Holtec International HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Project, 66755-66756 [2022-23847]

Download as PDF khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 213 / Friday, November 4, 2022 / Notices • Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (Department of Health and Human Services) • National Animal Health Monitoring System (Department of Agriculture) The objective of the SAP Portal is to broaden access to confidential data for the purposes of evidence building and reduce the burden of applying for confidential data, which currently involves separate processes with each of the federal statistical agencies and units. The new process will be implemented while maintaining stringent controls to protect confidentiality and privacy, as required by law. The following bullets outline the major components and processes in and around the SAP Portal. • SAP Policy: At the recommendation of the ICSP, the SAP Policy establishes the SAP to be implemented by statistical agencies and units and incorporates directives from the Evidence Act. The SAP Policy was submitted to the public for comment in January 2022 (87 FR 2459). The policy is currently under review and has not yet been finalized. • The SAP Portal: The SAP Portal is an application interface connecting applicants seeking data with a catalog of metadata for data assets owned by the federal statistical agencies and units. The SAP Portal is not a new data repository or warehouse; confidential data assets will continue to be stored in secure data access facilities owned and hosted by the federal statistical agencies and units. The Portal will provide a streamlined application process across agencies, reducing redundancies in the application process. This single SAP Portal will improve the process for applicants, tracking and communicating the application process throughout its lifecycle. This reduces redundancies and burden on applicants who request access to data from multiple agencies. The SAP Portal will automate key tasks to save resources and time and will bring agencies into compliance with the Evidence Act statutory requirements. • Data Discovery: Individuals begin the process of accessing restricted use data by discovering confidential data assets through the SAP metadata catalog, maintained by federal statistical agencies at www.researchdatagov.org. • SAP Portal Application Process: Individuals who have identified and wish to access confidential data assets will be able to apply for access through the SAP Portal when it is released to the public in late 2022. Applicants must create an account and follow all steps to complete the application. Applicants begin by entering their personal, contact, and institutional information, VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:12 Nov 03, 2022 Jkt 259001 as well as the personal, contact, and institutional information of all individuals on their research team. Applicants provide summary information about their proposed project to include project title, duration, funding, and timeline. Other details provided by applicants include the data asset(s) they are requesting and any proposed linkages to data not listed in the SAP metadata catalog, including non-federal data sources. Applicants then enter detailed information regarding their proposed project, including a project abstract, research question(s), • Submission for Review: Agencies approve or reject an application within a prompt timeframe. Agencies may also request applicants to revise and resubmit their application. • Appeals Process: Applicants receiving an adverse determination have the option to submit an appeal for reconsideration by the data-owning agency or agencies. Applicants may also file an appeal for noncompliance with the SAP Policy. • Access to Restricted Use Data: Approved applicants are notified through the SAP Portal that their proposal has been accepted. This concludes the SAP Portal process. Agencies will contact approved applicants to initiate completion of their security documents. The completion and submission of the agency’s security requirements will take place outside of the SAP Portal and is therefore not included in the estimate of burden below. Estimate of Burden: The amount of time to complete an application within the SAP Portal may vary depending on the number of individuals on the application, the topic of the proposal, and the data assets being requested. To request access to NCSES data assets, it is estimated that the average time to complete and submit an application within the SAP Portal is 60 minutes. This estimate includes the time needed to complete the SAP Portal application fields (applicant information and research proposal); it does not include an estimate of the time needed to develop a research proposal itself. The research proposal is developed outside of the SAP Portal and may be written for multiple audiences (e.g., to solicit funding); therefore, it is not included in the estimate of burden for the SAP Portal. The expected number of applications submitted to NCSES in a given year may vary. Overall, NCSES estimates it may receive 20 application submissions within the SAP Portal per year. NCSES estimates that the total burden for the PO 00000 Frm 00117 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 66755 SAP Portal over the course of the threeyear OMB clearance will be about 60 hours and, as a result, an average annual burden of 20 hours. Dated: November 1, 2022. Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation. [FR Doc. 2022–24099 Filed 11–3–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 72–1051; NRC–2018–0052] Holtec International HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Project Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Environmental impact statement, Supplement 1; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Supplement 1 to a final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), NUREG–2237, ‘‘Environmental Impact Statement for the Holtec International’s License Application for a Consolidated Interim Storage Facility for Spent Nuclear Fuel in Lea County, New Mexico.’’ Supplement 1 to NUREG–2237 updates the responses to public comments by adding responses to certain comments that were inadvertently not included in the FEIS. Supplement 1 does not include any changes to impact analysis or determinations. Holtec International (Holtec) has requested a license to construct and operate a consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and Greater-ThanClass C (GTCC) waste, along with a small quantity of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel. The proposed CISF would be located in southeast New Mexico at a site located approximately halfway between the cities of Carlsbad and Hobbs. The proposed action is the issuance of an NRC license authorizing a CISF to store up to 8,680 metric tons of uranium (MTUs) [9,568 short tons] of SNF in 500 canisters for a license period of 40 years. DATES: The FEIS Supplement 1 referenced in this document is available on October 27, 2022. ADDRESSES: 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 document using any of the following methods: SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\04NON1.SGM 04NON1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 66756 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 213 / Friday, November 4, 2022 / Notices • Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2018–0052. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301–415–0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the 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 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. The FEIS is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22299A238. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents, by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. • Project Web page: Information related to the Holtec CISF project can be accessed on the NRC’s project web page at https://www.nrc.gov/waste/spentfuel-storage/cis/holtecinternational.html. Scroll down to the Section ‘‘Environmental Impact Statement—Supplement 1.’’ • Public Libraries: A copy of the FEIS will be made available at the following public libraries: Carlsbad Public Library, 101 S Halaqueno Street, Carlsbad, NM 88220 Roswell Public Library, 301 N Pennsylvania, Roswell, NM 88201 Hobbs Public Library, 509 N Shipp Street, Hobbs, NM 88240 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill S. 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: I. Background In accordance with section 51.118 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) ‘‘Final environmental impact statement— VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:12 Nov 03, 2022 Jkt 259001 notice of availability,’’ the NRC is making available NUREG–2237 Supplement 1, which concerns the NRC’s FEIS for the license application submitted by Holtec to construct and operate a CISF for SNF and GTCC waste, along with a small quantity of MOX fuel, which are collectively referred to in the EIS as SNF and composed primarily of spent uranium-based fuel. The NRC published the FEIS (NUREG– 2237) in the Federal Register on July 22, 2022 (87 FR 43905), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency noticed the availability of the FEIS on July 22, 2022 (87 FR 43848). Supplement 1 to NUREG–2237 updates the responses to public comments by adding responses to certain comments that were inadvertently not included in the FEIS. II. Discussion The NRC issued the FEIS for an application from Holtec requesting a license to authorize construction and operation of a CISF for SNF at a site located halfway between Carlsbad and Hobbs, New Mexico. The proposed CISF project would be built and operated on approximately 421 hectares (ha) [1,040 acres (ac)] of land in Lea County, New Mexico. The storage and operations area, which is a smaller land area within the full property boundary, would include 134 ha [330 ac] of disturbed land. The proposed project area is approximately 51 kilometers (km) [32 miles (mi)] east of Carlsbad, New Mexico, and 54 km [34 mi] west of Hobbs, New Mexico. The proposed action is the issuance of an NRC license authorizing a CISF to store up to 8,680 MTUs [9,568 short tons] in 500 canisters of SNF for a license period of 40 years. After publication of the FEIS, the staff identified that two comment letters, which were submitted to the NRC during the draft EIS comment period, were inadvertently not included in Appendix D to the final EIS. The comment letters were discovered after the publication of the final EIS in July 2022. The Supplement 1 to the final EIS responds to these two comment letters and documents the NRC’s evaluation of each of these comment letters that were not included in the final EIS. While the comments do not provide new and significant information regarding the project or its environmental impacts, the NRC staff is of the opinion that, in view of the circumstances described in this notice, and in accordance with 10 CFR 51.92(c), preparation of Supplement 1 to the final EIS will further the purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended. Supplement 1 does not include any changes to impact PO 00000 Frm 00118 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 analysis or determinations; therefore, the recommendation in the FEIS remains the same. Dated: October 28, 2022. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. John M. Moses, Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards. [FR Doc. 2022–23847 Filed 11–3–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2022–0001] Sunshine Act Meetings Weeks of November 7, 14, 21, 28, December 5, 12, 2022. The schedule for Commission meetings is subject to change on short notice. The NRC Commission Meeting Schedule can be found on the internet at: https:// www.nrc.gov/public-involve/publicmeetings/schedule.html. PLACE: The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities where appropriate. 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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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


