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==Dear  Congressman  Raskin:==
==Dear  Congressman  Raskin:==


Onbehalf oftheU.S. Nuclear    Regulatory    Commission      (NRC),  Iamresponding    toyour July 3,  2020, letter requesting that  theNRCextend thepublic            commentperiods      onthedraft Environmental  ImpactStatements    (EIS) for  two applications    for  consolidated  interim storage facilities until atleast 6months  after  theCOVID-19 public health          emergency    concludes. The draft EISs  arefor applicationsfrom  Holtec  International,    proposing    a facilityinLeaCounty, NewMexico,    andInterimStorage    Partners,  proposinga facility inAndrewsCounty,          Texas.
Onbehalf oftheU.S. Nuclear    Regulatory    Commission      (NRC),  Iamresponding    toyour {{letter dated|date=July 3, 2020|text=July 3,  2020, letter}} requesting that  theNRCextend thepublic            commentperiods      onthedraft Environmental  ImpactStatements    (EIS) for  two applications    for  consolidated  interim storage facilities until atleast 6months  after  theCOVID-19 public health          emergency    concludes. The draft EISs  arefor applicationsfrom  Holtec  International,    proposing    a facilityinLeaCounty, NewMexico,    andInterimStorage    Partners,  proposinga facility inAndrewsCounty,          Texas.
Given thecontinuing COVID-19    public  health  emergency    aswell asrequests    from multiple              theNRCstaff stakeholders,              hasdecided      toextend    each public comment period. The public  will        September haveuntil          22,2020,    tosubmit    comments      on the draft EIS for  theproposed facilityinNewMexico  anduntil  November      3,2020tocomment          onthe proposed facility  inTexas.
Given thecontinuing COVID-19    public  health  emergency    aswell asrequests    from multiple              theNRCstaff stakeholders,              hasdecided      toextend    each public comment period. The public  will        September haveuntil          22,2020,    tosubmit    comments      on the draft EIS for  theproposed facilityinNewMexico  anduntil  November      3,2020tocomment          onthe proposed facility  inTexas.
Eachextended    commentperiod  provides  thepublic    with  a total of180days toconsider the    draft EISandsubmit    anyinput. Notices  ofthese  extensions    werepublished    in the Federal Register.
Eachextended    commentperiod  provides  thepublic    with  a total of180days toconsider the    draft EISandsubmit    anyinput. Notices  ofthese  extensions    werepublished    in the Federal Register.
if youhaveanyquestions    orneedadditional        information,  please contact me orhave your  staff      Eugene contact      Dacus,  Director  oftheOffice      ofCongressional    Affairs,at (301)  415-1776.
if youhaveanyquestions    orneedadditional        information,  please contact me orhave your  staff      Eugene contact      Dacus,  Director  oftheOffice      ofCongressional    Affairs,at (301)  415-1776.
Sincerely, Kristine    L.Svinicki}}
Sincerely, Kristine    L.Svinicki}}

Revision as of 06:34, 6 December 2021

08-12-20 Letter to Representative Jamie Raskin from Chairman Svinicki Responds to Request for NRC to Further Extend the Public Comment Period for NRC-2018-0052 and NRC-2016-0231 Due to COVID-19
ML20206L385
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Issue date: 08/12/2020
From: Kristine Svinicki
NRC/Chairman
To: Raskin J
US Congress, US HR (House of Representatives)
Storch J
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CORR-20-0078, LTR-20-0274-1
Download: ML20206L385 (1)


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Ag 3)f UNITEDSTATES E& $Q;l NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Cyr g,f WASHINGTON,D.C. 20555-0001 CHAIRMAN August 12,2020 TheHonorable JamieRaskin United States HouseofRepresentatives Washington, DC 20515

Dear Congressman Raskin:

Onbehalf oftheU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Iamresponding toyour July 3, 2020, letter requesting that theNRCextend thepublic commentperiods onthedraft Environmental ImpactStatements (EIS) for two applications for consolidated interim storage facilities until atleast 6months after theCOVID-19 public health emergency concludes. The draft EISs arefor applicationsfrom Holtec International, proposing a facilityinLeaCounty, NewMexico, andInterimStorage Partners, proposinga facility inAndrewsCounty, Texas.

Given thecontinuing COVID-19 public health emergency aswell asrequests from multiple theNRCstaff stakeholders, hasdecided toextend each public comment period. The public will September haveuntil 22,2020, tosubmit comments on the draft EIS for theproposed facilityinNewMexico anduntil November 3,2020tocomment onthe proposed facility inTexas.

Eachextended commentperiod provides thepublic with a total of180days toconsider the draft EISandsubmit anyinput. Notices ofthese extensions werepublished in the Federal Register.

if youhaveanyquestions orneedadditional information, please contact me orhave your staff Eugene contact Dacus, Director oftheOffice ofCongressional Affairs,at (301) 415-1776.

Sincerely, Kristine L.Svinicki