ML19121A297

Memo to C. Roman from S. Imboden Issuing Holtec Scoping Summary Report

ML19121A297
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Site:	HI-STORE
Issue date:	06/13/2019
From:	Stacey Imboden Environmental Review Branch
To:	Roman C Environmental Review Branch
SImboden NMSS/FCSE/ERB 415.2462
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C. Román UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 June 13, 2019 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:

SCOPING

SUMMARY

REPORT RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING PROCESS FOR THE HOLTEC CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STORAGE FACILITY APPLICATION (DOCKET NUMBER: 72-1051)

The staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) conducted a scoping process from March 30, 2018, through July 30, 2018, to determine the scope of the NRC staffs environmental review of an application from Holtec International for a consolidated interim storage facility to be located in Lea County, New Mexico. As part of the scoping process, the NRC staff held a public scoping meeting and webinar at the NRC headquarters in Rockville, MD, on April 25, 2018, and five public in-person public scoping meetings in New Mexico. The dates and locations for these New Mexico meetings were: (1) April 30, 2018, in Roswell; (2) May 1, 2018, in Hobbs; (3) May 3, 2018, in Carlsbad; (4) May 21, 2018, in Gallup; and (5) May 22, 2018, in Albuquerque. The meetings were held to solicit public input regarding the scope of the environmental review. Transcripts from the webinar and each meeting along with digital versions of the handouts and the NRC presentations can be found on the NRC website:

(https://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/cis/hi/public-meetings.html).

CONTACT: Stacey Imboden, NMSS/FCSE 301-415-2462

C. Román 2 The NRC staff has prepared the enclosed scoping summary report, which identifies comments either received at the public scoping meetings, by letter, through www.regulations.gov, or by electronic mail and provides responses to those comments. All participants of the scoping process (who have provided mailing information) will receive notification of issuance of the scoping summary report. The next step in the environmental review process is the issuance of the draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Notice of the availability of the DEIS and the procedures for providing comments will be published in the Federal Register.

Docket No. 72-1051

Enclosure:

Scoping Summary Report cc: See next page

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