[Federal Register: October 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 198)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement for a
Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-
Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is
announcing its intent to prepare a Supplement to the ``Final
Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the
Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at
Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada'' (DOE/EIS-0250F, February 2002)
(Yucca Mountain Final EIS). The Proposed Action addressed in the Yucca
Mountain Final EIS is to construct, operate and monitor, and eventually
close a geologic repository at Yucca Mountain in southern Nevada for
the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.
The Yucca Mountain Final EIS considered the potential environmental
impacts of a repository design for surface and subsurface facilities, a
range of canister packaging scenarios and repository thermal operating
modes, and plans for the construction, operation and monitoring, and
eventual closure of the repository. The Yucca Mountain Final EIS also
considered the environmental impacts of the transportation of spent
nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste from commercial and DOE
sites to the repository by two principal modes--mostly truck and mostly
rail. In the Yucca Mountain Final EIS DOE recognized that these
repository design concepts and operational plans would continue to
develop during the design and engineering process.
Since publication of the Yucca Mountain Final EIS, DOE has
continued to develop the repository design and associated plans. As now
planned, the proposed surface and subsurface facilities would allow DOE
to operate the repository following a primarily canistered approach in
which most commercial spent nuclear fuel would be packaged at the
commercial sites in multipurpose transport, aging and disposal
canisters (TADs), and all DOE materials would be packaged in disposable
canisters at the DOE sites. Waste packages would be arrayed in the
repository underground to achieve what is referred to as a higher-
thermal operating mode, and most spent nuclear fuel and high-level
radioactive waste would arrive at the repository by rail.
To evaluate the potential environmental impacts of the current
repository design and operational plans, DOE has decided to prepare a
Supplement to the Yucca Mountain Final EIS \1\, consistent with the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Nuclear Waste Policy
Act, as amended (Pub. L. 97-425) (NWPA). This Supplemental Yucca
Mountain EIS (DOE/EIS-0250-S1) is being prepared to assist the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in satisfying its NEPA
responsibilities pursuant to the NWPA (Section 114(f)(4)) \2\.
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\1\ Coincident with this Notice of Intent, DOE is publishing an
Amended Notice of Intent to prepare a Supplemental Yucca Mountain
Rail Corridor and Rail Alignment EIS (DOE/EIS-0250F-S2 and DOE/EIS-
0369). That EIS will review the rail corridor analyses of the Yucca
Mountain Final EIS, and update, as appropriate, and will analyze the
proposed Mina corridor; it also will include detailed analyses of
alternative alignments for the construction and operation of a rail
line within the Mina corridor, as well as the Caliente corridor.
\2\ Section 114(f)(4) of the NWPA provides that any
environmental impact statement ``prepared in connection with a
repository * * * shall, to the extent practicable, be adopted by the
Commission [NRC] in connection with the issuance by the Commission
of a construction authorization and license for such repository. To
the extent such statement is adopted by the Commission, such
adoption shall be deemed to also satisfy the responsibilities of the
Commission under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 * *
*.''
DATES: The Department invites comments on the scope of the Supplemental
Yucca Mountain EIS to ensure that all relevant environmental issues are
addressed. Public scoping meetings are discussed below in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. DOE will consider all comments
received during the 45-day public scoping period, which starts with
publication of this Notice of Intent and ends November 27, 2006.
Comments received after this date will be considered to the extent
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practicable.
ADDRESSES: Requests for additional information on the Supplemental
Yucca Mountain EIS or on the repository program in general, should be
directed to: Dr. Jane Summerson, EIS Document Manager, Regulatory
Authority Office, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1551 Hillshire Drive, M/S 010, Las Vegas, NV
89134, Telephone 1-800-967-3477. Written comments on the scope of the
Supplemental Yucca Mountain EIS may be submitted to Dr. Jane Summerson
at this address, or by facsimile to 1-800-967-0739, or via the Internet
at http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov under the caption What's New.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information regarding the
DOE NEPA process contact: Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of
NEPA Policy and Compliance, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585, Telephone 202-586-4600,
or leave a message at 1-800-472-2756.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
Section 111(a)(4) of the NWPA states that the Federal government
has the: ``responsibility to provide for the permanent disposal of
high-level radioactive waste and such spent nuclear fuel as may be
disposed of in order to protect the public health and safety and the
environment.''
