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ACTION: Notice of cancellation of 

Environmental Impact Statement 

process. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE or Department) has 

decided to cancel the preparation of the 

Global Nuclear Energy Partnership 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (DOE/EIS–0396). This notice 

briefly describes the history of the GNEP 

PEIS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or copies of the 

Draft GNEP PEIS, please contact Dr. 

Rajendra Sharma, National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

Compliance Officer, Office of Nuclear 

Energy (NE–43), U.S. Department of 

Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, 

Germantown, MD 20874, Telephone: 

301–903–2899 or electronic mail: 

rajendra.sharma@nuclear.energy.gov. 

For general information regarding the 

DOE NEPA process contact: Ms. Carol 

M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA 

Policy and Compliance (GC–20), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20585. Telephone: 202–586–4600, or 

leave a message at 1–800–472–2756. 

Additional information regarding DOE 

NEPA activities and access to many of 

DOE’s NEPA documents are available 

on the DOE Web site at http:// 

www.gc.energy.gov/NEPA. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 22, 2006, DOE published 

an Advance Notice of Intent to Prepare 

an Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership 

Technology Demonstration Program (71 

FR 14505), soliciting comments on the 

proposed scope, alternatives and 

environmental issues to be analyzed. 

DOE stated that the technology 

demonstration program would 

demonstrate technologies needed to 

implement a closed fuel cycle that 

enables recycling and consumption of 

spent nuclear fuel in a proliferationresistant manner. 

The comments that DOE received 

included suggestions to prepare a 

programmatic environmental impact 

statement addressing the entire GNEP 

Program. DOE agreed and on January 4, 

2007, published its Notice of Intent to 

prepare the Global Nuclear Energy 

Partnership Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement (GNEP 

PEIS) in the Federal Register (72 FR 

331). The public scoping period for the 

GNEP PEIS was later extended (72 FR 

15871, April 3, 2007) and concluded on 

June 4, 2007. DOE considered the 

scoping comments in preparing the 

Draft GNEP PEIS. The Draft GNEP PEIS 

analyzed the potential environmental 

impacts of expanding nuclear power in 

the U.S. using either the existing fuel 

cycle or various alternative closed and 

open fuel cycles. DOE’s stated 

preference in the Draft was to close the 

fuel cycle, although it did not identify 

a specific preferred alternative. 

Publication of the Notice of 

Availability of the Draft GNEP PEIS (73 

FR 61858, October 17, 2008; also see 73 

FR 61845, October 17, 2008) 

commenced a 60-day public comment 

period and provided a schedule for 13 

public hearings to receive comments on 

the Draft GNEP PEIS. Consistent with 

the announced schedule, DOE 

conducted public hearings on the Draft 

GNEP PEIS during November and 

December 2008. In response to the 

public requests, on December 10, 2008, 

DOE announced an extension of the 

public comment period by 90 days, i.e., 

through March 16, 2009 (73 FR 75087). 

On December 24, 2008, DOE announced 

(73 FR 79073) an additional public 

hearing which was held on January 12, 

2009, in the town of Pahrump in Nye 

County, NV. At the close of the public 

comment period on March 16, 2009, 

DOE had received more than 14,500 

comment documents on the Draft GNEP 

PEIS. 

Via this notice, DOE announces that 

it has decided to cancel the GNEP PEIS 

because it is no longer pursuing 

domestic commercial reprocessing, 

which was the primary focus of the 

prior Administration’s domestic GNEP 

program. The Omnibus Appropriations 

Act, 2009, provides $145 million for the 

continuation of research and 

development (R&D) on proliferationresistant fuel cycles and waste 

management strategies. As described in 

the President’s Fiscal Year 2010 budget 

request, the Department’s fuel cycle 

R&D’s focus is on ‘‘long-term, sciencebased R&D of technologies with the 

potential to produce beneficial changes 

to the manner in which the nuclear fuel 

cycle and nuclear waste is managed.’’ 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 23, 

2009. 

R. Shane Johnson, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Nuclear 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. E9–15328 Filed 6–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Idaho 

National Laboratory 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Idaho National 

Laboratory. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 8 a.m.– 

5 p.m. 

Opportunities for public participation 

will be held on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 

from 1:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. and from 

3:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. 

These times are subject to change; 

please contact the Federal Coordinator 

(below) for confirmation of times prior 

to the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Hilton Garden Inn, 700 

Lindsay Boulevard, Idaho Falls, Idaho 

83402. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert L. Pence, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy, Idaho Operations 

Office, 1955 Fremont Avenue, MS– 

1203, Idaho Falls, ID 83415. Phone (208) 

526–6518; Fax (208) 526–8789 or e-mail: 

pencerl@id.doe.gov or visit the Board’s 

Internet home page at: http:// 

www.inlemcab.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE in the areas of environmental 

restoration, waste management, and 

related activities. 

