Department of State April 30, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In response to requests from several organizations, the Department of State (DOS) is extending the public comment period for the Keystone XL Pipeline Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The Department of State had originally set the end of the comment period at May 31, 2010. The Department has decided, in response to the requests noted above, to extend the comment period until Wednesday, June 16, 2010. The original notice of availability of the DEIS was published by EPA in the Federal Register on April 16, 2010 [75 FR 19969]. A second notice that listed the public comment meetings and additional information on the DEIS was published in the Federal Register on April 20, 2010 [75 FR 20653].