83_FR_22809 83 FR 22714 - Holtec International HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Project

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)

Page Range22714-22715
FR Document2018-10418

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 Issue 95 (Wednesday, May 16, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
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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.
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                                                   Individuals requesting specific                      ADDRESSES:   You may submit comments                  project can be accessed on the NRC’s
                                                accommodations should contact                           by any of the following methods:                      Holtec HI–STORE CISF web page at
                                                Rochelle McCallister at (202) 314–6305                    • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to                 https://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-
                                                or by email at Rochelle.McCallister@                    http://www.regulations.gov and search                 storage/cis/holtec-international.html.
                                                ntsb.gov by Wednesday, May 16, 2018.                    for Docket ID NRC–2018–0052. Address
                                                                                                                                                                 • Public Libraries: A copy of the
                                                   The public may view the meeting via                  questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer
                                                                                                                                                              application’s Environmental Report can
                                                a live or archived webcast by accessing                 Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127;
                                                a link under ‘‘News & Events’’ on the                   email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For                   be accessed at the following public
                                                NTSB home page at www.ntsb.gov.                         technical questions, contact the                      libraries: Carlsbad Public Library, 101 S.
                                                   Schedule updates, including weather-                 individual listed in the FOR FURTHER                  Halegueno Street, Carlsbad, NM 88220;
                                                related cancellations, are also available               INFORMATION CONTACT section of this                   Hobbs Public Library, 509 N. Shipp St.,
                                                at www.ntsb.gov.                                        document.                                             Hobbs, NM 88240; or Roswell Public
                                                CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:                      • Mail comments to: May Ma, Office                  Library, 301 N. Pennsylvania, Roswell,
                                                Candi Bing at (202) 314–6403 or by                      of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7–                 NM 88201.
                                                email at bingc@ntsb.gov.                                A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                         B. Submitting Comments
                                                   For Media Information Contact: Keith                 Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
                                                Holloway at (202) 314–6100 or by email                  0001.                                                   Please include Docket ID NRC–2018–
                                                at keith.holloway@ntsb.gov.                               • Email comments to: Holtec-                        0052 in your comment submission.
                                                                                                        CISFEIS@nrc.gov.                                      Written comments may be submitted
                                                  Monday, May 14, 2018.
                                                                                                          For additional direction on obtaining               during the scoping period as described
                                                LaSean McCray,                                          information and submitting comments,
                                                Assistant Federal Register Liaison Officer.                                                                   in the ADDRESSES section of this
                                                                                                        see ‘‘Obtaining Information and                       document.
                                                [FR Doc. 2018–10537 Filed 5–14–18; 11:15 am]            Submitting Comments’’ in the
                                                BILLING CODE 7533–01–P                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of                    The NRC cautions you not to include
                                                                                                        this document.                                        identifying or contact information that
                                                                                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill                 you do not want to be publicly
                                                NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                      Caverly, Office of Nuclear Material                   disclosed in your comment submission.
                                                COMMISSION                                              Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear                   The NRC posts all comment
                                                                                                        Regulatory Commission, Washington DC                  submissions at http://
                                                Docket No. 72–1051; NRC–2018–0052]                      20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–7674;                  www.regulations.gov and enters all
                                                                                                        email: Jill.Caverly@nrc.gov.                          comment submissions into ADAMS.
                                                Holtec International HI–STORE                                                                                 The NRC does not routinely edit
                                                Consolidated Interim Storage Facility                   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                                                                              comment submissions to remove
                                                Project                                                 I. Obtaining Information and                          identifying or contact information.
                                                AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory                             Submitting Comments
                                                                                                                                                                If you are requesting or aggregating
                                                Commission.                                             A. Obtaining Information                              comments from other persons for
                                                ACTION: Environmental impact                               Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018–                submission to the NRC, then you should
                                                statement; public scoping comment                       0052 when contacting the NRC about                    inform those persons not to include
                                                meetings; extension of comment period.                  the availability of information for this              identifying or contact information that
                                                SUMMARY:   On March 30, 2018, the U.S.                  action. You may obtain publicly-                      they do not want to be publicly
                                                Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)                     available information related to this                 disclosed in their comment submission,
                                                published in the Federal Register a                     action by the following methods:                      because the NRC does not routinely edit
                                                                                                           • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to                comment submissions before making
                                                notice of its intent to prepare an
                                                                                                        http://www.regulations.gov and search                 the comment submissions available to
                                                environmental impact statement (EIS)
                                                                                                        for Docket ID NRC–2018–0052.                          the public or entering the comment
                                                and requested public comments on the                       • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
                                                scope of its environmental review of                                                                          submissions into ADAMS.
                                                                                                        Access and Management System
                                                Holtec International’s (Holtec)                         (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-                     II. Meeting Information
                                                application for the HI–STORE                            available documents online in the
                                                Combined Interim Storage Facility                       ADAMS Public Documents collection at                    On March 30, 2018 (83 FR 13802), the
                                                (CISF). The NRC is announcing two                       http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/                        NRC published in the Federal Register
                                                additional local public comment                         adams.html. To begin the search, select               a notice of its intent to prepare an EIS
                                                scoping meetings, an extension of the                   ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then                   on Holtec’s proposed CISF for spent
                                                comment period, and an additional                       select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS                        nuclear fuel and requested public
                                                method to submit scoping comments by                    Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,                    comments on the scope of the EIS. The
                                                email.                                                  please contact the NRC’s Public                       NRC has already held three local public
                                                DATES: The due date of comments                         Document Room (PDR) reference staff at                meetings in Roswell, New Mexico;
                                                requested in the document published on                  1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by                   Hobbs, New Mexico; and Carlsbad, New
                                                March 30, 2018 (83 FR 13802) is                         email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.                        Mexico, as well as one webinar and a
                                                extended. Comments should be filed no                      • NRC’S PDR: You may examine and                   public meeting at NRC headquarters in
                                                later than July 30, 2018. Comments                      purchase copies of public documents at                Rockville, Maryland. The NRC is
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                                                received after this date will be                        the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One                       announcing two additional local public
                                                considered, if it is practical to do so, but            White Flint North, 11555 Rockville                    scoping meetings in Gallup, New
                                                the Commission is able to ensure                        Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.                      Mexico, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
                                                consideration only for comments                            • Project web page: Information                    The dates and times for the open houses
                                                received on or before this date.                        related to the Holtec HI–STORE CISF                   and public meetings are as follows:




