81 FR 19587 - 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 65 (April 5, 2016)

Page Range		19587-19588
FR Document		2016-07739

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 will be held in Minneapolis on July 21, 2016.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-07739]


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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 communities 
and individuals and discuss the development of a consent-based approach 
to managing our nation's nuclear waste. A public meeting will be held 
in Minneapolis on July 21, 2016.

DATES: The meeting will take place on Thursday, July 21, 2016 from 5:00 
p.m.

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to 9:30 p.m. CDT. Informal poster sessions will be held from 4:00 p.m. 
until 5:00 p.m. CDT and again after 9:30 p.m. CDT. Department officials 
will be available to discuss consent-based siting during the poster 
sessions.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Hilton Minneapolis, 1001 
Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55403. To register for this meeting 
and to review the agenda for the meeting, please go to energy.gov/consentbasedsiting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for further information 
should be sent to [email protected] or to Michael Reim at 
202-586-2981. Updated information on this and other planned 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 29, 2016.
Jay Jones,
Acting Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Nuclear Energy, 
Department of Energy.
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testing of electronic data collection assess the impact of its information submit to the Department. The excel
instruments. collection requirements and minimize spreadsheet is the mechanism through
the public’s reporting burden. It also which the Department proposes
Kate Mullan,
helps the public understand the agencies submit the information.
Acting Director, Information Collection
Department’s information collection Agencies are invited to review both
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of requirements and provide the requested items and provide comment to improve
Management. data in the desired format. ED is their clarity and usefulness. The
[FR Doc. 2016–07708 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am]
soliciting comments on the proposed Department will consider public
information collection request (ICR) that comment and make revisions as
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is described below. The Department of necessary before issuing final versions.
Education is especially interested in This data is required to demonstrate
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION public comment addressing the compliance with criteria at 34 CFR part
following issues: (1) Is this collection 602; State agencies for the approval of
[Docket No.: ED–2016–ICCD–0035] necessary to the proper functions of the vocational education to demonstrate
Department; (2) will this information be compliance with the criteria at 34 CFR
Agency Information Collection processed and used in a timely manner; part 603; State agencies for the approval
Activities; Comment Request; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; of nurse education to demonstrate
Accrediting Agencies Reporting (4) how might the Department enhance compliance with the criteria published
Activities for Institutions and the quality, utility, and clarity of the in the 1969 Federal Register notice;
Programs information to be collected; and (5) how foreign medical accrediting entities in
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary might the Department minimize the accordance with criteria 34 CFR 600.55;
Education (OPE), Department of burden of this collection on the and criteria established by Department
Education (ED). respondents, including through the use staff to evaluate foreign veterinary
ACTION: Notice. of information technology. Please note accrediting organizations in accordance
that written comments received in with 34 CFR 600.56.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the response to this notice will be Dated: March 31, 2016.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 considered public records. Kate Mullan,
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is Title of Collection: Accrediting Acting Director, Information Collection
proposing a new information collection. Agencies Reporting Activities for Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
DATES: Interested persons are invited to Institutions and Programs. Officer, Office of Management.
submit comments on or before June 6, OMB Control Number: 1840–NEW. [FR Doc. 2016–07701 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am]
2016. Type of Review: A new information
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ADDRESSES: To access and review all the collection.
documents related to the information Respondents/Affected Public: Private
collection listed in this notice, please Sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
use http://www.regulations.gov by
Responses: 76.
searching the Docket ID number ED– Total Estimated Number of Annual Notice of Public Meeting To Inform the
2016–ICCD–0035. Comments submitted Burden Hours: 200. Design of a Consent-Based Siting
in response to this notice should be Abstract: The Secretary of Education Process for Nuclear Waste Storage
submitted electronically through the is authorized by 34 CFR part 602 to and Disposal Facilities
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// recognize accrediting agencies to ensure AGENCY: Fuel Cycle Technologies, Office
www.regulations.gov by selecting the that these agencies are, for the purposes of Nuclear Energy, Department of
Docket ID number or via postal mail, of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as Energy.
commercial delivery, or hand delivery. amended (HEA), or for other Federal ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
Please note that comments submitted by purposes, reliable authorities regarding
fax or email and those submitted after the quality of education or training SUMMARY: The U.S Department of
the comment period will not be offered by the institutions or programs Energy (DOE) is implementing a
accepted. Written requests for they accredit. Federal regulations (34 consent-based siting process to establish
information or comments submitted by CFR 602.26) outline information that an integrated waste management system
postal mail or delivery should be accrediting agencies must report to the to transport, store, and dispose of spent
addressed to the Director of the Department of Education on a timely nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive
Information Collection Clearance basis in order to support the waste. In a consent-based siting
Division, U.S. Department of Education, Department’s oversight role, including approach, DOE will work with
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room information on accreditation actions communities, tribal governments and
2E–103, Washington, DC 20202–4537. taken with regard to institutions and states across the country that express
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For programs. The proposed information interest in hosting any of the facilities
specific questions related to collection collection will clarify the categories of identified as part of an integrated waste
activities, please contact Herman actions taken by accreditors, the management system. As part of this
Bounds, 202–453–6128. reporting required or requested on those process, the Department is hosting a
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The actions, and the format for submitting series of public meetings to engage
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Department of Education (ED), in the information. communities and individuals and
accordance with the Paperwork The proposed information collection discuss the development of a consent-
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. includes two items—a letter and an based approach to managing our
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general Excel spreadsheet. The Accreditor Letter nation’s nuclear waste. A public
public and Federal agencies with an on Terminology and Reporting is a draft meeting will be held in Minneapolis on
opportunity to comment on proposed, of a letter the Department plans to send July 21, 2016.
revised, and continuing collections of to accrediting agencies to clarify the DATES: The meeting will take place on
information. This helps the Department information those agencies should Thursday, July 21, 2016 from 5:00 p.m.

