Notice2021-26886
Notice of Data Availability: Comments Received on the Department's Draft Consent-Based Siting Process for Consolidated Storage and Disposal Facilities for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste Dated January 12, 2017
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December 13, 2021
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Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) is announcing this notice of data availability (NODA) regarding comments received, as well as a summary of the comments, on DOE's ``Draft Consent-Based Siting Process for Consolidated Storage and Disposal Facilities for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste,'' dated January 12, 2017 (2017 Draft CBS Process). The Department is making this information available to inform the public as to the content of the comments received on the 2017 Draft CBS Process and to be available for use in formulating responses to DOE's recently issued request for information (RFI) on how to site federal facilities for the temporary, consolidated storage of spent nuclear fuel using a consent-based approach, dated December 1, 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 236 (Monday, December 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26886]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Data Availability: Comments Received on the
Department's Draft Consent-Based Siting Process for Consolidated
Storage and Disposal Facilities for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level
Radioactive Waste Dated January 12, 2017
AGENCY: Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition, Office of Nuclear
Energy, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of data availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department) Office of
Nuclear Energy (NE) is announcing this notice of data availability
(NODA) regarding comments received, as well as a summary of the
comments, on DOE's ``Draft Consent-Based Siting Process for
Consolidated Storage and Disposal Facilities for Spent Nuclear Fuel and
High-Level Radioactive Waste,'' dated January 12, 2017 (2017 Draft CBS
Process). The Department is making this information available to inform
the public as to the content of the comments received on the 2017 Draft
CBS Process and to be available for use in formulating responses to
DOE's recently issued request for information (RFI) on how to site
federal facilities for the temporary, consolidated storage of spent
nuclear fuel using a consent-based approach, dated December 1, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please send any questions to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ee8d81809d8b809a8c8f9d8b8a9d879a878089ae869fc08a818bc0898198"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="35565a5b46505b415754465051465c415c5b52755d441b515a501b525a43">[email protected]</span></a>, or to Alisa Trunzo at 301-903-9600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The actual comments received on DOE's 2017 Draft CBS Process and a
comment summary are available at <a href="https://www.energy.gov/ne/consent-based-siting">https://www.energy.gov/ne/consent-based-siting</a>. The Department is making this information available to
inform the public as to the content of the comments received on the
2017 Draft CBS Process and to be available for use in formulating
responses to DOE's recently issued request for information (RFI) on how
to site federal facilities for the temporary, consolidated storage of
spent nuclear fuel using a consent-based approach (86 FR 68244, dated
December 1, 2021), available at <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/12/01/2021-25724/notice-of-request-for-information-rfi-on-using-a-consent-based-siting-process-to-identify-federal">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/12/01/2021-25724/notice-of-request-for-information-rfi-on-using-a-consent-based-siting-process-to-identify-federal</a>. The
comment summary is intended to summarize the views expressed in the
comments and does not contain any DOE analysis of or positions on those
comments.
Additional data/information that may be useful in formulating
responses to the RFI is available at <a href="https://www.energy.gov/ne/consent-based-siting">https://www.energy.gov/ne/consent-based-siting</a>.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on December 7,
2021, by Dr. Kathryn Huff, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the
Office of Nuclear Energy, pursuant to delegated authority from the
Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date
is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in
compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December 8, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021-26886 Filed 12-10-21; 8:45 am]
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