ML073040557
| ML073040557 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 11/09/2007 |
| From: | Rani Franovich NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR |
| To: | Chicks R, Cline R, Danforth G, Halbritter R, Henry L, Hill R, Holton K, John M, Nuckolls L, Powles I, Ransom J, Sparkman R, Spicer P, Wallace G Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Delaware Nation, Delaware Trust Board, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Oneida Indian Nation of New York, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin Tribe, Onondaga Nation, Seneca Nation of Indians, Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, Shawnee Tribe, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, Stockbridge Munsee Community of Wisconsin, Tonawanda Seneca Nation, Tuscarora Nation |
| Sayoc, Manny, NRR/DLR/RLRB 415-1924 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML073040557 (126) | |
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November 9, 2007 Chairman Robert Chicks Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin Route 1, P.O. Box 70 Bowler, WI 54416
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear Chairman Chicks:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin. As described below, the NRC's process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.
Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating licenses for BVPS will expire on January 29, 2016, and May 27, 2027, respectively. FirstEnergy submitted its application for renewal of the BVPS operating licenses in a letter dated August 27, 2007.
The NRC is gathering information for a BVPS site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS), NUREG-1437. The supplement will contain the results of the review of the environmental impacts on the area surrounding the BVPS site related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. Provided for your information is the BVPS Site Layout (Enclosure 1) and Transmission Line Map (Enclosure 2).
To accommodate interested members of the public, the NRC will hold two identical public meetings covering the license renewal review process and NEPA scoping for the BVPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS on November 27, 2007, located at the Embassy Suites, Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, PA 15108. 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 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session.
The license renewal application (LRA) and the GEIS 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 accession number for the LRA is ML072430913. 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
. The BVPS LRA is also available on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/bvalley.html. In addition, the Beaver Area Memorial Library, located at 100 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009-2704, and the Beaver County Library System, located at 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, have agreed to make the LRA available for public inspection.
Please submit any comments that the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin may have to offer on the scope of the environmental review by December 17, 2007. Written comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you. The staff expects to publish the draft supplement to the GEIS in September 2008. The NRC will hold another set of public meetings in the site vicinity to solicit comments on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for BVPS is planned for May 2009.
If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Kent Howard, Safety/Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at KJH1@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, /RA Bo Pham for/
Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412
Enclosures:
- 1. Site Layout 2. Transmission Line Map cc w/encls: See next page
ML073040557 OFFICE: LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB2 PM:DLR:RPB2 BC:DLR:RPB2 NAME: IKing ESayoc KHoward (BPham for) RFranovich (BPham for) DATE: 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 Site Layout ENCLOSURE 1 Transmission Line Map ENCLOSURE 2
Letter to R. Chicks From R. Franovich Dated November 9, 2007 DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
HARD COPY DLR RF E-MAIL: PUBLIC SSmith (srs3) Sduraiswamy RidsNrrDlr RidsNrrDlrRlra RidsNrrDlrRlrb RidsNrrDlrRlrc RidsNrrDlrReba RidsNrrDlrRebb RidsNrrDciCvib RidsNrrDciCpnb RidsNrrDraAfpb RidsNrrDeEmcb RidsNrrDeEeeb RidsNrrDssSbwb RidsNrrDssSbpb RidsNrrDssScvb RidsOgcMailCenter Khoward Esayoc Pbuckberg Nmorgan Mmodes, RI Pcataldo, RI Dwerkheiser, RI Rbellemy, RI Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149
Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Director, Utilities Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469
Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Julie Firestone FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Sherry White Cultural Preservation Officer Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin Route 1, P.O. Box 70 Bowler, WI 54416
Greg Bunker Director Environmental/NEPA Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin Route 1, P.O. Box 70 Bowler, WI 54416
November 9, 2007
Mr. Irving Powles Jr. Onondaga Nation Rd 11a Box 245 Nedrow, NY 13120
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear Mr. Powles Jr.:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Onondaga Nation. As described below, the NRC's process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the Onondaga Nation to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.
Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating licenses for BVPS will expire on January 29, 2016, and May 27, 2027, respectively. FirstEnergy submitted its application for renewal of the BVPS operating licenses in a letter dated August 27, 2007.
The NRC is gathering information for a BVPS site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS), NUREG-1437. The supplement will contain the results of the review of the environmental impacts on the area surrounding the BVPS site related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. Provided for your information is the BVPS Site Layout (Enclosure 1) and Transmission Line Map (Enclosure 2).