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to 9:30 p.m. CDT. Informal poster for the disposition of 13.1 metric tons America and the Government of the
sessions will be held from 4:00 p.m. (MT) (14.4 tons) of surplus plutonium Russian Federation Concerning the
until 5:00 p.m. CDT and again after 9:30 for which a disposition path is not Management and Disposition of
p.m. CDT. Department officials will be assigned, including 7.1 MT (7.8 tons) of Plutonium Designated as No Longer
available to discuss consent-based siting surplus pit plutonium and 6 MT (6.6 Needed for Defense Purposes
during the poster sessions. tons) of surplus non-pit plutonium. At (Plutonium Management and
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the time the Final SPD Supplemental Disposition Agreement or PMDA),
Hilton Minneapolis, 1001 Marquette EIS was issued, DOE/NNSA did not which calls for the United States and
Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55403. To have a Preferred Alternative for any of the Russian Federation to each dispose
register for this meeting and to review the proposed actions considered in the of at least 34 MT (37.5 tons) of weapon-
the agenda for the meeting, please go to Final SPD Supplemental EIS. grade plutonium withdrawn from
energy.gov/consentbasedsiting. Subsequently, on December 24, 2015, nuclear weapon programs. DOE/NNSA’s
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DOE/NNSA issued a Federal Register previous decisions related to surplus
Requests for further information should notice (80 FR 80348) identifying the plutonium disposition, including copies
be sent to consentbasedsiting@ Preferred Alternative for disposition of of the applicable Federal Register
hq.doe.gov or to Michael Reim at 202– the 6 MT of surplus non-pit plutonium notices, may be found in Appendix A of
586–2981. Updated information on this analyzed in the Final SPD Supplemental the Final SPD Supplemental EIS.
and other planned public meetings on EIS. In its Federal Register notice, DOE/ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
consent based siting will be posted at NNSA announced that its Preferred further information on the surplus
energy.gov/consentbasedsiting. Alternative is to prepare 6 MT of plutonium disposition program, please
If you are unable to attend a public surplus non–pit plutonium for disposal contact Ms. Sachiko W. McAlhany,
meeting or would like to further discuss at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) National Environmental Policy Act
ideas for consent-based siting, please near Carlsbad, New Mexico, a geologic (NEPA) Document Manager, U.S.
request an opportunity for us to speak repository for disposal of transuranic Department of Energy at
with you. The Department will do its (TRU) waste generated by atomic energy spdsupplementaleis@leidos.com.
best to accommodate such requests and defense activities. For information on DOE’s NEPA
DOE/NNSA is announcing a decision
help arrange additional opportunities to process, please contact Ms. Carol M.
to implement its Preferred Alternative
engage. To learn more about nuclear Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA
for the disposition of 6 MT of surplus
energy, nuclear waste, and ongoing Policy and Compliance, U.S.
non-pit plutonium, as described in
technical work please go to energy.gov/ Department of Energy, 1000
DOE/NNSA’s Preferred Alternative for
consentbasedsiting. Independence Avenue SW.,
Privacy Act: Data collected via the Certain Quantities of Plutonium
Evaluated in the Final Surplus Washington, DC 20585–0103;
mechanisms listed above will not be Telephone: (202) 586–4600, or leave a
protected from the public view in any Plutonium Disposition Supplemental
EIS. Shipments of this surplus non-pit message at (800) 472–2756.
way. This Record of Decision, the Final
plutonium to WIPP, after it is
Issued in Washington, DC on March 29, operational,1 will be placed in the SPD Supplemental EIS, and related
