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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Request for Public Comment on the
Draft Report Entitled Designing a
Consent-Based Siting Process:
Summary of Public Input
Fuel Cycle Technologies, Office
of Nuclear Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of public comment
period.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) is designing a consentbased siting process to establish an
integrated waste management system to
transport, store, and dispose of
commercial spent nuclear fuel and highlevel defense 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 issued an Invitation for
Public Comment in the Federal Register
on December 23, 2015 and hosted eight
public meetings across the United States
in 2016 to seek input on the elements
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that should be considered in the
development of a consent-based siting
process. Information gathered via the
Invitation for Public Comment and
Public Meetings is summarized in the
draft report ‘‘Designing a Consent-Based
Siting Process: Summary of Public
Input,’’ located at energy.gov/
consentbasedsiting. DOE will consider
all comments and issue a final report in
December 2016.
DATES: The 45-day public comment
period begins September 15, 2016 and
ends October 30, 2016. Comments must
be received on or before 11:59 p.m. EDT,
October 30, 2016 to be considered in the
final report.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the draft report by any of the
following methods:
Email: Responses may be provided by
email to consentbasedsiting@
hq.doe.gov. 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
Report, 1000 Independence Ave. SW.,
Washington, DC 20585.
Fax: Responses may be faxed to 202–
586–0544. Please include ‘‘Draft
Consent-based Siting Report’’ 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. Any person wishing
to have his/her 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
consentbasedsiting@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
General Information: Where can I
obtain a copy of the draft report
‘‘Designing a Consent-Based Siting
Process: Summary of Public Input’’?
All documents in the docket are listed
in the www.regulations.gov index. You
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may also download a copy of the draft
report at energy.gov/consentbasedsiting.
Issued in Washington, DC, on September
13, 2016.
Melissa Bates,
Acting Team Leader, Nuclear Fuels Storage
and Transportation Planning Project, Office
of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Request for Public Comment on the Draft Report Entitled Designing
a Consent-Based Siting Process: Summary of Public Input
AGENCY: Fuel Cycle Technologies, Office of Nuclear Energy, Department
of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of public comment period.
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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 defense 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 issued an Invitation for Public
Comment in the Federal Register on December 23, 2015 and hosted eight
public meetings across the United States in 2016 to seek input on the
elements that should be considered in the development of a consent-
based siting process. Information gathered via the Invitation for
Public Comment and Public Meetings is summarized in the draft report
``Designing a Consent-Based Siting Process: Summary of Public Input,''
located at energy.gov/consentbasedsiting. DOE will consider all
comments and issue a final report in December 2016.
DATES: The 45-day public comment period begins September 15, 2016 and
ends October 30, 2016. Comments must be received on or before 11:59
p.m. EDT, October 30, 2016 to be considered in the final report.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the draft report by any of the
following methods:
Email: Responses may be provided by email to
consentbasedsiting@hq.doe.gov. 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 Report, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585.
Fax: Responses may be faxed to 202-586-0544. Please include ``Draft
Consent-based Siting Report'' 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. Any person wishing to have his/her 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
consentbasedsiting@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
General Information: Where can I obtain a copy of the draft report
``Designing a Consent-Based Siting Process: Summary of Public Input''?
All documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov
index. You may also download a copy of the draft report at energy.gov/consentbasedsiting.
Issued in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2016.
Melissa Bates,
Acting Team Leader, Nuclear Fuels Storage and Transportation Planning
Project, Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2016-22312 Filed 9-13-16; 4:15 pm]
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