Réglementation et droit · 22/11/19961 min de lecture
Notice of Availability of the Department of Navy Final Environmental Impact Statement for a Container System for the Management of Naval Spent Nuclear Fuel
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The Department of the Navy (Navy) is giving notice of the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Container System for the Management of Naval Spent Nuclear Fuel. The Final EIS was prepared in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA); Council on Environmental Quality regulations implementing NEPA, 40 CFR Parts 1500- 1508; and Chief of Naval Operations Environmental and Natural Resources Program Manual, OPNAV Instruction 5090.1B. The Final EIS addresses the need, alternatives, and environmental impacts of manufacturing containers; loading containers, and handling and storage of naval spent nuclear fuel at the Department of Energy's Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL); transportation of naval spent nuclear fuel loaded containers to a notional repository or a centralized interim storage site; and the storage, handling, and transportation of certain radioactive waste associated with naval spent nuclear fuel management. The Department of Energy is participating as a cooperating agency and adopted this Final EIS (DOE/EIS-0251) on October 9, 1996. Upon completion of general distribution of the document,