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every five years. In 1999 DOE/NNSA 

completed the first SNL/NM SWEIS 

which examined existing and potential 

impacts to the environment from 

ongoing and anticipated future DOE/ 

NNSA operations conducted over 

approximately a 10-year period of time 

at SNL/NM and other DOE operations 

on and around Kirtland Air Force Base 

(KAFB). NNSA issued a Record of 

Decision (ROD) for the SWEIS in 

December 15, 1999 (64 FR 69996) 

announcing its decision to continue 

operations at SNL/NM under the 

expanded operations alternative. In 

August 2006, DOE/NNSA completed a 

5-year review of the 1999 SNL/NM 

SWEIS with the preparation of a 

Supplement Analysis (SA) (DOE/EIS– 

0281–SA–04), to determine the 

adequacy of the existing EIS. Based on 

the 2006 Final Supplement Analysis for 

the Site-Wide Environmental Impact 

Statement for Sandia National 

Laboratories, New Mexico (DOE/EIS– 

0281–SA–04), DOE/NNSA determined 

that there were no substantial changes 

to the actions or impacts evaluated in 

the SNL/NM SWEIS, and there were no 

significant new circumstances or 

information relevant to environmental 

concerns; thus, the existing SNL/NM 

SWEIS was adequate and neither a 

supplemental EIS nor a new EIS was 

required. 

The new SWEIS No Action 

Alternative will include the 

implementation of other decisions 

supported by separate NEPA analyses 

completed since the issuance of the 

Final 1999 SNL/NM SWEIS. This 

includes five Supplement Analyses 

resulting in the determination that 

further NEPA documentation was not 

required: (1) Supplement Analysis for 

the Final Site-Wide Environmental 

Impact Statement for Sandia National 

Laboratories, New Mexico to 

Reestablishing Long-Term Pulse Mode 

Testing Capability at the Annular Core 

Research Reactor (ACRR), Sandia 

National Laboratories, New Mexico 

(ACRR Pulse Mode SA) (DOE/EIS–0281– 

SA–01); (2) Supplement Analysis for the 

Final Site-Wide Environmental Impact 

Statement for Sandia National 

Laboratories, New Mexico for Isentropic 

Compression and Flyer Plate 

Experiments Involving Plutonium at the 

Z and Saturn Accelerators (Pu-ICE SA) 

(DOE/EIS–0281–SA–02); (3) 

Supplement Analysis for the Final SiteWide Environmental Impact Statement 

for Sandia National Laboratories, New 

Mexico for the Installation of a Petawatt 

Laser System in TA–IV (Petawatt Laser 

System SA) (DOE/EIS–0281–SA–03); (4) 

Sandia National Laboratories, New 

Mexico Final Supplement Analysis for 

the Site-Wide Environmental Impact 

Statement (2006 SNL/NM SWEIS SA) 

(DOE/EIS–0281–SA–04); and (5) Final 

Complex Transformation Supplemental 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (DOE/EIS–0235–S4) and its 

RODs (73 FR 77644 and 73 FR 77656). 

In addition the following seven 

environmental assessments and their 

associated Findings of No Significant 

Impacts will also be included in the No 

Action Alternative as well as actions 

categorically excluded from the need for 

preparation of either an EA or an EIS: 

(1) Environmental Assessment for the 

Microsystems and Engineering Sciences 

Applications Complex, DOE/EA–1335, 

September 2000; (2) Final 

Environmental Assessment for the Test 

Capabilities Revitalization at Sandia 

National Laboratories, New Mexico, 

DOE/EA–1446, January 2003; (3) Final 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies 

at Sandia National Laboratories, New 

Mexico, DOE/EA–1457, March 2003; (4) 

Final Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Consolidation of Neutron 

Generator Tritium Target Loading 

Production, DOE/EA–1532, June 2005; 

(5) Final Environmental Assessment for 

the Expansion of Permitted Land and 

Operations at the 9940 Complex and 

Thunder Range at Sandia National 

Laboratories, New Mexico, DOE/EA– 

1603, April 2008; (6) Final 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Removal Actions at the technical Area 

III Classified Waste Landfill, Sandia 

National Laboratories, New Mexico, 

DOE/EA–1729, August 2010; (7) Final 

Environmental Assessment for Proposed 

Construction and Lease of New 

Facilities for the Department of Energy, 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration, Office of Secure 

Transportation (Albuquerque 

transportation and Technology Center) 

Albuquerque, New Mexico, U. S. 

