Yucca Mountain Geologic Repository
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
1999084008
Lead Agency
United States Department of Energy
Document Title
Yucca Mountain Geologic Repository
Document Type
EIS - Draft EIS
Received
Present Land Use
U.S. Department of Energy / U.S. Air Force / BLM
Document Description
DOE's proposed action is to construct, operate, and monitor, and eventually close a geologic repository at Yucca Mountain for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Under the proposed action, spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in storage or projected to be generated at 72 commercial and 4 DOE sites would be shipped to the repository by rail (train), although some shipments would arrive at the repository by truck.
Contact Information
Name
EIS Office
Agency Name
U.S. Department of Energy
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Inyo
Other Location Info
City/Nearest Community (in CA): Lone Pine
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 9 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Emergency Services, California, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)
Development Types
Other (Geologic Repository)
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation
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