Department of Energy April 19, 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability of the Draft Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental Mercury Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Mercury Storage SEIS, DOE/ EIS-0423-S1) for public comment. As required by the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 (hereafter referred to as ``the Act''), DOE plans to identify a facility or facilities for the long-term management and storage of elemental mercury generated in the United States (U.S.) To this end, DOE issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental Mercury (Mercury Storage EIS, DOE/EIS-0423, January 2011) to analyze reasonable alternatives, in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), for locating and developing such a facility. Subsequently, DOE identified three additional, reasonable alternative locations in the vicinity of its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, NM. On June 5, 2012, DOE announced its intent to prepare a supplement to the Mercury Storage EIS and held a 30-day public scoping period. This Draft Mercury Storage Supplemental EIS (Draft Mercury Storage SEIS or Draft SEIS) considered all comments received during the public scoping period.