A minerals company that had its objections to a proposed interim storage facility tossed last month by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is again asking the agency to reconsider, according to a new filing this week.
In their Tuesday appeal, Fasken Land and Minerals, Ltd. argued that the NRC had unfairly denied an objection to Interim Storage Partners’ (ISP) proposed consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) in a Jan. 29 order. The company’s objection “challenges new and materially different” aspects of the facility’s federal licensing process and should be reconsidered by the commission, the appeal said.
The January commission order finished off the last of three joint objections lodged by Fasken, alongside Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners, in January, February and July of last year. The agency rejected the first two in December, but referred the July contention to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, which tossed it soon after.
Meanwhile, the NRC is working on an environmental impact statement for ISP’s proposed storage site, located in Andrews County, Texas. The agency has said this process will take until this summer to complete.
