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| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 12/14/2011 |
| From: | State of NY |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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Table 8-3 (continued)
Impact Category Impact Comment Historic and SMALL to Archeological MODERATE Resources Construction at an alternate location would necessitate cultural resource studies; construction would likely avoid highly sensitive areas.
Environmental SMALL to LARGE Justice Impacts would vary depending on population distribution and location of the new plant site.
2 8.3.2 Natural Gas-Fired Combined-Cycle Generation 3
In this section, the NRC staff examines the environmental impacts of the natural gas-fired 4
alternative at both IP2 and IP3 and at an alternate site. The NRC staff assumed that a natural 5
gas-fired plant would use a closed-cycle cooling system.
6 This replacement natural gas-fired plant would likely use combined-cycle technology.
7 Compared to simple-cycle combustion turbines, combined-cycle plants are significantly more 8
efficient, and thus provide electricity at lower costs. Combined-cycle gas-fired power plants also 9
tend to operate at markedly higher thermal efficiencies than other fossil-fuel or nuclear power 10 plants, and require less water for condenser cooling than other thermoelectric alternatives. As 11 such, the gas-fired alternative would require smaller cooling towers and substantially less 12 makeup water than the cooling system proposed in Section 8.1.1 of this draft SEIS. Typically, 13 these plants support intermediate loads but they are capable of supporting a baseload duty 14 cycle; thus they provide an alternative to renewing the IP2 and IP3 operating licenses. Levitan 15 and Associates indicated that gas-fired generation was the most likely alternative to take the 16 place of IP2 and IP3 (2005).
17 The NRC evaluated environmental impacts from gas-fired generation alternatives in the GElS, 18 focusing on combined-cycle plants (NRC 1996). In a combined-cycle unit, hot combustion 19 gases in a combustion turbine rotate the turbine to generate electricity. Waste combustion heat 20 from the combustion turbine is routed through a heat-recovery steam generator, which then 21 powers a steam turbine electrical generator. The combination of two cycles can be as much as 22 60 percent efficient.
23 Combined-cycle gas turbines that are currently on the market can operate at a heat rate as low 24 as 5700 BTU/kWh for units with net output of 400 MW(e) (GE Energy 2005). These units are 25 more efficient than the 408-MW(e) units Entergy considered in its ER, and would consume 26 about 30 percent less fuel, while producing approximately 30 percent fewer emissions per unit 27 of electrical output. Using five, 400-MW(e) units would slightly underestimate the total impact to 28 some resources, but it provides a useful approximation using more-current technology. Other 29 options would include four, 530-MW(e) units with heat rates of approximately 6000 BTU/kWh 30 (GE Energy 2005), resulting in 2120 MW(e) net output.
31 The NRC staff discusses the overall impacts of the natural gas-fired generating system in the 32 following sections and summarizes them in Table 8-4 of this draft SEIS. The extent of impacts 33 at an alternate site would depend on the location of the site selected.
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Land Use 2
Existing facilities and infrastructure would be used to the extent practicable if a gas-fired 3
complex were to be developed at IP2 and IP3. Specifically, the NRC staff assumed that this 4
alternative would use the existing switchyard, offices, and transmission line ROWs. However, a 5
new mechanical-draft cooling tower would need to be constructed to support the new closed-6 cycle cooling system.
7 The GElS estimated that 45 ha (110 ac) are needed for a 1000-MW(e) natural gas-fired facility.
8 Scaling up for the 2000-MW(e) facility would indicate a land requirement of approximately 90 ha 9
(220 ac). The NRC staff notes that some existing combined-cycle facilities require less space 10 than the GElS indicates, and may be more on the order of 16 ha (40 ac) per 1000 MW(e).
11 (Entergy's withdrawn proposal for combined-cycle capacity on the IP2 and IP3, for example, 12 required only 2 ha (5 ac) for 330 MW(e) of capacity (as noted in Levitan and Associates 2005)).
13 The IP2 and IP3 site is only 98 ha (239 ac) with some land unsuitable for construction. Also, 14 much of the site is covered by the IP2 and IP3 containment structures, turbine buildings, other 15 IP2 and IP3 support facilities, and AGTC gas pipeline. Land covered by some IP2 and IP3 16 facilities would not be available until decommissioning, though land covered by some support 17 facilities may be available prior to the end of the current license. The AGTC pipeline ROW 18 would remain unavailable. Based on previous Entergy proposals and experience at other 19 combined-cycle plants, however, the NRC staff finds it possible that a gas-fired alternative could 20 be constructed and operated on the I P2 and I P3 site.
21 As reported by Levitan and Associates, Inc. (2005), the existing Algonquin pipeline that passes 22 through the IP2 and IP3 site may be adequate for a 330-MW(e) simple-cycle plant that would 23 operate in peaking mode during the summer season, when gas supplies are less constrained by 24 winter-season heating demands. Levitan and Associates (2005) concluded that substantial and 25 expensive pipeline upgrades would probably be necessary to supply natural gas to a combined-26 cycle alternative throughout the winter heating season and for the additional baseload capacity 27 throughout the year. Given firm demand for natural gas during the winter heating season, it is 28 possible that the gas-fired alternative may need to burn fuel oil during several weeks of the year, 29 should conditions of limited supply emerge. This practice is common at gas-fired power plants 30 in the northeastern United States.
31 The environmental impacts of locating the gas-fired generation facility at an alternate location 32 would depend on the past use of the location. If the site is a previously undisturbed site the 33 impacts would be more significant than if the site was a previously developed site. Construction 34 and operation of the gas-fired facility at an undeveloped site would require construction of a new 35 cooling system, switchyard, offices, gas transmission pipelines, and transmission line ROWs. A 36 previously industrial site may have closer access to existing infrastructure, which would help to 37 minimize environmental impacts. A gas-fired alternative constructed at the IP2 and IP3 site 38 would have direct access to a transmission system, an existing pipeline ROW, and an existing 39 dock to receive major components.
40 Regardless of where a gas-fired alternative is built, the GElS indicates that additional land 41 would be required for natural gas wells and collection stations. According to the GElS, a 1000-42 MW( e) gas-fired plant requires approximately 1500 ha (3600 ac) for wells, collection stations, 43 and pipelines, or about 3000 ha (7300 ac) for a 2000-MW(e) facility (NRC 1996).
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the IP2 and IP3 site. Gas-fired generation land use impacts at a new previously industrial site 2
are considered to be SMALL to MODERATE; while gas-fired generation at a new undeveloped 3
site would have MODERATE to LARGE impacts.
4 Ecology 5
At the IP2 and IP3 site, there would be terrestrial ecological impacts associated with siting a 6
gas-fired facility. These impacts would be similar to those described in Section 8.1.1.2 of this 7
draft SEIS, which discusses the ecological impacts of the construction of a closed-cycle cooling 8
system to support IP2 and IP3. The gas-fired facility would likely utilizing most previously 9
undeveloped property on site. Improvements to the existing pipeline network would also be 10 necessary, with some impacts along the already-disturbed ROW. Levitan and Associates 11 (2005) indicated that no transmission system improvements would be necessary to 12 accommodate the gas-fired alternative at the IP2 and IP3 site. Overall, construction effects are 13 limited in both scope and duration. Impacts to terrestrial ecology of constructing the gas-fired 14 alternative on site are likely to be SMALL.
15 Ecological impacts at an alternate site would depend on the nature of the land used for the plant 16 and the possible needs for a new gas pipeline and/or transmission lines. Construction of the 17 transmission line and construction and/or upgrade of the gas pipeline to serve a new plant at an 18 alternate site would have substantial ecological impacts, though these would be temporary.
19 Ecological impacts to the plant site and utility ROWs could include impacts on threatened or 20 endangered species, habitat loss or fragmentation, reduced productivity, and a local reduction in 21 biological diversity. Impacts to terrestrial ecology, however, are likely to be smaller than for a 22 coal-fired facility and would likely be SMALL to MODERATE, depending on site characteristics.
23 Operation of the gas-fired alternative at the IP2 and IP3 site or another site would likely not 24 introduce new terrestrial ecological effects after construction.
25 The gas-fired alternative is unlikely to create significant impacts for aquatic ecology during 26 construction, regardless of location. Because the plant has a relatively small footprint, and 27 because crews would likely implement some measures to control site runoff, it is unlikely that 28 impacts to aquatic ecology would be noticeable. Noticeable effects could occur during 29 construction if new transmission line ROWs or gas pipelines would need to cross streams or 30 rivers.
31 During operations, aquatic ecological resources would experience significantly smaller effects 32 than they would from a comparable nuclear or coal-fired power plant. The combined-cycle gas 33 plant using closed-cycle cooling would require less than half the cooling water of IP2 and IP3 34 using closed-cycle cooling. Construction of intake and discharge structures at an alternate site 35 could trigger some impacts to aquatic ecology, but because these impacts are very limited in 36 scope and time, they will likely not affect any important resource characteristics. Thus, aquatic 37 ecological impacts of the gas-fired alternative are likely to be SMALL.
38 At an alternate site, impacts to ecology may range from SMALL to MODERATE, while they are 39 likely to be SMALL if constructed at the existing IP2 and IP3 site.
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tower blowdown, with the discharge having a slightly higher temperature and increased 2
concentration of dissolved solids relative to the receiving water body, as well as intermittent, low 3
concentrations of biocides (e.g., chlorine). All discharges from a new plant at the IP2 and IP3 4
site would be regulated through a New York SPDES permit, which would be issued by 5
NYSDEC. Finally, some erosion would probably occur during construction (NRC 1996), though 6
the GElS indicates this effect would be SMALL. Plant construction crews would employ at least 7
basic runoff control measures. Because crews would likely not have to construct entirely new 8
intake structures, transmission lines, or a gas pipeline, most activities that could affect water use 9
and quality will not occur for an alternative constructed at the IP2 and IP3 site. Like the existing 10 IP2 and IP3, a gas-fired alternative located on the site would likely not rely on ground water.
11 Overall, impacts to water use and quality at the IP2 and IP3 site from a gas-fired alternative 12 would likely be SMALL for both construction and operation.
13 At an alternate site, a gas-fired alternative would likely rely on surface water for cooling makeup 14 water and blowdown discharge. Intake and discharge would involve relatively small quantities 15 of water compared to once-through cooling and less than the nuclear or coal-fired alternatives.
16 The impact on the surface water would depend on the volume of water needed for makeup 17 water, the discharge volume, and the characteristics of the receiving body of water. If a gas-18 fired plant discharges to surface water, the plant would have to meet the requirement of a 19 SPDES permit. The NRC staff expects that any new facility would comply with requirements of 20 the discharge permits issued for its operation. Thus discharges from the plant would be legally 21 obligated to conform to applicable water quality standards. Water withdrawals from a small river 22 or cooling pond, however, could lead to potential water use conflicts. The impacts would be 23 SMALL to MODERATE during operations depending on receiving water characteristics. During 24 construction, some erosion would probably occur though the GElS indicates this would have a 25 SMALL effect (NRC 1996).
26 Ground Water: IP2 and IP3 currently use no ground water. It is likely that a gas-fired 27 alternative at the IP2 and IP3 site would also use no ground water. Impacts at the IP2 and IP3 28 site would thus be SMALL. Ground water impacts from operations at an alternate site may vary 29 widely depending on whether the plant uses ground water for any of its water needs, though it 30 would be unlikely that a plant on an alternate site would use ground water for cooling system 31 makeup water given the quantity of water required. Ground water impacts at an alternate site 32 could range from SMALL to MODERATE, depending on the quantity of ground water used and 33 characteristics of aquifers used. Construction-stage impacts at both the existing site and a new 34 site are likely to be SMALL.
35 Air Quality 36 Natural gas is a clean-burning fuel relative to coal. The gas-fired alternative would release 37 emissions similar to those from the coal-fired alternative, but in lesser quantities.
38 The NRC staff calculates that approximate emissions from the five-unit, 2000-MW gas-fired 39 alternative using combined-cycle gas units with a heat rate of about 5700 BTU/kWh would be:
40 SOx-135 MT/yr (148 tons/yr) 41 NOx-444 MT/yr (475 tons/yr) 42 CO-93 MT /yr (135 tons/yr)
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Filterable particulates (PM1Q)-75 MT/yr (83 tons/yr)(3) 2 Gas-fired power plants primarily emit pollutants as a result of combustion conditions. These 3
pollutants include NOx, CO, and particulates. Regulations in place to reduce potential health 4
effects from air emissions, especially those promulgated in response to the CAA, drive the types 5
of emissions controls this gas-fired alternative would use to limit its effects on air quality. CAA 6
mechanisms like new source performance standards, nonattainment areas, State 7
implementation plans, and specialized programs, including one that limited overall NOx 8
emissions throughout the Eastern United States, all drive emissions control technologies used 9
in this gas-fired alternative.
10 NOx is typically the pollutant of greatest concern for a gas-fired power plant. Given the proper 11 atmospheric conditions, NOx helps to form ozone, as well as smog. The gas-fired alternative in 12 this case relies on selective catalytic reduction (SCR) to reduce NOx emissions. As previously 13 discussed, IP2 and IP3 are located within the New Jersey-New York-Connecticut Interstate Air 14 Quality Control Region (40 CFR 81.13). All of the States of New Jersey and Connecticut, as 15 well as several counties in Central and Southeastern New York within a 80-km (50-mi) radius of 16 IP2 and IP3, are designated as nonattainment areas for ozone (8-hour standard) (EPA 2008b).
17 Operators or owners of a gas-fired power plant constructed in a nonattainment area would need 18 to purchase offsets for ozone precursor emissions. In this case, NOx is the major ozone 19 precursor emitted by a coal-fired power plant. In accordance with NYSDEC regulations, 20 "Emission offsets must exceed the net increase in annual actual emissions from the air 21 contamination source project" (NYSDEC, Chapter 3, Parts 231-15). By design, this regulatory 22 requirement should result in a net reduction in ozone emissions in the region.
23 A new gas-fired generating plant located in a nonattainment area (like that at the IP2 and IP3 24 site) would need a nonattainment area permit and a Title IV operating permit under the CAA.
25 The plant would need to comply with the new source performance standards for such plants set 26 forth in 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart DA. The standards establish limits for particulate matter and 27 opacity (40 CFR 60.42(a)), S02 (40 CFR 60.43(a)), and NOx (40 CFR 60.44(a)).
28 In December 2000, EPA issued regulatory findings on emissions of HAPs from electric utility 29 steam-generating units (EPA 2000a). Natural gas-fired power plants were found by EPA to emit 30 arsenic, formaldehyde, and nickel (EPA 2000a). Unlike coal-and oil-fired plants, EPA did not 31 determine that emissions of HAPs from natural gas-fired power plants should be regulated 32 under Section 112 of the CAA.
33 A natural gas-fired plant would have unregulated CO2 emissions of about 117 pounds per 34 MMBtu (DOE/EIA 2008a). The NRC staff calculates that a five-unit gas-fired alternative with 35 technologically advanced turbines rated at 5700 BTU/kWh would emit approximately 4,965,000 36 MT (5,462,000 tons) of CO2 per year. Section 6.2 of this draft SEIS contains a discussion of 37 current and future relative GHG emissions from several energy alternatives including coal, 38 natural gas, nuclear, and renewables. Other emissions and losses during natural gas 39 production or transportation could also increase the relative GHG impact.
40 Construction activities also would result in some air effects, including those from temporary 41 fugitive dust, though construction crews likely would employ dust control practices to limit this 42 impact. Exhaust emissions also would come from vehicles and motorized equipment used (3)
Additional particulate emissions associated with the cooling towers were not quantified.
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during the construction process, though these emissions are likely to be intermittent in nature 2
and will occur over a limited period of time. As such, construction stage impacts would be 3
SMALL.
4 The overall air quality impact for operation of a new natural gas-fired plant at the IP2 and IP3 or 5
at an alternate site would be SMALL to MODERATE, depending on air quality in the 6
surrounding airshed. Air quality impacts during construction would be SMALL.
7 Waste 8
Burning natural gas fuel generates small amounts of waste. However, a plant using SCR to 9
control NOx will generate spent SCR catalyst and small amounts of solid waste products (i.e.,
10 ash). In the GElS, the NRC staff concluded that waste generation from gas-fired technology 11 would be minimal (NRC 1996). Waste generation impacts would be minor and would not 12 noticeably alter any important resource attribute.
13 Constructing a gas-fired alternative would generate small amounts of waste, though many 14 construction wastes can be recycled. Land-clearing debris from construction at an alternate 15 location could be land filled on site. Overall, the waste impacts would be SMALL for a natural 16 gas-fired plant sited at an alternate site.
17 Cooling towers for a new gas-fired alternative would be much smaller than those proposed in 18 8.1.1, and would not need to be constructed on slopes near the Hudson. Waste generation 19 from plant construction, then, is much less than in 8.1.1. The waste-related impacts associated 20 with construction of a five-unit gas-fired plant with closed-cycle cooling systems at the IP2 and 21 IP3 site would be SMALL.
22 Human Health 23 Human health effects from the operation of a gas-fired alternative with SCR emissions controls 24 would likely not be detected or would be sufficiently minor that they would neither destabilize nor 25 noticeably alter any important attribute of the resource.
26 During construction activities there would be a risk to workers from typical industrial incidents 27 and accidents. Accidental injuries are not uncommon in the construction industry, and 28 accidents resulting in fatalities do occur. However, the occurrence of such events is mitigated 29 by the use of proper industrial hygiene practices, complying with worker safety requirements, 30 and training. Occupational and public health impacts during construction are expected to be 31 controlled by continued application of accepted industrial hygiene protocols, occupational health 32 and safety controls, and radiation protection practices. Fewer workers would be on site for a 33 shorter period of time to construct a gas-fired plant than other new generation alternatives, and 34 so exposure to occupational risks tends to be lower than other alternatives.
35 Overall, the impacts on human health of a natural gas-fired alternate sited at IP2 and IP3 or at 36 an alternate site would be considered SMALL.
37 Socioeconomics 38 Construction of a natural gas-fired plant would take approximately 3 years (DOE/EIA 2007b).
39 Peak labor force would be approximately 1090 workers (NRC 1996). The NRC staff assumed 40 that construction of an offsite alternative would take place while I P2 and I P3 continue operation 41 and would be completed by the time the plants permanently cease operations. Entergy December 2008 8-51 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00366
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indicates that a gas-fired facility could be producing power before I P2 and I P3 shut down 2
(Entergy 2007).
3 At the end of construction, the local population would be affected by the loss of as many as 4
1090 construction jobs. However, this loss would be partially offset by a postconstruction 5
permanent employment. An additional construction workforce would be needed for the 6
decommissioning of IP2 and IP3 which could temporarily offset the impacts of the lost 7
construction and IP2 and IP3 jobs at the IP2 and IP3 site. A new gas-fired plant at the IP2 and 8
IP3 site would offset a small portion of lost employment, though, according to Levitan and 9
Associates, it may provide more revenues to the surrounding jurisdictions than I P2 and I P3 do 10 (2005). The large and diverse economic base of the region would help to offset or minimize the 11 significance of job losses.
12 The NRC staff concludes that the overall socioeconomic impacts from the gas-fired alternative 13 could be SMALL to MODERATE during construction and could be SMALL to MODERATE 14 during operation at most sites, depending largely on tax impacts.
15 Transportation 16 Impacts associated with transportation of the construction and operating personnel to the plant 17 site would depend on the population density and transportation infrastructure in the vicinity of 18 the site. During the 3-year construction period of the gas-fired facility, approximately 1090 19 construction workers may be working at the site. The addition of these workers would increase 20 traffic on highways and local roads that lead to the construction site. The impact of this 21 additional traffic would have a SMALL to MODERATE impact on nearby roadways, depending 22 on road infrastructure and existing traffic demands. Rural areas would typically experience a 23 greater impact than urban or suburban areas. Impacts associated with plant operating 24 personnel commuting to and from work are considered SMALL at all sites. Because the gas-25 fired alternative relies on pipelined fuel, transportation impacts from natural gas supply are not 26 likely to be noticeable, though plant operators will have to ensure that sufficient gas 27 transportation capacity exists.
28 Aesthetics 29 The combustion turbines and the heat-recovery boilers of the gas-fired plant would be relatively 30 low structures compared to existing plant facilities, but could be visible from the Hudson River if 31 located at the current IP2 and IP3 site. Some facility structures could be visible from offsite 32 locations as well. The impact on aesthetic resources of a gas-fired plant is likely less than the 33 impact the current nuclear plant, excepting when cooling towers produce noticeable plumes.
34 Overall, aesthetic impacts from a gas-fired plant constructed at the IP2 and IP3 site would likely 35 be SMALL.
36 At an alternate site, new buildings, cooling towers, cooling tower plumes, and electric 37 transmission lines would be visible off site. Visual impacts from new transmission lines or a 38 pipeline ROW would also be significant, though these may be minimized by building near 39 existing transmission lines or on previously developed land. Additionally, aesthetic impacts 40 would be minimized if the plant were located in an industrial area adjacent to other power 41 plants. Overall, the aesthetic impacts associated with the gas-fired alternative at alternate site 42 could be SMALL to LARGE.
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According to the IP2 and IP3 relicensing case study in the GElS, archeological sites at or near 2
the power plant were disturbed before construction of the plant, and so the impacts from plant 3
construction and operation were not significant (NRC 1996). Section 2.2.9.2 of this draft SEIS 4
also supports this conclusion.
5 A cultural resource inventory would be needed for any property at a new site or adjacent to the 6
IP2 and IP3 site that has not been previously surveyed. The survey would include an inventory 7
of field cultural resources, identification and recording of existing historic and archeological 8
resources, and possible mitigation of adverse effects from subsequent ground-disturbing actions 9
related to physical expansion of the plant site. The studies would likely be needed for all areas 10 of potential disturbance at the proposed plant site and along associated corridors where new 11 construction would occur (e.g., roads, transmission corridors, rail lines, or other ROWs).
12 The impacts to historic and archeological resources for the gas-fired alternative at the IP2 and 13 IP3 site would be similar to those described in Section 8.1.1.2 of this draft SEIS for the closed-14 cycle cooling alternative, can generally be effectively managed, and are considered SMALL.
15 Historic and archeological resource impacts can generally be effectively managed and, as such, 16 would be considered SMALL to MODERATE at a new, undeveloped site. For a previously 17 developed site, impact on cultural and historic resources would also be SMALL. Previous 18 development would likely have either removed items of archeological interest or may have 19 included a survey for sensitive resources. Any significant resources identified would have to be 20 handled in accordance with the NHPA.
21 Environmental Justice 22 As described in Section 8.1.1.2 of this draft SEIS, impacts to the environment or community 23 from actions at the IP2 and IP3 site, including the construction of a gas-fired plant, are not likely 24 to disproportionately affect minority or low-income populations because these populations in the 25 area around the site are proportionately small compared to the the geographical region's 26 population. Therefore, the gas-fired alternative constructed at the IP2 and IP3 site would have 27 SMALL impacts on environmental justice.
28 Impacts at an alternate site would depend upon the site chosen, nearby population 29 characteristics, and economic conditions. These impacts would range from SMALL to LARGE, 30 depending on impacts and the distribution of low-income and minority populations.
31 Table 8-4. Summary of Environmental Impacts of the Natural Gas-Fired Plant Alternative 32 Located at IP2 and IP3 and an Alternate Site Impact Category Land Use December 2008 5 Units Located at IP2 and IP3 Site Impact Comments 5 Units Located at Alternative Site Impact Comments SMALL to Onsite land used; most SMALL to About 92 ha (224 ac) needed for plant construction; additional land may be needed for pipeline and transmission line ROWs.
MODERATE has been previously LARGE disturbed.
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Environmental Impacts of License Renewal Ecology Water Use and Quality Air Quality SMALL SMALL Both terrestrial and SMALL to Impacts would depend aquatic impacts would MODERATE on the nature of the be SMALL because land used for the plant the plant uses mostly and whether a new disturbed land and gas pipeline and/or uses relatively little transmission lines are water.
needed; cooling water iwould have SMALL aquatic resource impacts.
Minor erosion and sedimentation may occur during construction. The plant would use no groundwater.
SMALL to With closed-cycle MODERATE cooling, the impact would likely be SMALL. Impact depends on the volume of used and characteristics of the water body; impacts from water use conflicts could be MODERATE.
SMALL to SOx: 135 MT/yr SMALL to Operational impacts MODERATE (148 tons/yr)
NOx: 444 MT/yr (475 tons/yr)
PM10: 75 MT/yr (83 tons/yr)
CO: 93 MT/yr (102 tons/yr)
CO2: 5 million MT/yr (5.5 million tons/yr)
MODERATE are the same as onsite plant but more emissions from additional construction activities.
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Table 8-4 (continued)
Impact 5 Units Located at IP2 and IP3 5 Units Located at Alternative Site Site Category Impact Comments Impact Comments Waste SMALL Small amounts of SMALL Small amounts of construction waste construction waste would be generated.
with some recycling options; land-clearing debris could be land filled on site.
Human Health SMALL Minor risk to workers SMALL Same as onsite plant.
associated with construction and industrial accidents.
Health effects from operational emissions are likely to be SMALL.
Socioeconomics SMALL to Impacts on housing SMALL to Construction impacts MODERATE and jobs in the area MODERATE would likely be no surrounding IP2 and larger than IP3 during onsite MODERATE at most construction and sites. The largest operation would be impacts occur during relatively minor based construction.
on the large population of the area surrounding IP2 and IP3.
Transportation SMALL to Increased traffic SMALL to Transportation impacts MODERATE associated with MODERATE associated with construction could be construction and noticeable, though the operating personnel to number of construction the plant site would workers is smaller than depend on the the number of workers population density and currently at IP2 and infrastructure in the IP3.
vicinity of the site.
Aesthetics SMALL The impact is likely SMALL to The greatest impacts less than the impacts LARGE would be from new of the current nuclear transmission lines, gas plant; more land would line ROW, and plant be cleared and new structures. Impacts structures built.
depend on the nature of the site.
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Table 8-4 (continued)
Impact 5 Units Located at IP2 and IP3 5 Units Located at Alternative Site Site Category Impact Comments Impact Comments Historical and SMALL A cultural resources SMALL to An alternate location Archeological inventory would be MODERATE would necessitate Resource needed to identify, cultural resource evaluate, and mitigate studies; construction potential impacts from would likely avoid construction.
highly sensitive areas.
Impacts likely would be managed or mitigated.
Environmental SMALL No significant impacts SMALL to Impacts would vary Justice are anticipated that LARGE depending on could disproportion-population distribution ately affect minority and location of the or low-income new plant site.
communities.
2 8.3.3 Purchased Electrical Power 3
Based on currently scheduled retirements and demand growth projections, the New York 4
Independent System Operator (NYISO) predicted in 2006 that up to 1600 MW(e) from new 5
projects not yet under construction would be needed by 2010 and a total of up to 3300 MW( e) 6 by 2015 (National Research Council 2006).
7 Within the New York Control Area (NYCA), State power regulators require that load-serving 8
entities (LSE), or power buyers, purchase enough generating capacity to meet their projected 9
needs plus a reserve margin (National Research Council 2006). Entergy is not an LSE. In New 10 York, Entergy owns and operates power plants, but not transmission or distribution systems; 11 therefore, Entergy does not purchase power from other power generators. To replace the 12 output from IP2 and IP3, LSEs, like Consolidated Edison, would need to purchase additional 13 electric power from other sources, which could include new coal-and gas-fired power plants or 14 renewable alternatives, or it could purchase power from existing facilities at other sites outside 15 the NYCA (National Research Council 2006).
16 Power sources within NYCA have an installed capacity of about 38,000 MW(e) and more than 17 6,300 km (4,000 mi) of high-voltage transmission lines (National Research Council 2006). The 18 current power transmission infrastructure makes it difficult to purchase power from outside the 19 southern regions of the NYCA (namely the New York City and Long Island load zones) because 20 there are power transmission constraints or "bottlenecks" between the southern load zones and 21 other power generating areas to the east and north, including Canada. These neighboring 22 areas would be needed to supply additional purchased power to replace power generated by 23 I P2 and I P3. Because of the bottlenecks in the transmission lines, new transmission capacity 24 would likely be necessary to efficiently move purchased power into the southern load zones and Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 8-56 December 2008 OAG10001366_00371
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provide a partial solution to the retirement of IP2 and IP3 (National Research Council 2006).
2 Such new transmission capacity would likely come in the form of either an expansion of the 3
existing high-voltage alternating current transmission system or the addition of new high-voltage 4
direct current transmission facilities (National Research Council 2006).
5 The National Research Council found that improvements in transmission capability could 6
significantly relieve congestion in the NYCA and increase delivery capacity from existing and 7
potential electric generation resources to the southern load zones. The Council has proposed a 8
550-MW(e) west-to-east line across the Hudson River and a new north-to-south transmission 9
line (up to 1000 MW) for better access to upstate New York and Canadian electric resources to 10 provide useful capacity in the 2010 and 2015 time period (National Research Council 2006).
11 However, a variety of institutional and financial obstacles often stand in the way of such plans.
12 In 2006, the Council determined that a "concerted, well-managed, and coordinated effort would 13 be required to replace IP2 and IP3 by 2015. Replacement in the 2008-2010 time frame would 14 be considerably more difficult, probably requiring extraordinary, emergency-like measures to 15 achieve" (National Research Council 2006).
16 As of March 2008, New York Regional Interconnect, Inc. (NYRI), was seeking the approval of 17 the New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC) to build a 306-km (190-mi) transmission line 18 with a rated power flow of 1200 MW(e) from the Town of Marcy in Oneida County to the towns 19 of Hamptonburgh and New Windsor in Orange County, New York. In accordance with the NYRI 20 application to the NYPSC, overhead transmission lines will make up approximately 89 percent 21 of the proposed route, and underground cable will constitute the remainder of the route (NYRI 22 2008). NYRI has placed the proposed route within or parallel to existing or inactive railroads 23 and energy ROWs for approximately 78 percent of its distance. For the remaining 22 percent of 24 its distance, NYRI will construct the transmission lines in undeveloped areas or areas where 25 there are no existing ROWs. The proposed transmission corridor includes 1155 ha (2855 ac).
26 If approved, NYRI will clear 768 ha (1899 ac) of forested habitat during construction. While the 27 proposed route minimizes the amount of land clearing and habitat destruction necessary, the 28 proposed route also crosses sensitive habitats such as streams and wetlands (NYRI 2008).
29 While NYRI has proposed to construct additional transmission capacity that could be used to 30 import power into the southern load zones for the NYCA, the proposed 1200-MW(e) capacity is 31 not sufficient to completely replace the generating capacity of IP2 and IP3. Also, the project 32 faces many hurdles before construction can begin. Since the NYRI project is, at this time, the 33 only serious transmission project proposed in the NYCA that would supply additional power to 34 the New York City area, the NRC staff does not consider purchased power as a viable stand-35 alone replacement option for IP2 and IP3. The NRC staff does, however, recognize that 36 positive steps are being taken toward increasing the transmission capacity into the southern 37 load zones of the NYCA. NYRI has evaluated the environmental impacts of its proposed project 38 in Exhibit 4 of its petition to the NYPSC. Because the NRC staff does not consider purchased 39 power as a viable stand-alone option for replacing IP2 and IP3, the staff did not conduct an 40 independent evaluation of the NYRI findings. The NRC staff does, however, include purchased 41 power across new transmission lines in the combination alternatives addressed in Section 8.3.7 42 of this draft SEIS.
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8.3.4 Other Alternatives 2
Other generation technologies the NRC staff considered but determined to be individually 3
inadequate to serve as alternatives to I P2 and I P3 are discussed in the following paragraphs.
4 Conservation 5
In this section, the NRC staff evaluates conservation(4)as an alternative to license renewal.
6 According to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) State Energy 7
Efficiency Scorecard for 2006, New York ranks seventh in the country in terms of 8
implementation of energy efficiency programs, suggesting that the State's conservation efforts 9
are significant when compared to other States (ACEEE 2006). New York scored well (2 out of 10
- 3) on tax incentives and appliance standards. The State scored low on energy efficiency 11 resource standards (0 out of 5) and utilities' per-capita spending on energy efficiency (5 out of 12 15), suggesting there is room for improvement in these areas.
13 The IP2 and IP3 ER (NYSDEC 2003a) dismissed conservation as a replacement alternative for 14 IP2 and IP3 because conservation does not meet the criterion of a "single, discrete source."
15 Also, because Entergy is a generator of electricity and not a distributor, it indicated that it does 16 not have the ability to implement regionwide conservation programs (Entergy 2007). However, 17 because of efforts made by the State of New York, and because additional conservation could 18 be a consequence of the no-action alternative, the NRC staff examines conservation in this draft 19 SEIS as an alternative to replace at least part of the output of IP2 and IP3.
20 The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is pursuing 21 initiatives in conservation. Within NYSERDA, the Energy Efficiency Services Program and 22 Residential Efficiency and Affordability Program deploy programs and services to promote 23 energy efficiency and smart energy choices (NYSERDA 2007). According to the NYSERDA, 24 implementation of conservation in the following program areas has resulted in significant energy 25 savings.
26 existing buildings and structures 27 new buildings and structures 28 market/workforce development 29 distributed generation and renewables 30 industrial process 31 transportation 32 In 2006, the National Research Council's Committee on Alternatives to Indian Point for Meeting 33 Energy Needs developed a report that specifically addressed alternatives to IP2 and IP3 for 34 meeting Statewide power needs (National Research Council 2006). The document reports that 35 in 2005, NYSERDA estimated that its energy efficiency programs had reduced peak energy 36 demands in New York by 860 MW(e). NYSERDA further forecasted that the technical potential (4)
The NRC staff notes that conservation typically refers to all programs that reduce energy consumption, while energy efficiency refers to programs that reduce consumption without reducing services. For this section, some conservation measures considered by the NRC staff are also energy efficiency measures.
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of its efficiency programs in New York would result in a cumulative 3800 MW(e)-reduction of 2
peak load by 2012 and 7400 MW(e) by 2022 (National Research Council 2006). "Technical 3
potential" refers to the complete deployment of all applications that are technically feasible.
4 In addition to the currently anticipated peak load reductions resulting from the NYSERDA 5
energy efficiency initiatives, additional conservation measures and demand-side investments in 6
energy efficiency, demand response, and combined heat and power facilities could significantly 7
offset peak demand Statewide. The National Resource Council report estimates that peak 8
demand could be reduced by 1000 MW(e) or more by 2010 and 1500 MW(e) by 2015 (National 9
Research Council 2006).
10 The National Research Council estimates that economic potential peak demand in the IP2 and 11 IP3 service area could be expanded by approximately 200 MW(e) by 2010 and 300 MW(e) by 12 2015 assuming a doubling of the program budgets (National Research Council 2006).
13 "Economic potential" is defined as that portion of the technical potential that the National 14 Research Council judged to be cost effective. This estimate is based partly on the experience 15 with three NYSERDA programs that avoided the need for 715 MW(e) of Statewide peak 16 demand in 2004. Cost-effectiveness is based on a conservation option's ability to lower energy 17 costs (consumers' bills) while energy prices continue to increase using EIA price forecasts. The 18 National Research Council concludes that energy efficiency and demand-side management 19 have great economic potential and could replace at least 800 MW(e) of the energy produced by 20 IP2 and IP3 and possibly much more (National Research Council 2006).
21 The NRC staff notes that while Statewide conservation efforts could result in a peak demand 22 reduction of about 75 percent of the power output of both I P2 and I P3 by 2015, the National 23 Research Council predicted that only about 800 MW(e) could be reduced from the IP2 and IP3 24 service area (National Research Council 2006). As such, the NRC staff does not expect that 25 conservation efforts alone will be sufficient to replace either of the I P2 or I P3 units and for this 26 reason has not evaluated conservation or efficiency programs as replacements for the full 27 output for IP2 or IP3. The NRC staff has, however, considered conservation as part of a 28 combination of alternatives presented in Section 8.3.5 of this draft SEIS.
29 Wind Power 30 New York State is recognized as having about 5000 MW(e) of land-based wind potential, 31 enough to generate about 13 million MW(h) or equivalent to 10 percent of the State's electricity 32 consumption. There are also substantial offshore wind resources. The NYSERDA New York 33 Energy $martSM program is currently supporting extensive wind resource prospecting efforts to 34 identify promising new sites for wind development. Furthermore, NYSERDA is currently 35 working with three developers to develop four projects totaling 425 MW (Power Naturally 2008).
36 Wind currently accounts for only about 1 percent of the generating capacity, or 391 MW(e),
37 Statewide (NYISO 2008). The NYSIO is managing wind generation projects that are 38 proceeding through the grid interconnection process. These projects have a potential of 39 generating almost 7000 MW(e) (NYISO 2008); however, there is no assurance that a project in 40 this process will go into service.