General Services Administration, July 

2006. These various documents can be 

reviewed at the DOE/NNSA Public 

Reading Room at Government 

Information/Zimmerman Library, 

MSC05 3020, 1 University of New 

Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131–0001, 

Tel: 505/277–5441 Fax: 505/277–6019; 

E-mail: govref@unm.edu; Reading Room 

Web site: http://elibrary.unm.edu/doe; 

and on the Internet at: http:// 

nepa.energy.gov. 

On June 24, 2011, (76 FR 37100), 

NNSA published a NOI for the 

preparation of a SWEIS (DOE/EIS–0466) 

for the continued operation of DOE/ 

NNSA activities at SNL/NM on KAFB 

and within the Albuquerque area, and 

other DOE activities at both on-site and 

off-site locations (i. e., the NNSA 

Service Center, the NNSA Office of 

Secure Transportation, NNSA Kirtland 

Operations, the NNSA Aviation Facility, 

and the DOE National Training Center). 

The NOI stated that the public scoping 

period would continue for 45 days after 

publication in the Federal Register, 

ending on August 8, 2011. NNSA has 

decided to re-open the public scoping 

period through September 12, 2011. 

NNSA has also decided to hold two 

additional public scoping meetings 

during the comment period. The newly 

added public scoping meetings will take 

place on Thursday September 1, 2011, 

in Albuquerque, NM. The complete 

schedule for the additional public 

scoping meetings on the SWEIS with all 

dates, times, and locations is the 

provided above, under DATES. 

The SWEIS scoping meetings will use 

a format to facilitate dialogue between 

DOE/NNSA and the public and will 

provide individuals the opportunity to 

give written or oral statements. DOE/ 

NNSA welcomes specific comments or 

suggestions on the SWEIS process. 

NNSA invites stakeholders and 

members of the public to submit 

comments on the scope of the SWEIS 

during the public scoping period, which 

started with the publication of the NOI 

in the Federal Register on June 24, 

2011, and will now be continued 

through September 12, 2011. NNSA will 

consider comments received after this 

date to the extent practicable as it 

prepares the draft SWEIS. Questions or 

Comments concerning the scope of the 

SWEIS can be submitted to the NNSA 

SSO at the same postal and electronic 

addresses given above. Additionally, the 

SSO SWEIS Hotline provides 

instructions on how to record 

comments. Please mark all envelopes, 

faxes and e-mail: ‘‘Scoping Comments 

SSO SNL/NM SWEIS’’. 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 9, 

2011. 

Thomas P. D’Agostino, 

Administrator, National Nuclear Security 

Administration. 

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Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

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564–1399 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements. 

Filed 08/01/2011 through 08/05/2011. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

In accordance with Section 309(a) of 

the Clean Air Act, EPA is required to 

make its comments on EISs issued by 

other Federal agencies public. 

Historically, EPA met this mandate by 

publishing weekly notices of availability 

of EPA comments, which includes a 

brief summary of EPA’s comment 

letters, in the Federal Register. Since 

February 2008, EPA has included its 

comment letters on EISs on its Web site 

at: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/ 

nepa/eisdata.html. Including the entire 

EIS comment letters on the Web site 

satisfies the Section 309(a) requirement 

to make EPA’s comments on EISs 

available to the public. Accordingly, on 

March 31, 2010, EPA discontinued the 

publication of the notice of availability 

of EPA comments in the Federal 

Register. 

EIS No. 20110249, Draft Supplement, 

USFS, OR, Cobbler II Timber Sale and 

Fuels Reduction Project, Updated 

Information to Revise and Clarify 

Aspects of the Analyses Presented in 

the FEIS of October 2010, Proposing 

Vegetation and Fuels Management to 

Improve Health and Vigor Upland 

Forest Stands and Reduce Hazardous 

and Ladder Fuels, Walla Walla Ranger 

District, Umatilla National Forest, 

Wallowa and Union Counties, OR, 

Comment Period Ends: 09/26/2011, 

Contact: Betsy Kaiser 509–522–6290. 

EIS No. 20110250, Draft EIS, NRC, NH, 

Generic—License Renewal of Nuclear 

Plants Regarding Seabrook Station, 

Supplemental 46, City of Seabrook, 

Rockingham County, NH, Comment 

Period Ends: 10/26/2011, Contact: 

Michael Wentzel 301–415–6459. 

EIS No. 20110251, Final EIS, USFS, WI, 

Phelps Vegetation and Transportation 

Management Project, Proposal to 

Implement Vegetation and 

Transportation Management 

Activities, Eagle River-Florence 

Ranger District, Vilas County, WI, 

Review Period Ends: 09/12/2011, 

Contact: Christine Brenner 715–479– 

2827 Ext. 21. 

EIS No. 20110252, Final EIS, BLM, WY, 

Buckskin Mine Hay Creek II Project, 

Coal Lease Application WYW– 

172684, Wyoming Powder River 

Basin, Campbell County, WY, Review 

Period Ends: 09/12/2011, Contact: 

Teresa Johnson 307–261–7600. 

