ML19344B782
| ML19344B782 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | HI-STORE |
| Issue date: | 12/12/2019 |
| From: | Roman C NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ERMB |
| To: | Begay R, Dupont P, Koyiyumptewa S, Matthew Mitchell Hopi Cultural Preservation Office, Hopi Tribe, Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Navajo Nation, Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico |
| Jill Caverly | |
| References | |
| Download: ML19344B782 (9) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 12, 2019 Mr. Stewart Koyiyumptewa, Director Cultural Preservation Office Hopi Tribe P. O. Box 123 Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR TRIBAL PARTICIPATION AT A WEBINAR AND SITE VISIT FOR SECTION 106 CONSULTATION ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOLTEC HI-STORE CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STORAGE FACILITY LOCATED IN LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (DOCKET NUMBER: 72-1051)
Dear Mr. Koyiyumptewa:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received a license application from Holtec International (Holtec), by letter dated March 30, 2017, to construct and operate a consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for spent nuclear fuel at a site in Lea County, New Mexico. Holtec requested a license from the NRC to store 500 canisters or up to 8,680 metric tons uranium in the CISF and proposes to eventually store up to 10,000 canisters in the CISF. The NRC staff accepted Holtecs application for detailed review on February 28, 2018. By letter dated April 2, 2018, the NRC initiated a National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 consultation concerning Holtecs proposed project. You or your representative indicated that your Tribe would like to participate as a consulting party under Section 106 of the NHPA.
On August 29, 2019, the NRC staff sent your Tribe the Cultural Resources and Communication and Survey Results report and a map of the proposed area of potential effect (APE). This report was submitted to the NRC as Appendix C in the applications Environmental Report. The NRC staff developed the APE based on information in the application.
The NRC staff invites you to participate in two upcoming activities associated with consultation on this project, a webinar and a site visit. The purpose of the webinar is to discuss the staffs review of the report and the proposed APE with consulting Tribes. The NRC staff will host a webinar on January 22, 2020 at 1:00pm MT (3:00pm ET) and requests that you or a representative of your Tribe attend.
The second activity the staff requests your Tribes participation is a visit to the proposed project site. The site visit will occur the week of February 3, 2020. The applicant has offered to reimburse travel, hotel and per diem for one tribal representative for the site visit.
S. Koyiyumptewa 2 For additional information regarding the proposed action, Holtecs license application is publicly available from the NRCs Agency Wide Documents Access and Management System. You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC library at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and searching for the Docket Number 07201051 or at the Holtec CISF webpage at: https://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/cis/holtec-international.html.
Please let us know of your interest in participation by contacting the NRC project manager, Ms. Jill Caverly, to confirm your interest and participation by January 8, 2020. Ms. Caverly can be contacted at 301-415-7674 or via email at Jill.Caverly@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Cinthya I. Román, Chief Environmental Review Materials Branch Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 72-1051 cc: Mr. Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma, Chairman
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 12, 2019 Mr. Phil Dupont Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma P. O. Box 369 Carnegie, OK 73015
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR TRIBAL PARTICIPATION AT A WEBINAR AND SITE VISIT FOR SECTION 106 CONSULTATION ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOLTEC HI-STORE CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STORAGE FACILITY LOCATED IN LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (DOCKET NUMBER: 72-1051)
Dear Mr. Dupont:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received a license application from Holtec International (Holtec), by letter dated March 30, 2017, to construct and operate a consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for spent nuclear fuel at a site in Lea County, New Mexico. Holtec requested a license from the NRC to store 500 canisters or up to 8,680 metric tons uranium in the CISF and proposes to eventually store up to 10,000 canisters in the CISF. The NRC staff accepted Holtecs application for detailed review on February 28, 2018. By letter dated April 2, 2018, the NRC initiated a National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 consultation concerning Holtecs proposed project. You or your representative indicated that your Tribe would like to participate as a consulting party under Section 106 of the NHPA.
On August 29, 2019, the NRC staff sent your Tribe the Cultural Resources and Communication and Survey Results report and a map of the proposed area of potential effect (APE). This report was submitted to the NRC as Appendix C in the applications Environmental Report. The NRC staff developed the APE based on information in the application.
The NRC staff invites you to participate in two upcoming activities associated with consultation on this project, a webinar and a site visit. The purpose of the webinar is to discuss the staffs review of the report and the proposed APE with consulting Tribes. The NRC staff will host a webinar on January 22, 2020 at 1:00pm MT (3:00pm ET) and requests that you or a representative of your Tribe attend.
The second activity the staff requests your Tribes participation is a visit to the proposed project site. The site visit will occur the week of February 3, 2020. The applicant has offered to reimburse travel, hotel and per diem for one tribal representative for the site visit.
P. Dupont 2 For additional information regarding the proposed action, Holtecs license application is publicly available from the NRCs Agency Wide Documents Access and Management System. You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC library at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and searching for the Docket Number 07201051 or at the Holtec CISF webpage at: https://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/cis/holtec-international.html.
