ML20280A722

Letter to Senator Jeff Steinborn, New Mexico State Senate, Et Al., from NRC Secretary Annette Vietti-Cook Regarding the Holtec International HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Draft Environment Impact Statement; Docket Id NRC-2018-0052

ML20280A722
Person / Time
Site:	HI-STORE
Issue date:	10/01/2020
From:	Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY
To:	Steinborn J State of NM, Senate
Shared Package
ML20274A028	List: ML20274A027 ML20280A722
References
LTR-20-0353, NRC-2018-0052
Download: ML20280A722 (2)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 October 1, 2020 The Honorable Jeff Steinborn, et.al.

State Senator, District 36 New Mexico State Legislature State Capitol Santa Fe, NM 87501

Dear Senators and Representatives:

On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to the letter you submitted to Chairman Svinicki, copying the other members of the Commission, by electronic mail on September 22, 2020, regarding the Holtec International HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Your letter expresses concern regarding the scope of the DEIS, other technical variables, and the NRCs outreach and public engagement opportunities.

Some of the technical concerns raised in your letter bear on matters currently before the Commission in an adjudicatory proceeding. Given that this contested proceeding is ongoing, it would be inappropriate for the Chairman to discuss or comment on these technical matters at this time. This is because the Commission must remain impartial during the pendency of the proceeding.

Those aspects of your letter concerning the scope of the DEIS and NRCs outreach and public engagement opportunities will be referred to the staff for consideration.

A copy of your letter and this response will be served on the participants in the Holtec CISF proceeding.

Sincerely, Digitally signed by Annette L. Annette Cook L. Vietti-Vietti-Cook Date: 2020.10.01 14:53:57 -04'00' Annette L. Vietti-Cook

cc:

Senator Peter Wirth, District 25 Senator Shannon D. Pinto, District 3 Senator Linda M. Lopez, District 11 Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, District 16 Senator Mimi Stewart, District 17 Senator Bill Tallman, District 18 Senator Nancy Rodriguez, District 24 Senator Elizabeth Liz Stefanics, District 39 Representative Eliseo Lee Alcon, District 6 Representative Patricia Roybal Caballero, District 13 Representative Deborah A. Armstrong, District 17 Representative Debra M. Sarinana, District 21 Representative Elizabeth Liz Thomson, District 24 Representative Christine Trujillo, District 25 Representative Angelica Rubio, District 35 Representative Joanne J. Ferrary, District 37 Representative Rodolpho Rudy S. Martinez, District 39 Representative Andrea Romero, District 46