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the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)
reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@
nrc.gov. The supporting statement and
title of documents Design Information
Questionnaire—IAEA N–71 and
Associated Forms N–72, N–73, N–74,
N–75, N–76, N–77, N–91, N–92, N–93,
N–94 are available in ADAMS under
Accession Nos. ML20010F368;
ML20010F313, ML20010F314,
ML20010F315, ML20010F316,
ML20010F317, ML20010F305,
ML20010F307, ML20010F308,
ML20010F309, ML20010F311, and
ML20010F312.
• 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.
• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of
the collection of information and related
instructions may be obtained without
charge by contacting NRC’s Clearance
Officer, David Cullison, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
2084; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@
NRC.GOV.
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.
10. Abstract: In order for the United
States to fulfill its responsibilities as a
participant in the U.S./International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Safeguards Agreement, the NRC must
collect information from licensees about
their installations and provide it to the
IAEA. Licensees of facilities that appear
on the U.S. eligible list and have been
notified in writing by the NRC are
required to complete and submit a
Design Information Questionnaire, IAEA
Form N–71 (and the appropriate
associated IAEA Form) or Form N–91, to
provide information concerning their
installation for use by the IAEA.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2020–
0027 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure
that the NRC is able to make your
comment submission available to the
public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information in
comment submissions 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,
and the NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
II. Background
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the NRC is requesting
public comment on its intention to
request the OMB’s approval for the
information collection summarized
below.
1. The title of the information
collection: Design Information
Questionnaire—IAEA N–71 and
Associated Forms N–72, N–73, N–74,
N–75, N–76, N–77, N–91, N–92, N–93,
N–94.
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0056.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable:
IAEA Form N–71 (and the appropriate
associated IAEA Form) or Form N–91, to
provide information concerning their
installation for use by the IAEA.
5. How often the collection is required
or requested: 1 time per year.
6. Who will be required or asked to
respond: Licensees of facilities on the
U.S. eligible list who have been notified
in writing by the NRC to submit the
form.
7. The estimated number of annual
responses: 2.0.
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 2.0.
9. The estimated number of hours
needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or
request: 360 reporting hours.
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III. Specific Requests for Comments
The NRC is seeking comments that
address the following questions:
1. Is the proposed collection of
information necessary for the NRC to
properly perform its functions? Does the
information have practical utility?
2. Is the estimate of the burden of the
information collection accurate?
3. Is there a way to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected?
4. How can the burden of the
information collection on respondents
be minimized, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology?
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day
of March 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
Subject: Information Collection:
Submission for the Office of
Management and Budget Review
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing for public
comment a 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 (SNF) and Greater-Than
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Class C (GTCC) waste, along with a
small quantity of mixed oxide fuel. The
proposed CISF would be located in
southeast New Mexico at a site located
approximately halfway between the
cities of Carlsbad and Hobbs, New
Mexico. The proposed action is the
issuance of an NRC license authorizing
the initial phase (Phase 1) of the project
to store up to 8,680 metric tons of
uranium [9,568 short tons] in 500
canisters for a license period of 40 years.
Holtec plans to subsequently request
amendments to the license to store an
additional 500 canisters for each of 19
expansion phases of the proposed CISF
(a total of 20 phases), to be completed
over the course of 20 years, and to
expand the proposed facility to
eventually store up to 10,000 canisters
of SNF.
DATES: The NRC staff will hold public
meetings on the draft EIS. The public
meeting details will be announced in
the near future. The staff will present
the preliminary findings and receive
public comments during transcribed
public meetings.
Members of the public are invited to
submit comments by May 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 Docket IDs to
Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301–287–
9127; email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov.
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, ATTN: Program Management,
Announcements and Editing Staff, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001.
• Email comments to: HoltecCISFEIS@nrc.gov.
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: Jill.Caverly@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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 regarding
this document. You may obtain
publicly-available information related to
this action by 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 publiclyavailable 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 pdr.resource@
nrc.gov.
• 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 Webpage: 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-fuelstorage/cis/holtec-international.html.
• Public Libraries: A copy of the draft
EIS can be accessed at the following
public libraries:
• 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.
