ML18157A172
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| Site: | HI-STORE |
| Issue date: | 06/19/2018 |
| From: | Stacey Imboden Environmental Review Branch |
| To: | Roman C Environmental Review Branch |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 June 19, 2018 MEMORANDUM TO: Cinthya I. Román, Chief Environmental Review Branch Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and Environmental Review Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards FROM: Stacey Imboden, Sr. Project Manager /RA/
Environmental Review Branch Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and Environmental Review Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF MAY 21 AND MAY 22, 2018 PUBLIC SCOPING MEETINGS FOR HOLTEC INTERNATIONALS PROPOSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STORAGE FACILITY, LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (DOCKET NUMBER: 72-1051)
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff conducted two additional public scoping meetings related to the staffs environmental review of a license application from Holtec International (Holtec) to construct and operate a consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for spent nuclear fuel in Lea County, New Mexico. The original public scoping meetings were held on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at the NRC Headquarters in Rockville, Maryland; Monday, April 30th at the Eastern New Mexico University in Roswell, New Mexico; Tuesday, May 1st at the Lea County Event Center, in Hobbs, New Mexico; and on Thursday, May 3rd at the Eddy County Fire Service in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Two additional scoping meetings were held at the request of stakeholders. These additional public scoping meetings were held on Monday, May 21st at the Gallup Downtown Conference Center in Gallup, New Mexico and Tuesday, May 22nd at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The purpose of the meetings was to provide the public with an opportunity to participate in the environmental scoping process by providing comments on any issues the public thought the NRC staff should consider while preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the CISF application.
Each meeting began with a formal presentation given by the NRC staff that addressed the purpose of the meetings, NRCs regulatory mission and responsibilities, the safety and environmental review process, and the EIS schedule. After the staffs presentation, members of the public were invited to provide comments on the scope of the EIS.
The meetings were preceded by an informal open house. During the open house, the staff provided displays and brochures and met with members of the public to answer questions about the Holtec CISF application. Approximately 90 people attended the meeting in Gallup and CONTACT: Stacey Imboden, NMSS/FCSE (301) 415-2462
C. Román 2 approximately 155 people attended the meeting in Albuquerque. The participants included members of the NRC staff, members of the public, Holtec representatives, state and local government officials, members of public advocacy organizations, and the news media. Public comments were mainly focused on:
- history of uranium recovery activities,
- effects to nearby industries,
- contamination of water resources,
- transportation risks,
- integrity/robustness of the casks,
- health impacts,
- financial assurance,
- "de facto" final repository concerns, and
- cumulative impacts.
A list of attendees for the four scoping meetings is provided in Enclosure 1. Enclosures 2 and 3 contain the meeting transcripts for the two scoping meetings. Enclosure 4 is a copy of the NRC staffs meeting slides. The public meeting notice for each meeting is available on the NRCs public meeting web page at https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. The official transcripts for the meetings are available through the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems (ADAMS) accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html on the NRC website. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRCs Public Document Room reference staff at 1-800-397-4737 or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. The NRC staffs presentations and transcripts for the meetings are also available on the NRCs public web page for its review of the Holtec license application at https://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/cis/holtec-international.html.
