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Technical Report 
Final Supplemental 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-Nevada Rail Transportation Corridor and Final Environmental Impact Statement for a Rail Alignment for the Construction and Operation of a Railroad in Nevada to a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada: Volume II, Rail Alignment EIS- Chapter 3 
Summerson, JR 
2008 
NTIS/03160140 
GRA and I 
GRA and I 
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) has compiled extensive information about the environmental resources that could be affected if the Department constructed and operated the proposed railroad along a rail alignment within either the Caliente rail corridor or the Mina rail corridor. DOE it assessed potential impacts under the Proposed Action and Shared-Use Option. DOE obtained baseline environmental information from many sources, including DOE-sponsored reports and studies, other federal agencies (for example, the Bureau of Land Management), the State of Nevada, and local governments. Descriptions of the affected environments along the Caliente rail alignment and the Mina rail alignment focus on environmental resources within and adjacent to the alternative segments and common segments, and the proposed locations of railroad construction and operations support facilities outside the nominal width of the rail line construction right-of-way.