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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 137 / Monday, July 19, 2010 / Notices
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2010.
Cathy Zoi,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2010–17514 Filed 7–16–10; 8:45 am]
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 13565–000–VT]
Charlie Hotchkin and Claire Fay;
Notice of Availability of Environmental
Assessment
July 13, 2010.
In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR part
380 (Order No. 486, 52 F.R. 47879), the
Office of Energy Projects has reviewed
the application for a small hydro (5
megawatts or less) exemption from
licensing for the Alder Brook MiniHydro Project, to be located on Alder
Brook, near the town of Richford,
Franklin County, Vermont, and has
prepared an Environmental Assessment
(EA). In the EA, Commission staff
analyzes the potential environmental
effects of the project and concludes that
issuing an exemption for the project,
with appropriate environmental
measures, would not constitute a major
federal action significantly affecting the
quality of the human environment.
A copy of the EA is on file with the
Commission and is available for public
inspection. The EA may also be viewed
on the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link. Enter the docket number excluding
the last three digits in the docket
number field to access the document.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.
gov or toll-free at 1–866–208–3676, or
for TTY, (202) 502–8659. For further
information, contact Michael Spencer at
(202) 502–6093.
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Amended Notice of Intent to Modify the
Scope of the Surplus Plutonium
Disposition Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement and
Conduct Additional Public Scoping
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy,
National Nuclear Security
Administration.
ACTION: Amended Notice of Intent.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) announces its intent to
modify the scope of the Surplus
Plutonium Disposition Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SPD
Supplemental EIS, DOE/EIS–0283–S2)
and to conduct additional public
scoping. DOE issued its Notice of
Intent 1 (NOI) to prepare the SPD
Supplemental EIS on March 28, 2007
(72 FR 14543). DOE now intends to
revise the scope of the SPD
Supplemental EIS to refine the quantity
and types of surplus weapons-usable
plutonium material, evaluate additional
alternatives, and no longer consider in
detail one alternative identified in the
NOI (ceramic can-in-canister
immobilization). Also, DOE had
identified a glass can-in-canister
immobilization approach as its
preferred alternative in the NOI; DOE
will continue to evaluate that alternative
but currently does not have a preferred
alternative.
DOE now proposes to analyze a new
alternative to install the capability in K–
Area at the Savannah River Site (SRS)
to, among other things, disassemble
nuclear weapons pits (a weapons
component) and convert the plutonium
metal to an oxide form for fabrication
into mixed uranium-plutonium oxide
(MOX) reactor fuel in the Mixed Oxide
Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF); under
this alternative, DOE would not build
the Pit Disassembly and Conversion
Facility (PDCF), which DOE previously
decided to construct. This K–Area
project also would provide capabilities
needed to prepare plutonium for other
disposition alternatives evaluated in the
SPD Supplemental EIS and to support
the ongoing plutonium storage mission
in K–Area. DOE also proposes to
evaluate a new alternative to dispose of
some surplus non-pit plutonium as
transuranic waste at the Waste Isolation
Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico,
provided the plutonium would meet the
criteria for such disposal. In addition,
DOE will analyze the potential
1 The NOI identified the title of the document as
the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
for Surplus Plutonium Disposition at the Savannah
River Site.
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environmental impacts of using MOX
fuel in up to five reactors owned by the
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) at
the Sequoyah (near Soddy-Daisy, TN)
and Browns Ferry (near Decatur and
Athens, AL) nuclear stations. TVA will
be a cooperating agency with DOE for
preparation and review of the sections
of the SPD Supplemental EIS that
address operation of TVA reactors.
DATES: DOE invites Federal agencies,
state and local governments, Native
American tribes, industry, other
organizations, and members of the
public to submit comments to assist in
identifying environmental issues and in
determining the scope of the SPD
Supplemental EIS. The public scoping
period will end on September 17, 2010.
DOE will consider all comments
received or postmarked by September
17, 2010. Comments received after that
date will be considered to the extent
practicable. Also, DOE asks that Federal,
state, and local agencies that desire to be
designated cooperating agencies on the
SPD Supplemental EIS contact the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) Document Manager at the
addresses listed under ADDRESSES by the
end of the scoping period. DOE will
hold five public scoping meetings:
• August 3, 2010 (5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.)
at Calhoun Community College, Decatur
Campus, Aerospace Building, 6250
Highway 31 North, Tanner, AL 35671
• August 5, 2010 (5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.)
at Chattanooga Convention Center, 1150
Carter Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402
• August 17, 2010 (5:30 p.m. to 8
p.m.) at North Augusta Municipal
Center, 100 Georgia Avenue, North
Augusta, SC 29841
• August 24, 2010 (5:30 p.m. to 8
p.m.) at Best Western Stevens Inn, 1829
S. Canal Street, Carlsbad, NM 88220
• August 26, 2010 (5:30 p.m. to 8
p.m.) at Courtyard by Marriott Santa Fe,
3347 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, NM
87507
ADDRESSES: Please direct written
comments on the scope of the SPD
Supplemental EIS to Ms. Sachiko
McAlhany, SPD Supplemental EIS
NEPA Document Manager, U.S.
Department of Energy, P.O. Box 2324,
Germantown, MD 20874–2324. You may
also send comments on the scope of the
SPD Supplemental EIS via e-mail to spd
supplementaleis@saic.com, or via the
Web site, https://
www.spdsupplementaleis.com; or by
toll-free fax to 877–865–0277. DOE will
give equal weight to written, e-mail, fax,
and oral comments. Questions regarding
the scoping process and requests to be
placed on the distribution list for this
Supplemental EIS should be directed to
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13565-000-VT]
Charlie Hotchkin and Claire Fay; Notice of Availability of
Environmental Assessment
July 13, 2010.
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations, 18 CFR part
380 (Order No. 486, 52 F.R. 47879), the Office of Energy Projects has
reviewed the application for a small hydro (5 megawatts or less)
exemption from licensing for the Alder Brook Mini-Hydro Project, to be
located on Alder Brook, near the town of Richford, Franklin County,
Vermont, and has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA). In the EA,
Commission staff analyzes the potential environmental effects of the
project and concludes that issuing an exemption for the project, with
appropriate environmental measures, would not constitute a major
federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human
environment.
A copy of the EA is on file with the Commission and is available
for public inspection. The EA may also be viewed on the Commission's
Web site at https://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676,
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. For further information, contact Michael
Spencer at (202) 502-6093.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-17559 Filed 7-16-10; 8:45 am]
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