[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 13715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6249]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management


Safe Transportation and Emergency Response Training; Technical 
Assistance and Funding

AGENCY: Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Notice extending comment period.

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SUMMARY: On Tuesday, January 3, 1995, the Department of Energy 
published a Notice of Inquiry (60 FR 99) that described implementation 
options and invited comment for a program of technical assistance and 
funding to States and Tribes for public safety officials of appropriate 
local jurisdictions with regard to the transport of spent nuclear fuel 
or high-level radioactive waste. The program would cover safe, routine 
transport procedures and emergency response capabilities as directed in 
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 10101 et 
seq.). The comment period for this Notice of Inquiry was scheduled to 
close on April 3, 1995.
    Today's notice announces a 45-day extension of the comment period 
on implementation options addressed in the Notice of Inquiry. The 
Department is taking this action in response to requests for an 
extension of the comment period received from the Council of State 
Governments--Midwestern Office, Council of State Governments--Eastern 
Regional Conference, Southern States Energy Board, and the Western 
Interstate Energy Board.

DATES: Written comments should be mailed to the Department and must be 
received on or before May 18, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments (3 copies) should be directed to: U.S. 
Department of Energy, c/o Lois Smith, TRW Environmental Safety Systems, 
2650 Park Tower Drive, Suite 800, Vienna, Virginia 22180, ATTN: Section 
180(c) Comments. Persons submitting comments should include their names 
and addresses. Receipt of comments in response to this Notice will be 
acknowledged if a stamped, self-addressed postal card or envelope is 
enclosed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the 
transportation of spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste under the 
Nuclear Waste Policy Act, please contact: Mr. Allen Benson, Operational 
Activities Team Leader, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management 
(RW-45), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, D.C. 20585, Telephone: (202) 586-2280. For general 
information on this Notice, please contact: Ms. Ellen Ott, Office of 
General Counsel, (GC-52), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20585, Telephone: (202) 586-6975.
    Information packets are available for interested persons who want 
background information about Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste 
Management (OCRWM) transportation prior to providing comments. To 
receive an information packet, please call: 1-800-225-NWPA (or call 
488-5513 in Washington, D.C.) or write to the OCRWM Information Center, 
Post Office Box 44375, Washington, D.C. 20026.
    Copies of comments received will be available for examination and 
may be photocopied at the Department's public reading room at 1000 
Independence Avenue SW, room 1E-190, Washington, D.C.
Daniel A. Dreyfus,
Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
[FR Doc. 95-6249 Filed 3-13-95; 8:45 am]
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