The NWPA directs the Secretary of Energy, if the Secretary decides
to recommend approval of the Yucca Mountain site for development of a
repository, to submit a final environmental impact statement with any
recommendation to the President. The Department prepared the Yucca
Mountain Final EIS to fulfill that requirement.
On February 14, 2002, the Secretary, in accordance with the NWPA,
transmitted his recommendation (including the Yucca Mountain Final EIS)
to the President for approval of the Yucca Mountain site for
development of a geologic repository. The President considered the site
qualified for application to the NRC for a construction authorization
and recommended the site to the U.S. Congress. Subsequently, on July
23, 2002, the President signed into law (Pub. L. 107-200) a joint
resolution of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate
designating the Yucca Mountain site for development as a geologic
repository for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level
radioactive waste. The Department is now preparing a license
application for submittal to the NRC seeking authorization to construct
the repository, as required by the NWPA (Section 114(b)).
In the Yucca Mountain Final EIS, DOE considered the potential
environmental impacts of a repository design for surface and subsurface
facilities, a range of canister packaging scenarios and repository
thermal operating modes, and plans for the construction, operation and
monitoring, and eventual closure of the repository. The Yucca Mountain
Final EIS also described and evaluated the transportation of spent
nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste from commercial and DOE
sites to the repository by two principal modes--mostly truck and mostly
rail. DOE recognized at that time that these repository design concepts
and operational plans would continue to develop during the design and
engineering process.
More specifically, the Yucca Mountain Final EIS included
evaluations of separate canistered and uncanistered packaging scenarios
for commercial spent nuclear fuel, and a repository design comprised of
three primary surface operations areas (North Portal Operations Area,
South Portal Development Area, Ventilation Shaft Operations Area) in
which spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste would be
handled in two principal facilities (Carrier Preparation Building,
Waste Handling Building). The Yucca Mountain Final EIS also evaluated a
range of underground thermal operating modes (referred to as lower- and
higher-temperature modes) in which heat from the waste packages would
raise the temperature of the adjacent rock to a range of temperatures
from below the boiling point of water to above the boiling point. Two
scenarios, mostly truck and mostly rail, were analyzed for the
transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste
from the commercial and DOE sites to the repository.
Since publication of the Yucca Mountain Final EIS, DOE has
continued to develop the repository design and associated plans. As now
planned (and described in greater detail in the Proposed Action below),
the proposed surface and subsurface facilities would allow DOE to
operate the repository following a primarily canistered approach in
which most commercial spent nuclear fuel would be packaged at the
commercial sites in TADs, and all DOE materials would be packaged in
disposable canisters at the DOE sites. These TADs and disposable
canisters then would be transported mostly by rail \3\ to the
repository where they would be placed on aging (or staging) \4\ pads
prior to disposal, or inserted into waste packages and disposed of in
the repository underground.
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\3\ On April 8, 2004 (69 FR 18557), the Department issued a
Record of Decision selecting, both nationally and in the State of
Nevada, the mostly rail scenario analyzed in the Yucca Mountain
Final EIS. This decision will ultimately require the construction of
a rail line to connect the repository site at Yucca Mountain to an
existing rail line in the State of Nevada.
\4\ The terminology refers to retaining commercial spent nuclear
fuel on the surface at the repository to meet waste package thermal
limits (aging), or to provide a surge capacity to maintain
flexibility in waste handling operations (staging).
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At the repository site, spent nuclear fuel and high-level
radioactive waste would now be handled in up to six principal
facilities located within three primary surface operations areas. A
fourth operations area would be developed to support excavation of the
underground repository. A higher-thermal (temperature) operating mode
would be employed.
