ML020770126

Notice of Public Meeting to Discuss Environmental Scoping Process for the St. Lucie Plant, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application

ML020770126
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	03/15/2002
From:	Masnik M Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs
To:	Charemagne Grimes Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs
Masnik M, NRR/DRIP, 415-1191
References
TAC MB3407, TAC MB3411
Download: ML020770126 (10)

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Members of the public may register to present oral comments at this meeting by contacting Michael Masnik (800) 368-5642, ext 1191, or by internet at mtm2@nrc.gov by March 28, 2002. Those who wish to make comments may also register at the meeting site 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.

March 15, 2002 MEMORANDUM TO: Christopher I. Grimes, Chief License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:

Michael T. Masnik, Senior Project Manager License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Environmental Section /RA/

Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING PROCESS FOR THE ST. LUCIE PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NOS. MB3407 AND MB3411)

DATE AND TIME:

April 3, 2002, Two identical sessions First session: Convenes at 1:30 p.m.

Second session: Convenes at 7:00 p.m.

LOCATION:

Council Chambers Port St. Lucie City Hall 121 SW Port St. Lucie Boulevard Port St. Lucie, Florida PURPOSE:

To conduct transcribed public meetings to provide members of the public with the opportunity to provide their comments on what environmental issues the NRC should consider during its review of the license renewal application for the St. Lucie Plant, Units 1 and 2. These meetings are 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 application. See the attached agenda and Federal Register Notice (67 FR 9333).

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 with NRC staff.

C. Grimes March 15, 2002 PARTICIPANTS:

NRC Members of the Public Who Register to Speak F. Cameron N. Dudley M. Masnik Docket Nos 50-335 and 50-389 Attachments: 1. Agenda

2. Federal Register Notice cc: See next page

C. Grimes March 15, 2002 PARTICIPANTS:

NRC Members of the Public Who Register to Speak F. Cameron N. Dudley M. Masnik Docket Nos 50-335 and 50-389 Attachments: 1. Agenda

2. Federal Register Notice cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

Environmental R/F M. Masnik D. Matthews/F. Gillespie M. Marony C. Grimes K. Clark, RII J. Tappert R. Hannah, RII S. Hoffman T. Ross, RII B. Zalcman S. Ninh, RII J. Wilson C. Brandt (PNNL)

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RLEP:DRIP NAME MMasnik JRTappert DATE 03/ 15/02 03/15/02 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

St. Lucie Plant Units 1 and 2 License Renewal Environmental Review cc:

Mr. J. A. Stall Senior Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power and Light Company 700 Universe Boulevard P.O. Box 029100 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Senior Resident Inspector St. Lucie Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 6090 Jensen Beach, Florida 34957-2000 Joe Myers, Director Division of Emergency Preparedness Department of Community Affairs 2740 Centerview Drive Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100 M. S. Ross, Attorney Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Mr. Douglas Anderson County Administrator St. Lucie County 2300 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce, Florida 34982 Mr. William A. Passetti, Chief Department of Health Bureau of Radiation Control 2020 Capital Circle, SE, Bin #C21 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1741 Attorney General Department of Legal Affairs The Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32304 Mr. Donald E. Jernigan, Site Vice President St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company 6351 South Ocean Drive Jensen Beach, Florida 34957-2000 Mr. Steve Hale St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company 6351 South Ocean Drive Jensen Beach, Florida 34957-2000 Mr. R. G. West Plant General Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company 6351 South Ocean Drive Jensen Beach, Florida 34957-2000 Mr. T.L. Patterson Licensing Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company 6351 South Ocean Drive Jensen Beach, Florida 34957-2000 Mr. Don Mothena Manager, Nuclear Plant Support Services Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Mr. Rajiv S. Kundalkar Vice President - Nuclear Engineering Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Mr. J. Kammel Radiological Emergency Planning Administrator Department of Public Safety 6000 SE. Tower Drive Stuart, Florida 34997 Ms. E.A. Abbott Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company 9760 SW 344th Street

St. Lucie Plant Units 1 and 2 License Renewal Environmental Review 2

Florida City, Florida 33035 Mr. Alan P. Nelson Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 APN@NEI.ORG Indian River Community College ATTN: Dr. R. Wideman/ Library 3209 Virginia Avenue Ft. Pierce, FL 34981-5596

AGENDA FOR PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING PROCESS FOR ST. LUCIE PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2002 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 - 10 minutes (F. Cameron)

II.

