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DOE is to provide a backup capability

to supply a baseline production level of

10 to 30 percent of current United States

demand for Mo-99. The near term goal

also includes establishing the capability

to supply 100 percent of the United

States demand for Mo-99 should the

existing Canadian source be

unavailable. The baseline capability

would maintain the capabilities of the

facilities and staff needed to respond on

short notice to supply the entire United

States demand if necessary.

It is the Department’s position that, in

the long-term, the domestic production

of Mo-99 should be conducted by the

private sector. The Department

encourages the development of private

sources in the United States for the

production of Mo-99, and would phase

out production if a private source begins

to produce Mo-99 reliably. The longterm domestic production of Mo-99 by

private sources is not within the scope

of this EIS.

The Draft EIS analyzes the

environmental consequences of

alternative ways to accomplish the

proposed action. The Department’s

preferred alternative would be to modify

and operate the Annular Core Research

Reactor and associated hot cell facility

at Sandia National Laboratories/New

Mexico and the Chemistry and

Metallurgy Research facility at Los

Alamos National Laboratory to produce

Mo-99 and related medical isotopes.

The Draft EIS also analyzes the

environmental impacts of producing

Mo-99 using the Omega West reactor at

Los Alamos National Laboratory, the

Power Burst Facility at Idaho National

Engineering Laboratory, and the Oak

Ridge Research Reactor at Oak Ridge

National Laboratory, as well as the

impacts of not establishing a Mo-99

production source (the No Action

alternative).

DOE has distributed copies of the

Draft EIS to appropriate Congressional

members and committees, the States of

Idaho, New Mexico, and Tennessee,

American Indian tribal governments,

local county governments, other federal

agencies, and other interested parties.

Additional copies are available as

indicated above.

Signed in Washington, D.C., this 18th day

of December, 1995, for the United States

Department of Energy.

Ray A. Hunter,

Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Energy,

Science and Technology.

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Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission and the Puerto Rico

Planning Board

EcoEle ́ctrica, L.P.; Notice of Comment

Period Extension

December 15, 1995.

Due to comments received on the

Draft Environmental Impact Statement/

Preliminary Environmental Impact

Statement for the proposed EcoEle ́ctrica

LNG Import Terminal and Cogeneration

Project in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, the

comment period is extended from

December 26, 1995 to January 23, 1996.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–31123 Filed 12–21–95; 8:45 am]

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[Project No. 2413–026 Georgia]

Georgia Power Company; Notice of

Availability of Environmental

Assessment

December 18, 1995.

An environmental assessment (EA) is

available for public review. The EA is

for an application to amend the license

for the Wallace Project. The application

is to exchange approximately 500 acres

of project lands for approximately 500

acres of non-project lands located on the

shores of Lake Oconee. The EA finds

that approval of the application would

not constitute a major Federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment. The Wallace

Project is located on the Oconee River

in Greene and Putnam Counties,

Georgia.

The EA was written by staff in the

Office of Hydropower Licensing,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Copies of the EA are available for review

at the Commission’s Reference and

Information Center, Room 2–A, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Copies can also be obtained by calling

the project manager listed below.

Please submit any comments within

20 days of the date of this notice.

Comments should be addressed to Lois

D. Cashell, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street

NE., Washington, DC 20426. Please affix

the project number to all comments. For

further information, please contact the

project manager, Jon Cofrancesco at

(202) 219–0079.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–31190 Filed 12–21–95; 8:45 am]

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[Project Nos. 2433–004–MI/WI, 2357–003–MI/

WI, 2394–006–MI/WI, 2536–009–MI/WI]

Wisconsin Public Service Corporation,

et al.; Notice of Intent to Hold Public

Meetings in Marinette, Wisconsin to

Discuss the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) for the

Proposed Relicensing of the Grand

Rapids, Chalk Hill, White Rapids, and

Little Quinnesec Hydroelectric Projects

December 18, 1995.

On November 22, 1995, the

Commission staff mailed the DEIS to the

Environmental Protection Agency,

resource and land management

agencies, and interested organizations

and individuals. This document

evaluates the environmental

consequences of the proposed

relicensing of the Grand Rapids, White

Rapids, Chalk Hill, and Little Quinnesec

Hydroelectric Projects. The projects are

located on the lower Menominee River

in Menominee and Dickinson Counties,

Michigan and Marinette County,

Wisconsin.

Two public meetings will be recorded

by a court reporter and are scheduled to

be held at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on

Thursday, January 4, 1996, at the Best

Western Riverfront Inn, 1821 Riverside

Avenue, Marinette, Wisconsin. You are

invited to attend either or both public

meetings.

At the meetings, Commission Staff

will summarize major DEIS findings and

recommendations. Resource agency

personnel and other interested persons

will have an opportunity to submit oral

and written comments on the DEIS for

the Commission’s public record. Written

comments on the DEIS may also be sent

to: The Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.

Comments must be received on or

before January 16, 1995. All

correspondence should include the

project name and number on the first

page of the correspondence.

The DEIS considers recommendations

of government agencies,

nongovernmental organizations, affected

Indian tribes, the public, the license

applicants, and the Commission’s staff.

It evaluates natural and social resource

benefits, the economic costs, and the

project-specific and cumulative

environmental impacts associated with

relicensing the projects.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–31132 Filed 12–21–95; 8:45 am]

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