[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 217 (Thursday, November 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65785-65786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19030]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Extension of Public Comment Period and Additional Public Meeting 
for the Supplemental Yucca Mountain Rail Corridor and Rail Alignment 
Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

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

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SUMMARY: On October 13, 2006, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
published an Amended Notice of Intent (71 FR 60484) to expand the scope 
of the ongoing ``Environmental Impact Statement for the Alignment, 
Construction and Operation of a Rail Line to a Geologic Repository at 
Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada'' (entitled the Supplemental Yucca 
Mountain Rail Corridor and Rail Alignment EIS) (DOE/EIS-0250F-S2 and 
EIS-0369), and announced a 45-day public comment period ending on 
November 27, 2006. Based on input from the public, DOE is now 
announcing an additional public meeting in Reno, Nevada. The public 
comment period also is being extended through December 12, 2006. 
Additionally, DOE has posted graphical representations of the rail 
routes at the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Web site 
http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov under the caption, What's New.

DATES: The additional public meeting in Reno, Nevada will be held on 
November 27, 2006, from 4 to 7 p.m. The address for this and all other 
public scoping meetings are provided below under Public Scoping 
Meetings. The public comment period is extended through December 12, 
2006. Comments received after this date will be considered to the 
extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Requests for additional information on the Supplemental 
Yucca Mountain Rail Corridor and Rail Alignment EIS (DOE/EIS-0250F-S2 
and EIS-0369) or transportation planning in general should be directed 
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. Written comments on the scope of the 
Supplemental Yucca Mountain Rail Corridor and Rail Alignment EIS may be 
submitted to Mr. M. Lee Bishop at this address, 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.

Public Scoping Meetings

    DOE has scheduled public scoping meetings on the Supplemental Yucca 
Mountain Rail Corridor and Rail

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Alignment EIS. In order to facilitate input from the public, comments 
will also be accepted on the 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 at these meetings. DOE will have representatives responsible 
for preparation of both EISs at each of the following meetings to 
accept comments on either document:
     Washington, District of Columbia, L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 
480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., October 30, 2006, from 4-7 p.m.
     Amargosa Valley, Nevada. Longstreet Hotel Casino, Nevada 
State Highway 373, November 1, 2006, from 4-7 p.m.
     Las Vegas, Nevada. Cashman Center, 850 North Las Vegas 
Blvd., November 2, 2006, from 4-7 p.m.
     Caliente, Nevada. Caliente Youth Center, U.S. 93 North, 
November 8, 2006, from 6-8 p.m.
     Goldfield, Nevada. Goldfield School Gymnasium, Hall and 
Euclid, November 13, 2006, from 4-7 p.m.
     Hawthorne, Nevada. Hawthorne Convention Center, 932 E. 
Street, November 14, 2006, from 4-7 p.m.
     Fallon, Nevada. Fallon Convention Center, 100 Campus Way, 
November 15, 2006, from 4-7 p.m.
     Reno, Nevada. University of Nevada, Reno, Lawlor Event 
Center, 1500 N. Virginia St., November 27, 2006, from 4-7 p.m.

Public Reading Rooms

    The Notice of Intent published on October 13, 2006 (71 FR 60484) 
provided an incorrect phone number for the Pahrump Yucca Mountain 
Information Center. The correct phone number is (775) 751-5817.

    Issued in Washington, DC, November 3, 2006.
David R. Hill,
General Counsel.
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