To accommodate interested members of the public, the NRC will hold two identical public meetings covering the license renewal review process and NEPA scoping for the BVPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS on November 27, 2007, located at the Embassy Suites, Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, PA 15108. 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 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session.
I. Powles Jr.
The license renewal application (LRA) and the GEIS 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 accession number for the LRA is ML072430913. 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
. The BVPS LRA is also available on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/bvalley.html. In addition, the Beaver Area Memorial Library, located at 100 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009-2704, and the Beaver County Library System, located at 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, have agreed to make the LRA available for public inspection.
Please submit any comments that the Onondaga Nation may have to offer on the scope of the environmental review by December 17, 2007. Written comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.
The staff expects to publish the draft supplement to the GEIS in September 2008. The NRC will hold another set of public meetings in the site vicinity to solicit comments on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for BVPS is planned for May 2009.
I. Powles Jr.
If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Kent Howard, Safety/Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at KJH1@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA Bo Pham for/
Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412
Enclosures:
- 1. Site Layout 2. Transmission Line Map
cc w/encls: See next page
ML073040557 OFFICE: LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB2 PM:DLR:RPB2 BC:DLR:RPB2 NAME: IKing ESayoc KHoward (BPham for) RFranovich (BPham for) DATE: 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 Site Layout ENCLOSURE 1 Transmission Line Map ENCLOSURE 2
Letter to I. Powles Jr. From R. Franovich Dated November 9, 2007 DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
HARD COPY DLR RF E-MAIL: PUBLIC SSmith (srs3) Sduraiswamy RidsNrrDlr RidsNrrDlrRlra RidsNrrDlrRlrb RidsNrrDlrRlrc RidsNrrDlrReba RidsNrrDlrRebb RidsNrrDciCvib RidsNrrDciCpnb RidsNrrDraAfpb RidsNrrDeEmcb RidsNrrDeEeeb RidsNrrDssSbwb RidsNrrDssSbpb RidsNrrDssScvb RidsOgcMailCenter Khoward Esayoc Pbuckberg Nmorgan Mmodes, RI Pcataldo, RI Dwerkheiser, RI Rbellemy, RI Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149
Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Director, Utilities Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469
Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Julie Firestone FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Tony Gonyea Faithkeeper Onondaga Nation Rd 11a Box 245 Nedrow, NY 13120
November 9, 2007
Chairman Gerald Danforth Oneida Nation of Wisconsin P.O. Box 365 Oneida, WI 54155-0365
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear Chairman Danforth:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. As described below, the NRC's process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.
Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating licenses for BVPS will expire on January 29, 2016, and May 27, 2027, respectively. FirstEnergy submitted its application for renewal of the BVPS operating licenses in a letter dated August 27, 2007.
The NRC is gathering information for a BVPS site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS), NUREG-1437. The supplement will contain the results of the review of the environmental impacts on the area surrounding the BVPS site related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. Provided for your information is the BVPS Site Layout (Enclosure 1) and Transmission Line Map (Enclosure 2).
To accommodate interested members of the public, the NRC will hold two identical public meetings covering the license renewal review process and NEPA scoping for the BVPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS on November 27, 2007, located at the Embassy Suites, Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, PA 15108. 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 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session.
The license renewal application (LRA) and the GEIS 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 accession number for the LRA is ML072430913. 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
. The BVPS LRA is also available on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/bvalley.html. In addition, the Beaver Area Memorial Library, located at 100 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009-2704, and the Beaver County Library System, located at 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, have agreed to make the LRA available for public inspection.
Please submit any comments that the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin may have to offer on the scope of the environmental review by December 17, 2007. Written comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.
The staff expects to publish the draft supplement to the GEIS in September 2008. The NRC will hold another set of public meetings in the site vicinity to solicit comments on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for BVPS is planned for May 2009.
