ML062980148

Summary of Public Environmental Scoping Meetings Related to the Review of the James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant, License Renewal Application

ML062980148
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Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	10/30/2006
From:	Hernandez-Quinones S NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/REBB
To:	Entergy Nuclear Operations
Hernandez S, NRR/DLR/REBB, 415-4049
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October 30, 2006 LICENSEE:

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

FACILITY:

James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant

SUMMARY

OF PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING MEETINGS RELATED TO THE REVIEW OF THE JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NO. MD2667)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff conducted environmental scoping meetings related to the review of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant (JAFNPP) license renewal application submitted by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy). Two public meetings were conducted on Thursday, October 12, 2006, at the Town Municipal Building, 42 Creamery Road, Oswego, New York. Approximately 25 people attended the meetings. The attendees included representatives of the NRC staff, NRC contractors from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, members of the public, representatives from Entergy, news media, and local government officials. Public comments and questions addressed a wide range of issues including socioeconomic issues, spent fuel storage and disposal, emergency planning, and specific operational issues at JAFNPP.

A combined listing of attendees for both public meetings is provided in Enclosure 1. Enclosure 2 is a copy of the meeting handouts provided during the public meeting open house. The official corrected transcripts for the afternoon and evening meetings, are publicly available at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, or from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).

The ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. The transcripts for the afternoon and evening meetings are listed under Accession Nos. ML063030195 and ML063030209, respectively. A copy of the slides used during the NRCs presentation is also available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML062690154. 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 by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov.

/RA/

Samuel Hernandez, Environmental Project Manager Environmental Branch B Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-333

Enclosures:

1. Listing of Attendees

2. Meeting Handouts cc w/encls: See next page

1. Meeting Summary (w /Encls. 1 & 2): ML062980148

2. Afternoon Transcript (Corrected): ML063030195

3. Evening Transcript (Corrected): ML063030209

4. Slides: ML062960154

5. Package: ML062980181 Document Name: C:\\FileNet\\ML062980148.wpd OFFICE LA:DLR PM:DLR:REBB NAME SFigueroa Shernandez DATE 10/26/06 10/30/06

ENCLOSURE 1 LIST OF ATTENDEES JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING MEETINGS OCTOBER 12, 2006 PARTICIPANTS AFFILIATION Samuel Hernandez U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Maurice Heath NRC Richard Emch NRC Stephen Hoffman NRC Ngoc Le NRC Marian Zobler NRC Neil Sheehan NRC Sarah Lopas NRC Gordon Hunegs NRC Rani Franovich NRC Jeffrey Rickhoff NRC Kathleen Kolek NRC Douglas Dempsey NRC Bruce McDowell Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL)

Carolyn Patrickson Resident Ed Putnam Candidate New York State Assembly John Belmont Resident Steve Boudreau Resident Ruth Ann Stroud Resident James Wellington Chairman Planning Board, Town of Scriba Charles McChesney The Post Standard Ken Burdick Town of Scriba Supervisor Sarah McCrobie Palladium-Times Charles Midlar Oswego County Sheriffs Department Tom Muna Oswego County Sheriffs Department Tim Judson Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)

Thom Dellwo CAN Roselynn Kingsbury United Methodist Church Mike Rodgers Entergy Rick Plasse Entergy Jill Brochu Entergy Rick Buckley Entergy Mike Stroud Entergy Bonnie Bostian Entergy

ENCLOSURE 2 AGENDA FOR PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE LICENSE RENEWAL PROCESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING PROCESS FOR JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2006 Two Identical Meetings (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 (S. Hoffman)

II.

Overview of License Renewal Process 15 minutes (N. Le)

III.

Overview of Environmental Review Process 15 minutes (S. Hernandez)

IV.

Public Comment As required (S. Hoffman)

V.

Closing/Availability of Transcripts 5 minutes (S. Hoffman)

• 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.

Welcome to the NRCs Open House Associated with the Environmental Review for the Proposed License Renewal at James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant This open house is intended to provide an opportunity for interested members of the public and staff from other Federal, State, and local agencies to interact with the NRC staff in an informal information exchange.

The NRC is gathering information necessary to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) related to the proposed renewal of the operating license for James A.

FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant (JAFNPP). Please note that if you wish to provide formal comments regarding the scope of the environmental review for JAFNPP, they must be presented at either of todays transcribed public meetings or provided in writing or electronically by November 14, 2006. Comments received after this date will be considered while developing the draft SEIS, if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before November 14, 2006. Written comments on the scope of the SEIS should be sent to:

Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop T-6D 59 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 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. Submittal of electronic comments may be sent by e-mail to the NRC at FitzPatrickEIS@nrc.gov.

Thank you for your participation.

License to Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., from Shernandez, dated October 30, 2006

SUMMARY

OF PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING MEETINGS RELATED TO THE REVIEW OF THE JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NO. MD2667)

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N. Le J. Boska G. Hunegs S. Hoffman OGC (RidsOGCMailRoom)

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FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Environmental Service List cc:

Mr. Gary J. Taylor Chief Executive Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.

1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213 Mr. John T. Herron Sr. VP and Chief Operating Officer Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Peter T. Dietrich Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant P.O. Box 110 Lycoming, NY 13093 Mr. Kevin J. Mulligan General Manager, Plant Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant P.O. Box 110 Lycoming, NY 13093 Mr. Oscar Limpias Vice President Engineering Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Christopher Schwarz Vice President, Operations Support Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. John F. McCann Director, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Resident Inspector's Office James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 136 Lycoming, NY 13093 Ms. Charlene D. Faison Manager, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Michael J. Colomb Director of Oversight Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. David Wallace Director, Nuclear Safety Assurance Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant P.O. Box 110 Lycoming, NY 13093 Mr. James Costedio Manager, Regulatory Compliance Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant P.O. Box 110 Lycoming, NY 13093 Assistant General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Charles Donaldson, Esquire Assistant Attorney General New York Department of Law 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271 FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Environmental Service List cc:

Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. Steven Lyman Oswego County Administrator 46 East Bridge Street Oswego, NY 13126 Mr. Peter R. Smith, President New York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority 17 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203-6399 Mr. Paul Eddy New York State Dept. of Public Service 3 Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12223-1350 Kenneth E. Burdick, Supervisor Town of Scriba Route 8, Box 382 Oswego, NY 13126 Mr. James H. Sniezek BWR SRC Consultant 5486 Nithsdale Drive Salisbury, MD 21801-2490 Mr. Michael D. Lyster BWR SRC Consultant 5931 Barclay Lane Naples, FL 34110-7306 Mr. Garrett D. Edwards 814 Waverly Road Kennett Square, PA 19348 Mr. Rick Plasse Project Manager, License Renewal Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant P.O. Box 110 Lycoming, NY 13093 Mr. James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, N.W. Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20006-3708 Mr. Randolph Bateman Mayor of Oswego, NY (Acting) 13 West Oneida Street Oswego, NY 13126 Leonard J. Ponzi Oswego County Legislator 28 Mitchell Street Oswego, NY 13126 Ms. Mary Bennett Penfield Library SUNY-Oswego 7060 State Route 104 Oswego, NY 13126 Ms. Carol Ferlito Oswego Public Library 140-142 East Second Street Oswego, NY 13126 The Honorable William Jacobs, Chief Cayuga Nation P.O. Box 116 Akron, NY 14001 The Honorable Ray Halbritter, Representative Oneida Indian Nation 5218 Patrick Road Verona, NY 13478 The Honorable Irving Powless, Jr., Chief Onondaga Indian Nation Box 319B Nedrow, NY 13120 The Honorable Barry E. Snyder, President Seneca Nation of Indians 12837 Route 438 Irving, NY 14081

FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Environmental Service List cc: The Honorable James Ransom, Chief St. Regis Mohawk Tribe 412 State Route 37 Akwesasne, NY 13655 The Honorable Roger Hill, Chief Tonawanda Band of Senecas 7027 Meadville Road Basom, NY 14013 The Honorable Leo Henry, Chief Tuscarora Nation 2006 Mt. Hope Road Lewiston, NY 14092 Carolyn Patrickson 390 Dry Bridge Road Mexico, NY 13114 Ed Putnam P.O. Box 1097 Skaneateles, NY 13152 Steve Boudreau 264 Stafford Avenue Syracuse, NY 13206 Charles McChesney 18 Canalview Mall Fulton, NY 13069