83_FR_17735 83 FR 17657 - Extension of the Public Scoping Period for the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Decommissioning and/or Long-Term Stewardship at the West Valley Demonstration Project and Western New York Nuclear Service Center, Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement, and Draft Scope

83 FR 17657 - Extension of the Public Scoping Period for the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Decommissioning and/or Long-Term Stewardship at the West Valley Demonstration Project and Western New York Nuclear Service Center, Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement, and Draft Scope

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 78 (April 23, 2018)

Page Range17657-17658
FR Document2018-08522

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) are extending the public scoping period for the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Decommissioning and/or Long-Term Stewardship at the West Valley Demonstration Project and Western New York Nuclear Service Center (DOE/EIS-0226-S1), hereinafter referred to as the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the West Valley Site.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 78 (Monday, April 23, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 78 (Monday, April 23, 2018)]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-08522]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Extension of the Public Scoping Period for the Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement for Decommissioning and/or Long-Term 
Stewardship at the West Valley Demonstration Project and Western New 
York Nuclear Service Center, Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands 
Involvement, and Draft Scope

AGENCY: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, 
Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of extension.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the New York State 
Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) are extending the 
public scoping period for the Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement for Decommissioning and/or Long-Term Stewardship at the West 
Valley Demonstration Project and Western New York Nuclear Service 
Center (DOE/EIS-0226-S1), hereinafter referred to as the Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the West Valley Site.

DATES: The public scoping period is extended until Friday, May 25, 
2018. DOE and NYSERDA invite public comments on the scope of the SEIS 
for the West Valley Site. Comments must be submitted by May 25, 2018, 
to ensure consideration; late comments will be considered to the extent 
practicable.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the scope of the SEIS, requests to be 
placed on the SEIS mailing list, and requests for information may be 
submitted by U.S. mail to the DOE Document Manager, Mr. Martin Krentz, 
West Valley Demonstration Project, U.S. Department of Energy, 10282 
Rock Springs Road, AC-DOE, West Valley, New York 14171-9799, by email 
to [email protected], or via the SEIS website at 
www.SEISWestValleySite.com.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, please be 
advised that your entire comment_including your personal identifying 
information_may be made publicly available. If you wish for DOE to 
withhold your name and/or other personally identifiable information, 
please state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. You may 
also submit comments anonymously. Documents and information about the 
SEIS process are available online at the SEIS website at 
www.SEISWestValleySite.com, and in the public reading room at the 
Ashford Community and Training Center, 9377 NY-240, West Valley, New 
York 14171, (716) 942-6016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the West 
Valley Demonstration Project or the SEIS, contact Mr. Martin Krentz at 
the address given above; telephone: (716) 942-4007; or email: 
[email protected]. For general information on DOE's National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process, contact Mr. Brian Costner (GC-
54), Acting Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance, U.S. 
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 
20585; telephone: (202) 586-4600; facsimile: (202) 586-7031; or leave a 
message at 1-800-472-2756, toll-free. Questions for NYSERDA should be 
directed to Dr. Lee Gordon, New York State Energy Research and 
Development Authority, 9030-B Route 219, West Valley, New York 14171; 
telephone: (716) 942-9960, ext. 4963; facsimile: (716) 942-9961; or 
email: [email protected]. Those seeking general information on 
the State Environmental Quality Review Act process should contact 
Janice Dean, Deputy Counsel, New York State Energy Research and 
Development Authority, 17 Columbia Circle, Albany, New York 12203-6399; 
telephone: (518) 862-1090, ext. 3117; facsimile: (518) 862-1091; or 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Notice of Intent (NOI) and draft scope 
for the SEIS for the West Valley Site was published in the Federal 
Register on February 21, 2018 (83 FR 7464). In the NOI, DOE and NYSERDA 
announced their intent to jointly prepare the SEIS for the West Valley 
site and invited public comments on the proposed scope of the document 
during a public scoping period originally scheduled to end April 23, 
2018. During the original scoping period DOE and NYSERDA conducted 
three public scoping meetings in New York. DOE and NYSERDA are 
extending the public scoping period until Friday, May 25, 2018.


