PADUCAH, Ky. – The U. S. Department of Energy will hold a public meeting on January 10, 2002, to solicit public input on a draft Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis for the Decontamination and Decommissioning of the C-410 Feed Plant at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. The meeting will be from 6-8 p.m., at the Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Information Center, 115 Memorial Drive in Paducah.

The document outlines the alternatives and proposed action for eventual reuse or demolition of the C-410 complex. The facility, which is no longer operational, was used to convert uranium oxide into uranium hexafluoride from the early 1950s until the late 1970s.

Representatives from DOE and its contractors will be available to discuss the draft document.  The public comment period ends January 21, 2002. Comments may be submitted to:  Craig Czuchna, DOE Paducah Site Office, Box 1410, Paducah, Ky. 42001, phone: (270) 441-6805, fax: (270) 441-6801. You may also e-mail your comments to with inclusion of "Paducah C-410 Complex EE/CA" in the e-mail subject line.

For more information, or if you need special accommodations to attend the meeting, please call Stacey Young, Bechtel Jacobs Company Public Affairs, at (270) 441-5204.

A copy of the draft EE/CA is now available for review at the Environmental Information Center, phone (270) 554-6979.

The EE/CA also is available at the McCracken County Public Library, 5^th and Kentucky Avenue, Paducah, (270) 442-2510.

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