ML073440428

Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement 34 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, and Public Meeting for the Renewal of Plant Name

ML073440428
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	04/25/2008
From:	Lund A NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/RLRA
To:
Stuyvenberg, A L, NRR/DLR/ 415-4006
Shared Package
ML073440314	List: ML073440408 ML073440428
References
TAC MD3021, TAC MD3022
Download: ML073440428 (3)

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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PPL SUSQUEHANNA, LLC SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENT 35 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS AND PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF SUSQUEHANNA DOCKET NOS. 50-387 and 50-388 Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, Commission) has published a draft plant-specific supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating licenses NPF-14 and NPF-22 for an additional 20 years of operation for the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2. Susquehanna Steam Electric Station is located in northeastern Pennsylvania (PA) in Salem Township, approximately 5 miles northeast of the Borough of Berwick, PA, 20 miles southwest of Wilkes-Barre, PA, and 50 miles northwest of Allentown, PA. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and several reasonable alternative energy sources. The draft Supplement 35 to the GEIS is 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 draft Supplement 35 to the GEIS is ML081140337. 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. In addition, the McBride Memorial Library - located at 500 N. Market St., Berwick, PA 18603 - and the Mill Memorial Library - located at 495 E. Main St., Nanticoke, PA 18634- have agreed to make the draft supplement to the GEIS available for public inspection. Any interested party may submit comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS for consideration by the NRC staff. To be considered, comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS and the proposed action must be received by July 21, 2008; the NRC staff is able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. Comments received after the due date will be considered only if it is practical to do so. Written comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS should be sent to: Chief, Rulemaking, Directives and Editing Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, Mailstop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Comments may be hand-delivered to the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike, Room T-6D59, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at SusquehannaEIS@nrc.gov. All comments received by the Commission, including those made by Federal, State, local agencies, Native American Tribes, or other interested persons, will be made available electronically at the Commission

=s PDR in Rockville, Maryland, and through ADAMS. The NRC staff will hold a public meeting to present an overview of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS and to accept public comments on the document. The public meeting will be held on May 28, 2008, at the The Eagles Building, 107 South Market St., Berwick, PA 18603. 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. Both meetings will be transcribed and will include: (1) a presentation of the contents of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS, and (2) the opportunity for interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to provide comments on the draft report. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to the start of each session at the same location. No comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meeting or in writing. Persons may pre-register to attend or present oral comments at the meeting by contacting Mr. Drew Stuyvenberg, the NRC Environmental Project Manager at 1-800-368-5642, extension 4006, or by e-mail at SusquehannaEIS@nrc.gov no later than May 23, 2008. Members of the public may also register to provide oral comments within 15 minutes of the start of each session. Individual, oral comments may be limited by the time available, depending on the number of persons who register. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, the need should be brought to Mr. Stuyvenberg's attention no later than May 16, 2008, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr. Drew Stuyvenberg, Renewal Projects Branch 1, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop O-11F1, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Mr. Stuyvenberg may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of April, 2008. FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

\RA\ Louise Lund, Branch Chief Renewal Projects Branch 1 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation