ML050180266

Notice of Availability of the Draft Plant-Specific Supplement 23 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement Regarding License Renewal for Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2

ML050180266
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	01/13/2005
From:	Samson Lee NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP
To:	Koehl D Nuclear Management Co
Imboden S, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-2462
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ML050180307	List: ML050180266
References
TAC MC2049, TAC MC2050
Download: ML050180266 (11)

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January 13, 2005 Mr. Dennis L. Koehl Site Vice President Point Beach Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 23 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (GEIS) REGARDING LICENSE RENEWAL FOR POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MC2049 AND MC2050)

Dear Mr. Koehl:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the draft plant-specific Supplement 23 to NUREG-1437, ?Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, regarding the renewal of operating licenses DPR-24 and DPR-27 for Point Beach Nuclear 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 Lester Public Library, located at 1001 Adams Street, Two Rivers, Wisconsin 54241, has 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 Point Beach Nuclear 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 Nuclear Management Company, LLC; (3) consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies; (4) the staffs own independent review; and (5) the staffs consideration of public comments.

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, Stacey Imboden, at 301-415-2462 or via email at sxf@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Samson S. Lee, Acting Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-266 and 50-301

Enclosure:

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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, Stacey Imboden, at 301-415-2462 or via email at sxf@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Samson S. Lee, Acting Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-266 and 50-301

Enclosure:

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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-266 AND 50-301 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENT 23 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF POINT BEACH NUCLEAR 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 Facility Operating Licenses DPR-24 and DPR-27 for the Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (PBNP), for an additional 20 years of operation. PBNP is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, approximately 30 miles southeast of Green Bay, Wisconsin. 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, 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. 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 Lester Public Library, located at 1001 Adams Street, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 54241, has agreed to make the draft 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 April 13, 2005.

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 PointBeachEIS@nrc.gov. All comments received by the Commission, including those made by Federal, State, 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 March 3, 2005, at the Fox Hills Convention Center, 250 West Church Street in Mishicot, Wisconsin. 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 Ms. Stacey Imboden, by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension 2462, or by e-mail at PointBeachEIS@nrc.gov no later than March 1, 2005. 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 Ms. Imbodens attention no later than February 23, 2005, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Ms. Stacey Imboden, License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.,

20555-0001. Ms. Imboden may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of January, 2005.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Samson S. Lee, Acting Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Jonathan Rogoff, Esq.

Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Mr. F. D. Kuester President and Chief Operating Officer WE Generation 231 West Michigan Street Milwaukee, WI 53201 Regulatory Affairs Manager Point Beach Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241 Mr. Ken Duveneck Town Chairman Town of Two Creeks 13017 State Highway 42 Mishicot, WI 54228 Chairman Public Service Commission of Wisconsin P.O. Box 7854 Madison, WI 53707-7854 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Resident Inspector's Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 6612 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241 Mr. Jeffrey Kitsembel Electric Division Public Service Commission of Wisconsin P.O. Box 7854 Madison, WI 53707-7854 Nuclear Asset Manager Wisconsin Electric Power Company 231 West Michigan Street Milwaukee, WI 53201 John Paul Cowan Executive Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Douglas E. Cooper Senior Vice President - Group Operations Palisades Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Site Director of Operations Nuclear Management Company, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241 Mr. Dennis L. Koehl Site Vice President Point Beach Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241 Mr. Kenneth Westlake Chief, Environmental Planning and Evaluation Branch U.S. EPA Mail Code B-195 77 W. Jackson Blvd.

