<searchTitle>Planned Change Request for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Replacement Panels 11 and 12; Reopening of Public Comment Period; Federal Register Vol. 89, Issue </searchTitle>
<granuleClass>NOTICE</granuleClass>
<accessId>2024-24450</accessId>
<agency order="1">ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY</agency>
<departmentDoc>EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-0309</departmentDoc>
<departmentDoc>FRL-12263-01-OAR</departmentDoc>
<billingCode>6560-50-P</billingCode>
<frDocNumber>2024-24450</frDocNumber>
<action>Notice of availability with request for public comment; reopening of public comment period.</action>
<summary>On July 16, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) announced for public comment the availability of a Planned Change Request (PCR) recently submitted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to modify the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). The proposed change will involve adding two additional waste panels west of the current repository to replace lost disposal capacity resulting from the 2014 radiological incident and resulting ground control issues. A 60-day comment period was provided for the PCR that expired on September 16, 2024. A request for an extension to the comment period was received from several stakeholders, most recently at the Agency's informal public meetings held in New Mexico in late August. EPA is reopening the comment period to seek public input on both DOE's application and on what EPA should consider in its evaluation.</summary>
<dates>The public comment period for the notice published July 16, 2024 at 89 FR 57887, has reopened on October 22, 2024. It will remain open until the Agency publishes a future notice in the Federal Register that specifies the end of the public comment period.</dates>
<contact>Ray Lee, Radiation Protection Division, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Mail Code 6608T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,</contact>
<tocDoc>Planned Change Request for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Replacement Panels 11 and 12, </tocDoc>
<emailRef>a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov</emailRef>
<emailRef>lee.raymond@epa.gov</emailRef>
<urlRef>https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</urlRef>
<urlRef>https://www.epa.gov/radiation/wipp-news#WIPP-PCR</urlRef>
<urlRef>https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-03/24-0168-wipp-pcr-panels-letter-enclosures.pdf</urlRef>
<urlRef>https://www.regulations.gov</urlRef>