ML20241A266

Comment (12) E-mail Regarding WEC - Cfff EIS Scoping

ML20241A266
Person / Time
Site:	Westinghouse
Issue date:	08/25/2020
From:	Public Commenter Public Commenter
To:	Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
NRC/NMSS
References
85FR46193
Download: ML20241A266 (2)

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From: Chief Hatcher <waccamawchief@gmail.com>

Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 4:37 PM To: WEC_CFFF_EIS Resource

Subject:

[External_Sender] Request form the Waccamaw Indian People

Dear Manager:

I am asking on behalf of the future generations of Americans and particularly the Waccamaw Indian People that, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) insure a mandate that the Westinghouse Fuel Fabrication Facility's (WFFF) Environmental Impact Statement include due consideration that it's endeavors could possibly impact archaeological and historical resources outside of the developed boundary of the WFFF.

The scope should naturally include non-ground disturbing impacts that would result from spills, leaks, clouds or other forms of contamination that would effectively make those resources and the valuable information they contain inaccessible to current and future generations.

Any ground disturbing activities (such as the installation of subsurface monitoring wells and/or contamination) has the potential to disturb archaeological sites which may (and often do) involve human remains in unmarked Native American and African American cemeteries. Such disturbances have a high possibility of rendering those areas inaccessible to descendant communities now and in the future.

In my view, the scope of the EIS should reach to the Congaree River and some distance in both directions of the river's natural flow and all historical and cultural resources should be identified, before any process that grants the WFFF a license to continue operation in this culturally sensitive part of South Carolina.

The process of identification should involve, as a minimum, a group of stakeholders, including private landowners, Federally recognized tribes, State recognized Native American communities, South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Congaree National Park, Friends of Congaree Swamp, professional archaeologists, historians, cultural anthropologists and other interested parties.

Thank you for your time today and for considering my request.

Chief Harold (Buster) Hatcher Waccamaw Indian People 2112 Old Altman Road Conway, SC 29526 843-347-3940

Federal Register Notice: 85FR46193 Comment Number: 12 Mail Envelope Properties (CACv1V1Thio4bn6gaXoSSM-rKQwAKvXiK_OJs+ipgMZEr_Z5tPg)

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