Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a Transuranic Waste Treatment Facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Notice Extending the Public Scoping Period

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for

a Transuranic Waste Treatment Facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Notice

Extending the Public Scoping Period

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of extension of Public Scoping Period.

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SUMMARY: The Department extends the public scoping period for a

Transuranic Waste Treatment Facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. To ensure

that the public has ample opportunity to provide comments since the

public scoping meeting, the comment period is being extended until

March 18, 1999.

DATES: The Department extends the public scoping period on the

environmental impact statement until March 18, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written questions and comments should be submitted to: Gary

L. Riner, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations, P.O. Box

2001, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, Telephone: (423) 241-3498, Facsimile:

(423) 576-5333, or email [email protected].

For general information on the Department's NEPA process, please

contact: Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and

Assistance (EH-42), U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585, Telephone: (202) 586-4600 or leave a

message at 800-472-2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 27, 1999, the Department

published a notice in the Federal Register (64 FR 4079) announcing its

intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for a Transuranic

Waste Treatment Facility at Oak Ridge,

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Tennessee. The original public scoping period was scheduled to end on

February 26, 1999. The Department has separately notified interested

and affected stakeholders of the change in date. Comments postmarked

after March 18, 1999, will be considered to the extent practicable.

Further information on the alternatives being considered in the

environmental impact statement is contained in the Notice of Intent.

Issued in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, this 5th day of March 1999.

Rodney R. Nelson,

Assistant Manager for Environmental Management.

[FR Doc. 99-6148 Filed 3-11-99; 8:45 am]

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