NRC -- Interim Storage Partners: Extension of Comment Period for Draft Environmental Impact Statement

July 16, 2020
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Email announcement from NRC:

From: WCS_CISFEIS Resource <WCS_CISFEIS.Resource@nrc.gov>
Date: Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 12:27 PM
Subject: Interim Storage Partners: Extension of Comment Period for Draft Environmental Impact Statement

 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is extending the public comment period for the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Interim Storage Partners’ proposed consolidated interim storage facility in Texas for an additional 60 days to allow more time for members of the public to develop and submit their comments. The new deadline for submitting comments is November 3, 2020.  The NRC staff will issue shortly a Federal Register Notice addressing the comment period extension.

 

The NRC staff intends to host a public webinar later this summer to accept verbal comments on the draft EIS and will provide details in a future Federal Register Notice.  Also, it is the NRC staff’s goal to hold in-person public meetings in the vicinity of the proposed site.  As the COVID public health emergency evolves, the NRC staff will continue to evaluate these plans for engaging the public.

 

Members of the public can also continue to provide comments on the draft EIS to the NRC via:

1. e-mail: WCS_CISF_EIS@nrc.gov 
2. https://www.regulations.gov/ (search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0231)
3. 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

Article originally appeared on Beyond Nuclear (https://archive.beyondnuclear.org/).