ML20198A987
| ML20198A987 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07200022 |
| Issue date: | 12/16/1998 |
| From: | Sherwin Turk NRC OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC) |
| To: | Bollwerk G, Kline J, Lam P Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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| CON-#498-19814 ISFSI, NUDOCS 9812180026 | |
| Download: ML20198A987 (2) | |
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Administrative Judge Administrative Ju@% s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Washington, DC 20555 Dr. Jerry Kline 7.dministrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 in the Matter of Private Fuel Storage L.L.C.
(Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation)
Docket No. 72-22-ISFSI
Dear Administrative Judges:
During the Prehearing Conference on December 11,1998, the Licensing Board inquired as to whether the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) intends to prepare an environmentalimpact statement (EIS)in connection with its consideration of the right of way application submitted by Private Fuel Storage, L.L.C. (PFS). This inquiry was the subject of the Licensing Board's " Order (Schedule for NRC Staff ' Lead Agency' Filing)," issued December 14,1998. As noted by the Board, the NRC Staff (Staff) has committed to provide information to the Board "concerning the lead agency' relative to (the publication of] any environmental documents regarding the use of public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management for the proposed Low Corridor rail spur" /d.
In response to your inquiry, I wish to inform you that the Staff has entered into an Agreement with BLM conceming the publication of an EIS for the PFS facility. Pursuant to that Agreement, the NRC will serve as the lead agency and will supervise the preparation of an EIS for the PFS application; BLM has agreed to serve as a " Cooperating Agency"in the preparation of that EIS.
See " Agreement Between U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Bureau of Land Management," dated October 15,1998, at ll (attached hereto).
In accordance with the Agreement, BLM, inter alia, is to provide information to the NRC concerning the occurrence of conditions, resources, and uses of the public lands, and any impacts thereon that may be caused by the facility (Agreement, Ill. E), potential attemative locations and routes from facilities and ROWS that may be required on public lands (Id., Ill. F),
and required and suggested mitigating measures (/d.,
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Administrative Judges 1 on the Draft EIS (DEIS) and Final EIS (FEIS) (Id., Ill. J-K). The NRC Staff, inter alia, will analyze BLM's recommended attematives and describe BLM's required and suggested mitigating measures in the DEiS and FEIS (Id., Ill. H), inform BLM of the progress of its review, and provide an opportunity for BLM to comment on its preliminary, draft and final EIS documents
(/d.,1 l-J).
The Agreement between BLM and NRC contemplates that BLM will not prepare its own EIS but l
will, instead, participate in the NRC's preparation of an EIS. In a telephone conversation on December 15,1998, a BLM representative confirmed to me that BLM will serve as a cooperating egency in the NRC Staffs preparation of an EIS, and will not prepare its own EIS.
I trust that this information responds to your inquiry.
Sincerely, k.)
Sherwin E. Turk Counsel for NRC Staff
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