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1Conventional processing is a chemical 

separations process that involves dissolving spent 

fuel in nitric acid and separating fission products 

from uranium using solvent extraction. 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

prior to any permit action. The Corps 

may ultimately make a determination to 

permit or deny the proposed project or 

a modified version of the proposed 

project. The primary Federal concerns 

are dredging, dredged material disposal, 

addition of permanent structures in and 

over navigable waters of the U.S., and 

transport of dredged material for the 

purpose of ocean disposal. 

Pursuant to the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) the 

LAHD will serve as Lead Agency in 

preparing an Environmental Impact 

Report (EIR) for its consideration of 

development approvals within its 

jurisdiction. The Corps and LAHD have 

agreed to jointly prepare a Draft EIS/EIR 

to optimize efficiency and avoid 

duplication. The Draft EIS/EIR is 

intended to be sufficient in scope to 

address the Federal, state and local 

requirements and environmental issues 

concerning the proposed activities and 

permit approvals. 

1. Project Site and Background 

Information. The project site is located 

on Terminal Island within in an 

industrial area of the East Basin region 

of the Port of Los Angeles. The site is 

within the Port of Los Angeles 

Community Plan area in the City of Los 

Angeles, adjacent to the communities of 

San Pedro and Wilmington, and 

approximately 20 miles south of 

downtown Los Angeles. The purpose of 

the project is to improve marine 

shipping and maritime commerce by 

optimizing the container-handling 

efficiency and capacity at Berths 212– 

224, accommodate berthing and 

loading/unloading the largest container 

ships, and increase on-dock rail 

facilities to accommodate projected 

peak increases in container movement 

into and out of the terminal at Berths 

212–224 resulting from the handling of 

larger ships. 

2. Proposed Action: The LAHD has 

proposed to redevelop the existing 

container terminal at Berths 212–224. 

Yusen Terminals Inc. [YTI] operates the 

existing 185-acre container terminal 

under a lease agreement (LAHD Permit 

No. 692). The proposed project would 

result in dredging of approximately 

25,000 cubic yards of sediment from 

Berths 212–224 to increase depth at 

existing berths; disposal of dredged 

material at either an offshore site 

(LA–2), confined disposal facility (CDF), 

or other approved location; wharf 

improvements including installation of 

new subsurface sheet pile and king piles 

to stabilize the existing wharf prior to 

dredging, installation of four new 100- 

gauge and modification (i.e., 

heightening, additional boom length) of 

six existing gantry cranes for a total of 

14 operational cranes at full build-out; 

and backland improvements such as 

additional on-dock rail, paving, coldplaning, etc., on approximately 160 

acres of the site. 

3. Issues: Potentially significant issues 

associated with the project include: 

Aesthetics/visual impacts, air quality 

emissions, biological resource impacts, 

environmental justice, geologic impacts 

related to seismicity, hazards and 

hazardous materials, hydrology and 

water quality, noise, traffic and 

transportation, and cumulative impacts 

from past, present and reasonably 

foreseeable future projects. 

4. Alternatives. The Draft EIS/EIR will 

include a co-equal analysis of several 

alternatives. Project alternatives will be 

further developed during this scoping 

process. Additional alternatives that 

may be developed during scoping will 

also be considered in the Draft EIS/EIR. 

5. Scoping Process. The Corps and 

LAHD will jointly conduct a public 

scoping meeting for the proposed 

project to receive public comment 

regarding the appropriate scope and 

preparation of the Draft EIS/EIR. 

Participation by Federal, state, and local 

agencies and other interested 

organization and persons is encouraged. 

This meeting will be conducted in 

English and Spanish. 

6. Electronic Access and Filing 

Addresses: Comments may be submitted 

by electronic mail (email) to: 

theresa.stevens@usace.army.mil. 

Electronic mail comments should 

include the commenter’s physical or 

electronic mailing address, the project 

title and the Corps file number. 

7. The Draft EIS/EIR is expected to be 

available for public review and 

comment in the fall 2013, and a public 

meeting will be held after its 

publication. 

Dated: March 19, 2013. 

David J. Castanon, 

Chief, Regulatory Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–07968 Filed 4–4–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES 

SAFETY BOARD 

Extension of Hearing Record Closure 

Date 

AGENCY: Defense Nuclear Facilities 

Safety Board. 

ACTION: Extension of hearing record 

closure date. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Nuclear 

Facilities Safety Board (Board) 

published a document in the Federal 

Register on January 22, 2013, (78 FR 

4393), as amended, February 19, 2013, 

(78 FR 11632). The publication 

concerned notice of a hearing and 

meeting on March 14, 2013, regarding 

safety culture, emergency preparedness, 

and safety issues at the Pantex Plant. 

The Board stated in the January 22, 

2013, hearing notice that the hearing 

record would remain open until April 

15, 2013, for the receipt of additional 

materials. 

Extension of Time: The Board now 

extends the period of time for which the 

hearing record will remain open to June 

15, 2013, to further accommodate, 

among other things, submission of 

answers to questions taken for the 

record during the course of the public 

hearing. 

Contact Person for Further 

Information: Marcelyn Atwood, General 

Manager, Defense Nuclear Facilities 

Safety Board, 625 Indiana Avenue NW., 

Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004–2901, 

(800) 788–4016. This is a toll-free 

number. 

Dated: April 2, 2013. 

Peter S. Winokur, 

Chairman. 

[FR Doc. 2013–07969 Filed 4–4–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Spent Nuclear Fuel Management at the 

Savannah River Site 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Amended Record of Decision. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is amending its August 7, 

2000, Record of Decision (ROD) 

pursuant to the Savannah River Site 

Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Final 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Aiken, SC (DOE/EIS–0279, 2000; SRS 

SNF EIS). In the 2000 ROD, DOE 

decided to develop and demonstrate the 

‘‘melt and dilute’’ technology to manage 

approximately 28.6 metric tons of heavy 

metal (MTHM) of aluminum-clad SNF, 

consistent with its preferred alternative 

identified in the SRS SNF EIS. 

DOE now amends that decision and 

will manage approximately 3.3 MTHM 

from the currently projected inventory 

of 22 MTHM at SRS using conventional 

processing 1 at the H-Canyon facility at 

SRS, as described and evaluated under 

the Conventional Processing Alternative 

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