[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-192]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Additional Public Hearings for Draft 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: Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Notice of additional public hearings.

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SUMMARY: On August 13, 1999, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
published a Notice of Availability (64 FR 44200) of its Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Geologic Repository for the 
Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at 
Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada (DOE/EIS-0250-D) and announced a 
180-day public comment period ending February 9, 2000. Subsequently, 16 
public hearings were announced on September 9, 1999 (64 FR 48996), and 
one additional hearing was announced on October 12, 1999 (64 FR 55260). 
DOE is now announcing three additional public hearing locations: 
Lincoln, NE; Cleveland, OH; and Chicago, IL. To schedule a time to 
provide oral comments during these hearings, please call 1-800-967-
3477. Persons wishing to provide oral comments who have not registered 
in advance may register at the hearings.

DATES: The three additional public hearings will be held from 11:00 
a.m. until 2:00 p.m. and from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on the 
following dates at the following locations: January 24, 2000, in 
Lincoln, NE; January 28, 2000, in Cleveland, OH; and February 1, 2000, 
in Chicago, IL.

ADDRESSES: The three additional public hearings will be held at the 
following locations:

Lincoln, NE, Ramada Inn--Airport, 1101 West Bond Street, Lincoln, 
Nebraska 68521
Cleveland, OH, Holiday Inn Lakeside City Center, 1111 Lakeside Avenue, 
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Chicago, IL, Hotel Intercontinental, 505 North Michigan Avenue, 
Chicago, Illinois 60611

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy R. Dixon, EIS Program 
Manager, M/S 010, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Civilian 
Radioactive Waste Management, Yucca Mountain Site Characterization 
Office, P.O. Box 30307, North Las Vegas, NV 89036-0307, Telephone 1-
800-967-3477, Facsimile 1-800-967-0739. Copies of the document may also 
be requested by telephone (1-800-967-3477) or over the Internet via the 
Yucca Mountain Project website at http://www.ymp.gov, under the listing 
``Environmental Impact Statement.''

    Issued in Washington, DC, December 29, 1999.
Ivan Itkin,
Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
[FR Doc. 00-192 Filed 1-4-00; 8:45 am]
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