Please let us know of your interest in participation by contacting the NRC project manager, Ms. Jill Caverly, to confirm your interest and participation by January 8, 2020. Ms. Caverly can be contacted at 301-415-7674 or via email at Jill.Caverly@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Cinthya I. Román, Chief Environmental Review Materials Branch Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 72-1051 cc: Mr. Matthew Komalty, Chairman
3 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 12, 2019 Mr. Richard M. Begay Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Navajo Nation P. O. Box 4950 Window Rock, AZ 86515
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR TRIBAL PARTICIPATION AT A WEBINAR AND SITE VISIT FOR SECTION 106 CONSULTATION ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOLTEC HI-STORE CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STORAGE FACILITY LOCATED IN LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (DOCKET NUMBER: 72-1051)
Dear Mr. Begay:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received a license application from Holtec International (Holtec), by letter dated March 30, 2017, to construct and operate a consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for spent nuclear fuel at a site in Lea County, New Mexico. Holtec requested a license from the NRC to store 500 canisters or up to 8,680 metric tons uranium in the CISF and proposes to eventually store up to 10,000 canisters in the CISF. The NRC staff accepted Holtecs application for detailed review on February 28, 2018. By letter dated April 2, 2018, the NRC initiated a National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 consultation concerning Holtecs proposed project. You or your representative indicated that your Tribe would like to participate as a consulting party under Section 106 of the NHPA.
On August 29, 2019, the NRC staff sent your Tribe the Cultural Resources and Communication and Survey Results report and a map of the proposed area of potential effect (APE). This report was submitted to the NRC as Appendix C in the applications Environmental Report. The NRC staff developed the APE based on information in the application.
The NRC staff invites you to participate in two upcoming activities associated with consultation on this project, a webinar and a site visit. The purpose of the webinar is to discuss the staffs review of the report and the proposed APE with consulting Tribes. The NRC staff will host a webinar on January 22, 2020 at 1:00pm MT (3:00pm ET) and requests that you or a representative of your Tribe attend.
The second activity the staff requests your Tribes participation is a visit to the proposed project site. The site visit will occur the week of February 3, 2020. The applicant has offered to reimburse travel, hotel and per diem for one tribal representative for the site visit.
R. Begay 2 For additional information regarding the proposed action, Holtecs license application is publicly available from the NRCs Agency Wide Documents Access and Management System. You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC library at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and searching for the Docket Number 07201051 or at the Holtec CISF webpage at: https://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/cis/holtec-international.html.
Please let us know of your interest in participation by contacting the NRC project manager, Ms. Jill Caverly, to confirm your interest and participation by January 8, 2020. Ms. Caverly can be contacted at 301-415-7674 or via email at Jill.Caverly@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Cinthya I. Román, Chief Environmental Review Materials Branch Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 72-1051 cc: Mr. Jonathan Nez, President
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NITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 12, 2019 Mr. Mark Mitchell Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Pueblo of Tesuque Route 42, Box 360-T Sante Fe, NM 87506
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR TRIBAL PARTICIPATION AT A WEBINAR AND SITE VISIT FOR SECTION 106 CONSULTATION ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOLTEC HI-STORE CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STORAGE FACILITY LOCATED IN LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (DOCKET NUMBER: 72-1051)
Dear Mr. Mitchell:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received a license application from Holtec International (Holtec), by letter dated March 30, 2017, to construct and operate a consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for spent nuclear fuel at a site in Lea County, New Mexico. Holtec requested a license from the NRC to store 500 canisters or up to 8,680 metric tons uranium in the CISF and proposes to eventually store up to 10,000 canisters in the CISF. The NRC staff accepted Holtecs application for detailed review on February 28, 2018. By letter dated April 2, 2018, the NRC initiated a National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 consultation concerning Holtecs proposed project. You or your representative indicated that your Tribe would like to participate as a consulting party under Section 106 of the NHPA.
On August 29, 2019, the NRC staff sent your Tribe the Cultural Resources and Communication and Survey Results report and a map of the proposed area of potential effect (APE). This report was submitted to the NRC as Appendix C in the applications Environmental Report. The NRC staff developed the APE based on information in the application.
The NRC staff invites you to participate in two upcoming activities associated with consultation on this project, a webinar and a site visit. The purpose of the webinar is to discuss the staffs review of the report and the proposed APE with consulting Tribes. The NRC staff will host a webinar on January 22, 2020 at 1:00pm MT (3:00pm ET) and requests that you or a representative of your Tribe attend.
The second activity the staff requests your Tribes participation is a visit to the proposed project site. The site visit will occur the week of February 3, 2020. The applicant has offered to reimburse travel, hotel and per diem for one tribal representative for the site visit.
M. Mitchell 2 For additional information regarding the proposed action, Holtecs license application is publicly available from the NRCs Agency Wide Documents Access and Management System. You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC library at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and searching for the Docket Number 07201051 or at the Holtec CISF webpage at: https://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/cis/holtec-international.html.
Please let us know of your interest in participation by contacting the NRC project manager, Ms. Jill Caverly, to confirm your interest and participation by January 8, 2020. Ms. Caverly can be contacted at 301-415-7674 or via email at Jill.Caverly@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Cinthya I. Román, Chief Environmental Review Materials Branch Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 72-1051 cc: Mr. Milton Herrera, Governor
ML19344B782 *via email OFFICE NMSS/REFS/ERMB NMSS/REFS/ERMB NMSS/REFS/ERMB NAME JCaverly *AWalker-Smith CRomán DATE 12/10/2019 12/10/2019 12/12/2019