96-20424. Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment on the Proposed Sale of Surplus Natural and Low-Enriched Uranium

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 156 (Monday, August 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41776-41777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20424]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment on the 
Proposed Sale of Surplus Natural and Low-Enriched Uranium

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability of a 
draft Environmental Assessment (EA) on the proposed sale of about 35.7 
million pounds of natural uranium and low-enriched uranium located at 
the gaseous diffusion plants in Portsmouth, Ohio, and Paducah, 
Kentucky. DOE prepared the EA pursuant to the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality's NEPA 
regulations, and the Department's NEPA regulations. The EA describes: 
(1) The purpose and need for action by the Department; (2) the 
Department's proposed action; (3) alternatives (including a no-action 
alternative) to the proposed action; and (4) the potential impacts of 
the proposed action and alternatives.

ADDRESSES: Questions or requests for copies of the draft EA should be 
addressed to: Mr. John Kotek, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and 
Technology, NE-1, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., 
NW, Washington, DC, 20585. Mr. Kotek may be contacted by telephone at 
[phone], or by facsimile at [phone].

DATES: The Department has sent copies of the draft EA for review by 
affected states, Indian tribes, and other parties who have expressed an 
interest in the proposed action. DOE will consider comments on the 
draft EA postmarked or facsimilied by September 11, 1996, in preparing 
the final EA and in deciding whether to issue a finding of no 
significant impact or to prepare an environmental impact statement for 
the proposed sale. Comments sent after that date will be considered to 
the extent practicable.


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    Issued in Washington, D.C., this 7th day of August, 1996, for 
the United States Department of Energy.
Terry R. Lash,
Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 96-20424 Filed 8-9-96; 8:45 am]
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