If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Kent Howard, Safety/Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at KJH1@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA Bo Pham for/
Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412
Enclosures:
- 1. Site Layout 2. Transmission Line Map
cc w/encls: See next page
ML073040557 OFFICE: LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB2 PM:DLR:RPB2 BC:DLR:RPB2 NAME: IKing ESayoc KHoward (BPham for) RFranovich (BPham for) DATE: 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 Site Layout ENCLOSURE 1 Transmission Line Map ENCLOSURE 2
Letter to G. Danforth From R. Franovich Dated November 9, 2007 DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
HARD COPY DLR RF E-MAIL: PUBLIC SSmith (srs3) Sduraiswamy RidsNrrDlr RidsNrrDlrRlra RidsNrrDlrRlrb RidsNrrDlrRlrc RidsNrrDlrReba RidsNrrDlrRebb RidsNrrDciCvib RidsNrrDciCpnb RidsNrrDraAfpb RidsNrrDeEmcb RidsNrrDeEeeb RidsNrrDssSbwb RidsNrrDssSbpb RidsNrrDssScvb RidsOgcMailCenter Khoward Esayoc Pbuckberg Nmorgan Mmodes, RI Pcataldo, RI Dwerkheiser, RI Rbellemy, RI Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149
Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Director, Utilities Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469
Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Julie Firestone FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Corina Williams THPO Oneida Nation of Wisconsin P.O. Box 365 Oneida, WI 54155-0365
November 9, 2007
Chairman Raymond Cline Delaware Trust Board 220 NW Virginia Ave. Bartlesville, OK 74003
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear Chairman Cline:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Delaware Trust Board. As described below, the NRC's process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the Delaware Trust Board to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.
Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating licenses for BVPS will expire on January 29, 2016, and May 27, 2027, respectively. FirstEnergy submitted its application for renewal of the BVPS operating licenses in a letter dated August 27, 2007.
The NRC is gathering information for a BVPS site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS), NUREG-1437. The supplement will contain the results of the review of the environmental impacts on the area surrounding the BVPS site related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. Provided for your information is the BVPS Site Layout (Enclosure 1) and Transmission Line Map (Enclosure 2).
To accommodate interested members of the public, the NRC will hold two identical public meetings covering the license renewal review process and NEPA scoping for the BVPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS on November 27, 2007, located at the Embassy Suites, Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, PA 15108. 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 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session.
The license renewal application (LRA) and the GEIS 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 accession number for the LRA is ML072430913. 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
. The BVPS LRA is also available on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/bvalley.html. In addition, the Beaver Area Memorial Library, located at 100 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009-2704, and the Beaver County Library System, located at 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, have agreed to make the LRA available for public inspection.
Please submit any comments that the Delaware Trust Board may have to offer on the scope of the environmental review by December 17, 2007. Written comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.
The staff expects to publish the draft supplement to the GEIS in September 2008. The NRC will hold another set of public meetings in the site vicinity to solicit comments on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for BVPS is planned for May 2009.
If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Kent Howard, Safety/Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at KJH1@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA Bo Pham for/
Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412
Enclosures:
- 1. Site Layout 2. Transmission Line Map
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SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
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Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149
Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Director, Utilities Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469
Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Julie Firestone FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 November 9, 2007
Chairman Ron Sparkman Shawnee Tribe 29 South 69a Highway Miami, OK 74354
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear Chairman Sparkman:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Shawnee Tribe. As described below, the NRC's process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the Shawnee Tribe to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.
Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating licenses for BVPS will expire on January 29, 2016, and May 27, 2027, respectively. FirstEnergy submitted its application for renewal of the BVPS operating licenses in a letter dated August 27, 2007.
The NRC is gathering information for a BVPS site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS), NUREG-1437. The supplement will contain the results of the review of the environmental impacts on the area surrounding the BVPS site related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. Provided for your information is the BVPS Site Layout (Enclosure 1) and Transmission Line Map (Enclosure 2).
To accommodate interested members of the public, the NRC will hold two identical public meetings covering the license renewal review process and NEPA scoping for the BVPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS on November 27, 2007, located at the Embassy Suites, Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, PA 15108. 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 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session.
The license renewal application (LRA) and the GEIS 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 accession number for the LRA is ML072430913. 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
. The BVPS LRA is also available on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/bvalley.html. In addition, the Beaver Area Memorial Library, located at 100 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009-2704, and the Beaver County Library System, located at 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, have agreed to make the LRA available for public inspection.
Please submit any comments that the Shawnee Tribe may have to offer on the scope of the environmental review by December 17, 2007. Written comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.
The staff expects to publish the draft supplement to the GEIS in September 2008. The NRC will hold another set of public meetings in the site vicinity to solicit comments on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for BVPS is planned for May 2009.
