NUREG-2209, Availability of the NRCs Final EIS for the Northwest Medical Isotope Production Facility
| ML17146A186 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Northwest Medical Isotopes |
| Issue date: | 05/23/2017 |
| From: | Michelle Moser Division of License Renewal |
| To: | Salveter A Northwest Medical Isotopes |
| Drucker D | |
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| NUREG-2209 | |
| Download: ML17146A186 (1) | |
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From:
Moser, Michelle Sent:
Tuesday, May 23, 2017 10:04 AM To:
Amy_Salveter@fws.gov Cc:
Drucker, David; Rikhoff, Jeffrey; EndangeredSpecies Resource
Subject:
Availability of the NRC's Final EIS for the Northwest Medical Isotope Production Facility Ms. Amy Salveter, The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed NUREG-2209, Environmental Impact Statement for the Construction Permit for the Northwest Medical Isotopes Radioisotope Production Facility, Final Report in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended. The final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is available at the following location: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr2209/.
As described in Section 4.5.4 of the EIS, the NRC staff concluded that no threatened, endangered, candidate, or proposed species, or designated critical habitat occur in the action area, and therefore, the proposed action would have no effect on species or habitats protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Although a Federal agency may request written concurrence from the Services for a no effect determination, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is not required to provide its concurrence with a no effect determination. Following this best practice, the NRC staff submitted a copy of the draft EIS to the FWS for its review in a letter dated November 1, 2016. In response, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance stated that the DOI has no comments on the draft EIS. The NRC staff did not identify any information since issuance of the draft EIS that would have changed its no effect finding. Accordingly, the NRC has fulfilled its obligations under ESA section 7 for the review of NWMIs construction permit.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
- Regards, Michelle Moser Michelle Rome Moser Biologist U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Division of License Renewal Phone: 301-415-6509 Email: Michelle.Moser@nrc.gov