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                                                                   Meeting                                    Date                           Time                                      Location

                                                Open House and Public Scoping Meeting               May 21, 2018 ..........   Open House 5:00 p.m.–6:00            Gallup, New Mexico. Address: Gallup
                                                                                                                               p.m.; Public Meeting 6:00             Downtown Conference Center, 204 W
                                                                                                                               p.m.–9:00 p.m. (MDT).                 Coal Ave., Gallup, NM 87301.
                                                Open House and Public Scoping Meeting               May 22, 2018 ..........   Open House 5:00 p.m.–6:00            Albuquerque, New Mexico. Address:
                                                                                                                               p.m.; Public Meeting 6:00             Crown Plaza, 1901 University Blvd.,
                                                                                                                               p.m.–9:00 p.m. (MT).                  Albuquerque, NM 87102.



                                                  Persons interested in attending these                 Privacy Act Officer. Virginia Burke can                 This notice is issued in Washington, DC on
                                                meetings should check the NRC’s Public                  be contacted by telephone at 202–692–                 May 3, 2018.
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                                                information and agendas for the                         and not in attachments.                               [FR Doc. 2018–09879 Filed 5–15–18; 8:45 am]
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                                                Accordingly, the NRC will now also                                                                            modifications.
                                                                                                        collection of information:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionEnvironmental impact statement; public scoping comment meetings; extension of comment period.
DatesThe 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.
ContactJill Caverly, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7674; email: [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 22714 

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