Based on the current planning, the Department does not believe that
any of the developments to the repository design or operational plans
would have a significant impact on the environmental effects considered
in the Yucca Mountain Final EIS. Nevertheless, to assist NRC in
satisfying its NEPA responsibilities pursuant to the NWPA (Section
114(f)(4)), DOE has decided to prepare this Supplemental EIS.
Proposed Action
Under the Proposed Action, DOE would construct, operate and
monitor, and eventually close a geologic repository at Yucca Mountain
for the disposal of up to 70,000 metric tons of heavy metal (MTHM) of
commercial and DOE-owned spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive
waste.\5\ DOE would dispose of these materials in the repository using
the inherent, natural geologic features of the mountain and engineered
barriers to ensure long-term isolation of the spent nuclear fuel and
high-level radioactive waste from the human environment. These
materials would be emplaced underground at least 200 meters (660 feet)
below the surface and at least 160 meters (530 feet) above the water
table. The NRC, through its licensing process, would regulate
repository construction, operation and monitoring, and closure.
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\5\ The 70,000 MTHM includes 63,000 MTHM of commercial spent
nuclear fuel, about 2,333 MTHM of DOE fuel (includes about 65 MTHM
of naval fuel), and about 4,667 MTHM of DOE high-level radioactive
waste.
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Under the Proposed Action, most spent nuclear fuel and high-level
radioactive waste would be shipped from 72 commercial and 4 DOE sites
\6\ to the repository in NRC-certified transportation casks placed on
trains dedicated only to these shipments. Some shipments, however,
would arrive at the repository by truck.
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\6\ In 2002, fifty-four additional sites, primarily domestic
research reactors, were expected to ship spent nuclear fuel to two
DOE sites prior to disposal at the repository (see Records of
Decision June 1, 1995 at 60 FR 28680, and March 8, 1996 at 61 FR
9441). Also, the Yucca Mountain Final EIS analyzed fuel shipments
from 5 DOE sites, including Fort St. Vrain, to the repository.
Presently, it is anticipated that fuel from Fort St. Vrain will be
shipped to Idaho National Laboratory prior to being shipped to the
repository.
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Under the Proposed Action, all DOE spent nuclear fuel and high-
level radioactive waste would be placed in disposable canisters at the
DOE sites, and as much as 90 percent of the commercial spent nuclear
fuel would be placed in TADs at the commercial sites prior to shipment.
Upon arrival at the repository, both types of canisters (DOE disposable
and TADs) would be placed into corrosion-resistant overpacks
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(waste packages) prior to emplacement in the repository underground.
The remaining commercial spent nuclear fuel (about 10 percent)
would be transported to the repository in dual-purpose canisters
(canisters suitable for storage and transportation), or would be
uncanistered. At the repository, uncanistered spent nuclear fuel would
be placed directly into TADs and then waste packages for disposal.
Commercial spent nuclear fuel arriving in dual-purpose canisters would
first be removed from the canisters, placed into TADs and then into
waste packages for disposal.
Handling of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste
would take place in the geologic repository operations area, which
includes the North Portal area, the South Portal development area, a
North Construction Portal development area, and the surface shaft
areas. The surface portion of the geologic repository operations area
also would include the facilities necessary to receive, package, and
support emplacement of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive
waste in the repository. Waste transfer operations would be conducted
inside reinforced concrete and metal frame buildings designed and
constructed to withstand earthquakes and other phenomena. Workers and
the public would be protected from radiation by shielded transfer
equipment and walls, exhaust filtering systems, and the use of remotely
controlled equipment to remove the waste forms from the transportation
casks for insertion into waste packages.
The primary surface waste handling facilities include a wet
handling facility, a receipt facility, and three separate canister
receipt and closure facilities. DOE also is considering an initial
handling facility. These facilities would allow the various types of
materials received at the repository to be prepared for disposal.
The wet handling facility would receive commercial spent nuclear
fuel as bare fuel assemblies (uncanistered) or in dual-purpose
canisters, either in truck or rail transportation casks. Commercial
spent nuclear fuel would be transferred underwater from the
transportation casks or dual-purpose canisters into TADs. The wet
handling facility would include provisions for opening transportation
casks and dual-purpose canisters, and for drying and closing the loaded
TADs. Loaded TADs either would be placed into overpacks for placement
on aging/staging pads, or would be transferred to the canister receipt
and closure facilities for loading into waste packages for disposal.