41 Generally, wind power, by itself, is not suitable for large baseload capacity. As discussed in 42 Section 8.2.1 of the GElS, wind has a high degree of intermittency, and average annual 43 capacity factors for wind facilities are relatively low (on the order of 30 to 40 percent). Wind 44 power, in conjunction with energy storage mechanisms or other readily dispatchable power December 2008 8-59 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00374
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sources like hydropower, might serve as a means of providing baseload power. However, 2
current energy storage technologies are too expensive to allow wind power to serve as a large 3
baseload generator.
4 Areas of class 3 or higher wind energy potential occur throughout much of the northeastern 5
United States (DOE 1986, 2008). The primary areas of good wind energy resources are the 6
Atlantic coast, the Great Lakes, and exposed hilltops, ridge crests, and mountain summits.
7 Winter is the season of maximum wind power throughout the Northeast when all except the 8
most sheltered areas have class 3 or better wind resource; exposed coastal areas and 9
mountain summits can expect class 6 or 7 wind resource. In summer, the season of minimum 10 wind power, class 3 wind resource can be found only on the outer coastal areas and highest 11 mountain summits (DOE 1986).
12 Wind power of class 3 and higher is estimated for the high elevations of the Adirondack 13 Mountains of northeastern New York (DOE 1986, 2008). Annual average wind power of class 3 14 or 4 is found along the coastal areas of both Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, while class 5 winds 15 are estimated to exist in the central part of both lakes (DOE 1986, 2008).
16 The National Research Council estimates that offshore wind could meet most of the IP2 and IP3 17 load by 2014 (National Research Council 2006). Currently, Winergy Power of Hauppauge, 18 New York, is proposing to complete construction of a wind farm about 19 km (12 mi) off the 19 south shore of Long Island by 2014. Winergy has recently increased the size of its project to 20 940 MW(e) (WINS 2008). This would mean building as many as 260 wind turbines off the shore 21 of Long Island. Winergy says the number of turbines would decrease if turbine technology 22 improves at the time construction begins in 2012.
23 It is currently unknown whether the Winergy project will be completed. The proposed 420-24 MW(e), 130-turbine Cape Wind project off Cape Cod-the East Coast's offshore wind farm 25 project that is farthest along in its approval process-faces opposition.
26 Because of the scale of a single wind farm project that would be needed to replace the power 27 from IP2 and IP3 and the obstacles that the project would face, the NRC staff does not consider 28 wind power to be a suitable stand-alone alternative that could be implemented before the I P2 29 and IP3 licenses expire. The staff does, however, recognize that New York has utility-scale 30 wind resources and that NYSERDA is actively pursuing economic potential in wind-derived 31 power supplies. Therefore, the NRC staff includes wind power in the combination alternatives 32 addressed in Section 8.3.7 of this draft SEIS.
33 Wood and Wood Waste 34 Wood-burning electric generating facilities can provide baseload power. However, the 35 economic feasibility of a wood-burning facility is highly dependent on the availability of fuel 36 sources and the location of the generating facility. Most wood-fired and other biomass plants 37 are independent power producers and cogenerating stations with capacities on the order of 10 38 to 25 MW(e), with some plants operating in the 40 to 50 MW(e) range. In the 2006 New York 39 Renewable Electricity Profile (DOE/EIA 2008b), New York's power industry reported only 37 40 MW(e) of generating capacity for wood or wood waste derived power.
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about 12 percent of the generating capacity is from wood and wood wastes. In New York, the 2
Laidlaw Energy Group, Inc. (Laidlaw 2008), is planning to convert a retired gas-fired 3
cogeneration facility into a 7-MW(e) wood-fired power plant in Ellicottville, Cattaraugus County.
4 The plant will supply about 1 MW(e) to a lumber drying business located adjacent to the plant 5
and export about 6 MW(e) to the power grid (Laidlaw 2008). However, the project has not yet 6
been finalized, and the future of the plant is uncertain.
7 Walsh et al estimated New York's wood resources in a study published in 1999 (Walsh et al 8
1999). The study presents the amount of resourced available in tons per year given a specified 9
price per dry ton delivered. Wood feedstock categories included forest residues, defined as 10 "logging residues; rough, rotten, and salvable dead wood; excess saplings; and small pole 11 trees," and primary mill residues (Walsh 1999). The annual resources available for each of 12 these categories at a delivery cost of less than $50 per dry ton are 1,746,400 and 1,274,000 13 tons, respectively (Walsh 1999). These volumes, respectively, account for about 4 percent and 14 1.5 percent of the total resource available in the 48 contiguous States. The neighboring States 15 of New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont have significantly less wood 16 resource. Pennsylvania, however, has comparable resources to New York available.
17 Assumptions in the analysis include transportation distances of less than 50 mi and accessibility 18 of 50 percent of the forest residues from existing roads.
19 The NRC staff finds that New York has utility-scale wood waste resources, but given 20 uncertainties in supply estimates, as well as the small size and high number of installed facilities 21 necessary to replace IP2 and IP3, the NRC staff does not find wood biomass to be a suitable 22 alternative to IP2 and IP3 operating license renewals. The NRC staff will include wood waste 23 facilities in combinations of alternatives addressed in Section 8.3.7 of this draft SEIS.
24 Hydropower 25 New York State receives an abundant supply of hydroelectric power from Niagara Falls and 26 other sites. Hydropower accounts for 5990 MW(e)-or about 15 percent-of the State's 27 generating capacity (NYISO 2008).
28 The Idaho National Energy and Environmental Laboratory (lNEEL) estimated that the 29 undeveloped hydropower potential total for New York is 1309 MW(e) with 134 undeveloped 30 potential hydroelectric sites in the Hudson River basin (lNEEL 1998). Development of these 31 sites could result in more than 300 MW(e) of baseload capacity (lNEEL 1998). The Statewide 32 potential is 40 percent less than IP2 and IP3's current capacity, and the regional potential is 33 86 percent less than the IP2 and IP3 capacity. Therefore, the NRC staff does not consider 34 hydropower to be a viable stand-alone alternative to license renewal.
35 Oil-Fired Generation 36 Oil accounts for about 8 percent of the generating capacity-or 3515 MW( e)-Statewide 37 (NYISO 2008). EIA projects that oil-fired plants will account for very little new generation 38 capacity in the United States during the next 20 years, and higher fuel prices will lead to a 39 decrease in overall oil consumption for electricity generation (DOE/EIA 2007a).
40 EIA had indicated that oil prices are expected to make oil-fired generation an unlikely option for 41 future generation additions (EIA/DOE 2007a), as discussed in Section 8.3. The relatively high 42 cost of oil-even prior to 2008's record high prices-had prompted a steady decline for use in 43 electricity generation. The NRC staff has not evaluated oil-fired generation as an alternative to December 2008 8-61 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00376
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the renewal of the IP2 and IP3 operating licenses, though the NRC staff notes that oil may 2
temporarily be burned in a gas-fired alternative should gas capacity become constrained during 3
winter heating season.
4 Solar Power 5
New York has enacted demand-side policies aimed at encouraging the adoption of photovoltaic 6
(PV) technology for residents and businesses. These policies had resulted in the installation of 7
more than 1.5 MW(e) of demand-side PV energy as of summer 2005 (National Research 8
Council 2006). Through its Clean Energy Initiative, the Long Island Power Authority had issued 9
rebates for PV systems totaling more than 2.63 MW(e) (National Research Council 2006). The 10 National Research Council indicates that PV systems may be in the economic interests of New 11 York customers because of high retail electricity rates and the falling prices of PV-generated 12 electricity (National Research Council 2006).
13 The National Research Council reports that PV-generated electricity can provide high-value 14 peak-time distributed generation power with minimal environmental emissions, and PV can 15 contribute significantly to grid stability, reliability, and security (National Research Council 2006).
16 Distributed generation refers to the production of electricity at or close to the point of use.
17 Under an aggressive development scenario, the National Research Council estimates that 18 70 MW(e) of distributed PV could be installed in the NYCA by 2010 and 335 MW(e) by 2015.
19 However, the National Research Council states that there would have to be "reductions in PV 20 costs and a long-term commitment to expand New York's PV programs" in order to reach these 21 goals (National Research Council 2006). Finally, the National Research Council considers most 22 of the projected PV distributed generation as demand-side reductions in peak energy demands.
23 Therefore, the energy-saving impacts of solar power are included in the conservation estimates 24 described in Section 8.3.4 of this draft SEIS.
25 The NRC staff does not consider solar power to be a suitable stand-alone alternative to the 26 renewal of the IP2 and IP3 operating licenses. The NRC staff does, however, recognize that 27 solar energy is an important component of the NYSERDA demand-side reductions in peak load 28 demands from generating facilities, including IP2 and IP3. Therefore, the NRC staff includes 29 solar power in the combination alternatives addressed in Section 8.3.7 of this draft SEIS as a 30 part of the conservation-derived demand reductions (as described in Section 8.3.4).
31 New Nuclear Generation 32 Given the expressed industry interest in new nuclear construction, the NRC staff has previously 33 evaluated the construction of a new regional nuclear power plant as an alternative to license 34 renewal in SEISs for other nuclear power plant license renewal requests. Based on the NRC's 35 current proposed schedule, no combined license (COL) application review is expected to be 36 complete until the middle of 2010, at the earliest. Necessary reviews include the acceptance 37 review as well as the safety and environmental reviews. Upon completion of the reviews, a 38 public hearing process is initiated that is estimated to take at least 1 year. This brings the 39 earliest approval of the submitted COL applications out to the middle of 2011.
40 While some plant construction activities can begin before issuing the COL, construction of a 41 new plant is not expected to be completed until several years beyond the date the COL is 42 issued. In late 2007, NRG Energy was the first to submit a full COL application to the NRC for 43 its South Texas Project. The target for completion of the construction of the first of two units is Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 8-62 December 2008 OAG10001366_00377
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2014, after the end of the IP2 operating license.
2 Given the current COL application schedule, the time needed to review an application, and the 3
anticipated length of construction, the NRC staff does not consider the construction and 4
operation of a new nuclear power plant specifically for the purpose of replacing I P2 and I P3 to 5
be a feasible alternative to license renewal at this time.
6 Geothermal Energy 7
Geothermal plants are most likely to be sited where hydrothermal reservoirs are prevalent, such 8
as in the western continental United States, Alaska, and Hawaii. There are no feasible eastern 9
locations for geothermal capacity to serve as an alternative to IP2 and IP3 (NRC 1996), and the 10 New York Renewable Electricity Profile did not indicate any geothermal energy production in 11 New York in 2006 (DOE/EIA 2008). As such, the NRC staff concludes that geothermal energy 12 would not be a feasible alternative to renewal of the IP2 and IP3 operating licenses.
13 Municipal Solid Waste 14 According to the Integrated Waste Services Association (lWSA), fewer than 90 waste-to-energy 15 plants are operating in the United States, generating approximately 2700 MW(e) of electricity or 16 an average of approximately 30 MW(e) per plant (lWSA 2007). The existing net capacity in the 17 region of IP2 and IP3 is 156 MW(e) generated by six plants, while the technical potential within 18 the region is 1096 MW(e) by 2014 (National Research Council 2006). The 2014 estimate 19 includes production from fuels containing municipal solid waste and construction and demolition 20 wood (a portion likely to be at least partially captured in Walsh et al and referenced in the Wood 21 Waste section of 8.3.4).
22 Estimates in the GElS suggest that the overall level of construction impact from a waste-fired 23 plant would be approximately the same as that for a coal-fired plant. Additionally, waste-fired 24 plants have the same or greater operational impacts than coal-fired technologies (including 25 impacts on the aquatic environment, air, and waste disposal). The initial capital costs for 26 municipal solid waste plants are greater than for comparable steam turbine technology at coal 27 facilities or at wood waste facilities because of the need for specialized waste separation and 28 handling equipment.
29 The decision to burn municipal waste to generate energy (waste-to-energy) is usually driven by 30 the need for an alternative to landfills rather than by energy considerations. The use of landfills 31 as a waste disposal option is likely to increase in the near term; with energy prices increasing, 32 however, it is possible that municipal waste combustion facilities may become attractive.
33 Congress has included waste-to-energy in the Production Tax Credit legislation to encourage 34 development of waste-to-energy and other renewable technologies (lWSA 2008).
35 Given the small average installed size of municipal solid waste plants, it would take about 70 36 plants to replace IP2 and IP3. Furthermore, NYSERDA estimates that the Statewide 37 economically achievable potential for summer peak load from municipal solid-waste-derived 38 energy by 2022, well into the relicensing period for IP2 and IP3, is only 190 MW(e) (NYSERDA 39 2003). Therefore, the NRC staff does not consider municipal solid waste combustion to be a 40 feasible alternative to license renewal.
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generating electricity. These include burning crops, converting crops to a liquid fuel such as 2
ethanol, gasifying crops, and biogas. Additionally, the National Research Council identifies 3
animal and avian "manure" and wastewater methane as biomass derived fuel sources. The 4
National Research Council estimates that the NYCA has a potential capacity of 41 MW(e) from 5
biogas by 2014 (National Research Council 2006). NYSERDA estimates that the Statewide 6
economically achievable annual load from biomass-derived energy by 2022, well into the 7
relicensing period for IP2 and IP3, is 1.7 million MW(h) (NYSERDA 2003) or about 190 MW(e).
8 In the period between 2005 and 2007, IP2 and IP3 produced more than 16 million MW(h) 9 annually (Blake 2008). Furthermore, the New York Renewable Electricity Profile did not 10 indicate any energy production in New York from biomass fuels other than wood and wood 11 waste in 2006 (DOE/EIA 2008), which is considered above. For these reasons, the NRC staff 12 concludes that power generation from biomass fuels does not offer a feasible alternative to the 13 renewal of the IP2 and IP3 operating licenses.
14 Fuel Cells 15 Fuel cells work by oxidizing fuels without combustion and the accompanying environmental side 16 effects. The only byproducts are heat, water, and, if the fuel is not pure hydrogen, CO2.
17 Hydrogen fuel can come from a variety of hydrocarbon resources by subjecting them to steam 18 under pressure. Natural gas is typically used as the source of hydrogen.
19 The only current program that was identified as being initiated by one of the three major power 20 providers in downstate New York is a program being conducted by the New York Power 21 Authority that involves nine fuel cell installations totaling 2.4 MW(e) using waste gas produced 22 from sewage plants (National Research Council 2006).
23 At the present time, fuel cells are not economically or technologically competitive with other 24 alternatives for baseload electricity generation. NYSERDA estimates that the Statewide 25 technical potential for annual supply from fuel cells by 2022 is more than 37 million MW(h);
26 however, NYSERDA indicated that the economical potential for 2022 is zero (NYSERDA 2003).
27 NYSERDA defines economic potential as "that amount of technical potential available at 28 technology costs below the current projected costs of conventional electric generation that these 29 resources would avoid." Therefore, while it may be possible to use a distributed array of fuel 30 cells to provide an alternative to I P2 and I P3, it currently would be prohibitively costly to do so.
31 Since fuel cells are not currently economically feasible on such a large scale, the NRC staff 32 concludes that fuel cell-derived power is not a feasible alternative to the I P2 and I P3 license 33 renewals.
34 Delayed Retirement 35 Based on currently scheduled power plant retirements and demand growth projections by the 36 NYISO, 1200 to 1600 MW(e) from new projects that are not yet under construction could be 37 needed by 2010, and a total of 2300 to 3300 MW(e) could be needed by 2015 (National 38 Research Council 2006). In 2006, there were six new generation projects adding 2228 MW(e) 39 of new capacity and scheduled retirements of 2363 MW of generating capacity (National 40 Research Council 2006). Recent or scheduled retirements included the New York Power 41 Authority's 885-MW(e) Poletti Unit 1 and Lovett Units 3,4, and 5 totaling 431 MW(e). Astoria 42 Units 2 and 3, with a total capacity of 553 MW(e), also are scheduled for retirement before the 43 end of the current I P2 and I P3 license periods.
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Plants scheduled for retirement are aging and have higher emissions than newer plants.
2 Keeping older plants online may not be technically or economically achievable when emissions 3
controls or necessary environmental mitigation measures are taken into account. Furthermore, 4
given that the demand for electricity is increasing and, in the near term, planned new sources 5
within the NYCA are just keeping pace with retirements, the NRC staff does not consider 6
additional delays in the retirements of existing plants to be a feasible alternative to compensate 7
for the loss of power from I P2 and I P3.
8 8.3.5 Combination of Alternatives 9
Even though individual alternatives to license renewal might not be sufficient on their own to 10 replace the 2158-MW(e) total capacity of the IP2 and IP3 units because of the lack of resource 11 availability, technical maturity, or regulatory barriers, it is conceivable that a combination of 12 alternatives might be sufficient. Such alternatives may also include the continued operation of 13 either IP2 or IP3 combined with other alternatives.
14 There are many possible combinations of alternatives that could be considered to replace the 15 power generated by IP2 and IP3. In the GElS, NRC staff indicated that consideration of 16 alternatives would be limited to single, discrete generating options, given the virtually unlimited 17 number of combinations available. In this section, the NRC staff examines two possible 18 combinations of alternatives in part because other efforts to examine alternatives to IP2 and 19 IP3, including Levitan and Associates (2005) and the National Research Council (2006), have 20 addressed combinations of alternatives. The National Research Council (2006) noted, for 21 example, that "... the additional 2 GW required if IP2 and IP3 were to be closed could be met 22 by some suitable combination of new generation in the New York City area, efficiency 23 improvements and demand-side management, and new transmission capability from upstate."
24 The NRC staff presents two possible combinations based partly on analysis by the National 25 Research Council. In one of these combinations, the NRC has included the continued operation 26 of either IP2 or IP3, and the second combination includes only alternative energy sources. The 27 second combination is based entirely on new generation, efficiency improvements or demand-28 side management Uointly addressed as conservation), and new transmission capacity carrying 29 power from upstate. These combinations include several alternatives that the NRC staff found 30 to be unable to replace the entirety of IP2 and IP3 electrical capacity.
31 Combination Alternative 1 32 continuing operation of either I P2 or I P3 33 constructing a 330-MW(e) combined-cycle gas-fired plant at IP2 and IP3 34 obtaining 200 to 400 MW(e) from renewable energy sources (primarily wood and wind) 35 implementing 300 to 500 MW(e) of conservation programs based on the potential 36 identified by the National Research Council and NYSERDA 37 Combination Alternative 2 38 constructing a 400-MW(e) gas combined-cycle plant at the IP2 and IP3 site 39 obtaining 200 to 400 MW(e) from renewable energy sources (primarily wood and wind)
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implementing 500 to 800 MW(e) of conservation programs based on the potential 2
identified by the National Research Council and NYSERDA 3
importing a net 800 MW(e) from upstate New York and Canada following the installation 4
of a new transmission line 5
The following sections analyze the impacts of the two options outlined above. In some cases, 6
detailed impact analyses for similar actions are described in previous sections of this Chapter.
7 When this occurs, the impacts of the combined alternatives are discussed in a general manner 8
with reference to other sections of this draft SEIS. A summary of the impacts from the two 9
combined alternative options is presented in Table 8-5.
10 8.3.5.1 Impacts of Combination Alternative 1 11 Each component of the first combination alternative produces different environmental impacts, 12 though several of the options would have impacts similar to-but smaller than-alternatives 13 already addressed in this SEIS. Constructing closed-cycle cooling for one of the existing Indian 14 Point generating units (either IP2 or IP3) would create impacts roughly equal to half of the 15 impacts addressed in 8.1.1. Continued operations of either I P2 or I P3 would incur roughly half 16 the impacts of continued operations described in Chapters 3,4, and 6. (Decommissioning 17 impacts, as described in Chapter 7 of this SEIS, as well as NUREG-0586, would still occur but 18 may occur later than they would if both units retired at the end of their current Operating 19 Licenses.) Constructing 330 MW(e) of gas-fired capacity would create roughly one-sixth the 20 impacts of the on-site alternative described in 8.3.2, and would likely be able to make use of the 21 AGTC pipeline on site without additional pipeline modifications (Levitan and Associates, Inc.
22 2005).
23 The NRC staff has not yet addressed in any depth in this SEIS the impacts of wind power, 24 wood-fired generation, or conservation. A wind installation capable of yielding 100 to 200 25 MW(e) of capacity would likely entail placing wind turbines off Long Island on the Atlantic coast, 26 in upstate New York, or on Lake Erie or Lake Ontario. A wind installation capable of delivering 27 100 to 200 MW(e) on average would require approximately 52 to 104 turbines with a capacity of 28 3.5 to 5 MW (Cape Wind Associates 2007). Because wind power installations do not provide 29 full power all the time, the total installed capacity exceeds the capacity stated here.
30 As noted in Section 8.3.4, under Wood Waste, the wood-fired alternative would have impacts 31 similar to a coal-fired plant of similar capacity. Unlike a coal-fired plant, however, the wood-fired 32 plant does not release heavy metals (including mercury, uranium, and thorium) in fly ash.
33 Wood-fired plants also tend to be slightly less efficient with slightly lower capacity factors.
34 Impacts from conservation measures are likely to be negligible, as the NRC staff indicated in the 35 GElS (1996). The primary concerns NRC staff identified in the GElS related to indoor air quality 36 and waste disposal. In the GElS, NRC staff indicated that air quality appeared to become an 37 issue when weatherization initiatives exacerbated existing problems, and were expected not to 38 present significant effects. The NRC staff also indicated that waste disposal concerns related to 39 energy-saving measures like fluorescent lighting could be addressed by recycling programs.
40 The NRC staff considers the overall impact from conservation to be SMALL in all resource 41 areas, though measures that provide weatherization assistance to low-income populations may 42 have positive effects on environmental justice.
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Land Use 2
Impacts from this alternative would include the types of impacts discussed for land use in 3
Section 8.1.1.2 and Section 8.3.2.1 of this draft SEIS. Construction of two hybrid cooling towers 4
would have a SMALL to MODERATE impact on land use, depending on where Entergy 5
disposes of excavated material, and construction of one tower would be expected to have 6
approximately half of the impact. Section 8.3.2 states that the land use impacts from the 7
construction of five gas-fired units at the I P2 and I P3 site would be SMALL to MODERATE. The 8
combined alternative would need only one combined-cycle unit, which would fit on the existing 9
site without purchasing offsite land. If the plant operator constructed a new cooling tower for the 10 remaining IP unit the land use impacts will also be SMALL to MODERATE, depending on where 11 Entergy disposes of excavated material from the one cooling tower. If not cooling tower was 12 constructed for the remaining unit, the land use impact would be SMALL.
13 The GElS notes that gathering fuel for wood-fired plants can have significant environmental 14 impacts. However, the NRC staff believes that the operation of 100 to 200 MW(e) of wood-fired 15 generation would have minor impacts, especially if the plants were widely distributed and 16 feedstocks were primarily preexisting waste streams. Construction impacts of the wood-fired 17 plants on land use would be SMALL to MODERATE depending on plant cooling configurations 18 and plant locations. These impacts would be minimized by locating plants on previously 19 disturbed land near other industrial applications, including paper/pulp mills or other forest-20 product operations where fuels may be readily available. To fully utilize the power generated in 21 these plants, they would need to be constructed inside the transmission bottlenecks leading to 22 the NYCA discussed in Section 8.3.5 of this draft SEIS. Otherwise, new transmission capacity 23 would have to be constructed resulting in additional land use impacts.
24 Impacts from the wind power portion of this alternative would depend largely on whether the 25 wind facility is located onshore or offshore. Onshore wind facilities will incur greater land use 26 impacts than offshore, simply because all towers and supporting infrastructure will be located on 27 land. NRC observations indicate that onshore installations could require several hundred acres, 28 though turbines and infrastructure would actually occupy only a small percentage of that land 29 area. Land around wind installations could remain in use for activities like agriculture (a practice 30 consistent with wind farm siting throughout the U.S.).
31 Overall, the NRC staff considers that the land use impacts from the first combination alternative 32 would be SMALL to MODERATE.
33 Ecology 34 As described in Section 8.1.1.2 of the draft SEIS, the construction of two hybrid cooling towers 35 would have a SMALL impact on aquatic ecology and a SMALL impact on terrestrial ecology.
36 Because the combined alternative would involve construction and operation of only one cooling 37 tower, the NRC staff considered the resulting impacts from the construction and operation of a 38 single cooling to be SMALL on both the aquatic and terrestrial ecology. (If the remaining IP unit 39 were to continue operating with once-through cooling, the impacts of impingement and 40 entrainment would likely be at least MODERATE for some species, though the NRC staff have 41 not analyzed the specific level of impact for this option. Thermal shock would also be less 42 significant. Not constructing a cooling tower would mean a smaller terrestrial impact.)
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IP3 site (described in Section 8.3.2 of this draft SEIS) would be reduced to SMALL because 2
only one smaller gas-fired unit is proposed under this alternative.
3 Offsite construction and operation of wood-fired plants may have a SMALL to MODERATE 4
impact on both aquatic and terrestrial ecology, depending heavily on the location of the plants.
5 The principal ecological impacts of an offshore wind farm as described earlier in this section 6
would be to aquatic ecological resources. An onshore wind farm located in upstate New York 7
would primarily affect terrestrial ecology. Neither wind farm would be likely to destabilize 8
ecological resources. The NRC staff concludes that SMALL to MODERATE ecological impacts 9
could occur during the construction phase but could be managed by choice of construction 10 methods (e.g., avoiding particularly sensitive habitats).
11 Overall, the NRC staff considers that the ecological impacts, both aquatic and terrestrial, from 12 this combination alternative would be SMALL to MODERATE.
13 Water Use and Quality 14 The primary water use and quality issues from this alternative would occur from wood-fired 15 generation and the gas-fired unit. While construction impacts could occur from a wind farm, 16 particularly if located offshore, these impacts are likely to short lived. An offshore windfarm is 17 unlikely to located immediately adjacent to any water users, though construction may increase 18 turbidity. An onshore wind farm could create additional erosion during construction, as would 19 wood-fired plants and a gas-fired unit on the IP2 and IP3 site. In general, site management 20 practices keep these effects to a small level.
21 During operations, only the wood-fired and gas-fired plants would require water for cooling.
22 Because the wood-fired plants are less efficient than the gas-fired unit and rely on a steam cycle 23 for the full measure of their output, the effects of the wood-fired plant is roughly similar to the 24 effect of the larger gas-fired unit. All of these units would likely use closed-cycle cooling, 25 however, and this would limit the effects on water resources. As the NRC staff indicated for the 26 coal-fired and gas-fired alternatives, the gas-fired and wood-fired portions of this alternative are 27 likely to rely on surface water for cooling (or, as is the case in some locations, treated sewage 28 effluent).
29 Effects from the continued operation of one I P unit with closed-cycle cooling would be SMALL, 30 as would continued operation of one unit with the existing cooling system.
31 The NRC staff considers impacts on water use and quality to be SMALL for this combination 32 alternative. The onsite impacts at the I P2 and I P3 facility would be expected to be similar to the 33 impacts described in Sections 8.1.1.2 and 8.3.2 of this draft SEIS.
34 Air Quality 35 The first combined alternative will have some impact on air quality as a result of emissions from 36 the wood-fired plants and the onsite gas turbine. Because of the size of the units, an individual 37 unit's impacts would be SMALL. Section 8.1.1.2 of this draft SEIS describes the impacts on air 38 quality from the construction and operation of two hybrid cooling towers to be SMALL. For the 39 construction and operation of a single tower, the impacts would be SMALL. The continued 40 operation of one of the nuclear power units and construction and operation of the wind farm will 41 have only minor impacts on air quality.
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Overall, the NRC staff considers that the air quality impacts from the first combination 2
alternative would be SMALL.
3 Waste 4
The primary source of waste under this option would be from the construction of the new hybrid 5
cooling tower. Constructing a wind farm, wood-fired generation, and a new gas turbine facility 6
would also create waste, though significantly less than the 2 million cy (1.5 million m3) created 7
during excavation of two cooling towers (roughly half would be attributable to one cooling 8
tower). Operational wastes would come primarily from the wood-fired power plant. Most of the 9
ash from burned wood waste could be recycled or reused. The waste contribution from the 10 remaining IP2 or IP3 unit would be roughly half of the waste generated by the current plant.
11 Section 8.1.1.2 of this draft SEIS describes the impacts from waste generated during 12 construction of two towers to be SMALL to LARGE, depending on whether excavation waste 13 could be reused or recycled. Waste impacts could be substantial during construction of the 14 alternatives, and would remain SMALL to LARGE, depending on how the various sites handled 15 wastes. If the remaining IP unit were to continue operation with the existing once-through 16 cooling system, waste impacts would be SMALL. During operations, waste volumes would 17 have only SMALL impacts.
18 Human Health 19 The primary heath concerns under this option would be occupational health and safety risks 20 during the construction of the new gas turbine, the new cooling tower, the wood-fired plants, and 21 the wind farm. As described in previous sections (for coal-fired and gas-fired alternatives), if the 22 risks are appropriately managed, the human health impacts from these or similar alternatives 23 are SMALL. Impacts from emissions are uncertain, but considered SMALL as the plants would 24 comply with the CAA health-informed standards and other relevant emissions regulations.
25 Continued operation of one IP unit with the existing once-through cooling system would not 26 change this assessment.
27 Therefore, the NRC staff concludes that the overall human health impact from the first 28 combination alternative would be SMALL.
29 Socioeconomics 30 This combination alternative involves the shutdown of either IP2 or IP3. As detailed in Section 31 8.2 of this draft SEIS, the socioeconomic impacts of shutting down the plants would be SMALL 32 to MODERATE because of the loss of PILOT payments to local municipalities. Under this 33 option, those payments would be expected to decrease but would not be completely eliminated.
34 Some IP2 or IP3 jobs would be lost, but some would be replaced with jobs associated with the 35 construction and operation of the gas-fired plant. The gas-fired plant may generate additional 36 PILOT payments, which may offset shutdown effects. Levitan and Associates (2005) indicates 37 that PILOT payments from a gas-fired facility smaller than IP2 and IP3 may supply PILOT 38 payments near those provided by the existing plant. Other jobs would be generated by the 39 construction of the offsite power alternatives. Overall, the NRC staff concludes that the 40 socioeconomic impacts from the first combined alternative would be SMALL.
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would have a LARGE impact on transportation in the area around IP2 and IP3 during 2
construction because of the large volume of rock and debris that would need to be transported 3
off site. Approximately half as much excavated material will need to leave the IP2 and IP3 site 4
under this combination alternative (if the I P unit continued to operate with once-through cooling, 5
no excavated material would need to leave the site and transportation impacts would be 6
eliminated). The other aspects of this alternative will create modest transportation effects during 7
construction. Given that the wood-waste facility and wind farm are likely not be located in the 8
same place, construction-stage impacts are less intense than if they were part of one collocated 9
facility. Construction of the gas turbine facility will require fewer workers than the gas-fired 10 alternative considered in Section 8.3.2 of this draft SEIS.
11 During operation, only the wood-waste facility is likely to create noticeable impacts (in gathering 12 wood wastes), and these may not affect any important aspects of local transportation. No other 13 transportation impacts for this alternative are considered to be as severe. Overall, the impact 14 from this combined alternative would likely be MODERATE.
15 Aesthetics 16 As described in Section 8.1.1.2 of this draft SEIS, the construction of two hybrid cooling towers 17 would have a MODERATE impact on aesthetics. Aesthetic impacts from one cooling tower may 18 be slightly smaller, though it would likely still affect the scenic value of the Hudson Valley.
19 Aesthetic impacts would occur during construction and operation of an offshore wind installation 20 and would depend on its distance from the shore and on its orientation in regard to shoreline 21 communities. The NRC staff estimates that the construction and operational impacts of the 22 facility could be managed, though some may consider the impact to be LARGE, depending on 23 the location of the turbines. An onshore wind facility would also have the potential to create 24 LARGE effects. The aesthetic impacts from new wood-fired generating plants would likely not 25 have a major effect on visual resources, because the plants are small. Impacts would depend 26 on the plants' locations.
27 The NRC staff concludes that the overall aesthetic impacts from the first combination alternative 28 could range from SMALL to LARGE, depending on the aesthetic effects of the wind power 29 portion.
30 Historic and Archeological Resources 31 Onsite impacts to historical and cultural resources from the construction of a hybrid cooling 32 tower and a single gas turbine plant are expected to be SMALL. The offsite impacts from the 33 construction of wood-fired units and a wind farm are also expected to be small given the 34 opportunity to evaluate and select the sites in accordance with applicable regulations and the 35 ability to minimize impacts before construction. Therefore, the NRC staff concludes that the 36 overall impacts on historic and archeological resources from the first combination alternative 37 would be SMALL.
38 Environmental Justice 39 No impacts are anticipated in the IP2 and IP3 area that could disproportionately affect minority 40 or low-income communities. Impacts from offsite activities would depend on the location of the 41 activity. Many conservation measures, especially those involving weatherization or efficiency 42 improvements to low-income households, can have disproportionately positive effects for low-Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 8-70 December 2008 OAG10001366_00385
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income families. Overall, though, environmental justice impacts from the first combination 2
alternative would depend substantially on the location of the installations and the characteristics 3
of the surrounding populations. Impacts could range from SMALL to LARGE.
4 Impacts of Combined Alternative 2 5
The second combination alternative differs from the first in that it completely replaces IP2 and 6
IP3 capacity. In contrast to the first combination alternative, a 400-MW(e) gas-fired plant is 7
considered because it can be constructed on the site, making use of existing transmission lines 8
and the natural gas pipeline that transects the I P2 and I P3 site; however, modifications to the 9
pipeline would be necessary to provide firm year-round service to the site without removing the 10 service rights of other customers in New York and Connecticut served by the pipeline (Levitan 11 and Associates, Inc. 2005). Quantifying pipeline service adequacy and upgrade costs was 12 beyond the scope of the Levitan report.
13 Like the first combination alternative, the second combination alternative employs 200 to 400 14 MW(e) from renewable energy sources (primarily wood and wind). The impacts of these 15 sources are described in the discussion of Combination Alternative 1 in Section 8.3.7.1 of this 16 draft SEIS.
17 This option requires more aggressive energy conservation programs that would result in an 18 energy savings of 500 to 800 MW(e), the maximum potential expected by 2014 (National 19 Research Council 2006). As described in Section 8.3.4 of this draft SEIS and in the GElS, 20 these conservation efforts would have overall SMALL impacts.
21 This alternative also includes importing 800 MW(e) from upstate New York or Canada, as 22 described in Section 8.3.5 of this draft SEIS. This power would be purchased by an LSE for 23 distribution in the New York City metropolitan area. However, to support such power imports, 24 new transmission capacity would have to be established.
25 Land Use 26 Siting a single 400-MW(e) gas-fired unit with a closed-cycle cooling system at the IP2 and IP3 27 site would require about 18 ha (45 ac) and would likely have SMALL impacts on land use as the 28 existing site as the unit could likely be constructed on previously-disturbed land.
29 The construction of new transmission lines to support the purchased-power portion of this 30 alternative would result in MODERATE to LARGE impacts as the lines may be several hundred 31 miles in length. As described in Section 8.3.5 of this draft SEIS, a current plan for new 32 transmission lines would impact 1155 ha (2855 ac).
33 The GElS notes that gathering fuel for wood-fired plants can have significant environmental 34 impacts. However, the NRC staff believes that the operation of 100 to 200 MW(e) of wood-fired 35 generation would have minor impacts, especially if the plants were widely distributed and 36 feedstocks were primarily preexisting waste streams. Construction impacts of the wood-fired 37 plants on land use would be SMALL to MODERATE depending on plant cooling configurations 38 and plant locations. These impacts would be minimized by locating plants on previously 39 disturbed land near other industrial applications, including paper/pulp mills or other forest-40 product operations where fuels may be readily available. To fully utilize the power generated in 41 these plants, they would need to be constructed inside the transmission bottlenecks leading to 42 the NYCA discussed in Section 8.3.5 of this draft SEIS, or in a location to access new December 2008 8-71 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00386
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transmission from upstate areas described in the previous paragraph. Otherwise, new 2
transmission capacity would have to be constructed resulting in additional land use impacts.
3 Impacts from the wind power portion of this alternative would depend largely on whether the 4
wind facility is located onshore or offshore. Onshore wind facilities will incur greater land use 5
impacts than offshore, simply because all towers and supporting infrastructure will be located on 6
land. NRC calculations indicate that onshore installations could require xx ha (xx ac) 7 (reference). Land around wind installations could remain in use for activities like agriculture (a 8
practice consistent with wind farm siting throughout the U.S.).
9 Overall, the NRC staff considers that the land use impacts from this combination alternative 10 would be MODERATE to LARGE.
11 Ecology 12 As described in Section 8.3.2 of this draft SEIS, the impacts from the construction of five gas-13 fired units at the IP2 and IP3 site would have a SMALL to MODERATE impact on aquatic and 14 terrestrial ecology. Because the second combination alternatives would use only one gas-fired 15 unit, the NRC staff concluded the resulting impacts on both the aquatic and terrestrial ecology to 16 be SMALL.
