Urgent! WCS Radioactive Waste Threat Moves Forward...2 NRC meetings [in NM & TX; a 3rd to be held in Rockville, MD]

This action alert comes from Karen Hadden at SEED Coalition in Texas:

Please help spread the word! 

Texas Tribune Story  https://www.texastribune.org/2017/01/27/will-texas-become-final-resting-place-high-level-n/  

Hi Everyone, Federal register postings are online today - look under Nuclear Regulatory Commission for two postings about WCS at this link: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/30

The WCS license application has been deemed complete, starting the clock for people to 

1) submit scoping comments on the environmental review (March 13 deadline) and to request a public hearing and 

2) to intervene in the licensing process to oppose having the nation’s deadliest radioactive waste dumped on Texas and New Mexico (March 31 deadline - with a requirement to set up a digital ID if you want to file documents electronically).

Tom “Smitty” Smith, Former State Rep. Lon Burnam, Kyle Amato and I are heading to West Texas/ NM to work with people who are concerned about this deadly threat to their backyards. The Waste Control Specialists plan unnecessarily poses risks around the state and the country from transport accidents and potential terrorist actions. 

People can speak up at two NRC meetings that are set to seek comments on the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement for Waste Control Specialists' (WCS’) proposed Consolidated Interim Storage Facility. Comments can also be submitted by mail and electronically, with a deadline of March 13, 2017.  Please come to one or both of the meetings if you can: 

February 13, 2017  Lea County Event Center, 5101 N. Lovington Highway, Hobbs, NM  88240 -  6 PM Open House, 7 PM meeting 

February 15, 2017  James Roberts Center 855 TX-176, Andrews TX  79714    6 PM Open House, 7 PM meeting

This is an opportunity to tell the NRC should consider in their Environmental Impact Statement, and sometimes more importantly, what has been left out that should be considered.  You can look at what they have for environmental reviews here:  https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=NRC-2016-0231-0005  

If you read this you’ll be able to think about what they’re missing and what should be considered. 

Again, comments for this scoping process are due March 13th.  Anyone can comment. 

You may want to consider requesting a public hearing and becoming an intervenor. Please be thinking about how this project threatens you and your family and why it poses risks for you. 

More news will be coming… including dates and times of local organizing meetings in the Feb. 8-11th timeframe in West Texas. 

Another way you can help is to donate money toward our organizing and legal expenses. Checks can be sent to SEED Coalition, 605 Carismatic Lane, Austin, TX  78748. 

We are happy to talk to anyone who’d like to donate in other ways or help with grant funding - Karen Hadden, 512-797-8481