The Department of Energy has released for public comment and review the Draft Supplemental 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 – Nevada Rail Transportation Corridor and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Rail Alignment for the Construction and Operation of a Railroad in Nevada to a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada (DOE/EIS-0250F-S2D and DOE/EIS-0369D) (Draft Nevada Rail Corridor SEIS and Draft Rail Alignment EIS).

The public comment period closed January 10, 2008.

EIS Information

Related Official Documents

• Amended Notice of Intent to Expand the Scope of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Alignment, Construction, and Operation of a Rail Line to a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, October 13, 2006 [pdf]
• 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)
• Record of Decision on Mode of Transportation and Nevada Rail Corridor for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV, April 2004 [pdf]
• Mina Rail Route Feasibility Study [pdf]
• Mina Rail Route Feasibility Study, Appendix B (maps package) [pdf, 27mb, be patient]

Links

• White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations (40 CFR 1500-1508)
• National Environmental Policy Act

Additional Information

Additional information on the Supplemental Rail Corridor and Rail Alignment EIS or transportation planning in general, may be found on this Web site or via request directed to:

Dr. Jane Summerson, EIS Document Manager
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
U.S. Department of Energy
1551 Hillshire Drive, M/S 523
Las Vegas, NV 89134
Telephone 1-800-967-3477

Last reviewed: 01/08