ML042190251
| ML042190251 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 08/06/2004 |
| From: | Kuo P NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | Stinson L Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| Davis J, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-3835 | |
| References | |
| TAC MC0768, TAC MC0769 | |
| Download: ML042190251 (10) | |
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August 6, 2004 Mr. L. M. Stinson Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham, Alabama 35201
SUBJECT:
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 18 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (GEIS) REGARDING LICENSE RENEWAL FOR JOSEPH M.
FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MC0768 AND MC0769)
Dear Mr. Stinson:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the draft plant-specific Supplement 18 to NUREG-1437, ?Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, regarding the renewal of operating licenses NPF-2 and NPF-8 for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, for an additional 20 years of operation. Enclosed is a copy of the draft report and the associated Federal Register Notice of Availability. This notice advises the public that the draft report is available for public inspection at the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). In addition, the Houston Love Memorial Library, 212 West Burdeshaw Street, Dothan, Alabama, and the Lucy Maddox Memorial Library, 11880 Columbia Street, Blakely, Georgia, have agreed to make the draft supplement available for public inspection.
As discussed in Section 9.3 of this report, the preliminary recommendation of the staff is that the Commission determine that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decision makers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is based on: (1) the analysis and findings in the GEIS; (2) the Environmental Report submitted by Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; (3) consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies; (4) the staffs own independent review; and (5) the staffs consideration of public comments.
L. M. Stinson A separate notice of filing of the draft environmental impact statement will be placed in the Federal Register through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the NRC Environmental Project Manager, Mr. Jack Cushing, at 301-415-1424 or by e-mail at JXC9@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-348 and 50-364
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/encl: See next page
L. M. Stinson A separate notice of filing of the draft environmental impact statement will be placed in the Federal Register through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the NRC Environmental Project Manager, Mr. Jack Cushing, at 301-415-1424 or by e-mail at JXC9@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-348 and 50-364
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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DATE 07/07/04 08/6/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY 7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY, INC JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-348 and 50-364 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENT 18 TO GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) has published a draft plant-specific supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating licenses NPF-2 and NPF-8 for an additional 20 years of operation at Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Power Plant (FNP). FNP is located in Houston County, Alabama, approximately 16.5 miles east of the City of Dothan, Alabama. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources.
The draft Supplement to the GEIS is available for public inspection in 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 (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the PDR reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. In addition, the Houston Love Memorial Library, 212 West Burdeshaw Street, Dothan, Alabama and the Lucy Maddox Memorial Library, 11880 Columbia Street, Blakely, Georgia, have agreed to make the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS available for public inspection.
Any interested party may submit comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS for consideration by the NRC staff. To be certain of consideration, comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS and the proposed action must be received by November 5, 2004.
Comments received after the due date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
Written comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS should be sent to: Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, Mailstop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., 20555-0001.
Comments may be hand-delivered to the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike, Room T-6D59, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at FarleyEIS@nrc.gov. All comments received by the Commission, including those made by Federal, State, and local agencies, Native American Tribes, or other interested persons, will be made available electronically at the Commissions PDR in Rockville, Maryland, and from the PARS component of ADAMS.
The NRC staff will hold a public meeting to present an overview of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS and to accept public comments on the document. The public meeting will be held on September 30, 2004, at the Quality Inn, 3053 Ross Clark Circle, Dothan, Alabama. There will be two sessions to accommodate interested parties. The first session will commence at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m. The second session will commence at 7:00 p.m. and will continue until 10:00 p.m. Both meetings will be transcribed and will include: (1) a presentation of the contents of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS, and (2) the opportunity for interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to provide comments on the draft report. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to the start of each session at the same location. No comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meeting or in writing, as discussed below. Persons may pre-register to attend or present oral comments at the meeting by contacting Mr. Jack Cushing be telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension 1424, or by e-mail at FarleyEIS@nrc.gov no later than September 24, 2004.
Members of the public may also register to provide oral comments 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. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, the need should be brought to Mr. Cushings attention no later than September 24, 2004, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Jack Cushing, License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., 20555-0001. Mr. Cushing may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of August, 2004.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
DISTRIBUTION: Letter to L.M. Stinson Re: J. M. Farley Draft Supplement 18, Dated: August 6, 2004 ML DMatthews/FGillespie PTKuo JCushing JTappert AKugler JDavis SPeters TLiu TJohnson, RII BBonser, RII CPatterson, RII OGC CQuinly (LLNL)
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Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant cc:
Mr. Don E. Grissette General Manager - Plant Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company Post Office Box 470 Ashford, AL 36312 Mr. B. D. McKinney Licensing Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company 40 Inverness Center Parkway Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Mr. Stanford M. Blanton, Esq.