17 Offsite construction and operation of wood-fired plants and new transmission lines would have a 18 SMALL to MODERATE impact on both aquatic and terrestrial ecology, depending heavily on the 19 location of the plants and transmission lines. Transmission lines and their associated ROWs 20 may noticeably affect terrestrial habitats if they contribute to habitat fragmentation. They may 21 affect aquatic ecology when they cross water bodies, particularly if it is necessary to construct 22 pylons in the water bodies.
23 The principal ecological impacts of an offshore wind farm as described earlier in this section 24 would be to aquatic ecological resources. An onshore wind farm located in upstate New York 25 would primarily affect terrestrial ecology. Neither type of wind farm would be likely to destabilize 26 ecological resources. The NRC staff concludes that SMALL to MODERATE ecological impacts 27 could occur during the construction phase but could be managed by choice of construction 28 methods (e.g., avoiding particularly sensitive habitats).
29 Overall, the NRC staff considers that the ecological impacts from the second combination 30 alternative would be SMALL to MODERATE.
31 Water Use and Quality 32 The primary water use and quality issues from this alternative would occur from wood-fired 33 generation and the gas-fired unit. While construction impacts could occur from a wind farm, 34 particularly if located offshore, these impacts are likely to shortlived. An offshore windfarm is 35 unlikely to located immediately adjacent to any water users, though construction may increase 36 turbidity. An onshore wind farm could create additional erosion during construction, as would 37 wood-fired plants and a gas-fired unit on the IP2 and IP3 site. In general, site management 38 practices keep these effects to a small level. Construction of the transmission line would also 39 like have minor, if any effects on water use and quality. Erosion controls would likely minimize 40 sedimentation.
41 During operations, only the wood-fired and gas-fired plants would require water for cooling.
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for the full measure of their output, the effects of the wood-fired plant is roughly similar to the 2
effect of the larger gas-fired unit. All of these units would likely use closed-cycle cooling, 3
however, and this would limit effects on water resources. As the NRC staff indicated for the 4
coal-fired and gas-fired alternatives, the gas-fired and wood-fired portions of this alternative are 5
likely to rely on surface water for cooling (or, as is the case in some locations, treated sewage 6
effluent).
7 The overall effects on water use and quality of the second combination alternative would likely 8
be SMALL.
9 Air Quality 10 The second combination alternative will have some impact on air quality as a result of emissions 11 from the wood-fired plants and the onsite gas-fired unit. Because of the size of the wood-fired 12 units and the gas-fired unit, an individual unit's impacts would be SMALL. However, the NRC 13 staff concludes that the cumulative impacts from all of the new plants would be SMALL to 14 MODERATE.
15 Waste 16 The primary source of waste under the second combination alternative would be from the 17 construction of the new power generation facilities, both on site and off site. Waste could 18 include land clearing debris from all aspects of this combination alternative, excepting the wind 19 farm if built offshore. Additional wastes would result from operation of the wood-fired plants.
20 Additional wastes could be generated during operations of the gas-fired plants, or during 21 maintenance at the wind power installations and the new transmission line. Overall, the NRC 22 staff concludes that the impacts will be SMALL to MODERATE.
23 Human Health 24 The primary heath concerns under this option would be occupational health and safety risks 25 during the construction of the new gas turbine, transmission lines, the wood-fired plants, and the 26 wind farm. As described in previous sections (for coal-fired and gas-fired alternatives), if the 27 risks are appropriately managed, the human health impacts from these or similar alternatives 28 are SMALL. Impacts from emissions are uncertain but considered SMALL because the plants 29 would comply with health-informed standards in the CAA and other relevant emissions 30 regulations.
31 Therefore, the NRC staff concludes that the overall human health impact from the second 32 combination alternative would be SMALL.
33 Socioeconomics 34 The second combination alternative involves the complete shutdown of IP2 and IP3. As 35 detailed in Section 8.2 of this draft SEIS, the socioeconomic impacts of shutting down the plants 36 would be MODERATE because of the loss of PILOT payments to local municipalities. Under 37 this option, those payments would be lost, but because of the gas plant that would be 38 constructed on site, some new tax revenues would replace the PI LOT payments. Levitan and 39 Associates (2005) indicated that a smaller gas-fired plant may replace a significant portion of 40 the PI LOT payments currently provided by I P2 and I P3. Some I P2 and I P3 jobs would be lost 41 but replaced with decommissioning jobs and jobs associated with the construction and 42 operation of the gas turbine plant. Other jobs would be generated by the construction of the December 2008 8-73 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00388
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offsite power alternatives as well as the transmission line. While many of these jobs would 2
cease at the end of construction, a fraction would remain during operation. Overall, the NRC 3
staff concludes that the socioeconomic impacts from the second combination alternative would 4
be SMALL to MODERATE because of the significant loss in revenues from the PI LOT payments 5
and the loss of I P2 and I P3 jobs.
6 Socioeconomics (Transportation) 7 The aspects of this alternative will create modest transportation effects during construction.
8 Given that the wood-waste facility and wind farm are likely not be located in the same place, 9
construction-stage impacts are less intense than if they were part of one collocated facility.
10 Similarly, impacts associated with constructing the transmission line will be spread over a large 11 area, and are not likely to be intense in any location. Also, construction of the gas turbine 12 facility will require fewer workers than the gas-fired alternative considered in Section 8.3.2 of 13 this draft SEIS.
14 During operation, only the wood-waste facility is likely to create noticeable transportation 15 impacts (in gathering wood wastes), and these may not affect any important aspects of local 16 transportation. The gas-fired unit may create noticeable impacts on gas transmission, but 17 upgrades to the pipeline system should compensate for these effects. Because winter heating 18 customers take priority over utility generation customer, the plant is unlikely to have noticeable 19 effects for others, though it may need to burn fuel oil during peak demand periods.
20 Transportation impacts for this alternative would be minimal because the construction and 21 operation workforce would be spread over multiple locations. No single project would have a 22 significant long-term impact. Overall, the NRC staff concludes that the impact would be SMALL.
23 Aesthetics 24 As described in Section 8.3.5 of this draft SEIS, new transmission lines would be 305 km 25 (190 mi) long or longer. Transmission lines have a significant impact on visual aesthetics.
26 Aesthetic impacts would occur during operation of the wind farm installation and would depend 27 on its distance from the shore and on its orientation in regard to shoreline communities. The 28 NRC staff estimates that the construction and operational impacts of the facility could be 29 managed, though some may consider the impact to be LARGE, depending on the location of 30 the turbines. An onshore wind facility would also have the potential to create LARGE effects.
31 The aesthetic impacts from new wood-fired generating plants could also be MODERATE, 32 depending on the plants' locations.
33 Therefore, the NRC staff concludes that the overall aesthetic impacts from the second 34 combination alternative would be MODERATE to LARGE, depending on the locations of 35 transmission lines and the wind farm.
36 Historic and Archeological Resources 37 Onsite impacts to historical and cultural resources from the construction of a single gas turbine 38 plant are expected to be SMALL. The offsite impacts from the construction of wood-fired units, 39 a wind farm, and new transmission lines are also expected to be SMALL given the opportunity 40 to evaluate and select the sites in accordance with applicable regulations and the ability to 41 minimize impacts before construction. Therefore, the NRC staff concludes that the overall 42 impacts on historic and archeological resources from the second combination alternative would Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 8-74 December 2008 OAG10001366_00389
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be SMALL.
No impacts are anticipated in the IP2 and IP3 area that could disproportionately affect minority 4
or low-income communities. Impacts from offsite activities would depend on the location of the 5
activity. Many conservation measures, especially those involving weatherization or efficiency 6
improvements to low-income households, can have disproportionately positive effects for low-7 income families. Overall, though, environmental justice impacts from the second combination 8
alternative would depend substantially on the location of the installations and the characteristics 9
of the surrounding populations. Impacts could range from SMALL to LARGE.
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Table 8-5. Summary of Environmental Impacts of Combination Alternatives Impact Combination 1 Combination 2 Category Impact Comments Impact Comments Land Use SMALL to Impacts would depend MODERATE to Impacts would depend on MODERATE on location of wind farm LARGE the site selection for the and the site selection wood-fired plants, and the for the wood-fired placement of new plants, as well as land-transmission lines and the disposal if a cooling wind farm.
tower is constructed at the remaining IP unit.
Ecology SMALL to Impacts would depend SMALL to Impacts would depend on MODERATE on location of wind farm MODERATE site selection for the and the site selection wood-fired plants, the for the wood-fired wind farm, and plants.
transmission line.
Water Use and SMALL Minor impacts occur if SMALL SMALL impacts at the IP2 Quality the wind farm is located and IP3 site because of offshore.
less onsite power production; minor impacts at offshore wind farms, and locations of wood-fired plants and transmission lines.
Air Quality SMALL Air emissions of the SMALL to Emissions estimated in small wood-fired plants MODERATE Table 8-4 reduced about and gas-fired unit would 80 percent because only be minor considering one gas-fired unit would their size and possible operate at the IP2 and IP3 multiple locations. A site. Air emissions of the wind farm would not small wood-fired plants impact air quality. A would be minor cooling tower could considering their size and have a minor effect on possible multiple air quality.
locations. A wind farm would not impact air quality.
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Table 8-5 (continued)
Impact Combination 1 Combination 2 Category Impact Comments Impact Comments Waste SMALL to There would be SMALL to There would be far less LARGE construction waste from MODERATE construction waste from the IP2 and IP3 site if a the IP2 and IP3 site. The cooling tower is other alternatives would constructed; not generate significant construction of other waste volumes except alternatives would during construction.
increase waste volumes. Operational wastes are SMALL.
Human Health SMALL Emissions and SMALL Emissions and occupational risks occupational risks would would be managed in be managed in accordance with accordance with applicable regulations.
applicable regulations.
Socioeconomics SMALL Some PILOT payments SMALL to IP2 and IP3 jobs and and jobs may be lost.
MODERATE PILOT payments lost; some new jobs and taxes; minimum impacts from other power alternatives.
Socioeconomics MODERATE Minor impacts from SMALL Minor impacts from (Transportation) commuting plant commuting plant personnel. More personnel. Short-tem significant short-tem impacts from offsite impacts from offsite transportation of transportation of construction waste.
construction waste, including large volumes of soil and rock.
Aesthetics SMALL to Visual impacts from MODERATE to Visual impacts from new LARGE new wind turbines, LARGE wind turbines and visual depending on the impacts of new location. Limited transmission lines, depend impact from wood-fired on the location chosen.
and gas plants.
Limited impact from wood-fired and gas plants.
Historic and SMALL Cultural resources SMALL Cultural resources Archeological inventories would be inventories would be Resources needed to identify, needed to identify, evaluate, and mitigate evaluate, and mitigate potential impacts from potential impacts from construction.
construction.
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Table 8-5 (continued)
Impact Combination 1 Combination 2 Category Impact Comments Impact Comments Environmental SMALL to Impacts would depend SMALL to Impacts would depend on Justice LARGE on plant locations.
LARGE plant and transmission line locations.
2 8.4 Summary of Alternatives Considered 3
In this draft SEIS, the NRC staff has considered alternative actions to license renewal of IP2 4
and IP3 including the no-action alternative (discussed in Section 8.2), new generation or energy 5
conservation alternatives (supercritical coal-fired generation, natural gas, nuclear, and 6
conservation alternatives discussed in Sections 8.3.1 through 8.3.4), purchased electrical power 7
(discussed in Section 8.3.5), alternative power-generating technologies (discussed in 8
Section 8.3.6), and two combinations of alternatives (discussed in Section 8.3.7).
9 As established in the GElS, the need for power from IP2 and IP3 is assumed by the NRC in the 10 license renewal process. Should the NRC not renew the IP2 and/or IP3 operating licenses, 11 their generating capacity or load reduction (e.g., by conservation) would have to come from an 12 alternative to license renewal.
13 Furthermore, even if the NRC renews the operating licenses, Entergy could elect not to operate 14 either IP2 or IP3 for the full terms of the renewed licenses. Decisions about which alternative to 15 implement, regardless of whether or not the NRC renews the IP2 and IP3 operating licenses, 16 are outside the NRC's authority and are subject to consideration by Entergy, other power 17 producers, and State-level decisionmakers (or non-NRC Federal-level decisionmakers where 18 applicable).
19 The environmental impact levels of the alternatives considered by the NRC staff in this draft 20 SEIS are similar to the impact levels of continued IP2 and IP3 operation under a renewed 21 license with or without modifications to the existing once-through cooling system combined with 22 aquatic ecology restoration activities designed to comply with the site's draft SPDES permit, 23 though impacts differ significantly across resource areas.
24 Impacts from combinations of alternatives including conservation and generation technologies 25 (e.g., coal, gas, wind) are also likely to be similar to the impacts of renewing the IP2 and IP3 26 operating licenses and implementing modifications to the open-cycle cooling system and 27 participating in and/or funding aquatic resource restoration activities.
28 8.5 References 29 10 CFR Part 50. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Energy, Part 50, "Domestic Licensing of 30 Production and Utilization Facilities."
31 10 CFR Part 51. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Energy, Part 51, "Environmental 32 Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions."
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40 CFR Part 50. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Protection of Environment, Part 50, 2
"National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards."
3 40 CFR Part 51. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Protection of Environment, Part 51, 4
"Requirements for Preparation, Adoption, and Submittal of Implementation Plans."
5 40 CFR Part 60. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Protection of Environment, Part 60, 6
"Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources."
7 40 CFR Part 81. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Protection of Environment, Part 81, 8
"Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes."
9 40 CFR Part 122. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Protection of Environment, Part 122, 10 "EPA Administered Permit Programs: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System."
11 40 CFR Part 125. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Protection of Environment, Part 125, 12 "Criteria and Standards for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System."
13 63 FR 49453. Environmental Protection Agency. "Revision of Standards of Performance for 14 Nitrogen Oxide Emissions from New Fossil-Fuel Fired Steam Generating Units; Revisions to 15 Reporting Requirements for Standards of Performance for New Fossil-Fuel Fired Steam 16 Generating Units." Final rule. September 16, 1998.
17 64 FR 35714. Environmental Protection Agency. "Regional Haze Regulations." Final rule.
18 JUly1,1999.
19 6 NYCRR Part 231. Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of New York, Title 6, 20 Environmental Conservation, Part 231. "New Source Review in Nonattainment Areas and 21 Ozone Transport Regions."
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AND CONCLUSIONS 2
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy), Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2 (lP2), LLC, and 3
Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3 (lP3), LLC, are joint applicants for the renewal of the IP2 and IP3 4
operating licenses Uoint applicants will be referred to as Entergy). On April 30, 2007, Entergy 5
submitted an application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to renew the IP2 6
and I P3 operating licenses for an additional 20 years each under Title 10, Part 54, 7
"Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants," of the Code of 8
Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 54) (Entergy 2007a). If the operating licenses are renewed, 9
State and Federal (other than NRC) regulatory agencies and Entergy would ultimately decide 10 whether the plant will continue to operate based on factors such as the need for power, power 11 availability from other sources, regulatory mandates, or other matters within the agencies' 12 jurisdictions or the purview of the owners. If the NRC decides not to renew the operating 13 licenses, then the units must be shut down upon the expiration of the current operating licenses, 14 subject to the conclusion of the license renewal process. If the license renewal review is 15 ongoing at the time of license expiration, the units will be allowed to continue operating until the 16 NRC makes a determination. The IP2 operating license will expire on September 28,2013; the 17 IP3 operating license will expire on December 12, 2015.
18 Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), requires an 19 environmental impact statement (EIS) for major Federal actions that significantly affect the 20 quality of the human environment. The NRC has implemented Section 102 of NEPA in 21 10 CFR Part 51, "Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related 22 Regulatory Functions." As identified in 10 CFR Part 51, certain licensing and regulatory actions 23 require an EIS. In 10 CFR 51.20(b)(2), the NRC requires preparation of an EIS or a supplement 24 to an EIS for renewal of a reactor operating license. Furthermore, 10 CFR 51.95(c) states that 25 the EIS prepared at the operating license renewal stage will be a supplement to NUREG-1437, 26 Volumes 1 and 2, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear 27 Plants" (hereafter referred to as the GElS) (NRC 1996, 1999).(1) 28 Upon acceptance of the license renewal application, the NRC began the environmental review 29 process described in 10 CFR Part 51 by publishing, on August 10,2007, a Notice of Intent to 30 prepare an EIS and conduct scoping (Volume 72, page 45075, of the Federal Register 31 (72 FR 45075)). The NRC staff held two public scoping meetings on September 19, 2007, and 32 visited the IP2 and IP3 site to conduct site audits on September 10-14,2007, and 33 September 24-27,2007. The NRC staff reviewed the Entergy environmental report (ER) 34 (Entergy 2007b) and compared it to the GElS, consulted with other agencies, and conducted an 35 independent review of the issues following the guidance set forth in NUREG-1555, 36 Supplement 1, "Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants, 37 Supplement 1: Operating License Renewal" (NRC 2000). The NRC staff also considered the 38 public comments received during the scoping process for preparation of this draft supplemental 39 environmental impact statement (SEIS) for IP2 and IP3. Public comments and NRC staff 40 responses are available in the Scoping Summary Report prepared by the NRC staff (ADAMS (1)
The GElS was originally issued in 1996. Addendum 1 to the GElS was issued in 1999. Hereafter, all references to the GElS include the GElS and its Addendum 1.
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Accession Number ML083360115).
2 The NRC staff plans to hold public meetings in Cortlandt Manor, New York, in February of 2009 3
to present the preliminary results of the NRC environmental review, answer questions from the 4
public, and receive comments on this draft SEIS. When the comment period ends, the NRC 5
staff will consider and address all of the comments received. These comments will be 6
addressed in Part 2 of Appendix A to the final SEIS.
7 This draft SEIS includes the NRC staff's preliminary analysis that considers and weighs the 8
environmental effects of the proposed action (including cumulative impacts), the environmental 9
impacts of alternatives to the proposed action, and mitigation measures available for reducing or 10 avoiding adverse effects. This draft SEIS also includes the NRC staff's preliminary 11 recommendation regarding the proposed action.
12 The NRC has adopted the following statement of purpose and need for license renewal from the 13 GElS:
14 The purpose and need for the proposed action (renewal of an operating license) 15 is to provide an option that allows for power generation capability beyond the 16 term of a current nuclear power plant operating license to meet future system 17 generating needs, as such needs may be determined by State, utility, and, where 18 authorized, Federal (other than NRC) decisionmakers.
19 The evaluation criterion for the NRC staff's environmental review, as defined in 20 10 CFR 51.95(c)(4) and the GElS, is to determine the following:
21 whether or not the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal are so 22 great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning 23 decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
24 Both the statement of purpose and need and the evaluation criterion implicitly acknowledge that 25 there are factors, in addition to license renewal, that would contribute to the NRC's ultimate 26 determination of whether an existing nuclear power plant continues to operate beyond the 27 period of the current operating licenses.
28 NRC regulations (10 CFR 51.95(c)(2)) contain the following statement regarding the content of 29 SEISs prepared at the license renewal stage:
30 The supplemental environmental impact statement for license renewal is not 31 required to include discussion of need for power or the economic costs and 32 economic benefits of the proposed action or of alternatives to the proposed 33 action except insofar as such benefits and costs are either essential for a 34 determination regarding the inclusion of an alternative in the range of alternatives 35 considered or relevant to mitigation. In addition, the supplemental environmental 36 impact statement prepared at the license renewal stage need not discuss other 37 issues not related to the environmental effects of the proposed action and the 38 alternatives, or any aspect of the storage of spent fuel for the facility within the 39 scope of the generic determination in 10 CFR 51.23(a) and in accordance with Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 9-2 December 2008 OAG10001366_00401
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10 CFR 51.23(b).(2) 2 3
The GElS contains the results of a systematic evaluation of the consequences of renewing an 4
operating license and operating a nuclear power plant for an additional 20 years. It evaluates 5
92 environmental issues using the NRC's three-level standard of significance-SMALL, 6
MODERATE, or LARGE-developed on the basis of the Council on Environmental Quality 7
guidelines. The following definitions of the three significance levels are set forth in the footnotes 8
to Table 8-1 of Appendix 8 to Subpart A, "Environmental Effect of Renewing the Operating 9
License of a Nuclear Power Plant," of 10 CFR Part 51:
10 SMALL-Environmental effects are not detectable or are so minor that they will 11 neither destabilize nor noticeably alter any important attribute of the resource.
12 MODERATE-Environmental effects are sufficient to alter noticeably, but not to 13 destabilize, important attributes of the resource.
14 LARGE-Environmental effects are clearly noticeable and are sufficient to 15 destabilize important attributes of the resource.
16 For 69 of the 92 environmental issues considered in the GElS, the NRC staff analysis in the 17 GElS shows the following:
18 (1) 19 20 21 (2) 22 23 24 (3) 25 26 (2)
The environmental impacts associated with the issue have been determined to apply either to all plants or, for some issues, to plants having a specific type of cooling system or other specified plant or site characteristics.
A single significance level (i.e., SMALL, MODERATE, or LARGE) has been assigned to the impacts (except for collective offsite radiological impacts from the fuel cycle and from high-level waste and spent fuel disposal).
Mitigation of adverse impacts associated with the issue has been considered in the analysis, and it has been determined that additional plant-specific mitigation measures are likely not to be sufficiently beneficial to warrant implementation.
The title of 10 CFR 51.23 is "Temporary Storage of Spent Fuel after Cessation of Reactor Operations-Generic Determination of No Significant Environmental Impact."
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These 69 issues were identified in the GElS as Category 1 issues. In the absence of new and 2
significant information, the NRC staff relied on conclusions as amplified by supporting 3
information in the GElS for issues designated as Category 1 in 10 CFR Part 51, Subpart A, 4
Appendix B, Table B-1.
5 Of the 23 issues that do not meet the criteria set forth above, 21 are classified as Category 2 6
issues requiring analysis in a plant-specific SEIS. The remaining two issues, environmental 7
justice and chronic effects of electromagnetic fields, were not categorized.
8 This draft SEIS documents the NRC staff's consideration of all 92 environmental issues 9
identified in the GElS. The NRC staff considered the environmental impacts associated with 10 alternatives to license renewal and compared the environmental impacts of license renewal and 11 the alternatives. The alternatives to license renewal that were considered include the no-action 12 alternative (not renewing the operating licenses for IP2 and IP3), alternative methods of power 13 generation, and conservation. When possible, these alternatives were evaluated assuming that 14 the replacement power generation plant, if any, could be located at either the IP2 and IP3 site or 15 some other unspecified location.
16 9.1 Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action-License Renewal 17 The NRC staff has established an independent process for identifying and evaluating the 18 significance of any new information on the environmental impacts of license renewal. The NRC 19 staff has not identified any information that is both new and significant related to Category 1 20 issues that would call into question the conclusions in the GElS. In the IP2 and IP3 ER, Entergy 21 identified leakage from onsite spent fuel pools as potentially new and significant information 22 (Entergy 2007a). The NRC staff has reviewed Entergy's analysis of the leakage and has 23 conducted an extensive onsite inspection of leakage to ground water, as identified in Section 24 2.2.7 of this draft SEIS. Based on the NRC staff's review of Entergy's analysis, the NRC staff's 25 adoption of the NRC inspection report findings in this SEIS, and Entergy's subsequent 26 statements (all discussed in Section 2.2.7), the NRC staff concludes that the abnormal liquid 27 releases discussed by Entergy in its ER, while new information, are within the NRC's radiation 28 safety standards contained in 10 CFR Part 20 and are not considered to have a significant 29 impact on plant workers, the public, or the environment (i.e., while the information related to 30 spent fuel pool leakage is new, it is not significant). Therefore, the NRC staff relied upon the 31 conclusions of the GElS for all Category 1 issues that are applicable to IP2 and IP3.
32 Entergy's license renewal application contains an analysis of the Category 2 issues that are 33 applicable to IP2 and IP3, plus environmental justice and chronic effects from electromagnetic 34 fields for 23 total issues. The NRC staff has reviewed the Entergy analysis and has conducted 35 an independent review of each issue. Six of the Category 2 issues are not applicable because 36 they are related to cooling systems, water use conflicts, and ground water use not found at IP2 37 and IP3.
38 As discussed in Chapter 3, scoping comments revealed-and Entergy indicated-that Entergy 39 may replace reactor vessel heads and control rod drive mechanisms in both units. As a result, 40 the NRC staff addressed the impacts of these replacement activities in Chapter 3. This includes 41 three Category 2 issues that apply only to refurbishment, six Category 2 issues that apply to Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 9-4 December 2008 OAG10001366_00403
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refurbishment and continued operation, and one uncategorized issue, environmental justice, 2
that applies to both refurbishment and continued operations. The NRC staff determined that all 3
effects from refurbishment are of SMALL significance.
4 The NRC staff addresses twelve Category 2 issues related to impacts from continued 5
operations and postulated accidents during the renewal term, as well as environmental justice 6
and chronic effects of electromagnetic fields. Research is continuing in the area of chronic 7
effects on electromagnetic fields, and a scientific consensus has not been reached. Therefore, 8
no further evaluation of this issue is required. The NRC staff concludes that the potential 9
environmental effects for 8 of the 12 categorized issues are of SMALL significance in the 10 context of the standards set forth in the GElS. The NRC staff concludes that the combined 11 impacts from impingement and entrainment (each a separate issue) range from SMALL to 12 LARGE, depending on fish species affected. Impacts from heat shock could range from SMALL 13 to MODERATE. Finally, given a lack of current impingement monitoring data, impacts to the 14 endangered shortnose sturgeon could range from SMALL to LARGE (see Chapter 4 of this draft 15 SEIS).
16 For severe accident mitigation alternatives (SAMAs), the NRC staff concludes that a 17 reasonable, comprehensive effort was made by Entergy to identify and evaluate SAMAs.
18 Based on its review of the SAMAs for I P2 and I P3, and the plant improvements already made, 19 the NRC staff concludes that several candidate SAMAs may be cost-beneficial. However, these 20 SAMAs do not relate to adequately managing the effects of aging during the period of extended 21 operation. Therefore, they need not be implemented as part of license renewal pursuant to 22 10 CFR Part 54.
23 Mitigation measures were considered for each Category 2 issue. For all issues of SMALL 24 significance, current measures to mitigate the environmental impacts of plant operation were 25 found to be adequate. For issues of MODERATE or LARGE significance (i.e., issues related to 26 aquatic ecology), mitigation measures are addressed both in Chapter 4 and in Chapter 8 as 27 alternatives based on determinations in the draft New York State Department of Environmental 28 Conservation (NYSDEC) State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit. These 29 alternatives included plant operation with a new closed-cycle cooling system (Section 8.1.1) and 30 operation of the existing once-through cooling system with enhanced controls and restoration 31 efforts (Section 8.1.2).
32 Cumulative impacts of past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions were 33 considered, regardless of what agency (Federal or non-Federal) or person undertakes such 34 other actions. The NRC staff concludes that the cumulative impacts to the environment around 35 IP2 and IP3 license renewal would be LARGE for some affected resources, given historical 36 environmental impacts, current actions, and likely future actions. With the exception of aquatic 37 resources, the contribution of IP2 and IP3 to cumulative impacts is SMALL.
38 The following sections discuss unavoidable adverse impacts, irreversible or irretrievable 39 commitments of resources, and the relationship between local short-term use of the 40 environment and long-term productivity.
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9.1.1 Unavoidable Adverse Impacts 2
An environmental review conducted at the license renewal stage differs from the review 3
conducted in support of a construction permit because the plant is in existence at the license 4
renewal stage and has operated for a number of years. As a result, adverse impacts associated 5
with the initial construction have already occurred, have been mitigated, or have been avoided.
6 The environmental impacts to be evaluated for license renewal are those associated with 7
refurbishment and continued operation during the renewal term.
8 Unavoidable adverse impacts of continued operation from heat shock and the combined effects 9
of entrainment and impingement of fish and shellfish are considered SMALL to MODERATE 10 and SMALL to LARGE, respectively. Unavoidable adverse impacts from license renewal may 11 be SMALL to LARGE for the endangered shortnose sturgeon as a result of limited data. Other 12 unavoidable adverse impacts are considered to be of SMALL significance.
13 Unavoidable adverse impacts of likely alternatives to the operation of IP2 and IP3 vary greatly.
14 All have smaller impacts to aquatic resources than the current IP2 and IP3, though all also have 15 larger impacts than the current IP2 and IP3 in at least one other resource area.
16 9.1.2 Irreversible or Irretrievable Resource Commitments 17 The commitment of resources related to construction and operation of IP2 and IP3 during the 18 current license period was made when the plant was built. The resource commitments to be 19 considered in this draft SEIS are associated with continued operation of the plant for an 20 additional 20 years. These resources include materials and equipment required for plant 21 maintenance, operation, and refurbishment; the nuclear fuel used by the reactors; and 22 ultimately, permanent offsite storage space for the spent fuel assemblies.
23 Entergy may be required to commit additional resources should the final NYSDEC SPDES 24 permit require closed-cycle cooling (as the draft SPDES permit does in its current form) and 25 Entergy decides to (1) build and operate a closed-cycle cooling system to meet the permit's 26 required reductions in impacts to aquatic ecology, or (2) to invest in cooling water intake 27 modifications and restoration activities. However, regardless of the future status of the SPDES 28 permit, significant resource commitments will be required during the renewal term for additional 29 fuel and the permanent spent fuel storage space. I P2 and I P3 replace a portion of their fuel 30 assemblies during every refueling outage, which typically occurs on a 24-month cycle (Entergy 31 2007a). Additional resources may also be committed to constructing and installing new reactor 32 vessel heads and control rod drive mechanisms.
33 The likely energy alternatives would also require a commitment of resources for construction of 34 the replacement facilities, implementation of conservation measures, and in some cases, fuel to 35 run plants. Significant resource commitments would also be required for development of 36 transmission capacity. These resource commitments, however, would not necessarily come 37 from Entergy because Entergy currently has no obligation to support power production in the 38 New York area should IP2 and IP3 shut down.
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9.1.3 Short-Term Use Versus Long-Term Productivity 2
An initial balance between local short-term uses of the environment and maintenance and 3
enhancement of long-term productivity at I P2 and I P3 was set when the plant was approved and 4
construction began. Renewal of the operating licenses for IP2 and IP3 and continued operation 5
of the plant would not alter the existing balance, but may postpone the availability of the site for 6
other uses. Denial of the application to renew the operating licenses would lead to a shutdown 7
of the plant that will alter the balance in a manner that depends on subsequent uses of the site.
8 Furthermore, new replacement energy sources or conservation options will establish new 9
balances at their respective locations.
10 9.2 Relative Significance of the Environmental Impacts of License 11 Renewal and Alternatives 12 The proposed action is renewal of the operating licenses for IP2 and IP3. Chapter 2 describes 13 the site, power plant, and interactions of the plant with the environment. Chapters 3 through 7 14 discuss environmental issues associated with renewal of the operating licenses. Environmental 15 issues associated with the no-action alternative and alternatives such as new power generation, 16 purchased power, conservation, and cooling system modifications are discussed in Chapter 8.
17 The significance of the environmental impacts from the proposed action (approval of the 18 application for renewal of the operating licenses), the no-action alternative (denial of the 19 application), alternatives involving altering plant operations to comply with the NYSDEC draft 20 SPDES discharge permit, construction of coal-or gas-fired generating capacity at alternate 21 sites, gas-fired generation of power at IP2 and IP3, and two combinations of alternatives are 22 compared in Table 9-1. All new fossil-fueled alternatives presented in Table 9-1 are assumed to 23 use closed-cycle cooling systems given current regulations for new power plants.
24 Table 9-1 shows the significance of the plant-specific environmental effects of the proposed 25 action (renewal of IP2 and IP3 operating licenses) as well as environmental effects of 26 alternatives to the proposed action. Impacts from license renewal would be SMALL for all 27 impact categories except aquatic ecology, which includes the impacts of heat shock, 28 entrainment, and impingement. Chapter 4 of this draft SEIS describes the SMALL to LARGE 29 impacts of plant operation on aquatic ecology through impingement and entrainment (impact 30 levels vary by species), and the SMALL to MODERATE impacts from thermal shock. Overall, 31 impacts to aquatic ecology from continued operation of IP2 and IP3 without cooling system 32 modifications or restoration actions is SMALL to LARGE. A single significance level was not 33 assigned for the collective offsite radiological impacts from the fuel cycle and from high-level 34 radioactive waste spent fuel disposal (see Chapter 6).
35 NRC staff analysis indicates that the no-action alternative has the smallest effect, but it would 36 necessitate additional actions to replace generation capacity (whether with newly-constructed 37 power plants or purchased power) and/or to institute conservation programs. Impacts of the 38 likely consequences of the no-action alternative would be similar to those of the energy 39 alternatives that the NRC staff considered. All other alternative actions have impacts in at least 40 four resource areas that reach SMALL to MODERATE or higher significance. Often, these December 2008 9-7 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00406
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impacts are the result of constructing new facilities or infrastructure.
2 9.3 Conclusions and Recommendations 3
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(3) consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies, (4) the NRC staff's consideration of 5
public scoping comments received, and (5) the NRC staff's independent review, the preliminary 6
recommendation of the NRC staff is that the Commission determine that the adverse 7
environmental impacts of license renewal for IP2 and IP3 are not so great that preserving the 8
option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
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9.4 References 2
10 CFR Part 51. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Energy, Part 51, "Environmental 3
Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions."
4 10 CFR Part 54. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Energy, Part 54, "Requirements for 5
Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants."
6 72 FR 45705. "Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 7
and 3; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping 8
Process." August 10, 2007 9
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy). 2007a. "Indian Point, Units 2 & 3, License 10 Renewal Application." April 23, 2007. Agencywide Documents Access and Management 11 System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML071210512.
12 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy). 2007b. "Applicant's Environment Report, 13 Operating License Renewal Stage." (Appendix E to Indian Point, Units 2 and 3, License 14 Renewal Application). April 23, 2007. ADAMS Accession No. ML071210530.
15 National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA). 42 USC 4321, et seq.
16 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). 1996. NUREG-1437, Volumes 1 and 2, "Generic 17 Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Power Plants (GElS)."
18 Washington, DC. May 1996.
19 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). 1999. NUREG-1437, Volume 1, Addendum 1, 20 "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Main Report,"
21 Section 6.3, "Transportation," Table 9.1, "Summary of Findings on NEPA Issues for License 22 Renewal of Nuclear Power Plants, Final Report." Washington, DC.
23 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). 2000. NUREG-1555, Supplement 1, "Standard 24 Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants, Supplement 1: Operating 25 License Renewal." Washington, DC.
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Supplement 38 Regarding Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Numbers 2 and 3 Draft Report for Comment Main Report
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See Appendix B of Volume 2 of this Report (Assigned by NRC, Add Vol., Supp., Rev.,
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This supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) has been prepared in response to an application submitted by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy), Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3, LLC (all applicants will be jointly referred to as Entergy) to the NRC to renew the operating licenses for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (IP2 and IP3) for an additional 20 years under 10 CFR Part 54, "Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants." This draft SEIS contains the NRC staff's analysis that considers and weighs the environmental impacts of the proposed action, the environmental impacts of alternatives to the proposed action, and mitigation measures available for reducing or avoiding adverse impacts. It also includes the NRC staff's preliminary recommendation regarding the proposed action.
The NRC staff's preliminary recommendation is that the Commission determine that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for IP2 and IP3 are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is based on (1) the analysis and findings in the GElS, (2) the environmental report submitted by Entergy, (3) consultation with other Federal, State, and Local agencies; (4) the NRC staff's own independent review, and (5) the NRC staff's consideration of public commenls received during the scoping process.
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3 Comments may be accompanied by additional relevant information or supporting data. Please 4
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1 ABSTRACT 2
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) considered the environmental impacts of 3
renewing nuclear power plant operating licenses for a 20-year period in NUREG-1437, 4
Volumes 1 and 2, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear 5
Plants" (hereafter referred to as the GEIS),(1) and codified the results in Title 10, Part 51, 6
"Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory 7
Functions," of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 51). In the GElS (and its 8
Addendum 1), the NRC staff identified 92 environmental issues and reached generic 9
conclusions related to environmental impacts for 69 of these issues that apply to all plants or to 10 plants with specific design or site characteristics. Additional plant-specific review is required for 11 the remaining 23 issues. These plant-specific reviews are to be included in a supplement to the 12 GElS.
13 This supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) has been prepared in response to an 14 application submitted by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy), Entergy Nuclear Indian 15 Point 2, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3, LLC (all applicants will be jointly referred to as 16 Entergy) to the NRC to renew the operating licenses for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit 17 Nos. 2 and 3 (lP2 and IP3) for an additional 20 years under 10 CFR Part 54, "Requirements for 18 Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants." This draft SEIS includes the NRC 19 staff's analysis which considers and weighs the environmental impacts of the proposed action, 20 the environmental impacts of alternatives to the proposed action, and mitigation measures 21 available for reducing or avoiding adverse impacts. It also includes the NRC staff's preliminary 22 recommendation regarding the proposed action.
