett,
Deputy Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
[FR Doc. 96-20419 Filed 8-9-96; 8:45 am]
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