DOE Letter on HFBR Environmental Impact Statement

[Andy Hull <hull@mail.sep.bnl.gov>]

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>February 16, 1999
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>Dear Stakeholder:
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>SUBJECT:  HIGH FLUX BEAM REACTOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
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>This is a follow-up to my letter of January 12, 1999 regarding the schedule
>of the environmental impact statement for the High Flux Beam Reactor at
>Brookhaven National Laboratory. Based on stakeholder input in recent
>months, several changes have been made to the High Flux Beam Reactor
>environmental impact statement process. We believe these changes are
>improvements that will benefit all stakeholders interested in the decision
>about the future of this research reactor:
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>* A U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters review of the draft document
>last month determined that additional work was needed to address
>stakeholder comments made during the public scoping process. The additional
>work should take about one month to complete. The draft environmental
>impact statement is expected to be available for public review and comment
>in mid-April.
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>* Several stakeholders, including Congressman Michael Forbes, requested
>that the Department extend the public comment period for the draft
>environmental impact statement. Federal law mandates a minimum comment
>period of 45 days, but in response to Congressman Forbes and other
>stakeholders, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson has extended the public
>comment period to 90 days. Therefore, the public availability of the draft
>environmental impact statement is expected to be from mid-April through
>mid-July 1999. Consistent with this new schedule, the final environmental
>impact statement is expected to be published in mid-November and the Record
>of Decision in mid-December 1999.
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>* Secretary Richardson has also directed the Department to:
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>1. Provide the general public with access to information used in the
>development of the environmental impact statement - That information will
>be made available to the general public.
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>2. Establish a public reading room at BNL where the general public may
>review the draft environmental impact statement itself and the
>aforementioned EIS-related information.
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>3. Conduct a public information workshop in the environmental impact
>statement public comment period to present, describe and discuss the draft
>document - The Department of Energy will conduct this public information
>workshop, which will be open to all. It will be held early in the public
>comment period of the draft environmental impact statement.
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>Of course, you will be notified by mail of the comment period's start and
>other pertinent dates. Also, the notice will be published in the Federal
>Register and various Long Island newspapers. The Department encourages
>interested parties to provide comments on the draft environmental impact
>statement by mail and/or e-mail. In preparing the final environmental
>impact statement, the Department will consider all comments received or
>postmarked by the end of the comment period. Later comments will be
>considered to the extent practicable.
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>Thank you for your continued interest in the High Flux Beam Reactor. If you
>have questions, issues or concerns you wish to discuss, please contact John
>Carter, our community/government relations manager (516-344-5195,
>jcarter@bnl.gov) or me (516-344-3552, mholland@bnl.gov).
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>Sincerely,
>Michael D. Holland, Director
>Project Management Division
>U.S. Department of Energy-Brookhaven Group
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