23 Regarding the 69 issues for which the GElS reached generic conclusions, neither Entergy nor 24 the NRC staff has identified information that is both new and significant for any issues that 25 applies to IP2 and/or IP3. In addition, the NRC staff determined that information provided 26 during the scoping process was not new and significant with respect to the conclusions in the 27 GElS. Therefore, the NRC staff concludes that the impacts of renewing the operating licenses 28 for IP2 and IP3 will not be greater than the impacts identified for these issues in the GElS. For 29 each of these issues, the NRC staff's conclusion in the GElS is that the impact is of SMALL(2) 30 significance (except for the collective offsite radiological impacts from the fuel cycle and high-31 level waste and spent fuel, which were not assigned a single significance level).
32 Regarding the remaining 23 issues, those that apply to IP2 and IP3 are addressed in this draft 33 SEIS. The NRC staff determined that several of these issues were not applicable because of 34 the type of facility cooling system or other reasons detailed within this SEIS. For the remaining 35 applicable issues, the NRC staff concludes that the significance of potential environmental 36 impacts related to operating license renewal is SMALL, with four exceptions-entrainment, (1) The GElS was originally issued in 1996. Addendum 1 to the GElS was issued in 1999. Hereafter, all references to the "GElS" include the GElS and its Addendum 1.
(2) Environmental effects are not detectable or are so minor that they will neither destabilize nor noticeably alter any important attribute of the resource.
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Abstract 1
impingement, heat shock from the facility's heated discharge, and impacts to aquatic 2
endangered species. Overall effects from entrainment and impingement may be SMALL to 3
LARGE, depending on the species affected. Impacts from heat shock likely range from SMALL 4
to MODERATE depending on the conclusions of thermal studies proposed by the New York 5
State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). NRC staff did not find data that 6
suggest the effect of heat shock is likely to rise to LARGE. Given the uncertainties in the data 7
NRC staff reviewed, impacts to the endangered shortnose sturgeon could range from SMALL to 8
LARGE.
9 The NRC staff's preliminary recommendation is that the Commission determine that the adverse 10 environmental impacts of license renewals for IP2 and IP3 are not so great that preserving the 11 option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable. This 12 recommendation is based on (1) the analysis and findings in the GElS, (2) the environmental 13 report submitted by Entergy, (3) consultation with other Federal, State, and local agencies; (4) 14 the NRC staff's own independent review, and (5) the NRC staff's consideration of public 15 comments received during the scoping process.
16 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement 17 This NUREG does not contain information collection requirements and, therefore, is not subject 18 to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 ef seq.). These 19 information collections were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, approval 20 numbers 3150-0004,3150-0155,3150-0014,3150-0011, 3150-0021, 3150-0132, and 21 3150-0151.
22 Public Protection Notification 23 The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request for 24 information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document displays a 25 currently valid OMB control number.
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1 Table of Contents 2
ABSTRACT.................................................................................................................................. iii 3
Appendix A: Comments Received on the Environmental Review............................................ A-1 4
Appendix B: Contributers to the Supplement............................................................................ B-1 5
Appendix C: Chronology of NRC Staff Environmental Review Correspondence Related to the 6
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Application for License Renewal of Indian Point 7
Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3.......................................................................... C-1 8
Appendix 0: Organizations Contacted...................................................................................... 0-1 9
Appendix E: Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Numbers 2 and 3 Compliance Status and 10 Consultation Correspondence....................................................................................... E-1 11 Appendix F: GElS Environmental Issues Not Applicable to Indian Point Nuclear Generating 12 Station Unit Nos. 2 and 3.............................................................................................. F-1 13 Appendix G: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff Evaluation of Severe Accident 14 Mitigation Alternatives for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 in Support 15 of License Renewal Application Review....................................................................... G-1 16 Appendix H: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff Evaluation of Environmental Impacts of 17 Cooling System............................................................................................................. H-1 18 Appendix I: Statistical Analyses Conducted for Chapter 4 Aquatic Resources and 19 Appendix........................................................................................................................ 1-1 December 2008 v
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Comments Received on the Environmental Review 3
Comments Received During Scoping and Scoping Summary Adoption 4
In this appendix, the NRC staff adopts the Scoping Summary Report for Indian Point Nuclear 5
Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 as prepared by the NRC staff in response to comments received 6
on the scope of the environmental review. The NRC staff issued the scoping summary report 7
on December 12, 2008. The Scoping Summary Report is available for public inspection in the 8
NRC Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 9
Rockville, Maryland, 20852, or from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and 10 Management System (ADAMS).
11 The ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-12 rm/adams/web-based.html. The scoping summary report is listed under Accession No.
13 ML083360115.
14 Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the 15 documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC's PDR reference staff by telephone at 1-16 800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or bye-mail at pdr@nrc.gov.
17 On August 10,2007, the NRC published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register (72 FR 18 45075) to notify the public of the Staff's intent to prepare a plant-specific supplement to the 19 GElS (SEIS) regarding the renewal application for the IP2 and IP3 operating license. As 20 outlined by NEPA, the NRC initiated the scoping process with the issuance of the Federal 21 Register Notice. The NRC invited the applicant, federal, state, local, and tribal government 22 agencies, local organizations, and individuals to participate in the scoping process by providing 23 oral comments at scheduled public meetings and/or submitting written suggestions and 24 comments no later than October 12,2007.
25 The scoping process included two public scoping meetings, which were both held on September 26 19,2007, at Colonial Terrace, 119 Oregon Road, Cortlandt Manor, New York. The NRC issued 27 press releases and distributed flyers locally. Both sessions began with NRC staff members 28 providing a brief overview of the license renewal process and the NEPA process. Following the 29 NRC's prepared statements, the meetings were open for public comments. Approximately 50 30 attendees provided oral comments that were recorded and transcribed by a certified court 31 reporter.
32 The meeting summary, which was issued on October 24, 2007, and the associated transcripts 33 can be found in the NRC PDR or in ADAMS at Accession No. ML072851079. The transcripts of 34 the meetings can be found in ADAMS at Accession Numbers ML072830682 and ML072890209.
December 2008 A-1 Draft NUREG 1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00421
Appendix A 1
The scoping summary contains all comments received on the review, as well as the NRC staff's 2
responses to those comments. Comments received on the draft SEIS will be included in this 3
Appendix of the final SEIS.
Draft NUREG 1437, Supplement 38 A-2 December 2008 OAG10001366_00422
Appendix B Contributers to the Supplement OAGI0001366_00423
1 Appendix B 2
Contributors to the Supplement 3
The Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, had overall 4
responsibility for the preparation of this supplement, assisted by staff from other NRC 5
organizations, AECOM, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Name Andrew Stuyvenberg Rani Franovich David Wrona Bo Ph am Dennis Beissel Elizabeth Wexler Dennis Logan Briana Balsam Jeffrey Rikhoff Jennifer Davis Steve Klementowicz Andrew Carrera Ekaterina Lenning Robert Palla Roberta Hurley Kevin Taylor Stephen Duda Stephen Dillard Ed Kaczmarczyk Matthew Goodwin Robert Dover Katie Broom December 2008 Function or Expertise u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Environmental Project Manager/Alternatives Branch Chief Branch Chief Branch Chief Hydrology/Water Use Ecology Ecology Ecology Socioeconomics/Land Use/Env. Justice Historical/Archeological Resources Radiation Protection/Human Health Radiation Protection/Human Health Air Quality Severe Accident Mitigation Alternatives Earth Tech, Inc.
B-1 Project Manager Alternatives Ecology Terrestrial Ecology Air Quality Historical/Archeological Resources Alternatives/Nuclear Fuel Cycle Project Coordinator Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00424
1 Appendix B Name Nicole Spangler Bonnie Freeman Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Jeffrey A. Ward Valerie Cullinan Lance W. Vail Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 B-2 Function or Expertise Project Support Administrative Support Aquatic Ecology Aquatic Ecology Hydrology/Water Use December 2008 OAG10001366_00425
Appendix C Chronology of NRC Staff Environmental Review Correspondence Related to the Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Application for License Renewal of Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 OAGI0001366_00426
1 Appendix C 2
Chronology of NRC Staff Environmental Review Correspondence 3
Related to the Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.,
4 Application for License Renewal of Indian Point Nuclear Generating 5
Unit Nos. 2 and 3 6
This appendix contains a chronological listing of correspondence between the U.S. Nuclear 7
Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., (Entergy) and other 8
correspondence related to the NRC staff's environmental review, under Title 10, Part 51, 9
"Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory 10 Functions," of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 51), of Entergy's application for 11 renewal of the operating licenses for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3. All 12 documents, with the exception of those containing proprietary information, have been placed in 13 the NRC's Public Document Room, at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
14 Rockville, Maryland, and are available electronically from the Public Electronic Reading Room 15 found on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html. From this site, the public can gain 16 access to the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS),
17 which provides text and image files of NRC's public documents in the Publicly Available 18 Records component of ADAMS. The ADAMS accession numbers for each document are 19 included below.
20 April 23, 2007 21 22 23 24 April 23, 2007 25 26 27 28 May 7,2007 29 30 31 May 7,2007 32 33 34 35 May 7,2007 36 December 2008 Letter to NRC from Entergy forwarding the application for renewal of operating licenses for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3, requesting extension of operating licenses for an additional 20 years.
(Accession No. ML071207512)
Letter to NRC from Entergy forwarding a copy of reference documents used in preparing the Environmental Report (Appendix E) for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3 license renewal application. (Accession No. ML071210108)
Letter to Entergy from NRC, "Receipt and Availability of the License Renewal Application for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3." (Accession No. ML071080133)
Letter to Ms. Patricia Thorsen, White Plains Public Library, from NRC, "Maintenance of Reference Materials at the White Plains Public Library Related to the Review of the Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.,
License Renewal Application." (Accession No. ML071070518)
Letter to Ms. Resa Getman, Hendrick Hudson Free Library, from NRC, "Maintenance of Reference Materials at the Hendrick Hudson C-1 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00427
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3 Appendix C 4
May 7,2007 5
6 7
8 July 25,2007 9
10 11 12 13 14 August 6, 2007 15 16 17 18 19 August 9, 2007 20 21 22 August 9, 2007 23 24 25 26 August 9, 2007 27 28 29 August 16, 2007 30 31 32 33 34 August 16, 2007 35 36 37 38 39 August 24, 2007 Free Library Related to the Review of the Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., License Renewal Application." (Accession No. ML071080080)
Letter to Ms. Susan Thaler, The Field Library, from NRC, "Maintenance of Reference Materials at The Field Library Related to the Review of the Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., License Renewal Application." (Accession No. ML071080122)
Letter to Entergy from NRC transmitting "Determination of Acceptability and Sufficiency for Docketing, Proposed Review Schedule, and Opportunity for a Hearing Regarding the Application from Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3."
(Accession No. M L071900365)
Letter to Entergy from NRC, "Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping Process for License Renewal for Indian Pont Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3," and forwarding Federal Register notice. (Accession No. ML071840939)
Memorandum on "Forthcoming Meeting to Discuss Environmental Scoping Process for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application." (Accession No. ML072180296)
Letter to New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation from NRC, "Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (Indian Point) License Renewal Application Review (SHPO No.06PR06720)." (Accession No. ML072130333)
Letter to Advisory Council on Historic Preservation from NRC, "Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review." (Accession No. ML072130367)
Letter to Mr. David Stillwell, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS),
"Request for List of Protected Species Within the Area Under Evaluation for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review." (Accession No. ML072130211)
Letter to Mr. Peter Colosi, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),
"Request for List of Protected Species and Essential Fish Habitat Within the Area Under Evaluation for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review."
(Accession No. M L072130388)
Letter to Mr. Andy Warrior, Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 C-2 December 2008 OAG10001366_00428
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3 4
August 24, 2007 5
6 7
8 August 24, 2007 9
10 11 12 August 24, 2007 13 14 15 16 August 24, 2007 17 18 19 20 August 24, 2007 21 22 23 24 August 24, 2007 25 26 27 28 August 24, 2007 29 30 31 32 August 24, 2007 33 34 35 36 August 24, 2007 37 38 39 December 2008 Appendix C "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review."
(Accession No. ML072250103)
Letter to The Honorable Maurice John, Cattaraugus Reservation, Seneca Nation, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review." (Accession No. ML072250171)
Letter to Mr. Clint Half town, Cayuga Nation, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review." (Accession No. ML072250394)
Letter to Ms. Nikki Owings-Crumm, Delaware Nation, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review." (Accession No. ML072250459)
Letter to The Honorable Jerry Douglas, Delaware Tribe of Indians, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review."
(Accession No. ML072250488)
Letter to The Honorable C.W. Longlow, Echota Chickamauga Cherokee Tribe of New Jersey, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review." (Accession No. ML072250534)
Letter to The Honorable Michael Thomas, Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review."
(Accession No. ML072260033)
Letter to Ms. Jeanne Schbotte, Mohegan Tribe, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review." (Accession No. ML072260047)
Letter to Mr. Ray Halbritter, Oneida Indian Nation of New York, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review."
(Accession No. ML072260201)
Letter to Council of Chiefs, Onondaga Nation, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review." (Accession No. ML072260245)
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3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Appendix C August 24, 2007 August 24, 2007 August 24, 2007 August 24, 2007 August 24, 2007 August 24, 2007 August 24, 2007 August 24, 2007 August 29, 2007 October 4, 2007 Letter to The Honorable Dwaine Perry, Ramapough Lenape, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review." (Accession No. ML072260491)
Letter to Mr. Mike John, Seneca Nation of Indians, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review." (Accession No. ML072260519)
Letter to Mr. Randy Kind, Shinnecock Tribe, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review." (Accession No. ML072270070)
Letter to The Honorable Harry B. Wallace, Unkechaug Nation, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review."
(Accession No. ML072270113)
Letter to The Honorable Leo Henry, Tuscarora Nation, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review." (Accession No. ML072270548)
Letter to The Honorable Roger Hill, Tonawanda Band of Senecas, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review."
(Accession No. ML072270590)
Letter to Ms. Sherry White, Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review" (Accession No. ML072270615)
Letter to Mr. Ken Jock, St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council, "Request for Comments Concerning the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review." (Accession No. ML072280045)
Letter to NRC from USFWS, "Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 Protected Species Response." (Accession No. ML0732307840)
Letter to NRC from NMFS regarding endangered species near Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3. (Accession No.
M L073340068)
Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 C-4 December 2008 OAG10001366_00430
1 October 5, 2007 2
3 4
5 October 10, 2007 6
7 8
October 11, 2007 9
10 October 24, 2007 11 12 13 14 November 8, 2007 15 16 17 November 14, 2007 18 19 20 November 27, 2007 21 22 23 24 December 5, 2007 25 26 27 28 December 7,2007 29 30 31 32 December 20, 2007 33 34 35 December 28, 2007 36 37 38 December 2008 Appendix C Letter to NRC from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), "Indian Point Units 2 and 3 Relicensing Extension Request for Scoping Comments on SEIS." (Accession No. ML072820746)
Letter to NRC from NYSDEC, "Indian Point Units 2 and 3 Relicensing Extension Request for Scoping Comments on SEIS." (Accession No. ML072900470)
Letter to NYSDEC from NRC regarding extension request for scoping comments. (Accession No. ML072840275)
"Meeting Summary of Public Environmental Scoping Meetings Related to the Review of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3, License Renewal Application (TAC nos. MD5411 and MD5412)." (Accession No. ML072851079)
Summary of Site Audit Related to the Review of the License Renewal Application for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3.
(Accession No. ML073050267)
Letter to NRC from Entergy, "Supplement to License Renewal Application (LRA) Environmental Report References." (Accession No. ML073330590)
Letter to NYSDEC from NRC, "Request for List of State Protected Species Within the Area Under Evaluation for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review."
(Accession No. ML073190161)
Letter to Entergy from NRC, "Request for Additional Information Regarding Environmental Review for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal (TAC nos. MD5411 and MD5412)." (Accession No. ML073330931)
Letter to Entergy from NRC, "Request for Additional Information Regarding Severe Accident Mitigation Alternatives for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal (TAC nos. MD5411 and MD5412)." (Accession No. ML073110447)
Letter to NRC from Entergy, "Supplement to License Renewal Application (LRA)-Environmental Report References." (Accession No. ML080080205)
Letter to NRC from NYSDEC regarding rare or State-listed animals and plants, significant natural communities, and other habitats on or in the vicinity of the Indian Point site. (Accession No. ML080070085, withheld from public disclosure per request by NYSDEC)
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Appendix C 1
January 4, 2008 2
3 4
January 10, 2008 5
6 7
January 30, 2008 8
9 10 February 20,2008 11 12 13 14 15 February 28,2008 16 17 18 19 20 March 7, 2008 21 22 23 24 April 9, 2008 25 26 27 28 April 14, 2008 29 30 31 32 April 23, 2008 33 34 35 36 April 23, 2008 37 38 39 Letter to NRC from Entergy, "Reply to Request for Additional Information Regarding Environmental Review for License Renewal Application." (Accession No. ML080110372)
Letter to NRC from Entergy, "Supplemental Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Environmental Review for License Renewal Application." (Accession No. ML080220165)
Letter to NRC from Entergy, "Supplemental Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Environmental Review for License Renewal Application." (Accession No. ML080380096)
Letter to NRC from Entergy, "Document Request for Additional Information Regarding Environmental Review for License Renewal Application-Electronic Copy of Impingement Data-Tables 4-1 and 4-2 of the 1990 Annual Report (EA 1991)." (Accession No. ML080580408)
Letter to NRC from NMFS, "Essential Fish Habitat Information Request for Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286; Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal; at the Village of Buchanan, Town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, NY." (Accession No. ML080990403)
Letter to NRC from Entergy, "Document Request for Additional Information Regarding Environmental Review for License Renewal Application-Hudson River Fisheries Program Data (Year Class Report)." (Accession No. ML080770457)
Letter to Entergy from NRC, "Request for Additional Information Regarding the Review of the License Renewal Application for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (TAC nos. MD5411 and MD5412)." (Accession No. ML080880104)
Letter to Entergy from NRC, "Request for Additional Information Regarding the Review of the License Renewal Application for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (TAC nos. MD5411 and MD5412)." (Accession No. ML080940408)
Letter to Entergy from NRC, "Revision of Schedule for the Review of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application (TAC nos. MD5411 and MD5412)." (Accession No. ML081000441)
Letter to NRC from Entergy, "Reply to Document Request for Additional Information Regarding Site Audit Review of License Renewal Application for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3." (Accession No. ML081230243)
Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 C-6 December 2008 OAG10001366_00432
1 May 14, 2008 2
3 4
May 22,2008 5
6 7
December 2008 Appendix C Letter to NRC from Entergy, "Reply to Request for Additional Information Regarding License Renewal Application-Refurbishment."
(Accession No. ML081440052)
Letter to NRC from Entergy, "Supplemental Reply to Request for Additional Information Regarding License Renewal Application-Severe Accident Mitigation Alternatives Analysis." (Accession No. ML081490336)
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Appendix D Organizations Contacted OAGI0001366_00434
1 Appendix D 2
Organizations Contacted 3
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission contacted the following Federal, State, regional, and 4
local agencies, and Native American Tribes, during its independent review of the environmental 5
impacts related to the application by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., for renewal of the 6
operating licenses for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3:
7 Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma 8
Cattaraugus Reservation, Seneca Nation 9
Cayuga Nation 10 Delaware Nation 11 Delaware Tribe of Indians 12 Echota Chickamauga Cherokee Tribe of New Jersey 13 National Marine Fisheries Service 14 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 15 New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation 16 Field Services Bureau 17 Oneida Indian Nation of New York 18 Onondaga Nation 19 Ramapough Lenape, Ramapough Tribal Office 20 Seneca Nation of Indians 21 Seneca Nation Tribal Historic Preservation 22 Shinnecock Tribe 23 St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council 24 Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians, Tribal Historic Preservation Office 25 The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe (CT) 26 The Mohegan Tribe (CT) 27 Tonawanda Band of Senecas 28 Tuscarora Nation 29 Unkechaug Nation 30 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 31 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service December 2008 0-1 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00435
Appendix E Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Numbers 2 and 3 Compliance Status and Consultation Correspondence OAGI0001366_00436
1 Appendix E 2
Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit 3
Nos. 2 and 3 4
Compliance Status 5
and Consultation Correspondence 6
Consultation correspondence related to the evaluation of the application for renewal of the 7
operating licenses for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3 (lP2 and IP3, respectively) 8 is identified in Table E-1. Copies of the correspondence are included in this appendix.
9 The licenses, permits, consultations, and other approvals obtained from Federal, State, 10 regional, and local authorities for SSES are listed in Table E-2.
11 Table E-1. Consultation Correspondence Source u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich)
December 2008 Recipient Date of Letter State Historical Preservation Office August 9, 2007 (Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, R. L. Pierpont)
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation August 9, 2007 (D. Klima)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (D.
August 16, 2007 Stillwell)
National Marine Fisheries Commission August 16, 2007 (P. Colosi)
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma August 24, 2007 (A. Warrior)
Cattaraugus Reservation, Seneca Nation August 24, 2007 (The Hon. M. John)
Cayuga Nation August 24, 2007 (C. Halftown)
Delaware Nation (N. Owings-Crumm)
August 24,2007 Delaware Tribe of Indian (The Hon. J.
August 24, 2007 Douglas)
E-1 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00437
Appendix E Source u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Franovich) u.s. Fish and Wildlife Service (M.
VanDonsell and R. Niver)
Delaware Nation (D. Nieto)
National Marine Fisheries Service (M. A. Colligan)
Recipient Echota Chickamauga Cherokee Tribe of New Jersey (The Hon. C.W. Longlow)
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe (The Hon. M.
Thomas)
Mohegan Tribe (J. Schbotte)
Oneida Indian Nation of New York (R.
Halbritter)
Onondaga Nation (Council of Chiefs)
Ramapough Lenape (The Hon. D. Perry)
Seneca Nation of Indians (M. John)
Shinnecock Tribe (R. Kind)
Unkechaug Nation (The Hon. H. B.
Wallace)
Tuscarora Nation (The Hon. L. Henry)
Tonawanda Band of Senecas (The Hon.
R. Hill)
Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Mohican Indians (S. White)
St. Regis Mohawk (K. Jock)
New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation (J. Pietrusiak)
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R.
Franovich)
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R.
Franovich)
Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-2 Date of Letter August 24,2007 August 24,2007 August 24, 2007 August 24,2007 August 24, 2007 August 24, 2007 August 24, 2007 August 24, 2007 August 24,2007 August 24, 2007 August 24,2007 August 24,2007 August 24, 2007 November 11, 2007 August 29, 2007 September 5, 2007 October 4, 2007 December 2008 OAG10001366_00438
1 2
Source New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (T.
Seoane)
National Marine Fisheries Service (P. Colosi)
Recipient u.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R.
Franovich) u.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R.
Franovich)
Appendix E Date of Letter December 28, 2007 February 28, 2008 Table E-2. Federal, State, Local, and Regional Licenses, Permits, Consultations, and Other Approvals for the Indian Point site Issue Expiration Agency Authority Description Number Date Date Remarks NRC 10 CFR Part 50 Possession License, OPR-5 09/28/13 Authorizes Indian Point Unit 1 SAFSTOR for Unit 1 NRC 10 CFR Part 50 Operating license, IP2 OPR-26 09/28/13 Authorizes operation of IP2 NRC 10 CFR Part 50 Operating license, IP3 OPR-64 12/10/15 Authorizes operation of IP3 DOT 49 CFR 107 IP2 Hazardous Materials 062706552061 06/30109 Radioactive Certificate of OQ and Registration hazardous materials shipments DOT 49 CFR 107 IP3 Hazardous Materials 062706552069 06/30109 Radioactive Certificate of OQ and Registration hazardous materials shipments EPA 40 CFR Part 264 IP2 Hazardous Solid NY0991304411 10/14/02 Accumulation Waste Amendment and temporary Permit onsite storage of mixed waste for >90 days EPA 40 CFR Part 264 IP3 Hazardous Solid NY0085503746 10/17/01 Accumulation Waste Amendment and temporary Permit onsite storage of mixed waste for >90 days December 2008 E-3 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00439
Appendix E Issue Expiration Agency Authority Description Number Date Date Remarks NYSDE 6 NYCRR Part 325 IP2 Pesticide Application 12696 04/30109 Pesticide C
Business Registration application NYSDE 6 NYCRR Part 325 IP3 Pesticide Application 13163 04/30109 Pesticide C
Business Registration application NYSDE 6 NYCRR Parts 704 IP1, 2, and 3 SPDES NY 000 4472 10101/92 Discharge of C
and 750 Permit wastewaters and stormwaters to waters of the State NYSDE 6 NYCRR Part 704 Simulator Transformer NY 025 0414 03/01/08 Discharge of C
Vault SPDES Permit wastewaters to waters of the State NYSDE 6 NYCRR Part 704 Tank Farm SPDES NY 0251135 02/10/10 Discharge of C
Permit wastewaters to waters of the State NYSDE 6 NYCRR Part 704 Buchanan Gas Turbine NY 022 4826 03/01/08 Discharge of C
SPDES Permit wastewaters to waters of the State NYSDE 6 NYCRR Part 750 ISFSI Stormwater NYR 10H166 NA Stormwater C
SPDES General Permit discharge for Construction during Activities construction of dry cask spent fuel storage NYSDE 6 NYCRR Parts 200 IP2 Air Permit 3-5522-NA Operation of C
and 201 00011/00026 air emission sources (boilers, turbines and generators)
NYSDE 6 NYCRR Parts 200 IP3 Air Permit 3-5522-NA Operation of C
and 201 00105/00009 air emission sources (boilers, turbines and generators)
NYSDE 6 NYCRR Part 596 IP2 Hazardous 3-000107 09/04/07 Onsite bulk C
Substance Bulk Storage storage of Registration Certificate hazardous substances NYSDE 6 NYCRR Part 596 IP3 Hazardous 3-000071 08/16/08 Onsite bulk C
Substance Bulk Storage storage of Registration Certificate hazardous substances Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-4 December 2008 OAG10001366_00440
Appendix E Issue Expiration Agency Authority Description Number Date Date Remarks NYSDE 6 NYCRR Part 610 IP2 Major Oil Storage 3-2140 Onsite bulk C
Facility storage of
>400,000 gallons of petroleum products NYSDE 6 NYCRR Part 372 IP2 Hazardous Waste NYDOO0765073 NA Hazardous C
Generator Identification waste generation NYSDE 6 NYCRR Part 372 IP3 Hazardous Waste NYDOO0765073 NA Hazardous C
Generator Identification waste generation NYSDE 6 NYCRR Part 373 IP2 Hazardous Waste NYD991304411 02/28/07 Accumulation C
Part 373 Permit and temporary onsite storage of mixed waste for >90 days WCDO Chapter 873, Article IP2 Gas Turbine 1 Air
- 00021 NA 12/31/06 Operation of H
XIII, Section Permit an air 873.1306.1 of the contamination Laws of Westchester source County WCDO Chapter 873, Article IP2 Gas Turbine 2 Air
- 00022 NA 12/31/06 Operation of H
XIII, Section Permit an air 873.1306.1 of the contamination Laws of Westchester source County WCDO Chapter 873, Article IP2 Gas Turbine 3 Air
- 00023 NA 12/31/06 Operation of H
XIII, Section Permit an air 873.1306.1 of the contamination Laws of Westchester source County WCDO Chapter 873, Article IP2 Boiler Permit 52-4493 NA Operation of H
XIII, Section an air 873.1306.1 of the contamination Laws of Westchester source County WCDO Chapter 873, Article IP2 Vapor Extractor Air 52-5682 12/31/06 Operation of H
XIII, Section Permit an air 873.1306.1 of the contamination Laws of Westchester source County WCDO Chapter 873, Article IP3 Boiler Permit 52-6497 NA Operation of H
XIII, Section an air 873.1306.1 of the contamination Laws of Westchester source County December 2008 E-5 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00441
Appendix E Issue Expiration Agency Authority Description Number Date Date Remarks WCDO Chapter 873, Article IP3 Training Center 52-6498 NA Operation of H
XIII, Section Boiler Permit an air 873.1306.1 of the contamination Laws of Westchester source County WCDO Chapter 873, Article IP3 Vapor Extractor Air Operation of H
XIII, Section Permit an air 873.1306.1 of the contamination Laws of Westchester source County WCDO Westchester County IP3 Petroleum Bulk 3-166367 09/10107 Onsite Bulk H
Sanitary Code, Article Storage Registration Storage of XXV Certificate Petroleum Products SCDHE Act No. 429 of 1980, IP2 South Carolina 0019-31-07 12/31/07 Transportation C
South Carolina Radioactive Waste of radioactive Radioactive Waste Transport Permit waste into the Transportation and State of South Disposal Act Carolina.
SCDHE Act No. 429 of 1980, IP3 South Carolina 0072-31-07 12/31/07 Transportation C
South Carolina Radioactive Waste of radioactive Radioactive Waste Transport Permit waste into the Transportation and State of South Disposal Act Carolina.
TDEC Tennessee IP2 Tennessee T-NY-010-L07 12/31/07 Shipment of Department of Radioactive Waste-radioactive Environment and License-for-Delivery material into Conservation Tennessee to Regulations a
disposallproce ssing facilit~.
TDEC Tennessee IP3 Tennessee T -NY -005-L07 12/31/07 Shipment of Department of Radioactive Waste-radioactive Environment and License-for-Delivery material into Conservation Tennessee to Regulations a
disposallproce ssing facilit~.
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Appendix E Issue Expiration Agency Authority Description Number Date Date Remarks (aJApplication pending.
CFR
=
Code of Federal Regulations DOT
=
U.S. Department of Transportation NA =
not applicable NRC
=
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NYCRR =
New York Codes, Rules, and Regulations NYSDEC
=
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation SCDHEC
=
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control SPDES =
State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System TDEC
=
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation USC
=
United States Code WCDOH =
Westchester County Department of Health December 2008 E-7 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00443
Appendix E August 9, 20(>7 Ms, Runl L. Pierpont. Director Ne'/Oi Vork Slale Office Df PZili"o" Recreation
()nd Hlstor:c Pre.3er\\ta~10n Historic Preservation Fie:d Services BUf26U Peeble'3 Is:aw:, P,O, Box '12;9
~'\\I:a!Brford. NY ':2'1.38-0'169 iNDl.A,N POINT NUCLE,4,R GENERA TiNe; UNIT NOS 2 &1 i,lNDIAN POINTi LICENSE FtENElNAL f\\,PPLlCATION REVIEV'l (SHPO NO, %PR0(720)
Dear ~';ls. PierponL ThE' U,S, Nuclear Re9ulatory Commi:;sioll iNRC),;I,d IS [.w:ewir'iJ,m appiioJtioll to reI1",,,*\\1 the opemtin~1 license for Indl[,n Point, whicl: :'0' loc[;te::i,n B:JcilaPJn, NY, 8pproxil'161ely 24 m,:es north of Ille Ne'N Ycwk City bOllndm'/ ::ne, Illdian Point :5 operated b'y' E!:lel-gy Nudear-Opemtiolh, Inc, (Enter~lY) The clppiicat,on for rene\\,<;'al \\>vm, submitted by Entergy by letter duted Apr:H 2:3, 2007) and supplerner:ted by :ett~~ws (jated r'*.. '::av 3: and,June 2":, 2007: pu!'sunnt to TI;.Ie '10 of trle (:o(le of FellerB.! RGQu./olion:,: Par! 5.:1 ('I CI CFR P,-..i'! 54),
Hie NRC I:as est;;:t,llstlecl !t-laL as pa:'! of 11:12 slal,'s reVle'>/\\' of any !luc:e"I' power pl<tn! iicense rene\\'\\;l:Il <lction, £< site-specific Supplemented Environmenlallrnpact Statero;em f!3EiS} to :ts "Generic EnvlrDnmen;al Irnp<:ct State::)8nj for licenSE: RenG'Na: of Nuclei):" PI'Jnts, NUREG-14,37,viii be prpmecl under the pfDvisi,:)n" cf 'W CFR Pa:'t ') ':, the NRC's I'e,,?,ulrltion thot!mp:ements trl8 Ne,lianal Env!wfII';ent(d Pollc>, Art of h!:;,9 (NEPA) tn acco!'rjance WIt!'!
36 CFR BODS(e), the SEiS v.(,iI in<::ll;de anaIY,,:8:; of pot81:lial in',pacts to I"storie and culluml rE:SDur(:e~;.
til the corr;ext of !I-,e N;;:,liGI181 Histone PI-eservation Aet,)1 1966, as amencierJ, tile NRC staff t:as d81ermifle{1 lhcot the area of potentia! efled I.i\\PE) for a iicellsB reflewal acticn is the area at the pO\\o'ver plent '3.:16 and j~s irml'18£liate envlror::s that rr:8'y' be i:mpscted by post-License r6ne\\,'/a~
lanci-disturt;in',1 {,peralions or projected refw'bistlll:ent activitif% associated with ti:8 preposed clctioll. 11-le,APE flkl'y exten,j i}eyom! tlleim,:lediatB environs in ti'lose Illstances wl',ere po:,t-iie-ense l-el:ewallar,d-clislul'!:!in9 operat:ons Dr projected retJrbisrlment,-,ch:iti8s specifically relBte;j to license rel1eV,/:::!1 may potenti<:llY :li':,V8,,1'1 effed 011 kr,mvn m pn:>po,3ec: ni',;loric,oite:;.
This d8term:natiofl :s 1118:..'1e irrespective 0' ownership or cOr!;wi of the larKls of interest On Septembel- '19. 2007, Ihe NRC wilt C(JrJ.:lllct t'vV'J publie NEP,A, ';COpi'lg meetil19s at tile C::,;onial TelTflce, 'oc61e(1 at: 'I :,! Oregon RDad ii, Cor;i<"-I(ll r,1allor. NY YO'-l and your sl<::ff me invi!ed te at!ent!, VOl:: (,ffice will rec2i';e a CDPY of Ule malt SEIS alol1,; \\'vith a request fot' comrn8nts, Tile sIaff expecls to p,lbl:sl; Hie (!mft SEtS ill,.lui:,. 2008.
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R Pierpor:1 If you IlflV8 any questiolh or require adeiiliona!infar:Tlation, P:8,""8 'X>l:t~lct 1':15. Jii, Caverly, Envircmnlnlal P!"Ojed ~',,1ana~18r, by pt'lone at 30'1-415-6099 or by eillflil at i,i';cLXt:}[:<;',ii'XL Docket No',;. 50-247 i3nd 50-2(',6 cc See next par,le S:rlGerely)
!RAl Rani Frano',/icil,. Brand'i Chief EnVifOIC'll81:tal Braner, B Dlvis:or: of License R8newCj:!
Office of NI.:ciear Re8ctor Regulation Appendix E December 2008 E-9 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00445
Appendix E Ivlr. Don L Kli:llCl, Director Advi:;{>rl' Council on Histor!c Prec;ervatiDn Office of Federal Ape:1Gj f"ITli;IIT,ITIS
':'100 Pennsylvania Ave. NIN Su,le SCI]
\\'V,,shiI19ton, DC 20004 SUBJECT INDIAN POINT GENERAT1W" UNIT NOS. 2.& 3 LICENSE RENEI'V!",-
APPLICATION RE\\'lEW
Dear [,
j[ Klirna:
The U S. Nuclear Re9t:iatof'j' COnlmis:siol1 {NRC [,nd the sta;f) is i"8'lie"Ning an ap~;licacion to rene'N !lie Opertlti:1~! Ilcer:ses for 1!),Jian F'Gm! Genemtl!'eJ til'lt Nos. 2 1>. ::; <Jlldian F'olntl \\N:1Iell is leGa!ed in 8U<:::'lmwr" Nev.,' York. approximateiy 24 miles no:'lh of t:'le r,Jew York C:ty tJoUlK:ary lille Il'Iclian Point is operated !Jy Entergy Nt;cle'Jr O:::eratiolls, IIlC, (Entsr(lVJ TIlE'r:ppiic::'lliGn fDI' rene'wa: was submitted by EIl1er']y bV letter elated Aoril 22,. 2007, and supplemen1ed,::y leIters (lmee! ?,It!y 3, ;md.Jm:e 21,20(17, PW:'::lJf:nt to Title '10 of tr,e Coc!e of Fel/em! Re::juiatiom; Part St llO CFR Part 54),
The NRC hdS e"t",blished,h3t. as,-,,,,ri of the sta"'s review of "'I'll' Ilude,,:r pO'Nel' plcmtiicense renewal action, a ::;.ite-::;.peGific Supplemental EnViPJI'IT18nt:"llnlpact Sl81ement (SEIS, to ib "Gen<Hic Environmental Im;:;act Statement lor Licen:;e R81'ewal of Nuclear P:ants,"
NURE(3-14J7, 'Niil be pn;pared under me Pf::IY,s:olls 01:0 C*FR Part 51 ;(Ie NRC's regui::'lt:Gn 1h:;-,I inlp!elnents the National Environmental Policy.Ad of '196~; (~~EPA) In accorciance with 36 CFR BG08{c) ttle SEIS 'NiH inGlucie alk:iyse;:; 'Jf potentialif'lpac\\'; to l:i:3lcilic all(i cuitural resources The NRC ",tail plans 10 hold,'.':'0 public ~JEPA scoping meetiWl", 011 Sep!embe:- 19, 2007,,"
Co:onial TelTace, IOG<<,e;:! at : '19 Cn'e,loll Road ii' Cortlandt !Vlanor, New York. Tlw ::rst meetil'eJ wi;; CO:-fV8Ji at 'J: 3D p.rn. and \\*vi:1 continue un~~J 4::}O p.n-L. r3S flCGSSBt-y. 1h-e S8G':)fld rneetin'J v\\tW GO~~fVerle Elt 7:00 p.rn.: ~'if:t~l <.: repeat o~ H-le O'*i8IV:8'iN portions of the ~fr~,t nle6ttr~g, tln[1 ~iiW C0!,tilille l!ntill 000 pm" r:s nece",',my. In additioll, ',18ff wi!! condl:cl <l sitel:ilxlit September 10-14. 20:J7. ilt IIl(::an F'o:nl. You and your staff me ilwilecllo altelK; trot!'1 tlie putrlic meelill';IS and 11:8 si~e DUdl!. Your office wi!! recei','e n GOpy 0; the dmfl SEIS aiong witl: a reque~it fm comments. Tne <lnticip<lle::i put)!:mti::>ll <:Ir:!e for me dm!! SEIS is lat8,JUly 200S.
