ML20064E810

Letter to L.C. Commissioners Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Holtec International'S Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Located in Lea County, New Mexico (Dkt No. 72-1051)

ML20064E810
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Site:	HI-STORE
Issue date:	03/11/2020
From:	Roman C NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ERMB
To:	City of Hobbs, NM
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 Lea County Commissioners City Hall 200 E. Broadway Hobbs, NM 88240

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 Commissioners:

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.

Commissioners 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

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 03/02/2020 03/02/2020 03/02/2020 03/11/2020