The government publications section of the James R. Dickinson Library at UNLV is one of the four public reading rooms for the Department of Energy's "Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain."

This statement is accompanied by 75 linear feet of supporting documentation. While all of the material is available on the Yucca Mountain Web site (at http//www.ymp.gov), UNLV is the of ficial repository for the printed material.

This information will remain available for public commentary until Feb. 9, 2000. For more information about how to provide comments, see the of ficial announcement of availability in the Federal Register, volume 64, number 156, dated Friday, Aug. 13, 1999, pages 44200-44202 and 44217-44218.

For more information about the materials at UNLV, call Aimee Quinn, head government publications librarian, at 895-4158 or email her at quinn~nevada.edu.