Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; 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 Thursday, May 16, 1996, the Department of Energy (the

Department) published a Notice of proposed policy and procedures (61 FR

24772) that set forth its plans for implementing a program of technical

and financial assistance to states for training public safety officials

of appropriate units of local government and to Indian tribes through

whose jurisdiction the Department plans to transport spent nuclear fuel

or high-level radioactive waste. The training would cover both safe

routine transportation procedures and emergency response procedures as

directed in Section 180(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy of Act of 1982,

as amended, (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.). The comment period for this

Notice of proposed policy and procedures was scheduled to close on

August 15, 1996.

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

on the proposed policy statement discussed in the Notice. The

Department is taking this action in response to requests for an

extension of the comment period.

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

received on or before September 30, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be directed to: Corinne Macaluso,

U.S. Department of Energy, c/o Lois Smith, TRW Environmental Safety

Systems, Inc., 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Suite 695, Washington, D.C.

20024, ATTN.: Section 180(c) Comments.

Persons submitting comments should include their names and

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

under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, please contact: Ms. Corinne

Macaluso, Environmental and Operational Activities, Office of Civilian

Radioactive Waste Management, (RW-45), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585, Telephone: 202-586-

2837.

Information packets are available for interested persons who want

background information about the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste

Management transportation program and the Section 180(c) program prior

to providing comments. To receive an information packet, please call 1-

800-225-NWPA (or call 202-488-6720 in Washington, D.C.) or write to the

National Information Center, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Suite 695,

Washington, D.C. 20026 or the Yucca Mountain Science Center, 4101B

Meadows Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada 89107.

Copies of comments received will be available for examination and

may be photocopied at the Department's Public Reading Room at 1000

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 1E-190, Washington, D.C.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 1996.

Lake Barrett,

Deputy Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.

[FR Doc. 96-20419 Filed 8-9-96; 8:45 am]

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