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If VOU In'le anv ql:eslions or ["'quirE' i.Xl[jil:ollal infonnalion. pi"'8se cOl:tac.t trl8 Erwil"onIY:ent8:
Project Manag8f Ms.,lill C<:Neriy at 3:)1-4E')-<36'~9 Of vin 8-mail at h.:;:~&C!2~,s1?*!~
Dod,e! No", 50-247 al:d 50-268
/RAl Ralli Franovic'"i. Ekilr1ch Cllie:'
Elw:ronmentai Eq'anch B Div:sion of License Rsne,vai Office of Nuclear-Reildor Re9Uldio!l Appendix E December 2008 E-11 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00447
Appendix E 1I'Ir Devk: S!,!!weli Field Su perv:sor U.S Fls~1 and VVildlife Service New York Field Office 38: 7 Luke: Romj C:)rUar:d, NY 'l31J45
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR UST OF PROTECTED SPECIES WITHIN THE,D,REA UNDER EV,A,lUATION FOR THE IN[)I.lIN POINT NUCLEAR GENER!UING UNIT NOS.
2 &.~; LICENSE RENEVVAL APPLICATION REV!EVV Dem r'.. :lf. David Stil:well:
The U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is re'lielNing an application sclbmitled by Entergy Nl:cieaf O;:,emiions. Inc.. for the re!le'Nal of the opel'tltin.:; lie:":)5e:, ;'0:' Indian Poim Nuc:em C3eneratil'g Unit Nos :2 & 3 (ir:ciic:n Poil~t} Ir:cii[:n Point Is 10N:ted :n BuchalvJn, New Yorl':, approxim",'teiy 24 n::les no';!'! of II-Ie New Yorl" Citv bOUlK':ary' lil'e. ft,:> pmt of the re,rlew of the liGell';e renewal application (LR,<q, ;he NRC is prep,:rin;;; fI Supp:amental Environmental Impact Slate',,-,e:)l {SEIS) 1Il'de:' lhe provi'S:on'S :)f T:tle '10 of lhe C::;,)", of Federal Requiatief)s Pmi 51 {II} CFR Pm! 51} tha NRCs regulmion that implen12n!s the Natiorwl En\\!,ml'ITkmt,,;
Policy Act (NEPA} of *:'~168. The SEIS :ne!:,K;e5 Uri iJna:ys:s of pertinem enviwnmen1al issues,
'llcilld'"~1 8nd51lQ81'sd or tilreaiel:ecl species ar~d irnl)acl'S to fish and \\'1I,ldl,le, This letter is belWI subnlitted lJndel' the provisiDns of t~ie Endangered SpeGiec; Act of 1-97:3. i3S an12:KI2cl, "nel tDe Fisil and VVilcllife Co(x::ii'lt!tioll AGt Df HH4, ;JS <Hle'ldecL Trl8,:Im;:l05.<1 aGticiIl i:> to renev,,' tile faGiirty Cii}emtir:(! license',; for Indian F'*)int for an adclitioIK:!
20 ye[~fS beyond the eX;J~r[:tjon 0~ ti:,s cun"8n~ '.)perDt~ng ;;censes. The proposed Dctiofl \\,vC'ukl
'nclude H'le use Cll'c1 G')llt:!lued rnail'tal'lallce of eXIsting plant faeilltie'S ana tml'sIT::SS:OIl I'nes.
The Indian Point,;ita Govers appro}:i'T!~;tel~, 2:39 anE'S.
In>.:~iar: POint is bordered ')n t'1a Ilorth, Sout~1 and east by p;:,rtially wooded privately ownecl I<:nd cmd all me west by the Huds*oll RIval'.
Enclosure's I and :2 provide a general o... *8rview* 0' th8 sits 1:)Gation 2mel 'Site ia:vout.
lnciisn Poim i,; equ:ppecj 'Nitl~ a '):'iCe-lhrour~!'1 opell-c:ycle (;ooi:ng,",:s;em iI'lut witl'l(lravVs Gooling water fro tTl <.-:nd diSCf""large-s ~")fH.:.~k ~r:to the Hud'son RiVEd' The intake s:lsteY'(J indl:des seven b8:ys fewead,: Uilit 10GBte*j at Fie 51*\\0:a. S'x 96-'1"Icr:,::ipe,; c!isdlarqe water IJefieaHl tflB water':"
sUlisce witflin a cO-'oot wide discharge canal.
Trl8 transmi%ion !illes in trle :>Gope of NRC's elWiWlllnel'tal rw.;iew for Iker::;e fenewal me those that "vere migimlily GO:1structed fo:',he soecific purpose :)f con~'f8Gling the plan! to tile tmnsmi%ion c,y,;tel)'. Th'3 tmn',m,,,,;,on !ine corr!,jor to tDe BUGDanall Sub:;tatic:n
{ap~A0Xim;Jlelv 2 lOG feet southeast fro-I the mill::!",r'>..,llst 'clGmss 6road lNay frorn the 'acility's nlzlin efllrZlllce) is IOGr:!",:1 in 11':8 in(lustriai portl:)!) of the site. 9XGapt for w~iere the lines cr:)ss Bwachv{,y. Ths tmnsrnissi')n line corridor :s beif19 evall:ated 83 p8rt Of the e:wironITI8l'lzll re-V:!BV',/ proce:~;s.
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D. SiilhNel: The enclosed translTlis:3ion line map shows the transll~is~,:OIl s;ystem lhet is beil'9 eveluated in the SEIS. T,'1o 345-kilovoit (k\\illines connect Indian Point to tr:s Buch8mm Sub5tetion. TI-lis c0rricjo:- also includes '13.'3-k\\i m:lI'~;rnission lines th~Jt suppiy offsite pmNf.H from tile sut;statwn mto Iwjian Po:n!.
To support tile SEIS prepe:mtiDn process ancl to ensul'8 compile:nce w:th S8ct:Ol' 7 of nl8 Endan,;ered S;:;8(;:es iXcl. trle NRC requests :n':xmal:on on FederDiij... -:isted, proposed. ;:md cm'ciicate speci8s enci critical hat:d1at tr:at m~ly i::'8 in tl':8 'oficimty of Indien POint Bne: :Is associate;:; Irall:311l':3c;:on ::n8 rigr:I:3-of-wa'i. In addition.,::le,,,,e pwvicle eny illf:::.rmat:Gn you cOp:,.icler appw;xiate Ullder the P!'ov:sions 0: the Fisil and VViidlife Cocrclin",!iofl Act The NRC s!a:f plans tel hole two putilic NEP.A scoping n~eetings on September '1 [) 2007. at COionial Terrac8. loceled at 1'1 !~'I Oregon Road il: COl"tl<.,ndt l",ilenof. NelN York. The 1lr",t rneetinQ wi!! convene at '130 ~u-n and -wiil continue LJr.Iil4:30 Pf:'. 21'3 necessani-The second meet:ng wiii convene at YO;j p.rn.,,v:m e I'e peat 0; the overView portions 0: ;t-Ie ::r'3t n,eetil'<J. awl,viii cor:tinue until! 0:;)0 p.m.* as necessary In e,;:!::litior: *. ttle NRC '3!a;: pl8n'3 to conduct a site audit at II'dian Point during the,;vee;,: :)f September.! 0, 2007. You and your staf, are in\\'ited to attend botil the pU!Jlic meetings end tile site audi!. Your o:fice 'Nill rece:ve a copy of the draft SEIS alon£) 'N:tl1 a request for comments. The anliGipated put:licotion date for tl,8 clra'; SEIS is I;J!e
.July 2008.
!f you rlave any qL;estions GoncelTlil'9 trle NRC :3t8ff'~, I'ev:ew of tilis L.F:A, pie8se contact 1,'ls.,Ii" Cflverly Project r"tmr:qer at :30'!-415-8450 Of via !?-ma:: at i:~::;J@mLL::~:(
Docket Nos. 50-247 ar:d 50-286 Encioslires:
- i. S:te Loc;J!ion
- 2. S:te Layout IRA!
Rmil Fri-"I"tovicfl. B,-ancll Chief Envir:J\\'lTIefitai Brmlch B DIVisiD'-1 of License F:ellelial Office of ~~l:t~lear Reactor R8Quietioil Appendix E December 2008 E-13 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00449
Appendix E f,-Ir_ Peter Colosi Ha:t;:tat COflSer\\tattUr: Co.ofcHnstor Ni'Wonal f','larme Fishelle" Selvice Olle BldCkb:_11'n Drive (3IouSt91-, l'/l,A (;-1930
,I\\UQusti 13 _ 20D7 SUBJECT REQUEST FOR LIST OF PROTEC TED SF'ECiES p,ND ESSENTIAL FISH H,l\\8ITiH INITHIN THE P,REA UNDER E'VALUP,TION FOR THE INDIAN POINT NU':LEt.,R GENERATIN(:' UNIT NOS,:2 AND:) LICENSE RENEV1/,"L APPLICATION REVIE'N T:w U_S N!.:cieOlr Re'~"I"'tory CO:TIIO;I%ion {NRCI i'3 reviewin9 an llppllcOition submitted by Enlergv Nuclear Operatiof):" Inc, for H-Ie rel:ewal of H-,e operatinq I:censes ~or Indian Poinl Nuclea Genemtit:.;! Unit NIY, ::: and :3 (lm!:an Point)_ Ir1d:an POint is laeated in 5,-,ch;3nan, t'.!y, 2lppr0x:mDtely 24 miiw'i north of tiw New York City boundar,,' iine, /'-,3 part of tfte revie,-\\! 0' (I"e
'icense mnewlli appiicati:)ll (LRiI,l, the NRC is pr"'Gar:ng a Supp:ell1",ntal Envlr:)Il::,enlai Impact Statemellt (SEISI !':nejer the,::rovis:ons Df Title 1;] 0:' H-Ie Cocle of FerJelill Regulation::: Part 5"1
,-10 CFR F'drt 5i), thB NR'=-s rB9uiotion that i,-nplements ihe NDtiol1dl EI'!'-Jiroll::]eni::1i F'o:icy,D,ct (NEF'A) of :96J" Th", SEIS :nd,Jd"':3 an 3:1<:>I)lsi5 of perlinelll elwiron!l:ental issue:,,_ :!lclu::lillt;J endangered or trlreatene'j spedes and imp",;:.;:; to t'flarinG resour;;es "me! tvabitat Thi" !elter I',
bej~~fg s:lbn::Herj ur~der the pro\\*'is:o[1s af tl::6' Endsn~~5refj Specfs3 Act.of 197.3; 5~ 'Dn:ensleo) :;hs FIS'l alld "v\\iildli:'e Coordination Ad of IP34, as <<!118nc!8d: 30ld the Sust<llll;3ble Fistleri85 Ad of f E}~l!).
T~le Pf'Jposed adionis to reflew ttle f8Gi!Hy opera;:!l:g licenses for ir:c!i,3n Point fOI-an acditicm,,:i LG ',:ef:I'S beyond the exp:rat:or, of tl:8 c.c:tTent :jperat!n~~ I:cen:;es_ The pl'Oposed [,etion \\I,fould
'neil/de :t-Ie lise ""xl cDntinued !l'ailltenanc", of existit19 plan: f<:cilit:es <IIY; iral:sll"":s:ol'l I:nes_
T:w Indian Point site covers [:PP!F(:matelv 23G "cres_ Indian Poim IS bDt-cl8red 011 t'-18 north, 50IJih and e,,51 by pC1rlial'y v,':)oded pr:vately awned land <m(j 01-, tile,:ve:sl by tile Hudson River_
Enc:osureSo,t and 2 prov:de 8 ge!ler3~ overvie'"v oj trig ';jtf:' ~oc8tion 8nd Sit8 :8YDUL Indian P*oht is 8qu:pped with", ollce-throu9h op",n-eyc:e GOolm9 sys;elT: tl1[,1 'Nithdrm\\'s cooli:lg wa!er from and clI5c:-rt'fge:. !Jac.k 11110 the Hudsc:I-1 Ri'.;er, The mtak8 "YS1"),:1 illdl.:d",s "even bEl)':;
fot-each unit bC'Jted CIt tile,i-,ore_ Six ';iG-:nch pipes disl.:barge 'wfltet-beneath the 'N81e(s surface I,vit!-f~n 8 4!J-foot ~v:de discharge Gsna:.
Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-14 December 2008 OAG10001366_00450 The tr8I'"lsF::ssioFl jjnes in lrl8 SCOp8 of NRC':; 8r!vi:-onrpent81I"eVie\\~V fDr HC81:se r.e:nev)lal :are t110"e tI<<lt 'were ol"lt;JinQ:ly <;oflstructec1 for tl18 specific purpose of conneclin9 H'le pian; t:) tile trar:smis'3ion,;ystem, The ;rar:smssioniine ;;orridor to the BUC::-I8I:an SlJb*,tGtror:
(<lPPI'oximnte!y 2iDO feet 'Southeast from the reactors,.1:J'3.t acw:3S Broadwt--'Y from the file-iii!y's i1l<:,i!l I?mm!lGI?) is IOCil\\e::11r1 tl18 ir:[jl.ls!riB' ",mion of tf:e site, except fOl' wnere tr,e lines eros:,
Brnadv,lay.
Th~s t:an~,~-ms;:.i{}n liDe corridor h beirH] 8valu8~ed 135 Pj):-t of the SElS pr:)[:8~,S. The enclosed tralIS-ITllSSIOn line nmp SllO>'/S tl,e tr.:msrnlss:on system n',at IS bell:Q I?v"lt;atecl II: IIle SEIS, Two 345*kil*:)"/olt {k\\!) li!ll?~, conried India!l Point to tl:I? Buchanan Substzoticn, This
(;or:-:(!o:- al"o illdl:cles I3E-k\\--',nmslTlission I:ne'; til at slmply off;::rle ':;O'I,ver froll': tile ;::ullSta!ion into !1l<1ifln POint.
To support nJe SEIS prepsr"tion process arK~ to ensure COI"plisllce with Sediol1 7 of thE>
EIlClan~18re.;:l Spew"s,I)\\c! !lle NRC requests infor!1l<ltiGll on Ff.'Gem::y ::sted. p:'oposecl, ami c[lnc!idate species; aile! cnticall:abitat tI:at may be :n the vicinity of the Indi211: Po:nt site.
III mldi1iofl, 1)le,"'E> prCi"/idB 2ny in;'ommt:on yO!~ GO!v,ider appre3pr:ote uncleI' ln8 DPJv:sion;:, G~ Ille Fish and \\NildlifE> Coordination Act Also, in support of t:w SEiS pI'ep8mtioil 8nd to E>r*sure compliallce with Sect':ol: 3:J5 of the rv'l<1gnUSGIl-St9vell:3 Fi5bery' COlls9r',a]ion 211:t! r"'lw'a~19ITlenl Act the NRC reques;I~; ;J lis;; cf 8sserl!lal fisfl habil,,;s Iha! ha\\l8 been ;jes,iIJna!8C:i if! the vicinity of the Indiw: POint site, 011 SBpt81T'ber : 9. lOG?, the NRC :ste,ff plans to hoid twa PUblic NEPA sc-op:n~i meetir:gs at trle Co:ol'llal Terrace, loc<:ted at., H'I Oregon Rd,in (*oI1Iancl; 1"1,,nor, NY, The first sess:or< Wili CQI:\\i8ne 3t 't"30 p.rn. and ',fill: ccmtil:u until 4:30 p.:11., as nec.es~;ary. The second ses~;jofl ;;vH; convene c:t 70(1 prn, INith a repeat Df It,e ovel"-/ie'N port:on:, of 1l'Ie rneetin~i, alK! w:1I continue unti: W:DO p.m., as n8CS,,-,I'V TI:e NR.C staff plal:s to conduct [, "lite audit at trle Indian Poil::
site during the v"'eek of Septe,,:ber.: 0, 2007. You !3nd your 5til~f are invited to !3Uencl batIJ the yub:,c meeting;:: DI'clll,e s:te audit. In iJcldiiion. 'lour oiflce will receive a COIN of tile drai, SEIS along wi\\!: a f9qU9"t for comments The <lnticip<lt9d publicution date for the d~'aft SEIS is July lODt:.
If you have al'ly questions. conceming the NRC $~Zlif r9vie,v of thiS LRA, ple;:)"e contact t~.. ls,,W: Ca"Iel'ly, PrOiecl i'.*lanafIH at :};J1*4IS-G6~j8 or j.:j.'LU;':W-'-':'.::.t.<"
Encio'S:ul'I?S:
.A.~; ';tated Sincerely, iRA!
Rut': Fmno'v'ich, Bmllcil Chis; Em'ironment,;i Branerl B Division of LiGem,6 RenewiJi Office Qf NutiE:aI' Reactor Re';Julalion Appendix E December 2008 E-15 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00451
Appendix E rvl:', Andy \\Narl:ol' Di!'ect'Ji", Cultuml P:'sc;ervatioll Absentee Shm'lnee Tribe of Oklerlol::a 2025 S GOI'don Cooper Drive Sha',Nnee, OK 748(1:
,A,ugust 24, 2007
SUBJECT:
REOUEST FOR COM!',,1ENTS CONCERNING THE INDIAN POINT NUCLEi'\\R C~ENERP,TH-.jG UNIT ems 2 AND 3 LICENSE RENEVVA.L,4.PPLlC,t.,TION RE\\./::EVV
Dear HI' W<:
rrior The US Nuclear Re~l\\JlatDr'iCDITlrni';c.lon {NRC) :s :,ee",ing input for :ts envll'Dnmen!81 review 0: an application from Eniergv Nuclear iJpemtions (Entel'gy) for-Ille rene,..,.,,1 of Ihe open:,::ng licen:3e:, fcr the Indiun Point Nuclear Generatmg I)nit Nos, 2 aml:=J,:Indian Poinn, loci3ted :n Buchanan, NY, approx:rrmtely 24 m:les nortl: of the Ne'N Yor'k Cily boundary line, Indian Point
- s In close proximity to lands lilal ma, be of il'!8:est !o trle Absentee Shmvl,ee Tribe of C!klaholTl8, As cle:"cribed biow, tl'e NRC'~, pnJC8:s'; includes all opporlullity for ;:.ublic onei
- nter-9Dv-emment81 participation :n me environmental review, VVe wont to el:sure that you 81'8 aV';8r-e cf Dt:r effDr-::~; ancL pursl:ant to TiHe '10 ofth:e COffe of Fedelr~'1 ReQuh:iti!JnE (10 CFR)
Pm; 5'1, Sectiol, 512B{t>>), the NRC if1vi1e~' tile Ac!sentee Sfl8vinee Tribe of ()ki;}fID'Tla to orov:de:nput to tbe SGopil:g process re:aUng to the NRC's el:v;rol',I1'entall'eview of the appl:C[ltiof:, In a<::clition, as outlir:e.;:! in 36 CFR BijO,8(0, (r1f3 NRC plans to coordh'ate cocnpliallCe with Section 'iOe of the Not:O£E:I HistDric PresBrv,,:tic!Il i\\d oi I!~::f, t!:rOlJgll the
- 'equ:rements of me National Env:ronrnenta: Policy A,d of 18139, Uncler NRC re;~ulations, tile or!~linal ;)peralin~~ licem,e for a nuciear pDwe:' pinntis issue,l fOl' up to 40 ye;:ws Thelicerrse may t'e renewed for up to f,rr additional 20 year's if NRC reqlJ:I'el,-,ellh are Ine; The current olHratinp i:cer:se:, 'nrilldian Point wil: expire :n September, 2013, zond Deeember', 2G I 5, Entergy '3ut,m:tted :t~; 13ppiim1iorr for mnewa! of tile Incli:C:1l Point opemtillg licenses in a leller datecl,"'pril 13, 2007, a::; supple::lentec! by letters; (iated Hr:y ::, Dnd
,June 21, 2ij07 n"3 NRC is gatllering information for arr Inrjian Poim site-specific supp:e'11em to its "(3eflHic Environmelltallmpact Stmefllel'lt for L:c:ell:,e Renew8: of NuGieat F'lmlt:3' (GElS),
NUf:;!EG-'1437, The sL:pplement,,!,,':II contain tfle results of the r8'.;i8\\1,,' of the erlVimnmentzll
- ITIDacls on lile area SlIITO!;ndinr,l,tw Indi81l Poin, site relmed 10 terre:,tr:alewlo:;ry, i3.(Ew!ic ecology, hy::lr'ology, cullural resou!'ees, 3n,j ',<oc:oecono;:',;c:ss'-les (emonr,l olher",<), and w:11 contail' <: recomr::endat:on reg8rding ti'le environment'JI ileceptat;ility of the license rene'l;';'JI ad':]I'I, Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-16 December 2008 OAG10001366_00452
A." VVcHTior To 8ccoll1moda;e in;e:'e,ted I"nembers; of the rub:ic, tile NRC will ",old two put;lic <;coping
- lleHtil',,:;;,> for the Indinn Pointiicer:se re!'ewal supoleme:lt 10 t~le GElS 0:1 \\Nednesdny, September '18. 2D07, at The Colonial Terrclce. 10Gsted all'19 Ore~ion H'j in Cortlandt
[*,-1"no:; NY. The first SSS'SiOll wili convene at 1:30 p.IY:. rind w:1I continue until 4::30 ~;.m.. 8S nece:3sary, The seGO!v:: se:3'3ior: v<ill GOnV81'e at 7:0;) pm" with,j repeat of the oV8rvie'lv
- )or;ions ;)f the meeting, ",rid wili c:ontint,8 umi! 10:00 pm., as neces'3flf'\\,', Ad::l!li;)I",aliy. the NRC stoff \\.vW f:Gst lnfonr:::l~ ~jiscussions one hotlr before H}9 sta~i of e;)cl: ses::::.ion.
The iie8!:se rel,ewal flppliefltiOrl (LRA)is publicly fI'*mii",ble ;Jt tile NRC Public Ooctily;ent Room (POR) iocate(1 8t One WI::t:? Flint NOlill,!'; ':>55 Rockville Pike, RJckvilie, Maryl61ld 20352. or from tne NRC's,.I'\\.~ler:cV\\Nide DoclJmen!s A.cce% £!I:d :vlamlgemEcm System ~ADA.MS). The
,ADAMS Public Electronic Eeadil:9 Room is access:ble ;at i,t,o.:;Jd~::n*,.w~:I;s'",:::c~*:.i""'{,,';c:*,j.:d()i::"lip 1::1":';;' TIlE' ::icGe'3:sion number fo:' tile lRA is
!-.,.lL0712105G7 FeEsor;s 'Nho >::0 no! hiwe aCC8S~3 to i\\.D,~MS. or 'vvno encountel' pl':Jtjlem~31ll accessill9 me clocumel',;s iowlec! In A.DAMS, "Mulel contact the NRC's POR Reference staff by telepnone,lt !-800-:3fl7-420H or 3:]'1-4'15-4737, :J!' t,y e-mail at '::'],':",1;W::;"l.r2',:,
The Indic:rI Poil:t LRf\\ is also c:vailable 011 the Inlernet ot
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- n Peeks;,il:. NY, an.;:! Ine ':iVllite Plam:3 Pubiic Lib:'m'i ioeated in VVnite Pia,rlS, N'{. nave a~II'eed to make the lR.A available for pUDllG inspection The (;EIS, whiG'" clocumenl<; the NRC's a,>,ess,.,18nt of tile :,COP8 ;:m':i impact of ery... *imnmentfll effects. th8~ v.fou;d !)e assodi::1ed \\"1:th iicense rene\\.v::l; at 8ny nude::!!" pov.ler plant ~;:te. can a:~;G
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- 8 NRCs 'Nebsite or at the NF~Cs F'DR Plea'3e subrmt any GOnllYlents lila! the.A.thentee Slli3wr:e8 Tl'itie of Oki::;n;)rna fiB'\\, rlave ;0 OilBf on the scope of I",e 8nvimnmBntai :'eview by October '12, 20G7 Written Gomments s~louici be suDmitted by 'T,ail to the CnieL Rules and Oireclves Branch.. Division 01.~drninist:ative Sen-'ice~" r""laii Stop T-,;,059, U.s, Nuciear Re~wlalorv Commis:3iol1, VVa:sl::ll£)loD, DC 205!:-5-0001 Eiectronic CDmrnent5. n'D'{ t;8 :;ubm:tted :0 the NRC bYEHTlaii at
- r:(liii,.:~***)::':,~!S/T::ln:.* X;'*1 At the GOl1ciu::;ioll of the :3(;opiIl9 proce%, tile NRC: ;3tt:,ff viill prepae a summalY of H18 si;Wl'fictlllt issue:, :::i6l:tifi8;:: and tn8 cDnckrs!ons re::;cI:8(1. and fllijil a CDI}Y to you.
Appendix E December 2008 E-17 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00453
Appendix E
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The st::;ff expects to publ:Sf: the cirail supplement loU)e (jEIS in JU!y 2008. Tf:e NRC w:iI hoid another se! of ;::t:biic 1T":estings in !he :,,:te vicinity b sol:eit COIllIT":ents on the c!I'gf! sup pie mental envII"onmDtal :mpm:l stBl.eIl:ent (SEIS). A. copy of tr:e clraft SEIS '-N!H be S8r:! to you for'iour review and mrmnent After Gonc:lde!'8t:oll (if public (:omnHnts received on the dmft. t~r8 NRC will prepare a final SEIS. Tile i:o.sut1nee 0; a fir:al SEIS for Indian Point is planned for April 2009. If you need 3ddilionai: informi3\\ion fQElfi:ling U:8 eflv::ronrnemai reV!8vc! proCSs, plea:"e cOI:iact [vis.Jill erNe!"ly. Environmental Pr")ject MD.fmger, at 3[)'1-41 :,-i3Cfl9 or ilt Docl,et Nos. 50-247 fmd 50-236 cc See !:ext page Sin{:erely.
/RA Christjan.Jacobs fori Rar:i L Franovi:ch. Bn'lnUl Chief EIl"iiron,:rentcll Brand'i B Dw:sion of Licellse Renev.;a:
Office of Nucleflr ReaetOl' Re~l'l.Iimion Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-18 December 2008 OAG10001366_00454
AlJgust 2~. 2007 The H:)llorable Maur:ce John, Preside:l, CaU<lraugu5 Rw:;e!vat:O!', Se!lt>ci.:1 Nation
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SUBJECT:
REOUEST FOR COMHE~JTS CON!~ERNING THE INDLAN P()INT NUCLEAR.
C3ENERiHING UNIT NOS, 2 AND::; LICENSE RE~~E\\;"i.A.L APPLICATION REVIEW Fie US, Nudem Re"ulatolj Commission {NRC} IS; seekil'g input for it'> epvironmental review of 81' [Ipplicaci:)n 'rom Entergy Nuc:em Operatio£l-3 (Emer~lY) for ;he rellVifal of Ihe operating license:; fo:',he Indian Point Nuclear (Oene><"I:n9 Un:! Nos, ::: and :5 (Indi'Jn Point}, locateci :11 Bucha:K.I', N'{, apPl'Oxill'ate!y 24 1n,le3 north of the ~~e,v Yuri<. CityiJoUl,dary line. Indian F'oi:lt
- s II: dose IJI'OXlllll!Y to 1;l')(i:3,i"e'! :;-,ay bE' of Imemst to the Calta:-augus Reselv;:mon, SenE'ca Nat:on. As descri!:!8::i r'eIO'w, the NRCs proC8% i:lc1l1des an oppurtllnity for public and mter-90vt>rnrnenl<li p2!!t,c:i;xl/iori i!l the 81wircmrnEI'tai nwiew, INc 'Nan! to ensure Inat yo~! are
~J~,\\"'are of ota' erfclfts ::-Hlli, !XSf:;U::Hlt to Title 'tD nf the (\\)(:e {l FedB(fJ/ RQuJ~~t.iGns C~O CFFn Paf1 5*1:. S8ctio0 ::1 :.28{b}, the NRC in*'.l~te::::. t~e CaUan:HJgu"S Re5er**~Jatlon, Seneca Netio!':: to
- r<wltle IIIput tD ttle
- ,COPlng proce% fE¥E'llg !G IIle NRC
- , ell'-{irDl,rne:'lt[li rev'e"", e)f FI8 appl,cationln addition, a:s. ouilineci:n 36 CFR 80:J8(c), ;hG ~JRC p16ns to coordinate compliance with Sediol: I :J!3-of the Nationi31 H::,~o::c Preservatioll.Ad of 1966 tl",OlJ'J!l 11:8 reqt:irelllEd:, of Um NZltiol'!:'",! Envirc.mT181,tal Policy Act 0' l,i69 Under NRC requl<llIOI:S, tI:E or:ginal,)p8!"atllll~ llcense fo:' a t:ucleal' po'",e:' plafttis ",sue.;:! for up to 40 ),*earc;. The licer:se may be reneWEd fOl' up 10 em addik:n81 20 year-; if NRC 1'8ciu,remenh me met. Ti,e current c:peralinp licenses fur Inclian Poio, \\ltd I 6xp:n" in September. 2013, and December, 2015. Ent61IIY submitted its,3pp!;calion for ren8W[I; 0; the indi[l!l Po,nt opep:lting
!!cense" in aleler CifltE'd A!)ri i 23. 2007, 8:, C.,lpplemenleti e,y letters :jam," M;JY 2-nm!
.Jtlne 2'" 20Cl7 T:',6 NHCi's gather:n[Jinformation for,.r. Indial" F'oim s:le-s;=,eeific supple'H8m to i,s "G8ne,-ic Environmentallmpad. Stillen:ent for License R8ne'Nu; of Nuciem Plants" {GElS),
NUREG-'1437 Th8 ~;I~ppiement wi!; cnntZiI!l the results Df tile reviev,,' of thO) environmedal impacts ot: lhe mea surPJunding the il:dl[:n PoiJ:t 5ite reinte:j to tHrs'3inai ecology, aquatic ec~)~og'~'l-hydrOlogy, L~JltUL31 reSO~lrGeS_ and ::;.:)dDeCtH"!ornic is:;uE:<:3 (fl(i{Ci!l(J others}, B:nd v~fiH cDI:tain a recornmendatiofl regaf~jing 1he en~l!rOfWnen~ft: fiGceptab:::iy of the lic&r1':.e rene'vvt:!
action.
Appendix E December 2008 E-19 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00455
Appendix E ld.. John To ~cco'Tlmo(jaieinterestec! members of the publiC, tl:8 NRC,viI' I"-,okl t'II.',) pU!Jlic :'.(:O:}in~1 fIleetin*'is 'or the Indian POIr,; licen5-e 1'81'18".\\'31 supplement to ;ile GElS on \\/ifednescl8'y'.
Sepiel1'ber '19.2007, <it TI18 Colonial TerPJce. 1(lcated at '119 Oreg(ln R<:i If! COl'tiancit fv1::mo,', NY. The first s9:osiol'; will convene at., :30 p m. Zind Will continue lB,t:! 4<,0 1).1"1;, as nece:;C;;}f).'. The second,;e:;:;ior, wi!! convene OJt 7:00 Dm., w,th 13 [e;:le3t of (toe oV8rvie:II" p'Jrtlons of the meetmg. and 'iN:11 continue ur:ti'IO:OO p.In., as necBssnry. Addi;Io:'lall'y', thE' NRC
',18ff >'IIIII1OSi Infornl~1 :jISGU5SIOns one noul'l:;8fore a'ie start of eacf: :;e*,siol1.
Pie license ren8wal application (LRA} is ::HJb:icly available <It ;"e ~~RC Public DOG'.II,:"mt Room (PDR). iGcated alOne 'NlHe Fli!,t Nor~h.I*155S R'Jckvllle Pike, Rockville, t*,'lal).'i8l,d 20352,,)1' from ti,8 NRCs A.genc,!w:[)8 DOc'JIT:8nts f\\,cces:; snd rv'I"rlll~;emenl System (,11..0,6&.... 15 i Tile AD,-"IMS Public Elec!iofl!c Rem!i!'g Room is acc:e%:ble at http /:2:;:ia:'-;l~.V:... ~:::;.~:e~~f;:)':.r;:'(;.{:(:\\l"':jo~:)q~n i-:H~:i. ThE aG{;8s~:=:.ion rv..J(qber fo;" ihe LRA is ldL07*12*W5G7. Pel'sons; 'Nha do 1"'01 hwe accss:; to ADf\\t*,lS. or 'who 8IK-OI;:1ter proDle:lls;n aCJ~e:3s:n~1 nle c:loGul1'ents locate::! in.ADM*.:IS. srIDul::l cOI,lncl ttle NRC':3 "'DR Reference :,taff by telephone nt '1-800-'3f~7 -4209 or 30'~ -4 '15-4 737, or by e-!TI<.:1~!,3t ~:{tC~i'nG~"g~:t~.
T~le Indian Point LRA is ::<lso dvailable on the Int8met 'J,
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111 f]ck,itio'l, tile Hendriel, Hudson Free library, located in ~':Ionlrc;se. NY, the Fiel::! L:bmry locmed
- n Peei.',skill, NY, tind the V'ihile F'IClillS Publ,,, Library iocat8d In *vVr.:;e Plmns. NV'
~laV8 <,greed to make ti,e LRA "",.'allable for ;)lIl):IC Inspedioll T~le GElS, Wllid, documents me NRC's ass8ssr:lent of tile scope and :iTlPClGt of el:*... *irQnment211 effects th8t would be assudated v-jith ::cenSe renevv;:l! at 8n~
... ' nuclear pO\\i\\ler ~dant site car: also t:e found on ;ile NRCs..,."ebsite or f111he NF~C'3 F'DR Plea:,e slhmil any COITII118nls ella: the Ci3!,amugus Reserva:ion. Senec[l Nat:on may h3ve to offer on tile scope of the env:I"O!::-fl81l!al revieW.. by Odober :2.2007. 1;\\lntlell comments sllClul<:!
be submitted b},' mail 10 the C!'lief Ruies and Directives 8ranch, Divis;i0:, of A.dmlni'Slrati\\fe Service:" r-.;la:1 StqJ T-6D5~;, U.S. NuGiedr Re"iul<J!Of).' Cor,.,mi:,":,icm, \\N83hinplon. DC 20555-0001. Electronic GOIT;:llenis may t'e submitted I') the NRC by ",mail at lL;~,~'!!::?2tllf~;~*;@!:.:E,,';<;>*,.. At 11:8 conciu,ion Of the scoping proce35,,rle NRC staff will pl-8pme a Sl:mmm-y cf tile significzmt :s~,ue',; Identified,:l1d tile cGnclus!on:, l'eacheC!. ar,d mail a cop,,' to yOu.
Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-20 December 2008 OAG10001366_00456
M_,John TrlB staff expects to i)u[)iis!<,riB dmft :,_tmplemBnt te; H-le <:5t:IS in,Illiy 2008. Tlw NRC w:1I1101d arV)trl8r s81 0' public 11'8",'iIl9:' ill the sile '1icinity to c;olicit COITIIl18nis Oil trl8 draft :;upple:TI8nt8i E:llv:ronl1:entlJi ir'lpacl stmel1'ent ~SEI-S). A cOP'I' of tile elm;; SEI-S wil' b8 sent to you for your re'lie'h' an(1 cornmellt. After cOrls:d",ratlo!) of DubilC cornme!)t., rece:ved on H-Ie ::Irall tr,e NRC
',.viii prepare <1 fined SEIS. T:-18 i%uElnce of El fifl[ll SEIS for InGian PO::lt is planr,ed fOI-Apr:12[)08. If you r,eed a(jditiol1<Ji infOl':'l[:lion r",~:ar(liWl the erlvironrnental re','iew p:-ocess, plea",,,, contact ~,'ls;_ Jiii Cn'lel-Iy, EllVironmelllnl Project Mann,i8r, at 3D'I-~', 5-6f_/19 or f~ t f.:~*~~_;_£g!H~.LS}:2}~.
Docket Nn::.. 50-247 and 50-286
(;c See next p'JQe S~flcere:y_.
iRA Christian Jacobs for.!
Ran: L_ Franov!ch, Branch Chief Elw:ron,:1entai Bral1c!l B DII':510n of License Renewal Office of NcJciB£Ir Rei3do: Re>;lul::H!On Appendix E December 2008 E-21 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00457
Appendix E 1'/11'. Clmt H'ilftoWIl Repre':;elltativ8 Cayu~~~a Na~j;)n PO Box:
\\!ers;ai::es, NY 14'168 AlJgust 2~. 2007 SIJBJECT: REQUEST FOR Cm.,IMENTS CmJCERNING THE INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR
- ENERATING UNIT NOS 2.AND" LICENSE RE~*lE\\NA.L AF'PL.lCATIO~J R.EVIE'll FIB U S, Nlldear Re~luiatol-Y Cornmi'3
- ,inrl {NRC) 13 :,eekil:9 input for it::. elwironmentsi re',iew of 31: application from Entergy NUClear Open"t:oll'S (Entergy) for the renewal of lile open"t:rl(l iicew;,.." i,x :he Indian Point N~!deilr Ger:en:t:ng Un:! Nos, 2 and :3 ;lndi8n Poin!). IO';;3ted in BucilDnm:, NY, Dppro)(lfH;te!\\, 24 mdes Ilorth of trl8 Ne\\l,I York Citv ilom:cla!v 11fI8. Ind:an Pomt is jp close pro:<ttYll1Y to f9:1ds t.hnt ~'(19y be :)f jntB:8st t.o the Cayuga N~ltjOn. lAs,described bekx(,o\\o',
the NRC's pmce:;s h:clt,I[le':; an opportunity;or public alld inter~JClve:'!llTlellt2!; i}mticmatiGI1 WI the environr;-H~ntd: revteVi/
~r.,.ie V.JfHit to ensure th~1t you sn~ 0:vWJre of our efforts r:u-;d, pursu8rd 10 Ttle 'I:) of the Gods of FBde(EJ.I ReQuhlticns i'; 0 CFR) Part 51, Sediol', S'I,28(b}, the NRC invites tile Cavu~la NEllio!) to prDvi(je Input to Iiie ~,COPIIl~~ p!oce:,s reic:tlrl':) to 11':8 NRC':, enVII'Ofl'TI8!)tal fev:ew of the 6pp!iC61i0l: In addi!ion, a'S ou!:inedin :30 CFR 8008(c), ;he NRC pial1:s, to Gomdir:ate compliance Wit!: Seciio:l '106 of t!18 National H:sto!ic Pieservatioll /',ct of ; '~6f.i thmugh !rle :eql;irements of the Natiorni Envircnmer::al Po!:cy Act of FH39, Under NRC requlallol:s, tI:e or:ginal :)p8!'atllll~ llcense io:- a I:ucleal' po'",e:' plafltis i',sue.;:! for up to 40 yearc *. The licer:se may be I'8l'ewed fOl' up to em additional 20 year'; if NRC r'eciuireme'lh are met. Tl,e current operating licenses for Inclian Point \\ltd I expire in September. 2013, and December, 20 '15. EntelIIY submitted its o3pplicalion for renew[,: 0; the Ii:di[,!l Point opel":iting
!!C8I'1Se:s in aletl8r [jelted A!)ri: 23, 2007, a:s ~.'Ipplmented t,y letters :jam," M;JY 2-nm!
.Jtlne 2';, 2007 T'-le NHCi's Qalher:n[JinforlTlation for,.r. Indial'l F'aim s:le-s;=.8eific supple'nem ta i;s "Gen8ric Environmentallmpil(,t Stillen:ent for License Rene'Na; of Nuclem Plants" {GElS),
NUREG-'1437 The ~;I~pp:elTlent will cDntZiI!l the results Df tile reviB\\'.,' of thO) ellviroilinedal impacts 01: lh8 wei'! surPJunding the ilOdl[ln PoiJ:t,,,its relnt8'j to tHrss!nai ecology, aquatic ec~)~og'~'l-hydrology, L~JltUL31 reSO~lrGeS_ and ::;.:)dDeCtH"!ornic is:;uE:<:3 (fl(i{Ci!l(J others}, B:nd v~fiH cDI:tain a recornmendatiofl regaf~jing 1he en~l!rOfWnen~ft: fiGceptab:::iy of the lic&r1':.e rene'vvt:!
- action, Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-22 December 2008 OAG10001366_00458
C Halftow!l To f:ccon-,moda~BirltBrested membel-s (If ti:e publi.;;. tl18 NRC w:!II};)id two publiG scopil:~!
meetill',;s 'or the Indi8n Poin iicense rene,:,'ai supplement to,he GElS on ',Vednesda¥,
SepiBI1':}er Hi, 2007, at Hie Coion:al fer-rucs. located flt*, 19 Oregol' Rd. ill Cortlwc,jt fv1::<no:-, NY. The first se%ion will (;01We1l8 at ; :30 p.Il'. and Witl continue unli14:30 p.m, as nece;3c;ary. The ;3econd 5e',,,,;01: ',vi!! convene at 7 OD p.m., Witt] a repee:! cf tile overview p'.:.rt:0f"3 of the meetll"9. amj ',<;:11 continue ul'lll W:OD p.m., as neC'essary Additionally, the NRC staff 'N111110S\\ infornlGi di",cl.iSSIOns one nour t)eiOI-e,1"18 st3:*, of 8m:i, session.
n,s !iGense renewa: app!i(:ation (lRil,) is publiCly avaiiBble et,"18 NRC F-!bliC Document R:)on1 (PDR). IGca!ed at One Wine Flir,\\ NOlth.. '1 '1555 RockVille Pike, Rod'lille, r',.iaryiancl 2G352. or from t:1e NRC s Agencyw!cje Documents.AG,;e,,,s ilnd Ivlsf1Dgemel1t System !.AOAJilS I. Tf:8 ADi,\\MS Pubiic Ei&CTOfl:G R&mjir:g Room "~; ::H:.Ge,;sible at htt[r/:*[:;=:ar;l*~.\\'\\o'%:').3eaf{:}-:.r:;'C.(K:**I:'**c:'=d~)G~n_i~::tn':i. The accession nUPioer for the LRA is t\\'ILOTI2', Cl5G7. Person,:; 'Nit:::. do pot hwe access to fo.D.4f,.. iS.. or who enu;unte:' problems ::1 aCGe:os;ng tile clocuments io(:atecl ill AD,Il,J."IS. ",rloulcl contBel tile NRC~: PDR Reference staff i~y tele:Jhone <1t1-l',OO-397-4209 or 30 ;-415-4737,or by e-mml at ;;l-,).r!~,!:NL9,Qx.
The Ind:an Point LRA. is siso cwailClble on the Internet '3t iJ.~U~L~i:""'~LI'3~'L9;):,';'r:~_;l':';:~:L:~::~:;1(;"_0.;::J-'.dl<:C("3_:_,"JJ.:g;_:_("3_:-,j:~':~:;:~_~ll~"::::'_'-~i_'~::':~:jJ.::);']J.:_:::!::)_:L:;_L~I'!j In add;tiCin, tile Hendr:ck Huci:;.)fI Free Libmry. located if' !',;Iontro:;e, NY. the Fie![j Library ;owteci
- n Pee:'.skill. NV, clnd thE> V'ihite PIl::ins Publ:c Ubrsry IOGatee: in V.,rhite Plains. NY hd'ie agrE>ed to I:~ake tl"te LRA ",;.,.'allable iOI-pUi):ic '"Specti()I' Tile ;3EIS, whicb dOC:JI11HI;S Irle NRC's 2lssessmem of tile 'scope and i:'lpac:t of ell\\'ironment'JI effects th8t v~~ou;d be a~)sodat8d ~N:tr: ~:c9nse rene'J~iaJ at Gny n~Jc:e8r pO\\4Jef plant site, eril1 also be found or,,he NHC"s 'website or st the NRC"s PDR Plei3"e :;u:)I"nit ':iIT\\' comments ;il"" the CaY-Wi:'! Nation may It",,,e to off9:' Gil tne scope of,he en'lironrnem;::i review try October 12. 2007. \\Vrit!err commellts ~:ho'II::1 be submitted bv mail to the Chif:f, Rule" [,nd Directives Bmnch Dp..-ision of Ad','lin,c;trg\\ive Services, r',;'icll; Stop T-eD59 US. Nlxlem-Regu;at*.xy COIl1!Tli%ion. \\N8snin9tol1. DC 20555-;]001 Electrc::nic COITllner:!s 1l1ay tie sulxnitted tl) the NRC I)y e-m::;!! at J.i.1:,:i:;:!!.J>'Ar:j::,;,~:::'h.:F:.~;::.::". A,I Ii-Ie conc!uslor, of the scopill';; process, mE' NRC staff wili prep:::re " sUHlr":"ry of the ::;i~1niiic<lnt '3-SlieS 'den~ifi8d <,nd the cor:clusior:s reoche'j, and [::all <1 <;opy to YDU.
Appendix E December 2008 E-23 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00459
Appendix E C Halftovo'n
-:5-Th8 s;t1:df expects to pub,isf: the clr<:ft supplNrl8!lt to the GElS ii',JLJ'Y 2008. Tbe NRC will bold a.noH-jer :,et 0: public n-:eetinr,ls ::1 the ',<ite vicillity to solici! COIYlmenls on "-Ie dmft :3.upplemental HI\\/ironmentai impact stelement (SEIS) A copy of tl:6 draft SEIS w::1 be sent to you for your reV!fw,.' aJ:d c{Jmm81't. Aftel' con~;:[jerati')n of pubHc Gomrnents reG8i:/eci on tt18 drnH. the NRC INil,: prepme ;:> f:nni SEIS. Tile iss,![JllCe of a firm I SEIS ior {IKHan Point is plm-tIled fOI*
Apr:; 2009. If you neeCl aClditionnl infor:T!8tioll re~lardll'1~1 ttle en:;ilollrnenral 18VieV{ process..
plense co:-I,act :\\-ls_ Jill Cavel*ty Environmental Project r.. ']ana;ier, at 301-4 *15-6(;9:~ Of it!
i'?:~~_L:~~l~i~:_:~:~~~l:E{.
[locket Nos. SD-247 and ':,0-286 CG See next pa~le
- ,ncerely,
/RA Christian Jacobs fori Rar:1 L. Franovic!:, Brandl C'-lief Envimnmentnl Br,men B Division of license Rene\\fv;.:-H Office a~ Nuclear Reactor Rer,juliJ,i0!l Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-24 December 2008 OAG10001366_00460
1:!'S. N:kki OV:iinflS-Crlimm EITvironp,ent2i Dino>clor Deiaware Natiol' P,O. 50x 825 AndarkD, OK 730:j5 AUgU'3! 24.20;]7 SUBJECT REQUEST FOR Cm.*i1"IENTS CmJCERNING THE INDlAN POINT NUCLEAR
(;ENERiHING UN!T NOS 2.AND " LlCEt..JSE RENEVV.AL APPLICATION RE\\iIE',~!
Dem r**/ls. Owin~ls-Crumm:
Th", U,S, NI"dear Regui"toIY Cornrni';:;iorl {NRC) is :;eekil:g input for its elwlronment81 review of,m ap:Jlication from Entergy Nuc:ear Open"liOIl'S (Efltergy} fm the rel<ewal of the operating lic:en';",,,, fQ:'lhe Indian Point Nuclear Ger:en,ling Unit Nos, 2 and ;3 :;Indian Poi:1l:, IOGGled in Buclln:-I3l:, NY, appro)(lmately 24 m:!es north of trle Nev.,' York City t}oUl:c:lmv II:-Ie. Ind:an F'olnl j:; in clo:3e proxtn1ji":l to lands ~hat ~'n9y :bs :)f intBrest t.o ti1e DeJawarB' N<ltjon. As described below,.,riB NRC",; proces', inclLides i3n opportuility for pu::>li(: am, iIlter-~IDVefflIT!Bnta, p::Ht:cipf"itlon in th8 er;Vin)rHr:~nta: revie.j.J_ V'Je \\~.'8nt to en~;ure that VOl: [ire 8\\;'1... 8(8 of o:Jr effolis. and, purst;::tnt to TjUe -jO of the C:c;de c;,f Federfrf Re~}{f;fJtio,'?D (iD CFR) Pf~rt 51 >
Secl:on :::. i22:it,:, lI:e NRC,rwites ;Iie Delawme Nation ;0 provlcle lqJut te: tl18 <,(Op:n::1 pro(;es~;
rel"ling to tloe NRCS e'lVwnrnentaI O"e'>,i8\\'\\o' of the application In 'Jdcii,ion. t,,; 0utiilwd in36 CFR 8QD, io,\\C), the NRC pialls to coord:m:M' CO:',p:lm'e8 with Section '106 oj tl-Ie N"l:o:l<'ll Historic PreservatiDn Act of FH3>:; ti'lroWlh the reqll!nement3 of the NatiollC:: Environmer:tal Poliey' Act of
':96:,r, Under NF::C; r8<,;uICltior:s. the (>fii~inal ')ps'atil1g license for i3 r:udear pm,ver plant i3 i%ued for up to 4(: years, TI"" license may iJe :'e!:ewe:j for-up 10 'In ad(iitiQllal 20 yem'S if NR'=* rW-iuil'emellis i]re :'net The Gun'ent c,peratill'~lliceflses for Indian F'oin! Will expire in S&pteITlbel-, 2013, and Dec8ms*er, 2015. EntelIIY sut"T,itted ils 3pplic,ol:on for I'enewa! (of It:<O; Inc:lian F'o:nt operating I:censes in a leHer (k,ted Ar}ri: 23, 2007, a:;sc)pplemented bV letters date::! l'lhly ~) <'nel
,JlB:e :2 :. 2D07 TI-I9 NRC is gat!leri!lginformation for ai' Ind:aI" F'oint Si:8-specillc s'-lppI9mefl~ to i~:s "Gener:c Erwiromnent:c,llmpad St8tement for LiGen,;e Rene'NEl! of Nudem Plants' (C::;EIS::*,
NUREC-i-1':)37 The 5uppielT;ent \\lvil: contain the results of the revielf.;' of the emiiwllIne!:tai i;-npm:ls or: the area surwunding the ir:ckm Poir:t site 1'I"lmeG 10 telTe",lrial ecobgy, aqualic:
ec*:)!ogy, hydrohJ{fY'1 G\\.dtLHBl :esourCE:s. an~j s:JG~Crec:Jl:onl;c,issues (a~;no!1g o!hers}. t:nd V'-Jlll cD!:tail< " reCO'llmenrjfltion reg "Wing t!18 environment.:,: aGCeptabiiity Ol the licen'Se rene,;:,,,,1
!]c:hon.
Appendix E December 2008 E-25 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00461
Appendix E N.Owings-Crlln1H: To f:ccon-,moda~BintBrested membel-s (If ti:e publ:.;;. tl18 NRC wi!II};)ld two publiG scopil:~!
meetill',;s 'or the Indi8n Poin license rene'Nal supplement to,he GElS orr ',Vednesda¥,
SepiBl1'i}er Hi, 2007, at Hie Colon:al Terruce. located flt*, 19 Oregol' Rd. ill Cortlwc,jt fv1::<no:-, NY. The first se%ion will (;01We1l8 at : :30 p.Il'. and Will continue unli14:30 p.m, as nece;3c;ary. The ;3econd 5e',:>,ol: ',vi!! convene at 7 OD p.m., Witt] a repeel! cf tile overview p'.:.rt:0f"3 of the meetll"9, amj ',<;:11 continue udll W:OD p.m., as neC'essary Additionally, the NRC staff 'N111110S\\ infornlGI di:>cl.iSSIOns one nour t)eiOI-e,1"18 st3:*, of 8m:I, session.
n,e !iGense renewai app!i(:ation (lRil,) is publiCly availBble et,i'le NRC F'ubliC Document R:)on1 (PDR). IGca!ed at One Wil:;e Flir,\\ NOlth.. '1 '1555 RockVille Pike, Rod'lill, r',.iarY:;3nci 2G352. or from t:1e NRC s Agencyw!cje Documents.AG*;e,,,s ilnd Ivlsf1Dgemel1t Sysiem !,AOAJilS I, Tf:8 ADi,\\MS Pubiic EI&c!l"OfliG R&mjir:g Room ", aCG'osible at htt[r/:*[:;=:ar;l*~.\\'\\o'%:').3eaf{:}-:.r:;'C.(K:**I:'**c:'=d~)G~n_i~::tn':i. The accession nUPioer for the LRA is t\\'ILOT12'i Cl5G7. Person,:; 'Nh:::. do pot hwe acc.ess to AD.4f,.. iS.. or who enu;unte:' problems ::1 aCGe:os;ng tile clocuments :o(:atecl ill AD,Il,J."IS. ",rloulcl contBel tile NRC~: PDR Heference staff i~y tele:Jhone <1t1-l',OO-397-4209 or 30 :-415-4737,of by e-mml at ;;l-,).r!~,!:NL9.Qx.
The Ind:an Point LRA. is siso cwa:IClble on the Internet di iJ.~U~L~i:""'~Ll'3~'L9;):,';'r:~_;l':';:~:L:~::~:;1(":_0.;i:Adl<:C("3_:_,"JJ.:g;_:_("3_:-,j:~':~:;:~_~ll~::::::'_'-~i_'~::':~:jJ.::);']J.:_:::!::)_:L:;_L~l'!j In add;tiCin, tile Hendrick Huci:;.)fI Free Libmry. located if' ]',;lol1tro:;e, NY, ;he Fie![j Library lowt&ci
- n Pee".skill. NV, clnd thE> V'ihite F'IDins Publ:c librsry IOGatee: in Vvi1it& Plains. NY hd'/e agreed to I:~ake tfte LRA ",'.,.'allable iOI-pUi)iic ':1Spectiol' Tile ;3EIS, whicb dOC:JI11HI;S Irle NRC's 2lssessmem of tile 'scope and i:'lpac:t of ell\\'ironment'JI effects th8t v~~ou;d be a~)sodat8d ~N:tr: ~:c9nse rene'J~iaJ at Gny n~Jc:e8r pO\\4Jef plant site, eril1 also be found or,,he NHC"s 'website or st the NRC's PDR Plei3"e :;u')I'nit ':iIT\\' comments ;Il"" the D&I"o'Nare Ni3lio!l niay :-Ia... ", t,) o:'fer 011 the scope of the err'liro:-J£llem;::i review t)'y October 12. 2007. \\Vrit!&rt commellts,;hO,II::1 be subrnitted bv mail to the Chif:f, Rules [,nd Directives Bmnch Dpiision of Adl:'linic;trg\\ive Sefv:ces, r',/bl: Stop T-eD59 US. Nlxl&m-Regulator'y COIl1!Tli:>:>ion. iN8snin9t0:1. DC 20555-;]001 ElectfGnic CDIT1lller:ts nia)'
tie sulxnitted tl) the NRC I)y 8-mail at JJ.1:,:i:::!!.J>'Ar:j::.:,~:;C!!.:F"~;:"::"
A,I II-Ie conc!uslor, of the scopin*;; proceS3. mE> NRC staff wil! prep:::I'E> " 3uHlr":"ry of the :si~1niiic<lnt '::;,slies 'den~ifi8d <,nd the cor:clusior:s reoche'j, and [::wl <1 <;opy to YDU.
Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-26 December 2008 OAG10001366_00462 The sI,afi expect:, to putllish the drflft sliDplemem to me ;:;EIS in,.lui:.,. 2008, Tll8 NRC will I:Dld anotrle:- :3el of pw::lic ll1eetings in tl:e site vldr:ity to '::o:icil COITlments or: Irle (fIT:ft supplementai environn,enli::i ir:;pud slmemenl (SEIS). A ccmv cf the draft SEIS wHII}e sent to you fOf your
!-el'ieW unci comment. foJtH conside!-atiofl of pubiic. comments received on II-,e ::tmft, tile NRC Ivi!! prepa:-e '" final SEIS_ Tne issuar:ce of <1 final SEIS for Inr;::::m POint is plfmr:ed for Apnl 2!JO~~'I, If you r:sed [,(jdilionai infor-mi3lion r-egard;n~l tile environmental reViS';\\, p!-oce::.s, please COlll<lct tA:s:, Jiii C8vsrly" Er:vi:-onmer:lal F'roJect Manager-, ;,.,130'1-4'15-6<599 or at 00ckst No'S. 50-247 ar:d 50-286 CC: S88 nexll)2w8 S:ncerely, lRA Christian Jacobs for!
Rani L_ Fn:.novicl:, Bmnc:-I Chief Env:ronment8i Bmnch B Divi"ioll of license Rene""",!
Offi<:e G! Nuc.IHir Reactor Regula::on Appendix E December 2008 E-27 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00463
Appendix E The H)!lorable Je:TY D:)LJglas, Chief De:aw<:lre TrilJf3 of Indians De:awme Tribal Headql",,}fte:s
'; 70 North Ea.st 8arba~'fl BarHesvWe, OK 74001:'i August 2"', 2007
SUBJECT:
REi)UE.3T FOR Cor"lr':lENTS CONCERNING THE INDIAN ~'OINT NUCLEAR GENERATINC-; UNIT NOS 2,<\\ND 3 LICENSE REr'JE\\",1Al APPLlC.A TiO~"j RE\\ilEVV Dem Chief Dou!~Ii'r" Hie U S, NI"dear Regu:<:,t!JIY Cornmis:,ion (NRC) 1'3 :oe8kin9 input fOl' it::: environmental review' of 31: applicatio!l ;1'O'n Enlergy Nuclear Operations (EntePJY) for trl8 rer~e'Nal of the opernlin\\l "Gense", fo:',he Indian Poin; Nuclear Ger:emting Unit Nos, 2 and ~j ilndiiln Point:>, IDGated in 6uellflnm:, NY, approXllTltltely 24 m:le~: non 1'1 of lh8 New YorK Cij'y I)oundarv line. Indian POI:!'
is in cio:;e proximity to lands that 1'(loY be ;'If interest to the Dslav'i[:!'e T:'ibe of India:1s, As cie:;cribed ::ielow, ille NRC:;,Jmce",,:; indl.:c!es aI: 0piJortunity for puiJiic <lEl;j int'3I~-90',el!lmellta:
part:eipf"ition in trl8 en',;in:Hln-;ent:-d re'~{feW_ Vve \\>\\,'Bnt to en~;ure that you ~1re ~J~*vare ot our effolis and, purst;ftnt to TiUe -10 of the (;ccle of Federal ll:;:egujatioos ( 10 CFR) Pad 5 J, Sec!!on::::. !22i(tl:, tne NRC: :nvites ;1'18 D8,aw:c:!e Tr!tJe of In'jlar:s 10 proVIGB Ir:ijut,0 tllB SCGP:rlr.i pro(,8"'", relatil'g to the NRC" environmentsl re.vie::,,' of the apr;licatiofl, Ir, tld(ji;ion, r:s outline,,!
if! 3~;, CFR eOO,BiG), tlle NRC plan:3 to comdinllte cOPlpiillllce with Section :[160; Hie Natiolllli Histone Preserv[,t:on Act of '196,3 trIlT)Ui]h Ihe Ho,c:uir8!Tlellt:; of trle N"t:onal Envirc.l1rne'lt,,1 POlicy Ad of -I ::l<3:,1 UncleI' NFK; re',!UICltiof's, the (Jfi'~inzll operatin9 license fo: a r,ucie8r po',ve: plan; i" :ssoed 'or up to 40 years Tlce lice.I'se may t:e re!:ewEKI for up tQ an edditlor.ai 20 years if ~JRC l-equireITle!:l:3 are "let The Gun'ent (,pefatil1'~lli<;ens% fe,r Indian Poin, Will expire ill September, 20': 3, [,!lei Decernber, 2015. EntelIIY sutl>T,itted as ;::,:;,pll<.;ot:O£1 for r8ne:,'iEll of ;1:8 IndiClIl POint opemlin9 "Ge!lse" in a I",Her ci<:,led,t\\pri: 23, 2007, as supp,emented by !st\\e:s. dated "lay:3 and
,.lUl:e 2 :, 2D07 The NRC is gat!leri!l9informatiDn for ai' Indian Poi:1t Site-speCific 5upole:l1el1t cO its °Generic Ellvironment:c,llmpad StCltemBnt for Licen:;e Ren8l.i81 of Nuc:!em Pi,,!);:,.... {GElS},
NURE(i-1437 The sl:ppiement will contai:l the re'wltc: :)f he review of th", environmental inlpm:ts or: the area sllrTOlJnding Ihe Indian Poi!:! :;ite I'8blec: to t6lT8':;lrio' ecclogy aquatic eo)!ogy. hydrohJ{fY'1 Gidtural :-esources, arvj s:Jcii)ec~:rJ:on,:,:~~ j~.sues U:l~"flong ~)trI8r3), and \\'Vt::
cOI:tain " reco'llmenr,i<ttion re'Jarding me ",n:;ironmental accElp!8bi:ity of thEi license rEinewCl:
action.
Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-28 December 2008 OAG10001366_00464 To ~cco'Tlmo(jaieinterestec! members of the publiC, tl:s NRC,viI' I"-,okl t'II.',) pU!Jlic :,,(:O:}in~1 fIleetin',is 'or the Indian POIr,; license 1'81'18".\\'31 supplement to ;ile GElS on \\/ifednescl8'y'.
Sepiel1'ber '19,2007, <it TllS Colonial TerPJce, 1(lcated at '119 Oreg(ln R<:i in Co!'Vancit fv1zmo,', NY, The first s9:osiol'; will convene at '! :30 P In, Zind Will continue lB,t:! 4<,0 i),n;, as nece:;c;arv, The second,;e:;:;ior, wi!! convene OJt 7:00 Dm" w,th 13 re;:le3t of (toe ovsrvie:II" p'Jrtlons of the meetmg, and 'iN:11 continue ur:ti'IO:OO p,m" as necBssnry, A(j(;ii:o:',all'y', thO' NRC
',18ff >'IIIII1OSi Infornl~1 :jISGU5SIOns one nOlll'!:;sfore H'le start of eaGf: :;e',siol1, Pie license ren8wa: application (LRA} is ::Jub:icly available <It ;:,e ~~RC Public DOGul',:"mt Room (PDR). iGcated alOne 'NlHe Fli!,t Nor~h,I'155S R':>ckvllie Pike, Rockville, t','lal).'i8l,ej 20352.,)1' from ti18 NRCs A,genc,!w:[)8 DOc'JIT:8nts J\\cces,; snd rv'I"rlll~;emenl System (,11..0,6&",15 i Tile AD.-"lMS Public Elec!iofl!c Rem!i!'g Room is acc:e:;c;:ble at http /:2:;:ia:'-;l~.V:.-\\~::).~:e~~f;:)':.r;:'(;.{:(:\\l"':jo~:)q~n i-:~r~:i. Tt-lG (1(;ce.3sion nt:~TlbE:r for t~18 LRA ~:3
!dL07'12'W5GT F'el'sons; 'Nha do 1"01 hwe accss:; to ADf\\t';lS, or 'who SIK.o!;:1ter proDle:lls:n aCJ~e'3s:n~1 nle c:loGul1'ents locate::! in,ADA,r...:IS. srIDul::l cOI,!ncl H,e NRC:3 "'DR Reference,,,taff by telephone nt '1-800-'3f~7 -4209 or 30'~ -4 '15-4 737, or by e-!TI<.:1~!,3t ~:{tC~i'nG~"gQ>~.
T~le Indian Point LRA is,,:so dvailable on the Int8met 'J, i!LU~E"i:,\\.'vY,J'3:;,D;;:~',';I:~"t'~\\:JLS:q.'(":,,~li'j~:il[;;c';::],"JJ.['i!J.';::J";:'Y,0,U,i)jJ~::<~:*].t.:,\\iE~'J!,:"Jl~"!:J~:::jJ.,Li!Llli 111 f]ckiitio'l, tile Hendriel, Hudson Free library. located in ~':Ionlrc;se, NY, the Fiel::! L:bmry locmed
- n Peei.',skill,. NY, tind the V'il'iile P'lClillS Publ:c Library iocat8d :n 'v'llhite Plmns. NV'
~laV8 <,greed to make ti,e LRA z,vallable for ;)lIl):IC inspedioll T~le GElS, Wllid, documents me NRC's ass8ssr:lent of tile scope and :mpClGl of el:'.,.'irQnmenl211 effects th8t would be assudated v-jith ::cenSe renevv;:l! at 8n~
... ' nuclear pO\\i\\ler ~dant site car: also t:e found on ;ile NRCs viebsite or fllthe NF~C's F'DR Plea"e SlJ!)IYlil any commsnts chat the Deia'Nme Tri!Je oflndiaf':s rnay ha,.'s to of!'er Dn 1!1El scope of the enviwrII':entc,1 revie'.", ty~ Oct<Ji:Jer L:', 2[107,
~\\irilten comment:>,;hO,II::1 be stlbnlitted by mail to the Chief Rules and Directives Branch, Di\\lisioll 01 Adn':nistrat:ve Service". rVlail StqJ T-6D5~;. I),S, NuGiedr Re',iulr:lofy' Cornm::,-:,icm, \\N8shnp!of!, DC 205::'5-0DOI, El8c!ronic G(:mmenls may tie >.ubmilted to the NRC by 8-mail Dt lL;~,~'!!::?2tllf~;~*;@!::E,,';<;>',., At II:s conciu,ion Of the sGoping proce35,,rle NRC staff will pl'spme a Sl:mmm-y c:f tile significzmt :s~,ue',; Identified,:l1d tile cGncius!on:, l'eaehecL ar,;j mail a cop,,' to yOu.
Appendix E December 2008 E-29 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00465
Appendix E F)
-.j-Fie staff expects to publ:sh the draft :o,up;:demem to Ule (3EISin.}l:iy 2008. n',13 NRC v>'i:111(lI(j allotile:' set Df put:lic meetill9s III the site ',':cil"ty to solie:; comments on !I'le dl'aft sl,lpple:qenta:
ell'/il'Onmentai ilY:paci stDten'lent {SE!S),4 copy of the (!:8ft SEIS \\,Viii be sent to you fo:' your
- 8\\1:e'.'.' and comlTl8l'1. AftH conslc!emtion of publ:c CDlY:ments received on the draft, the NRC wiH pre,::m8,,1 final SE!S. The issum:ce of a final SEIS foe Irrc:1]11 Foint i~; pianr:ed for Apl::12009. If you peen aGditiona: infonrlallor: r'e9m(jin,r tl'":e enviror:!Tlen!al revie';v process please contad 1110., J:ii Cavert'!, EI:vironmeptal Pl'Oject tdana98r', at 30: *4 ',5-6i399 r::r at Docket No:,; 50-247 and 50*286 Sincerely.
iRA Christian Jacobs fori Rani L. Franov:c:il, Bmrlch Cl'rief Envimn::lenta: Bmndl B Di'li:,ion of License. Renev,al Office of Nuclear Reedo: Regulation Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-30 December 2008 OAG10001366_00466
The H"norable C.VV Long,ol:v, Chi"f Echoto Chickornmlq3 Che£oke8 Trit,e 0' New Jer:;ey
.: 164 Stuyvesant.'WBflUB Irvington, f~,J 07 j., ')
AlJgust 2~. 2007 SUBJECT REQUEST FOR Cm.'i1"IENTS CmJCERNING THE INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR
(;ENERiHING UNIT NOS 2,AND" L1CEt..JSE RENEVV.AL APPLICATION RE\\iIE',~!
Dem Chief LOWJlow:
Th", U,S, N,"dear Regul"toIY Cornrni'3:,ion {NRC) is :,eekil:g illput for its elwlronment81 review of,m ap:Jlicatio!l from Eillergy Nuciear OP"P"liOIl'S (Efltergy} fm the rel,ewai of tile operating l:cel1',8", fQ:'lhe Indian Point Nuclear Ger:en:ting Unit Nos, 2 and ;3 :;Indian Poi:1l:, IOGBled :n BIXiln:'I3l:, NY, appro)(lmately 24 m:les north of trle Ne1o/ York City t}(JuJ:,:lmv 11:'le. Ind:an F'olnl j:; in clo:3e proxtn1ji":l to lands ~hat ~'n9y :bs :)f intBrest t.o ti1e Ecbota C:--liGkarr;8ug8 C!~f8r:)kee Tribe Df Ne"IV Jersey,,A.s,:::esL:£ibeej I:>elow. tite NRCs PIOC8"" includes an DPPDrtunity fcr pub::c and tnt8r-governrnBnk:! p3rtfc:ipBt:or: m the en\\/:t'ol:!"f1ental rev:e'.i'.:', ':"./8 Wf~nt to ensure t!1.at you are 2rware :)f our efforts ftn(j, pt;:"suant to Tttle 10 of the CGlde of FedBU.l{ F..'egu/atiO(iD nO CFR} Pm1 51, Sect:of: 5 1,28d)), ;:I,e r'JRe :Iw:tes trle E<:Jlc)ta Cr:£ckalll<lU::j<l CI,:erokee Tnt,e 0' N"v".Jers:ElY to pn:w:de input 10 the scopir.g process relat:ng to tho NRC's environrne.I',[d reView of the iJppiica!iC>I:
II, aclditio:L a" GI;tinedin ::'.6 CFR. 800,o(c\\ ~he NFlC p!illH to Gomdif:ate cornpliance """I;h Sec!ion Hjt; Df the NEltional Hi,;torIG Pl'8servation A,ct ofHli:;I~,
t!"fi)Uqh the recl';il'ement'S of til" N<ltioll<::1 EnvifOl'lment<ll Pol:Gy Act of!'~G!~I.
Uncl"f NF::C; r8,,;uIClliof:S. thEl (>f:i~inal i)per atil1g lieens" for a r:uoiear pm-vel' plant is i%ued for up 10 4(: years, Tlc8 license 11'<1)' iJe I'e!:ewe:j fOl' up 10 'In a*(j(Iil':)nal 20 yem'S if NR'=, rWiuirements i3re :'net The Gun'ent c,periltin,i licenses for Indian F'oint Will expire :n Septel"l:>el', 2013, and Oecems*er, 2015. EntelIIY sut"]',itted ils i:lpplic-01:on for I'enewa! (:f II:" 1I:c:lian F'o:nt operating l'c,ens8:>' in a I"tter (k,ted Ar}fi! 23, 2007, a:,silpplemented bV I",ters dated l\\lhly ~) <lnd
,JlB:e :2 :. 2D07 Th9 NRC is gat!leri!lginformation for aI' Indii'm F'oint si1e-sp<?cilIC sClppl9mefl~ to i~:s "Gen8!':c Erwiromnent:,,:1 Impact St81ement for LiGen,;e Rene'NElI of Nudem Plants' ([;EIS::"
!'lURE:::.;-!.:)3? The suppienwnt \\lvi!i contain th8 re'Sults of the revi",,;, of the emiiwllIneJ:tai i;-npm:ts or: the area surTOunding the il:ckm Poir:! sit8 !'IolmeG 10 telTe..,lrial 8cobgy, aqualic ec*:)!ogy, hydrohJ{fY'1 G\\.dtLHBl :esourCE:s. an~j s:JG~Crec:Jl:onl;c,issues (a~;no!1g o!hers}. t:nd V'-Jlll c0!:tain " reCO'lll1'enrjfltion l'eg"Wlng t!le environment':,i ac.ceptaIJil:ty Dl the licen'Se fene\\hal
!3chon.
Appendix E December 2008 E-31 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00467
Appendix E c.vv Lon~]:o\\;\\.r
-L-Te; aCC,)nlITlo::late i!ltere:,Jed tT:em!)ers of the public, the NR.C,viii fn)ld IINO pU!Jlic :,.coplng m8e1~fjgs fl:lr the Indian Poir':t !icen58 reneVo/ftl :3,upp:lern8nt to the GElS ')1"1 VVednesdfty.
Sep1ell1l)el' '19, 2007. at nil" Colonia! Termce, I:)cated atl1 ',r Oreg:)11 Rd. In Cxtiand!
