81 FR 12886 - Notice of Public Meeting To Inform the Design of a Consent-Based Siting Process for Nuclear Waste Storage and Disposal Facilities

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 48 (March 11, 2016)

Page Range		12886-12887
FR Document		2016-05526

The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) is implementing a consent- based siting process to establish an integrated waste management system to transport, store, and dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. In a consent-based siting approach, DOE will work with communities, tribal governments and states across the country that express interest in hosting any of the facilities identified as part of an integrated waste management system. As part of this process, the Department is hosting a series of public meetings to engage communities and individuals and discuss the development of a consent- based approach to managing our nation's nuclear waste. A public meeting is scheduled for Chicago, IL on March 29, 2016.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 48 (Friday, March 11, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-05526]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Public Meeting To Inform the Design of a Consent-Based 
Siting Process for Nuclear Waste Storage and Disposal Facilities

AGENCY: Fuel Cycle Technologies, Office of Nuclear Energy, Department 
of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) is implementing a consent-
based siting process to establish an integrated waste management system 
to transport, store, and dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level 
radioactive waste. In a consent-based siting approach, DOE will work 
with communities, tribal governments and states across the country that 
express interest in hosting any of the facilities identified as part of 
an integrated waste management system. As part of this process, the 
Department is hosting a series of public meetings to engage

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communities and individuals and discuss the development of a consent-
based approach to managing our nation's nuclear waste. A public meeting 
is scheduled for Chicago, IL on March 29, 2016.

