ML090650340

Notice of Availability of the Final Plant-Specific Supplement 35 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 (TAC Nos. MD3022 and MD3021)

ML090650340
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Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	03/13/2009
From:	David Pelton License Renewal Projects Branch 1
To:	Spence W PPL Corp
Stuyvenberg, A L, NRR/DLR/ 415-4006
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ML090710885	List: ML090650340 ML090710967 NRC-2008-0246, Notice of Availability of the Final Plant-Specific Supplement 35 to the Geis for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 (TAC Nos. MD3022, MD3021) FRN
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March 13, 2009 Mr. William H. Spence Executive Vice President Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nuclear Officer PPL Corporation Two North Ninth Street, GENTW 16 Allentown, PA 18101-1179

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 35 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS REGARDING SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MD3022 AND MD3021)

Dear Mr. Spence:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the final plant-specific Supplement 35 to NUREG-1437, ?Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS),@ 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. Enclosed is a copy of the final supplement and the associated Federal Register Notice of Availability. This notice advises the public that the final 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 final Supplement 35 to the GEIS is ML090700454. In addition, the McBride Memorial Library, located at 205 Chestnut St., Berwick, PA 18603, and the Mill Memorial Library, located at 495 East Main Street, Nanticoke, PA 18634, have agreed to make the final supplement available for public inspection.

As discussed in Section 9.3 of the final supplement, the staff determined that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station 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 PPL Susquehanna, LLC; (3) consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies; (4) the NRC staff=s own independent review; and (5) the NRC staff=s consideration of public comments.

W. Spence A separate Notice of Availability of the final 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 License Renewal Project Manager, Mr. Andrew Stuyvenberg, at 301-415-4006 or by e-mail at andrew.stuyvenberg@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David L. Pelton, Chief Projects Branch 1 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page

1. Letter w/encl. Svc List: ML090650340

2. Federal Register Notice: ML090710967

3. ?Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 35@: ML090700454

4. Pkg: ML090710885 OFFICE DLR:LA DLR:RERB:BC DLR:RPB2:PM OGC (NLO) DLR:RPB1:BC NAME YEdmonds BPham AStuyvenberg LSubin DPelton w/comments DATE 03/11/09 03/11/09 03/11/09 03/11/09 03/13/09

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NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 35 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS REGARDING SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MD3022 AND MD3021)

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Cornelius J. Gannon Joseph J. Scopelliti Vice President - Nuclear Operations Community Relations Manager, PPL Susquehanna, LLC Susquehanna 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB3 PPL Susquehanna, LLC Berwick, PA 18603-0467 634 Salem Blvd., SSO Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Robert M. Paley General Manager - Plant Support Bryan A. Snapp, Esq.

PPL Susquehanna, LLC Associate General Counsel 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB2 PPL Services Corporation Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Two North Ninth Street, GENTW3 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Rocco R. Sgarro Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs Document Control Services PPL Susquehanna, LLC PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Supervisor - Richard W. Osborne Nuclear Regulatory Affairs Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.

PPL Susquehanna, LLC 212 Locust Street 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSA4 P.O. Box 1266 Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1266 Michael H. Crowthers Director, Bureau of Radiation Protection Supervisior - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs Pennsylvania Department of PPL Susquehanna, LLC Environmental Protection Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Rachel Carson State Office Building Allentown, PA 18101-1179 P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Ronald E. Smith General Manager - Site Preparedness Senior Resident Inspector and Services U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PPL Susquehanna, LLC P.O. Box 35, NUCSA4 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSA4 Berwick, PA 18603-0035 Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Regional Administrator, Region 1 Michael H. Rose U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Manager - Quality Assurance 475 Allendale Road PPL Susquehanna, LLC King of Prussia, PA 19406 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB2 Berwick, PA 18603-0467

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