ML082540399

Notice of Availability of the Draft Plant-Specific Supplement 36 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants the Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 (TAC Nos. MD6595 and MD6596)

ML082540399
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	09/17/2008
From:	Rani Franovich License Renewal Projects Branch 2
To:	Sena P FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
Sayoc, Manny, NRR/DLR/RLRB 415-1924
References
7590-01-P, TAC MD6595, TAC MD6596
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September 17, 2008 Vice President Peter P. Sena III FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 Shippingport, PA 15077

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 36 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS REGARDING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MD6595 AND MD6596)

Dear Mr. Sena:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the draft plant-specific Supplement 36 to NUREG-1437, ?Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants,@ regarding the renewal of operating license/ses DPR-66 and NPF-73 for an additional 20 years of operation for the Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2.

Enclosed is a copy of the draft supplement and the associated Federal Register Notice of Availability. This notice advises the public that the draft supplement is publicly available at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) or from the NRC=s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. The Accession Number for the draft Supplement 36 to the GEIS is ML082600147 and it is available for viewing on the Internet at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html#underreview.

In addition, two libraries have agreed to make the draft Supplement 36 to the GEIS available for public inspection: Beaver Area Memorial Library,100 College Ave, Beaver, PA 15009-2704 (telephone 724-775-1132), and Beaver County Library System, 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061 (telephone 724-728-3737).

As discussed in Section 9.3 of the draft supplement, the preliminary recommendation of the staff is that the Commission determine that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for the Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2, are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decision makers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is based on: (1) the analysis and findings in the GEIS; (2) the Environmental Report submitted by FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company; (3) consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies; (4) the staff=s own independent review; and (5) the staff=s consideration of public comments received during the scoping process.

P. Sena A separate Notice of Availability of the draft supplemental environmental impact statement will be placed in the Federal Register through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the NRC Project Manager, Mr. Kent Howard, at 301-415-2989 or by e-mail at Kent.Howard@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-334 and 50-412

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page

1. Letter w/Svc List, FRN: ML082540399

2. ?Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 36@: ML082600147

3. Pkg: ML082540377 OFFICE DLR:LA DLR:PM DLR:PM OGC DLR:BC NAME IKing ESayoc KHoward LSubin R. Franovich DATE 9/14/08 09/15/08 09/16/08 09/17/08 09/17/08

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION, BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENT 36 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS, AND PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-334 and 50-412 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 DPR-66 and NPF-73 for an additional 20 years of operation for the Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2, which is located in Shippingport, PA, about 25 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, PA. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources.

The draft Supplement 36 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 36 to the GEIS is ML082600147. 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, two libraries have agreed to make the draft

Supplement 36 to the GEIS available for public inspection: Beaver Area Memorial Library,100 College Ave, Beaver, PA 15009-2704 (telephone 724-775-1132), and Beaver County Library System, 1 Campus Drive, Monaca, PA 15061 (telephone 724-728-3737).

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 December 17, 2008; the NRC staff is able to ensure 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 36 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, D.C., 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 BeaverValleyEIS@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 October 30, 2008, at the Embassy Suites Pittsburgh-International Airport, 550 Cherrington Parkway, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 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. 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 36 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. Sayoc, the NRC Project Manager at 1-800-368-5642, extension 1924, or by e-mail at BeaverValleyEIS@nrc.gov, no later than October 27, 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. Sayocs attention no later than October 16, 2008, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr. Sayoc, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop O-11F1, Washington, D.C., 20555-0001. Mr. Sayoc may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of September 2008 FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 36 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS REGARDING THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MD6595 AND MD6596)

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Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer Ohio EPA-DERR FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company ATTN: Zack A. Clayton Mail Stop A-GO-19 P.O. Box 1049 76 South Main Street Columbus, OH 43266-0149 Akron, OH 44308 Peter P. Sena III James H. Lash Site Vice President Senior Vice President of Operations FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company and Chief Operating Officer Beaver Valley Power Station FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-BV-SEB-1 Mail Stop A-GO-14 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 76 South Main Street Shippingport, PA 15077 Akron, OH 44308 Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs Danny L. Pace FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering Mail Stop A-GO-2 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company 76 South Main Street Mail Stop A-GO-14 Akron, OH 44308 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Jeannie M. Rinckel Beaver Valley Power Station Vice President, Fleet Oversight Mail Stop A-BV-A FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Mail Stop A-GO-14 Shippingport, PA 15077 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Corporation David W. Jenkins, Attorney Mail Stop A-GO-15 FirstEnergy Corporation 76 South Main Street Mail Stop A-GO-15 Akron, OH 44308 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Richard Anderson Vice President, Nuclear Support Manager, Fleet Licensing FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Akron, OH 44308

Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Commissioner James R. Lewis U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission West Virginia Division of Labor P.O. Box 298 749-B, Building No. 6 Shippingport, PA 15077 Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Tony Gonyea Onondaga Nation Director, Utilities Department RR#1, Route 11A Public Utilities Commission Box 319B 180 East Broad Street Via Nedrow, NY 13120 Columbus, OH 43266-0573 Cliff Custer Jennifer Kagel FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Pennsylvania Field Office Beaver Valley Power Station 315 south Allen St. Suite 322 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 State college, PA 16801-4850 Shippingport, PA 15077 Director, Pennsylvania Emergency Mike Banko Management Agency FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company 2605 Interstate Drive Beaver Valley Power Station Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Dr. Judith Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Julie Firestone Sierra Club FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company 433 Orlando Avenue Beaver Valley Power Station State College, PA 16803 P.O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Sherry White Pennsylvania Department of Cultural Preservation Officer Environmental Protection Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Rachel Carson State Office Building Nation, Wisconsin P.O. Box 8469 Route 1, P.O. Box 70 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Bowler, WI 54416 Mayor of the Borough of Shippingport Greg Bunker P.O. Box 3 Director Environmental/NEPA Shippingport, PA 15077 Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin Regional Administrator, Region I Route 1, P.O. Box 70 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bowler, WI 54416 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector