ML081230397

Notice of Forthcoming Meeting to Discuss the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Susquehanna, Units 1 and 2

ML081230397
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	05/06/2008
From:	Stuyvenberg A NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR
To:	Lund A NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR
Stuyvenberg, A L, NRR/DLR/ 415-4006
References
TAC MD3021, TAC MD3022
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May 6, 2008 MEMORANDUM TO: Louise Lund, Chief Renewal Projects Branch 1 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM: Drew Stuyvenberg, Project Manger \RA\

Renewal Projects Branch 1 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUBJECT:

FORTHCOMING MEETING TO DISCUSS THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REGARDING SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 (Two Identical Meetings)

First Meeting: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (as necessary)

Second Meeting: 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. (as necessary)

LOCATION: The Eagles Building 107 South Market St.

Berwick, PA 18603 CATEGORY 3:* This is a Category 3 Meeting. The public is invited to participate in this meeting by providing comments and asking questions throughout the meeting.

PURPOSE: To meet with the public to receive comments on the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (dSEIS) 35 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (NUREG-1437) for Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2, issued in April 2008.

CONTACT: Drew Stuyvenberg, NRR Evelyn Gettys, NRR 301-415-4006 301-415-4029 Andrew.Stuyvenberg@nrc.gov Evelyn.Gettys@nrc.gov

• Commission's Policy Statement on Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings, 67 Federal Register 36920, May 28, 2002.

PURPOSE (contd): The dSEIS is available on the NRCs website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1437/supplement35/ and in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) publicly available Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS). The ADAMS accession number is ML081140337. See the enclosed agenda and Federal Register Notice.

Both meetings will be preceded by an informal open house beginning one hour prior to each meeting. The open house will provide members of the public with an opportunity to talk informally with NRC staff. Members of the public may register to present oral comments at the meetings by contacting Mr. Drew Stuyvenberg at 1-800-368-5642, extension 4006, or by e-mail at Andrew.Stuyvenberg@nrc.gov, no later than May 23, 2008.

Those who wish to make comments may also register within 15 minutes of the start of each meeting. 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 meeting, the need should be brought to the attention of Mr. Stuyvenberg at 1-800-368-5642, extension 4006, or by e-mail Andrew.Stuyvenberg@nrc.gov, no later than May 16, 2008, to provide NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.

PARTICIPANTS: NRC / NRR Registered Members of the Public Eric Benner Drew Stuyvenberg Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encls: See next page

(Letter) ML081230397; (FRN) ML081290685 OFFICE LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB1 NAME IKing AStuyvenberg w/comments DATE 5/6/08 5/6/08 Memorandum to L. Lund from A. Stuyvenberg, dated May 06, 2008 DISTRIBUTION:

SUBJECT:

FORTHCOMING MEETING TO DISCUSS THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REGARDING SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 HARD COPY:

DLR R/F A. Stuyvenberg E-Mail:

Resource, PMNS E. Benner fmonette@anl.gov lagory@anl.gov L. Subin B. Vaidya R. Shane, OCA B. Keeling, OCA E. Dacus N. Sheehan RidsOpaMail RidsNrrAdro RidsNrrDlr RidsOGCMailRoom D. McIntyre, OPA S. Schaeffer C. Tucci, NRR Technical Communications Assistant P. Krohn F. Jaxheimer G. Ottenberg DLR J. Leous L. Rakovan

AGENDA FOR PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 THE EAGLES BUILDING BERWICK, PA Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Two Identical Meeting Sessions - 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.*

I. Welcome and Purpose of Meeting 10 minutes **

II. Overview of License Renewal Process 10 minutes (E. Benner)

III. Results of the Environmental Review 15 minutes (D. Stuyvenberg)

IV. How Comments can be Submitted 5 minutes (D. Stuyvenberg)

V. Public Comments As Required VI. Closing/Availability of Transcript 5 minutes

• The NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to each meeting session. No formal comments on the proposed scope of the environmental impact statement will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meetings or in writing, as described in the enclosed Federal Register Notice.

• • Times in this agenda are approximates.

ENCLOSURE 1

Federal Register Notice Published May 1, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 85)

Pages 24093-24094

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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 STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 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 Eagles Building, 107 South Market St., Berwick, PA 18603.

There will be two sessions to accommodate interested parties. The first session will convene at ENCLOSURE 2

1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m., as necessary. The second session will convene at 7 p.m. with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting and will continue until 10 p.m., as necessary. Both meetings will be transcribed and will include: (1) 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 Louise Lund, Branch Chief Renewal Projects Branch 1 Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Cornelius J. Gannon Bryan A. Snapp, Esq.

Vice President - Nuclear Operations Associate General Counsel PPL Susquehanna, LLC PPL Services Corporation 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB3 Two North Ninth Street, GENTW3 Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Robert M. Paley Document Control Services General Manager - Plant Support PPL Susquehanna, LLC PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB2 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Richard W. Osborne Rocco R. Sgarro Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs 212 Locust Street PPL Susquehanna, LLC P.O. Box 1266 Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1266 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Director, Bureau of Radiation Protection Supervisor Pennsylvania Department of Nuclear Regulatory Affairs Environmental Protection PPL Susquehanna, LLC Rachel Carson State Office Building 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSA4 P.O. Box 8469 Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Michael H. Crowthers Senior Resident Inspector Supervisior - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PPL Susquehanna, LLC P.O. Box 35, NUCSA4 Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Berwick, PA 18603-0035 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Regional Administrator, Region 1 Ronald E. Smith U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission General Manager - Site Preparedness 475 Allendale Road and Services King of Prussia, PA 19406 PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSA4 Board of Supervisors Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Salem Township P.O. Box 405 Michael H. Rose Berwick, PA 18603-0035 Manager - Quality Assurance PPL Susquehanna, LLC National Energy Committee 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB2 Sierra Club Berwick, PA 18603-0467 443 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803 Joseph J. Scopelliti Community Relations Manager, Mr. Don L. Klima, Director Susquehanna Advisory Council on Historic Preservation PPL Susquehanna, LLC Office of Federal Agency Programs 634 Salem Blvd., SSO 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 803 Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Washington, DC 20004

Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Susan M. Zacher, Edgar French, Tribal President Historic Structures Section Chief Delaware Nation of Oklahoma Pennsylvania Historical & Museum P.O. Box 825 Commission Anadarko, OK 73005 Bureau of Historic Preservation Commonwealth Keystone Building, 2nd Floor Paul Spicer, Chief 400 North Street Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma Harrisburg, PA 17120-0093 P.O. Box 1283 Miami, OK 74355 Mark Hartle, Chief, Aquatic Resources Section Barry E. Snyder, Sr., President Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Seneca Nation of Indians Environmental Services P.O. Box 231 450 Robinson Lane Salamanca, NY 14779 Bellefonte, PA 16823-9620 Roger Hill, Chief Jennifer Kagel, Fishery Biologist Tonawanda Band of Seneca U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 7027 Meadville Road Pennsylvania Field Office Basom, NY 14013 315 South Allen Street, Suite 322 State College, PA 16801-4850 James W. Ransom, Chief St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians Alice Zaikoski 412 State Route 37 McBride Memorial Library Akwesasne, NY 13655 500 N. Market Street Berwick, PA 18603 Irving Powless, Jr., Chief Onondaga Indian Nation Clifford Farides, Executive Director RR #1, Box 319-B Mill Memorial Library Nedrow, NY 13120 495 E. Main Street Nanticoke, PA 18634 The Honorable Clint Halftown Heron Clan Representative Ms. Chris Firestone Cayuga Nation Native Plant Program Manager P.O. Box 11 Pennsylvania Department of Conservation Versailles, NY 14168 and Natural Resources Bureau of Forestry Leo R. Henry, Clerk, Chief Forest Advisory Services Tuscarora Nation P.O. Box 8552 2006 Mt. Hope Road Harrisburg, PA 17105-1673 via: Lewistown, NY 14092 Raymond Cline, Trust Board Chairman Delaware Trust Board 220 NW Virginia Avenue Bartlesville, OK 74003

Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Karen Kaniatobe, THPO Tony Gonyea, Faithkeeper Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Onondaga Nation 2025 S. Gordon Cooper Drive RR #1, Route 11A Shawnee, OK 74801 Box 258C via: Nedrow, NY 13120 Larry Nuckolls, Governor Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Kathleen Mitchell 2025 S. Gordon Cooper Drive Seneca Nation of Indians Shawnee, OK 74801 Tribal Historic Preservation Office 467 Center St.

Timothy Two Guns Salamanca, NY 14779 Cayuga Nation P.O. Box 11 Paul Barton, Historic Preservation Officer Versailles, NY 14168 Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 1283 Tamara Francis, NAGPRA Director Miami, OK 74355 Delaware Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 825 Marion Sizemore, Environmental Director Anadarko, OK 73005 Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 1283 Darrin Ahshapanek, EPA Director Miami, OK 74355 Delaware Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 825 Chief Leroy Howard Anadarko, OK 73005 Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 1283 Charles D. Enyart, Chief Miami, OK 74355 Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 350 Sheree Bonaparte, Historic Preservation Seneca, MO 64865 Officer St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Roxane Weldon, EPA Director 412 State Route 37 Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Akwesasne, NY 13655 P.O. Box 350 Seneca, MO 64865 Ken Jocks, Director Environmental Division Stephen J. Selden, Esq. RR #1, Box 8a General Council Hogansburg, NY 13655 5218 Patrick Road Verona, NY 13478 Ron Sparkman, Chairman Shawnee Tribe Gerald Danforth, Chairman 29 South 69a Highway Oneida Nation of Wisconsin Miami, OK 74354 P.O. Box 365 Oneida, WI 54155-0365 Rebecca Hawkins, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Corina Williams, THPO Shawnee Tribe Oneida Nation of Wisconsin 29 South 69a Highway P.O. Box 365 Miami, OK 74354 Oneida, WI 54155-0365

Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Tribal Chairman Mr. Jerome Fields Shawnee Tribe Senior Environmental Scientist 29 South 69a Highway PPL Susquehanna, LLC Miami, OK 74354 Two North Ninth Street, GENPL5 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Robert Chicks, Tribal Chairman Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mr. Eric Joseph Epstein Mohican Nation, Wisconsin 4100 Hillsdale Road Route 1 Harrisburg, PA 17112 P.O. Box 70 Bowler, WI 54416 Ms. Sue Fracke 1 Mountain Road Sherry White, Cultural Preservation Officer Sugarloaf, PA 18249-3704 Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin Route 1 P.O. Box 70 Bowler, WI 54416 Greg Bunker Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin Route 1 P.O. Box 70 Bowler, WI 54416 Stuart Patterson, Chief 1983 Upper Mountain Road Tuscarora Nation via: Sanborn, NY 14132 Tuscarora Environmental Program Neil Patterson, Jr., Director 2045 Upper Mountain Road Tuscarora Nation via: Sanborn, NY 14132 Mr. James K. Williams Unit Supervisor - SSES PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL5 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Mr. Duane Filchner Nuclear Regulatory Affairs PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Allentown, PA 18101-1179