ML051610403
| ML051610403 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Monticello  (DPR-022) |
| Issue date: | 06/06/2005 |
| From: | Jennifer Davis NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | Kugler A NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| Davis J, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-3835 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML051610403 (11) | |
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June 6, 2005 MEMORANDUM TO: Andrew Kugler, Section Chief Environmental Section License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:
Jennifer A. Davis, Project Manager /RA/
Environmental Section License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
FORTHCOMING MEETING TO DISCUSS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING PROCESS FOR MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT (MONTICELLO), LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (LRA)
DATE AND TIME:
June 30, 2005 (Two identical sessions)
First Session:
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Second Session:
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
LOCATION:
Monticello Community Center Mississippi Room 505 Walnut Street Monticello, Minnesota 55362 CATEGORY 3:*
This is a Category 3 meeting. The public is invited to participate in this meeting by providing comments and asking questions throughout the meeting.
PURPOSE:
To discuss the environmental scoping process for the LRA for Monticello.
These meetings will provide members of the public with the opportunity to provide comments regarding environmental issues that the NRC should consider during its review of the LRA. These meetings are being 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 LRA. See the attached agenda and Federal Register Notice (70 FR 32381). The license renewal application is available at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html the NRCs Web page or in ADAMS (Accession No. ML050880250).
CONTACTS:
Jennifer A. Davis, NRR Jason Flemming, NRR 301-415-3835 301-415-5787 JXD10@NRC.GOV JLF2@NRC.GOV
- Commissions Policy Statement on Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings, 67 Federal Register 36920, May 28, 2002
A. Kugler PURPOSE (Cont.):
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 one-on-one with NRC staff. Members of the public may register to present oral comments at this meeting by contacting Jennifer A. Davis, at 800-368-5642, ext. 3835, or Jason Flemming at 800-368-5642, ext. 5787, or by e-mail at MonticelloEIS@nrc.gov by June 23, 2005. Those who wish to make comments may also register 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. Ms. Davis will need to be contacted no later than June 23, 2005, if special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting.
PARTICIPANTS:
NRC Members of the Public Who Register to Speak F. Cameron A. Kugler J. Davis et al.
Docket No.: 50-263 Attachments: 1. Agenda
- 2. Federal Register Notice cc w/attachments: See next page
A. Kugler PURPOSE (Cont.):
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 one-on-one with NRC staff. Members of the public may register to present oral comments at this meeting by contacting Jennifer A. Davis, at 800-368-5642, ext. 3835, or Jason Flemming at 800-368-5642, ext. 5787, or by e-mail at MonticelloEIS@nrc.gov by June 23, 2005. Those who wish to make comments may also register 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. Ms. Davis will need to be contacted no later than June 23, 2005, if special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting.
PARTICIPANTS:
NRC Members of the Public Who Register to Speak F. Cameron A. Kugler J. Davis et al.
Docket No.: 50-263 Attachments: 1. Agenda
- 2. Federal Register Notice cc w/attachments: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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AGENDA FOR PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING PROCESS FOR MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2005 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 - 15 minutes (F. Cameron)
II.
Overview of License Renewal Process - 10 minutes (A. Kugler)
III.
Overview of Environmental Review Process - 20 minutes (J. Davis)
IV.
Public Comment - (as required) (F. Cameron)
V.
Closing/Availability of Transcripts, etc. (F. Cameron)
- The NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to each meeting session. No formal comments on the proposed scope of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meetings (see agenda, above) or in writing, as described in the attached Federal Register Notice.
[Federal Register: June 2, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 105)]
[Notices] [Page 32381-32382]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-263]
Nuclear Management Company, LLC Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping Process Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC) has submitted an application for renewal of Facility Operating License DPR-22 for an additional 20 years of operation at the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (Monticello). Monticello is located on the southern bank of the Mississippi River in the City of Monticello, Wright County, Minnesota, approximately 22 miles southeast of St. Cloud, Minnesota. The operating license for Monticello expires September 8, 2010. The application for renewal, submitted pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR part 54), was received on March 24, 2005. A notice of receipt and availability of the application, which included the environmental report (ER), was published in the Federal Register on April 6, 2005 (70 FR 17482). A notice of acceptance for docketing of the application for renewal of the facility operating licenses was published in the Federal Register on May 12, 2005, (70 FR 25117). 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 (EIS) 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 addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, ``Coordination with the National Environmental Policy Act, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act in meeting the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) and 10 CFR 54.23, NMC 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 (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852, or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).
ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm/ adams.html, which provides access through the Public Electronic Reading Room link. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC's PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. The application may also be viewed on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/ reactors/ operating/ licensing/ renewal/ applications/ monticello.html. In addition, the Monticello Public Library (220 West 6th Street, Monticello, MN 55362) and the Buffalo Public Library (18 Northwest Lake Boulevard, Buffalo, MN 55313) have made the ER 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 Monticello operating license for an additional 20
years. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources. The NRC is required by 10 CFR 51.95 to 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 of 1969 (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 the scoping process by members of the public and local, State, Tribal, 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 ElSs 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 the environmental analyses and the Commission's tentative planning and decision-making schedule.
- 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, and include any contractor assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities to participate in scoping:
- a. The applicant, Nuclear Management Company, LLC.
- 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 has petitioned or 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 Monticello license renewal supplement to the GEIS. The scoping meetings will be held at the Monticello Community Center, 505 Walnut Street in Monticello, Minnesota, on June 30, 2005. 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 p.m. with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting and will continue until 10 p.m., as necessary. Both meetings will be transcribed and will include: (1) an overview by the NRC staff of the NEPA environmental review process, the proposed scope of the supplement to the GEIS, and the proposed review schedule; and (2) 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 before the start of each session at the Monticello Community Center, 505 Walnut Street in Monticello, Minnesota. No formal 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 scope of the NEPA review by contacting NRC Environmental Project Manager, Ms. Jennifer Davis, at 1-800-368-5642, extension 3835, or by e-mail to the NRC at MonticelloEIS@nrc.gov no later than June 23, 2005. 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. Ms. Davis will need to be contacted no later than June 23, 2005, if special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, so that the NRC staff can determine whether the request can be accommodated. Members of the public may send written comments on the environmental scope of the Monticello license renewal review to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, Mailstop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and should cite the publication date and page number of this Federal Register notice. Comments may also be delivered to the NRC, Room T-6D59, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. during Federal workdays. To be considered in the scoping process, written comments should be postmarked by August 2, 2005. Electronic comments may be sent by e-mail to the NRC at MonticelloEIS@nrc.gov and should be sent no later than August 2, 2005, to be considered in the scoping process. Comments will be available electronically and accessible through ADAMS at http://www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm/ adams.html.
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 (70 FR 25117). 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 determination 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 in ADAMS at http://www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm/ adams.html. The staff will then prepare and issue for comment the draft supplement to the GEIS, which will be the subject of separate notices and separate public meetings. 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 Ms. Davis at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of May 2005. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Samson S. Lee, Acting Program Director, License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. E5-2793 Filed 6-1-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant cc:
Jonathan Rogoff, Esquire Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspector's Office 2807 W. County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362 Manager, Regulatory Affairs Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637 Robert Nelson, President Minnesota Environmental Control Citizens Association (MECCA) 1051 South McKnight Road St. Paul, MN 55119 Commissioner Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-4194 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Commissioner Minnesota Department of Health 717 Delaware Street, S. E.
Minneapolis, MN 55440 Douglas M. Gruber, Auditor/Treasurer Wright County Government Center 10 NW Second Street Buffalo, MN 55313 Commissioner Minnesota Department of Commerce 85 7th Place East, Suite 500 St. Paul, MN 55101-2198 Manager - Environmental Protection Division Minnesota Attorney Generals Office 445 Minnesota St., Suite 900 St. Paul, MN 55101-2127 John Paul Cowan Executive Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Nuclear Asset Manager Xcel Energy, Inc.
414 Nicollet Mall, R.S. 8 Minneapolis, MN 55401 Mr. James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Patrick Burke License Renewal Project Manager Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637 Mr. Douglas F. Johnson Director, Plant Life Cycle Issues Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Rick Wolfsteller City Administrator, City of Monticello 505 Walnut Street, Suite 1 Monticello, MN 55362-8831
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant cc:
Richard W. Norman County Coordinator, Wright County Government Center 10 NW 2nd Street Buffalo, MN 55313-1193 John N. Wachtler Minnesota Environmental Quality Board 658 Cedar Street, Room 300 St. Paul, MN 55155 R. Nicholas Rowse U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Twin Cities Field Office 4101 East 80th Street Bloomington, MN 55425-1665 Margo Askin Head Librarian, Monticello Public Library 200 W. 6th Street Monticello, MN 55362 Amy Wittmann Branch Librarian, Buffalo Public Library 18 Northwest Lake Boulevard Buffalo, MN 55313 Lea Foushee North American Water Office P.O. Box 174 Lake Elmo, MN 55042 Kristen Eide-Tollefson CURE P.O. Box 130 Frontenac, MN 55026
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