ML24239A363
| ML24239A363 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 09/27/2024 |
| From: | Stephen Koenick NRC/NMSS/DREFS/EPMB1 |
| To: | |
| References | |
| NRC-2020-0277 | |
| Download: ML24239A363 (4) | |
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[7590-01-P]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249; NRC-2020-0277]
NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC;
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2;
Notice of Intent to Prepare Supplement to the Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will prepare a
supplement to the 2021 draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to
evaluate the environmental impacts for the subsequent license renewal (SLR) of
Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-24 and DPR-27 for Point Beach Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Point Beach). The NRC staff will address new information following
the issuance of the 2021 draft SEIS. The draft SEIS supplement will be issued for public
comment.
DATES: October 2, 2024
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0277 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for th is action. You may obtain publicly available
information related to this action by any of the following methods:
- Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC-2020-0277.
- NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public
Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please
contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at
301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number
for each document referenced in this document (i f it is available in ADAMS) is provided
the first time that it is referenced.
- NRCs PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly
available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR,
please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-
4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
- Public Library: A copy of the SLR application for Point Beach, including the
applicants environmental report, will be available for public review at the following public
library location: Lester Public Library, 1001 Adams Street, Two Rivers, WI 54241.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Folk, telephone: 301-415-6944;
email: Kevin.Folk@nrc.gov; or Karen Loomis, telephone: 301-415-5142; email:
Karen.Loomis@nrc.gov. Both are staff in the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
By letter dated November 16, 2020 (ADAMS Package Accession No.
ML20329A292), NextEra submitted to the NRC an application for the SLR of Renewed
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-24 and DPR-27 for Point Beach Nuclear Plant,
Units 1 and 2, respectively, for an additional 20 years of operation. This submission
initiated the NRCs proposed action of determining whether to issue the subsequent
renewed facility operating licenses. Point Beach is located in northeastern Manitowoc
County, Wisconsin, approximately 29 miles southeast of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
2 The current facility operating license for Point Beach, Unit 1, expires at midnight
on October 5, 2030, and the current facility operating license for Point Beach, Unit 2
expires at midnight on March 8, 2033.
The SLR application was submitted pursuant to part 54 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for
Nuclear Power Plants, and included an environmental report. The applicant seeks to
extend the facility operating license for Unit 1 to midnight on October 5, 2050, and for
Unit 2 to midnight on March 8, 2053. A notice of acceptance for docketing of the
application and of an opportunity to request a hearing was published in the Federal
Register on January 22, 2021 (86 FR 6684). Thereafter, a notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement and conduct a scoping process was published in the
Federal Register on February 1, 2021 (86 FR 7747) and is available on the Federal
rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov) by searching for Docket ID NRC-2020-
0277.
On November 9, 2021, a notice was published in the Federal Register
(86 FR 62220), stating that the NRC staff had issued its draft SEIS, documenting its
preliminary analysis and recommendation on the proposed action (subsequent license
renewal) for Point Beach. The draft SEIS is available in ADAMS under Package
Accession No. ML21306A226.
II. Discussion
On August 6, 2024, the NRC published a final rule (89 FR 64166) revising its
environmental protection regulations in 10 CFR part 51, Environmental protection
regulations for domestic licensing and related regulatory functions. The final rule
updates the potential environmental impacts associated with the renewal of an operating
license for a nuclear power plant for up to an additional 20 years, for either an initial
3 license renewal or a single SLR term. Revision 2 to NUREG-1437, Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (LR GEIS)
(ADAMS Package Accession No. ML24087A133) provides the technical basis for the
final rule. The revised LR GEIS supports the updated list of environmental issues and
associated environmental impact findings contained in Table B-1 in Appendix B to
Subpart A of the revised 10 CFR part 51 for both initial license renewal and a single term
of SLR.
The final rule became effective 30 days after its publication in the Federal
Register, and the NRC staff must consider the new and modified issues, as applicable,
in its license renewal EISs after that date (i.e., on or after September 5, 2024).
Accordingly, the NRC staff will prepare a supplement to the 2021 draft SEIS for the Point
Beach SLR application in accordance with the NRC's regulations in 10 CFR 51.72, to
address new information since the draft SEIS was published. This new information
includes the new and modified environmental issues associated with the NRCs August
2024 publication of the final rule, Renewing Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses -
Environmental Review (89 FR 64166) and revised LR GEIS (NUREG-1437, Revision
2).
Dated: September 27, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
/RA/
Stephen Koenick, Chief, Environmental Project Management Branch 1, Division of Rulemaking, Environment, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards.
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