Holtec International HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage 
Facility Project

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Environmental impact statement, Supplement 1; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 
Supplement 1 to a final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), NUREG-
2237, ``Environmental Impact Statement for the Holtec International's 
License Application for a Consolidated Interim Storage Facility for 
Spent Nuclear Fuel in Lea County, New Mexico.'' Supplement 1 to NUREG-
2237 updates the responses to public comments by adding responses to 
certain comments that were inadvertently not included in the FEIS. 
Supplement 1 does not include any changes to impact analysis or 
determinations. Holtec International (Holtec) has requested a license 
to construct and operate a consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) 
for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and Greater-Than-Class C (GTCC) waste, 
along with a small quantity of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel. The proposed 
CISF would be located in southeast New Mexico at a site located 
approximately halfway between the cities of Carlsbad and Hobbs. The 
proposed action is the issuance of an NRC license authorizing a CISF to 
store up to 8,680 metric tons of uranium (MTUs) [9,568 short tons] of 
SNF in 500 canisters for a license period of 40 years.

DATES: The FEIS Supplement 1 referenced in this document is available 
on October 27, 2022.

ADDRESSES: 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 document 
using any of the following methods:

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     Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0052. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the 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 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 FEIS is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML22299A238.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make 
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.
     Project Web page: Information related to the Holtec CISF 
project can be accessed on the NRC's project web page at https://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/cis/holtec-international.html. 
Scroll down to the Section ``Environmental Impact Statement--Supplement 
1.''
     Public Libraries: A copy of the FEIS will be made 
available at the following public libraries:

Carlsbad Public Library, 101 S Halaqueno Street, Carlsbad, NM 88220
Roswell Public Library, 301 N Pennsylvania, Roswell, NM 88201
Hobbs Public Library, 509 N Shipp Street, Hobbs, NM 88240

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill S. 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. Background

    In accordance with section 51.118 of title 10 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) ``Final environmental impact statement--
notice of availability,'' the NRC is making available NUREG-2237 
Supplement 1, which concerns the NRC's FEIS for the license application 
submitted by Holtec to construct and operate a CISF for SNF and GTCC 
waste, along with a small quantity of MOX fuel, which are collectively 
referred to in the EIS as SNF and composed primarily of spent uranium-
based fuel. The NRC published the FEIS (NUREG-2237) in the Federal 
Register on July 22, 2022 (87 FR 43905), and the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency noticed the availability of the FEIS on July 22, 2022 
(87 FR 43848). Supplement 1 to NUREG-2237 updates the responses to 
public comments by adding responses to certain comments that were 
inadvertently not included in the FEIS.

II. Discussion

    The NRC issued the FEIS for an application from Holtec requesting a 
license to authorize construction and operation of a CISF for SNF at a 
site located halfway between Carlsbad and Hobbs, New Mexico. The 
proposed CISF project would be built and operated on approximately 421 
hectares (ha) [1,040 acres (ac)] of land in Lea County, New Mexico. The 
storage and operations area, which is a smaller land area within the 
full property boundary, would include 134 ha [330 ac] of disturbed 
land. The proposed project area is approximately 51 kilometers (km) [32 
miles (mi)] east of Carlsbad, New Mexico, and 54 km [34 mi] west of 
Hobbs, New Mexico. The proposed action is the issuance of an NRC 
license authorizing a CISF to store up to 8,680 MTUs [9,568 short tons] 
in 500 canisters of SNF for a license period of 40 years.
    After publication of the FEIS, the staff identified that two 
comment letters, which were submitted to the NRC during the draft EIS 
comment period, were inadvertently not included in Appendix D to the 
final EIS. The comment letters were discovered after the publication of 
the final EIS in July 2022. The Supplement 1 to the final EIS responds 
to these two comment letters and documents the NRC's evaluation of each 
of these comment letters that were not included in the final EIS. While 
the comments do not provide new and significant information regarding 
the project or its environmental impacts, the NRC staff is of the 
opinion that, in view of the circumstances described in this notice, 
and in accordance with 10 CFR 51.92(c), preparation of Supplement 1 to 
the final EIS will further the purposes of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, as amended. Supplement 1 does not include any 
changes to impact analysis or determinations; therefore, the 
recommendation in the FEIS remains the same.

    Dated: October 28, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John M. Moses,
Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial 
Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards.
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