If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Kent Howard, Safety/Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at KJH1@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA Bo Pham for/
Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412
Enclosures:
- 1. Site Layout 2. Transmission Line Map
cc w/encls: See next page
ML073040557 OFFICE: LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB2 PM:DLR:RPB2 BC:DLR:RPB2 NAME: IKing ESayoc KHoward (BPham for) RFranovich (BPham for) DATE: 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 Site Layout ENCLOSURE 1 Transmission Line Map ENCLOSURE 2
Letter to R. Sparkman From R. Franovich Dated November 9, 2007 DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
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Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149
Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Director, Utilities Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469
Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Julie Firestone FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Rebecca Hawkins Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Shawnee Tribe 29 South 69a Highway Miami, OK 74354
November 9, 2007
Governor Larry Nuckolls Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma 2025 S. Gordon Cooper Drive Shawnee, OK 74801
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear Governor Nuckolls:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. As described below, the NRC's process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.
Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating licenses for BVPS will expire on January 29, 2016, and May 27, 2027, respectively. FirstEnergy submitted its application for renewal of the BVPS operating licenses in a letter dated August 27, 2007.
The NRC is gathering information for a BVPS site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS), NUREG-1437. The supplement will contain the results of the review of the environmental impacts on the area surrounding the BVPS site related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. Provided for your information is the BVPS Site Layout (Enclosure 1) and Transmission Line Map (Enclosure 2).
To accommodate interested members of the public, the NRC will hold two identical public meetings covering the license renewal review process and NEPA scoping for the BVPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS on November 27, 2007, located at the Embassy Suites, Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, PA 15108. 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 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session.
The license renewal application (LRA) and the GEIS 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 accession number for the LRA is ML072430913. 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
. The BVPS LRA is also available on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/bvalley.html. In addition, the Beaver Area Memorial Library, located at 100 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009-2704, and the Beaver County Library System, located at 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, have agreed to make the LRA available for public inspection.
Please submit any comments that the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma may have to offer on the scope of the environmental review by December 17, 2007. Written comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.
The staff expects to publish the draft supplement to the GEIS in September 2008. The NRC will hold another set of public meetings in the site vicinity to solicit comments on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for BVPS is planned for May 2009.
If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Kent Howard, Safety/Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at KJH1@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA Bo Pham for/
Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412
Enclosures:
- 1. Site Layout 2. Transmission Line Map
cc w/encls: See next page
ML073040557 OFFICE: LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB2 PM:DLR:RPB2 BC:DLR:RPB2 NAME: IKing ESayoc KHoward (BPham for) RFranovich (BPham for) DATE: 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 Site Layout ENCLOSURE 1 Transmission Line Map ENCLOSURE 2
Letter to L. Nuckolls From R. Franovich Dated November 9, 2007 DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
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Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149
Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Director, Utilities Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469
Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Julie Firestone FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Karen Kaniatobe, THPO Section 106/Environment/NEPA Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma 2025 S. Gordon Cooper Drive Shawnee, OK 74801
November 9, 2007
Chief James Ransom St. Regis Mohawk Tribe 412 State Route 37 Akwesasne, NY 13655
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear Chief Ransom:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. As described below, the NRC's process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.
Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating licenses for BVPS will expire on January 29, 2016, and May 27, 2027, respectively. FirstEnergy submitted its application for renewal of the BVPS operating licenses in a letter dated August 27, 2007.
The NRC is gathering information for a BVPS site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS), NUREG-1437. The supplement will contain the results of the review of the environmental impacts on the area surrounding the BVPS site related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. Provided for your information is the BVPS Site Layout (Enclosure 1) and Transmission Line Map (Enclosure 2).
To accommodate interested members of the public, the NRC will hold two identical public meetings covering the license renewal review process and NEPA scoping for the BVPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS on November 27, 2007, located at the Embassy Suites, Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, PA 15108. 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 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session.
The license renewal application (LRA) and the GEIS 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 accession number for the LRA is ML072430913. 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
. The BVPS LRA is also available on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/bvalley.html. In addition, the Beaver Area Memorial Library, located at 100 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009-2704, and the Beaver County Library System, located at 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, have agreed to make the LRA available for public inspection.
Please submit any comments that the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe may have to offer on the scope of the environmental review by December 17, 2007. Written comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.
The staff expects to publish the draft supplement to the GEIS in September 2008. The NRC will hold another set of public meetings in the site vicinity to solicit comments on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for BVPS is planned for May 2009.
