1048 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 5 / Friday, January 8, 2010 / Notices 

Dated: January 5, 2010. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Public Hearings on the Draft 

Tank Closure and Waste Management 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Hanford Site, Richland, WA 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) announces the public hearings on 

the Draft Tank Closure and Waste 

Management Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Hanford Site, 

Richland, Washington (DOE/EIS–0391) 

(Draft TC&WM EIS or Draft EIS). This 

Draft EIS was prepared in accordance 

with the implementing regulations 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA). A Notice of 

Availability of the Draft EIS was 

published on October 30, 2009 (74 FR 

56194), initiating a 140-day public 

comment period ending March 19, 2010. 

The State of Washington, Department of 

Ecology (Ecology) is a cooperating 

agency on this EIS. 

DATES: During the public comment 

period for the Draft TC & WM EIS which 

ends March 19, 2010, DOE invites the 

public to submit written comments by 

any of the means listed under 

ADDRESSES below. In addition, oral as 

well as written comments may be 

provided at the public hearings to be 

held as listed under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted by regular mail, fax, or e-mail 

as follows. Written comments may be 

sent to: Mary Beth Burandt, Office of 

River Protection, Document Manager, 

P.O. Box 1178, Richland, Washington 

99352, Attention: TC & WM EIS. 

Written comments or requests for 

information can be submitted at 

TC&WMEIS@saic.com, or by faxing to 

888–785–2865. The Draft EIS is 

available on DOE’s NEPA Web site at 

http://www.gc.energy.gov/nepa and the 

Hanford Web site at http:// 

www.hanford.gov. 

Copies of this Draft EIS are available 

for review at: Hanford Site Public 

Reading Room, 2770 University Drive, 

CIC. Room 101L, Richland, WA 99354, 

509–372–7443 and the U.S. Department 

of Energy, FOIA Reading Room, 1G–033, 

Forrestal Bldg., 1000 Independence Ave, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585, 202–586– 

5955. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding the Hanford Site 

or this Draft EIS, contact Ms. Burandt at 

the above address. The following Web 

sites may also be accessed for additional 

information on the Hanford Site: http://

www.hanford.gov/orp/ (Click on Public 

Involvement) or http:// 

www.hanford.gov. 

General information on DOE’s NEPA 

process is on the Department’s NEPA 

Web site at http://www.gc.energy.gov/ 

nepa or contact: Carol Borgstrom, 

Director, Office of NEPA Policy and 

Compliance (GC–54), U.S. Department 

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585, e-mail 

AskNEPA@hq.doe.gov, telephone 202– 

586–4600; or leave a message at 800– 

472–2756. 

For general questions and information 

about the Washington State Department 

of Ecology, contact: Annette Carlson, 

Nuclear Waste Program, 3100 Port of 

Benton Blvd., Richland, WA 99352, 

telephone 509–372–7897, e-mail 

anca461@ecy.wa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Hanford Site is located in 

southeastern Washington State along the 

Columbia River, and is approximately 

586 square miles in size. Hanford’s 

mission included defense-related 

nuclear research, development, and 

weapons production activities from the 

early 1940s to approximately 1989. 

During that period, Hanford operated a 

plutonium production complex with 

nine nuclear reactors and associated 

processing facilities. These activities 

created a wide variety of chemical and 

radioactive wastes. Hanford’s mission 

now is focused on the cleanup of those 

wastes and ultimate closure of Hanford. 

In support of Hanford’s cleanup 

mission DOE, with Ecology as a 

cooperating agency, prepared the Draft 

TC & WM EIS in accordance with the 

Council on Environmental Quality’s 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) Implementing Regulations at 40 

CFR Parts 1500–1508 and the DOE 

NEPA Implementing Procedures at 10 

CFR Part 1021. The Environmental 

Protection Agency issued a Notice of 

Availability of this Draft TC & WM EIS 

on October 30, 2009 (74 FR 56194), 

thereby initiating the public comment 

period for the Draft EIS. 

II. Public Hearings 

During an open house, the first hour 

of each hearing, participants may 

register to speak and meet informally 

with representatives from DOE and 

Ecology. During the formal portion of 

each hearing, DOE and Ecology will 

make short opening presentations on the 

Draft EIS and describe the format for the 

hearing. The remaining time will be 

available for the public to comment. The 

schedule of locations, dates, and times 

for all of the public hearings is provided 

as follows: 

Richland, WA 99352, January 26, 2010, 

Red Lion Hotel Hanford House, 802 

George Washington Way, 509–946– 

7611, 6 to 10 p.m. 

Boise, ID 83702, February 2, 2010, 

Owyhee Plaza Hotel, 1109 Main St., 

208–343–4611, 6 to 10 p.m. 

Hood River, OR 97031, February 9, 

2010, Columbia Gorge Hotel, 4000 

Westcliff Drive, 541–386–5566, 6 to 

10 p.m. 

Portland, OR 97232, February 10, 2010, 

Doubletree Hotel, Portland—Lloyd 

Center, 1000 NE Multnomah Street, 

503–281–6111, 6 to 10 p.m. 

Seattle, WA, February 11, 2010, Seattle 

Center, 305 Harrison Street, 206–684– 

7200, 6 to 10 p.m. 

DOE will consider and respond to all 

oral and written comments received at 

the public hearings or written comments 

postmarked by March 19, 2010, in 

preparing the Final EIS. Late comments 

will be considered to the extent 

practicable. DOE is considering some 

additional public hearings. Times and 

locations for those additional hearings 

will be announced in the Federal 

Register and local media. 

III. Next Steps 

DOE intends to issue the Final Tank 

Closure and Waste Management EIS by 

March 2011. DOE will issue a Record of 

Decision no sooner than 30 days after 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes a Notice of Availability of the 

Final EIS in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, January 5, 

2010. 

William M. Levitan, 

Director, Office of Environmental 

Compliance, Office of Environmental 

Management. 

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