Extension of the Public Comment Period for the Draft Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Extension of the Public Comment Period for the Draft Waste

Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Extension of the Public Comment Period.

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SUMMARY: This notice extends the public comment period for the

Department of Energy's (DOE) Draft Waste Management Programmatic

Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for sixty days, from December 21,

1995 through February 19, 1996. All comments received by that date will

be considered in preparing the final PEIS. A Notice of Availability of

the draft was published on September 22, 1995 (60 FR 49264) and amended

on October 25, 1995 (60 FR 54670) to revise the schedule of public

hearings. All other information contained in the Notice of

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Availability as amended remains unchanged.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the draft PEIS should be mailed to the

following address:

U.S. Department of Energy, Waste Management PEIS Comments, P.O. Box

3790, Gaithersburg, MD 20885-3790.

Requests for information about and copies of the draft PEIS should

be directed to:

Center for Environmental Management Information, P.O. Box

23769,Washington, DC 20026-3769, 1-800-736-3282 or in Washington, D.C.:

202-863-5084.

For information on the DOE National Environmental Policy Act

process, contact:

Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance (EH-

42),U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-4600 or leave message at 1-800-472-

2756.

DATES: The comment period on the draft PEIS will continue through

February 19, 1996. Comments postmarked after that date will be

considered to the extent practicable.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On September 22, 1995, the Department issued a Notice of

Availability (60 FR 49264) on the draft PEIS that included: a brief

description of the contents of the document and alternatives analyzed;

a list of reading rooms where the full document is available to the

public; information on how to obtain additional copies of the document

and submit public comments; and a schedule of public hearings. This

Notice also announced a ninety-day public comment period extending from

September 22, 1995 to December 21, 1995.

On October 25, 1995, the Department issued an amendment (60 FR

54670) to the Notice of Availability. This amendment revised the

schedule of public hearings in order to increase accessibility to the

hearings. The amendment listed new hearing times and locations in the

states of Illinois, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Washington.

The public comment period is being extended to February 19, 1996,

in response to public requests for additional time to review the

document and prepare comments. Except as otherwise specified above, all

information contained in the September 22, 1995 Notice of Availability

as amended remains unchanged.

Issued in Washington, DC, December 13, 1995.

David F. Hoel,

PEIS Document Manager, Office of Waste Management, Environmental

Management.

[FR Doc. 95-30751 Filed 12-18-95; 8:45 am]

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