ML22175A127
| ML22175A127 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | HI-STORE |
| Issue date: | 07/13/2022 |
| From: | Jessie Quintero NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ERMB |
| To: | Mayer E Holtec |
| Caverly J,NMSS/DREFS/ERMB | |
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| Download: ML22175A127 (4) | |
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Ed Mayer Program Director Holtec International 1 Holtec Blvd Camden, NJ 08104
SUBJECT:
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR HOLTEC INTERNATIONALS PROPOSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STORAGE FACILITY LOCATED IN LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (DOCKET NUMBER: 72-1051)
Dear Ed Mayer:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the construction and operation of Holtec Internationals (Holtec) proposed consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for spent nuclear fuel in Lea County, New Mexico. The NRC staff will publish a Federal Register (FR) Notice of Availability (NOA) to notify the public that the FEIS is publicly available from the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System ML22181B094. 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 Holtec 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 Holtecs Environmental Report and supplemental documents, and Holtecs 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 FEIS.
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 in early 2023.
July 13, 2022
E. Mayer Should you have any questions concerning the FEIS, please contact Jill Caverly of my staff at 301-415-7674 or via email at Jill.Caverly@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, James R. Park, Acting Chief Environmental Review Materials Branch Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 72-1051 cc:
Tessa Telles U.S. Bureau of Land Management Carlsbad Field Office 620 E Greene St Carlsbad, NM 88220 Lawrence Mel Massaro U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety 526 Mountain Ave Altoona, PA 16602 Eli Martinez U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 1201 Elm Street, Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75270 James Kenney, Secretary New Mexico Environment Department Harold L. Runnels Building 1190 St. Francis Drive, Suite N4050 Santa Fe, NM 87505 Jeff Pappas, Ph.D.
State Historic Preservation Officer and Director New Mexico State Historic Preservation Division 407 Galisteo St., Suite 236 Santa Fe, NM 87501 Ron Kellermueller New Mexico Department of Game and Fish One Wildlife Way Santa Fe, NM 87507 P.O. Box 25112 Santa Fe, NM Steve Vierck Economic Development Corporation of Lea County 200 E. Broadway St., Suite A201 Hobbs, NM 88240 Carlsbad Soil and Water Conservation Service 3219 S Canal Carlsbad, NM 88220 Signed by Park, James on 07/13/22
E. Mayer Sam Cobb Mayor of Hobbs City Hall 200 E. Broadway Hobbs, NM 88240 Lea County Commissioners Attn: Mike Gallagher, County Manager City Hall 200 E. Broadway Hobbs, NM 88240 Dale Janway Mayor of Carlsbad City Hall 101 N. Halaqueno Carlsbad, NM 88221 Carlsbad City Council City Hall 101 N. Halaqueno Carlsbad, NM 88221 Eddy County Commissioners 101 West Greene Street Carlsbad, NM 88220 Mayor of Artesia 511 W. Texas Ave.
Artesia, NM 88210 Mayor of Roswell City Hall 425 N Richardson Roswell, NM 88201 Mayor of Lovington City Hall 214 S. Love Lovington, NM 88260 Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance City of Carlsbad 101 N. Halagueno Carlsbad, NM 88220
Ltr ML22175A127 OFFICE NMSS/REFS/ERMB NMSS/REFS/ERMB NMSS/REFS/ERMB NAME JCaverly AWalker-Smith JPark DATE Jun 27, 2022 Jun 27, 2022 Jul 13, 2022