# Storage and Disposition of Weapons-Usable Fissile Materials Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** May 13, 1996
- **Citation:** 61 FR 22038

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Storage and Disposition of Weapons-Usable Fissile Materials Draft
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) announced the availability of
the Storage and Disposition of Weapons-Usable Fissile Materials Draft
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Storage and Disposition
Draft PEIS) (DOE/EIS-0229-D) for public review and comment in the March
8, 1996, Federal Register (61 FR 9443). The Department is announcing
that the public comment period which began on March 8, 1996 and was to
close on May 7, 1996 has been extended to June 7, 1996, for the Storage
and Disposition Draft PEIS.

DATES: The public is invited to submit written and oral comments on any
or all portions of the Storage and Disposition Draft PEIS during the
extension of the public comment period that began on March 8, 1996 and
now continues until June 7, 1996. Comments postmarked after that date
will be considered to the extent practicable. Comments submitted during
the original public comment period do not have to be resubmitted. DOE's
responses to comments received during the public comment period will be
presented in the Storage and Disposition Final PEIS. The Department
held eight public meetings to discuss and receive comments on the
Storage and Disposition Draft PEIS during the period from March 26,
1996 through April 30, 1996.

ADDRESSES AND FURTHER INFORMATION: Written comments on the Storage and
Disposition Draft PEIS should be mailed to the following address: DOE-
Office of Fissile Materials Disposition, P.O. Box 23786, Washington, DC
20026-3786. Comments may also be submitted orally (to a recording
machine) or by fax by calling 1-800-820-5156, or to the Office of
Fissile Materials Disposition's INTERNET (World Wide Web) address at
URL=http://web.fie.com/htdoc/fed/doe/fsl/pub/menu/any/index.htm.
Requests for further information concerning the Storage and
Disposition Draft PEIS should be directed to: Office of Fissile
Materials Disposition (MD-4), Attention: Storage and Disposition PEIS,
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC
20585; by calling 1-800-820-5134; or by using the above INTERNET
address.
Information regarding the DOE National Environmental Policy Act
process should be directed to: Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of
NEPA Policy and Assistance (EH-42), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20585, by calling (202) 586-4600
or leaving a message at 1-800-472-2756.

DOE Public Reading Rooms

Copies of the draft Storage and Disposition PEIS, as well as
technical data reports and other supporting documents, are available
for public review at the following locations:

Albuquerque Operations Office

National Atomic Museum, 20358 Wyoming Boulevard, SE, Kirtland AFB, NM
87117, 505-284-3243

Amarillo Area Office

U.S. Department of Energy, Amarillo College, Lynn Library/Learning
Center, 2201 South Washington, P.O. Box 447, Amarillo, TX 79178, 806-
371-5400
U.S. DOE Reading Room, Carson County Library, 401 Main Street, P.O. Box
339, Panhandle, TX 79068, 806-537-3742

Chicago Operations Office

Office of Planning, Communications and EEO, U.S. Department of Energy,
9800 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Il 60439, 708-252-2013

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Headquarters, Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Energy, Room 1E-190, Forrestal Building, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585, 202-586-3142

Idaho Operations Office

Idaho Public Reading Room, 1776 Science Center Drive, Idaho Falls, ID
83402, 208-526-0271

Los Alamos National Laboratory

U.S. Department of Energy, c/o Los Alamos Community Reading Room, 1350
Central, Suite 101, Los Alamos, NM 87544, 505-665-2127

Nevada Operations Office

Nevada Operations Office, U.S. Department of Energy, Public Reading
Room, 2621 Losse Road, North Las Vegas, NV 89030, 702-295-1128

Oak Ridge Operations Office

U.S. Department of Energy, Public Reading Room, 55 South Jefferson
Circle, Room 112, P.O. Box 2001, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-8501,423-241-4780

Richland Operations Office

Washington State University, Tri-Cities Branch Campus, 100 Sprout Road,
Room 130 West, Richland, WA 99352, 509-376-8583

Rocky Flats Office

Front Range Community College Library, 3645 West 112th Avenue,
Westminister, CO 80030, 303-469-4435

Sandia National Laboratory

Livermore Public Library, 1000 S. Livermore Avenue, Livermore, CA
94550, 510-373-5500

Savannah River Operations Office

Gregg-Graniteville Library, University of South Carolina-Aiken, 171
University Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801, 803-641-3320

Issued in Washington, DC, May 7, 1996.
Gregory P. Rudy,
Acting Director, Office of Fissile Materials Disposition
[FR Doc. 96-11911 Filed 5-10-96; 8:45 am]
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