Docket No. 72-1051
Enclosures:
- 1. List of Attendees
- 2. Transcript for Gallup, NM (ML18162A151)
- 3. Transcript for Roswell, NM (ML18162A152)
- 4. Meeting presentation (ML18162A044)
C. Román 3
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF MAY 21 AND MAY 22, 2018 PUBLIC SCOPING MEETINGS FOR HOLTEC INTERNATIONALS PROPOSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STORAGE FACILITY, LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (DOCKET NUMBER: 72-1051)
DATED: June 19, 2018 DISTRIBUTION: FCSE r/f ADAMS Package Accession Number: ML18157A171 OFFICE FCSE/ERB FCSE/ERB FCSE/ERB NAME SImboden AWalker-Smith JCaverly DATE 6/19/2018 6/19/2018 6/18/2018 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
LIST OF ATTENDEES ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING MEETING REGARDING THE CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STORAGE FACILITY APPLICATION IN LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO MAY 21, 2018 GALLUP, NM 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
NAME AFFILIATION Jill Caverly Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Jose Cuadrado NRC Christopher Hair NRC Stacey Imboden NRC David McIntyre NRC John McKirgan NRC Angel Moreno NRC Cinthya Román NRC Brian Smith NRC Antoinette Walker-Smith NRC Francis Chip Cameron Centeva Miriam Juckett Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses Marla Morales Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses Ed Mayer Holtec International Joy Russell Holtec International John Heaton Eddy Lea Energy Alliance Stephanie Garcia Richard NM State Representative Jim Dumont Senator Martin Heinrichs office Cal Curley Senator Tom Udalls office Cas Hoefman Chair of McKinley County Democrats Jonathan Perry Navajo Nation Council Delegate Norman Brown Dine Bidziil Coalition Geneva Peter Dine Chamber of Commerce Kathryn Morsea Gallup Indian Medical Center Joe Pacal Sunrise School for Ecological Living Thompson Bell Redwater Pond Road Community Association Denise Brown Nuclear Issues Study Group Leona Morgan Nuclear Issues Study Group Susan Schuurman Nuclear Issues Study Group Rose Bell RWPRCA Edith Hood RWPRCA Teracita Keyanna RWPRCA Larry King RWPRCA Anna Rondon Dineh Talia Boyd Navajo/Dine Mervyn Tilden Eastern Navajo Dine Against Uranium Mining Kimberly Wahpepan 7 Indigenous Women Council Lillie Lane TRMTC Be Sargent Gallup Solar Rose Marie Cecchini Office of Life, Peace, Justice and Creation Lynn Anner-Bolicu McKinley Citizens Recycling Council Betsy Windisch McKinley Citizens Recycling Council Michael Butler The Red Nation Enclosure
Elizabeth Boogue RCS, Inc.
Christopher Hudson MCHA Holly Strakus RMCHCS Hospital Dee Velasco Media E. Alexis Public AJ Bell Public Ezekiel Bell Public Ourau Benally Public JoAnn Benenati Public Caitlyn Bradburn Public D. Butler Public Charity Chukun Public Peg Franz Public Diego Garcia Public Delores Glan Public Kathy Helms Public Jesse Hillis Public Ace Hoffman Public Sharon Hoffman Public Betty Holyan Public Simone Jones Public Karthik Kavasseri Public Ardea Kucate Public Ann Landowase Public Brian Lee Public Roger Lewis Public Jasper Long Public Erin Lorencz Public Teresa Lowry Public Denise Masse Public Nick Maxwell Public Kathryn McGill-Peters Public Emilia Morgan Public James Morgan Public Lenajean Morgan Public Ashlee Pilcher Public Peter Procopio Public Dennis Romero Public Georgia Savage Public Patricia Sheely Public Virgil Smith Public Holly Herr Stravers Public Betty Taylor Public John Lewis Taylor Public Darin Yazzie Public Harrilene Yazzie Public Janene Yazzie Public 2
LIST OF ATTENDEES ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING MEETING REGARDING THE CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STORAGE FACILITY APPLICATION IN LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO May 22, 2018 ALBUQUERQUE, NM 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
