ML21214A291

Letter to South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Re Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement

ML21214A291
Person / Time
Site:	Westinghouse
Issue date:	08/06/2021
From:	Jessie Quintero NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ERMB
To:	Gabe Taylor State of SC, Dept of Health & Environmental Control
Diaz-Toro D,NMSS/REFS/ERMB
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August 6, 2021 VIA EMAIL ONLY G. Kendall Taylor, Director Site Assessment, Remediation and Revitalization Division Bureau of Land & Waste Management South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull St.

Columbia, SC 20291 taylorgk@dhec.sc.gov

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF THE COLUMBIA FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY IN HOPKINS, SOUTH CAROLINA (DOCKET NUMBER: 70-1151)

Dear Mr. Taylor:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has published for public comment the draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Westinghouse Electric Company, LLCs (WEC) request to renew its operating license for the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) for an additional 40 years. The DEIS is publicly available from the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The ADAMS accession number for the DEIS is ML21209A213. The DEIS is also accessible using the following link:

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2120/ML21209A213.pdf, and from the NRC webpage for the WECs CFFF at https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/fc/westinghouse-fuel-fab-fac-sc-lc.html.

The 45-day comment period opened with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPAs)

Notice of Availability for the DEIS that was published in the Federal Register on August 6, 2021 (86 FR 43236). The NRCs notice providing instructions on how to submit comments also appeared in the August 6, 2021, Federal Register (86 FR 43276). The NRC staff plans to conduct a virtual public meeting on August 26 to receive comments on the DEIS. The meeting information is available in the NRCs Federal Register Notice.

Additionally, the NRC staff has made hard copies of the draft EIS available to the public at the following locations:

Richland Public Library-Main: 1431 Assembly St., Columbia, SC 29201, Richland Public Library-Lower Richland: 9019 Garners Ferry Road, Hopkins, SC 29061, and Richland Public Library-Eastover: 608 Main Street, Eastover, SC 29044.

G. Taylor 2 Should you have any questions concerning the staffs environmental review of the WECs license renewal application, please contact Ms. Diana Diaz-Toro at 301-415-0930 or via e-mail at Diana.Diaz-Toro@nrc.gov.

In accordance with 10 CFR Section 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding, of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this communication will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room, or from the NRCs ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Sincerely, Signed by Quintero, Jessie on 08/06/21 Jessie M. Quintero, Chief Environmental Review Materials Branch, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards Docket No.: 70-1151 License No.: SNM-1107 cc: Kimberly Kuhn, SCDHEC kuhnkm@dhec.sc.gov Keisha Long, SCDHEC longkd@dhec.sc.gov James Berresford, SCDHEC berresjl@dhec.sc.gov