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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

 

Board Meeting: Yucca Mountain Project Environmental Issues; 
Socioeconomic Impacts; The Department of Energy's (DOE) Waste Isolation 
Strategy and Resulting Program Priorities Regarding Testing Plans for 
the Exploratory Studies Facility (ESF)

    Pursuant to its authority under section 5051 of Pub. L. 100-203, 
the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, the Nuclear Waste 
Technical Review Board will holds its winter meeting January 10-11, 
1995, in Beatty, Nevada. The meeting will be held at the Beatty 
Community Center, Beatty, Nevada 89003. Sleeping rooms are available at 
The Exchange Club in Beatty; Tel (702) 553-2333; Fax (702) 553-2441; 
and at the Burro Inn, also in Beatty; Tel (702) 553-2225; Fax (702) 
553-2892. The meeting is open to the public and will begin at 8:30 a.m. 
both days. Presentations during the meeting will address environmental 
issues and the potential socioeconomic impacts related to the DOE's 
Yucca Mountain project. Presentations also will be made on the DOE's 
waste isolation strategy and program priorities, especially on the 
linkage between that strategy and plans for underground testing in the 
ESF.
    Topics that will be covered on Tuesday, January 10, include the 
DOE's environmental monitoring studies at Yucca Mountain; the DOE 
strategy for complying with the National Environmental Policy Act's 
requirement to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for 
multipurpose canister procurement and repository development; the 
integration of the EIS with Yucca Mountain site characterization 
studies; and DOE's analyses of socioeconomic impacts. Finally, 
representatives from several local, state, and tribal groups have been 
invited to present their views on those analyses.
    On Wednesday, January 11, the meeting will focus on the DOE's waste 
isolation strategy and resulting program priorities as they affect 
underground testing in the ESF. Time has been set aside at several 
points during the meeting for comments from the public. Those who are 
unable to attend the daytime sessions are invited to express their 
views on the Yucca Mountain project during the evening session on 
Tuesday, January 10, which will begin at 7 p.m.
    The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board was created by Congress in 
the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987 to evaluate the 
technical and scientific validity of activity undertaken by the DOE in 
its program to manage the disposal of the nation's spent nuclear fuel 
and defense high-level waste. In that same legislation, Congress 
directed the DOE to characterize a site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for 
its suitability as a potential location for a permanent repository for 
the disposal of that waste.
    Transcripts of the meeting will be available on computer disk or on 
a library-loan basis in paper format from Victoria Reich, Board 
librarian, beginning February 22, 1995. For further information, 
contact Frank Randall, External Affairs, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 
910, Arlington, Virginia 22209; Tel: 703-235-4473; Fax 703-235-4495.

    Dated: November 22, 1994.
William Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 94-29288 Filed 11-28-94; 8:45 am]
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