ML042330512
| ML042330512 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 08/20/2004 |
| From: | Leslie Fields NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | John Tappert NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| Fields L , NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 301-1186 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML042330512 (10) | |
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August 20, 2004 MEMORANDUM TO: John R. Tappert, Section Chief Environmental Section License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:
Leslie C. Fields, Project Manager /RA/
Environmental Section License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
FORTHCOMING MEETING TO DISCUSS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING PROCESS FOR NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (NMP) LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (LRA)
DATE AND TIME:
September 21, 2004 (Two identical sessions)
First session:
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Second session: 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
LOCATION:
Town of Scriba Conference Room 42 Creamery Road Oswego, NY 13126 CATEGORY 3:*
This is a Category 3 meeting. The public is invited to participate in this meeting by providing comments and asking questions throughout the meeting.
PURPOSE:
To discuss the environmental scoping process for the LRA for NMP.
These meetings will provide members of the public with the opportunity to provide comments regarding environmental issues that the NRC should consider during its review of the LRA. This meeting is being conducted as part of the scoping process outlined in 10 CFR Part 51 to support development of an environmental impact statement in support of the LRA. See the attached agenda and Federal Register Notice (69 FR 48900). The license renewal application is available at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html the NRCs web page or in ADAMS (Accession No. ML041490211).
CONTACTS:
Leslie C. Fields, NRR Jennifer A. Davis, NRR 301-415-1186 301-415-3835 LCF@NRC.GOV JXD10@NRC.GOV
- Commissions Policy Statement on "Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings," 67 Federal Register 36920, May 28, 2002
J. Tappert PURPOSE (Cont.):
Both formal sessions will be preceded by an informal open house beginning one hour prior to each session for those who wish to attend.
The open house will provide members of the public with an opportunity to talk informally one-on-one with NRC staff. Members of the public may register to present oral comments at this meeting by contacting Leslie C. Fields, at (800) 368-5642, ext. 1186, or Jennifer Davis at (800) 368-5642, ext. 3835, or by e-mail at NineMilePointEIS@nrc.gov by September 17, 2004. Those who wish to make comments may also register at the meeting within 15 minutes of the start of each session.
Individual oral comments may be limited by the time available, depending on the number of persons who register. Ms. Fields will need to be contacted no later than September 17, 2004, if special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting.
PARTICIPANTS:
NRC Members of the Public Who Register to Speak F. Cameron P.T. Kuo L. Fields Docket Nos.: 50-220 and 50-410 Attachments: 1. Agenda
- 2. Federal Register Notice cc w/attachments: See next page
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J. Tappert DATE 08/19/04 08/19/04 08/19/04 08/20/04 AGENDA FOR PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING PROCESS FOR NINE MILE POINT UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2004 Two Meeting Sessions - 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
I.
Welcome and Purpose of Meeting - 15 minutes (F. Cameron)
II.
Overview of License Renewal Process - 10 minutes (M. Masnik)
III.
Overview of Environmental Review Process - 10 minutes (L. Fields)
IV.
Public Comment - 21/2 hours (as required) (F. Cameron)
V.
Closing/Availability of Transcripts, etc. (F. Cameron)
- The NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to each meeting session. No formal comments on the proposed scope of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meetings (see agenda, above) or in writing, as described in the attached Federal Register Notice.
