[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50432-50433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24715]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7073-1]
Change in Dates of EPA Inspection of Transuranic Waste
Characterization Systems and Processes at the Savannah River Site
Related to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of availability and extending of comment period.
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SUMMARY: Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, or ``we''),
is announcing a change in the dates of an inspection previously planned
for the week of September 24, 2001 at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
The August 29 Federal Register notice announced the purpose of the EPA
inspection and availability of Department of Energy (DOE) documents in
the EPA Docket, and solicited public comments on the documents
available in the docket for a period of 30 days (66 FR 45679). Now, the
inspection will be held during the week of October 15, 2001. The
following DOE documents entitled: (1) ``CCP-PO-001--Revision 2,7/23/
01--CCP Transuranic Waste Quality Assurance Characterization Project
Plan'' (2) ``CCP-PO-002--Revision 2, 7/23/01--CCP Transuranic Waste
Certification Plan''(3)--Savannah River Site Statement of Work (SOW)
1E8863--Revision 2,9/17/01--Clarification of SRS TRU Waste'' and (4)
CBFOA-02-09--``Carlsbad Field Office Audit Plan.''These documents are
available for review in the public dockets listed in ADDRESSES. In
addition to changing the inspection dates, we areextending the public
comment period for 30 additional days. The extension of the public
comment period provides additional opportunity to interested
individuals/entities if they have not already done so. We will consider
public comments received on or before September 28 (the last day for
the first 30-day comment period), and those received since then but on
or before the due date mentioned in DATES. In accordance with EPA's
WIPP Compliance Criteria at 40 CFR 194.8, we will conduct an inspection
at SRS to verify that using the systems and processes developed as part
of the DOE Carlsbad Office's central characterizations project (CCP),
DOE can characterize TRU waste at SRS properly, consistent with the
Compliance Criteria. This notice of the inspection and comment period
accords with 40 CFR 194.8.
DATES: Comments must be received by EPA's official Air Docket on or
before November 2, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to: Docket No. A-98-49, Air
Docket, Room M-1500 (LE-131), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC, 20460.
DOE documents related to the CCP are available for review in the
official EPA Air Docket in Washington, D.C., Docket No. A-98-49,
Category II-A2, and at the following three EPA WIPP informational
docket locations in New Mexico: in Carlsbad at the Municipal Library,
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 10 am-9 pm, Friday-Saturday, 10 am-6 pm, and
Sunday, 1 pm-5 pm; in Albuquerque at the Government Publications
Department, General Library, University of New Mexico, Hours: vary by
semester; and in Santa Fe at the New Mexico State Library, Hours:
Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm. The documents also are available
electronically at EPA's WIPP Homepage and may be accessed at: http://
www.epa.gov/radiation/wipp.
Copies of items in the docket may be requested by writing to Docket
A-98-49 at the address provided above, or by calling (202) 260-7548. As
provided in
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EPA's regulations at 40 CFR Part 2, and in accordance with normal EPA
docket procedures, a reasonable fee may be charged for photocopying Air
Docket A-98-49 in Washington, DC, accepts comments sent electronically
or by fax (fax no.: 202-260-4400; E-mail: [email protected]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Rajani D. Joglekar, Office of
Radiation and Indoor Air, (202) 564-9310, or call EPA's 24-hour, toll-
free WIPP Information Line, 1-800-331-WIPP, or visit our website at
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/wipp/announce.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See 66 FR 45679-80, August 29, 2001.
Dated: September 26, 2001.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 01-24715 Filed 10-2-01; 8:45 am]
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