RE: RE: EPA IssueThe issue with the EPA has to do with the Supplemental EIS. The EPA has several concerns in regards to the lack of content in certain areas (groundwater pollution, air pollution, etc...) and has asked that the NRC complete a revised Supplemental EIS, or a Supplemental Supplemental EIS (no, I could not make that up). The real issue is that they want these changes to go back out for public comment -this would add time to the NRC Source Material License timeframe.
It should be noted that the request came from an interim director of EPA Region 8. It appears to be a flexing of EPA muscle into what is essentially a NEPA process that NRC is operating. I have not yet heard how NRC will respond to this request from the EPA.