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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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The Surface Transportation Board (Board) announced today that it has denied
a request by the State of Nevada (State) to reject the application of the
United States Department of Energy (DOE) for authority to construct and
operate an approximately 300-mile railroad line in Nevada, in the Board
proceeding entitled United States Department of Energy—Rail Construction
and Operation—Caliente Rail Line in Lincoln, Nye, and Esmeralda Counties,
NV, STB Finance Docket No. 35106. The Board found that DOE's application
was sufficiently complete for this stage of the proceeding.
The proposed rail line, to be known as the Caliente
Line, would connect an existing line near Caliente,
NV to a proposed geologic repository at Yucca
Mountain, in Nye County, NV. The proposed line
would allow the DOE to transport spent nuclear fuel
and radioactive waste for disposal at the proposed
geologic repository, and to provide common carrier
rail service to communities situated along the
proposed line.
In its April 11, 2008 decision in Finance Docket No.
35106, the Board adopted a procedural schedule
concerning DOE's application. Today's decision
permits the State to amend its filing, but does not
extend the procedural schedule. All interested
parties are welcome to file comments in support of
or in opposition to the application pursuant to the
procedural schedule.
The Board issued its decision on the State's
requests today, June 27, 2008, in STB Finance Docket
No. 35106(
http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/38965?OpenDocument
)
. That decision is available for viewing and
downloading, via the agency's Web site at
http://www.stb.dot.gov, under "E-Library," then
under "Decisions & Notices," beneath the date
"6/27/08."
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