EIS No. 20110253, Final Supplement, 

MMS, 00, Gulf of Mexico Outer 

Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease 

Sales: 2011 Western Planning Area 

Sales 218, TX, Review Period Ends: 

09/12/2011, Contact: Gary Goeke 504– 

736–3233. 

EIS No. 20110254, Final EIS, FWS, WA, 

Willapa National Wildlife Refuge 

Draft Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan, Implementation, Pacific County, 

WA, Review Period Ends: 09/12/2011, 

Contact: Charles Houghten 503–231– 

6207. 

EIS No. 20110255, Draft EIS, USFS, SD, 

Streamboat Project, Proposes to 

Implement Multiple Resource 

Management Actions, Northern Hills 

Ranger District, Black Hills National 

Forest, Lawrence, Meade and 

Pennington Counties, SD, Comment 

Period Ends: 09/26/2011, Contact: 

Rhonda O’Byrne 605–642–4622. 

EIS No. 20110256, Draft EIS, FRA, CA, 

California High-Speed Train (HST): 

Fresno to Bakersfield Section HighSpeed Train, Proposes to Construct, 

Operate, and Maintain an ElectricPowered High-Speed Train (HST), 

Fresno, Kings, Tulare and Kern 

Counties, CA, Comment Period Ends: 

09/28/2011, Contact: David 

Valenstein 202–493–6368. 

EIS No. 20110257, Draft EIS, FRA, CA, 

California High-Speed Train (HST): 

Merced to Fresno Section High-Speed 

Train, Proposes to Construct, Operate, 

and Maintain an Electric-Powered 

High-Speed Train (HST), Merced, 

Madera and Fresno Counties, CA, 

Comment Period Ends: 09/28/2011, 

Contact: David Valenstein 202–493– 

6868. 

EIS No. 20110258, Final EIS, DOE, CA, 

Topaz Solar Farm Project, Issuing a 

Loan Guarantee to Royal Bank of 

Scotland for Construction and 

Startup, San Luis Obispo County, CA, 

Review Period Ends: 09/12/2011, 

Contact: Angela F. Colamaria 202– 

287–5387. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20110190, Draft EIS, FRA, MS, 

Tupelo Railroad Relocation Planning 

and Environmental Study, To 

Improve Mobility and Safety by 

Reducing Roadway Congestion, City 

of Tupelo, MS, Comment Period Ends: 

08/08/2011, Contact: John Winkle 

202–493–6067. Revision to FR Notice 

Published 06/24/2011: Extending 

Comment Period from 08/08/2011 to 

09/12/2011. 

Dated: August 9, 2011. 

Cliff Rader, 

Acting Director, NEPA Compliance Division, 

Office of Federal Activities. 

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Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) 

Nation’s Refinery, Notice of Availability 

of the Record of Decision (ROD), 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) Permit 

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The MHA Nation proposes to 

construct, own and operate a 13,000 

barrels-per-day petroleum refinery on 

the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation 

near Makoti in North Dakota. The 

refinery will produce diesel fuel, 

gasoline and propane. The NPDES 

permit will be for surface water 

discharges associated with the operation 

of the refinery. 

EPA’s decision to issue the NPDES 

permit is based on the Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS), the Fact Sheet 

for the NPDES permit and the 

administrative record for the project. 

EPA and the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

issued the draft EIS in June 2006 and 

the final EIS (FEIS) in August 2009. 

Since the FEIS was issued, the MHA 

Nation decided to change the refinery 

feedstock from synthetic crude oil to the 

Bakken formation crude. As a result of 

the feedstock change, EPA evaluated the 

potential changes in impacts and the 

analysis in the FEIS. EPA’s evaluation is 

summarized in a Supplemental 

Information Report (SIR). The FEIS, 

ROD and SIR are available for review at 

http://www.epa.gov/region8/ 

compliance/nepa/mharefinery.html. 

The appeal period for the NPDES permit 

decision ends 30 days from the date of 

this notice in accordance with 40 CFR 

124.19. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Dana Allen; Allen.dana@epa.gov, (303) 

312–6870 regarding the ROD and SIR 

and Mr. Robert Brobst; 

Brobst.bob@epa.gov, (303) 312–6129 

regarding the NPDES permit; U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street; Denver, 

Colorado, 80202–1129. 

Dated: August 9, 2011. 

Susan E. Bromm, 

Director, Office of Federal Activities. 

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