Balch and Bingham Law Firm Post Office Box 306 1710 Sixth Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35201 Mr. L. M. Stinson Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company 40 Inverness Center Parkway Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201 Dr. D. E. Williamson State Health Officer Alabama Department of Public Health The RSA Tower 201 Monroe Street, Suite 1500 Montgomery, AL 36130-1701 Chairman Houston County Commission Post Office Box 6406 Dothan, AL 36302 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7388 N. State Highway 95 Columbia, AL 36319 Mr. Lonice C. Barrett State Historic Preservation Officer/DNR 156 Trinity Avenue, SW, Suite 101 Atlanta, GA 30303-3600 Mr. William D. Oldfield SAER Supervisor Southern Nuclear Operating Company Post Office Box 470 Ashford, AL 36312 Mr. Charles R. Pierce Manager - License Renewal Southern Nuclear Operating Company 40 Inverness Center Parkway Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201 Mr. Fred Emerson Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Ms. Betty Forbus Director Houston Love Memorial Library 212 West Burdeshaw Street Dothan, AL 36303 Ms. Barbara Crawford The Lucy Maddox Memorial Library 11880 Columbia Street Blakely, GA 39823 Ms. Crystal Quinly Task Leader Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Mail Code L-654 P.O. Box 808 Livermore, CA 94550 Dr. Lee Warner State Historic Preservation Officer Alabama Historical Commission 468 South Perry Street Montgomery, AL 36130-0900
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant cc:
Mr. Larry Goldman Field Supervisor U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Daphne Field Office P.O. Drawer 1190 Daphne, AL 36526 The Honorable R. Perry Beaver, Principal Chief Muscogee (Creek) Nation P.O. Box 580 Okmulgee, OK 74447 The Honorable Eddie Tullis, Chairman Poarch Band of Creek Nation 5811 Jack Springs Road Atmore, AL 36502 The Honorable Mitchell Cypress, Chairman Seminole Tribe of Florida 6300 Stirling Road Hollywood, FL 33024 Mr. Jon Hornsby Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division 64 North Union Street Suite 567 Montgomery, AL 36104 Mr. Greg Krakow Data Manager Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division Georgia Natural Heritage Program 2117 U.S. Hwy. 278 S.E.
Social Circle, GA 30025-4714 Dr. Dennis Hardin Forest Ecologist Division of Forest Management 3125 Conner Blvd. C-25 Tallahassee FL, 32399-1650 Mr. Bob Hendrix P.O. Box 8765 Dothan, AL 36304 Mr. Matt Parker P.O. Box 368 Dothan, AL 36302 Mr. Steve Turkoski P.O. Box 638 Dothan, AL 36302 Ms. Diane Geeslin 109 Edinburgh Way Dothan, AL 36305 Mr. Mike Schmitz 901 S. Oates Street Dothan, AL 36301 Mr. W. J. Johnson, Jr.
P. O. Box 462 Waynesboro, GA 30830 Ms. Beth Thomas 1400 Northfield Circle Dothan, AL 36303 Mr. Chadwick Taylor 4209 Buckland Trail Greenwood, FL 32443 Mr. Steven Kornegay 178 Allen Wells Road Dothan, AL 36301 Mr. Selden Bailey P. O. Box 1106 Dothan, AL 36302 Mr. Charles Finway P.O. Box 6406 Dothan, AL 36302 Ms. Shelby Womack EMA P.O. Drawer Dothan, AL 36302 Mr. Paul Brown P.O. Box 636 Abbeville, AL 36310
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant cc:
Mr. Charlie Nesbitt 34 Hampton Way Dothan, AL 36305 Mr. Dave Hendrix City of Dothan P.O. Box 2128 Dothan, AL 36302 Mr. James H. Phillips Chattahoochee Riverkeeper P.O. Box 1492 Columbus, GA 31902 Ms. Barbara Alford Troy State University Dothan P.O. Box 8368 Dothan, AL 36304 Mr. Steve Mashburn 102 Sandy Springs Road Dothan, AL 36303 Mr. Tim Pitchford Sweetwater Apartments, Apt #109 Dothan, AL 36302 Ms. Rebecca Martin Tri Rivers Association P.O. Box 2232 Dothan, AL 36302 Ms. Michele Buck 3703 Brookside Drive Dothan, AL 36303 Mr. Brad Moore 1925 Powell Trail Abbeville, AL 36310 Ms. Lana Smitherman P.O. Box 2128 Dothan, AL 36302 Mr. John Hornsby AL Department of Conservation Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division 64 N. Union Street Montgomery, AL 363130 Mr. Clint Ludlam 729 Hatton Road Dothan, AL 36301 Mr. Rich Lopez 1231 West Main Street Dothan, AL 36301 Ms. Sara Barczak, Safe Energy Director Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) 3025 Bull Street, Suite 101 Savannah, GA 31405 Ramona McConney USEPA, Region 4 61 Forsyth Street, SW Atlanta, GA 30303-8960