[Federal Register: August 11, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 154)]
[Notices] [Page 48900-48901]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-220 and 50-410]
Constellation Energy Group; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping Process Constellation Energy Group, Inc., (Constellation) has submitted applications for renewal of Facility Operating Licenses, DPR-63 and NPF-69 for an additional 20 years of operation at the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 (NMP). NMP is located on the southeastern shore of Lake Ontario in the town of Scriba, Oswego County, New York. The operating licenses for NMP, Units 1 and 2, expire on August 22, 2009, and October 31, 2026, respectively. The applications for renewal were received on May 26, 2004, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR). A notice of receipt and availability of the applications, which included the environmental report (ER), was published in the Federal Register on June 8, 2004 (69 FR 32069). A notice of acceptance for docketing of the applications for renewal of the facility operating license was published in the Federal Register on July 21, 2004, (69 FR 43631). The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will be preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) in support of the review of the license renewal applications and to provide the public an opportunity to participate in the environmental scoping process, as defined in 10 CFR 51.29. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, Coordination with the National Environmental Policy Act, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act in meeting the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) and 10 CFR 54.23, Constellation submitted the ER as part of the applications. The ER was prepared pursuant to 10 CFR Part 51 and is available for public inspection at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852, or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, which provides access through the NRCs Electronic Reading Room link. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRCs PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. The applications may also be viewed on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html. In addition, the Penfield Library, located at State University of New York, Oswego, NY 13126, has agreed to make the ER available for public inspection.
This notice advises the public that the NRC intends to gather the information necessary to prepare a plant-specific supplement to the Commissions Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, (NUREG-1437) in support of the review of the applications for renewal of the NMP operating licenses for an additional 20 years.
Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources. The NRC is required by 10 CFR 51.95 to prepare a supplement to the GEIS in connection with the renewal of an operating license. This notice is being published in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and the NRCs regulations found in 10 CFR Part 51.
The NRC will first conduct a scoping process for the supplement to the GEIS and, as soon as practicable thereafter, will prepare a draft supplement to the GEIS for public comment.
Participation in the scoping process by members of the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal government agencies is encouraged. The scoping process for the supplement to the GEIS will be used to accomplish the following:
a.
Define the proposed action which is to be the subject of the supplement to the GEIS.
b.
Determine the scope of the supplement to the GEIS and identify the significant issues to be analyzed in depth.
c.
Identify and eliminate from detailed study those issues that are peripheral or that are not significant.
d.
Identify any environmental assessments and other EISs that are being or will be prepared that are related to, but are not part of the scope of the supplement to the GEIS being considered.
e.
Identify other environmental review and consultation requirements related to the proposed action.
f.
Indicate the relationship between the timing of the preparation of the environmental analyses and the Commissions tentative planning and decision-making schedule.
g.
Identify any cooperating agencies and, as appropriate, allocate assignments for preparation and schedules for completing the supplement to the GEIS to the NRC and any cooperating agencies.
h.
Describe how the supplement to the GEIS will be prepared, and include any contractor assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities to participate in scoping:
a.
The applicant, Constellation Energy Group.
b.
Any Federal agency that has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved, or that is authorized to develop and enforce relevant environmental standards.
c.
Affected State and local government agencies, including those authorized to develop and enforce relevant environmental standards.
d.
Any affected Indian tribe.
e.
Any person who requests or has requested an opportunity to participate in the scoping process.
f.
Any person who has petitioned or intends to petition for leave to intervene.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26, the scoping process for an EIS may include a public scoping meeting to help identify significant issues related to a proposed activity and to determine the scope of issues to be addressed in an EIS. The NRC has decided to hold public meetings for the NMP license renewal supplement to the GEIS. The scoping meetings will be held at the Town of Scriba Conference Room, 42 Creamery Road, Oswego, New York 13126, on Tuesday, September 21, 2004. There will be two sessions to accommodate interested
parties. The first session will convene at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m., as necessary. The second session will convene at 7 p.m. with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting and will continue until 10 p.m., as necessary. Both meetings will be transcribed and will include: (1) An overview by the NRC staff of the NEPA environmental review process, the proposed scope of the supplement to the GEIS, and the proposed review ((Page 48901))
schedule; and (2) the opportunity for interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to submit comments or suggestions on the environmental issues or the proposed scope of the supplement to the GEIS. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session at the Town of Scriba Conference Room. No formal comments on the proposed scope of the supplement to the GEIS will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meetings or in writing, as discussed below. Persons may register to attend or present oral comments at the meetings on the scope of the NEPA review by contacting Ms. Leslie Fields, by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension 1186, or by Internet to the NRC at NineMilePointEIS@nrc.gov no later than September 17, 2004. Members of the public may also register to speak at the meeting within 15 minutes of the start of each session. Individual oral comments may be limited by the time available, depending on the number of persons who register. Members of the public who have not registered may also have an opportunity to speak, if time permits. Public comments will be considered in the scoping process for the supplement to the GEIS. Ms. Fields will need to be contacted no later than September 17, 2004, if special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, so that the NRC staff can determine whether the request can be accommodated.