NAME AFFILIATION Jill Caverly Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Jose Cuadrado NRC Christopher Hair NRC Stacey Imboden NRC David McIntyre NRC John McKirgan NRC Angel Moreno NRC Cinthya Román NRC Brian Smith NRC Antoinette Walker-Smith NRC Francis Chip Cameron Centeva Miriam Juckett Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses Marla Morales Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses Stefan Anton Holtec International Ed Mayer Holtec International Joy Russell Holtec International John Heaton Eddy Lea Energy Alliance Cisco McSorley State Senator Barbara Romero Office of Representative Steve Pearce Jennifer Catechis Office of U.S. Congressman Lujan Barney Magrath Santa Fe County Democratic Party John Comstock Democratic Party of New Mexico Arthur Alfredo New Mexico Green Party Sarah Kelly New Mexico Green Party Stephen Verchinski New Mexico Green Party Marcus Nells Party for Socialism and Liberation Marissa Elyse Sanchez Party for Socialism and Liberation Ron Kellermueller New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Denise Brown Nuclear Issues Study Group Leona Morgan Nuclear Issues Study Group Susan Schuurman Nuclear Issues Study Group Brendan Shaughnessy Nuclear Issues Study Group Cody Slama Nuclear Issues Study Group Maddy Hayden Albuquerque Journal Karen Bonime Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping (CARD)
Lucia Cordova CARD Sylvania Diaz-dOrville CARD Janet Greenwald CARD Carol Merrill CARD Susan Rodriguez CARD Hope Alvarado The Red Nation, Navajo Nation Benay Blend The Red Nation Deborah Gandet The Red Nation Jennifer Marley The Red Nation, San Ildefonso Pueblo Melissa Tso The Red Nation 3
Frank Giles Ogalala Sioux Tribe Randella Bluehouse Navajo Tribe Lauro Silva South Valley Partners for Environmental Justice Sister Joan Brown New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light Mary Jo Picha New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light Stephen Picha New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light Judith Ann Smith New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light Tom Stark New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light Juan Reynosa Southwest Organizing Project Willard Hunter Veterans for Peace Noel Marquez Alliance For Environmental Strategies (AFES)
Kevin Bean St. John XXIII Catholic Community Erica Lea-Simka Albuquerque Mennonite Church Torgen Johnson Samuel Lawrence Foundation Terry Sloan Southwest Native Cultures United Nations Association Susan Tiano Professor emerite, University of New Mexico Anna Maldonado University of New Mexico Food Justice Initiative Rosemary Ana Blanchard United Nations Association USA Pat Duncan Sierra Club Ethan Forbes Sierra Club Tamsen West Sierra Club Chris Timm Pecos Management Services Greg Mello Los Alamos Study Group Trish Williams-Mello Los Alamos Study Group H. Vern Payne Armakap Sandra McCardell Cooperative Catalyst Tina Cordova Tularosa Basin Downwinders Martin Rozbork Alion Science and Technology Marilyn Finkelstein Indivisible Nob Hill Gary Lasky University of New Mexico Environmental Law Clinic Paul Griego NAAV Yemane Asmerom Public Shirley Anderson Public Bruce Barnaby Public Cynthia Beck Public Carol Bosa Public Susanne Brown Public Lynn Buck Public Virginia Cervantes Public Athena Christodoulou Public Peter Clarle Public Kathleen Cody Public Don Conklin Public Martha Cook Public Stephen Dapra Public Morgan DePree Public Thomas Depree Public Karin Douglas Public Barbara Endicott Public Andrea Etcher Public Sarah Finkel Public Stanley Fitch Public Cynthia Florence Public 4
Deborah Gandet Public Rey Garduno Public Francis Giles Public Iven Hale Public Deiter Hanbicki Public Linda Heitkamp Public James Held Public Marta Henriksen-Padilla Public Alan Hill Public Ace Hoffman Public Sharon Hoffman Public Michael Holland Public Betty Holyan Public Melissa Horman Public Demetrius Johnson Public Barbara Joslin Public Keith Julian Public Judy Kaul Public Barbara King Public Miya King-Fisherz Public Kevin Kirby Public Roger Kup Public Anhara Lovato Public Erica Lovato Public Mary Martin Public Nick Maxwell Public Paul McConnell Public Nancy Merritt Public Mark Miller Public Joe Munley Public P. Paige Murphy-Young Public D. Dowd Muska Public Annette OConnor Public Timothy Peterson Public Jamie Phillips Public Michael Pitula Public Ellen Raimer Public Deborah Reade Public Chaia Ross Public Kathy Roxlau Public Danny Ruppert Public Josh Sanchez Public Jim Schippers Public Robin Seydel Public Paul Shave Public Suzanne Shave Public Ryan Slama Public Terry Sloan Public Herbert Strassberg Public Tommi Tejeda Public Denise Tessier Public Sharon Thomas Public Tsosie Tsinhnahsinnie Public Sarah Walker Public Laura Watchempino Public 5