DATES: The meeting will take place on Tuesday March 29, 2016 from 1:00 
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. CDT. Informal poster sessions will be held from 12:00 
p.m. until 1:00 p.m. and again after 5:00 p.m. Department officials 
will be available to discuss consent-based siting during the poster 
sessions.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Gleacher Center, 450 North 
Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, IL 60611. To review the agenda for the 
meeting and to register, please go to energy.gov/consentbasedsiting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for further information 
should be sent to [email protected]. Updated information on 
this and other public meetings on consent based siting will be posted 
at energy.gov/consentbasedsiting.
    If you are unable to attend a public meeting or would like to 
further discuss ideas for consent-based siting, please request an 
opportunity for us to speak with you. The Department will do its best 
to accommodate such requests and help arrange additional opportunities 
to engage. To learn more about nuclear energy, nuclear waste, and 
ongoing technical work please go to energy.gov/consentbasedsiting.
    Privacy Act: Data collected via the mechanisms listed above will 
not be protected from the public view in any way.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 7, 2016.
Andrew Richards,
Chief of Staff, Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2016-05526 Filed 3-10-16; 8:45 am]
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the academic and non-profit sectors are to be publicly viewable should not be determination about the confidential
also critical to the development and included in your comment, nor in any status of the information and treat it
implementation of effective Federal document attached to your comment. according to its determination.
energy policies. Otherwise, persons viewing comments Confidential information should be
The interagency Quadrennial Energy will see only first and last names, submitted to the Confidential QER email
Review Task Force, which includes organization names, correspondence address: QERConfidential@hq.doe.gov.
members from all relevant executive containing comments, and any Factors of interest to DOE when
departments and agencies, will develop documents submitted with the evaluating requests to treat submitted
an integrated review of energy policy comments. information as confidential include: (1)
that integrates all of these perspectives. Do not submit information for which A description of the items; (2) whether
It will build on the foundation provided disclosure is restricted by statute, such and why such items are customarily
in the Administration’s Blueprint for a as trade secrets and commercial or treated as confidential within the
Secure Energy Future of March 30, 2011, financial information (hereinafter industry; (3) whether the information is
and Climate Action Plan released on referred to as Confidential Business generally known by or available from
June 25, 2013. The Task Force will offer Information (CBI)). Comments other sources; (4) whether the
recommendations on what additional submitted through the DOE Web site information has previously been made
actions it believes would be appropriate. cannot be claimed as CBI. Comments available to others without obligation
These may include recommendations on received through the Web site will concerning its confidentiality; (5) an
additional executive or legislative waive any CBI claims for the explanation of the competitive injury to
actions to address the energy challenges information submitted. For information the submitting person which would
and opportunities facing the Nation. on submitting CBI, see the Confidential result from public disclosure; (6) when
Business Information section, below. such information might lose its
Quadrennial Energy Review Public If you do not want your personal confidential character due to the
Meetings contact information to be publicly passage of time; and (7) why disclosure
The DOE will hold public meetings viewable, do not include it in your of the information would be contrary to
on electricity from generation through comment or any accompanying the public interest. It is DOE’s policy
end use, in the following cities: documents. Instead, provide your that all comments may be included in
Atlanta, Georgia, March 31, 2016 contact information in a cover letter. the public docket, without change and
Boston, Massachusetts, April 15, 2016 Include your first and last names, email as received, including any personal
Salt Lake City, Utah, April 25, 2016 address, telephone number, and information provided in the comments
Des Moines, Iowa, May 6, 2016 optional mailing address. The cover (except information deemed to be
Los Angeles, California, May 10, 2016 letter will not be publicly viewable as
Austin, Texas, date TBD exempt from public disclosure).
long as it does not include any
Each meeting will feature facilitated comments. Issued in Washington, DC, on March 7,
panel discussions, followed by an open Include contact information each time 2016.
microphone session. People who would you submit comments, data, documents, April Salas,
like to speak during the open and other information to DOE. If you QER Secretariat Director, Quadrennial Energy
microphone session at the public submit via mail or hand delivery/ Review Task Force, U.S. Department of
meeting should come prepared to speak courier, please provide all items on a Energy.
for no more than five minutes and will CD, if feasible, in which case it is not [FR Doc. 2016–05551 Filed 3–10–16; 8:45 am]
be accommodated on a first-come, first- necessary to submit printed copies. No BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
served basis, according to the order in telefacsimiles (faxes) will be accepted.
which they register to speak on a sign- Comments, data, and other
in sheet available at the meeting information submitted to DOE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
location, on the morning of the meeting. electronically should be provided in
In advance of the meetings, DOE PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word or Notice of Public Meeting To Inform the
anticipates making publicly available a Excel, WordPerfect, or text (ASCII) file Design of a Consent-Based Siting
briefing memorandum providing useful format. Provide documents that are not Process for Nuclear Waste Storage
background information regarding the secured, written in English, and are free and Disposal Facilities
topics under discussion at the meeting. of any defects or viruses. Documents AGENCY: Fuel Cycle Technologies, Office
DOE will post this memorandum on its should not contain special characters or of Nuclear Energy, Department of
Web site: http://energy.gov/qer. any form of encryption and, if possible, Energy.
Submitting comments online. DOE they should carry the electronic ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
will accept public comments on the signature of the author.
QER from February 4, 2016, to July 1, Confidential Business Information. SUMMARY: The U.S Department of
2016, at energy.gov/qer. Submitting Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person Energy (DOE) is implementing a
comments online to the DOE Web site submitting information that he or she consent-based siting process to establish
will require you to provide your name believes to be confidential and exempt an integrated waste management system
and contact information. Your contact by law from public disclosure should to transport, store, and dispose of spent
information will be viewable to DOE submit via email, postal mail, or hand nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive
staff only. Your contact information will delivery/courier two well-marked waste. In a consent-based siting
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not be publicly viewable except for your copies: One copy of the document approach, DOE will work with
first and last names, organization name marked ‘‘confidential’’ including all the communities, tribal governments and
(if any), and submitter representative information believed to be confidential, states across the country that express
name (if any). Your contact information and one copy of the document marked interest in hosting any of the facilities
will be publicly viewable if you include ‘‘non-confidential’’ with the information identified as part of an integrated waste
it in the comment itself or in any believed to be confidential deleted. management system. As part of this
documents attached to your comment. Submit these documents via email or on process, the Department is hosting a
Any information that you do not want a CD, if feasible. DOE will make its own series of public meetings to engage

