[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 194 (Friday, October 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 51027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24914]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management


Site Recommendation Consideration Process--Further Extension of 
Public Comment Period

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (the Department) announces further 
extension of the public comment period to October 19, 2001 on the 
possible recommendation of the Yucca Mountain Site in Nevada for 
development as a spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste 
geologic repository.

DATES: The comment period is extended to October 19, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Carol Hanlon, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office (M/S 
#205), P.O. Box 30307, North Las Vegas, Nevada, 89036-0307.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Yucca Mountain Site 
Characterization Office, (M/S #025), P.O. Box 30307, North Las Vegas, 
Nevada 89036-0307, 1-800-967-3477.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the August 21, 2001, Federal Register 
Notice (66 FR 43850-43851), the Department announced the scheduling of 
public hearings in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 5, 2001, in Amargosa 
Valley, Nevada on September 12, 2001, and in Pahrump, Nevada on 
September 13, 2001. The Department decided to postpone the latter two 
hearings in light of the recent terrorist attacks on the United States. 
In a notice published on September 27, 2001 (66 FR 49372-49373), the 
latter two hearings were rescheduled to October 10 and October 12, 
2001, in Amargosa Valley, Nevada and Pahrump, Nevada, respectively. The 
comment period is now extended through October 19, 2001. The Secretary 
has also indicated that there will be a later public involvement 
opportunity closer to the decision time on the recommendation, the 
scope of which will be focused exclusively on issues that could not 
have been raised in the current comment period. Any comments on issues 
that can be raised before October 19 must be filed within the current 
comment period to ensure their consideration.
    Additional information on the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management 
program may be obtained at the Yucca Mountain web site at www.ymp.gov 
or by calling 1-800-967-3477.

    Issued in Washington, DC on September 26, 2001.
Lake H. Barrett,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 01-24914 Filed 10-4-01; 8:45 am]
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