ML22175A127

Letter to Ed Mayer Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Holtec Internationals Proposed Consolidated Interim Storage Facility

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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July 13, 2022 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.

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, Signed by Park, James on 07/13/22 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 Jeff Pappas, Ph.D.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management State Historic Preservation Officer Carlsbad Field Office and Director 620 E Greene St New Mexico State Historic Preservation Carlsbad, NM 88220 Division 407 Galisteo St., Suite 236 Lawrence Mel Massaro Santa Fe, NM 87501 U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration Ron Kellermueller Office of Safety New Mexico Department of Game and Fish 526 Mountain Ave One Wildlife Way Altoona, PA 16602 Santa Fe, NM 87507 P.O. Box 25112 Eli Martinez Santa Fe, NM U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 Steve Vierck 1201 Elm Street, Suite 500 Economic Development Corporation of Dallas, TX 75270 Lea County 200 E. Broadway St., Suite A201 James Kenney, Secretary Hobbs, NM 88240 New Mexico Environment Department Harold L. Runnels Building Carlsbad Soil and Water Conservation 1190 St. Francis Drive, Suite N4050 Service Santa Fe, NM 87505 3219 S Canal Carlsbad, NM 88220

E. Mayer Sam Cobb Eddy County Commissioners Mayor of Hobbs 101 West Greene Street City Hall Carlsbad, NM 88220 200 E. Broadway Hobbs, NM 88240 Mayor of Artesia 511 W. Texas Ave.

Lea County Commissioners Artesia, NM 88210 Attn: Mike Gallagher, County Manager City Hall Mayor of Roswell 200 E. Broadway City Hall Hobbs, NM 88240 425 N Richardson Roswell, NM 88201 Dale Janway Mayor of Carlsbad Mayor of Lovington City Hall City Hall 101 N. Halaqueno 214 S. Love Carlsbad, NM 88221 Lovington, NM 88260 Carlsbad City Council Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance City Hall City of Carlsbad 101 N. Halaqueno 101 N. Halagueno Carlsbad, NM 88221 Carlsbad, NM 88220

Ltr ML22175A127 OFFICE NMSS/REFS/ERMB NMSS/REFS/ERMB NMSS/REFS/ERMB NAME JCaverly JC AWalker-Smith AW JPark JP DATE Jun 27, 2022 Jun 27, 2022 Jul 13, 2022