Commenting on the EIS Supplement

How to Comment on the NRC Staff’s Supplement 

to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Impact 

Statements for a Proposed High-Level Waste

Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

The NRC staff’s draft supplement to the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) environmental impact

statement (EIS) for a proposed high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, 

Nevada, NUREG–2184 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15223B243), is available on the NRC’s website 

at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr2184/. The NRC will consider all 

comments submitted on this document through October 20, 2015.

Present Oral Comments at a Public Meeting

o Pre-register to present oral comments at a meeting by 

contacting YMEIS_supplement@nrc.gov

o Sign up at the registration desk to present oral comments in person at a meeting

- September 3, 2015 at NRC Headquarters; Rockville, MD

- September 15, 2015 at Embassy Suites; Las Vegas, NV

- September 17, 2015 at Amargosa Valley Community Center; Amargosa Valley, NV

o Call into the September 3 or October 15 public meetings via telephone

o Find more information about these public meetings at http://meetings.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg

Submit Written Comments through October 20, 2015

Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0051 in the subject line of written comments.

Post comments to the Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and

search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-2015-0051. Click on the comment icon and 

complete the web form.

Mail comments to NRC: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch, Division 

of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, Mail Stop OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

Present written comments at a public meeting: Hand your written comments to NRC staff at an EIS 

Supplement public meeting.

Commenting on the EIS Supplement
For Information about the NRC’s High-Level Waste Disposal Activities

For Information About the NRC’s High-Level Waste Disposal Activities

NRC’s Website: Check out the NRC High-Level Waste Disposal website

at http://www.nrc.gov/waste/hlw-disposal.html for more information. There, you can find out 

information about what NRC regulates and current NRC staff activities, including upcoming 

meetings. You can also view historical information and download documents, including the NRC

staff’s Safety Evaluation Report. Under GovDelivery Subscriber Preferences, you can choose the

NRC webpages for which you would like to receive updates.

NRC Staff Yucca Mountain EIS Supplement E-mail Updates: You may also sign up to receive

E-mails from NRC staff about activities related to the supplement by Emailing YMEIS_supplement@nrc.gov and including a request to be added to the E-mail

distribution list.

Federal Comment Website Updates: You can monitor the docket for the supplement on the

Federal rulemaking Web site, http://www.regulations.gov, by searching for Docket ID

NRC-2015-0051. In addition, the Federal rulemaking website allows you to receive alerts when

changes or additions occur in a docket folder. To subscribe to updates: 1) navigate to the docket

folder NRC-2015-0051; 2) click the “Sign up for E-mail Alert” link; and 3) enter your E-mail

address, and select how frequently you would like to receive E-mails (daily, weekly, or monthly).

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