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State of Nevada Comments

2013 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on the Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Public Meetings, Consideration of Environmental Impacts of Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel After Cessation of Reactor Operation, 10 CFR Part 51 [NRC-2012-0246], RIN 3150-AJ20 (January 2013) - State of Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects (pdf-222K)

2012 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

• State of Nevada - Comment to NRC: May 2012 Draft Report on EST Information Needs (pdf-88K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on NRC's Draft Report: Background and Preliminary Assumptions for an Environmental Impact Statement -Long-Term Waste Confidence Update (pdf-50K)

2011 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on the Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Continued Operation of the of the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada National Security Site and Off-Site Locations in Nevada (pdf-6.34M)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future Draft Report to the Secretary of Energy (pdf-242K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Draft Environmental Impacts Statement for Disposal of Greater-Than-Class C Low-Level Radioactive Waste and GTCC-Like Waste (pdf-196K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on NRC's Proposed Rule, Physical Protection of Irradiated Reactor Fuel in Transit, 10 CFR Part 73 (pdf-2.9M)

2009 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

• State of Nevada - Letter and Comments from Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto to NNSA, Re: Comments of the State of Nevada Office of the Nevada Attorney General on the U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Continued Operation of the Nevada Test Sit and Off-Site Locations in the State of Nevada (pdf-382K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management's Draft National Transportation Plan (DOE/RW-0603)--April 21, 2009 (pdf-995K)
• State of Nevada - National HLRW Transportation Map Showing Areas Affected By Rail and Truck Shipments of Nuclear Waste to Yucca Mountain (pdf-718K)
• State of Nevada - Las Vegas Valley HLRW Transportation Maps Showing Areas Affected By Rail and Truck Shipments of Nuclear Waste to Yucca Mountain (pdf-1.42M)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's October 31, 2008 Federal Register Notice on Implementing the Section 180(c) Provisions of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (pdf-404K)

2008 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada comments on BLM's September 12, 2008 Federal Register notice of proposed land withdrawal extension and opportunity for public meeting with regard to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Yucca Mountain project (pdf-341K)
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on the U.S. Department of Energy's Draft Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0396) (pdf-404K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments at the U.S. Surface Transportation Board's Public Hearing on DOE's Application to Construct and Operate a Rail Line From Caliente, Nevada to Yucca Mountain (December 4, 2008) (pdf-390K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Application to the Surface Transportation Board for a Certificate of Public Conveyance and Necessity for the Proposed Caliente Rail Spur to Yucca Mountain (pdf-4.89M)

• State of Nevada - Nevada Comments on DOE/NNSA's Complex Transformation Draft Supplemental Programmatic Impact Statement (pdf-380K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE’s Notice of Revised Proposed Policy on the OCRWM Plan for the Implementation of Section 180(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (pdf-393K)

• State of Nevada - Yucca Mountain Comments from the Nevada Congressional Delegation (pdf-611K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada comments on DOE Draft Yucca Mountain Repository Supplemental EIS (pdf-1.05M)
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Draft Nevada Rail Corridor Supplemental EIS and Draft Rail Alignment EIS (pdf-274k)

2007 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Disposal of Greater-Than-Class-C Low-Level Radioactive Waste (pdf-390K)

• State of Nevada - Letter from Bob Loux to Steve Mellington, DOE/NNSA, requesting that DOE prepare a new site-wide EIS for the Nevada Test Site (pdf-137K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on NRC's Notice of Availability of Supplement to the Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the Diablo Canyon Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (Docket No. 72-26) (pdf-372K)

• State of Nevada - Letter to NRC Regarding Access to Safeguard Information (pdf-128K)
• State of Nevada - Letter to Honorable Dale Klein, Chairman, NRC, Re: L.A. Completeness (pdf-126K)
• State of Nevada - Comment on Rulemakings by NRC, Re: Protection of Safeguards Information (pdf-108K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comment regarding the EPA's proposed rule on radiation standards for the Yucca Mountain repository (pdf-121K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on the U.S. Department of Energy?s (DOE) Notice of Intent to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) (pdf-394K)

