Final Supplement Analysis: Pit Manufacturing Facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Stockpile Stewardship and Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 179 (Thursday, September 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50276-50277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24163]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Final Supplement Analysis: Pit Manufacturing Facilities at Los 
Alamos National Laboratory, Stockpile Stewardship and Management 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

Agency

Department of Energy.

Action

Notice of availability.

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Summary

The Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability of the ``Final Supplement Analysis: Pit Manufacturing Facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Stockpile Stewardship and Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (SSM PEIS),'' DOE/EIS-0236/ SA-6. The Final Supplement Analysis includes a determination that no further National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis is needed.

Addresses

To obtain a copy of the Final Supplement Analysis, contact: Corey Cruz, Division Director, U.S. DOE, Albuquerque Operations Office, Nuclear Programs Division (NPD), PO Box 5400, Albuquerque, NM 87185- 5400. The Final Supplement Analysis will be available under the NEPA Analyses Module of the DOE NEPA Web Site at tis.eh.doe.gov/ nepa/.

For Further Information Contact

For general information on the DOE NEPA process, please contact: Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, EH-42, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20585. Ms. Borgstrom may be contacted by calling (202) 586-4600 or by leaving a message at (800) 472-2756.

Supplementary Information

The Final Supplement Analysis was prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.], the Council on Environmental Quality NEPA regulations [40 CFR Parts 1500-1508], and the DOE NEPA regulations [10 CFR Part 1021]. DOE prepared the Supplement Analysis in compliance with the Memorandum Opinion and Order issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Natural Resources Defense Council v. Richardson, (CA 97-0936(SS)). The Supplement Analysis examines issues related to the plausibility of seismic activity, fire, and sabotage at facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Final Supplement Analysis is available for public review and copying at the following three locations:

University of New Mexico, Zimmerman Library, Government Information Department, Reading Room, Albuquerque, NM, (505) 277-8960. Los Alamos National Laboratory Community Relations Office, 1619 Central Avenue, Los Alamos, New Mexico, (505) 615-0816. U.S. Department of Energy, Freedom of Information Reading Room, Room 1E-190, 1000 Independence Ave, SW, Washington, DC, (202) 586-3142.

The Department prepared a Draft Supplement Analysis and issued it for public review and comment on July 1, 1999 (64 FR 35635). The comment period closed on August 2, 1999. The Department considered and responded to the comments received, revised the Draft Supplement Analysis, and is

issuing a Final Supplement Analysis. The Department considered the information and analyses in the Final Supplement Analysis and made a determination that the SSM PEIS need not be supplemented nor a new SSM PEIS be prepared.

Signed in Washington, DC, this 3rd day of September 1999, for the United States Department of Energy. Thomas F. Gioconda, Brigadier General, USAF, Acting Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs. [FR Doc. 99-24163 Filed 9-15-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P