The receipt facility would receive TADs and dual-purpose canisters
in rail transportation casks. The TADs and dual-purpose canisters would
be transferred (dry) from the transportation casks either to overpacks
for placement on the aging/staging pads, or to shielded transfer casks
for transfer to the canister receipt and closure facilities. Shielded
transfer casks also would transfer dual-purpose canisters to the wet
handling facility, as necessary.
The canister receipt and closure facilities would receive DOE
disposable canisters and TADs in rail transportation casks, shielded
transfer casks and aging/staging overpacks. These facilities also could
receive truck casks. There, TADs and DOE disposable canisters would be
placed into waste packages for disposal.
If constructed, the initial handling facility would receive DOE
high-level radioactive waste canisters and naval spent nuclear fuel
canisters in truck and rail transportation casks. These canisters would
be removed from the transportation casks and transferred to waste
packages for disposal.
Waste packages containing TADs, naval nuclear spent fuel, or DOE
disposable canisters would be placed on pallets and loaded onto
shielded waste package transporters. The shielded waste package
transporters would transfer the waste packages to the underground for
emplacement in dedicated tunnels (drifts). In these drifts, waste
packages would be aligned end-to-end. Emplacement drifts would be
excavated in a series of panels, phased to match the anticipated
throughput rate of the surface waste handling facilities.
The repository also would have other underground excavations. These
would include, for example, main drifts to provide access to the
surface and the emplacement drifts, and exhaust mains to exhaust
ventilation air from the emplacement drifts.
Under the Proposed Action, thermal output of the waste packages
would heat the adjacent rock in excess of the boiling temperature of
water (i.e., higher-thermal operating mode). In this higher-thermal
mode, the repository emplacement drifts would remain open and
ventilated for a nominal period of 50 years after emplacement of the
spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; ventilation would
remove much of the heat and humidity from the emplacement drifts during
this period. The higher thermal operating mode would be achieved by a
combination of closely spaced waste packages, a nominal ventilation
period of 50 years, and managing waste package thermal output by mixing
lower heat output waste packages with higher heat output packages in
the drifts (for example).
After the repository is closed and sealed, the rock around the
emplacement drifts would dry, minimizing the amount of water that might
contact the waste packages for hundreds of years. However, a
substantial portion of the rock between the drifts would remain at
temperatures below boiling, and this would promote drainage of water
through the central portions of the rock, rather than into the
emplacement drifts.
The surface and subsurface facilities and associated
infrastructure,\7\ such as the on-site road and water distribution
networks and emergency response facilities, would be constructed in
phases to accommodate the expected receipt rates of spent nuclear fuel
and high-level radioactive waste. Emplacement (disposal) operations,
which would last up to 50 years, would be followed by a preclosure
monitoring period of 50 years. Towards the end of the preclosure
monitoring period, titanium drip shields would be installed over the
waste packages. The drip shields would divert moisture that might drip
from the drift walls, as well as condensed water vapor around the waste
packages, to the drift floor thereby increasing the life expectancy of
the waste packages. Drip shields also would protect the waste packages
from rock falls.
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\7\ DOE published a ``Draft Environmental Assessment for the
Proposed Infrastructure Improvements for the Yucca Mountain Project,
Nevada'' on July 6, 2006 (71 FR 38391). DOE proposes to repair,
replace, or improve certain infrastructure at the site to enhance
safety and to safely continue operations, scientific testing, and
maintenance until such time as NRC decides whether to authorize
construction of a repository. To the extent that activities proposed
by DOE in its environmental assessment, such as construction of a
new access road or new power lines, may not be undertaken in the
timeframe considered in the environmental assessment, they will be
considered in this Supplemental Yucca Mountain EIS (DOE/EIS-0250F-
S1).
