Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation's Proposed Idaho Spent Fuel Facility; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Samenvatting

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation (FWENC) license application dated November 19, 2001, and docketed on June 27, 2002, (67 FR 43358) for the receipt, transfer, and storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) at it's proposed Idaho Spent Fuel Facility to be located at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) site in Butte County, Idaho. The DEIS discusses the purpose and need for the proposed facility and reasonable alternatives to the proposed action, including the no- action alternative. The DEIS also discusses the environment potentially affected by the proposed facility, presents and compares the potential environmental impacts resulting from the proposed action and its alternatives, and identifies mitigation measures that could eliminate or lessen the potential environmental impacts. The DEIS is being issued as part of the NRC's decision-making process on whether to issue a license to FWENC. Based on the preliminary evaluation in the DEIS, the NRC environmental review staff have con