Additional Public Scoping Meetings; Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to Clean Out and Deactivate the Hanford, Washington Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) Complex (Except for Storage Areas), to Stabilize PFP Plutonium-Bearing Materials and to Store the Stabilized Material

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Additional Public Scoping Meetings; Preparation of an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to Clean Out and Deactivate the

Hanford, Washington Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) Complex (Except for

Storage Areas), to Stabilize PFP Plutonium-Bearing Materials and to

Store the Stabilized Material

AGENCY: United States Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of Additional Public Scoping Meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) announced its intent to prepare

an EIS pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)

in the Thursday, October 27, 1994, Federal Register (Volume 59, No.

207, Page 53969). This announcement adds two Public Scoping Meetings to

the series of public meetings announced previously.

DATES AND ADDRESSES:

Portland, Oregon, Wednesday, December 7, 1994, 6:30-9:30 pm, Workshop

starts at 5:30 pm, Portland Red Lion, Lloyd's Center 1000 Northeast

Multnomah, Portland, OR 97232, (503) 281-6111

Seattle, Washington, Thursday, December 8, 1994, 6:30-9:30 pm, Workshop

starts at 5:30 pm, Executive Inn, 200 Taylor Avenue, Seattle, WA 98109,

(206) 448-9444

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

Each Public Scoping Meeting will begin with a welcome and brief

overview of the proposed EIS and will include workshops beginning one

hour earlier on specific items of interest in which the public can ask

questions and provide comments to DOE officials. Notes will be taken in

the workshops to record public concerns for the workshop record. Each

Public Scoping Meeting will be recorded by a public stenographer and

will become part of the official record. The Public Scoping Meetings

will be chaired by a presiding officer, but will not be conducted as an

evidentiary hearing; speakers will not be cross-examined although the

presiding officer and DOE representatives may ask clarifying questions.

Individuals requesting to speak on behalf of an organization must

identify the organization. In the interest of ensuring that all who

wish to speak have an opportunity to do so, each individual speaker

will be given a 5-minute limit except that a speaker representing an

organization (one per organization) will be given a 10-minute limit.

Requests to speak at these Public Scoping Meetings may be made by

calling the toll-free telephone number, 1-800-516-3740 by 3:00 PM the

day before the meeting or by writing to the DOE (see ADDRESSES below).

Persons who have not submitted a request to speak in advance may

register to do so at the Public Scoping Meeting and will be called on

to speak on a first-come, first-served basis as time permits. Speakers

are encouraged to provide written versions of their oral comments for

the record.

DOE will review scoping comments to determine their applicability

to the proposed PFP clean out EIS. An Implementation Plan (IP) for the

PFP EIS will provide guidance for preparation of the PFP EIS and

establish its scope and content (10 CFR 1021.312). The IP will briefly

summarize the scoping comments received and their disposition. The IP

will be issued prior to the release of the draft EIS and copies will be

made available for inspection.

Submission of Written Comments

Written comments on the scope of the PFP EIS, questions or comments

concerning the PFP clean out program, requests for speaking times at

the Public Scoping Meetings, and requests for copies of the IP and/or

the Draft EIS (DEIS) should be directed to the designated Richland

contacts below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Jim Mecca, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box 550 (MSIN B1-42),

Richland, WA 99352, Attention: NL Peters, Telephone: (509) 946-3683

Mr. Ben Burton, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box 550 (MSIN B1-42),

Richland, WA 99352, Telephone: (509) 946-3683

For information on the DOE NEPA process, contact: Carol M.

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Oversight (EH-25), U.S. Department

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585,

Telephone: 202-586-4600 or leave a message at 1-800-472-2756

EIS technical reports, background data, reference materials, and

other related documents will be available either through the contacts

listed above or at:

DOE Freedom of Information Reading Room, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Ave. S.W., Washington, D.C.

DOE Public Reading Room, Washington State University, Tri-Cities

Branch, 100 Sprout Road, Richland, WA 99352

and at the following DOE information repositories:

University of Washington, Suzzallo Library, Government Publication,

Seattle, WA 98195

Portland State University, Branford Price Millar Library, SW Harrison

and Park, Portland, OR 97207

Gonzaga University, Foley Center, E. 502 Boone, Spokane, WA 99258

Issued in Washington, D.C., on this 15th day of November, 1994.

Elisabeth G. Feldt,

Acting Director, Northwestern Office, Office of Facility Transition and

Management, Office of Environmental Management.

[FR Doc. 94-28891 Filed 11-22-94; 8:45 am]

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