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Request for Comments Concerning the Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application Review - Multiple Tribal Letters (14)
	ML073040557
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	11/09/2007
From:	Rani Franovich; NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR
To:	Chicks R, Cline R, Danforth G, Halbritter R, Henry L, Hill R, Holton K, John M, Nuckolls L, Powles I, Ransom J, Sparkman R, Spicer P, Wallace G; Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Delaware Nation, Delaware Trust Board, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Oneida Indian Nation of New York, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin Tribe, Onondaga Nation, Seneca Nation of Indians, Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, Shawnee Tribe, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, Stockbridge Munsee Community of Wisconsin, Tonawanda Seneca Nation, Tuscarora Nation
	Sayoc, Manny, NRR/DLR/RLRB 415-1924
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November 9, 2007 Chairman Robert Chicks Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin Route 1, P.O. Box 70 Bowler, WI 54416

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chairman Chicks:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin. As described below, the NRCs process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.

Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating licenses for BVPS will expire on January 29, 2016, and May 27, 2027, respectively. FirstEnergy submitted its application for renewal of the BVPS operating licenses in a letter dated August 27, 2007.

The NRC is gathering information for a BVPS site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437.

The supplement will contain the results of the review of the environmental impacts on the area surrounding the BVPS site related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. Provided for your information is the BVPS Site Layout (Enclosure 1) and Transmission Line Map (Enclosure 2).

To accommodate interested members of the public, the NRC will hold two identical public meetings covering the license renewal review process and NEPA scoping for the BVPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS on November 27, 2007, located at the Embassy Suites, Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, PA 15108. 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 7:00 p.m.,

with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session.

The license renewal application (LRA) and the GEIS are publicly available at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, or from the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). The ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. The accession number for the LRA is ML072430913. 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 by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov.

The BVPS LRA is also available on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/bvalley.html. In addition, the Beaver Area Memorial Library, located at 100 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009-2704, and the Beaver County Library System, located at 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, have agreed to make the LRA available for public inspection.

Please submit any comments that the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin may have to offer on the scope of the environmental review by December 17, 2007.

Written comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.

The staff expects to publish the draft supplement to the GEIS in September 2008. The NRC will hold another set of public meetings in the site vicinity to solicit comments on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for BVPS is planned for May 2009.

If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Kent Howard, Safety/Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at KJH1@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA Bo Pham for/

Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412

Enclosures:

1. Site Layout

2. Transmission Line Map cc w/encls: See next page

ML073040557 OFFICE:

LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB2 PM:DLR:RPB2 BC:DLR:RPB2 NAME:

IKing ESayoc KHoward (BPham for)

RFranovich (BPham for)

DATE:

11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07

Site Layout ENCLOSURE 1

Transmission Line Map ENCLOSURE 2

Letter to R. Chicks From R. Franovich Dated November 9, 2007 DISTRIBUTION:

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW HARD COPY DLR RF E-MAIL:

PUBLIC SSmith (srs3)

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Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149 Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Director, Utilities Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr.

Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803

Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Julie Firestone FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Sherry White Cultural Preservation Officer Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin Route 1, P.O. Box 70 Bowler, WI 54416 Greg Bunker Director Environmental/NEPA Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin Route 1, P.O. Box 70 Bowler, WI 54416

November 9, 2007 Mr. Irving Powles Jr.

Onondaga Nation Rd 11a Box 245 Nedrow, NY 13120

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Mr. Powles Jr.:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Onondaga Nation. As described below, the NRCs process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the Onondaga Nation to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.

Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating licenses for BVPS will expire on January 29, 2016, and May 27, 2027, respectively. FirstEnergy submitted its application for renewal of the BVPS operating licenses in a letter dated August 27, 2007.

The NRC is gathering information for a BVPS site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437.

The supplement will contain the results of the review of the environmental impacts on the area surrounding the BVPS site related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. Provided for your information is the BVPS Site Layout (Enclosure 1) and Transmission Line Map (Enclosure 2).

To accommodate interested members of the public, the NRC will hold two identical public meetings covering the license renewal review process and NEPA scoping for the BVPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS on November 27, 2007, located at the Embassy Suites, Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, PA 15108. 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 7:00 p.m.,

with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session.

I. Powles Jr.

The license renewal application (LRA) and the GEIS are publicly available at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, or from the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). The ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. The accession number for the LRA is ML072430913. 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 by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov.

The BVPS LRA is also available on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/bvalley.html. In addition, the Beaver Area Memorial Library, located at 100 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009-2704, and the Beaver County Library System, located at 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, have agreed to make the LRA available for public inspection.

Please submit any comments that the Onondaga Nation may have to offer on the scope of the environmental review by December 17, 2007. Written comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.

The staff expects to publish the draft supplement to the GEIS in September 2008. The NRC will hold another set of public meetings in the site vicinity to solicit comments on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for BVPS is planned for May 2009.

I. Powles Jr.

If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Kent Howard, Safety/Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at KJH1@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA Bo Pham for/

Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412

Enclosures:

1. Site Layout

2. Transmission Line Map cc w/encls: See next page

ML073040557 OFFICE:

LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB2 PM:DLR:RPB2 BC:DLR:RPB2 NAME:

IKing ESayoc KHoward (BPham for)

RFranovich (BPham for)

DATE:

11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07

Site Layout ENCLOSURE 1

Transmission Line Map ENCLOSURE 2

Letter to I. Powles Jr. From R. Franovich Dated November 9, 2007 DISTRIBUTION:

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW HARD COPY DLR RF E-MAIL:

PUBLIC SSmith (srs3)

Sduraiswamy RidsNrrDlr RidsNrrDlrRlra RidsNrrDlrRlrb RidsNrrDlrRlrc RidsNrrDlrReba RidsNrrDlrRebb RidsNrrDciCvib RidsNrrDciCpnb RidsNrrDraAfpb RidsNrrDeEmcb RidsNrrDeEeeb RidsNrrDssSbwb RidsNrrDssSbpb RidsNrrDssScvb RidsOgcMailCenter Khoward Esayoc Pbuckberg Nmorgan Mmodes, RI Pcataldo, RI Dwerkheiser, RI Rbellemy, RI

Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149 Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Director, Utilities Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr.

Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803

Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Julie Firestone FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Tony Gonyea Faithkeeper Onondaga Nation Rd 11a Box 245 Nedrow, NY 13120

November 9, 2007 Chairman Gerald Danforth Oneida Nation of Wisconsin P.O. Box 365 Oneida, WI 54155-0365

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chairman Danforth:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. As described below, the NRCs process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.