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Crd Title P1.Ai 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 DOE/EIS-0250F-S2 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 DOE/EIS-0369 Volume IV Rail Alignment EIS - Chapters 5 through 8 List of Preparers Glossary Reference List U.S. Department of Energy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management June 2008 Rail Alignment EIS TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page VOLUME I CHAPTER 1. PURPOSE AND NEED FOR AGENCY ACTION CHAPTER 2. PROPOSED ACTION AND ALTERNATIVES VOLUME II CHAPTER 3. AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT VOLUME III CHAPTER 4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS VOLUME IV CHAPTER 5. CUMULATIVE IMPACTS 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 5-1 5.1.1 Regions of Influence ........................................................................................................ 5-1 5.1.2 Approach and Analytical Perspective .............................................................................. 5-2 5.1.3 Relationship of this Analysis to the Yucca Mountain Repository Cumulative Impacts Analysis ........................................................................................................................... 5-3 5.1.4 Mitigation of Potential Impacts Relating to Cumulative Impacts .................................... 5-3 5.1.5 Organization of the Analysis ........................................................................................... 5-4 5.2 Caliente Rail Alignment ......................................................................................................... 5-4 5.2.1 Projects and Activities Included in the Cumulative Impacts Analysis – Caliente Rail Alignment ........................................................................................................................ 5-6 5.2.1.1 Past and Present Actions ........................................................................................... 5-6 5.2.1.2 Reasonably Foreseeable Future and Continuing Federal Actions ............................. 5-6 5.2.1.3 Reasonably Foreseeable Future Non-Federal Actions ............................................ 5-15 5.2.2 Potential Cumulative Impacts – Caliente Rail Alignment ............................................. 5-22 5.2.2.1 Physical Setting ....................................................................................................... 5-22 5.2.2.2 Land Use and Ownership ........................................................................................ 5-24 5.2.2.3 Aesthetic Resources ................................................................................................ 5-31 5.2.2.4 Air Quality and Climate .......................................................................................... 5-32 5.2.2.5 Surface-Water Resources ........................................................................................ 5-34 5.2.2.6 Groundwater Resources .......................................................................................... 5-36 5.2.2.7 Biological Resources ............................................................................................... 5-39 5.2.2.8 Noise and Vibration ................................................................................................ 5-43 5.2.2.9 Socioeconomics ....................................................................................................... 5-44 5.2.2.10 Occupational and Public Health and Safety ............................................................ 5-47 5.2.2.11 Utilities, Energy, and Materials ............................................................................... 5-49 5.2.2.12 Hazardous Materials and Waste .............................................................................. 5-50 5.2.2.13 Cultural Resources .................................................................................................. 5-51 5.2.2.14 Paleontological Resources ....................................................................................... 5-53 DOE/EIS-0369 iii Rail Alignment EIS TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Section Page 5.2.2.15 Environmental Justice ............................................................................................. 5-53 5.3 Mina Rail Alignment ............................................................................................................ 5-54 5.3.1 Projects and Activities Included in the Cumulative Impacts Analysis – Mina Rail Alignment ...................................................................................................................... 5-56 5.3.1.1 Past and Present Actions ......................................................................................... 5-56 5.3.1.2 Reasonably Foreseeable Future and Continuing Federal Actions ........................... 5-56 5.3.1.3 Reasonably Foreseeable Future Non-Federal Actions ............................................ 5-63 5.3.2 Potential Cumulative Impacts – Mina Rail Alignment .................................................. 5-68 5.3.2.1 Physical Setting ....................................................................................................... 5-68 5.3.2.2 Land Use and Ownership ........................................................................................ 5-70 5.3.2.3 Aesthetic Resources ................................................................................................ 5-76 5.3.2.4 Air Quality and Climate .......................................................................................... 5-77 5.3.2.5 Surface-Water Resources ........................................................................................ 5-79 5.3.2.6 Groundwater Resources .......................................................................................... 5-81 5.3.2.7 Biological Resources ............................................................................................... 5-83 5.3.2.8 Noise and Vibration ................................................................................................ 5-86 5.3.2.9 Socioeconomics ....................................................................................................... 5-87 5.3.2.10 Occupational and Public Health and Safety ............................................................ 5-90 5.3.2.11 Utilities, Energy, and Materials ............................................................................... 5-92 5.3.2.12 Hazardous Materials and Waste .............................................................................. 5-94 5.3.2.13 Cultural Resources .................................................................................................. 5-95 5.3.2.14 Paleontological Resources ....................................................................................... 5-96 5.3.2.15 Environmental Justice ............................................................................................. 5-96 5.4 Combined Repository and Nevada Rail Transportation Impacts ............................ 5-97 5.5 Nye County Viewpoint .......................................................................................... 5-101 CHAPTER 6. STATUTORY, REGULATORY, AND OTHER APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS 6.1 Statutes and Regulations Establishing or Relating to DOE Authority to Propose, Construct, and Operate a Railroad in Nevada for Shipment of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste to the Repository at Yucca Mountain................................... 6-2 6.1.1 Nuclear Waste Policy Act, as Amended .......................................................................... 6-2 6.1.2 Yucca Mountain Development Act of 2002 .................................................................... 6-2 6.1.3 Atomic Energy Act, as Amended .................................................................................... 6-2 6.2 Surface Transportation Board Requirements ......................................................................... 6-3 6.3 Potential Statutes, Regulations, and Executive Orders Regarding Environmental Protection Requirements ........................................................................................................ 6-4 6.3.1 National Environmental Policy Act, as Amended ......................................................... 6-20 6.3.2 Hazardous Materials Packaging, Handling, and Transportation .................................... 6-20 6.3.2.1 Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as Amended ........................................... 6-21 6.3.2.2 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, as Amended ........................................ 6-22 DOE/EIS-0369 iv Rail Alignment EIS TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Section Page 6.3.2.3 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Radioactive Material Packaging and Transportation ......................................................................................................... 6-22 6.3.2.4 Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act .................................... 6-23 6.3.3 Air Quality ..................................................................................................................... 6-23 6.3.3.1 Clean Air Act, as Amended ....................................................................................
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