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Milestone Extension: Endangered Species Act Consultation (DOI-FWS)

Submitted by jennifer.malla… on

NRC’s review of the uranium recovery license application depends on a thorough characterization of baseline hydrologic conditions at the Project site, which includes groundwater testing. NMED requires the Project Sponsor to hold a discharge permit to conduct that testing which is necessary to collect the data needed to submit a complete NRC uranium recovery license application. The Project Sponsor’s initial schedule to prepare its NRC application accounted for the time needed to collect hydrologic data but not for the foregoing state permitting process.

Action
Project Name:
Grants Precision ISR Project
Responsible Agency:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Status:
Planned
POC Name:
Diana Diaz Toro
POC Title:
Environmental Project Manager
POC Email:
Diana.Diaz-Toro@nrc.gov

Milestones:

ESA Consultation Request Package Submitted (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
FWS determines ESA Consultation Package is Complete - Formal (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:


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Milestone
ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Project

PROJECT WEBSITE: Grants Precision ISR

All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.

In Progress

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING STATUS
IN PROGRESS

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ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING
02/27/2029

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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES
COMPLETED

Mining

SECTOR
Mining

Project Category

CATEGORY
Project Category FAST-41 Covered Projects

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

LEAD AGENCY
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Description:

The Grants Precision In-Situ Recovery (Grants ISR) Project proposes to build and operate a uranium extraction and processing facility. This facility will create a new uranium supply from the largest contiguous uranium resource in the United States. The project is entirely on private land in northwestern New Mexico, on approximately 6 square miles of land along the border of Cibola and McKinley counties, approximately 20 miles northeast of Grants New Mexico, near the town of San Mateo.  

This project combines In-Situ Recovery (ISR), a widely used method of uranium extraction, with horizontal wells, a method used in oil and gas extraction. ISR uses wellfields to extract uranium from underground ore deposits without the need for open pits or underground mines. The Grants ISR Project would provide over 30 years of uranium supply.

 

field_status
Approved
System Comments
Furthest out
Original Target Date: 02/11/2028
Milestone: ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action)

Requested extensions greater than 30 days for this Action are shown below:

ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action) extended by 272
From: 02/11/2028
To: 11/09/2028
Missed Date Process
No
Missed Date Triggered by Extension
No
Original Milestone
ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Furthest Original Target Date Milestone
ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action)
Current Target Date: