9 November 2001
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[Federal Register: November 9, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 218)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Long-Term Stewardship Study
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) announces the public
availability of the final Long-Term Stewardship Study. The Study
presents and discusses issues associated with the long-term stewardship
of DOE sites where contaminated facilities, water, soil, and/or
engineered units are likely to remain after cleanup activities are
finished. The Study also provides DOE's responses to comments on the
Draft Study. DOE prepared the Study in response to a settlement
agreement.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the Study and other information
related to long-term stewardship from the following sources:
Long-Term Stewardship Information Center Internet site at
the following address: www.em.doe.gov/lts.
The Center for Environmental Management Information, 955
L'Enfant Plaza, North, SW., Suite 8200, Washington, DC 20024, 1-800-
736-3282 (1-800-7EM-DATA). In Washington, DC, the phone number is 202-
863-5084.
DOE Reading Rooms (for locations of the DOE Reading Rooms
or other public information repositories containing background
information, please contact the Center for Environmental Management
Information at the above address and telephone).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Letitia O'Conor, Office of Long-Term
Stewardship (EM-51) on (202) 586-6570 or (202) 586-9280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department of Energy has prepared this Long-Term Stewardship
Study to comply with the terms of a settlement agreement between DOE
and 38 plaintiffs [Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v.
Richardson, et al., Civ. No. 97-936 (SS) (D.D.C. December 12, 1998)].
The Study presents information and discusses issues associated with
long-term stewardship. The Study defines long-term stewardship as the
physical controls, institutions, information and other mechanisms
needed to ensure protection of people and the environment at sites
where DOE has completed or plans to complete ``cleanup'' (e.g.,
landfill closures, remedial actions, removal actions, and facility
stabilization). Depending on specific circumstances, long-term
stewardship could include any combination of land-use controls,
monitoring, maintenance and information management.
Study Development Process
In accordance with the terms of the settlement agreement, DOE
followed the Council on Environmental Quality National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) implementing procedures for public scoping, 40 CFR
Sec. 1501.7(a)(1)-(2), and, in general, DOE's NEPA procedures for
public review of environmental impact statements, 10 CFR 1021.313, even
though the Study is not a NEPA document or its functional equivalent.
DOE identified the issues addressed in the Study by conducting a
public scoping process, soliciting public
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comments on the Draft Study distributed to the public in October 2000,
and considering other information from a variety of sources (both DOE
and non-DOE) that have analyzed long-term stewardship. The Department
received comments on the Draft Study from 50 sources, including state
agencies, citizen groups, DOE advisory groups, private citizens, Tribal
nations, and federal agencies. The Final Study reflects changes and
clarifications made in response to those comments.
Issued in Washington D.C., October 26, 2001.
David Geiser,
Director, Office of Long-Term Stewardship, Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 01-28150 Filed 11-8-01; 8:45 am]
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