[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60430-60431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29016]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the 
National Ignition Facility Project Specific Analysis Portion of the 
Stockpile Stewardship and Management Programmatic Environmental Impact 
Statement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Availability and opportunity for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability of 
the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the 
National Ignition Facility(NIF) Project Specific Analysis portion 
(Volume III, Appendix I) of the Stockpile Stewardship and Management 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (SSM PEIS) DOE/EIS-0236-S1 
for public review and comment.

DATES: Written comments on the Draft NIF SEIS are invited from the 
public during the comment period which ends December 20, 1999. Comments 
must be postmarked by December 20, 1999, to ensure consideration; late 
comments will be considered to the extent practicable. The DOE will use 
the comments received to help prepare the Final SEIS.

ADDRESSES: To submit comments in writing to DOE and for additional 
information contact: Richard Scott, Document Manager, U.S. Department 
of Energy, L-293, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550. Mr. Scott may also 
be contacted by telephone (925) 423-3022, facsimile (925) 424-3755, or 
toll-free: (877) 388-4930. Comments may also be sent to the e-mail 
address [email protected].

    Requests for copies of the Draft NIF SEIS should be addressed to 
the DOE Oakland Operations Office, Energy Information Center, 1st floor 
in the North Tower of the Federal Building at 1301 Clay Street in 
Oakland, CA, (510) 637-1762. The Draft NIF SEIS is available under the 
NEPA Analysis

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Module of the DOE NEPA Web Site at http://tis.eh.doe.gov/nepa/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information on the DOE 
NEPA process, please contact: Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office 
of NEPA Policy and Assistance, EH-42, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20585. Ms. Borgstrom may be 
contacted by calling (202) 586-4600 or by leaving a message at (800) 
472-2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft NIF SEIS was prepared pursuant to 
a Joint Stipulation and Order approved and entered as an order of the 
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on October 27, 1997, 
in partial settlement of the lawsuit, Natural Resources Defense Council 
[NRDC] v. Richardson, Civ. No. 97-936 (SS) (D.D.C.). In that Joint 
Stipulation and Order, DOE agreed to prepare an SEIS evaluating the 
reasonably foreseeable significant adverse environmental impacts of 
continuing to construct and of operating NIF at Lawrence Livermore 
National Laboratory (LLNL) with respect to any potential or confirmed 
contamination in the area by hazardous, toxic, and/or radioactive 
materials.

Availability of Draft SEIS

    DOE has distributed copies of the Draft NIF SEIS to appropriate 
Congressional members and committees, the State of California, local 
governments, other federal agencies, and other interested parties. The 
Draft NIF SEIS is also available for public review and copying at the 
following locations: DOE Oakland Operations Office, Energy Information 
Center, 1st floor in the North Tower of the Federal Building at 1301 
Clay Street in Oakland, CA, (510) 637-1762; Lawrence Livermore National 
Laboratory, East Gate Visitors Center on Greenville Road in Livermore 
CA, (925) 424-4026; and DOE's Freedom of Information Reading Room, Rm. 
1E-190, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, (202) 586-3142.
    DOE will hold several public meetings to discuss the Draft NIF 
SEIS, as well as for submitting prepared statements on the Draft NIF 
SEIS: Wednesday, December 1, 1999, at 2:00 p.m. at the U.S. Department 
of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 6E-069, Washington, DC; 
and Wednesday, December 8, 1999, at 3:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at LLNL, 
7000 East Avenue, Building 312, South Cafeteria Multi-Purpose Room, 
(located off East Avenue at the intersection of South Gate Drive), 
Livermore CA.
    After the public comment period, which ends December 20, 1999, the 
Department will consider and respond to the comments received, revise 
the Draft NIF SEIS as appropriate, and issue a Final NIF SEIS. The 
Department will consider the analyses in the Final NIF SEIS in making a 
final Record of Decision.

    Issued in Washington, DC on October 25, 1999.
Jonathan S. Ventura,
Acting Executive Assistant, Office of Defense Programs.
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