~ibrior, NY. The first ~;e%ion wil! <;oflvene at '13(> pm and wlil continue 1II,tll 4<10 I),il;, as
- lCeSSat'i. The seGo!ld ~,eSSlor: Will CDl'!vene el! 7:0;] Dm.. w,nl a repei"! of tf:e :}vervie'iI" portiol>::: of tfT", m",et1n9, 'Jrld will continue untii1000 pm, ;:'S nec83sa:"i. !'\\dditionally, the NRC s!",ff INil1 flost Informal cHS:<;USSICJnS one 110m [Hi:fore It-,e :,tart of eael, session.
Ti,e license reflel',*al aps-licacion (LRA) is pulJlicly avaiialJ!e at ti,e NRC Public DO('JJI:lent Room (PDR 1, IOC;3\\86 at One \\.Vfrite Flint North. j 1555 Rockville Pike, Rock",:!le, r-Jarylm,d 20852,,)1' fro£': the NRC's Agencyv4!(le Documents Acee'os a'1,i Mc:rlEl',;e£':ent System ("'.ClAf',.,1S) Tile
,t.,DA~i!S Public Eledronic Reading Room is acc:es,,,ble ot
~tt::: :':ad~-::T:3~~~'ebs0~::"(',h nr{. (J'J*I...,;dD:(:.J:::~: ;":~:'-;l:i. The 8GCeS310!l rll...Jrni)8f fo:-
i~le LRA (s ML07"210507. Persons who do 110t have access to ADM',*lS. or 'Nho enCOI~:1ter proDi:11S in acces"ing 1!'le o::!ocul:lent:3 locatec! in ADAMS, '0 I'IOU lei cOI:taGl !tIe NRC's PDR Referem:e :"ta'f try tslephon,e 8t J-800<:97-4209 or 30'l-4'15-47?i7, or by e-rn¥.:1::: ilt ~::::~:_~1~~r::.::~~"{t~:>~.
The Indiorl Point LRA is,,:Iso ;JVailsble on the Imemet "t
')t~:,:i'~'~'i~,,'!,.L::>.',.
.;:::j'!;~:~('j,':.'2t(:j),;~S:':j)::;:;"fl!'g::I,::;.'j;']:~J)Xj~J.'j;'],;;','uk:']):.::::li<~~!JJ!J,r:~!j3::"Jl:l:Ll:>:::1J"1,i!Ll'i. 111 a::lr:ition. the Hewil'ick HudsDn Free Library', 1::)Gated in 'Vlontmse, NY the Fiel::! L,bfi3ry locmed
- n Peebkil!, NY, and the 'oN'hile Piai!:" Public Lit:rmyloGmed 111 White Plr,jns, N'r'
~Ia';ie (,greed to mak.e tile LRA avajjai)le for pulJIIG mspediQll Tfle GElS, wtlici, (joCU::lents 11'18 NRC's assessment IJf tile 5ccqe [m::i :mp>JGt of el,"lironment211 effe-Gts th:-:-H "'.!"./ou;d be Bss:.8G:ated \\*'.~~th ~!cen'~e re!l8v'J81 at any flUG::Bflr ;,10\\A-'9:- r.dB:nt SHEL car: also 1)8 found on tile NRC's 'website Of c,t lhe NHC's F'DR Please sub;'nit anY' cO!mnents that the Ec;nola ChicKmmlugn ChewKee TI'ibe of NBW Jen2V may he,ve to Dffe£' ::;li1 trl8 scope of the 8:1virol1lnedal review b'f Octobel' 12, 2007. VVritt81' romn18ni-o; SflOlild be c"lbrnitteci by mail !o tbe C!lief Rules and Difecti"les Branch, Di,':s;ion of Adillini3tmlive Servic;e:,. 1,,1>:lil St,)P T-CD5rl, US Nudem HegLJli3t:J!~{ Ccm'1l1ission.
'/Vssil:ngton, DC 2(1':,55-0(1:)'1 Eiectronlc GOlmner:t:s may ;:;'13 submitted to me NRC bye-mail al At tI:s cOI',Giu<;ion of the sGoping process, \\rle NRC: slaf:' ""ill pl'epme si~lllifiGant,:,,,,uee; Identified and Ine cQl:clus!on:, reac:neG. Hf:[j mail" cop,,' to Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-32 December 2008 OAG10001366_00468 Trle s;h:,ff expects to pul)i;si: tile cil-aft supp!e::'lenl to tile CiEIS in,JUly 2008. Tr:e NRC w::lllol::1 anoH-ler :3el 0: public nleetingsin the site vicin:!\\, to solicit comments Oil !ile draft :3upplernentai environmental impact sl::]tement {SEIS). A copy Df tI:e (i:-a:t SEIS "'!iii be sent to you for your re,'iBw ar:d comment After consi(j8PJtion of public CQI:;'1lents received :):-1 the draft, the NRC INiH prepme ;:> final SEIS. TI"" issuanc8 0' <OJ final SEIS for Indian Point j~; plalliled Inr Apr:! 20(1'1 If ),0,1 need ack!itionai inf:)I"maiion I"8gsr::ling the 8!WlrOf'!T18!l!al reV:8',V proces,~,
please contact ;:vls, Jill C'3',;erly. Environmental F'rojec; [Vlanagel', at 3(>, -4i 5-\\36P~1 or at 1'*,,::::-c1),'::,::'(uv.
Doeket No";' 50-247 and 'SG-28G cc See Ilext par,l8 Sincereiy.
lRA Christian Jacobs for.'
Ral'; L. Ffanov;ch, Smncll Cflief EnVironment",: Branch B Di\\,'ision of License RenelNal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regul;J!ion Appendix E December 2008 E-33 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00469
Appendix E A,l.Igusl 24,2007 The H:J!lOf6ble !',,1ichw3: Thomas, Chairman MsslltJrltl:Gket ~'eqllot Tribe
': '0 PeqmJt Tl'aii p.o, Box 318D
!'/k:shantGcket, CT 06~<39
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR Cm'!r,'lENTS CONCERNING THE INDt~N POINT NUCLEAR CoENERfHING UNIT NOS 2 AND J LICENSE RENE'WAL. APPL!C!'-XION REVIEW The U S Nuclear Re9uiatolY Cornrni'ssion {NRC) is seekil:g input for its e!:'iiwnlnE'ntal reviE'w c" al: appllGatio!l from Elltf?rgy N,IGiear Open:l!iOI1'S (Enter9'1) for the rs!:e'Nal of ille c:perat:ng i:cense" for lhe In::km Point Nc!cieBr Ger:E'rat:n9 Uilit Nos, 2 Bnc:! :3 ::indial1 Point.:, io;:,atedin Bucl1<:lnal:, NY, approxinmteiy 24 m:18s north of the Nell York City bO:Jl1da:y linf? Ind:all Poill; i:; in dD:;f? pi'oKimity tD lands t~iaj,.nay be of intel-est to the r'",ia"llan!uciwl Peqtio! Tribe, As
'::!e";criL1ed !:;*elow, !he NRC':,; proc8ssincli"des ai' QIl~;Qrtunity 'or public, Oriel intel'-guve:nrnerltill part:cipatlon in :~Ie,&nvironrr:ente! re~~*'iev,;(. V',J& v..:ant to ensure th8t *;l0U ar,8 8:V\\*'::'"lre of Clur e:'fm!s fmc!, purSl.:an! te, Title i 0 'Jf the elide or Fe,!erai Re9u!alions {'I;) CFR:, Pmt ;:,',
Section :',:28{b;, the NRC illvites the r',;,lashantuckel PeqG')t Tribe to pmvide input t*.) the 5cQpin*c! proC8::;3 relating to the NF:C'::; environn'ent<tl review of the <Ipplicatioll, III,l(!cliliOIl, as outiined ill 36 CFR,30Cr:O.ici. the NRC plans to L:O<xdil:ate compliance with SectiDI: '106 Df the Natiol10: HistQr:c F'reservation Act of I !~"313 tl:n:>l;gh ti'le requir81:;ents of the NiJ;ionai Elwiroilinental POlicy Act of '!fi6{1 Under NRC rer;lulations. tbe original oIJe:-atin9 licellse 1m a nuclear power plant is Iss.ued ior up to 40 yeilr:" The licel:se may tie,-,>.r:e,\\'ed for up ;0 <In add,tiolli31 20 vea,", if NRC 1'8':<,lire:11enis dl'e :TIet Th8 GUfI'el1t opmt:ng licenses for Ind:an Poin; lNili expire :1'> Sept&mber 2013. "nd DeC61ll!:!f?L 20-15, Entel-gy subnlittf?d,;::; application for I'ene'wil: of thE: Indian POint operating i:(:8!V,eS ill a letter dBteci.A.prj; 22., 2007, ih :;uppiemenleej b::i le;ter:, clateCl j';lay 3 and
.JUl:E: 2-: _ 2007 Th", NRC is qatheringinformation for ill: Ind:C!n Point si,6-:;pec:fic sUllplernent to :to "Generic Elwll'olllT:entallmpact Statement for license Renewal oi Nuclear Plants" (C~EISl NURE(~, 1437. The "tippiement wil! *;;ontain the results of the review of the envirDIlH:ental Impacts Of' ihe cll'8;J SllITOI.:ncJiI1Q tile 1!:cliZtI1 Point site I'elated lO telT8stria ecol()g,/. ;XllkltiG GOtogy, hydro~o~ry') (".:..dtuf::.ll resources. and sodoeconorn:c :issus.(atTIOn~l o~hers}, i:nd y./i::
cOf:,oin [l rec<):'nn:en;jation fe9Bn:lin';l the elwir::l!1ITlenta! c](;Geptat"iity o~ tbe lic:en:"e renewal
- nctiol1, Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-34 December 2008 OAG10001366_00470
ld. Thomas To ~cco'Tlmo(jaieinterestec! members of the publiC, tl:8 NRC,viI' r-,okl t'II.',) pU!Jlic :'.(:O:}in~1 fIleetin*'is 'or the Indian POIr,; licen5-e r8n8'*.\\'3I supplement to ;ile GElS on \\/ifednescl8'y'.
Sepiel1'ber '19,2007, <it TI18 Colonial TerPJce. 1(lcated at '119 Oreg(ln R<:i in Co!"Vancit fv1::mo,", NY. The first s9:osiOl"; will convene at., :30 p m. Zind Will continue lB,t:! 4<,0 1).1"1;, as nece:;c;arv. The seGond,;e:;:;ior, wi!! convene OJt 7:00 Dm., w,th 13 re;:le3t of (t:e oV8rvie:II" p'Jrtlons of the meetmg. and 'iN:11 continue ur:ti'IO:OO p.In., 81S necBssnr'y'. A(j(;iilo:",all'y', thO' NRC
',18ff >'IIIII1O",i Infornl~1 :jISGU5SIOns one nOlll"!:;8fore a"le start of eaGf: :;e*,siol1.
Pie license ren8wa, application (LRA} is ::HJb:icly available <It ;"e ~~RC Public DOGI.II,:"mt Room (PDR). iGcated alOne 'NlHe Fli!,t Nor~h.I*155S R*:>ckvllie Pike, Rockville, t','lary'i8l,d 20352,,)1' from ti18 NRCs A.genc,!wl[)e DOc'JIT:8nts !\\,cces:; snd rv'I"rlll~;emenl System (,11..0,6&.... 15 i Tile AD.t.,MS Public Elec!iofl!c Rem!i!'g Room is acc:e%:ble at http /:2:;:ia:'-;l~.V:... ~:::;.~:e~~f;:)':.r;:'(;.{:(:\\l"':jo~:)q~n i-:H~:i. ThE aG{;8s~:=:.ion rv..J(qber fo;" ihe LRA is ldL07*12*W5G7. Pel"sons; 'Nh:] do 1"'01 hwe aeGSs:; to ADf\\t*,jS. or 'who 8IK-OI;:1te)" proDle:lls;n aCJ~e:3s:n~1 nle c:loGul1'ents locate::! in.ADM*.:IS. srIDul::l cOI,!ncl H,e NRC:3 "'DR Reference :,taff by telephone nt '1-800-'3f~7 -4209 or 30'~ -4 '15-4 737, or by e-!TI<.:1~!,3t ~:{tC~i'nG~"gQ>~.
T~le Indian Point LRA is,,:so dvailable on the Int8met 'J, i!LU~E"i:,\\.'vY"J'3:;"D;;:~*,*;I:~",t'~\\:JJSq.'("'",~li'j~:il['-"';::]""JJ.['i!J.';::J";:'Y"0.U"i)jJ~::<~:'].t.:"\\iE~'J3":",Jl~"!"'J~:::jJ.,Li!Llli In f]ckiitio'l, tile Hendriel, Hudson F,-ee library, located in ~':Ionlrc;se. NY, the Fiel::! L:bmry locmed
- n Peei.',skill, NY. tind the V'il"ii!e P'lClillS Publ:c Library iocat8d In 'v'llhite Plmns, NV'
~Iave <,greed to make ti,e LRA m.'allable for ;)lIl):IC inspedioll T~le GElS, Wllid, documents me NRC's ass8ssr:lent of tile scope and :iTlPClG! of el:*... *irQnmen!211 effects th8t would be assudated v-jith ::cenSe renevv;:l! at 8n~
... ' nuclear pO\\i\\ler ~dant site car: also t:e found on ;ile NRCs viebsite or fllthe NF~C's F'DR Plea:,e slhmil any COITII118nts ;llm the j:.*l':is!1a!:tuGkel Pequo! TriDe lTlay have to off:?l* 011 the scope of the enviwrII':entc,1 revie ty~ Oct<Ji:Jer '12, 2[107.
~\\iritten comment:;,;ilO,II::1 be stlbnlitted by mail to the Chief Rules and Directives Branch, Di\\lisioll 01 Adn"nistrat:ve Service:" rVlail StqJ T-6D5~;, 1).5. Nude,,[ Re',iul<Jlofy' Co,.,.,m;::;-:,icm, \\Nnshinpiofl. DC 205::'5-0DOI. Elec!ronic Gcmmenls may t'e >-ubmilted to the NRC by 8-mail Dt lL;~'~"!!::?2tllf~;~*;@!:.:E,,';<;>',.. At 11:8 conciu,ion Of the sGoping proce35,,rle NRC staff will pl'8pme a Sl:mmm-y c:f tile significzmt ::,~,ue',; Identified,:l1d tile cGncius!on:; l"eaeheC!. ar,;j mail a cop,,' to yOu.
Appendix E December 2008 E-35 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00471
Appendix E Pv!_ Thomas T~le smfi expects ;0 pubii:>I, the clraf1 supple,:,.,;nt tl) !l,e (;EIS ill.July-2008, Tile NRC will I:old al"lotl"le:" 5et <)~ I)ublic meetings in the,;ite vlcini:ty to ~;()iic:t comments 0l: the draft sup;:delTi8ntal el"lvironl"!:8ntid iro:pod :;I,Hement (SEtS)_ A CDPY of Ir:8 Gmft SEIS wiil t)e "ent to you for YDur
!-eVi8W om! comrnellt p,ftel-consic!ermioll of public cOIl':l18nls I-eceived Oil tile drat, tlw r~RC will prepare <l final SEIS_ The bSUilllC8 0; a final SEIS for InGiall Point is ptarmecl for April 2!JO!J, If 'IoU I:ee(; a(jditionai informailon regardinq the 8Iwironrnenj,-,1,,,,,'iew process, pletlS8 contact !:.*ls_ Jlii Caverly. EI:viromnental Project 1,.... lanager. at 30'1-4 -l5-6i:"~i~! or at
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Docl~et Nos. 50-247 8nc! 50-28.6 cc: See next p'Jge S:r;cefely_
iRA Christian Jacobs fori Rani L Fr,-wQvlch. Bn:mcll CIl:ef Environmentai Branch E'i Division of Lic8nse Renew;:>!
Office of NLJdear F:e:c:dar Regulation Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-36 December 2008 OAG10001366_00472
Ms, Je<lnJ'e Schbotte MOi1egol'l Tl'ibe
- f. Crow Hi!i Road Unca',;viHe, CT 01',]2.2 A,l.Igusl 24,2007
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR Cm'!r,'lENTS CONCERNING THE INDt~N POINT NUCLEAR CoENERfHING UN!T NOS 2 AND J LICENSE RENE'WAL. AF'PL!C}\\TION REVIEW De<tr r"..ls, Schbutle:
The U S Nuclear Re9u!atolY Cornrni'ssion {NRC) is seekil:g input for its el:'iiwl1tnE'ntal reviE'w c." al: appllGatio!l from Elltergy N,IGiear Open:l!iOI1'S (Enter9'1) for the rSI'e'Nal of lile c:perat:ng i:cellse', lor lhe In::km Point Nc!dear Ger,E'rat:119 Uilit Nos, 2 811c:! :3 ::indiar] Point.:, iO;:,3tedin Bucl1<:lnal:, NY, approxinmtety 24 m:les north of trre Nell York City bo,Jl1da:y line. Ind:all Pain; i:; in dD:;e pi'oKimity tD lands t~ia1 rnay be of inle!'est to the r'",iof:e9a!1 Tribe, As de5cribed Delo),;,;,
t:'18 NRC;'" process il:Glude" an opportunity for pubiic ail(~ inter-90vermr:ent;:'t p;::n:cipat!oJ1 in !l:e en~,,*ir0~~fn'8nt;:.:: reVt8~v. ~'V8 '>ND,nt to,en';lJre th8:t you are BW8:re of our effol1's flnd. pursu('H::t ~']
Title F) c,:' the Gocle of Federal RegulfltilfiJS (: 0 CFR) Pilli 5 j, Section 51,281b), the r'JRCiIT'fite5 the !\\/!ohe~wn Tribe to pl",)l,Iide :nput to the scoplng proce:;s '"&1:3;:119 to the NRC's env:l'Cll:menta!
reView of the ilppilcatiol: in addllion, as ol;tiined in 36 CFR, 800,8(;\\ the NF:C pim::> to
- omdir,ate cornpl
- anc8
- .,,':;1: Seclion Hjt; Df the N8liona: Hi:;tor:c PmSel'\\fmiorr,An nf 1<:);36 t:w),lqh the requirement'S uf the Nation",1 Environmental Pol:cy Act of 1
- )13!~1 Under NF:C re',iulatior,5, the of!'~inal ()pe:ating licer1'3e i<J:' a nucl8ar pO'I'.'er plant is Is,.ued lor liP to 40 years The nCBnse rntry be r8t~8'.:VHd for up ![1,:lrl add:t:or::al 20 yerl:s if NRC r8qu~re:rl'8fl~s i3re :llet The Gurn211t (,periltng li*;;enses fDr Indian Point will expire in Septe!T;ber, 2013, and Decell1~;.er, 20 I=', Entel'fJY submitted :;S iJpplicllt:<)fI for renewa: of the In,jian POint opel'ating k.ense:o, ill a lelter dated !;,pri: 23, 2007,0.:0' :,clppie!l'ented bv letters dnled M"y~:l fmd
.June :2 :. 2007 TtEl NRC is gat!1erillginforll1<ttion for ai' Indian Point s::8-:,!)ecific supplement to il:o. "GellHic Elwil'Ollrnentai Impact Statement for LiGense Renewai of Nuciear-Plants' !'(iEIS:>,
NURE(~- 1437 Th8 su!)p:ement \\lvili contain the re'Sults of the review of the environmental irnpm:ts Of! the are13 SllrTC'I.:ncjing tile il'ciir,n Poil:t site ['elated ;0 telTestria: ecohJgy, aquatic:
ecologv, hydroi;yJ'{, cultuml reS(J,lrces, onc sociOeCClIlOniicissues iamon'J 0;'-,8[$). [:nd wiii GOI:tain " reCO:llIT:end<tti(Jn re9ar<1lng U,e envirunl'ltm\\-li ilGceptab:ilty of the licen,e renewflt i3CtiCm.
Appendix E December 2008 E-37 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00473
Appendix E
,J, Schbotte To ilccormnoda!e interested I11el';!:;,8rs of the publ:c, the NRC w::1 hoid hvo public Sc.ol)ir.g
- ll8eiings for IDe l!ldi<lll F'oint :icens8 rerr""','!",, :3!;pplement to !I-,e (3EIS on W8(;1l8S;clav, Septembe,-19, 2007, m The CDioni81 Terrace, locat".::! 8tl'!;~i Ore~lon Ret in Cortlm:dt r\\.'lanor, NY Tle8 firsi session I/I"I!, C0!1V8ne at '130 y,n: and \\,,.:11 continue unlil 4 31) run, as nces:;ary. The ~~eGond sess:on ",!"tin con'.:ene [It 7:00 p.tn.: '~,v~th 8 re.peat of the ove-rviey.;
Dortic:ns Df the meetill~l, ane: will continue iJnU '10:(>0,un __ as IV3GeSsalY Adc:lItiOlwlly, the NRC steff \\~.. 'ill host :nfGrrfl8: disC'l;ssions one hour be"fore ~h6 S~[:f~ of each s6:3sion.
The licem'6 mne'Nai applic::!ti');'J (LRA) Is publ:cly avai:alJ,e at the NRC Pubic Document R:J')ITI iF'DR),iocale(j at One \\;V'lite Flinl NOlili, ',155~, Rock\\,',II"" Pike" Rockville, r',;laf',.,lflIX! 20:352. or from tl18 NRCs A~lenGy,vicie Ooculn(o'nts.Acces;s <<nd Mi3llf',]6ment SY5!em (,,,OAk1S), The ADA,~ilS F\\IIJi:c Eledw:1le ReaejlllQ Room,5 acc(o's511::le at Lltt~_~_::~~~::Hj_~lrE~.L~i-,_~t:!*~L:..?~rflL.r.:E~~~:j~X!':~~:1~_~L~.:~'~:!!!-j_-_ht[]_~t T be a(;ees siD n n u ~TI b r for H"18 L RA fS r'ilLO7', 210507 Persons \\1\\;'110 do not 1,3\\,'e a,:cess to,'\\OA.r-.;lS. or wrlo enCOUflCef proNems in aecessing the.;:ioc:un,(o'nt$ tDeated in,il,DAr-,'lS, :3hould CD!:tac;t the NRCs PDR Reierellc(o' ';t<l:'f by telephon'8 at 1-800-:3';0 -4200;! or 30 j -4 f ;:.-4 7 ~t7 ~ or by e-l"nan ot t'_;_~G~}?L!LT_._~~'~:L:{.
- 1~tC:::.. \\",'..... ':,',~\\\\. :-1 r{: Q ;_~\\... t"'~.?;~::'; ~,:(~.:~;:;,:(::::: S*f ;~:tif:q i: :(;:;'n;:~-:G/;"t;'n;':~\\'\\\\'a~:~:x: ()l):,..:::.~\\k:n:~:/: :~:{:: sn-c:,",:::~*:t. :1tr;::. In adc:itioll, \\I:e Henc:rick Hudson Free Libr<tl\\', i:Jcateu il: f,:lontrose, NY, Hie Fieid Library iOGated in Pe8~,:;kiH, NY cl!:ci the ",Vhite Piains Public Libmry IGc:a;ed in 'A'hite Pains, NY. have W)l'eed to make the LRA 3'.1{,ilable for publ:c ins.pect:O!;
The GElS, which documents the NFK;'s asse%rnent of the scope and impact of ellvironmental effects Hl~lt 'Nould be as-s:]c:ated,;vith Hcense renevvsl at any nuclear PQ~Vei plant si1e. can also be found 01: the NRCs ';,eb',ite or i3t !"Ie NRC's F'DR Please sutl.-,It any c-o"nn'ent'S trial tile Mol'leQlH: Tribe may 'mve to off",,:' on the scope of tile 8f1v:ronrr:'3ntal re-\\"':B\\4J by ()GbJ!JBr ': 2. 2007. VVr!tten GQrnrner':!s shnukJ be-SUbtT:1tted by rna:! to the Cilief, Rules mxl 0:,'e(:;1,8:O BmnGl'1. Division of Admill::otr;Jtive Selvices, [\\lDil Slop T -(:iO:':{'
US Nl:clear R8~1[;lalori Con",',ission VVashinglon, DC 20555-DOOi Electronic GOITIIl1el:ls n:'lY be submitted to the NRC by e-IYIi'lil <,t i"'.I',nP:::'f,',I:,;/i:T::,;,c~i, At tne c-ollciusIOl: (d tr,e scopil:g process, t!'ie NRC staff wHI prepme u summmy of !lle slhl!lificallt ::;sue:, Icleniified and thE!' cDnduston:s reacl'l8d;. and rr:ail a copy to you.
Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-38 December 2008 OAG10001366_00474
cL Schbmte T~"Ie sInff expects to put'!isl: the dElft supplelTIent to i~le (;Elf:; in ell::);' 2008. The NRC w!il hold anotrl8r :381 of pu!::lic: meeting:, i!l tile site vidllily to sotiC!t C:O!Tlmenb or: 11-,8 draft sllpplernema!
environment,,:: impuct slaten:ent (SEIS:,
,A, CODY of the cifaft SEIS '8W t:<e sent to you for your
!ev!ew unci cOll1ment,I\\.Itel' CDns!deration of public ccmmen!s re<;e!'led on tr1e ::iraft, the NRC
\\'I-'i:i prepa:'e ::: fina' SEIS, Tt'le issuance of <I final SEIS for Iw::ian POi!lti~, p\\<lnl:ed for
,1\\pnI2009, If you l!e8d a*jditionel infow18lioll re9(mHnp the enviror:men!al revie"N process, ple0se contact ~,'1s:, Jill CElv&rly, Environmental Pr-oject M8nil<]ET at 30', -4', ':>-61399 or at Docket Nos. 5~")-247 m:d Sfj-286 cc: See next page iRA Christian Jacobs for/
Rml: L, Fl"ilnovlc'-I. Branerl Chief Enviromnentc:, Brallch B DivisiDn of License Renewal Off:c:e of Nuclem Reactor Regulatio!l Appendix E December 2008 E-39 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00475
Appendix E AlJgust 2~. 2007 Ivlr. Ray Halbntte:', Nati0f1 Represenh:ltive Clneidfl Ineiii'm NatiO!' (i: New YOlk.
~;er=e~;se-8 Street;, AGle:; Plaza C!nei::le, NY 13421
SUBJECT:
REOUEST FOR COMHE~JTS CON!~ERNING THE INDLAN P()INT NUCLEAR C3ENERiHING UNIT NOS, 2 AND::; LICENSE RE~~E\\;"iAL APPUCATION REVIEW Deal' r'"lr Hal britler:
Fie US, NlJdem Re"ulatolj Commission {NRC} IS; seekil'g input for it'> epvironmental review of 81' [lpplicaci;)1"l 'rom Entergy Nuc:em Operatio£l'3 (Emer~lY) for ;he rellVifal of the operating iicense::; fo:',he Indian Point Nuclear Genef<"ting Un:! Nos, ::: and :5 (Indiml Poin!}, locateci in Bucha"a!', N'{, appwxincateiy 24 mile3 north of the ~~e,v Y0ri<. Cit'liJolB,dary line. Indian F'oi:1!
- s II: dose I)I"OXIlll:!Y 10 l;m(i:3 IIK,I ';-,ay be ;Jf Imemst to the Clnelc!a 11,(llan Nmlon ;Jf New York.
As *:!esuibed below. the NRC';; proces:,. ind!;deS,om opportl;l1Ity for,xlbl:c and mter-90vernrnenlal p2!ltic:ip3tiOri ill the elwircmrnEntal reviEI-~,
~"ie '<'"ant to enswe Inat you are
- J~*'"*,,re 0' uta' effurts anti, pursuant to Tille 'lD of the C.)(ie,A Fed.,([)) RBQul'lticms ('10 CFR)
Pm1 5'1 *. S8cti0!l,:, : 28{b;, the NRC invite:o, the Oneida Indian Nation of N8W York to l)r(Nide input to U"IE' ~'coDlng pro,;",,,"s rel8tmg to tile NRC's environmental review 0: tr:8 applrcatloll In acbli()'l, as ol;iiil1ed in :3f CFR. 8008(e>, the NRC plew*s to coordinate compiim:ce ':v'ith Section 106 of,he Natiollal r.is~orie P:eservatioll Act of I Gti6 :~IIO'-J'Jll tile le,:;uire:mm~s of til8 ~l3tion[!1 Erwiwnmentai Po:icy,"'.ct of : !~i3g Under NRC requl8110r:s, tI:E original,)p8!"atlll'~ llcense fo:' a I:ucleal' po'",e:' plBfltis i',sue.;:! for up to 40 yearc;. The lieEw:se may be renewed fOl' up to em Bddi!iOIXII 20 year's if NRC I'eciuiremenh me met. Ti18 current c:peralinp licenses f0r Inclian Poin1 'will expir-e in September, 2013, and December, 2015. EntelIIY submitted i~s,3pplicalion for renew[,: 0; the Indi[,!l Point opep:lting iic8nses in sletler [jelted AI)fi i 23, 2007, a:; c.,lpplementeti e,y letters :jam," M;JY 2-nm!
.Jtlne 2'" 20Cl7 T",8 NRC i', galher:n[JinforlTlation for,.r. India I', F'aim s:le-s;=.eeific supple:nem ta i,s "Generic Environmentallmpad. Statement for License Rene'N<:l: of Nuclem Plants" {GElS),
NUREG-'1437 The ~;I;ppielTlent wi!! contziln the results Df the fevi\\'./ of thO) environmedal impacts 01: lhe mea surPJunding the il:dl[:n PoiJ:t ",ite reinte;j to tHrsstnai ecology. aquatic ec~)~og'~'l-hydrOlogy, L~JltUL31 reSO~lrGeS_ and ::;.:)dDeCtH"!ornic is:;uE:<:3 (fl(i{Ci!l(J others}, B:nd v~fiH cDI:tain a recornmendatiofl regaf~jing 1he en~l!rOfWnen~ft: fiGceptab:::iy of the lic&r1':.e rene'vvt:!
- action, Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-40 December 2008 OAG10001366_00476
To 8cco:nmodi3leinterested members of Ihe put)iic. tr:e NRC,>,viii hoi<j 11'-.'0 pUDlic scopil:g meet!Il~~;S ;;)1' the Indian POIr*: licen",,,, r8newal supplement to the GElS on \\/-!I;Klmr,.c!3y.
Sep!en:ber 19, 2007. at nie COlonial Termce, I:Jeated atl W Oreg:)11 Rd. in C:)ftlar:dt r,1an*x. NY_ The firs! sessioll will conV">!'1e at -1 :3[> p.m. and 'Ni:l contirllH until 4::30 p.I'n.. as nt:!i.::e'S's,*a~rI. TI::G secDnd.3e'Ssiof~ \\tv;;; corr'*ierH3 at 7:0:] p.111. 'w:!h;'J rep'Ztt o~ the OV8fVifHN portio!:S Df the meetin*;;, and,viii continue udil '1000 p_m., 83 neceSS<l!y Ad,.jitionillly, II"" NRC
- taff 'Nill host !f1forn-,ai
- jisGussions one 110ur tiefore the star! of eacle 58s~oion.
The license rene'Nal apDlication (LRA,i IS Dut!!ICly llvailat)ie at the NF:C Puti:IC Document Room (PDR). located at One 'I/-,i!l:;e Flil:t NOlth,155f. Rocb'iile Pik8, Rockv:118, Mm-v1ar:d 2G8~,:r or from the NRCs Agencywic1e Docull,enls.A(ocess i3:t(j M8m'~lel":ent Sy~,t81": (P,DAf,'ISj Tile ADAHS PubliC El8ctmn:G Rei3dil:~l RODn' is accessible,-,t Li_tt:!;::~",:jj}Ll5J:"~5]_;;,::,,:;_i}1,::L1~,-L_-;;,:j'lL~d,:jjJlrdi_,t'~lL Tt18 m:ce ':;siC:;!l nu ill bel' fDr me L.I::;~A IS
{i... 'l10712': 0507. Person'S \\o\\'ho do I~ot have in:.:ce3~S to A.DAf"'::S, or v/ho encounter problerns ;n accessing the documents lo<:ale(! in ADA.P,,*lS, siloui(j GOI:IBcl Ine NRC's FOR F:eference st3~f t:V tetEJ)honea~ *1-f:OO-397-4209 Of 30-1-4-15-47:37; orby -nlf~:: 8t ~~::_L~§~E~~~:!",~":"*~~'~.~.
The Indian Point LRA i:, abo a'l3ilst,je on the Interne! "1; LttQ_:L~~'5_*(l{~**LnH~-_'~~;x~~,~r~;JJ~t~=~:L~~.~~=~lh~fJJtLn~~~tt~~;~~(J~:jLh;{L;~~(J~_~_~~~~;lL~~:~rl~i~~~*~:~ljt~~_~~::~~*~[_~!Jt~~[t-J~QHJt~~J1H~i. Ifi add:,i():1. the Hendr:e-k Hud30n F!"ee Ubrary loc,-"ed III :\\lontrose, t'4Y, the Fie:d librmy, 1:)Gated III Pee!\\sklll, NY, mod lI:e '-/\\l1111e Plalll:3 Put)liC LB::r<llyioci3te,j in \\lV!::!e PI81!1:3, NY, nave i3greec!
to I':ake the LRA aV8il'Jble for public :nspediol1 The GElS, which dOCL.IITI8nts the NRC's 'J%eSSme'lt of the scope 811d impact of environnwflt'JI
",;feet'S trla.t wouid tiellsSoCl8ted with :!cense renewal ;Jt any nuclea:- pm:;e!" I=dent site. c<,n also be found a,: the NRC's website or al the NRC's PDR Please :w!:!nlil any conmlel-,Ic: that the On8i:1" h:dis:1 Nation of NelN York may 11<,ve to offer GIl tne scope Df me environr.:ent8! revieW:N (Jdo!:\\er 12, 20D7. VVritten COIl::-flents s'lou:d :)13 s:lJbmitted by ff'ail to the Chief, Ruies dnd Directives Bfmlerl, Div:sion of Administmti,'e Services. fl'lail SlOp T-tiD~,P_ US Nuclear Regulstol'i ConlllHSSIGn_ Wa':;[:I1-,,:;ton, DC 20E,'55-0001. Eleclmnic COIl::TI8I'i1S may \\::e submitted 10 the NRC bY' e-mail at 1:i(_i_i~lr:::'(!I:t.t:_i::;;,(k:~:r';_.:~(;,_:;. At tr.e cOllciusiGIl of (I-,e scopi'1~! process l:v" NRC st;:,ff w::1 prepare
<l <;u:T,m(1l-,' of the,;igriificant issues idem:ifiecl i3nd th8 cOf:Giusions reaehe;j. mod I::ail f: <;opy to you.
Appendix E December 2008 E-41 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00477
Appendix E R Halbrit!er Hie st<lff expects 10 pubiisl: lile dl-",f! :wppie;-nent to tile (3EIS in,JulY 20[1.'3. Tr:e NRC wiil hol::1 anoiher set of public meetings in the site \\,'icin:ty to 'Solici; comments on H-Ie dmft supplement;:li environmental impact st",lement {SEIS). A copy Df lI:s (i:-aft SEIS "'!iii be sent to you for your r8'.Jiew aJ:d cornene!'! After con:,;icier;Jtion of public COlY;ments received on ;rle draft, the NRC INiH prepme ;:> final SEIS. TI"" issuance 0' a final SEIS for Indian Point j~; plal1lled Inr Apr:1 ::!009. If you neec: ackHtion:c:; infomK:lIon l'egar::lin~1 tr:8 en',:iror:!Tlental :"8',/:e'lv jJroc8:,:"
please conine1 :Ivls, Jill C'J',:erly. Environmental Projee; rVlanagel', at 30! -4: 5-\\3e.P~l or at DOGket No~,. 50-247 om! '50-~86 GC See next page Sincerely, IRA Christian Jacobs for.!