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    Signed in Washington, DC, this 17th day of April 2018.
James M. Owendoff,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, 
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2018-08522 Filed 4-20-18; 8:45 am]
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                                             Division, U.S. Department of Education,                 made available to the public through the              comment, please be advised that your
                                             400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Room                       Campus Safety and Security Data                       entire comment—including your
                                             216–34, Washington, DC 20202–4537.                      Analysis and Cutting Tool as well as the              personal identifying information—may
                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For                    College Navigator.                                    be made publicly available. If you wish
                                             specific questions related to collection                  Dated: April 17, 2018.                              for DOE to withhold your name and/or
                                             activities, please contact Ashley                       Kate Mullan,                                          other personally identifiable
                                             Higgins, 202–453–6097.                                  Acting Director, Information Collection
                                                                                                                                                           information, please state this
                                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                          Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy       prominently at the beginning of your
                                             Department of Education (ED), in                        Officer, Office of Management.                        comment. You may also submit
                                             accordance with the Paperwork                           [FR Doc. 2018–08353 Filed 4–20–18; 8:45 am]           comments anonymously. Documents
                                             Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.                  BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
                                                                                                                                                           and information about the SEIS process
                                             3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general                                                                          are available online at the SEIS website
                                             public and Federal agencies with an                                                                           at www.SEISWestValleySite.com, and in
                                             opportunity to comment on proposed,                                                                           the public reading room at the Ashford
                                                                                                     DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                             revised, and continuing collections of                                                                        Community and Training Center, 9377
                                             information. This helps the Department                  Extension of the Public Scoping Period                NY–240, West Valley, New York 14171,
                                             assess the impact of its information                    for the Supplemental Environmental                    (716) 942–6016.
                                             collection requirements and minimize                    Impact Statement for                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:     For
                                             the public’s reporting burden. It also                  Decommissioning and/or Long-Term                      information regarding the West Valley
                                             helps the public understand the                         Stewardship at the West Valley                        Demonstration Project or the SEIS,
                                             Department’s information collection                     Demonstration Project and Western                     contact Mr. Martin Krentz at the address
                                             requirements and provide the requested                  New York Nuclear Service Center,                      given above; telephone: (716) 942–4007;
                                             data in the desired format. ED is                       Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands                     or email: martin.krentz@emcbc.doe.gov.
                                             soliciting comments on the proposed                     Involvement, and Draft Scope                          For general information on DOE’s
                                             information collection request (ICR) that                                                                     National Environmental Policy Act
                                             is described below. The Department of                   AGENCY: New York State Energy
                                                                                                     Research and Development Authority,                   (NEPA) process, contact Mr. Brian
                                             Education is especially interested in                                                                         Costner (GC–54), Acting Director, Office
                                             public comment addressing the                           Department of Energy.
                                                                                                                                                           of NEPA Policy and Compliance, U.S.
                                             following issues: (1) Is this collection                ACTION: Notice of extension.
                                                                                                                                                           Department of Energy, 1000
                                             necessary to the proper functions of the                                                                      Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
                                                                                                     SUMMARY:   The U.S. Department of
                                             Department; (2) will this information be                                                                      DC 20585; telephone: (202) 586–4600;
                                                                                                     Energy (DOE) and the New York State
                                             processed and used in a timely manner;                                                                        facsimile: (202) 586–7031; or leave a
                                                                                                     Energy Research and Development
                                             (3) is the estimate of burden accurate;                                                                       message at 1–800–472–2756, toll-free.
                                                                                                     Authority (NYSERDA) are extending the
                                             (4) how might the Department enhance                                                                          Questions for NYSERDA should be
                                                                                                     public scoping period for the
                                             the quality, utility, and clarity of the                                                                      directed to Dr. Lee Gordon, New York
                                                                                                     Supplemental Environmental Impact