Written comments may be submitted
during the draft EIS comment period as
described in the ADDRESSES section of
the 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 https://
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
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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. Discussion
The NRC is issuing for public
comment the draft EIS for Holtec
International’s License Application for a
Consolidated Interim Storage Facility
for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High Level
Waste regarding an application from
Holtec requesting a license to construct
and operate a CISF for SNF and GTCC
waste, along with a small quantity of
mixed-oxide fuel, which are collectively
referred to in the EIS as SNF, and
composed primarily of spent uraniumbased fuel.
The draft EIS for Holtec’s license
application includes the preliminary
analysis that evaluates the
environmental impacts of the proposed
action and alternatives to the proposed
action. After comparing the impacts of
the proposed action (Phase 1) to the NoAction alternative, the NRC staff, in
accordance with the requirements in
part 51 of title 10 of the Codes of
Federal Regulations, recommends the
proposed action (Phase 1), which is the
issuance of an NRC license for 40 years
to Holtec to construct and operate a
CISF for SNF at the proposed location.
In addition, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) staff recommends
the issuance of a permit to construct and
operate the rail spur. This
recommendation is based on (i) the
license application, which includes an
environmental report and supplemental
documents, and Holtec’s responses to
the NRC staff’s requests for additional
information; (ii) consultation with
Federal, State, Tribal, local agencies,
and input from other stakeholders; (iii)
independent NRC and BLM staff review;
and (iv) the assessments provided in the
EIS.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day
of March, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cinthya I. Roman-Cuevas,
Chief, Environmental Review Materials
Branch, Division of Rulemaking,
Environmental, and Financial Support, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards.
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[Docket No. 72-1051; NRC-2018-0052]
Holtec International HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage
Facility Project
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft environmental impact statement; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for
public comment a 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
(SNF) and Greater-Than
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Class C (GTCC) waste, along with a small quantity of mixed oxide fuel.
The proposed CISF would be located in southeast New Mexico at a site
located approximately halfway between the cities of Carlsbad and Hobbs,
New Mexico. The proposed action is the issuance of an NRC license
authorizing the initial phase (Phase 1) of the project to store up to
8,680 metric tons of uranium [9,568 short tons] in 500 canisters for a
license period of 40 years. Holtec plans to subsequently request
amendments to the license to store an additional 500 canisters for each
of 19 expansion phases of the proposed CISF (a total of 20 phases), to
be completed over the course of 20 years, and to expand the proposed
facility to eventually store up to 10,000 canisters of SNF.
DATES: The NRC staff will hold public meetings on the draft EIS. The
public meeting details will be announced in the near future. The staff
will present the preliminary findings and receive public comments
during transcribed public meetings.
Members of the public are invited to submit comments by May 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 Docket IDs 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, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff,
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 regarding this document. You may
obtain publicly-available information related to this action by 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].
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 Webpage: 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 draft EIS can be accessed
at the following public libraries:
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.
Written comments may be submitted during the draft EIS comment period
as described in the ADDRESSES section of the 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 https://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. Discussion
The NRC is issuing for public comment the draft EIS for Holtec
International's License Application for a Consolidated Interim Storage
Facility for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High Level Waste regarding an
application from Holtec requesting a license to construct and operate a
CISF for SNF and GTCC waste, along with a small quantity of mixed-oxide
fuel, which are collectively referred to in the EIS as SNF, and
composed primarily of spent uranium-based fuel.
The draft EIS for Holtec's license application includes the
preliminary analysis that evaluates the environmental impacts of the
proposed action and alternatives to the proposed action. After
comparing the impacts of the proposed action (Phase 1) to the No-Action
alternative, the NRC staff, in accordance with the requirements in part
51 of title 10 of the Codes of Federal Regulations, recommends the
proposed action (Phase 1), which is the issuance of an NRC license for
40 years to Holtec to construct and operate a CISF for SNF at the
proposed location. In addition, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
staff recommends the issuance of a permit to construct and operate the
rail spur. This recommendation is based on (i) the license application,
which includes an environmental report and supplemental documents, and
Holtec's responses to the NRC staff's requests for additional
information; (ii) consultation with Federal, State, Tribal, local
agencies, and input from other stakeholders; (iii) independent NRC and
BLM staff review; and (iv) the assessments provided in the EIS.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of March, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cinthya I. Roman-Cuevas,
Chief, Environmental Review Materials Branch, Division of Rulemaking,
Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety, and Safeguards.
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