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Under the Proposed Action, emplaced waste packages could be
retrieved at any time prior to 100 years after the start of
emplacement. Following waste emplacement, surface facilities would be
decommissioned and after the monitoring period the repository would be
closed. Closure would involve sealing the shafts, ramps, exploratory
boreholes and other repository openings. The main drifts would be
filled with crushed rock and surface caps would be installed to
discourage human intrusion. A network of monuments and markers would be
erected around the site surface to warn
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future generations of the presence and nature of the buried radioactive
waste.
No Action Alternative
Under the No Action Alternative, DOE would terminate activities at
Yucca Mountain and undertake site reclamation to mitigate any
significant adverse environmental impacts. Commercial nuclear power
utilities and DOE would continue to manage spent nuclear fuel and high-
level radioactive waste at sites throughout the United States. The No
Action Alternative was analyzed in the Yucca Mountain Final EIS as a
basis for comparison with the Proposed Action.
Since completion of the Yucca Mountain Final EIS, DOE has not
identified any relevant changes in circumstances or information bearing
on environmental concerns regarding the No Action Alternative. For this
reason, DOE anticipates that the Supplemental Yucca Mountain EIS will
incorporate by reference the information describing and analyzing the
No Action Alternative presented in the Yucca Mountain Final EIS
(pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations at 40
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1502.21).
Potential Environmental Issues and Resources To Be Examined
The CEQ regulations direct Federal agencies preparing an EIS to
focus on significant environmental issues (40 CFR 1502.1) and discuss
impacts in proportion to their significance (40 CFR 1502.2).
Accordingly, the Supplemental Yucca Mountain EIS will analyze issues
and impacts with the amount of detail commensurate with their
importance. Under these guidelines, aspects of the Proposed Action with
clearly small environmental impacts usually would require less depth
and breadth of analysis. To the degree that the Proposed Action would
affect public health or safety, however, the potential impacts
generally are a matter of public interest, regardless of their
significance. Therefore, DOE plans to pay particular attention to
worker and public health and safety associated with the handling and
disposal, and transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level
radioactive waste, even where such impacts would not be significant.
To facilitate the scoping process, DOE has identified a preliminary
list of issues and environmental resources that it may consider in the
Supplemental Yucca Mountain EIS. The list is not intended to be all-
inclusive, but should be used as a starting point for public input on
the scope of the Supplemental Yucca Mountain EIS.
Radiological releases. The potential impacts (i.e., latent
cancer fatalities) to the public and workers from potential
radiological releases during routine loading of canisters and
transportation casks at the commercial sites, and from handling and
disposal operations at the repository.
Worker safety and health. Potential health and safety
impacts (i.e., injuries and fatalities) to workers during handling and
disposal operations at the commercial and DOE sites and the repository.
Transportation. The potential radiological and non-
radiological impacts (i.e., traffic injuries and fatalities) to the
public and workers associated with the shipment of materials to the
repository under the mostly rail scenario.
Accidents. The potential radiological impacts to workers
and the public from reasonably foreseeable accidents during loading of
canisters at the sites, transportation and repository operations,
including any accidents with low probability but high potential
consequences.
Sabotage. The potential radiological impacts to workers
and the public from sabotage of transportation and repository
operations.
Waste isolation. Potential radiological and non-
radiological impacts (e.g., chemically toxic materials) associated with
the long-term performance of the repository.
Socioeconomic conditions. Potential local regional
socioeconomic impacts to the surrounding communities from construction,
operation and closure of the repository.
Water and air resources. Potential impacts to air
resources, and water quality and use.
Cultural resources. Potential impacts to archaeological
and historic resources and American Indian issues of concern.
Biological resources. Potential impacts to plants, animals
and their habitats, including impacts to endangered and threatened
species.
Cumulative impacts from the Proposed Action and other
past, present and reasonably foreseeable future actions.
Environmental justice. Potential for disproportionately
high and adverse impacts on minority or low-income populations.
Schedule
The DOE intends to issue the Draft Supplemental Yucca Mountain EIS
in 2007, at which time its availability will be announced in the
Federal Register and in media in Nevada. A public comment period will
start upon publication of the Environmental Protection Agency's Notice
of Availability in the Federal Register. DOE will hold public hearings
during the comment period. The Department will consider and respond to
comments received on the Draft Supplemental Yucca Mountain EIS in
preparing the Final Supplemental Yucca Mountain EIS.
