ML13282A585

Submittal of Sensitive Documents for the Environmental Review of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application - Env 2.A

ML13282A585
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	09/20/2013
From:	James Shea Tennessee Valley Authority
To:	David Drucker Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Shared Package
ML13282A593	List: ML13282A585
References
TAC MF0057, TAC MF0058
Download: ML13282A585 (3)

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THE CD ENCLOSED IN THIS LETTER CONTAINS SENSITIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL-RELATED FILES AND MUST BE PROTECTED ACCORDINGLY.

UPON SEPARATION OF THE CD, THIS LETTER IS DECONTROLLED.

Tennessee Valley Authority, 1101 Market Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402 September,20, 2013 10 CFR Part 51 ATTN: David Drucker, SQN Environmental LR Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: 011-F1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 NRC Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

Subject:

Sensitive Documents for the Environmental Review of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units I and 2, License Renewal Application - Env 2.A (TAC Nos. MF0057 and MF0058)

References:

1. TVA Letter to NRC, "Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 License Renewal," dated January 7, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13024A004)

2. TVA Letter to NRC, "Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Regarding the Environmental Review of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application," dated July 23, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13206A385)

By letter dated January 7, 2013 (Reference 1), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) submitted an application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to renew the operating license for the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. The request would extend the license for an additional 20 years beyond the current expiration date.

By letter dated July 23, 2013 (Reference 2), TVA replied to an NRC request for additional information which included an Environmental Reference List of documents that were placed on the Certrec site to facilitate NRC staff review. In an email to TVA on September 6, 2013, Mr. David Drucker, the NRC Environmental Project Manager, requested that specific sensitive archaeological documents be docketed. The enclosure of this letter contains a Compact Disc (CD) with the requested documents.

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THE CD ENCLOSED IN THIS LE1TER CONTAINS SENSITIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL-RELATED FILES AND MUST BE PROTECTED ACCORDINGLY.

UPON SEPARATION OF THE CD, THIS LETTER IS DECONTROLLED.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 2 September 20, 2013 Under the National Historic Preservation Act and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, federal agencies are required to withhold from public disclosure information regarding the nature and location of historic resources if such disclosure creates a risk of harm to those resources.

Disclosure of the information in this. letter relating to the nature and location of archaeological sites could result in harm to these historic resources due to vandalism and looting. For the same reason, the locations where protected or endangered species and plants are found shall be withheld from public disclosure. Accordingly, TVA requests that the CD in the enclosure of this letter be withheld from publicly disclosure.

There are no new regulatory commitments contained in this submittal.

Consistent with the standards set forth in 10 CFR 50.92(c), TVA has determined that the additional information, as provided in this letter, does not affect the no significant hazards considerations associated with the proposed application previously provided in Reference 1.

Please address any questions regarding this submittal to Henry Lee at (423) 843-4104.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on this 20th day of September 2013.

Resp

tfully, J.W. hea VieedendtNuclear Licensing

Enclosure:

Sensitive Archaeological and Environmental Documents CD - Env 2.A cc (Enclosure):

NRC Regional Administrator-Region II NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Document Control Desk (To D. Drucker for delivery)

THE CD ENCLOSED IN THIS LETTER CONTAINS SENSITIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL-RELATED FILES AND MUST BE PROTECTED ACCORDINGLY.

UPON SEPARATION OF THE CD, THIS LETTER IS DECONTROLLED.

ENCLOSURE Tennessee Valley Authority Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units I and 2 License Renewal Sensitive Archaeological and Environmental Documents CD - Env 2.A Note:

1. The files listed below and contained on the CD are sensitive archaeological information. The cover letter and the below list are not sensitive archaeological information.

2. The numbers provided in front of the documents listed below refer to the specific questions in the request for additional information (RAI), dated June 7, 2013, from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the Tennessee Valley Authority (ADAMS No. ML13136A358).

The CD contains the following SENSITIVE documents:

Cultural Resources: Site 40HA22 related documents

1.

3.a.iii.1 SQN Survey final report, revised on 09 05 13.pdf

2.

3.a.iii.2 40HA22_SHPO letter 09 06 13.pdf

3.

3.a.iii.3 40HA22_TN Div of Archaeology receipt.pdf

4.

3.a.iii.4 40HA22_Tribal letters 09 11 13.pdf

5.

3.a.iii.5 Map 1.jpg original location of Site 40HA22, prior to September, 2013

6.

3.a.iii.6 Map 2.jpg revised location of Site 40HA22, September, 2013

7.

3.a.iii.7 Revision to Cultural Resources Correspondence Protected Species and Habitats:

1.

4.c TVA Regional Natural Heritage database Element Occurrence Report, April 10, 2013, 176p [Environmentally Sensitive]

2.

4.c TVA Regional Natural Heritage database Element Occurrence Report, Explanation

3.

4.g.iv Third Rock (Third Rock Consultants, LLC). 2010a. Mollusk Survey (ML- *35 Atl~i

4.

4.g.v Third Rock. 2010b. Draft Report: Mollusk and Habitat Survey

5.

4.g.vii TVA 1979. Recent Mollusk Investigations on the Tennessee River Terrestrial Ecology:

1.

5.a.i. Record of Terrestrial Zoology Resources and Active Nests Identified March 27, 2013 Within 6 Miles of SQN; aerial and topographical views