If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Kent Howard, Safety/Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at KJH1@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA Bo Pham for/
Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412
Enclosures:
- 1. Site Layout 2. Transmission Line Map
cc w/encls: See next page
ML073040557 OFFICE: LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB2 PM:DLR:RPB2 BC:DLR:RPB2 NAME: IKing ESayoc KHoward (BPham for) RFranovich (BPham for) DATE: 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 Site Layout ENCLOSURE 1 Transmission Line Map ENCLOSURE 2
Letter to J. Ransom From R. Franovich Dated November 9, 2007 DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
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Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149
Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Director, Utilities Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469
Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Julie Firestone FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Chief Lorraine M. White St. Regis Mohawk Tribe 412 State Route 37 Akwesasne, NY 13655
Chief Barbara A. Lazore St. Regis Mohawk Tribe 412 State Route 37 Akwesasne, NY 13655 Sheree Bonaparte Historic Preservation Officer St. Regis Mohawk Tribe 412 State Route 37 Akwesasne, NY 13655 Ken Jocks Director Environmental Division St. Regis Mohawk Tribe RR#1, Box 8a Hogansburg, NY 13655
November 9, 2007
Mr. Raymond Halbritter Oneida Indian Nation 5218 Patrick Road Verona, NY 13478
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear Mr. Halbritter:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Oneida Indian Nation. As described below, the NRC's process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the Oneida Indian Nation to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.
Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating licenses for BVPS will expire on January 29, 2016, and May 27, 2027, respectively. FirstEnergy submitted its application for renewal of the BVPS operating licenses in a letter dated August 27, 2007.
The NRC is gathering information for a BVPS site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS), NUREG-1437. The supplement will contain the results of the review of the environmental impacts on the area surrounding the BVPS site related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. Provided for your information is the BVPS Site Layout (Enclosure 1) and Transmission Line Map (Enclosure 2).
To accommodate interested members of the public, the NRC will hold two identical public meetings covering the license renewal review process and NEPA scoping for the BVPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS on November 27, 2007, located at the Embassy Suites, Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, PA 15108. 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 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session.
The license renewal application (LRA) and the GEIS 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 accession number for the LRA is ML072430913. 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
. The BVPS LRA is also available on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/bvalley.html. In addition, the Beaver Area Memorial Library, located at 100 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009-2704, and the Beaver County Library System, located at 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, have agreed to make the LRA available for public inspection.
Please submit any comments that the Oneida Indian Nation may have to offer on the scope of the environmental review by December 17, 2007. Written comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.
The staff expects to publish the draft supplement to the GEIS in September 2008. The NRC will hold another set of public meetings in the site vicinity to solicit comments on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for BVPS is planned for May 2009.
If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Kent Howard, Safety/Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at KJH1@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA Bo Pham for/
Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412
Enclosures:
- 1. Site Layout 2. Transmission Line Map
cc w/encls: See next page
ML073040557 OFFICE: LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB2 PM:DLR:RPB2 BC:DLR:RPB2 NAME: IKing ESayoc KHoward (BPham for) RFranovich (BPham for) DATE: 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 Site Layout ENCLOSURE 1 Transmission Line Map ENCLOSURE 2
Letter to R. Halbritter From R. Franovich Dated November 9, 2007 DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
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Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149
Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Director, Utilities Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469
Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Julie Firestone FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Jesse Bergevin Historian Oneida Indian Nation 221 Union Street P.O. Box 662 Oneida, NY 13421
Brian Patterson Bear Clan Representative, Men's Council Oneida Indian Nation Annex Bldg., 579 Main Street Oneida, NY 13421
General Council 5218 Patrick Road Verona, NY 13478
November 9, 2007
Chief Leo Henry Tuscarora Nation 2006 Mt. Hope Rd. Via Lewiston, NY 14092
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear Chief Henry:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Tuscarora Nation. As described below, the NRC's process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the Tuscarora Nation to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.
Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating licenses for BVPS will expire on January 29, 2016, and May 27, 2027, respectively. FirstEnergy submitted its application for renewal of the BVPS operating licenses in a letter dated August 27, 2007.
The NRC is gathering information for a BVPS site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS), NUREG-1437. The supplement will contain the results of the review of the environmental impacts on the area surrounding the BVPS site related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. Provided for your information is the BVPS Site Layout (Enclosure 1) and Transmission Line Map (Enclosure 2).
To accommodate interested members of the public, the NRC will hold two identical public meetings covering the license renewal review process and NEPA scoping for the BVPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS on November 27, 2007, located at the Embassy Suites, Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, PA 15108. 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 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session.