Chicago, IL 60604 Mr. Fred Emerson Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. James E. Knorr 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241 Mr. Nick Niederlander Lester Public Library 1001 Adams Street Two Rivers, WI 54241 Ms. Cassandra Dixon 3579 County Road G Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965 C.W. Fay 1685 Horns Corners Road Cedarburg, WI 53012 Ms. Cheryl Brocher 1814 29th Street Two Rivers, WI 54241 Mr. Curt Andersen Clean Water Action Council 2942 Jack Pine Lane Green Bay, WI 54313 Mr. David Jurss 3027 10th Street Two Rivers, WI 54241 Mr. Roger Hirst 1308 Vliet Street Kewaunee, WI 54216 Representative Frank Lasee State of Wisconsin 1601 Riverbend Terrace Green Bay, WI 54311 Mr. Clarence Meyer P.O. Box 257 Mishicot, WI 54228-0257 Mr. Greg Buckley 1717 East Park Two Rivers, WI 54241 Ms. Tanya Holler We Energies 231 W. Michigan P346 Milwaukee, WI 53202 Mr. Roger Newton 3623 Nagawicka Shores Drive Hartland, WI 53029 Mr. Douglas Johnson 500 W. Bradley Road Apt. A-318 Fox Point, WI 53217 Mr. John G. Thorgersen NMC 1628 Diamond Drive Green Bay, WI 54311 Mr. John Nikolai 12291 Schulz Lane Cato, WI 54230 Ms. Mary Ann Chervenif 5711 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241 Ms. Anne Lovell TetraTech NUS 900 Trail Ridge Road Aiken, SC 29803 Mr. Barry McNulty We Energies 231 W. Michigan Street Room P346 Milwaukee, WI 53201 Mr. Norbert L. Pitterlo 3610 Glenwood Street Two Rivers, WI 54241-1425 Mr. Dan Pawlitzke City of Two Rivers P.O. Box 87 1717 East Park Street Two Rivers, WI 54241-0087 Mr. Robert Hermann Manitowoc County Sheriffs Dept.

1025 South 9th Street Manitowoc, WI 54220 Mr. Dan Rahlf E. 2508 Nuclear Road Denmark, WI 54208 Mr. David J. Jenkins, Manager Electric Division Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives 131 West Wilson St., Suite 400 Madison, WI 53703-3269 Mr. John H. Goetsch 2301 West Brantwood Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53209 Mr. Earl Gustafson Wisconsin Paper Council 250 North Green Bay Road (54956)

P.O. Box 718 Neenah, WI 54957-0718 Mr. Hermann Viets, President Milwaukee School of Engineering 1025 N. Broadway St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202 R. J. Pirlot Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce 501 East Washington Avenue Madison, WI 53703 Mr. Carl Otter 1440 S. 22nd Street Sheboygan, WI 53081 Mr. Dave Ressler Executive Director Manitowoc-Two Rivers Chamber of Commerce 1515 Memorial Drive Manitowoc, WI 54220 Mr. Don Klima, Director Office of Federal Agency Programs Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Old Post Office Building 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 809 Washington, DC 20004 Ms. Patricia A. Kurkul Regional Administrator NOAA Fisheries Northeast Regional Office One Blackburn Drive Gloucester, MA 09130-2298 Mr. Richard Dexter Wisconsin Historical Society Division of Historic Preservation 816 State Street Madison, WI 53706 Mr. John A. Barrett, Jr.

Citizen Potawatomi Nation 1601 S. Gordon Cooper Drive Shawnee, OK 74801 The Honorable Kenneth Meshiguad, Chairperson Hannahville Indian Community N14911 Hannahville B-1 Road Wilson, MI 49896-9728 Ms. Joan Delabreau, Chairwoman Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin P.O. Box 910 Keshena, WI 54135-0910 Mr. David Grignon Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin P.O. Box 910 Keshena, WI 54135-0910 The Honorable Zachariah Pahmahmie, Chairman Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribal Council 16281 Q Road Mayetta, KS 66509 Mr. Jerry Smith, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Tribal Historic Preservation Office 13394 W. Trepania Road Hayward, WI 54843 Mr. Henry St. Germaine, Sr. Chairman Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin P.O. Box 67 Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538 Ms. Kelly Jackson, Tribal Preservation Officer Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians P.O. Box 67 Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538 Ms. Cristina Danforth, Chairwoman Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin P.O. Box 365 Oneida, WI 54155 Ms. Corina Williams, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Oneida Nation of Wisconsin Tribal Historic Preservation Office P.O. Box 365 Oneida, WI 54155 Mr. Donald Moore, Chairman Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians P.O. Box 39 Odanah, WI 54861 Mr. Gus Frank, Chairman Forest County Potawatomi Indian Community P.O. Box 340 Crandon, WI 54520 Mr. George Lewis, President Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin P.O. Box 667 Black River Falls, WI 54615 Mr. Louis Taylor, Chairman Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Route 2, Box 2700 Hayward, WI 54843 Mr. Ray DePerry, Chairman Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin P.O. Box 529 Bayfield, WI 54814 Ms. Lisa Bresette Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewas 88385 Pike Road, Highway 13 Bayfield, WI 54814 Ms. Sandra Rachal, Chairwoman Sokaogon Chippewa (Mole Lake)

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