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0930; email: Diana.Diaz-Toro@nrc.gov 

or Jean Trefethen, telephone: 301–415– 

0867; email: Jean.Trefethen@nrc.gov. 

Both are staff of the Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, 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–2015– 

0039 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–2015–0039. 

• 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 draft EIS can be found in 

ADAMS under Accession No. 

ML21209A213. 

• 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 or 301–415–4737, 

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

• Project Website: Information related 

to the WEC project can be accessed on 

the NRC’s WEC website at https://

www.nrc.gov/info-finder/fc/ 

westinghouse-fuel-fab-fac-sc-lc.html. 

Under the section titled ‘‘Operating,’’ 

scroll down to ‘‘Key Documents’’ and 

click on Draft EIS, NUREG–2248, Draft 

Report for Comment. 

• Public Libraries: A copy of the NRC 

staff’s draft EIS will be made accessible 

at the following public libraries (library 

access and hours are determined by 

local policy): 

• Richland Public Library—Main: 

1431 Assembly St., Columbia, SC 29201; 

• Richland Public Library—Lower 

Richland: 9019 Garners Ferry Road, 

Hopkins, SC 29061; and 

• Richland Public Library—Eastover: 

608 Main Street, Eastover, SC 29044. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2015– 

0039. 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. Meeting Information 

The NRC is announcing that staff will 

hold a virtual public meeting as an 

online webinar and teleconference to 

receive comments on the draft EIS. 

Video of the staff’s presentation will be 

accessible online at the webinar address 

and audio will only be accessible 

through the telephone line. The 

telephone line will also be used for the 

public to submit oral comments. A court 

reporter will be recording all comments 

received during the webinar and the 

transcript of the meeting will be made 

publicly available. The date and time for 

the public webinar is as follows: 

Meeting Date Time Webinar information 

Virtual Public Meeting ............ August 26, 2021 .................... 6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. (ET) ...... Webinar Access (Video): 

Event address: https://usnrc.webex.com. 

Event number: 199 891 1794. 

Event password: WESTDEIS. 

Telephone Access (Audio): 

Phone number: 1–800–369–3311. 

Passcode: 5558821. 

Persons interested in attending this 

meeting should check the NRC’s Public 

Meeting Schedule web page at https:// 

www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg for additional 

information, agenda for the meeting, 

and access information for the webinar 

and telephone line. 

III. Discussion 

The NRC is issuing for public 

comment the draft EIS for WEC’s license 

renewal application, which includes the 

NRC staff’s analysis that evaluates the 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

action and alternatives to the proposed 

action. Based on the NRC staff’s (i) 

review of the license renewal 

application request, which includes the 

environmental report, supplemental 

documents, and the licensee’s responses 

to the NRC staff’s requests for additional 

information; (ii) consultation with 

Federal, State, and Tribal agencies and 

input from other stakeholders; and (iii) 

independent review as documented in 

the assessments summarized in the draft 

EIS, the NRC staff has concluded that 

the proposed action would result in 

small impacts on all resource areas 

except for groundwater resources for 

which the impacts would be small to 

moderate. 

Dated: July 30, 2021. 

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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ACTION: Environmental impact 

statement; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing its final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

for Interim Storage Partners’ (ISP’s) 

license application 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 on an 

approximately 130-hectare (320-acre) 

site, within the approximately 5,666- 

hectare (14,000-acre) Waste Control 

Specialists (WCS) site in Andrews 

County, Texas. The proposed action is 

the issuance of an NRC license 

authorizing a CISF to store up to 5,000 

metric tons of uranium (MTUs) [5,500 

short tons] of SNF for a license period 

of 40 years. 

DATES: The FEIS referenced in this 

document is available on August 6, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2016–0231 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: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2016–0231. 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. 

ML21209A955. 

• Project Webpage: Information 

related to the ISP CISF project can be 

accessed on the NRC’s project web page 

at https://www.nrc.gov/waste/spentfuel-storage/cis/waste-controlspecialist.html. 

• Public Libraries: A copy of the FEIS 

will be made available at the following 

public libraries: 

Andrews County Library, 109 NM 1st 

Street, Andrews, 

TX 79714. 

Gaines County Library, 704 Hobbs 

Hwy, Seminole, TX 

79360. 

Hobbs Public Library, 

509 N Shipp Street, 

Hobbs, NM 88240. 

Winkler County Library, 307 S Poplar 

Street, Kermit, TX 

79745. 

Eunice Public Library, 

1003 Ave. N, Eunice, NM 88231. 

Yoakum County Library, 205 W 4th 

Street, Denver City, 

TX 7932. 

• 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 or 301–415–4737, 

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James R. Park, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: 

301–415–6954, email: James.Park@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In accordance with section 51.118 of 

title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC is 

making available the FEIS for the 

license application submitted by ISP 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 draft EIS in the Federal Register on 

May 8, 2020 (85 FR 27447), and the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

noticed the availability of the draft EIS 

on May 8, 2020 (85 FR 27412). The 

public comment period on the draft EIS 

ended on November 3, 2020, and the 

comments received are addressed in the 

FEIS. The FEIS is available as indicated 

in the ADDRESSES section of this 

document. 

II. Discussion 

The NRC is issuing the FEIS for an 

application from ISP requesting a 

license to authorize construction and 

operation of a CISF for SNF at the WCS 

site in Andrews County, Texas. ISP’s 

proposed location for its CISF is on an 

approximately 130-hectare (320-acre) 

site, within the approximately 5,666- 

hectare (14,000-acre) WCS site in 

Andrews County, Texas. The proposed 

action is the issuance of an NRC license 

authorizing a CISF to store up to 5,000 

MTUs [5,500 short tons] of SNF for a 

license period of 40 years. 

The FEIS is being issued as part of the 

NRC’s process to decide whether to 

issue a license to ISP pursuant to 10 

CFR part 72. In this FEIS, the NRC staff 

has assessed the potential 

environmental impacts to construct and 

operate the proposed CISF. The NRC 

staff assessed the impacts of the 

proposed action and the No-Action 

alternative on land use; transportation; 

geology and soils; water resources; 

ecological resources; air quality; noise; 

historical and cultural resources; visual 

and scenic resources; socioeconomics; 

environmental justice, public and 

occupational health, and waste 

management. Additionally, the FEIS 

analyzes and compares the benefits and 

costs of the proposed action and the NoAction alternative. In preparing this 

FEIS, the NRC staff also considered, 

evaluated, and addressed the public 

comments received on the draft EIS. 

Appendix D of the FEIS summarizes the 

public comments received and the 

NRC’s responses. 

After comparing the impacts of the 

proposed action to those of the NoAction alternative, the NRC staff, in 

accordance with the requirements in 

part 51 of 10 CFR, recommends the 

proposed action, subject to the 

determinations in the staff’s safety 

review of the application. This 

recommendation is based on (i) the ISP 

license application, which includes an 

environmental report and supplemental 

documents, and ISP’s responses to the 

NRC staff’s requests for additional 

information; (ii) the NRC staff’s 

consultation with Federal, State, tribal, 

local agencies, and input from other 

stakeholders, including members of the 

public; (iii) the NRC staff’s independent 

review; and (iv) the NRC staff’s 

assessments provided in the FEIS. 

Dated: July 29, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

John R. Tappert, 

Director, Division of Rulemaking, 

Environmental, and Financial Support, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. 

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