Tuesday, May 25, 2004
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BLM to hold public meetings on proposal for Yucca rail line
REVIEW-JOURNAL
The Bureau of Land Management will hold two open-house meetings next month in rural Nevada on the Department of Energy's request to withdraw public land for a rail line to haul nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain.
The meetings on June 22 in Tonopah and June 23 in Pioche follow five similar meetings the Department of Energy held this month.
The BLM received an application from the DOE in December to withdraw public land along a 319-mile route from Caliente to the planned repository at Yucca Mountain.
"The withdrawal is to evaluate lands for the potential construction, operation and maintenance of a rail line," according to a BLM statement announcing the meetings.
The Tonopah meeting will be held at the Convention Center, 301 W. Brougher Ave.
The Pioche meeting is in the Lincoln County Courthouse, 1 North Main St.
Both meetings are in split sessions from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Written comments on the proposed Caliente rail corridor withdrawal, land use plan amendments or the associated environmental impact statement can be sent by June 30 to Dan Netcher, Ely Field Office, BLM, BC33, Box 33500, Ely, NV 89301-9408.
