ML20062C496

Letter to K. Manzione Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Holtec International'S Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Located in Lea County, New Mexico (Docket Number: 72-1051)

ML20062C496
Person / Time
Site:	HI-STORE
Issue date:	03/11/2020
From:	Roman C NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ERMB
To:	Manzione K Holtec
Stacey Imboden 415-2462
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ML20064E796	List: ML20062C496 ML20064E797 ML20064E799 ML20064E802 ML20064E805 ML20064E806 ML20064E807 ML20064E810
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March 11, 2020 Ms. Kim Manzione, Licensing Manager Holtec International Holtec Technology Campus One Holtec Boulevard Camden, NJ 08104

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR HOLTEC INTERNATIONALS CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STORAGE FACILITY LOCATED IN LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (DOCKET NUMBER: 72-1051)

Dear Ms. Manzione:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for construction and operation of Holtec Internationals (Holtec) consolidated interim storage facility (CISF). The NRC staff has prepared a Federal Register (FR) Notice of Availability to advise the public that the DEIS is publicly available at the NRCs public document room or from the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. The ADAMS accession number for the DEIS is ML20069G420. In addition, the DEIS will be available to the public at the following locations:

Carlsbad Public Library, 101 S. Halagueno Street, Carlsbad, NM 88220; Hobbs Public Library, 509 N Shipp St., Hobbs, NM 88240; and Roswell Public Library, 301 N. Pennsylvania, Roswell, NM 88201.

As discussed in Chapter 2 of the DEIS, the NRC staffs preliminary recommendation is issuance of an NRC license to Holtec to construct and operate a CISF for spent nuclear fuel at the proposed location. In addition, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is a cooperating agency on the DEIS. The BLM staff recommends the issuance of a permit to construct and operate the rail spur. This recommendation is based on (i) the license application, which includes the Environmental Report and supplemental documents, and Holtecs responses to the NRC staffs requests for additional information; (ii) consultation with Federal, State, Tribal, local agencies, and input from other stakeholders; (iii) independent NRC and BLM staff review; and (iv) the assessments provided in the EIS.

A separate Notice of Availability of the DEIS will be placed in the FR through the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, beginning the 60-day public comment period. The comment period will end on May 22, 2020.

K. Manzione Should you have any questions concerning the staffs environmental review of Holtecs application for construction and operation of a CISF, please contact Ms. Jill Caverly at 301-415-7674 or via e-mail at Jill.Caverly@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Cinthya I. Román, Chief Environmental Review Materials Branch Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 72-1051

K. Manzione cc: w/encl.

Tessa Cisneros Steve Vierck U.S. Bureau of Land Management Economic Development Corporation of Lea Carlsbad Field Office County 620 E Greene St 200 E. Broadway St., Suite A201 Carlsbad, NM 88220 Hobbs, NM 88240 Mel Massaro U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety 526 Mountain Ave Altoona, PA 16602 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 1201 Elm Street, Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75270 Secretary of New Mexico Environment Department Harold L. Runnels Building 1190 St. Francis Drive, Suite N4050 Santa Fe, NM 87505 Ron Kellermueller New Mexico Department of Game and Fish One Wildlife Way PO Box 25112 Santa Fe, NM 87507 Carlsbad City Council City Hall 101 N. Halaqueno Carlsbad, NM 88221 Carlsbad Soil and Water Conservation Service 3219 S Canal Carlsbad, NM 88220 Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance Attention: Chip Low 100 N. Main Street Lovington, NM 88260 Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance City of Carlsbad Attention: Denise Boyea 101 N. Halagueno Carlsbad, NM 88220

Package: ML20064E796 Letter: ML20062C496 Draft EIS: ML20069G420 *via email OFFICE NMSS/REFS/ERMB NMSS/REFS/ERMB NMSS/REFS/ERMB NMSS/REFS/ERMB NAME *SImboden *JCaverly *AWalker-Smith CRomán DATE 03/03/2020 03/02/2020 03/02/2020 03/11/2020