82 FR 4333 - Request for Public Comment on Draft Consent-Based Siting Process for Consolidated Storage and Disposal Facilities for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Wastes
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 9 (January 13, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 9 (January 13, 2017)
| Page Range | 4333-4333 | |
| FR Document | 2017-00670 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2017)] [Notices] [Page 4333] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-00670] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Request for Public Comment on Draft Consent-Based Siting Process for Consolidated Storage and Disposal Facilities for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Wastes AGENCY: Spent Fuel & Waste Disposition, Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of public comment period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is designing a consent- based siting process to establish an integrated waste management system to transport, store, and dispose of commercial 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 federal consolidated interim storage facilities and disposal facilities for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste as part of an integrated waste management system. The Department is seeking input on the Draft Consent-Based Siting Process for Consolidated Storage and Disposal Facilities for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Wastes. DATES: The 90-day public comment period begins January 12, 2017 and ends April 14, 2017. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the draft document by any of the following methods: Email: Responses may be provided by email to [email protected]. Please submit electronic comments in Microsoft Word, or PDF file format, and avoid the use of special characters or any form of encryption. Mail: Responses may be provided by mail to the following address: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Draft Consent- Based Siting Process, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585. Fax: Responses may be faxed to 202-586-0544. Please include ``Draft Consent-Based Siting Process'' on the fax cover page. Online: Responses will be accepted online at www.regulations.gov. Data collected via the mechanisms listed above will not be protected from the public view in any way. Individual commentors' names and addresses (including email addresses) received as part of this Request for Public Comment are part of the public record. DOE plans to reproduce comment documents in their entirety, as appropriate, and to post all comment documents received in their entirety at energy.gov/consentbasedsiting following the close of the public comment period. Any person wishing to have his/her name, address, email address, or other identifying information withheld from the public record of comment documents must state this request prominently at the beginning of any comment document, or else no redactions will be made. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for further information should be sent to Mr. Andrew Griffith via [email protected] or at U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition (NE-8), Office of Nuclear Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585. Telephone: (202) 586-3715. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: General Information: Where can I obtain a copy of the Draft Consent-Based Siting Process for Consolidated Storage and Disposal Facilities for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Wastes? All documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index. You may also download a copy of the document at energy.gov/consentbasedsiting. Issued in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2017. Melissa Bates, Acting Team Lead for Office of Integrated Waste Management, Spent Fuel & Waste Disposition, Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy. [FR Doc. 2017-00670 Filed 1-12-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
![Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 9 / Friday, January 13, 2017 / Notices 4333
clearance for the 2016–17, 2017–18, and ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Issued in Washington, DC, on January 9,
2018–19 school years in order to on the draft document by any of the 2017.
support the Elementary and Secondary following methods: Melissa Bates,
Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Email: Responses may be provided by Acting Team Lead for Office of Integrated
Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in Waste Management, Spent Fuel & Waste
email to consentbasedsiting@ Disposition, Office of Nuclear Energy,
December, 2015. In response to the 60-
hq.doe.gov. Please submit electronic Department of Energy.
day public comment period announced
comments in Microsoft Word, or PDF [FR Doc. 2017–00670 Filed 1–12–17; 8:45 am]
in the Federal Register on August 24,
2016, ED received comments from 21 file format, and avoid the use of special BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
distinct commenters and 5 anonymous characters or any form of encryption.
submissions. A summary of the Mail: Responses may be provided by
comments and ED’s responses are mail to the following address: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
provided in Attachment F. This notice Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear
Office of Energy Efficiency and
announces that the revised collection Energy, Draft Consent-Based Siting
Renewable Energy
package is now available for a 30-day Process, 1000 Independence Ave. SW.,
public comment period. This Washington, DC 20585. Innovative Pathways Funding
submission includes a few proposed Fax: Responses may be faxed to 202– Opportunity Announcement
changes to the EDFacts data collection.
586–0544. Please include ‘‘Draft AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and
The proposed changes are detailed for
Consent-Based Siting Process’’ on the Renewable Energy, Department of
review in Attachments C and B.
fax cover page. Energy.
Dated: January 10, 2017.
Online: Responses will be accepted ACTION: Notice of funding opportunity
Kate Mullan,
online at www.regulations.gov. announcement.
