99-24163. Final Supplement Analysis: Pit Manufacturing Facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Stockpile Stewardship and Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 179 (Thursday, September 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50276-50277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24163]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Final Supplement Analysis: Pit Manufacturing Facilities at Los 
Alamos National Laboratory, Stockpile Stewardship and Management 
Programmatic 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 ``Final 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. The Final Supplement Analysis includes a determination that no 
further National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis is needed.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the Final Supplement Analysis, contact: 
Corey Cruz, Division Director, U.S. DOE, Albuquerque Operations Office, 
Nuclear Programs Division (NPD), PO Box 5400, Albuquerque, NM 87185-
5400.
    The Final 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 Final 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]. DOE prepared the 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 
v. Richardson, (CA 97-0936(SS)). The Supplement Analysis examines 
issues related to the plausibility of seismic activity, fire, and 
sabotage at facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
    The Final Supplement Analysis is available for public review and 
copying at the following three locations:

University of New Mexico, Zimmerman Library, Government Information 
Department, Reading Room, Albuquerque, NM, [phone].
Los Alamos National Laboratory Community Relations Office, 1619 Central 
Avenue, Los Alamos, New Mexico, [phone].
U.S. Department of Energy, Freedom of Information Reading Room, Room 
1E-190, 1000 Independence Ave, SW, Washington, DC, [phone].

    The Department prepared a Draft Supplement Analysis and issued it 
for public review and comment on July 1, 1999 (64 FR 35635). The 
comment period closed on August 2, 1999. The Department considered and 
responded to the comments received, revised the Draft Supplement 
Analysis, and is

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issuing a Final Supplement Analysis. The Department considered the 
information and analyses in the Final Supplement Analysis and made a 
determination that the SSM PEIS need not be supplemented nor a new SSM 
PEIS be prepared.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 3rd day of September 1999, for 
the United States Department of Energy.
Thomas F. Gioconda,
Brigadier General, USAF, Acting Assistant Secretary for Defense 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 99-24163 Filed 9-15-99; 8:45 am]
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