[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 95 (Thursday, May 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22858-22859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10072]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-609; NRC-2013-0235]


Construction Permit Application for the Northwest Medical 
Isotopes, LLC, Medical Radioisotope Production Facility

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Environmental impact statement; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a 
final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the construction permit 
application submitted on February 5, 2014, by Northwest Medical 
Isotopes, LLC (NWMI) for the NWMI Medical Radioisotope Production 
Facility, NUREG-2209 (NWMI facility).

DATES: The final EIS for the NWMI Construction Permit is available as 
of May 18, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0235 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0235. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
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individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     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]. The 
final EIS for the NWMI Construction Permit is in ADAMS under Accession 
No. ML17130A862.
     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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Drucker, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6223; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In accordance with Sec.  51.118 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, the NRC is making available the final EIS for the 
Construction Permit Application for the NWMI facility. The draft EIS 
was noticed by the NRC in the Federal Register on November 9, 2016 (81 
FR 78865), and noticed by the Environmental Protection Agency on 
November 10, 2016 (81 FR 79019). The public comment period on the draft 
EIS ended on December 29, 2016, and the comments received are addressed 
in the final EIS. The final EIS is available as indicated in the 
ADDRESSES section of this document.

II. Discussion

    As discussed in Chapter 6 of the final EIS, the NRC determined that 
after weighing the environmental, economic, technical, and other 
benefits against environmental and other costs, and considering 
reasonable alternatives, the NRC staff recommends the issuance of the 
construction permit to NWMI, unless safety issues mandate otherwise. 
This recommendation is based on (1) NWMI's Environmental Report, (2) 
the NRC's consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies, (3) the 
NRC's independent environmental review; and (4) the NRC's consideration 
of public comments.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of May 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jeffery J. Rikhoff,
Acting Chief, Environmental Review and Project Management Branch, 
Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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