[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 119 (Friday, June 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37113-37114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13290]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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


Holtec International HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage 
Facility Project; Correction

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft environmental impact statement; public meeting; request 
for comments; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a 
notice that was published in the Federal Register on June 12, 2020, 
regarding the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Holtec 
International's (Holtec's) application to construct and operate a 
consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for spent nuclear fuel and 
Greater-Than Class C waste, along with a small quantity of mixed oxide 
fuel in Lea County, New Mexico. This action is necessary to include 
information for the public on how to submit comments to the NRC and to 
correct the ADAMS Accession Number for the draft EIS.

DATES: The NRC staff will hold a webinar on June 23, 2020. The staff 
will present the findings of the draft report and will receive public 
comments during transcribed public meeting. Members of the public are 
invited to submit comments by July 22, 2020. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC 
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received before this 
date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0052. Address 
questions about NRC dockets IDs in Regulations.gov 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: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
     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, telephone: 301-415-7674, email: 
[email protected], U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 
20555-0001.

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 any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://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 https://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]. The draft EIS is available in

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ADAMS under Accession No. ML20069G420.
     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. Scroll down to EIS, Draft Report for Comment.
     Public Libraries: A copy of the staff's draft EIS can be 
accessed at the following public libraries (library access and hours 
are determined by local policy):
     Carlsbad Public Library, 101 S Halagueno Street, Carlsbad, 
NM 88220.
     Hobbs Public Library, 509 N Shipp St., Hobbs, NM 88240.
     Roswell Public Library, 301 N Pennsylvania, Roswell, NM 
88201.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2018-0052 in your comment submission.
    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. Background

    The NRC issued a notice announcing a public meeting and request for 
comments on June 12, 2020 (85 FR 35956). The NRC is correcting the 
notice to include information on how the public may submit comments on 
the draft EIS for Holtec's application to construct and operate a CISF 
for spent nuclear fuel and Greater-Than Class C waste, along with a 
small quantity of mixed oxide fuel in Lea County, New Mexico. The NRC 
is also correcting the ADAMS Accession Number for the draft EIS. The 
draft EIS is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20069G420.

III. Public Meeting

    Comments will be accepted during the webinar on June 23, 2020, and 
through the methods listed under the ADDRESSES section of this 
document.
    The webinar will be held online and will offer a telephone line for 
members of the public to submit comments. A court reporter will be 
recording all comments received during the webinar. The dates and times 
for the public webinar are as follow:

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             Date                      Time               Location
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6/23/2020.....................  5:00 p.m. to 9:00  Webinar Information:
                                 p.m. (EDT).        https://
                                3:00 p.m. to 7:00   usnrc.webex.com,
                                 p.m. (MDT).        Event Number: 199
                                                    800 0026, Password:
                                                    HOLTEC, Telephone
                                                    Bridge Line: 1-888-
                                                    454-7496,
                                                    Participant
                                                    Passcode: 5790355.
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    Persons interested in attending this meeting should monitor the 
NRC's Public Meeting Schedule web page at https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg 
for additional information, agenda for the meeting, information on how 
to provide verbal comments, and access information for the meeting. 
Participants should register in advance of the meeting by visiting the 
website page (https://usnrc.webex.com) and using the event number 
provided above. A confirmation email will be generated providing 
additional details and a link to the meeting. Those wishing to make 
verbal comments at the meeting should follow instructions listed at the 
NRC's Public Meeting Schedule.

    Dated: June 16, 2020.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Diana B. Diaz Toro,
Acting Chief, Environmental Review Materials Branch, Division of 
Rulemaking, Environmental and Financial Review, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2020-13290 Filed 6-18-20; 8:45 am]
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