[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 80 (Monday, April 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 22496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9524]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Comment Period Extension and Additional Public Scoping Meetings 
for an Environmental Impact Statement for the Alignment, Construction, 
and Operation of a Rail Line to a Geologic Repository at Yucca 
Mountain, Nye County, NV

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of comment period extension and additional public 
meetings.

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SUMMARY: On April 8, 2004, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
published a Notice of Intent (69 FR 18565) announcing its intent to 
prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) under the National 
Environmental Policy Act for the alignment, construction, and operation 
of a rail line for shipments of spent nuclear fuel, high-level 
radioactive waste, and other materials from a site near Caliente, 
Lincoln County, Nevada, to a geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye 
County, Nevada, and announced three public scoping meetings during a 
45-day public comment period ending May 24, 2004. In response to a 
request from the State of Nevada, DOE is now announcing two additional 
public meetings, one in Las Vegas, Nevada, and one in Reno, Nevada, and 
extending the comment period to June 1, 2004.

DATES: The additional public meetings will be held at the following 
locations and times:
     Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas Yucca Mountain 
Information Center, 4101 B Meadows Lane, May 10, 2004, from 4-8 p.m.
     Reno, Nevada. University of Nevada-Reno, Lawlor 
Event Center-Silver and Blue Room, 15th & North Virginia, May 12, 2004, 
from 4-8 p.m.
    The comment period on the Notice of Intent is being extended to 
June 1, 2004. DOE will consider comments on the proposed scope of the 
Rail Alignment EIS received after June 1, 2004, to the extent 
practicable.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the scope of this Rail Alignment EIS, 
questions concerning the proposed action and alternatives, requests for 
maps that illustrate the Caliente corridor and alternatives, or 
requests for additional information on the Rail Alignment EIS or 
transportation planning in general should be directed to: Ms. Robin 
Sweeney, EIS Document Manager, Office of National Transportation, 
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, or via the Internet at http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov under 
``What's New.''

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 20, 2004.
Margaret S. Y. Chu,
Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
[FR Doc. 04-9524 Filed 4-23-04; 8:45 am]
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