As part of the scoping process, the U.S. Department of Energy held five workshops in May 2004 for the public to provide information concerning the selected rail corridor, explain the process for developing an environmental impact statement, and to provide a forum for the department to gather information about the corridor region.

The Department received the following comments from the public on its plans to develop an environmental impact statement to consider alternative alignments within the Caliente corridor for construction of a rail line to Yucca Mountain.