The license renewal application (LRA) and the GEIS 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 accession number for the LRA is ML072430913. 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
. The BVPS LRA is also available on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/bvalley.html. In addition, the Beaver Area Memorial Library, located at 100 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009-2704, and the Beaver County Library System, located at 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, have agreed to make the LRA available for public inspection.
Please submit any comments that the Tuscarora Nation may have to offer on the scope of the environmental review by December 17, 2007. Written comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.
The staff expects to publish the draft supplement to the GEIS in September 2008. The NRC will hold another set of public meetings in the site vicinity to solicit comments on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for BVPS is planned for May 2009.
If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Kent Howard, Safety/Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at KJH1@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA Bo Pham for/
Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412
Enclosures:
- 1. Site Layout 2. Transmission Line Map
cc w/encls: See next page
ML073040557 OFFICE: LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB2 PM:DLR:RPB2 BC:DLR:RPB2 NAME: IKing ESayoc KHoward (BPham for) RFranovich (BPham for) DATE: 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 Site Layout ENCLOSURE 1 Transmission Line Map ENCLOSURE 2
Letter to L. Henry From R. Franovich Dated November 9, 2007 DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
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Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149
Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Director, Utilities Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469
Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Julie Firestone FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Chief Stuart Patterson Chiefs Council Tuscarora Nation 1983 Upper Mountain Rd. Sanborn, NY 14132
Neil Patterson Jr. Director Tuscarora Environmental Program Tuscarora Nation 2045 Upper Mountain Rd. Sanborn, NY 14132
November 9, 2007
Chief Paul Spicer Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 1283 Miami, OK 74355
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear Chief Spicer:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma. As described below, the NRC's process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.
Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating licenses for BVPS will expire on January 29, 2016, and May 27, 2027, respectively. FirstEnergy submitted its application for renewal of the BVPS operating licenses in a letter dated August 27, 2007.
The NRC is gathering information for a BVPS site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS), NUREG-1437. The supplement will contain the results of the review of the environmental impacts on the area surrounding the BVPS site related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. Provided for your information is the BVPS Site Layout (Enclosure 1) and Transmission Line Map (Enclosure 2).
To accommodate interested members of the public, the NRC will hold two identical public meetings covering the license renewal review process and NEPA scoping for the BVPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS on November 27, 2007, located at the Embassy Suites, Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, PA 15108. 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 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session.
The license renewal application (LRA) and the GEIS 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 accession number for the LRA is ML072430913. 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
. The BVPS LRA is also available on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/bvalley.html. In addition, the Beaver Area Memorial Library, located at 100 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009-2704, and the Beaver County Library System, located at 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, have agreed to make the LRA available for public inspection.
Please submit any comments that the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma may have to offer on the scope of the environmental review by December 17, 2007. Written comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.
The staff expects to publish the draft supplement to the GEIS in September 2008. The NRC will hold another set of public meetings in the site vicinity to solicit comments on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for BVPS is planned for May 2009.
If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Kent Howard, Safety/Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at KJH1@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA Bo Pham for/
Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412
Enclosures:
- 1. Site Layout 2. Transmission Line Map
cc w/encls: See next page
ML073040557 OFFICE: LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB2 PM:DLR:RPB2 BC:DLR:RPB2 NAME: IKing ESayoc KHoward (BPham for) RFranovich (BPham for) DATE: 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 Site Layout ENCLOSURE 1 Transmission Line Map ENCLOSURE 2
Letter to P. Spicer From R. Franovich Dated November 9, 2007 DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
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Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149
Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Director, Utilities Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469
Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Julie Firestone FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Paul Barton Historic Preservation Officer/Environmental Director Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma 23701 S. 655 Road Grove, OK 74344
November 9, 2007
President Maurice John Seneca Nation of Indians P.O. Box 231 Salamanca, NY 14779
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear President John:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Seneca Nation of Indians. As described below, the NRC's process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the Seneca Nation of Indians to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.
Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating licenses for BVPS will expire on January 29, 2016, and May 27, 2027, respectively. FirstEnergy submitted its application for renewal of the BVPS operating licenses in a letter dated August 27, 2007.
The NRC is gathering information for a BVPS site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS), NUREG-1437. The supplement will contain the results of the review of the environmental impacts on the area surrounding the BVPS site related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. Provided for your information is the BVPS Site Layout (Enclosure 1) and Transmission Line Map (Enclosure 2).
To accommodate interested members of the public, the NRC will hold two identical public meetings covering the license renewal review process and NEPA scoping for the BVPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS on November 27, 2007, located at the Embassy Suites, Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, PA 15108. 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 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session.