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy Data collected via the mechanisms SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Officer, Office of Management. listed above will not be protected from Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy
[FR Doc. 2017–00666 Filed 1–12–17; 8:45 am] the public view in any way. Individual Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P commentors’ names and addresses (EERE) Technology-to-Market (T2M)
(including email addresses) received as team is issuing a Funding Opportunity
part of this Request for Public Comment Announcement (DE–FOA–0001703)
are part of the public record. DOE plans entitled Innovative Pathways. This FOA
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY to reproduce comment documents in is seeking to surface new testable and
their entirety, as appropriate, and to scalable ways to alleviate common
Request for Public Comment on Draft post all comment documents received in structural challenges facing promising
Consent-Based Siting Process for
their entirety at energy.gov/ new energy technologies on the
Consolidated Storage and Disposal
consentbasedsiting following the close pathway to market.
Facilities for Spent Nuclear Fuel and
of the public comment period. Any DATES: Letters of Intent are requested on
High-Level Radioactive Wastes
person wishing to have his/her name, or before January 18, 2017 and Full
AGENCY: Spent Fuel & Waste address, email address, or other Applications are requested on or before
Disposition, Office of Nuclear Energy, identifying information withheld from February 15, 2017.
Department of Energy. the public record of comment ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
ACTION: Notice of public comment documents must state this request encouraged to submit questions, which
period. prominently at the beginning of any must be submitted electronically to
comment document, or else no T2M@ee.doe.gov. The complete FOA,
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of redactions will be made. including the list of specific questions
Energy (DOE) is designing a consent- and submission instructions for the
based siting process to establish an FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Letters of Intent and Full Applications,
integrated waste management system to Requests for further information should can be found at https://eere-
transport, store, and dispose of be sent to Mr. Andrew Griffith via exchange.energy.gov/.
commercial spent nuclear fuel and high- consentbasedsiting@hq.doe.gov or at FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
level radioactive waste. In a consent- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Questions may be directed to Johanna
based siting approach, DOE will work Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition (NE– Wolfson, U.S. Department of Energy,
with communities, tribal governments 8), Office of Nuclear Energy, 1000 Office of Energy Efficiency and
and states across the country that Independence Ave. SW., Washington, Renewable Energy, EE–61, 1000
express interest in hosting federal DC 20585. Telephone: (202) 586–3715. Independence Avenue SW.,
consolidated interim storage facilities Washington, DC 20585–0121.
and disposal facilities for spent nuclear SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: General
Information: Where can I obtain a copy Telephone: 202–586–1040. Email:
fuel and high-level radioactive waste as T2M@ee.doe.gov.
part of an integrated waste management of the Draft Consent-Based Siting
Process for Consolidated Storage and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EERE is
system. The Department is seeking seeking proposals under two topic areas:
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
input on the Draft Consent-Based Siting Disposal Facilities for Spent Nuclear
Fuel and High-Level Radioactive (1) Technical Community and Industry
Process for Consolidated Storage and Collaboration, and (2) Lowering Barriers
Disposal Facilities for Spent Nuclear Wastes?
to Resource Access. The two highlighted
Fuel and High-Level Radioactive All documents in the docket are listed areas of interest for this FOA are Models
Wastes. in the www.regulations.gov index. You for industry-startup partnerships under
DATES: The 90-day public comment may also download a copy of the Topic 1, and New investment models
period begins January 12, 2017 and ends document at energy.gov/ under Topic 2. EERE’s intent is to pilot
April 14, 2017. consentbasedsiting. and evaluate new mechanisms, and
VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:06 Jan 12, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1](https://thefederalregister.org/doc/82_FR_4342/page/1.svg)
Document Created: 2017-01-13 02:44:51
Document Modified: 2017-01-13 02:44:51
| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of public comment period. | |
| Dates | The 90-day public comment period begins January 12, 2017 and ends April 14, 2017. | |
| Contact | Requests for further information should be sent to Mr. Andrew Griffith via [email protected] or at U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition (NE-8), Office of Nuclear Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585. Telephone: (202) 586-3715. | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 4333 |
2025 Federal Register | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
USC | CFR | eCFR