ML21069A052

Comment (186) of Kevin Kamps on Notice of Intent to Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2

ML21069A052
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	03/03/2021
From:	Kamps K Beyond Nuclear, Don't Waste Michigan
To:	Office of Administration
References
86FR7747 00186, NRC-2020-0277
Download: ML21069A052 (2)

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3/9/2021 blob:https://www.fdms.gov/d31cf2a0-8ad6-4592-92b5-e1be9006b414 SUNI Review Complete Template=ADM-013 As of: 3/9/21 4:03 PM E-RIDS=ADM-03 Received: March 03, 2021 PUBLIC SUBMISSION ADD: Phyllis Clark, Bill Rogers, Kevin Folk, Stacey Status: Pending_Post Tracking No. klu-efks-s590 Imboden, Mary Neely Comment (186)

Comments Due: March 03, 2021 Publication Date:2/1/2021 Submission Type: Web Citation: 86 FR 7747 Docket: NRC-2020-0277 Notice of Intent to Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 Comment On: NRC-2020-0277-0001 Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement; NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC, Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Document: NRC-2020-0277-DRAFT-0191 Comment on FR Doc # 2021-02001 Submitter Information Email: kevin@beyondnuclear.org Organization: Beyond Nuclear and Don't Waste Michigan General Comment (Beyond Nuclear's public comment #14)

We object to Point Beach Nuclear's reliance on, and assumption of, the proposed irradiated nuclear fuel Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (CISF) schemes, targeting the majority minority (Hispanic, Indigenous) State of New Mexico, as well as extreme West Texas, 0.37 miles from the border of New Mexico. Not only are Holtec's and Interim Storage Partners' CISF proposals major violations of Environmental Justice, they also violate the 2012 Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future Final Report's recommendation that CISFs must meet "consent-based siting." Non-consent to Holtec's and ISP's CISFs has been clearly and repeatedly expressed by: the All Pueblo Council of Governors; the Navajo Nation; New Mexico's governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham; the State Land Commissioner, Stephanie Garcia Richard; most of New Mexico's U.S. congressional delegation, including Deb Haaland, nominated by President Biden to become his Interior Secretary; many New Mexico state legislators; numerous New Mexican industry associations and small businesses; a large number of New Mexican environmental, environmental justice, and nuclear watchdog organizations; and a growing groundswell of New Mexico residents.

Likewise, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has clearly expressed his non-consent to both CISFs.

Similarly, we object to any reliance on, and assumption of, the Yucca Mountain highly radioactive waste dump-site scheme, targeting Western Shoshone land in Nevada. The Western Shoshone, the State of Nevada, its U.S. congressional delegation, and more than a thousand environmental groups in Nevada and across the country, as along Yucca-bound high-level radioactive waste/Mobile Chernobyl transport routes, have clearly expressed non-consent with the environmentally unjust Yucca dump scheme, which violates blob:https://www.fdms.gov/d31cf2a0-8ad6-4592-92b5-e1be9006b414 1/2

3/9/2021 blob:https://www.fdms.gov/d31cf2a0-8ad6-4592-92b5-e1be9006b414 the U.S.-Western Shoshone "peace and friendship" Treaty of Ruby Valley of 1863, the highest law of the land, equal in stature to the U.S. Constitution itself.

Sincerely, Kevin Kamps Beyond Nuclear, Radioactive Waste Specialist; Don't Waste Michigan, Board of Directors Member, representing the Lake Michigan Chapter; Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination, Advisory Board Member and Kay Drey, Beyond Nuclear, Board of Directors President (University City, Missouri)

Beyond Nuclear 7304 Carroll Avenue, #182 Takoma Park, Maryland 20912 kevin@beyondnuclear.org www.beyondnuclear.org Beyond Nuclear aims to educate and activate the public about the connections between nuclear power and nuclear weapons and the need to abolish both to safeguard our future. Beyond Nuclear advocates for an energy future that is sustainable, benign and democratic.

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