Members of the public may send written comments on the environmental scope of the NMP license renewal review to: Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, Mailstop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 20555-0001, and should cite the publication date and page number of this Federal Register notice. Comments may also be delivered to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Room T-6D59, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852-2738 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. during Federal workdays. To be considered in the scoping process, written comments should be postmarked by October 11, 2004. Electronic comments may be sent by the Internet to the NRC at NineMilePointEIS@nrc.gov and should be sent no later than October 11, 2004, to be considered in the scoping process. Comments will be available electronically and accessible through ADAMS at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Participation in the scoping process for the supplement to the GEIS does not entitle participants to become parties to the proceeding to which the supplement to the GEIS relates.
Notice of opportunity for a hearing regarding the renewal applications was the subject of the aforementioned Federal Register notice (69 FR 43631). Matters related to participation in any hearing are outside the scope of matters to be discussed at this public meeting.
At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC will prepare a concise summary of the determination and conclusions reached, including the significant issues identified, and will send a copy of the summary to each participant in the scoping process. The summary will also be available for inspection in ADAMS at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The staff will then prepare and issue for comment the draft supplement to the GEIS, which will be the subject of separate notices and separate public meetings. Copies will be available for public inspection at the above-mentioned addresses, and one copy per request will be provided free of
charge. After receipt and consideration of the comments, the NRC will prepare a final supplement to the GEIS, which will also be available for public inspection.
Information about the proposed action, the supplement to the GEIS, and the scoping process may be obtained from Ms. Fields at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of August 2004.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
[FR Doc. 04-18313 Filed 8-9-04; 10:17 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:
Mr. Michael J. Wallace President Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC c/o Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
750 East Pratt Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Mr. Mike Heffley Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Constellation Generation Group 1997 Annapolis Exchange Parkway Suite 500 Annapolis, MD 21401 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. Gordon K. Hunegs, Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 126 Lycoming, NY 13093 The Honorable Kenneth E. Burdick Supervisor Town of Scriba Route 8, Box 382 Oswego, NY 13126 Mr. James R. Evans LIPA P.O. Box 129 Lycoming, NY 10393 Charles Donaldson, Esquire Assistant Attorney General New York Department of Law 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271 Mr. Paul D. Eddy Electric Division NYS Department of Public Service Agency Building 3 Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12223 C. Adrienne Rhodes Chairman and Executive Director State Consumer Protection Board 5 Empire State Plaza, Suite 2101 Albany, NY 12223-1556 Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esquire Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005-3502 Mr. James M. Petro, Jr., Esquire Counsel Constellation Energy Group 750 East Pratt Street, 5th Floor Baltimore, MD 21202 Mr. Peter R. Smith, President New York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority 17 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203-6399 Mr. Peter A. Mazzaferro Site Project Manager - License Renewal Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093 The Honorable Stephen P. Lyman County Administrator 46 East Bridge Street Oswego, NY 13126 The Honorable Russ Johnson Chairman, Oswego County Legislature County Office Building 46 East Bridge Street Oswego, NY 13126
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:
The Honorable John Gosek Mayor of Oswego City Hall 13 West Oneida Street Oswego, NY 13126 Ms. Carla Logan 1005 Brandon Shores Road Baltimore, MD 21226 Ms. Jennifer Hill Chamber of Commerce 156 West Second Street Oswego, NY 13126 Ms. Nancy Bennett Penfield Library State University of New York Oswego, NY 13126 Ms. Cindy Crawley-Orr Scriba Town Clerk Town of Scriba 42 Creamery Road Oswego, NY 13126 Mr. James A. Spina Vice President Nine Mile Point Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093