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communities and individuals and Filed Date: 3/1/16. Filed Date: 3/1/16.
discuss the development of a consent- Accession Number: 20160301–5009. Accession Number: 20160301–5166.
based approach to managing our Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/16. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/16.
nation’s nuclear waste. A public Docket Numbers: RP16–667–000. Docket Numbers: RP16–675–000.
meeting is scheduled for Chicago, IL on Applicants: Boardwalk Storage Applicants: Questar Pipeline
March 29, 2016. Company, LLC. Company.
DATES: The meeting will take place on Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing: Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing:
Tuesday March 29, 2016 from 1:00 p.m. Housekeeping Matters to be effective 4/ ? 10.3 Version 2.0.0 to be effective 4/1/
to 5:00 p.m. CDT. Informal poster 1/2016. 2016.
sessions will be held from 12:00 p.m. Filed Date: 3/1/16. Filed Date: 3/1/16.
until 1:00 p.m. and again after 5:00 p.m. Accession Number: 20160301–5086. Accession Number: 20160301–5169.
Department officials will be available to Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/16. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/16.
discuss consent-based siting during the Docket Numbers: RP16–668–000. Docket Numbers: RP16–676–000.
poster sessions. Applicants: Black Hills Shoshone Applicants: Questar Southern Trails
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Pipeline, LLC. Pipeline Company.
the Gleacher Center, 450 North Cityfront Description: Compliance filing Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing:
Plaza Drive, Chicago, IL 60611. To Annual Adjustment for Lost and ? 11.2 Version 2.0.0 to be effective 4/1/
review the agenda for the meeting and Unaccounted for Gas Percentage. 2016.
to register, please go to energy.gov/ Filed Date: 3/1/16. Filed Date: 3/1/16.
consentbasedsiting. Accession Number: 20160301–5093. Accession Number: 20160301–5173.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/16. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/16.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Docket Numbers: RP16–669–000. Docket Numbers: RP16–677–000.
Requests for further information should Applicants: Columbia Gas
be sent to consentbasedsiting@ Applicants: Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC. Transmission, LLC.
hq.doe.gov. Updated information on this Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing:
and other public meetings on consent Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing:
EPCA 2016 to be effective 4/1/2016. System Map Tariff Update to be
based siting will be posted at Filed Date: 3/1/16.
energy.gov/consentbasedsiting. effective 4/1/2016.
Accession Number: 20160301–5099. Filed Date: 3/1/16.
If you are unable to attend a public Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/16.
meeting or would like to further discuss Accession Number: 20160301–5174.
Docket Numbers: RP16–670–000. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/16.
ideas for consent-based siting, please Applicants: Columbia Gas
request an opportunity for us to speak Docket Numbers: RP16–678–000.
Transmission, LLC. Applicants: Columbia Gulf
with you. The Department will do its Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing:
best to accommodate such requests and Transmission, LLC.
RAM 2016 to be effective 4/1/2016.
help arrange additional opportunities to Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing:
Filed Date: 3/1/16.
engage. To learn more about nuclear TRA 2016 to be effective 4/1/2016.
Accession Number: 20160301–5123.
energy, nuclear waste, and ongoing Filed Date: 3/1/16.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/16.
technical work please go to energy.gov/ Accession Number: 20160301–5175.
Docket Numbers: RP16–671–000. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/16.
consentbasedsiting. Applicants: WBI Energy
Privacy Act: Data collected via the Transmission, Inc. Docket Numbers: RP16–679–000.
mechanisms listed above will not be Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing: Applicants: Columbia Gulf
protected from the public view in any 2016 Annual Fuel & Electric Power Transmission, LLC.
way. Reimbursement to be effective 4/1/2016. Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing:
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 7, Filed Date: 3/1/16. System Map Tariff Update to be
2016. Accession Number: 20160301–5128. effective 4/1/2016.
Andrew Richards, Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/16. Filed Date: 3/1/16.
Accession Number: 20160301–5180.
Chief of Staff, Office of Nuclear Energy, Docket Numbers: RP16–672–000.
Department of Energy. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/16.
Applicants: Millennium Pipeline
[FR Doc. 2016–05526 Filed 3–10–16; 8:45 am] Company, LLC. Docket Numbers: RP16–680–000.
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing: Applicants: Northern Natural Gas
RAM 2016 to be effective 4/1/2016. Company.
Filed Date: 3/1/16. Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Accession Number: 20160301–5136. 20160301 Negotiated Rates to be
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/16. effective 3/2/2016.
Federal Energy Regulatory Docket Numbers: RP16–673–000. Filed Date: 3/1/16.
Commission Applicants: Kern River Gas Accession Number: 20160301–5182.
Transmission Company. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/16.
Combined Notice of Filings Docket Numbers: RP16–681–000.
Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing:
Take notice that the Commission has 2016 Daggett Surcharges to be effective Applicants: Central Kentucky
4/1/2016. Transmission Company.
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received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: Filed Date: 3/1/16. Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing:
Accession Number: 20160301–5156. RAM 2016 to be effective 4/1/2016.
Filings Instituting Proceedings Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/16. Filed Date: 3/1/16.
Docket Numbers: RP16–666–000. Docket Numbers: RP16–674–000. Accession Number: 20160301–5186.
Applicants: Equitrans, L.P. Applicants: White River Hub, LLC. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/16.
Description: Compliance filing Notice Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing: Docket Numbers: RP16–682–000.
Regarding Non-Jurisdictional Gathering ? 10.2 Version 1.0.0 to be effective 4/1/ Applicants: Millennium Pipeline
Facilities (PEBC1137 PEBC1237). 2016. Company, LLC.

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Action		Notice of public meeting.
Dates		The meeting will take place on Tuesday March 29, 2016 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. CDT. Informal poster sessions will be held from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. and again after 5:00 p.m. Department officials will be available to discuss consent-based siting during the poster sessions.
Contact		Requests for further information should be sent to [email protected] Updated information on this and other public meetings on consent based siting will be posted at energy.gov/consentbasedsiting.
FR Citation		81 FR 12886