The license renewal application (LRA) and the GEIS 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 accession number for the LRA is ML072430913. 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
. The BVPS LRA is also available on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/bvalley.html. In addition, the Beaver Area Memorial Library, located at 100 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009-2704, and the Beaver County Library System, located at 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, have agreed to make the LRA available for public inspection.
Please submit any comments that the Seneca Nation of Indians may have to offer on the scope of the environmental review by December 17, 2007. Written comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.
The staff expects to publish the draft supplement to the GEIS in September 2008. The NRC will hold another set of public meetings in the site vicinity to solicit comments on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for BVPS is planned for May 2009.
If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Kent Howard, Safety/Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at KJH1@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA Bo Pham for/
Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412
Enclosures:
- 1. Site Layout 2. Transmission Line Map
cc w/encls: See next page
ML073040557 OFFICE: LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB2 PM:DLR:RPB2 BC:DLR:RPB2 NAME: IKing ESayoc KHoward (BPham for) RFranovich (BPham for) DATE: 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 Site Layout ENCLOSURE 1 Transmission Line Map ENCLOSURE 2
Letter to M. John From R. Franovich Dated November 9, 2007 DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
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Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149
Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Director, Utilities Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469
Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Julie Firestone FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Kathleen Mitchell Seneca Nation of Indians Tribal Historic Preservation Office 467 Center St. Salamanca, NY 14779
November 9, 2007
Chief Glenna Wallace Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 350 Seneca, MO 64865
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear Chief Wallace:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. As described below, the NRC's process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.
Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating licenses for BVPS will expire on January 29, 2016, and May 27, 2027, respectively. FirstEnergy submitted its application for renewal of the BVPS operating licenses in a letter dated August 27, 2007.
The NRC is gathering information for a BVPS site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS), NUREG-1437. The supplement will contain the results of the review of the environmental impacts on the area surrounding the BVPS site related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. Provided for your information is the BVPS Site Layout (Enclosure 1) and Transmission Line Map (Enclosure 2).
To accommodate interested members of the public, the NRC will hold two identical public meetings covering the license renewal review process and NEPA scoping for the BVPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS on November 27, 2007, located at the Embassy Suites, Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, PA 15108. 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 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session.
The license renewal application (LRA) and the GEIS 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 accession number for the LRA is ML072430913. 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
. The BVPS LRA is also available on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/bvalley.html. In addition, the Beaver Area Memorial Library, located at 100 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009-2704, and the Beaver County Library System, located at 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, have agreed to make the LRA available for public inspection.
Please submit any comments that the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma may have to offer on the scope of the environmental review by December 17, 2007. Written comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.
The staff expects to publish the draft supplement to the GEIS in September 2008. The NRC will hold another set of public meetings in the site vicinity to solicit comments on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for BVPS is planned for May 2009.
If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Kent Howard, Safety/Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at KJH1@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA Bo Pham for/
Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412
Enclosures:
- 1. Site Layout 2. Transmission Line Map
cc w/encls: See next page
ML073040557 OFFICE: LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB2 PM:DLR:RPB2 BC:DLR:RPB2 NAME: IKing ESayoc KHoward (BPham for) RFranovich (BPham for) DATE: 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 Site Layout ENCLOSURE 1 Transmission Line Map ENCLOSURE 2
Letter to G. Wallace From R. Franovich Dated November 9, 2007 DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
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Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149
Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Director, Utilities Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469
Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Julie Firestone FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Rubin Dushane Cultural Preservation Officer Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 350 Seneca, MO 64865
Roxane Weldon EPA Director Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 350 Seneca, MO 64865
November 9, 2007
President Kerry Holton Delaware Nation P.O. Box 825 Anadarko, OK 73005
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear President Holton:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Delaware Nation. As described below, the NRC's process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the Delaware Nation to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.
Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating licenses for BVPS will expire on January 29, 2016, and May 27, 2027, respectively. FirstEnergy submitted its application for renewal of the BVPS operating licenses in a letter dated August 27, 2007.
The NRC is gathering information for a BVPS site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS), NUREG-1437. The supplement will contain the results of the review of the environmental impacts on the area surrounding the BVPS site related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. Provided for your information is the BVPS Site Layout (Enclosure 1) and Transmission Line Map (Enclosure 2).
To accommodate interested members of the public, the NRC will hold two identical public meetings covering the license renewal review process and NEPA scoping for the BVPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS on November 27, 2007, located at the Embassy Suites, Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, PA 15108. 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 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session.
