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WASTE GUIDELINES REPOSITORY YUCCA MOUNTAIN NWPA GEOLOGY PETITION SUITABILITY NUCLEAR WASTE REVIEW DETERMINATION ISOLATION UNITED STATES NEVADA PERMANENT CONGRESS PURSUANT HIGH-LEVEL ENERGY CFR CHARACTERIZATION ACTIVITIES RADIOACTIVE WASTE RECOMMENDATION CRITERIA PUBLISHING DESIGN POLICY ACT LEGISLATURE CANDIDATE SITE |
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
STATE OF NEVADA, 1
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Petitioner, >
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V. ) Case No.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT >
OF ENERGY, SPENCER ABRAHAM, )
SECRETARY, >
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PETITION FOR REVIEW
The State of Nevada, by and through its undersigned attorneys, and pursuant
to Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, hereby petitions the
Court for review of final agency action of the U.S. Department of Energy
(hereinafter "DOE"), such action being contrary to the applicable provisions of
federal law and exceeding the jurisdiction of DOE,
1. The challenged fmal agency action is DOE's issuance of the combined
final rules, "Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; General
Guidelines for the Recommendation of Sites for Nuclear Waste Repositories;
Yucca Mountain Site Suitability Guidelines," 10 CFR Parts 960 and 963
(collectively, the "Guidelines"). DOE's Guidelines, which amend existing Part
PETITION FOR REVIEW
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960 and add a wholly new Part 963, purport to delineate the criteria and
methodology to be applied by DOE for evaluating the suitability of high-level
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