                                             information to be collected; and (5) how                                                                      State Energy Research and Development
                                                                                                     Statement for Decommissioning and/or
                                             might the Department minimize the                                                                             Authority, 9030–B Route 219, West
                                                                                                     Long-Term Stewardship at the West
                                             burden of this collection on the                                                                              Valley, New York 14171; telephone:
                                                                                                     Valley Demonstration Project and
                                             respondents, including through the use                                                                        (716) 942–9960, ext. 4963; facsimile:
                                                                                                     Western New York Nuclear Service
                                             of information technology. Please note                                                                        (716) 942–9961; or email: Lee.Gordon@
                                                                                                     Center (DOE/EIS–0226–S1), hereinafter
                                             that written comments received in                                                                             nyserda.ny.gov. Those seeking general
                                                                                                     referred to as the Supplemental
                                             response to this notice will be                                                                               information on the State Environmental
                                                                                                     Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
                                             considered public records.                                                                                    Quality Review Act process should
                                                                                                     for the West Valley Site.
                                                Title of Collection: Campus Safety and                                                                     contact Janice Dean, Deputy Counsel,
                                             Security Survey.                                        DATES: The public scoping period is
                                                                                                     extended until Friday, May 25, 2018.                  New York State Energy Research and
                                                OMB Control Number: 1840–0833.                                                                             Development Authority, 17 Columbia
                                                Type of Review: An extension of an                   DOE and NYSERDA invite public
                                                                                                     comments on the scope of the SEIS for                 Circle, Albany, New York 12203–6399;
                                             existing information collection.                                                                              telephone: (518) 862–1090, ext. 3117;
                                                Respondents/Affected Public: Private                 the West Valley Site. Comments must be
                                                                                                     submitted by May 25, 2018, to ensure                  facsimile: (518) 862–1091; or email:
                                             Sector; State, Local, and Tribal                                                                              Janice.Dean@nyserda.ny.gov.
                                             Governments.                                            consideration; late comments will be
                                                Total Estimated Number of Annual                     considered to the extent practicable.                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:      The
                                             Responses: 6,520.                                       ADDRESSES: Written comments on the                    Notice of Intent (NOI) and draft scope
                                                Total Estimated Number of Annual                     scope of the SEIS, requests to be placed              for the SEIS for the West Valley Site was
                                             Burden Hours: 2,717.                                    on the SEIS mailing list, and requests                published in the Federal Register on
                                                Abstract: The collection of                          for information may be submitted by                   February 21, 2018 (83 FR 7464). In the
                                             information through the Campus Safety                   U.S. mail to the DOE Document                         NOI, DOE and NYSERDA announced
                                             and Security Survey is necessary under                  Manager, Mr. Martin Krentz, West                      their intent to jointly prepare the SEIS
                                             section 485 of the Higher Education Act                 Valley Demonstration Project, U.S.                    for the West Valley site and invited
                                             of 1965, as amended, with the goal of                   Department of Energy, 10282 Rock                      public comments on the proposed scope
                                             increasing transparency surrounding                     Springs Road, AC–DOE, West Valley,                    of the document during a public scoping
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                                             college safety and security information                 New York 14171–9799, by email to                      period originally scheduled to end April
                                             for student, prospective students,                      SEISWestValleySite@emcbc.doe.gov, or                  23, 2018. During the original scoping
                                             parents, employees and the general                      via the SEIS website at                               period DOE and NYSERDA conducted
                                             public. The survey is a collection tool to              www.SEISWestValleySite.com.                           three public scoping meetings in New
                                             compile the annual data on campus                         Before including your address, phone                York. DOE and NYSERDA are extending
                                             crime and fire safety. The data collected               number, email address, or other                       the public scoping period until Friday,
                                             from the individual institutions by ED is               personal identifying information in your              May 25, 2018.


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                                                                                                     comply with a collection of information
                                             FASAB website at http://                                                                                      personally identifiable information (PII)
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of extension.
DatesThe public scoping period is extended until Friday, May 25, 2018. DOE and NYSERDA invite public comments on the scope of the SEIS for the West Valley Site. Comments must be submitted by May 25, 2018, to ensure consideration; late comments will be considered to the extent practicable.
ContactFor information regarding the West Valley Demonstration Project or the SEIS, contact Mr. Martin Krentz at
FR Citation83 FR 17657 

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