[Federal Register: August 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 150)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Programmatic 
Environmental Impact Statement for Stockpile Stewardship and Management

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Amended notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing a revised 
schedule for its preparation of a Draft Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement (SEIS) for the National Ignition Facility portion 
(Volume III, Appendix I) of the Programmatic Environmental Impact 
Statement for Stockpile Stewardship and Management (DOE/EIS-0236; 
September, 1997). This Draft SEIS is being prepared pursuant to a Joint 
Stipulation and Order approved and entered as an order of the court on 
October 27, 1997, in partial settlement of the lawsuit NRDC v. 
Richardson, Civ. No. 97-936 (SS) (D.D.C.).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about this 
SEIS or to be placed on the document distribution list, please call, 
toll-free, (877) 388-4930, or call or write to Richard A. Scott, 
Document Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, L-293, P.O. Box 808, 
Livermore, CA 94550, Phone (925) 423-3022, Facsimile (925) 424-3755. 
For information about the DOE National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 
process, please contact: Carol Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA 
Policy and Assistance (EH-42), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0119, Phone: (202) 586-4600, 
Messages: (800) 472-2756, Facsimile: (202) 586-7031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a September 25, 1998, Federal Register 
notice (63 FR 51341), DOE announced that it expected to publish a 
Notice of Availability for the Draft SEIS in the Federal Register in 
December 1998. DOE now intends to publish the Notice of Availability no 
later than November 30, 1999. DOE has delayed the issuance of the Draft 
SEIS pending completion of a new investigation that was initiated in 
December 1998, in response to the discovery of contamination by 
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in soil that had been excavated from 
the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's East Traffic Circle, which 
is one of the areas covered by the Joint Stipulation and Order. After 
the discovery of the contaminated soil, DOE on December 23, 1998, 
notified the court and the plaintiffs in NRDC v. Richardson of the 
discovery; stated that the contaminated soil was being removed in 
accordance with applicable laws and regulations; and explained that a 
new investigation would be conducted into the extent of the 
contamination, and that DOE would delay issuance of the Draft SEIS 
pending the results of the new investigation.
    Since then, DOE has filed two Quarterly Reports with the court, on 
March 24 and June 22, 1999, describing the progress that it has made in 
conducting the investigation and in analyzing its results for 
incorporation into the environmental impact analyses that will be 
included in the Draft SEIS. Copies of those Quarterly Reports, and of 
DOE's December 23, 1998 notice mentioned above, are available at the 
DOE Oakland Operations Office Public Reading Room on the first floor of 
the Federal Building, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, CA; at the Lawrence 
Livermore National Laboratory Environmental Repository Public Reading 
Room, East Gate Visitors Center, Greenville Road, Livermore, CA; at the 
DOE Freedom of Information Act Public Reading Room, 1000 Independence 
Ave, SW, Washington, DC; or by calling Richard A. Scott at the 
telephone number provided above.

    Issued in Washington, DC on July 30, 1999.
Jonathan S. Ventura,
Acting Executive Assistant, Office of Defense Programs.
[FR Doc. 99-20143 Filed 8-4-99; 8:45 am]
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