2006 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

• State of Nevada -State of Nevada comments on DOE’s Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplement to the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement – Complex 2030 (Federal Register, Vol. 71, No. 202, October 19, 2006, p. 61731 – 61736) (pdf-110K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Notice of Intent to Prepare a 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 (71FR198, October 13, 2006, 60490-60494) (pdf-106K)
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada's Comments on DOE's 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, NV (Federal Register Notice of 10-13-06) (pdf-326K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE Draft Environmental Assessment for Proposed Infrastructure Improvements for the Yucca Mountain Project (pdf-170K)

• State of Nevada - Statement of Robert R. Loux Executive Director Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects before The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (pdf-54K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on The December 21, 2005 Initial Findings and Draft Recommendations of The U.S. House of Representatives Committee On Resources? Task Force on Improving The National Environmental Policy Act and Task Force on Updating The National Environmental Policy Act (pdf-153K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Supplemental Comment on EAP's Proposed Radiation Health Protection Standard for Yucca Mountain (pdf-88K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on NRC's Draft Report on Spent Fuel Transportation Package Response to the Baltimore Tunnel Fire Scenario (NUREG/CR-6886, PNNL-15313) (pdf-65K)

2005

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's New Licensing Standard for Yucca Mountain (pdf-1M)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on EPA's Proposed New Radiation Protection Rule for The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository (pdf-11.25M)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on the Department of Energy's Draft Environmental Assessment for the Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Proposed Caliente Rail Corridor(pdf-127K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Preliminary Comments On DOE's Draft Environmental Assessment for the Caliente Rail Corridor Land Withdrawal (pdf-54K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Advance Notice of Intent (ANOI) To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement For the Disposal of Greater-Than-Class-C Low-Level Radioactive Waste (June 9, 2005) (pdf-105K)

2004

• State of Nevada - State comments on the Nevada Test and Training Range Depleted Uranium Target Disposal Draft Environmental Assessment  (September 2004) (pdf-114K)
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects Meeting Agenda (pdf-18K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE/NNSA’s Preapproval Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for a Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Test and Evaluation Complex at the Nevada Test Site (DOE/EA-1499) (pdf-97K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on BLM’s May 21, 2004 Federal Register Regarding DOE's Application to Withdraw Land for the Proposed Caliente Rail Corridor [NV–040–1430–ET–007F; 4–08807] (pdf-1.02M)

• State of Nevada - Letter to Chairman Diaz, NRC Re: Pre-review of DOE's Yucca Mountain License Application

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's April 8 2004 Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS for the Alignment, Construction, and Operation of a Rail Line to a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada (pdf-984K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on EPA's Federal Register Notice of November 18, 2003, "Approaches to an Integrated Framework for Management and Disposal of Low-Activity Radioactive Waste: Request for Comment"

• State of Nevada - Cover Letter - State of Nevada Comments on NRC's Discussion Paper, 10 CFR 71, New Subpart I, Proposed Rule Regarding Change Authority for Dual-Purpose (Storage and Transport) Spent Fuel Casks (pdf-55K)
• State of Nevada - General Comments on NRC's Discussion Paper, 10 CFR 71, New Subpart I, Proposed Rule Regarding Change Authority for Dual-Purpose (Storage and Transport) Spent Fuel Casks (pdf-98K)
• State of Nevada - Comments on NNSA/NSO's Draft EA for Activities Using Biological Simulants and Releases of Chemicals at the Nevada Test Site (pdf-55K)
• State of Nevada - Comments on NNSA/NSO's Notice of Intention to Prepare and Environmental Assessment for a Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Test and Evaluation Complex at the Nevada Test Site (pdf-158K)

• State of Nevada - Letter from Robert Loux to Margaret Chu requesting an extension of time for comments on the DOE's Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for the proposed Caliente rail spur and asking for additional public scoping meetings. (pdf-63K)

