Safe Transportation and Emergency Response Training; Technical Assistance and Funding

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 Tuesday, January 3, 1995, the Department of Energy

published a Notice of Inquiry (60 FR 99) that described implementation

options and invited comment for a program of technical assistance and

funding to States and Tribes for public safety officials of appropriate

local jurisdictions with regard to the transport of spent nuclear fuel

or high-level radioactive waste. The program would cover safe, routine

transport procedures and emergency response capabilities as directed in

the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 10101 et

seq.). The comment period for this Notice of Inquiry was scheduled to

close on April 3, 1995.

Today's notice announces a 45-day extension of the comment period

on implementation options addressed in the Notice of Inquiry. The

Department is taking this action in response to requests for an

extension of the comment period received from the Council of State

Governments--Midwestern Office, Council of State Governments--Eastern

Regional Conference, Southern States Energy Board, and the Western

Interstate Energy Board.

DATES: Written comments should be mailed to the Department and must be

received on or before May 18, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments (3 copies) should be directed to: U.S.

Department of Energy, c/o Lois Smith, TRW Environmental Safety Systems,

2650 Park Tower Drive, Suite 800, Vienna, Virginia 22180, ATTN: Section

180(c) Comments. Persons submitting comments should include their names

and addresses. Receipt of comments in response to this 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 fuel and high-level radioactive waste under the

Nuclear Waste Policy Act, please contact: Mr. Allen Benson, Operational

Activities Team Leader, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management

(RW-45), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20585, Telephone: (202) 586-2280. For general

information on this Notice, please contact: Ms. Ellen Ott, Office of

General Counsel, (GC-52), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20585, Telephone: (202) 586-6975.

Information packets are available for interested persons who want

background information about Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste

Management (OCRWM) transportation prior to providing comments. To

receive an information packet, please call: 1-800-225-NWPA (or call

488-5513 in Washington, D.C.) or write to the OCRWM Information Center,

Post Office Box 44375, Washington, D.C. 20026.

Copies of comments received will be available for examination and

may be photocopied at the Department's public reading room at 1000

Independence Avenue SW, room 1E-190, Washington, D.C.

Daniel A. Dreyfus,

Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.

[FR Doc. 95-6249 Filed 3-13-95; 8:45 am]

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