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6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: Whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, the performance targets 

in the grantee’s approved application. 

In making a continuation award, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

7. Project Director’s Meeting: 

Applicants approved for funding under 

this competition must attend a two-day 

meeting for project directors at a 

location to be determined in the 

continental United States during each 

year of the project. Applicants may 

include the cost of attending this 

meeting in their proposed budgets as 

allowable administrative costs. 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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Dated: December 21, 2018. 

James C. Blew, 

Acting Assistant Deputy Secretary for 

Innovation and Improvement. 

[FR Doc. 2018–28284 Filed 12–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Availability of Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Disposition of Depleted Uranium Oxide 

Conversion Product Generated From 

DOE’s Inventory of Depleted Uranium 

Hexafluoride 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

hearings. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE), Office of Environmental 

Management, announces the availability 

of the Draft Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Disposition of Depleted Uranium Oxide 

Conversion Product Generated from 

DOE’s Inventory of Depleted Uranium 

Hexafluoride (Draft SEIS) (DOE/EIS– 

0359–S1; DOE/EIS–0360–S1). DOE also 

announces three web-based public 

hearings to receive comments on the 

Draft SEIS. The Draft SEIS evaluates the 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with the transportation to 

final disposition of depleted uranium 

(DU) oxide conversion product from its 

depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) 

conversion facilities at the Paducah, 

Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio, sites 

at three alternative offsite low-level 

radioactive waste disposal facilities: The 

DOE-owned low-level radioactive waste 

disposal facility at the Nevada National 

Security Site (NNSS) in Nye County, 

Nevada; the EnergySolutions low-level 

radioactive waste disposal facility in 

Clive, Utah; and the Waste Control 

Specialists LLC (WCS) low-level 

radioactive waste disposal facility in 

Andrews, Texas. 

DATES: DOE is inviting public comments 

on the Draft SEIS starting with the date 

of publication of this Notice and ending 

on Monday, February 11, 2019. DOE 

will host three web-based public 

hearings to receive comments on the 

Draft SEIS. Comments submitted during 

this public comment period will be 

considered in preparation of the Final 

SEIS. DOE will consider late comments 

to the extent practicable. DOE will 

conduct web-based public comment 

hearings on the dates indicated below: 

• Tuesday, January 22, 2019 from 

2:00–4:00 p.m., Web-based 

• Wednesday, January 23, 2019 from 

4:00–6:00 p.m., Web-based 

• Thursday, January 24, 2019, from 

7:00–9:00 p.m., Web-based 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the Draft SEIS 

maybe be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Mail: Ms. Jaffet Ferrer-Torres, 

Document Manager, Office of 

Environmental Management, 

Department of Energy, EM–4.22, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585. Note: Comments submitted 

by U.S. Postal Service may be delayed 

by mail screening. 

• Email: DUF6_NEPA@em.doe.gov. 

• WebEx Meeting Room (during 

scheduled dates see Web-based Public 

Hearing Information Section): 

Æ https://doe.webex.com/join/duf6_

nepa (Copy and Paste into web 

browser). 

• DU Oxide SEIS Website: http://

www.energy.gov/em/dispositionuranium-oxide-conversion-depleteduranium-hexafluoride. 

This NOA, the Environmental 

Protection Agency NOA, and the Draft 

SEIS will be posted on the DOE NEPA 

website at http://energy.gov/nepa. These 

documents, and additional materials 

relating to this Draft SEIS, will be also 

available on the DU Oxide SEIS website 

at: http://www.energy.gov/em/ 

disposition-uranium-oxide-conversiondepleted-uranium-hexafluoride. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information about this Draft 

SEIS, please contact Ms. Jaffet FerrerTorres, U.S. Department of Energy at the 

mailing addresses listed in ADDRESSES. 

For information on DOE’s NEPA 

process, please contact Mr. William 

Ostrum, Acting NEPA Compliance 

Officer, Office of Regulatory 

Compliance, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585; or email at 

askNEPA@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Draft SEIS has been prepared in 

accordance with Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) and DOE 

NEPA implementing regulations at 40 

CFR parts 1500–1508 and 10 CFR part 

1021, respectively. The Draft SEIS 

evaluates the potential impacts from 

three Action Alternatives and the No 

Action alternative (in accordance with 

40 CFR 1502.14). Under the No Action 

alternative, transportation to and 

disposal of the conversion product at an 

offsite low-level waste disposal facility 

would not occur and refilled cylinders 

of DU oxide conversion product would 

remain in storage at DOE’s Paducah and 

Portsmouth sites. 


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Preferred Alternative 

DOE does not have a preferred 

alternative for the disposal of depleted 

uranium, but does identify factors that 

DOE plans to consider in developing a 

preferred alternative or alternatives for 

inclusion in the Final SEIS. These 

factors are discussed in the SUMMARY

and chapter four of the Draft SEIS. The 

preferred alternative could be a 

combination of two or more alternatives. 

DOE invites public comments on these 

factors and any additional factors that 

should be considered in the selection of 

a preferred alternative and why. 

Next Steps 

Following the end of the public 

comment period, DOE will consider 

public comments on the Draft SEIS in 

preparing the Final SEIS. After issuing 

the Final SEIS, DOE will consider the 

environmental impacts presented in the 

Final SEIS, along with other appropriate 

information in proposing its decision(s) 

related to the disposal of depleted 

uranium for an Amended Record of 

Decision. 

Web-based Public Hearing Information 

Registration details are included 

below and are also available on the DOE 

EM SEIS project website (See 

ADDRESSES section). If you are joining 

the web-based public hearing via 

internet, copy and paste the link below 

to login to the WebEx Meeting Room, 

then follow prompts after entering the 

access code. If you are joining the webbased public hearing via phone, dial the 

US Toll number below and follow 

prompts to enter access code. For Global 

Call in numbers, visit the DU Oxide 

SEIS website. Documents and the 

presentation for the public hearing will 

be made available at http://

www.energy.gov/em/dispositionuranium-oxide-conversion-depleteduranium-hexafluoride, as well as shared 

during live web-based public hearings. 

Comments will be accepted during the 

web-based public hearing, by mail, by 

email, and through submittal of 

comment forms on the DU Oxide SEIS 

website. Persons who wish to speak may 

sign up to speak before each meeting by 

submitting a request to DUF6_NEPA@

em.doe.gov. 

• Join web-based public hearing via 

WebEx Meeting Room: 

Æ https://doe.webex.com/join/duf6_

nepa_(Copy and Paste into web 

browser). 

• Join web-based public hearing by 

phone: 

Æ US Toll: 1–415–527–5035 (For 

Global Call-In Numbers visit DU Oxide 

SEIS website). 

Æ Access code: 988 230 782 #. 

Public Reading Rooms and Libraries 

Copies of the Draft SEIS are available 

at http://www.energy.gov/em/ 

disposition-uranium-oxide-conversiondepleted-uranium-hexafluoride. Copies 

may also be found for public review at 

the locations listed below: 

District of Columbia 

U.S. Department of Energy 

Freedom of Information Act Electronic 

Reading Room: 

https://www.energy.gov/management/ 

office-management/operationalmanagement/freedom-informationact/reading-room 

Nevada 

Nevada Site Office, U.S. Department of 

Energy 

Public Reading Room 

755 East Flamingo Road, Room 103 

Las Vegas, NV 89119, (702) 794–5106. 

Amargosa Valley Library 

829 E Farm Road 

HCR 69 Box 401–T 

Amargosa, NV 89020, (775) 372–5340. 

Clark County Library 

1401 E Flamingo Road 

Las Vegas, NV 89119, (702) 507–3400. 

Indian Springs Library 

715 Gretta Lane 

P.O. Box 629 

Indian Springs, NV 89018, (702) 879– 

3845. 

Las Vegas Library 

833 N Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV 89101, (702) 507–3500. 

Pahrump Community Library, 

701 S. East Street 

Pahrump, NV 89048, (775) 727–5930. 

Tonopah Public Library, 

167 S Central Street 

Tonopah, NV 89049, (775) 482–3374. 

Utah 

Tooele City Public Library 

128 W Vine Street 

Tooele, UT 84074, (435) 882–2182. 

Texas 

Andrews County Library 

109 NW 1st Street 

Andrews, TX 79714, (432)-523–9819. 

Kentucky 

U.S. DOE Environmental Information 

Center 

Emerging Technology Center (Room 

221) 

5100 Alben Barkley Drive 

Paducah, KY 42001, (270) 554–3004. 

McCracken County Public Library 

555 Washington Street 

Paducah, KY 42003, (270) 442–2510. 

Ohio 

U.S. DOE Environmental Information 

Center 

Ohio State Endeavor Center 

1862 Shyville Road (Room 207) 

Piketon, OH 45661, (740) 289–8898. 

Portsmouth Public Library 

1220 Gallia Street 

Portsmouth, OH 45662, (740) 354–5688. 

Scioto County Law Library 

602 Seventh Street (Room 306) 

Portsmouth, OH 45662, (740) 355–8259. 

Individual commentators’ names and 

addresses (including email addresses) 

received as part of oral statements at the 

public hearings or comment documents 

on this Draft SEIS normally are part of 

the public record. DOE plans to 

reproduce comment documents in their 

entirety in the Final SEIS, as 

appropriate, and to post all comment 

documents received in their entirety on 

the DU oxide SEIS website at the close 

of the public comment period. Any 

person wishing to have his/her name, 

address, or other identifying 

information withheld from the public 

record of comment documents must 

state this request prominently at the 

beginning of any comment document. 

DOE will honor the request to the extent 

allowable by law. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses will be 

included in the public record and open 

to public inspection in their entirety. 

Issued at Washington, DC on December 20, 

2018. 

Elizabeth A. Connell, 

Acting Associate Principal Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Regulatory and Policy Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2018–28249 Filed 12–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Study on Macroeconomic Outcomes of 

LNG Exports: Response to Comments 

Received on Study 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of response to comments. 

FE Docket No. 

Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P ........................................................................................................................................................ 12–32–LNG 

Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC ................................................................................................................................................ 12–101–LNG 


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