2016. queue of waste to be shipped to WIPP. NEPA documents are available at
Jay Jones, This plutonium will be prepared and http://nnsa.energy.gov/nepa/
Acting Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, packaged to meet the WIPP waste spdsupplementaleis and http://
Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of acceptance criteria for contact-handled energy.gov/nepa/nepa-documents.
Energy. TRU waste and other applicable SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[FR Doc. 2016–07739 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am] regulatory requirements. Background
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P The scope of DOE/NNSA’s current
decision pertains only to the 6 MT of DOE/NNSA’s purpose and need for
surplus non-pit plutonium that is a action remains as stated in the 1999 SPD
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY subset of the 13.1 MT of surplus EIS (DOE/EIS–0283, November 1999) to
plutonium considered in the Final SPD reduce the threat of nuclear weapons
Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental EIS. DOE/NNSA does not proliferation worldwide by conducting
AGENCY: National Nuclear Security have a preferred alternative and is not disposition of surplus plutonium in the
Administration, U.S. Department of making any decisions, at the present United States in an environmentally
Energy. time, for other alternatives considered safe and timely manner, ensuring that it
ACTION: Record of Decision. in the Final SPD Supplemental EIS. can never again be readily used in
These other alternatives include nuclear weapons.
SUMMARY: On May 8, 2015, the U.S. alternatives for the disposition of 7.1 Based on a series of NEPA reviews
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) MT of surplus pit plutonium for which beginning with the SPD EIS and
issued a Federal Register notice (80 FR a disposition path is not assigned and described in Appendix A, Section A.1,
26559) announcing the availability of various options for providing the of the Final SPD Supplemental EIS,
the Department of Energy/National capability to disassemble surplus pits DOE/NNSA has determined disposition
Nuclear Security Administration’s and convert the plutonium from pits paths for most of the current U.S.
(DOE/NNSA’s) Final Surplus Plutonium into a form suitable for disposition. inventory of surplus, weapons-usable
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Disposition Supplemental Additionally, DOE/NNSA reaffirms its plutonium; however, 13.1 MT of surplus
Environmental Impact Statement (Final commitment to the Agreement Between weapons-usable plutonium (7.1 MT of
SPD Supplemental EIS) (DOE/EIS– the Government of the United States of pit plutonium and 6 MT of non-pit
0283–S2, April 2015). Among the plutonium) did not have an assigned
proposed actions considered in the 1 DOE suspended disposal activities at WIPP in
disposition path. DOE/NNSA prepared
Final SPD Supplemental EIS, DOE/ February 2014 following a salt truck fire and the SPD Supplemental EIS to evaluate
unrelated radiological event underground. Waste
NNSA analyzed the potential emplacement operations at WIPP are expected to alternatives for disposition of this 13.1
environmental impacts of alternatives commence in late 2016. MT of surplus plutonium.

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of public meeting.
Dates		The meeting will take place on Thursday, July 21, 2016 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. CDT. Informal poster sessions will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. CDT and again after 9:30 p.m. CDT. 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] or to Michael Reim at 202-586-2981. Updated information on this and other planned public meetings on consent based siting will be posted at energy.gov/ consentbasedsiting.
FR Citation		81 FR 19587