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Public Scoping Meetings

Public scoping meetings for the Greater-Than-Class C Low-Level Radioactive Waste Environmental Impact Statement (GTCC LLW EIS) were held in August and September 2007.

As part of the scoping phase of the EIS process, the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management (EM), held public scoping meetings to obtain scoping comments for the EIS in nine cities in Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, and Washington D.C. in August and September of 2007, on the dates and times specified below. Scoping meeting transcripts are available for online browsing/downloading.

Public Scoping Meetings Schedule

DOE held scoping meetings in the following locations on the following dates and times.

August 13, 2007, Carlsbad, New Mexico
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Pecos River Village Conference Center
(Carousel House)
711 Muscatel Avenue
Carlsbad, NM
(505) 887-6516

August 14, 2007, Los Alamos, New Mexico
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Hilltop House Best Western
400 Trinity Drive (at Central)
Los Alamos, NM
(505) 662-1109

August 22, 2007, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Oak Ridge Information Center
475 Oak Ridge Turnpike
Oak Ridge, TN
(865) 241-4780

August 23, 2007, North Augusta, South Carolina
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
North Augusta Community Center
495 Brookside Avenue
North Augusta, SC
(803) 441-4290

August 27, 2007, Troutdale, Oregon
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Comfort Inn and Suites - Columbia Gorge West
477 NW Phoenix Drive
Troutdale, OR
(503) 669-6500

August 28, 2007, Pasco, Washington
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Red Lion Hotel
2525 N. 20th Avenue
Pasco, WA
(509) 547-0701

August 30, 2007, Idaho Falls, Idaho
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Red Lion Hotel on the Falls
475 River Parkway
Idaho Falls, ID
(208) 523-8000

September 4, 2007, Las Vegas, NV
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Atomic Testing Museum
755 E. Flamingo Road (Just East of Paradise Road)
Las Vegas, NV 89119
(702) 794-5161

September 10, 2007, Washington, D.C
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Hotel Washington
(Washington Room)
15th and Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, D.C.
(202) 638-5900

A summary of scoping comments received will be included in the Draft EIS, which will be available on this Web site.

For More Information

For questions about public meetings, or for further information on the GTCC LLW EIS, please contact:

James Joyce
Document Manager
Office of Regulatory Compliance (EM-10)
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue,SW.
Washington, DC 20585–0119
Phone: 301–903–2151
Fax: 301–903–4303
gtcceis@anl.gov