• State of Nevada - Cover Letter for the State of Nevada Comments on BLM's Caliente Rail Corridor Federal Register Notice (pdf-51K)
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on BLM's Federal Register Notice of Proposed Land Withdrawal for DOE's Caliente Rail Corridor (pdf-286K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on NRC's draft Policy Statement on the Treatment of Environmental Justice Matters in NRC Regulatory and Licensing Actions (January 5, 2004) (pdf-86K)
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Draft FY 2004 - 2009 Draft Strategic Plan (December 31, 2003) (pdf-56K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on NRC's draft Policy Statement on the Treatment of Environmental Justice Matters in NRC Regulatory and Licensing Actions (January 5, 2004) (pdf-86K)

2003

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Transportation External Coordination Working Group Draft Rail Topic Group Paper on Rail Routing (pdf-76K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Stockpile Stewardship and Management for a Modern Pit Facility (pdf-76K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Package Performance Study Test Protocols -NUREG-1867 (pdf-114K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Supplement to the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on Stockpile Stewardship and Management for a Modern [Plutonium] Pit Facility (pdf-58K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Draft Statement of Work For a Transportation Integration Contractor (pdf-28K)

• State of Nevada - Letter to NRC -- Re: Draft Regulatory Guide DG-3022 (Proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 3.69) - Topical Guidelines for The Licensing Support Network (pdf-98K)

• State of Nevada - Nevada's Supplemental Comments on NUREG 1804 in Reply to DOE's Comments filed August 12, 2002 (pdf-56K)

• State of Nevada - Supplemental State of Nevada Comments on the Proposed Rulemaking Pursuant to the Provisions of 10 CFR 2.802 Regarding the "Special Requirements of Plutonium Shipments," 10 CFR 71.63, NRC Docket No. PRM-71-12

• State of Nevada - Letter to NRC Chairman Richard Meserve; Re: Supplemental Comments on the Proposed Rulemaking Pursuant to the Provisions of 10 CFR 2.802 Regarding the ''Special Requirements of Plutonium Shipments,'' 10 CFR 71.63, NRC Docket No. PRM-71-12 (pdf-22K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on NUREG-1804, Yucca Mountain Review Plan, Revision 2 (pdf-51K)

• State of Nevada - Letter from Gov. Kenny C. Guinn to Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham re: State of Nevada's comments in response to the Federal Register Notice of August 21, 2001, in which the Department of Energy (DOE) announced public hearings and solicited public comment with respect to the possible recommendation of Yucca Mountain for development as a high-level radioactive waste repository

• Geosciences Management Institute - Comments on Preliminary Site Suitability Evaluation (PSSE) for Yucca Mountain (pdf-132KB)

