ML071240156

Notice of Availability of the Draft Plant-Specific Supplement 31 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (Geis) Regarding James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant

ML071240156
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Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	06/08/2007
From:	Rani Franovich NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/REBB
To:	Kansler M Entergy Nuclear Operations
Muir, Jesse, PM, REBB, 415-0491
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June 8, 2007Mr. Michael KanslerPresident Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT SITE-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 31TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSERENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS (GEIS) REGARDING JAMES A.FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (TAC NO. MD2667)

Dear Mr. Kansler:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the draft site-specificSupplement 31 to NUREG-1437, ?Generic Environmental Impact Statement for LicenseRenewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS)," regarding the renewal of operating license DPR-59 for an additional 20 years of operation for the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant (JAFNPP).

Enclosed is a copy of the draft supplement and the associated Federal Register Notice ofAvailability. This notice advises the public that the draft supplement is publicly available at theNRC Public Document Room (PDR) or from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. The Accession Number for the draft Supplement31 to the GEIS is ML071420019. In addition, Penfield Library SUNY, 7060 State Route 104, Oswego, NY 13126 and Oswego Public Library, 140-142 East Second Street, Oswego, NY 13126, have agreed to make the draft supplement available for public inspection.As discussed in Section 9.3 of the draft supplement, the preliminary recommendation of thestaff is that the Commission determine that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for JAFNPP 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 Entergy Nuclear FitzPatrick, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; (3) consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies; (4) the NRC staff's own independent review; and (5) the NRC staff's consideration of public comments received during the scoping process.

M. Kansler-2-A separate Notice of Availability of the draft supplemental environmental impact statement willbe placed in the Federal Register through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If youhave any questions regarding this matter, please contact the NRC Environmental Project Manager, Ms. Jessie M. Muir, at 301-415-0491 or by e-mail at jmm7@nrc.gov

.Sincerely,/RA/Rani L. Franovich, Branch ChiefEnvironmental Branch B Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket No: 50-333

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1. Pkg: ML0712401502. Letter w/Svc List & FRN: ML0712401563. ?Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants,Supplement 31": ML071420019OFFICEDLR:PMDLR:LAOGCDLR:BCNAMEJ. Muir (w/minor edits)S. FigueroaL.B. Subin R. FranovichDATE05/9/0705/9/0705/18/0706/8/07 7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONENTERGY NUCLEAR FITZPATRICK, LLC, AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANTNOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENT 31 TO THE GENERICENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS,AND PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF JAMES A. FITZPATRICKDOCKET NO. 50-333Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, Commission)has published a draft plant-specific supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating license DPR-59 for an additional 20 years of operation for the James A. FitzPatrickNuclear Power Plant (JAFNPP). JAFNPP is located on Lake Ontario in Oswego County, approximately seven miles northeast of the City of Oswego, New York. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy

sources.The draft Supplement 31 to the GEIS is publicly available at the NRC Public DocumentRoom (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 athttp://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. The Accession Number for the draft Supplement31 to the GEIS is ML071420019. 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 atpdr@nrc.gov. In addition, the libraries: Penfield Library SUNY, 7060 State Route 104, Oswego,NY 13126 and Oswego Public Library, 140-142 East Second Street, Oswego, NY 13126 haveagreed 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 forconsideration by the NRC staff. To be considered, comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS and the proposed action must be received by September 05, 2007; the NRC staff is able toassure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. Comments received after the due date will be considered only if it is practical to do so. 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, DC 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 atFitzPatrickEIS@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 Commission's PDR in Rockville, Maryland, and through ADAMS. The NRC staff will hold a public meeting to present an overview of the draft plant-specificsupplement to the GEIS and to accept public comments on the document. The public meeting will be held on August 01, 2007, at the Scriba Town Municipal Building, 42 Creamery Road, Oswego, New York 13126. There will be two sessions to accommodate interested parties. The firstsession will convene at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m., as necessary. The secondsession will convene at 7:00 p.m. with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting and willcontinue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Both meetings will be transcribed and will include: (1) apresentation of the contents of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS, and (2) the opportunity for interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to providecomments on the draft report. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hourprior to the start of each session at the same location. No comments on the draft supplement tothe GEIS will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must beprovided either at the transcribed public meeting or in writing. Persons may pre-register to attendor present oral comments at the meeting by contacting Ms. Jessie M. Muir, the NRCEnvironmental Project Manager at 1-800-368-5642, extension 0491, or by e-mail atFitzPatrickEIS@nrc.gov no later than July 18, 2007. Members of the public may also register toprovide oral comments before the start of each session. Individual, oral comments may be limitedby the time available, depending on the number of persons who register. If special equipment oraccommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, the needshould be brought to Ms. Muir's attention no later than July 18, 2007, to provide the NRC staffadequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Ms. Jessie M. Muir, Environmental BranchB, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear RegulatoryCommission, Mail Stop O-11F1, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Ms. Muir may be contacted at theaforementioned telephone number or e-mail address. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of June, 2007.FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION/RA/ Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Environmental Branch B Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Letter to M. Kansler from R. Franovich dated June 8, 2007

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NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 31 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS (GEIS)REGARDING JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (TAC NO. MD2667)DISTRIBUTION

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Mr. Gary J. TaylorChief Executive Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.

