83 FR 22714 - Holtec International HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Project

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Docket No. 72-1051; NRC-2018-0052]

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 95 (May 16, 2018)

On March 30, 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published in the Federal Register a notice of its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) and requested public comments on the scope of its environmental review of Holtec International's (Holtec) application for the HI-STORE Combined Interim Storage Facility (CISF). The NRC is announcing two additional local public comment scoping meetings, an extension of the comment period, and an additional method to submit scoping comments by email.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22714-22715]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10418]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Docket No. 72-1051; NRC-2018-0052]


Holtec International HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage 
Facility Project

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Environmental impact statement; public scoping comment 
meetings; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On March 30, 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) published in the Federal Register a notice of its intent to 
prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) and requested public 
comments on the scope of its environmental review of Holtec 
International's (Holtec) application for the HI-STORE Combined Interim 
Storage Facility (CISF). The NRC is announcing two additional local 
public comment scoping meetings, an extension of the comment period, 
and an additional method to submit scoping comments by email.

DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on 
March 30, 2018 (83 FR 13802) is extended. Comments should be filed no 
later than July 30, 2018. Comments received after this date will be 
considered, if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to 
ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0052. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     Mail comments to: May Ma, Office of Administration, Mail 
Stop: TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.
     Email comments to: [email protected].
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Caverly, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7674; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0052 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly-available information related to this action by the following 
methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0052.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected].
     NRC'S PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
     Project web page: Information related to the Holtec HI-
STORE CISF project can be accessed on the NRC's Holtec HI-STORE CISF 
web page at https://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/cis/holtec-international.html.
     Public Libraries: A copy of the application's 
Environmental Report can be accessed at the following public libraries: 
Carlsbad Public Library, 101 S. Halegueno Street, Carlsbad, NM 88220; 
Hobbs Public Library, 509 N. Shipp St., Hobbs, NM 88240; or Roswell 
Public Library, 301 N. Pennsylvania, Roswell, NM 88201.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2018-0052 in your comment submission. 
Written comments may be submitted during the scoping period as 
described in the ADDRESSES section of this document.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov and enters all comment submissions into ADAMS. The 
NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying 
or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission, because the NRC does 
not routinely edit comment submissions before making the comment 
submissions available to the public or entering the comment submissions 
into ADAMS.

II. Meeting Information

    On March 30, 2018 (83 FR 13802), the NRC published in the Federal 
Register a notice of its intent to prepare an EIS on Holtec's proposed 
CISF for spent nuclear fuel and requested public comments on the scope 
of the EIS. The NRC has already held three local public meetings in 
Roswell, New Mexico; Hobbs, New Mexico; and Carlsbad, New Mexico, as 
well as one webinar and a public meeting at NRC headquarters in 
Rockville, Maryland. The NRC is announcing two additional local public 
scoping meetings in Gallup, New Mexico, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. 
The dates and times for the open houses and public meetings are as 
follows:

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              Meeting                         Date                     Time                    Location
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Open House and Public Scoping        May 21, 2018..........  Open House 5:00 p.m.-    Gallup, New Mexico.
 Meeting.                                                     6:00 p.m.; Public        Address: Gallup Downtown
                                                              Meeting 6:00 p.m.-9:00   Conference Center, 204 W
                                                              p.m. (MDT).              Coal Ave., Gallup, NM
                                                                                       87301.
Open House and Public Scoping        May 22, 2018..........  Open House 5:00 p.m.-    Albuquerque, New Mexico.
 Meeting.                                                     6:00 p.m.; Public        Address: Crown Plaza,
                                                              Meeting 6:00 p.m.-9:00   1901 University Blvd.,
                                                              p.m. (MT).               Albuquerque, NM 87102.
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    Persons interested in attending these meetings should check the 
NRC's Public Meeting Schedule web page at https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg 
for additional information and agendas for the meetings.

III. Extending Public Comment Scoping Period

    The NRC is extending the public comment scoping period for an 
additional 60 days, to July 30, 2018.

IV. Submitting Comments

    Members of the public have requested the ability to submit their 
scoping comments to an NRC email address, in addition to the methods 
previously offered through the mail and through the Federal Rulemaking 
website. Accordingly, the NRC will now also accept comments submitted 
by email to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of May, 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Craig G. Erlanger,
Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and Environmental 
Review, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2018-10418 Filed 5-15-18; 8:45 am]
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