Extension of Public Comment Period: Louisiana Energy Services National Enrichment Facility

Samenvatting

The NRC is extending further the public comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed National Enrichment Facility (NEF) in Lea County, New Mexico (NUREG-1790). The notice of availability of the DEIS appeared in the Federal Register on September 17, 2004 (69 FR 56104), with the public comment period to end on November 6, 2004. On November 9, 2004, the NRC extended the public comment period until December 18, 2004 (69 FR 64983). On October 25, 2004, the NRC suspended public access to its Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) database accessible through the NRC's Web site and initiated an additional security review of publicly-available documents to ensure that potentially sensitive information is removed. This security review is ongoing and the exact date of its completion is not certain. However, from October 25, 2004, until December 6, 2004, members of the public continued to have access to the DEIS through NRC's project- specific Web site (http://www.nrc.gov/materials/fuel-cycle-fac/ lesfacility.html). Members of the public also had access to the Environmental Report (ER) submitted by Louisiana Energy Services (LES) for th