ML21200A124

Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Interim Storage Partner'S Proposed Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Located in Andrews County, Texas

ML21200A124
Person / Time
Site:	Consolidated Interim Storage Facility
Issue date:	07/29/2021
From:	Jessie Quintero NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ERMB
To:	Isakson J Consolidated Interim Storage Facility
Park J,NMSS/REFS/EMRB
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Download: ML21200A124 (3)

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July 29, 2021 VIA EMAIL ONLY Mr. Jeffrey D. Isakson Chief Executive Officer/President Interim Storage Partners LLC P.O. Box 1129 Andrews, TX 79714 Jeffery.Isakson@orano.group

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR INTERIM STORAGE PARTNERS PROPOSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STORAGE FACILITY LOCATED IN ANDREWS COUNTY, TEXAS (DOCKET NUMBER: 72-1050)

Dear Mr. Isakson:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the construction and operation of Interim Storage Partners LLCs (ISPs) proposed consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for spent nuclear fuel in Andrews County, Texas. The NRC staff will shortly publish a Federal Register (FR) Notice of Availability (NOA) to advise the public that the FEIS is publicly available from the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). The ADAMS accession number for the FEIS is ML21209A955. In addition, the NRC staff plans to make hard copies of the FEIS available to the public at several public libraries in the vicinity of the proposed CISF site.

The NRC staffs recommendation in the FEIS is issuance of an NRC license to ISP to construct and operate a CISF at the proposed location, subject to the determinations in the staffs safety review of the application. This recommendation is based on (i) the license application, which includes ISPs Environmental Report and supplemental documents, and ISPs responses to the NRC staffs requests for additional information; (ii) the NRC staffs consultation with Federal, State, tribal, and local agencies, and input from other stakeholders, including members of the public; (iii) the NRC staffs independent review; and (iv) the NRC staffs assessments provided in the EIS.

After the NRC files the FEIS with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the EPA will publish a separate NOA of the FEIS in the FR. In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 51.100(a)(1)(ii), the NRC must wait 30 days after publication of the EPAs NOA before it can make a licensing decision. The NRC expects to make a licensing decision by the end of September 2021.

J. Isakson 2 Should you have any questions concerning the FEIS, please contact Mr. James Park of my staff. Mr. Park can be reached at 301-415-6954 or via e-mail at James.Park@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Signed by Quintero, Jessie on 07/29/21 Jessie M. Quintero, Chief Environmental Review Materials Branch Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 72-1050 cc: VIA EMAIL ONLY Adam Zerrenner U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Austin Ecological Services Field Office Adam_Zerrenner@fws.gov Clint LeMay U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service Clint.LeMay@usda.gov U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 Martinez.Eli@epa.gov James Kenney, Secretary New Mexico Environment Department James.Kenney@state.nm.us Ashley Forbes, Deputy Director Radioactive Materials Division Office of Waste Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ashley.forbes@tceq.texas.gov Ron Kellermueller New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Ronald.Kellermueller@state.nm.us

J. Isakson 3 Lorinda Gardner Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Lorinda.Gardner@tceq.texas.gov Richard Hanson Wildlife Habitat Assessment Program Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Richard.Hanson@tpwd.texas.gov Mr. Mark Wolfe State Historic Preservation Officer Texas Historical Commission Mark.Wolfe@thc.texas.gov Dr. Jeff Pappas State Historic Preservation Officer and Director New Mexico Historic Preservation Division New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs jeff.pappas@state.nm.us Flora Braly, Mayor City of Andrews fbraly@cityofandrews.org Morse Haynes Andrews Economic Development Corporation mhaynes@cityofandrews.org