[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53115-53116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22810]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-1050; NRC-2016-0231]


Interim Storage Partners LLC's Consolidated Interim Storage 
Facility

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Environmental impact statement; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 4, 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) published in the Federal Register a notice to reopen the scoping 
period on the NRC's Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 
Interim Storage Partners LLC (ISP) proposed consolidated interim 
storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, to be located on the Waste 
Control Specialists LLC (WCS) site in Andrews County, Texas. ISP 
requested on June 8, 2018, that the NRC resume its review, which had 
been suspended on April 18, 2017, and provided a revised license 
application. The NRC is extending the public scoping comment period to 
allow more time for members of the public to develop and submit their 
comments.

DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on 
September 4, 2018 (83 FR 44922), is extended. Comments should be filed 
no later than November 19, 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-2016-0231. 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: You may email scoping comments to the 
Project's email address: [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: James Park, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6954; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0231 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0231.
     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 ``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]. Documents related to WCS' license 
application can be found under NRC Docket Number 72-1050.
     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 ISP 
consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) project can be accessed on 
the NRC's project web page at: https://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/cis/waste-control-specialist.html.

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B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2016-0231 in your comment submission. 
Comments received during this extended scoping period will be 
considered by the NRC in determining the scope of the EIS. Scoping 
comments submitted previously need not be resubmitted during this 
extended scoping period.
    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 will post all comment submissions at 
https://www.regulations.gov/ as well as enter the 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. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    On April 28, 2016, WCS submitted a license application to NRC for a 
proposed CISF for spent nuclear fuel. The NRC accepted the WCS 
application for detailed review on January 26, 2017. On November 14, 
2016 (81 FR 79531), the NRC opened the public scoping period for its 
EIS on the WCS license application. On April 18, 2017, WCS requested 
that NRC temporarily suspend its review. The EIS public scoping comment 
period closed on April 28, 2017.
    On June 8, 2018, ISP (a joint venture between WCS and Orano CIS 
LLC) requested that NRC resume its detailed review and submitted a 
revised CISF license application. On July 19, 2018, ISP provided an 
update to its application. On September 4, 2018 (83 FR 44922), the NRC 
reopened the scoping period for its EIS, with comments to be submitted 
by October 19, 2018.

III. Extending Public Comment Scoping Period

    The NRC is extending the public comment scoping period to November 
19, 2018.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of October, 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian W. Smith,
Acting Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and 
Environmental Review, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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