Lincoln County is one of ten units of local government which have been designated

 by the Secretary of Energy as an "affected unit of local government' pursuant to the

 Nuclear Waste Policy Act, as amended. The County is one of only three counties which

 the Secretary of Energy voluntarily designated as affected by repository activities. What

 was identified in the 1986 Yucca Mountain environmental assessment remains true today:

 Lincoln County is likely to serve as the gateway for most shipments of high-level

 radioactive wastes entering Nevada and destined for storage and disposal at the Nevada

 Test Site.