PRESS ADVISORY GNEP RETURNS – D.O.E. HEARING DEC. 4TH 2008 This is the audio of the Dept. of Energy's public meeting on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) for Illinois: It was held Thursday, December 4 at 7:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Bolingbrook 205 Remington Blvd. Bolingbrook, IL The public comment period officially ends December 16th. An extension of the comment period has been requested by environment groups past the 60-day period which began on October 17th. Not all GNEP docs have been posted online; and the 960-page doc itself is quite intimidating for a 60-day comment period. Comments can be left at www.regulations.gov or mailed to Francis Schwartz, GNEP PEIS Document Manager, Office of Nuclear Energy NE-5, DOE, 1000 Independence Ave. S.W., Washington, DC 20585 broadcast quality—I left in the pauses between speakers, I did not mic the moderator and I missed the beginning of his introduction: "Good evening. I'm ___ and welcome to the public hearing on the" the rest is there.