Tentative Topics (agenda topics may 

change up to the day of the meeting; 

please contact Robert L. Pence for the 

most current agenda): 

• Progress to Cleanup; 

• Snake River Plain Aquifer Briefing; 

• Integrated Waste Treatment Unit 

Status; 

• Integrated Approach to 

Dispositioning All Remote-Handled 

Transuranic Waste; 

• Remedial Design Work Plan for 

Waste Area Group (WAG)–7; 

• WAG–10 Record of Decision 

Update. 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Idaho National Laboratory, welcomes 

the attendance of the public at its 

advisory committee meetings and will 

make every effort to accommodate 

persons with physical disabilities or 

special needs. If you require special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact Robert L. Pence at least 

seven days in advance of the meeting at 

the phone number listed above. Written 

statements may be filed with the Board 

either before or after the meeting. 

Individuals who wish to make oral 


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presentations pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Robert L. Pence at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. The request must be received five 

days prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comment will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Robert L. Pence, 

Federal Coordinator, at the address and 

phone number listed above. Minutes 

will also be available at the following 

Web site: http://www.inlemcab.org/ 

meetings.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC on June 23, 2009. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–15325 Filed 6–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires 

that public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, July 16, 2009, 6 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Barkley Centre, 111 

Memorial Drive, Paducah, Kentucky 

42001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reinhard Knerr, Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer, Department of Energy 

Paducah Site Office, Post Office Box 

1410, MS–103, Paducah, Kentucky 

42001, (270) 441–6825. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE in the areas of environmental 

restoration, waste management and 

related activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Call to Order, Introductions, Review 

of Agenda; 

• Deputy Designated Federal Officer’s 

Comments; 

• Federal Coordinator’s Comments; 

• Liaisons’ Comments; 

• Committee Chairs’ Comments; 

• Presentations; 

• Administrative Issues: 

Æ Motions; 

• Public Comments; 

• Final Comments; 

• Adjourn; 

Breaks Taken As Appropriate. 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Paducah, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Reinhard 

Knerr at least seven days in advance of 

the meeting at the telephone number 

listed above. Written statements may be 

filed with the Board either before or 

after the meeting. Individuals who wish 

to make oral statements pertaining to 

agenda items should contact Reinhard 

Knerr at the address or telephone 

number listed above. Requests must be 

received five days prior to the meeting 

and reasonable provision will be made 

to include the presentation in the 

agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal 

Officer is empowered to conduct the 

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate 

the orderly conduct of business. 

Individuals wishing to make public 

comment will be provided a maximum 

of five minutes to present their 

comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Reinhard Knerr at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http:// 

www.pgdpcab.org/meetings.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on June 22, 

2009. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–15327 Filed 6–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Northern New 

Mexico 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Northern New 

Mexico. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 

2 p.m.–8 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Holiday Inn Santa Fe, 4048 

Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Menice Santistevan, Northern New 

Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board 

(NNMCAB), 1660 Old Pecos Trail, Suite 

B, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Phone (505) 

995–0393; Fax (505) 989–1752 or 

E-mail: msantistevan@doeal.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE in the areas of environmental 

restoration, waste management, and 

related activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

2 p.m. Call to Order by Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer, Jeff 

Casalina; 

Establishment of a Quorum, Lorelei 

Novak. 

A. Roll Call. 

B. Excused Absences. 

Welcome and Introductions, J.D. 

Campbell. 

Approval of Agenda. 

Approval of May 13–14, 2009 Meeting 

Minutes. 

2:15 p.m. Old Business. 

• Written Reports 

• Open Discussion from Board 

Members 

2:30 p.m. New Business: 

• Establishment of a Nominating 

Committee, Jenny Freeman 

2:45 p.m. Ad Hoc Committee Reports. 

• Community Outreach 

• Board Processes 

3:15 p.m. Standing Committee 

Reports. 

• Fiscal Year 2010 Work Plan 

Progress 

3:30 p.m. Break. 

3:45 p.m. Update from the New 

Mexico Environment Department, 

James Bearzi. 

4 p.m. Report from Liaison Members. 

• George Rael, Department of Energy 

• Rich Mayer, Environmental 

Protection Agency 

• Michael Graham, Los Alamos 

National Security 

5 p.m. Dinner Break. 

6 p.m. Public Comment Period. 

6:15 p.m. Consideration and Action on 

Recommendation(s). 

6:30 p.m. Presentation by Eight 

Northern Indian Pueblos 

Environmental Office. 

7:30 p.m. Round Robin Discussion. 

8 p.m. Adjourn, Jeff Casalina. 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Northern New Mexico, welcomes the 

attendance of the public at its advisory 

committee meetings and will make 


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