[Federal Register: January 6, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 4)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

National Nuclear Security Administration

 
Extension of Scoping Period for the Notice of Intent To Prepare a 
Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security Administration, DOE.

SUMMARY: The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), an agency 
within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is extending the scoping 
period for the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for the 
Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12), located at the junction of Bear 
Creek Road and Scarboro Road in Anderson County, Tennessee, near the 
City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

DATES: The scoping period for the SWEIS is extended from January 9, 
2006 to January 31, 2006. Comments received after that date will be 
considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: For information concerning the SWEIS, please contact Ms. Pam 
Gorman, Y-12 SWEIS Document Manager at (865) 576-9903 or e-mail at: 
gormanpl@yso.doe.gov. Written comments on the scope of SWEIS can be 

sent to: Y-12 SWEIS Document Manager, 800 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Suite A-
500, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830; by facsimile to: (865) 482-6052 or by 
e-mail to: comments@y-12sweis.com.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the DOE NEPA 
process, please contact: Ms. Carol Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA 
Policy and Compliance (EH-42), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-4600, or 
leave a message at 1-800-472-2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 28, 2005 (70 FR 71270), NNSA 
issued an Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an SWEIS for the Y-12 
National Security Complex. As originally announced in the NOI, DOE has 
conducted public scoping meetings on the SWEIS in Oak Ridge, Tennessee 
on December 15, 2005. The original public scoping period was to 
continue until January 9, 2006. However, in response to public 
comments, DOE is extending the public scoping period until January 31, 
2006.

    Issued in Washington, DC on January 3, 2006.
Alice C. Williams,
NNSA NEPA Compliance Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-32 Filed 1-5-06; 8:45 am]

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