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Comment for the Amended Notice of Intent to Expand the Scope of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Alignment, Construction, and Operation of a Rail Line to a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada
Updated 12/3/06

The U.S. Department of Energy (Department) has issued an amended notice of intent for 45 days of public comment beginning October 13, 2006. The comment period closes December 12, 2006.

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Read the Federal Registery notice Amended Notice of Intent to Expand the Scope of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Alignment, Construction, and Operation of a Rail Line to a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada [pdf]

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The following is from the DOE website. There is a link for the comment form below

The Department invites comments on the scope of the Supplemental Yucca Mountain Rail Corridor and Rail Alignment EIS to ensure that all relevant environmental issues and reasonable alternatives are addressed. Scoping will help define the expanded scope of the Rail Alignment EIS to supplement the rail corridor analysis of the Yucca Mountain Final EIS, and analyze the Mina corridor. This Supplemental Yucca Mountain Rail Corridor and Rail Alignment EIS will also consider, in detail, alignments for the construction and operation of a rail line within the Caliente and Mina rail corridors.

The Department specifically invites comments on the following relative to the Mina corridor and its alternative alignments:

1. Should additional alternative alignments be considered that might minimize, avoid or mitigate adverse environmental impacts (for example, looking beyond the 0.25 mile wide Mina corridor, avoiding environmentally sensitive areas)?
2. Should any of the preliminary alternatives be eliminated from detailed consideration?
3. Should additional environmental resources be considered?
4. What mitigation measures should be considered?

In addition, the Department is interested in identifying any significant changes to, or new information relevant to, the rail corridors analyzed in the Yucca Mountain Final EIS.

Public comment period ends December 12, 2006

Write or fax your comments to: Mr. M. Lee Bishop, EIS Document Manager, Office of Logistics Management, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, U.S. Department of Energy, 1551 Hillshire Drive, M/S 011, Las Vegas, NV 89134, telephone 1-800-967-3477, facsimile 1-800-967-0739.

You can also request more information and e-mail comments via the Internet at www.ocrwm.doe.gov.

You can submit your comments using the form on the DOE website

The State of Nevada's website on Yucca Mountain and other nuclear issues