Other Agency Involvement
The Department intends to consult with Federal agencies, such as
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S.
Air Force, and the U.S. Department of the Navy, and with state
agencies, such as the Nevada Department of Transportation and the
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, during preparation of the
Supplemental Yucca Mountain EIS.
Public Scoping Meetings
DOE will hold public scoping meetings on the Supplemental Yucca
Mountain EIS. The meetings will be held at the following locations and
times:
Washington, District of Columbia, L'Enfant Plaza Hotel,
480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., October 30 from 4-7 p.m.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada. Longstreet Hotel Casino, Nevada
State Highway 373, November 1 from 4-7 p.m.\8\
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\8\ DOE will hold a joint public scoping meeting on the
Supplemental Yucca Mountain Rail Corridor and Rail Alignment EIS
(DOE/EIS-0250F-S2 and DOE/EIS-0369) and on the Supplemental Yucca
Mountain EIS (DOE/EIS-0250F-S1) in Amargosa Valley, Longstreet Hotel
Casino, Nevada State Highway 373, November 1 from 4-7 pm. Additional
public scoping meetings on the Supplemental Yucca Mountain Rail
Corridor and Rail Alignment EIS will be held in Caliente, Caliente
Youth Center, U.S. 93 North, November 8 from 6-8 pm; Goldfield,
Goldfield School Gymnasium, Hall and Euclid, November 13 from 4-7
pm; Hawthorne, Hawthorne Convention Center, 932 E. Street, November
14 from 4-7 pm; and Fallon, Fallon Convention Center, 100 Campus
Way, November 15, from 4-7 pm.
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Las Vegas, Nevada. Cashman Center, 850 North Las Vegas
Blvd., November 2 from 4-7 p.m.
The public scoping meetings will be an open meeting format without
a formal presentation by DOE. Members of the public are invited to
attend the meetings at their convenience any time during meeting hours
and submit their comments in writing at the meeting, or in person to a
court reporter who will be available throughout the meeting. This open
meeting format increases the opportunity for public comment and
provides for one-on-one discussions with DOE representatives involved
with
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the Supplemental Yucca Mountain EIS and the repository program.
The public scoping meetings will be held during the public scoping
comment period. The comment period begins with publication of this
Notice of Intent in the Federal Register and closes November 27, 2006.
Comments received after this date will be considered to the extent
practicable. Written comments may be provided in writing, by facsimile,
or via the Internet to Dr. Jane Summerson, EIS Document Manager (see
ADDRESSES above).
Public Reading Rooms
Documents referenced in this Notice of Intent and related
information are available at the following locations: Beatty Yucca
Mountain Information Center, 100 North E. Avenue, Beatty, NV 89003,
(775) 553-2130; Esmeralda County Yucca Mountain Oversight Office, 274
E. Crook Avenue, Goldfield, NV 89013, (775) 485-3419; Las Vegas Yucca
Mountain Information Center, 4101-B Meadows Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89107,
(702) 295-1312; Lincoln County Nuclear Waste Project Office, 100 Depot
Avenue, Caliente, NV 89008, (775) 726-3511; Nye County Department of
Natural Resources and Federal Facilities, 1210 E. Basin Road, Suite
6, Pahrump, NV 89060 (775) 727-7727; Pahrump Yucca Mountain
Information Center, 2341 Postal Drive, Pahrump, NV 89048, (775) 571-
5817; University of Nevada, Reno, The University of Nevada Libraries,
Business and Government Information Center, M/S 322, 1664 N. Virginia
Street, Reno, NV 89557, (775) 784-6500, Ext. 309; and the U.S.
Department of Energy Headquarters Office Public Reading Room, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Room 1E-190 (ME-74) FORS, Washington, DC,
20585, 202-586-3142.
Issued in Washington, DC, October 10, 2006.
David R. Hill,
General Counsel.
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