US court rejects Nevada's request for review of waste site EIS

Washington (Platts)--8Aug2006

A US appeals court Tuesday rejected the state of Nevada's request that it
review the Department of Energy's final environmental impact statement on the
proposed high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

The state, which has been fighting DOE's efforts to build a spent fuel
disposal facility at the site, roughly 95 miles outside of Las Vegas, had
alleged that the final EIS was procedurally flawed and violated the National
Environmental Policy Act. It also challenged DOE's record of decision on the
selection of a rail corridor to the site.

But the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said
that some of Nevada's claims were not ripe for review and that others were
without merit. Some of the state's claims would be affected by decisions the
department has not made yet, the court said.

--Elaine Hiruo, elaine_hiruo@platts.com

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