The license renewal application (LRA) and the GEIS 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 accession number for the LRA is ML072430913. 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
. The BVPS LRA is also available on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/bvalley.html. In addition, the Beaver Area Memorial Library, located at 100 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009-2704, and the Beaver County Library System, located at 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, have agreed to make the LRA available for public inspection.
Please submit any comments that the Delaware Nation may have to offer on the scope of the environmental review by December 17, 2007. Written comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.
The staff expects to publish the draft supplement to the GEIS in September 2008. The NRC will hold another set of public meetings in the site vicinity to solicit comments on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for BVPS is planned for May 2009.
If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Kent Howard, Safety/Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at KJH1@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA Bo Pham for/
Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412
Enclosures:
- 1. Site Layout 2. Transmission Line Map
cc w/encls: See next page
ML073040557 OFFICE: LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB2 PM:DLR:RPB2 BC:DLR:RPB2 NAME: IKing ESayoc KHoward (BPham for) RFranovich (BPham for) DATE: 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/9/07 Site Layout ENCLOSURE 1 Transmission Line Map ENCLOSURE 2
Letter to K. Holton From R. Franovich Dated November 9, 2007 DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
HARD COPY DLR RF E-MAIL: PUBLIC SSmith (srs3) SDuraiswamy RidsNrrDlr RidsNrrDlrRlra RidsNrrDlrRlrb RidsNrrDlrRlrc RidsNrrDlrReba RidsNrrDlrRebb RidsNrrDciCvib RidsNrrDciCpnb RidsNrrDraAfpb RidsNrrDeEmcb RidsNrrDeEeeb RidsNrrDssSbwb RidsNrrDssSbpb RidsNrrDssScvb RidsOgcMailCenter ------------- KHoward ESayoc PBuckberg NMorgan MModes, RI PCataldo, RI DWerkheiser, RI RBellemy, RI Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Danny L. Pace Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Ohio EPA-DERR ATTN: Zack A. Clayton P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43266-0149
Peter P. Sena III Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-A P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Commissioner James R. Lewis West Virginia Division of Labor 749-B, Building No. 6 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Director, Utilities Department Public Utilities Commission 180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 2605 Interstate Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469
Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport P.O. Box 3 Shippingport, PA 15077 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
Julie Firestone FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Tamara Francis NAGPRA Director Delaware Nation P.O. Box 825 Anadarko, OK 73005
Darrin Ashapanek EPA Director Delaware Nation P.O. Box 825 Anadarko, OK 73005
November 9, 2007
Chief Roger Hill Tonawanda Seneca Nation 5218 Patrick Road Verona, NY 13478
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear Chief Hill:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), Units 1 and 2, located in Shippingport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. BVPS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Tonawanda Seneca Nation. As described below, the NRC's process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Section 51.28(b), the NRC invites the Tonawanda Seneca Nation to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.
Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating licenses for BVPS will expire on January 29, 2016, and May 27, 2027, respectively. FirstEnergy submitted its application for renewal of the BVPS operating licenses in a letter dated August 27, 2007.
The NRC is gathering information for a BVPS site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS), NUREG-1437. The supplement will contain the results of the review of the environmental impacts on the area surrounding the BVPS site related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. Provided for your information is the BVPS Site Layout (Enclosure 1) and Transmission Line Map (Enclosure 2).
To accommodate interested members of the public, the NRC will hold two identical public meetings covering the license renewal review process and NEPA scoping for the BVPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS on November 27, 2007, located at the Embassy Suites, Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, PA 15108. 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 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session.
The license renewal application (LRA) and the GEIS 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 accession number for the LRA is ML072430913. 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
. The BVPS LRA is also available on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/bvalley.html. In addition, the Beaver Area Memorial Library, located at 100 College Ave., Beaver, PA 15009-2704, and the Beaver County Library System, located at 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, have agreed to make the LRA available for public inspection.
Please submit any comments that the Tonawanda Seneca Nation may have to offer on the scope of the environmental review by December 17, 2007. Written comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.
The staff expects to publish the draft supplement to the GEIS in September 2008. The NRC will hold another set of public meetings in the site vicinity to solicit comments on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for BVPS is planned for May 2009.
If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Kent Howard, Safety/Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at KJH1@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA Bo Pham for/
Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412
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Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-19 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308
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475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 298 Shippingport, PA 15077 Cliff Custer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Mike Banko FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077
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