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[Docket No. 40–8907; NRC–2019–0026]
United Nuclear Corporation Church
Rock Project
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Draft environmental impact
statement; extension of comment
period.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On November 13, 2020, the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) issued for public comment a draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for United Nuclear Corporation’s (UNC)
license amendment request. The UNC is
requesting authorization to amend its
license (SUA–1475) to excavate
approximately 1 million cubic yards
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(CY) of mine waste from the Northeast
Church Rock Mine Site and dispose of
it at the existing mill site in McKinley
County, New Mexico. The comment
period was originally scheduled to close
on December 28, 2020. The NRC has
decided to extend the public comment
period to allow more time for members
of the public to develop and submit
their comments. The NRC plans to hold
a public meeting in the future to
promote full understanding of the
contemplated action and facilitate
public comment.
The due date of comments
requested in the document published
November 13, 2020 (85 FR 72706) is
extended. Comments should be filed no
later than February 26, 2021. 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.
DATES:
You may submit comments
by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/ and search
for Docket ID NRC–2019–0026. Address
questions about 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: UNCChurchRockEIS.resource@nrc.gov.
• Leave a voicemail at: 888–672–
3425.
For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ashley Waldron, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–7317; email: Ashley.Waldron@
nrc.gov.
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I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2019–
0026 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–2019–0026.
• 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 pdr.resource@
nrc.gov.
• Attention: The PDR, where you may
examine and order copies of public
documents is currently closed. You may
submit your request to the PDR via
email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1–
800–397–4209 between 8:00 a.m. and
4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Project web page: Information
related to the UNC Church Rock project
can be accessed on the NRC’s project
web page at: https://www.nrc.gov/infofinder/decommissioning/uranium/
united-nuclear-corporation-unc-.html.
• Public Libraries: A copy of the draft
EIS can be accessed at the following
public library:
Æ Octavia Fellin Public Library
Gallup, NM 87301
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website (https://
www.regulations.gov). Please include
Docket ID NRC–2019–0026 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.
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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
On November 13, 2020 (85 FR 72706),
the NRC issued for public comment the
draft EIS for UNC license amendment to
excavate approximately 1 million CY of
mine waste from the Northeast Church
Rock Mine Site and dispose of it at the
existing mill site in McKinley County,
New Mexico.
The draft EIS for UNC’s license
amendment 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 to the No-Action
alternative, the NRC staff, in accordance
with the requirements in part 51 of title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
preliminarily recommends the proposed
action, which would authorize UNC to
transfer and dispose Northeast Church
Rock mine waste on top of the UNC
tailings impoundment. This
recommendation is based on (i) the
license application request, which
includes the Environmental Report and
supplemental documents and the
licensee’s responses to the NRC staff’s
requests for additional information; (ii)
consultation with Federal, State, Tribal,
and local agencies and input from other
stakeholders; and (iii) independent NRC
staff review as documented in the
assessments summarized in this EIS.
The public comment period was
originally scheduled to close on
December 28, 2020. The NRC has
decided to extend the public comment
until February 26, 2021 to allow more
time for members of the public to
submit their comments. Comments of
Federal, State, and local agencies,
Indian Tribes or other interested
persons will be made available for
public inspection when received.
Stakeholders should monitor the
NRC’s public meeting website for
information about the public meeting at:
https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/
public-meetings/index.cfm.
Dated: December 17, 2020.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jessie M. Quintero,
Chief, Environmental Review Materials
Branch, Division of Rulemaking,
Environmental, and Financial Support, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards.
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2020 Addendum.
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at its regular January 2020 Council
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as part of the program a document
containing findings on relevant program
amendment recommendations and
responses to comments.
With regard to Part I of the 2020
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further public process, including
hosting eight workshops from January
through April 2020. The discussions at
the workshops addressed technical
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comments received on the draft, as well
as some of the policy issues that had
been identified during the previous
public comment period. Following the
workshops, the Council revised its draft
of Part I of the 2020 Addendum and
released the revised draft for public
review and comment in May 2020.
