43678 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 140 / Thursday, July 21, 2011 / Notices 

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Dated: July 18, 2011. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2011–18454 Filed 7–20–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Public Scoping Meetings and 

Extension of Scoping Period for the 

U.S. Department of Energy Uranium 

Leasing Program Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of public scoping 

meetings and extension of scoping 

period. 

SUMMARY: DOE will host public scoping 

meetings in western Colorado to receive 

comments on the scope of the DOE 

Uranium Leasing Program (ULP) 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (hereinafter referred to as the 

ULP PEIS). The PEIS will analyze the 

reasonably foreseeable environmental 

impacts, including the site-specific 

impacts, of the range of reasonable 

alternatives for the management of 

DOE’s ULP. 

On June 21, 2011, DOE announced in 

the Federal Register (76 FR 36097) its 

intention to prepare the PEIS and 

opened a scoping period which would 

have closed August 22, 2011. The 

scoping period has been extended and 

will now close on September 9, 2011. 

DOE invites the public to submit written 

comments by any of the means listed in 

the ADDRESSES section. Oral as well as 

written comments may also be provided 

at the public scoping meetings to be 

held as listed under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: DOE invites comments on the 

proposed scope of the PEIS from all 

interested parties. The public scoping 

period began on June 21, 2011, and will 

close on September 9, 2011. Comments 

on the scope of the PEIS should be 

submitted by September 9, 2011. 

Comments e-mailed or postmarked after 

that date will be considered to the 

extent practicable. DOE also invites all 

interested parties to participate in 

public scoping meetings. Dates and 

locations of the public scoping meetings 

are listed under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION below. Requests to speak at 

any of the public scoping meetings can 

be submitted via the ULP PEIS Web site 

indicated in the ADDRESSES section and 

may also be made at the scoping 

meetings; however, requests received 

via the Web site before the scoping 

meetings will be given priority in the 

speaking order. For interested parties 

wishing to speak with a DOE 

representative, see the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

announcement. 

ADDRESSES: Requests to speak at the 

public scoping meetings on the 

proposed scope of the PEIS may be 

submitted via the ULP PEIS Web site at 

http://ulpeis.anl.gov and at the public 

scoping meetings. Written comments 

may be submitted by any of the 

following means: 

• By submitting electronic comments 

on the PEIS Web site at http:// 

ulpeis.anl.gov. 

• By e-mail to ulpeis@anl.gov. 

• By mail to Laura Kilpatrick, Esq., 

DOE ULP Program Manager, Office of 

Legacy Management, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 11025 Dover Street, Suite 1000, 

Westminster, CO 80021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on DOE’s proposed action, 

contact Laura Kilpatrick, Esq., DOE ULP 

Program Manager, at the address listed 

above. 

For general information on the DOE 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) process, contact Carol 

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA 

Policy and Compliance (GC–54), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; telephone (202– 

586–4600); fax (202–586–7031); or leave 

a toll-free message (1–800–472–2756). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

21, 2011, DOE published a notice in the 

Federal Register (76 FR 36097) 

announcing its intention to prepare the 

ULP PEIS and opening a scoping period 

that would have closed August 22, 2011. 

The PEIS will be prepared pursuant to 

NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) NEPA regulations (40 CFR Parts 

1500–1508), and DOE’s NEPA 

implementing procedures (10 CFR Part 

1021). The PEIS will analyze the 

reasonably foreseeable environmental 

impacts, including site-specific impacts, 

of alternatives for the management of 

DOE’s ULP, under which DOE 

administers tracts of land for the 

exploration, development, and 

extraction of uranium and vanadium 

ores. The ULP includes tracts of land 

located in Mesa, Montrose, and San 

Miguel counties in western Colorado 

that cover a cumulative acreage of 

approximately 25,000 acres. In the June 

21, 2011, notice, DOE stated that it 

would hold public scoping meetings 

and announce the dates, times, and 

locations of these meetings in a 

subsequent Federal Register notice, as 

well as in local news media. DOE now 

announces the public scoping meetings 

to be held at the dates, times, and 

locations listed below. DOE is also 

extending the public scoping period to 

September 9, 2011. 

Four public scoping meetings will be 

held as follows: 

• August 8, 2011—Montrose Pavilion, 

1800 Pavilion Dr., Montrose, CO 81401, 

from 6:30 to 9 p.m. 

• August 9, 2011—Sheridan Opera 

House, 110 North Oak St., Telluride, CO 

81435, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. 

• August 10, 2011—Naturita 

Community Building, 411 W. 2nd St., 

Naturita, CO 81422, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. 

• August 11, 2011—San Juan County 

Courthouse, Commission Chambers, 117 

South Main St., Monticello, UT 84535, 

from 6:30 to 9 p.m. 

At each of the public scoping 

meetings, registration to speak will be 

held starting at 6:30 pm. The formal 

commenting session will begin at 7 p.m. 

with a DOE presentation providing an 

overview of the DOE ULP, the proposed 

action for the ULP PEIS, and a 

description of the NEPA process for the 

ULP PEIS. Public comments will be 

received starting at 7:15 p.m. until the 

end of each meeting. The formal 

commenting session will be transcribed 

by a court stenographer. The presiding 

officer will establish the order of the 

speakers and procedures to ensure that 

everyone who wishes to speak has an 

opportunity to do so. Depending on the 

number of speakers, the presiding 

officer may limit all speakers to a set 

amount of time initially and provide 

additional opportunities to speak as 

time permits. Individuals may also 

provide written materials in lieu of, or 

supplemental to, their presentations, 

and such additional information may be 

submitted in writing by the date listed 

in the DATES section. Both oral and 

written comments will be considered 

and given equal weight by DOE. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 15, 

2011. 

Thomas C. Pauling, 

Acting Director, Office of Legacy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2011–18373 Filed 7–20–11; 8:45 am] 

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