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

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

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

James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power PlantP.O. Box 110 Lycoming, NY 13093Mr. Oscar LimpiasVice President Engineering Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601Mr. Charles Donaldson, EsquireAssistant Attorney General New York Department of Law 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271 FitzPatrick Nuclear Power PlantDraft SEIS Mailing List cc:-2-Mr. Mike StroudEntergy Nuclear Mail Stop N-GSB-45 1448 S.R. 333 Russellville, AR 72802Regional Administrator, Region IU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406Mr. Steven LymanOswego County Administrator 46 East Bridge Street Oswego, NY 13126Mr. Peter R. Smith, PresidentNew York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority 17 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203-6399Mr. Paul EddyNew York State Dept. of Public Service 3 Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12223-1350Mr. Kenneth E. Burdick, SupervisorTown of Scriba Route 8, Box 382 Oswego, NY 13126Mr. James H. SniezekBWR SRC Consultant 5486 Nithsdale Drive Salisbury, MD 21801-2490Mr. Michael D. LysterBWR SRC Consultant 5931 Barclay Lane Naples, FL 34110-7306Mr. Garrett D. Edwards814 Waverly Road Kennett Square, PA 19348Mr. Rick PlasseProject Manager, License Renewal James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant 277 Lake Road Oswego, NY 13126Mr. James RossNuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, N.W. Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Randolph BatemanMayor of Oswego, NY 13 West Oneida Street Oswego, NY 13126Mr. Leonard J. PonziOswego County Legislator 28 Mitchell Street Oswego, NY 13126Ms. Mary BennettPenfield Library SUNY-Oswego 7060 State Route 104 Oswego, NY 13126Ms. Carol FerlitoOswego Public Library 140-142 East Second Street Oswego, NY 13126Ms. Carolyn Patrickson390 Dry Bridge Rd Mexico, NY 13114Mr. Ed PutnamPO Box 1097 Skaneateles, NY 13152Mr. Steve Boudreau264 Stafford Ave Syracuse, NY 13206 FitzPatrick Nuclear Power PlantDraft SEIS Mailing List cc:-3-Mr. Charles McChesney18 Canalview Mall Fulton, NY 13069Alderman Constance M. CosementoCommon Council City Hall Oswego, New York 13126Alderman Barbara A. DonahueCommon Council,City Hall Oswego, New York 13126 Alderman Edward J. HarringtonCommon Council, City Hall Oswego, New York 13126Alderman Daniel G. DonovanCommon Council, City Hall Oswego, New York 13126Alderman Timothy B. RiceCommon Council, City Hall Oswego, New York 13126Alderman Richard L. AtkinsCommon Council, City Hall Oswego, New York 13126Mr. Russ Johnson, Legislature Chairman5 Burleigh Terrace Fulton, NY 13069Mr. Reuel A. Todd, Sheriff39 Churchill Road Oswego, NY 13126Ms. Patricia Egan, DirectorEmergency Management Office 200 North Second St.

Fulton, NY 13069Mr. Terry E. Grimshaw, Mayor3236 Main St.,PO Box 309 Mexico NY 13114Town SupervisorNew Haven PO Box 141 New Haven, NY 13121Ms. Alyse PetersonNew York State Energy Research and Development Authority 17 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203Mr. Chris HoganNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Environmental Permits 625 Broadway, 4 th FloorAlbany, NY 12233Mr. Andrew KasiusNew York Department of State Division of Coastal Resources 41 State Street Albany, NY 12231Ms. Jill BrochuEntergy Nuclear 600 Rocky Hill Road Mail Stop O5 Plymouth, MA 02360Mr. Michael D. Rodgers, PEEntergy Nuclear - FitzPatrick 277 Lake Road Oswego, NY 13126Mr. Rick Buckley, CHMM, REMEntergy Nuclear P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995The Honorable Leo Henry, ChiefTuscarora Nation 2006 Mt. Hope Road Lewiston, NY 14092 FitzPatrick Nuclear Power PlantDraft SEIS Mailing List cc:-4-The Honorable William Jacobs, ChiefCayuga Nation P.O. Box 116 Akron, NY 14001The Honorable Ray Halbritter, RepresentativeOneida Indian Nation 5218 Patrick Road Verona, NY 13478The Honorable Irving Powless, Jr., ChiefOnandaga Indian Nation Box 319B Nedrow, NY 13120The Honorable Barry E. Snyder, PresidentSeneca Nation of Indians 12837 Route 438 Irving, NY 14081The Honorable James Ransom, ChiefSt. Regis Mohawk Tribe 412 State Route 37 Akwesasne, NY 13655The Honorable Roger Hill, ChiefTonawanda Band of Senecas 7027 Meadville Road Basom, NY 14013Mr. John N. FilippelliChief, DEPP Strategic Planning and Multi-Media Programs Branch 290 Broadway, 25 th FloorNew York, NY 10007-1866