Public comment of the revised draft of
Part I concluded on June 22, 2020. The
Council received twenty-two sets of
comments on the revised draft of Part I
from state and state supported agencies,
tribes and tribal organizations, one
federal agency, environmental groups,
one customer group, and a few
individuals. The Council also held a
public hearing via webinar and
teleconference on June 15, 2020 that
was advertised in Idaho, Montana,
Washington and Oregon.
The Council then adopted the final
version of Part I of the 2020 Addendum
at its regularly scheduled August 2020
meeting, completing the Council’s work
on the text of the 2020 Addendum. The
Council completed the program
amendment process by adopting, at its
regularly scheduled meeting in October
2020, as part of the program a document
containing findings on program
amendment recommendations and
responses to comments relevant to Part
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Council, the Council knit together into
one final document the pieces of the
2020 Addendum.
The Council decided on final program
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original program amendment
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with the recommendations, comments
offered on the recommendations,
comments submitted on the original
draft program addendum as well as
information and comments received by
the Council during the extended
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Part I and then on the revised draft of
Part I, and other views and information
obtained through public comment and
discussions with state and federal fish
and wildlife agencies, tribes,
Bonneville, other federal agencies,
Bonneville customers, and others.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 40-8907; NRC-2019-0026]
United Nuclear Corporation Church Rock Project
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft environmental impact statement; extension of comment
period.
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SUMMARY: On November 13, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) issued for public comment a draft Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for United Nuclear Corporation's (UNC) license amendment request.
The UNC is requesting authorization to amend its license (SUA-1475) to
excavate approximately 1 million cubic yards
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(CY) of mine waste from the Northeast Church Rock Mine Site and dispose
of it at the existing mill site in McKinley County, New Mexico. The
comment period was originally scheduled to close on December 28, 2020.
The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period to allow more
time for members of the public to develop and submit their comments.
The NRC plans to hold a public meeting in the future to promote full
understanding of the contemplated action and facilitate public comment.
DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published
November 13, 2020 (85 FR 72706) is extended. Comments should be filed
no later than February 26, 2021. 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;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0026. Address
questions about 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].
Leave a voicemail at: 888-672-3425.
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: Ashley Waldron, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7317; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2019-0026 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-2019-0026.
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].
Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of public documents is currently closed. You may submit your request to
the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Project web page: Information related to the UNC Church
Rock project can be accessed on the NRC's project web page at: https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/decommissioning/uranium/united-nuclear-corporation-unc-.html.
Public Libraries: A copy of the draft EIS can be accessed
at the following public library:
[cir] Octavia Fellin Public Library Gallup, NM 87301
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2019-0026 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
On November 13, 2020 (85 FR 72706), the NRC issued for public
comment the draft EIS for UNC license amendment to excavate
approximately 1 million CY of mine waste from the Northeast Church Rock
Mine Site and dispose of it at the existing mill site in McKinley
County, New Mexico.
The draft EIS for UNC's license amendment 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 to the No-Action
alternative, the NRC staff, in accordance with the requirements in part
51 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, preliminarily
recommends the proposed action, which would authorize UNC to transfer
and dispose Northeast Church Rock mine waste on top of the UNC tailings
impoundment. This recommendation is based on (i) the license
application request, which includes the Environmental Report and
supplemental documents and the licensee's responses to the NRC staff's
requests for additional information; (ii) consultation with Federal,
State, Tribal, and local agencies and input from other stakeholders;
and (iii) independent NRC staff review as documented in the assessments
summarized in this EIS.
The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on
December 28, 2020. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment
until February 26, 2021 to allow more time for members of the public to
submit their comments. Comments of Federal, State, and local agencies,
Indian Tribes or other interested persons will be made available for
public inspection when received.
Stakeholders should monitor the NRC's public meeting website for
information about the public meeting at: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/index.cfm.
Dated: December 17, 2020.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jessie M. Quintero,
Chief, Environmental Review Materials Branch, Division of Rulemaking,
Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety, and Safeguards.
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