Overview of license renewal process - 10 minutes (N. Dudley)

III.

Overview of environmental review process - 10 minutes (M. Masnik)

IV.

Public comments - 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> (F. Cameron)

V.

Closing/availability of transcripts, etc. (F. Cameron)

ATTACHMENT 1

ATTACHMENT 2

[Federal Register: February 28, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 40)]

[Notices]

[Page 9333-9335]

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389]

Florida Power and Light Company, Saint Lucie Plant, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping Process Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) has submitted an application for renewal of Operating Licenses Nos. DRP-67 and NPF-16 for an additional 20 years of operation at the St. Lucie nuclear power plant (St. Lucie), Units 1 and 2. St. Lucie is located on Huchinson Island in St.

Lucie County, Florida. The application for renewal was submitted by letter dated November 29, 2001, pursuant to 10 CFR part 54. A notice of receipt of application, including the environmental report (ER), was published in the Federal Register on December 27, 2001 (66 FR 66946). A notice of acceptance for docketing of the application for renewal of the facility operating license was published in the Federal Register on January 29, 2002 (67 FR 4288).

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 in support of the review of the license renewal application and to provide the public an opportunity to participate in the environmental scoping process as defined in 10 CFR 51.29.

In accordance with 10 CFR 54.23 and 10 CFR 51.53(c), FPL submitted the ER as part of the application. The ER was prepared pursuant to 10 CFR Part 51 and is available for public inspection at the NRC Public Document Room, located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html, (the NRC Public Electronic Reading Room (PERR)). If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. In addition, the Indian River Community College library located at 3209 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, Florida has been provided a reference copy of the ER and has agreed to make it 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 Commission's ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, (NUREG-1437) in support of the review of the application for renewal of the St. Lucie operating licenses for an additional 20 years. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources. 10 CFR 51.95 requires that the NRC 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

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(NEPA) and the NRC's 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 this scoping process by members of the public and local, State, 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 environmental impact statements (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 environmental analyses and the Commission's tentative planning and decision-making schedules.

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, including any contractor assistance to be used.

The NRC invites the following entities to participate in the scoping process:

a. The applicant, Florida Power and Light Company.

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 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 St. Lucie license renewal supplement to the GEIS. The scoping meetings will be held at the Council Chambers, Port St. Lucie City Hall, 121 SW Port St. Lucie Boulevard, Port St. Lucie, Florida, on Wednesday, April 3, 2002. 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. 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. Both sessions will be transcribed and will include (1) an overview by the NRC staff of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental review process, the proposed scope of the supplement to the GEIS, and the proposed review schedule; (2) an overview by FPL of the proposed action, St. Lucie license renewal, and the environmental impacts as outlined in the ER; and (3) 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 prior to the start of each session in the Port St. Lucie Council Chambers. No 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 NEPA scoping process by contacting Dr. Michael T. Masnik, by telephone at (800) 368-5642, extension 1191, or by Internet to the NRC at mtm2@nrc.gov no later than March 27, 2002. 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. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, the need should be brought to Dr.

Masnik's attention no later than March 27, 2002, so that the NRC staff can determine whether the request can be accommodated.

Members of the public may send written comments on the environmental scoping process for the supplement to the GEIS to Chief, Rules and Directives Branch,Division of Administrative Services,Office of Administration,Mailstop T-6 D 59,U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,Washington, DC 20555-0001.

Comments may be hand-delivered to the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. To be considered in the scoping process, written comments should be postmarked by April 30, 3002. Electronic comments may be sent by the Internet to the NRC at [St_Lucie_EIS@nrc.gov]. Electronic submissions should be sent no later than April 30, 2002, to be considered in the scoping process. Comments will be available electronically and accessible through the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room link http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html at the NRC Homepage.

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 application was the subject of the aforementioned Federal Register notice of acceptance for docketing. 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 determinations 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 through the PERR link. The staff will then prepare and issue for comment the draft supplement to the GEIS, which will be the subject of separate notices and a separate public meeting. 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 Dr. Masnik at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.

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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of February 2002.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Original Siged By: PTKuo Pao-Tsin Kuo, Acting Program Director, License Renewal and Environmental Impacts, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation