GROUNDWORK CRITICIZED : DOE land use plan disputed

[NVMojo]

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Energy has not laid the proper groundwork to justify restricting public land use along a proposed railroad corridor to Yucca Mountain, Nevada officials said. The DOE plan for a 308,600-acre land withdrawal across parts of Lincoln, Nye and Esmeralda counties will have broad impacts that have not been studied adequately, state officials said in a formal statement.

The proposed action "is not just any land withdrawal," the state said in a seven-page critique signed by Bob Loux, executive director of the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects.

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"Apart from causing impacts and disruption to existing land users, the proposed action has the potential to negatively affect the environment, grazing allotments, mining and energy development activities, property values, the economy, important cultural resources and more," the state said.

The commentary was submitted as the Department of Energy nears the end of a 30-day public comment period on the proposed land withdrawal.

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[dcfirefighter]

1. 308,600 acres

is a whole lotta land, almost 500 sq mi, 1.25 Billion square meters.
Ely, NV averages about 6 kw-h/m2/day of insolation. 20% efficiency gives almost 550 Billion kw-h a year, or about 1/8th of total US electricity generation. That's a lotta land, I tell you.

[dcfirefighter]

2. 308,600 acres

is a whole lotta land, almost 500 sq mi, 1.25 Billion square meters.
Ely, NV averages about 6 kw-h/m2/day of insolation. 20% efficiency gives almost 550 Billion kw-h a year, or about 1/8th of total US electricity generation. That's a lotta land, I tell you.