• State of Nevada - Joint Comments on the U.S. Department of Energy's Supplement to the Draft Yucca Mountain EIS by the State of Nevada, Clark County, and the City of Las Vegas
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments of the Supplement to the Draft 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 (pdf-65KB)
• Clark County - Clark County Comments of the Supplement to the Draft 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 (pdf-211KB)
• City of Las Vegas - City of Las Vegas Comments of the Supplement to the Draft 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 (pdf-102KB)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Application to BLM for an Extension of the Right-of-Way Reservation for the Yucca Mountain Project
• State of Nevada - Letter from Bob Loux to BLM Regarding DOE's Application to Extend the Withdrawal of the Subsurface Environment at Yucca Mountain
• State of Nevada - Correspondence from Bob Loux to Mr. William Brach, NRC Regarding NUREG 6672 - Reexamination of Spent Fuel Shipment Risk Estimates
• State of Nevada - Correspondence from Bob Loux to Dr. Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, NRC Regarding NUREG 6672 - Reexamination of Spent Fuel Shipment Risk Estimates
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Offsite Transportation of Certain Low-Level and Mixed Radioactive Waste from the Savannah River Site for Treatment and Disposal at Commercial and Government Facilities (DOE/EA-1308) (pdf-38KB)
• State of Nevada - State comments on the "Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Package Performance Study Issues Report" done by Sandia National Laboratory for the NRC (pdf-108KB)
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on the Draft EIS for the Skull Valley Goshute Spent Fuel Storage Project (pdf-85KB)
  • Attachment I - Nuclear Waste Shipping Container Response to Severe Accident Conditions: A Brief Critique of The Modal Study - By Lindsay Audin (pdf-2,845KB)
  • Attachment II - Updated Rail and Truck Accident Economic Analysis (pdf-56KB)
  • Attachment III - Updated rail cask sabotage analysis (pdf-49KB)
• State of Nevada - Testimony of Robert R. Loux at NRC's Licensing Hearing on the Application of Private Fuel Storage, L.L.C.for an Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility on the Goshute Reservation in Utah - June 23, 2000
• State of Nevada - Comments of Robert J. Halstead on Behalf of The State of Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects Regarding the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Study Assessing Risks of Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Accidents (Modal Study Update)
• State of Nevada - Comments: Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Proposed Rule 40 CFR Part 197 (64 FR NO. 166)
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Proposed Revision to the Repository Siting Guidelines
• State of Nevada - Final State of Nevada Comments on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Proposed Rulemaking - Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on "Draft Agenda for Public Health Activities for Fiscal Years 1999 and 2000 at U.S. Department of Energy Sites"
• State of Nevada - RE: Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for Intermodal Low-Level Radioactive Waste Transportation Services from Fernald, Ohio to the Nevada Test Site.
• State of Nevada - Final State Comments on NRC's February 26, 1999 Federal Register Notice on Spent Fuel Transportation
• NRC - NRC Rejects State's Request for Comment Period Extension
• State of Nevada - Statement Of Robert R. Loux, Executive Director Nevada Agency For Nuclear Projects Office Of The Governor Carson City, Nevada To The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rockville, Maryland March 16, 1999

State of Nevada Comments: EIS (DOE Environmental Impact Statements)

1997

• August 22, 1997 -- State review of DOE's "Summary of Public Comments" related to the Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada


• November 24, 1997 -- State of Nevada Scoping Comment: Notice of Intent to Prepare a High-Level Waste and Facilities Disposition Environmental Impact Statement, Idaho Falls, ID

1996


• November 15, 1996 -- State of Nevada Comments -- Final EIS for the Nevada Test Site (NTS)


• August 5, 1996 -- State Comments, "Notice of Intent To Prepare a Legislative Environmental Impact Statement for Nellis Air Force Range Renewal."


• July 15, 1996 -- State of Nevada Comments -- U.S. Navy Container System (MPC) for the Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel Draft EIS


• June 7, 1996 -- State of Nevada Comments, DOE Fissile Materials EIS


• May 3, 1996 -- A Summary of the State of Nevada's Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Nevada Test Site

1995


• December 1, 1995 -- State Comments, Notice of Intent for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain

• State of Nevada - Letter to NRC - RE: Proposed Rule: Geological and Seismological Characteristics for Siting and Design of Dry Cask Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations and Monitored Retrievable Storage Installations. FR67, No. 140, July 22, 2002, pp. 47745-47755; and Draft Environmental Assessment of Geological and Seismological Characteristics for Siting and Design of Dry Cask Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations and Monitored Retrievable Storage Installations. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, July 2002 (pdf-26K)

• State of Nevada Comments on the U.S. Department of Energy's Draft WIPP Transportation Plan
• State Of Nevada Comments on The U.S. Department of Energy'S National Transuranic (Tru) Waste Management Plan
• Nevada Comments on NRC's Strategic Assessment Initiative: High-Level Waste Issue Paper
• State Of Nevada Comments -- Office Of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Strategic Plan
  
• State Comments -- DOE/EM 2006 Plan