Rani L. Fran0Vic!1, Branch Cnief En,;ironlY;entr:1 BPJnch B Division of LicETlse Rene'Nal 0'f:c8 of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-42 December 2008 OAG10001366_00478
(:;)Uflc!l of Chi8fs
()rK~;ltiagi) Nat10n 25~! C Route 1'8 Onontiag8 Natiol:
Nedrow, NY 13', 20
.A.ugust 24, 2007 SUBJECT REQUEST FOR,:;mArvIENTS CONCERNING THE INDIAN POINT NUCLE.AR GENERATING UNIT NOS, 2 AND 3 LICENSE RENEV'iAL APPLlCI\\T!ON RE\\/lE\\/V Ttw U,S, NU(:lear Rei;lulalory Co;:mliosion :NRC) :s seeking :np!;t f,x ::s 8nllil-onmentai rev:e,v 0' f,n appiicat:ofl from Eme'QY Nuclear Operations (Entergy) fO!' lil8 1'8 1'1 e'.'.:3 I of ti,e opel'ilting
- icen:9,'s for the Indian Point Nudem (-ienerating Unit Nos, 2 and] (Indian Point), locnted :n BUGkHBn, NY. apPl'Clximately 24 m;le:3 no It!": of the Ne\\'v York City bDumjary line. InCli,jn Point
- s in cllose prox
- m;;y to lands tflElt may tle of Int8!est to tne f)ncilldagi3 Nation, A:3 ciescricled
- )e,ow, til' NRC's pmGe',', includes an opportl;nily for pulJlic and i:lter-q:)'i8rr:n:enckl' pm~icir,at:on:n !lle envlronmenl81 review. We want to ensure Ih:::;: you are mvare,)~ ou:'
6~~arts and" purSUtlnt to TfHe "10 of the Code c~f Feder}]l eeguhjlfCnS CiO CFR) Part 5"1; Section 512i3{b), lile NRC inVites 1",03 Ol'londag8 Nation io provide input to the scopin<;l pf:)cess relating,0 the NRC's 8lwifcnmental :'eview 0' the appli<;alion h: mklitiOl\\ as ou,lined il: :31~~ CFR 800,8(8), tlw NRC plafls to coorr~lnate com;:;lim:Ge 'Ivith Sedo!'! 'Wi) of!tw National Hi'otoric Preservalion Act of, PDt: throuGh che requ:ren181:ts of !I-Ie N",;ional E!lvironn18Pia, POliCY Act 0:
19'~;;l UI:cler NRC I'egulaliol:s, til' original operating licell~,e fOl' a nuc,ear Do',ve, P,fl!ltiS IssueCl fOf up to 40 year.,. TI-Iel:c.en"e Inay !:Ie rene,,ved for up to an :::idd:(ional 20 "ears if NRC :'e'::jUif8;:-,ents
<1l'e me; The current Clpemtill9 licenses forlnd:afl Point lNili expire :1'1 September.. 20 1:3, "nei DeCel'llJer, 20'15. Entergy submitted itS appiicallon for renewai of the Indian Point operating
,icen:3e'3 In a ietl8r dmecl A.pr" 23, 2007, as 5upple'TI81:tec! b" letters G81aG fv'I,W 3 <:II:(!
,Iune 21, 7007, HI8 NRC i-:, Q",tfleling informatioll fer 8n 1£1;;i:::1£1 PDint site-specific 5iJpp,e:fl8nt to its "Generic En"iironmentalln-,pflct S;aiement lor license Renewai of Nuclear Plenb." (GElS),
NUREG-1437 TI:e.,upplement\\i\\;fill Gontain t~le r":.Ilts of the review of tile enviwnmental
- ITI1)f,cls on lhE' meo sllrml:ndin9 the Indian Poir:t c.lte related l<) !errestriDI ecology. ¥lUf,lic ecology, hy::inJiogy, cullumi reSOcl"ees, and %c!oecono,:1ic:ssues (mr,on9 oli-Iel',,). f,nd w:11 cont01il: :co recolnl::emjation regarding !l18 ellvimmnental acceptability of ;j:8 iicense r81:8wal O1dall.
Appendix E December 2008 E-43 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00479
Appendix E Council of Chiefs To ClcCOlmllGdz,!e :n!e:-e:3ted Plembers,)f tile pub:ic. tile NRC wi!! nole! two put;lic :3coping
'11setlngs for the Indien Pointiicer~se re!'ewal supplement to me GElS on \\'Vednesdey, Septell1berW. 2:J07, at The Colonial Terrace, located at '1'19 O:e~lo:l Rd in C.olilandt f'"lano:, NY_ The firs! sessioll wil: cOlwene at I :?,O pJY:. (:nd V'-/:II contin,le lint!! 4::}O p.m. a" n8.:...-~e:3Sary. The second s8ssiol: \\rViH GOnVer~8 at 7:0:J p.tr:... \\~t';~h a repeat.of ~hG OY8fV:if:vV D<x;iof1s of tilE' [:;eetinQ. ;;:nd wil! continue until 10:00 plTi __ as lleces:3flrji_ A.d::li!ionai!y. tr:8 NRC s;(lff ",vi!i he,s! informal diSCl)'3Sions one hour before the '3tart d e~ich ses'3ion.
TIlE' 'icep:,.e rellwal appiiGli'ofi (LRA) is: pU!JI:dy avm,able at lrl8 NRC Public Docurn8nt Roo'll (PDRi :ocate(1 8t Ol1e WI:ite Flint NOlill.l*i ':>55 ROGkville Pike, R)ckvi1:e, Msrylend 20352. or from t!le NRCs AQ6ncywide Documents Acces:, 'Jnd :',,1anegement System {i\\D,A.!,:lS)_ TI:8
,l'1.DAh*1S Public Electronic F~eadi"9 Room is accec.s:ble (,t
!-,tt';_):i,,'i:,;i'lUX,;:?(d:;~_"l"'~_',~_',IjL,~_~j~~,~s:,1~i,,~,:jjEJl;ElL TI,e accession number for the LRA i~:
ML07'12HJ5G7 Perso!:s 'who r;Q !lot hwe aCGBSS t:).A.D,~.r;lS_ or vvno 8ncounlel' pml;lems in acces',.inp trl8 dOClJ:TI8I1tS iDeate.::! in.A'ol'J'::IS_ ".rlould cDntuct the NRCs PDR Referer:c8 stuff t,y teleprlor,e ;Jtl-800-397-4209 or JiJ'I-415-4737, :)!" by e-mail at::"":_':~i:W:~,g:?{
The Ifldic:n Poi"t LRA is also c:vailable on the Inten:et at
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- ~-s/,:~ ~)£:: 'c{t in;:: /J) f;::T::::.: n~~:: rs: t10\\',:S :,:' ~~: ~)[~! !
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~:t:"n:. In aejdit:C)D. the Her}::!r;cl, HUGs,xI !-1-8e LibIT:IY, locatec: ir: fvlon!mse, NY., II-Ie !-iel::1 LibwlY 10c,':1e(1
- 1'1 Pee i<-" X: ill, NY. ancl he VYhlt8 Plains Pl;I):IC Library,oc81e(1 ill "/'!rne !=,,1]ins, NY, '-18ve 8greecl 10 make the LR.A available for pUDllG inspection Hie C;EIS. wl'1iO'1 clocument<; the NRC's sssessP18nt of tile :,COP8 ;:m':i impact 0: erY';'imllmentai effects tha~ \\'VOUl0 be as'SDc~a~ed with iiGtH1'SB fBne\\tV8: at any nUGI98r fJO\\;V9T plant site; Gflr:: a;so
')8 fOLH'cI en the NRC's website or at the NF~C's F'DR PleaS,8 sutHYlit any comments 11-lal the Onopciaga Nation Play l1a.,.'e to offer Gn t!1e scope of the environmental :-e\\iiew t.y October 12_ 2DClT
\\.'1lritlen CO:Tlment'3 srlGulG be submittecl by [::ail to tl18 Chid, Rules fmd DireGHves Branch, Division of Ac!mini:3tmtiv8 Sel'vices, Mail Stop T-I3D59, US Nudem Re,ltllatof'l COP11Tli::osion. Washington, DC 2G555-0001 Electronic CO(:':,'le!::s pmy s,e s,lbm:tled to the NRC t,y e-mail a!j!_... i.. :.f_:E.gt_lt;:T;;t:.;:::jL<~g) *.. At the Gcm:lusion of ti,e scopin~1 process. the NF~C :;taff,,<,1:11 prepare a S.LI'Tlnldl"\\i of tbe slgn:ficant issue:; identlf;ed and 1I-le com:!u:3ions re8Ghed.. and fili3ii Zi GOpy to you.
Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-44 December 2008 OAG10001366_00480
(;Ol.ln<::l, of Chief:;
The sCB:ff expect:, to put)li:3h the draft :'.tlppIBIT:ent to trlB GElS i:'1 Ju!y 2008, TI':8 NRC wlll flold anonlel' ~:et of public meetifl';lS in the :;ite vicinity to :,oIU! CDmments on trle cllTlft siJpple!llentai env:r'omnental il:,paGl stfltement (SEIS), A. copy,J! the draft SEIS w:!! be sell! to yO:J for YOU!'
!'evievv and c:)mment After cGfls:deratiof: of public GO:ll!T:ellts: :'eceive::ion the drf,ft, ti,e NRC Wii! prepare '3 final SEIS, Tile issuaI:ce of [, finai SEIS for India!' F'0:nt is planned for April 2i}0~1. If you need <:ddit:on81 inform8~ion r'er,lw-ding the environmental review proC8:,S..
please contact Ms,,JiiI Caverly', EIl\\fiml:n-:el:l": Project !**,lan"ger', at.3lJl-4'15-(;6:~j9 or at
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Docket No.". 50-247 and :50-286 S:ncerely, IRA Christian Jacobs fori Rani L. Fmno'/id-" Bmncrl Chief Environmel:l8i Brunell B Divl~3iO" of Uc&ns& Ren8,*vai OffiCB Df r~UGlei:1r Reactol' Re~II_:iti!iorr Appendix E December 2008 E-45 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00481
Appendix E Tne Honorable DWi3:l1e Perry. Chiei Ramapough Lelm;:;8 RanKlpOtlgh Triba: Offic Hii~ Stag Hill Roarl r'ilr,rlwah, N,J 07430 A.ugusl 2c, 2007 SUBJECT REClUEST FOR (:or*.:U**.:lENTS CO~lCERNIN(3 THE INDL,;,N POINT NUCLEi,R 13ENERATING UNIT NOS,:2 AND 3 LlCEt,jSE RENE\\:VAL APPLICATION REI/lEV',!
Deal' Cflief Perri,!:
Tile US Nl:clear Rf39u:atorl' C:)llll'1ission (NRC) i's seekil:~1 input fOI its el:virOlllTlenlal revie'",
of <:iIl ap:Jlic:"tion fUYfI E:1ter,:,)/ Nuclear Opemticn" {Entergy) for ttle r8newal of lhe Gper"til'I;~
iicenses for 11'18 Indian F'oim NuGie;:,r (;el'8I'5t:n9 Unit No::;, 2 and:, :lml:5Il POi:lt!. localed:n Buchanan, NY, Z'PIX,)xima!e:y 24 miles north of lhe Ne'N York City bounda:'y li!le, In::lmn Poinl is ip el')se proxil'::ty to Imide. thilt me:)' tie of illte;est to llw Ral:'12;JOugl'l LBnape /',3 de:;cribe,j below,,he NRC's proc8ss includes; al) opooituility forpubiic ano illter-go/efllIT:ents:
pi)rticjpa~ion ir: ;:he 8r::vk~)nn18nta~ reVi8\\!v. V1/8 '~"~~ant to e:~tSL::r-e that ')(Ot~ ore a'livare of our efforts and, purSu3nt to TiUeiCI of the Code of Federal Rellulations II:J CFR) Part 5'1 Sedi;:Jlc ':d 28(b), U:e ~JR.c invites the RmTlapou~lh lel'ape to pmvide :I'IIXI1 to,he scoping proGE;c;S re:8;in9 ;0 the NRCc, el)vimnrnentClI review 01 the I1pp:iGation, 111 acidition,,'s Dutline;~
in 2.0 CFR 80:J8!c). ;he NRC plam, to coord,nate GOI-:"piiar:ce with Section! 06 of the National HI~.tmic Prs,;e:vatiol" Act oi '19E'6,,.,rDugl] the 1'8'.~Uif8:1l81,jS,)f the NBticlI[!: E!lvimll:llentz,1 POliCY Aet,.)f 19t3!;J.
UncleI' NRC regulatiOl':3, th8 or:~lill111 (,peratiIl9 licellse fo!' a l"uGieilr power pkmt is is~,lIed ;,or up to 40 yeElr" The lire!:se may be rer-e\\,vecl for up to an sdd:t:ol1al 2[1 ',em:; il NRC m'~uirem81:'s me rnet. The C!;:Ter~t op6mt:nc,liice:J3es ior Indian F':)inl will expir8 :n Sept6r'lber, 2[1', ~:l. nnd December 20', 5, EntEr~IY sub,nit1e::! its ::lDpl:catiDI1 IDI' refle'wai of the Indian POint operD!in~1 iicenses il: a lette: dated A,pri! 23. 2007, as 3upplemented "yle;ter", dale:; ~\\"Iay] and
.JIJIle 2'1. 2:J07, The NRC is galileri:)p information for i'lI: Indian F':)int site-speCific supplernent 10 ;cs:'Gener:c Env!wnn,enltl: IrniX,Gl Sta!8lnent lor Li*:;e:1se Renev;,'a! oi Nuclear PID!lh" (GElS!.
NUREG-1437, The Sl<pp!el'18nt wi!!,;ontain the reselits of tl"iE rEview of thE 81wi:onmelltal iP1PSc.tS Of' t!'le mea sUIT)unding tile IndiE'd1 Poil,t site I-elateo ~:) telTestria: eGoI09Y *. <lqu<ltic ee01(}~~y. hydro:o~iY, Ctlltuf81 re5Durce~3: Bno 5.oc:oeCDl""!:orr::e :i~,sues.(J3rnDn~1 otrlerS), :]nd \\}/t::
(;*.:.ntain <l recommelKi3tion regardin9 the environmentai acceptability of the IlcE'l'Ise reneWD:
- action, Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-46 December 2008 OAG10001366_00482
D. PeITy' To f)cco:T,n'odi3.~einterested members of the public, t\\:e NR.C ',vlii hold two ptl!:!lic 3Gopil'9 meetil1';;~' for Hw Indian POIf:; license renel'*ml :,upple:l1-3nl to tile GElS on VVe*::lnesdav.
!3epierr'ber HI. 2007, at The Coionial TerPJce. i;jcated aiiE; Oreg;jll Rd. in C;jrtlm:dt Mailor. NY. The first se:,slon will convene at '130 pm :::II-I(! wiil continue until 4:30run. as ne-c:es3cH)'. Th'e second s8ss~or= w;n COrt'V8J1e [)t 7:0:) p.IT!_
v~... ith a repeDt of the O'\\./er'{jel,.~~r portions of tile meeting. cmd,viii continue until 1000 p.m. ;:6 Ileces:,,-yy.. A.d(jijionally. 11>6 NR.C staff 'Nill h.Jst il1for:01<,1 discussions one how before the slart of eaGi-: ses:,ion.
The iicense re:1e'Nai application (LRA.j is ::;ub;icly avaiiab;e at the NRC Pub;ic DOGulYlent ROOITI
{PDR). Ic:ct!;ecl ill One "NIHe Flil't North. 1'!555 Roekviile Pike. Rockv:!le, r',lm-Y!;:H,d 20852, Dr f:'om th8 NRC's Aqencywid8 Document" i'll;CeSS and r*.,klrm:~;el':8Flt Sy'O.tel': (J'>,DAfvlSr Ths ADi'\\.MS PubiiC Ei8Ctl'0f1!C R.8mlil:£l Room is acces~,:IJ!e at t:HQ~J:~B..:~:_c)LJ~:~:::;_:~:2~:J_(::f:~i'::A::~t~_-_g~~:~"-,:iE23~:jgit~j=:_~~:JJ.. The f..l1:,cBS3tOn nurnbef for 1:'-le LRA ~:3
~,.. lL07'!2*i 0507 Fel-',;(HiS wh:] do r~<)t I:a**;e [ICG8S:, to AD.AJvlS. or '.'.,.110 encounter pmblerns in access:ng the documents iocated in ADA.MS. should cO!:;aci ;~Ie NRC's F'DR RBf8fencB sta'f rJV teteDho!le {It 'l-eOO-3'S~7 -420'~~ Of 30 "1-4 '15-4 737, 01-t!:l 9-rnB::: [It :~:=_:_:);1:t:_:~~~_~:_:/:.:*.
The Indian Point LRA I::; abo >J\\railable on the Intern8! <1; LH.[~_:_:~~>~~<~)'~*,~~,'~"_n r_~~::."_ g::_,~~~*:r::_::.}~~t:~:J_ ~~*:*:~:P~~:-:.}tl ~-: ~:J_h~'} D_~_~_U_~'~: :'f.'} D~_:_*l(:}l.: ::H.:}) l ~(~~J:;}{: ~~h:-)!J.k~ :1:.P~~*K~t. 11trr: 1. fn adcl:tiCi'l, tile Henclr:CK Huclson F:-e8lilJrary located III :vlontrose, NY, the Fi8;d UbWl-y. iocat8d In Pee*.skill. NY. <wd tbe 'White Plains F'ubliC Lit:r<>ri;OCi3~e(j ill Wbite PI<:,ins. NY, !lave sgreed to I::ake trle LR.A :::;v[Jrli3t)le for plIiJilC ::'lspedioll HIe (JEIS. wiliel-! dOCUl'ltmts Ine NRC's i3S5ess:01e!lt of tfle sc:)!)e en::l :lTIpact of enVironmental effects that \\*vouk! be assodated vvith i~c8nse ren8\\.'Val at un)... fluc::-eaf Pl:I~.~'-3:- plant ~.~te. car': of~.o t'e found (In ihe NRCs website or at 11-,8 NRC'S POR Ple;Yoe :suc*mll any CCiflHnent"',f,st trl8 Rflmc:;xR:gh Lelvape :ml'y rlav8 10 offer on tt18 scope 01 tit£! en',,"irDnnientfl: r8YtBV~" by October l2, 2D07 V'irftten GOITirner-:ts ShOl:td be subn1:ttBd by Pl<.:d tD tr:e C;'lief, Rule~3 an;:: Oi:-edives Bri3ncll, Oi*.[isioll of.t\\cjminis;rat:'*;e Sef'iice";' r'::Ii3i1 SteIp T-;:;059. U.S. Nudem Re~lulatory Commission, Vh.:s.l::n91on. DC 20555-COOI. Eie8lrolliG COIF118!lb mav be ',liDlnIHe<:l to ~t")8 NR.C by e-n~ail aUIUi:'1r:::'Q;:1iJ~_;_,:,t!i':ii<::_'::1:)"*..At,ne
<;of:clu',ion of the <:::cop:rI:g proce<:::s. the NRC Slllff 'NiH prep.:;re " sUIT,marv of the s:,]nif:c<lnt i::;sues identified ami t!w concil.lsio!", 1'8a(;I18:J and ma; a copy to 'lOLL Appendix E December 2008 E-47 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00483
Appendix E Tne staff expec.ts t:) pubii',<r: t~ie c!mft SUppl81YI8nt t:) Hw,3EIS in,Juy 2008. Tr,e NRC w::lllol::1 anotrl8r :,.131 of put:lic 1-:':eetinr,15 :n the site vicillity to,.o'i(::\\ cO;;'lments :)1' !I-'8 draft :3uppier'lenta' env:romY;entrd impact stdell'ent (SEIS)
A. copy of tl:e ;j,f,ft SEIS wil, be sent to yo<. 1 lor your
- -8',::ew and commentA.ftel' c.ons:deration :)1 put,Hc commellts received :)n the dral(. the NRC "Ni'i prepi:l:"e a f:rli:l; SEIS. The :%~mIlC8 of a finol SEIS fo, Im~:al1 FO:'lti~; plal1l'ed for
,A.prH 2009. II you need addition81 infoPTl8i1oll regardin£1 the 8Iw!ror:rn8Ilial,8Vle;,'v Pf(JC8SS.
Dle,o" GOfilaCt 1\\'15. Jill Caver*ly. Environmental Project Mana~ler'_ ",t 3D, -4',5-\\3699 or at Docket Nos. 50-247 or-=d 50-28(:(
cc SeE next page Sincereh/.
iRA Christian Jacobs for.!
Ran: L. FI-anovic!1, Brancil Chief Erw:r:)lllllenta; Brandl B Di'*/ision of License Ren6'Ni:l1 Olf:C8 of Nuclear Reactor Reguli:ltion Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-48 December 2008 OAG10001366_00484
f'*,'lr Mike.John CO:-158rv(':tIOl':i5t SenE'ca Na,iDn of Indians P_O. 50x 23!
Sal<lmanC;3, NY i4479 AlJgust 2~. 2007 SUBJECT REQUEST FOR Cm.*i1"IENTS CmJCERNING THE INOlAN POINT NUCLEAR
(;ENERiHING UN!T NOS 2.AND " L1CEt..JSE RENEVV.A.'-- APPLICATION RE\\iIE',~!
Dem f'*:ll',John:
Th", U,S, NI"dear RE'gul"toIY Cornrni'3:,iorl {NRC) is :,eekil:g input for its 8lwlronment<l1 review of,m ap:Jlication from En!ergy Nuc!ear Open"lion'S (Efltergy} fm the rel,ewai of tile operating I:cen',es fo:-1he Ind;an Point Nuclear Ger:en:t;ng Unit Nos, 2 and ;3 :;Indian Poi:":, IOGsied :It Blxiln:-I3l:. NY, appro)(lmately 24 m:les north of trle Ne1o/ York City t}(JuJ;,:lmv II:-Ie. Ind:an F'olnl I:; in close proximity to 13nds that "nsy be :)f interest to the Senec:" Nation of Indians. ft,:;
de:,crii:>Ed ;:ielow, tile NRC':, iJroGe,>::;i!ldl~d8S af: GPPGrtunity ~or pul;,!ic i311,j inter-goV8! nmen131 p::Ht:cipf"ition in trl8 enVin)rHr:~ntf~: revie.j.J_ V'Je \\~.'8nt to en~;Ufe that Vau Dra ~1\\;'I... ar8 Q~ O~H" effolis. and, purst;::tnt to TjUe -jO of the C:c;de c;,f Federfrf Re~}{f;fJtio,'?D (iD CFR) Pf~rt 51 >
Sec,:on :::. i22;it,:, lI:e NRC invites ;Iie Senem Nation of Inclc1ns;o provle!e IrIput to the scop:ng pr(.c8s*". 1'8iatir.g to the NRCsenvirontr:sntal r.. vie'.'; of Ih.. application In lKldiliol\\ a'S outlinsd In Je CFR eOD_BiG), !lIe NRC plall:> to coordinate co!'1pilm'c8 with Section '106 oj H-Ie N,:,io:1al Historic ~'re5el-v,:kJn p,ct of '196>3 trllT)ugh :he recwire'1l.. m:; (if the ~~at!onal En'l;rof:'1lental POlicy A.c.t of 'I :j6'c!
Uncler NF::C; rg*,;uICltiof:s. th8 (>f;i~inal ')per atil1g liCEnse fo,- II r:uclear pm'ver plant is i%ued for up to 4(: years, TI"" license may iJe !-e!:ewe:j for-up tD 'In ad(iitional 20 yem'S if NR'=* rWiuirements i3re :-net The GUrI'ent c,peratill'~lliceflses for Indian F'oin! Will exp:re :It SepteITIi:>el-, 2013, and Oecems*er, 2015. EntelIIY sut"-]',itt8d ils i:lppl;c-01:on for I'enewa! (:f II:e In,:lian F'n:nt operating licenses in a I",Her (k,ted.A.r}ri; 23, 2007, i3."sc)pplemented bV letters dOlt<?:.:! fllhly ~) <'nel
,JlB:e :2 :. 2D07 The NRC is gat!ler;nginformatiort fOf ai' Indiml F'oint si,e-sp<?cilIC s'-Ipplemeflt to it:s "Generic Envirolll'nent(':llmpad St8tement for LiGen:;e Rene'NElI of Nuclem Plants' (CjEIS::*,
NUREC-i-!.:)37 The supp;eIT:ent \\lvi!! contain the r<?sults of the revi",,,;, of the emiiwllInst:tai i,-npm:ts or: the area sUiTOunding the il:ckm Poir:t site t'lolmeG 10 telTe",lrial eco!,)gy_ aqualic:
ec*:)!ogy, hydrohJ{fY'1 G\\.dtLHBl :esourCE:s. an~j s:JG~Crec:Jl:onl;c,issues (a~;no!1g o!hers}. t:nd V'-Jlll cD!:tain " reCD'11menrjfltion reg "Wing t!le environment':l! aGceplability Dl the licen'Se renel;:,al i3chon.
Appendix E December 2008 E-49 Draft NUREG-1437. Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00485
Appendix E 1\\'1.,John To [:ccommodaleinterested members of the public, tl:e NRC wll: hold two put'lic scooil1rJ
- lleet:n,:;;', :01' the Indian Poir:l license ren8l,'iaI sl.lpple;:',ellt 10 llw GElS 011 \\Nednesdey, Seplember IP, 2007, Dt The Colonial Terwce, located 8t -:-19 Orepof. R;j if! Co,-t:anclt 1\\.:1 ",no:' NY. T~e first se,sion Will convene at 130 p 1:1. Dn,j Will continue lIf';:1 430 ::UT:, DS nec8s~;ary_ Tb:e secD!ld '::)8SS~Of': win conve.ne at 7:0(1 p.tl:_; v'!/ith ~3 fe.P83t of t:t:6 Q'y'8rV!2 IA" Dorliof.s of tile meeting, i3n,j w:11 continue 11r.ti: 10:00 Pin..,,6IleC9:3:3Etfy', Adc::::o:'18lly, 11".8 NRC stc~ff \\-viU l10S~ tnforri}<:":! di:::cu'SsioFl3 one rlour before the start of each :3S'SSlOTf.
T"16 license re:lewal ap;:;lication iLRA) is publicl'y available Dt,Ile NRC Public DOCUITlent Room
- PDRJ, lOGfited at One VVll
- !e Flip; NCiI"",t'I,11555 Rockville Pike, R.ock',/ille, r',,:larylll!'d 20852. or from til> ~lRC's.4~l9nc'yw;cje DDciJments iI,Gces:; 2nd ~ilaria~;~ment Syst~m (ADl"~.. !S I Th~
,l\\[),I\\.J.:1S Pu!)lic E18cHoflic RealH!'9 Room k3 accessible at
.tlttJX.:~{!:L*_i£::~[JJ-_::~:i5.:~::!tL~_:-'_~~::K*~~~Lf~~_;_~~_::j:_~~~.~!-3L:&:~!litLJ!~E*£L. The acc8s~3jon nurnbar for th8 LRA is tdL07'12'i05G7.
F'~l"sQns whcr do not ICflve access to AD.'\\I',,:18, or 'NllO encounter pfODle:llsin aCGe%:!li;i (fIe dOGun:ent~, 'ocated in.AD.4r',,:!s. should wntad the NRC's PDR Refere!lGe "taff by tel8pfl'X!e ;3(1-800-307,4200 01" 301 -4 15-4737, or by e-milil at.t~li.@lJi.s~,:Q;:}"':'
Fie In(jian PDint LRA is,li::;o i3\\fail,:Dle 011 tile Internet at httt~.,.*.':.,,1,/"';;:,1'.:. nrc. C~(!I,:';'f ".::ac t;,:,:r~:/;::p£.!';'a~! n*:..: :~i:c:£.:~':::.:n(.::r£.::':"":;:'/*:a !.... ~:Pf"~: :~_',~xt :(:*f: '3,/ir:d!~:;}-p,:~: nJ ht:"I'l;. l n wk::~io!l, ~il8 Hendnc!" HI.IC!SO:l F:ee Library, located il: l".:1onlrose, NY, tile Fiel:.:! UblaJY, locateej in Peekskill, NV, and the 1iVhite Plains Pulll;,; Library located :n \\,-'\\11".:,8 Plains. N'( have 8gr8ecl to make the LRA tivailable for pub:ic :'1speGtioll T~le GEl,S, wllid! ClGCclf1lElritS t~le NRC',; aSS8s"r,wnt of the scope and i:Tip<:lct of 81:virDnmental effects thui \\Nould bE; as'SvciatecJ v*.. 'fth ::CS!lSE: rene\\~iDl at [~n'! nU~::8ar povver plant 5f~e: car: also t;8 found on lhe NRC's website or at the NHC's: PDR Please SUi)!"fll! 'JITV comments lilac lile Seneca N8tlOn of In(j:mls may 1"18Ve ~o offer on tlce scope 0' the 9l'vironmentai review ::,y Octo!:oer 12. 20U7 I/iritten WIT"H:wnts should be subnlitted by mail,0 the <::rlief, Rule" aI:d D:recti',;e:s Brandl, Division of,q<:lmil:istrati',e Services, r"lal: St'Jp T-13D59. U S Nuclear R89ulalory Cornnlission, V,jashilll!ton DC 20555-000'1 Eledrol~ic can"Tlents !1lZ1'i be s!;i)mitte,j to the f'JRC by e-Il'!3il (\\l "'*:~;;";:-:Fo:;f::f,',n:i.-t:,,::,:;,,:;::-\\.., /It the cor:dl.l;::io'1 of me "eop:llll pI"oce"s, the NRC ';tafi will,)repare D summary of the ;::igr::f:csnt
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- , Identified,,:1;:1 the c(lrIC1U5iol~S re"ched, and mail a copy to you.
Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-50 December 2008 OAG10001366_00486
Trle ;::(olf expect'; 10 ;:;utliist: Hie drillt :supplement k> the GElS il: Jllly 2008. Tile NRC wHlllold
,mother set of publiG meelin~):3 In the site vicil::t'! to solicit commellt:, on the dmft supplelTlen(o:
enVlfOfllTlenlill impact s\\i::lement (SEtS)
,1'\\ copy of ttw,jmft SEIS 'NIII be sent to you for your
[evie\\'", m:d COI1::Tler:t. AJtBI c:on;:,ide:;3tion of put:,i:c comments re;;8ived on the dwfI, ttw NRC "NiH prepm-e a finel SEIS. Tile ISSU"H:ce 0: a final SEIS for inCll2in Point is plam:ed f:)I" Apr:: 2009. If you need addition:::: infmmaIiof: 1'89ar::lirl r;1 tile e!lViWn!lle!lt,,1 review p"ocess, pie;Jse contact ~'ls. Jill Cav'Hlv, EI:\\.'ironl1'el:tai Project r',;,ian a<;;H, at 30'1-415.-6E")9 or 'J!
Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-28.6 cc: See next paqe SinGerel'!.
iRA Christian Jacobs fori Ram L. Franovicll. Brallerl eldel Enviwnmentill BCanC!l B Div:sion of license F:elle\\l:iaI Office of Nuc!ear Reactm Heputmiofl Appendix E December 2008 E-S1 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00487
Appendix E Mr Rmldy Kind, Chairman Sh:innec[1c;<. Tlibe Rte 27-A, MOIl;auk Hwy SDI.:nli:amDt:Jll, NY '119G8
,'\\ugust 2-", 2007 SUBJECT RECiUEST FOR COI\\/I~,!ENTS CONCERNING THE INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERi\\"TNG UNIT NOS. :2 N~D 3 lICE~~SE RENEWAL AF'PUC,<\\TIC>N RE\\!IE\\:\\I The US. Nuclear Re~~tiI8torl' COflm::ssion (NRC) is seekill!,! il:~;.ut fOI' its e!:vironn'eritiJi re',1iew O! a!: ",ppliG<ltion from Enter,,',' Nucie:::,! Opsr;]tions (Enler"y) for the rene'Nal of the opemtmq licenses for,rV3 Indian Point NlId>3af Geller<Jiing Un:t No:;. 2 and 3 !In::liBI1 F'oim;, lon:ted :n Bud,a:l<:,n, NY, [~pproximatelv 24 miles north of,l1e New 1'01" City boul:dary line. Iml:2!n P::Jinl
- ',i" d0'3e moximity to la!lds thi:lt,Tlay be of interest to the S!linr:ecock Tribe.,A.s de',cm::ed t'el,:}'{,', tile NRC';:; ;JrDce:"sinclL:d85 HI' opportunity 'or ;Jut.'iic. cll'~C; intE'H;to'iEnnmentsi pmti-dp8tion lr: the 'I:~iironIT;enta: revrevLf. VVe v\\.'::'lnt to enS!;r',8 that you are ~*p;v.:!re of our e!fort" and. PlW;l.i3nt to Tit:e 'W of the (~;o(le of Federai PeguiatiCms ('I [i CFR) P<:1!i 51, Seet,,"'I' 5 : 18!b), the NRC il'>'!:tes the S!:inr*ecock TriL", io prov:,]e input to the scoring process relBting to the NRC's ellv:ror::nental review of tile <:ppliC::.ltiO!'. In addition, :::.:0 oli:Hned in :315 CFR 8CI[i8(c}, the NRC pimv; tD coordinate compliance with Section 'lOc; of the Niltional HI:;loric FI'eservCltion A.ct of 'I ::l66 throlP;lh the r"qu:1'I31l16nts oi the National El'vironmel'tal Policy Act of 1%9 Under NRC regul[:;:ons. the onpi!:al ooeraiil:Q licerlSe fm a I'ucl"ar yowe!' plflf)tis issued ror up tD 40 years. The license may be relle"",ed for up to an <Jdditim:al 20 yeilrs if NRC require:w,mt5 mernet The CLirrent opemtin'J ::censes !:)f' Indiol1 Foin: ",,:11 expire :n September 20 i 3, and Deeember, 21}15. Enter,w submitted it:>. npplic<>tlGI1 fOI' renewal or tl:6 Indian POint {merati:1~1 licenses in B letter datecl h::riI13, 1007 as supp'elT!ented i:;y lette!s elatecj i'.*lay :I nne!
..lune 2i, 2007.
ThE' NRC is gathellng inf0rmmion to: an Ind:an Point site-speci':c '3llpple:Tlent co its "{38neric En'./ifonmentalll11pad St>>;emellt for LiGellse R.enew:;)i of Nuclear Plants" (GElS\\.
NUREG-1437. The sLJ[:piement ',<Jili contain the resul!s of the review oi the e:wirorm18r:tal impncL 01: me area '>l:ITolind:ng me incliul'! Point site mlateci to tem~s,ri[:1 e8olo~!y. aqu;Jiic eCO~O~TY: hydro!DQY, cunural ;-6S0Ut"C8S. and SOd:)6Cor:Grn:ic issues (8xnOn{~ others), end 'wi:!:!
cClI:tail:,j rec:J!llIT1enclmiNI regar,j,ng tl18 enwon,nental acceptaiJi!;;y 0' the license rene'N:c:i aGtiori.
Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-S2 December 2008 OAG10001366_00488
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-L-Te; aCC,)nlITlo::late i!ltere:,Jed tT:em!)ers of the public, the NR.C,viii fn)ld tlNO pU!Jlic :,.coplng m8e1~fjgs fl:lr the Indian Poir':t !icen58 reneVo/ftl :3,upp:lern8nt to the GElS ')1"1 VVednesdfty.
Sep1ell1l)el' '19, 2007. at nil" Colonia! Termce, I:)cated atll ',r Oreg:)11 Rd. In Cxtiand!
~ibrior, NY. The first ~;e%ion wil! <;oflvene at '13(> pm and wl:1 continue 1II,til 4<10 I),il;, as
- lCeSSat'i. The seGo!ld ~,eSSlor: Will CDl'!vene el! 7:0;] Dm.. winl a repei"! of tf:e :}vervie'iI" portiol"" of tfTB mBetin9, 'Jrld wi:: continue untii1000 pm, ;:'S nec83sa:"i. !'\\dditionally, the NRC s!",ff INil1 flost Informal (Hs:<;usslcJns one 110m [H::fore It-,e :,tart of eael, session.
Ti,e license reflel',*al aps-licacion (LRA) IS pulJlicly avaiialJ!e at ti,e NRC Pub:ic DO('JJI:lent Room (PDR 1, ;oc;3\\e6 at One \\.Vfrite Flint North. j 1555 Rockville Pike, Rock",:!le, r-Jarylm,d 20852,,)1' fro£': the NRC's Agencyv4!(le Documents Acee';s a'1,i Mc:rlEl',;e£':ent System ("'.ClAf',.,1S) Tile
,t.,DA~i!S Public Eledronic Reading Room is acc:es,,,ble ot
~tt::: :':ad~-::T:3~~~'ebs0~::"(',h nr{. (J'J*I...,;dD:(:.J:::~: ;":~:'-;l:i. The 8GCeS310!l rll...Jrni)8f fo:-
i~le LRA (s ML07"210507. Persons who do 110\\ ilave access to ADM',*lS. or 'Nho enCOI~:1ter proDi:11S in acces"ing 1:-le o::!ocul:lent:3 locatec! in ADAMS, '; I'IOU lei cOI:taGl !tIe NRC's PDR Referem:e :"ta'f try tslephon,e 8t J-800<:97-4209 or 30'l-4'15-47?i7, or by e-rn¥.:1::: ilt ~::::~:_~1~~r::.::~~"{t~:>~.
The Indiorl Point LRA is,,:Iso ;JVailsble on the Imemet "t
')t~:,:i'~'~'i~,,'!,.L::>.',.
.;:::j'!:~:~j,':.'2t(:j),:~S:':j)::;:"'fl!'g::;,:.';.'j;']:~J)Xj~J.'j;'],;;','uk:']):,;:::II<~~!JJ!J,r:~!j3::"Jl:l:Ll:>:::1J"1,i!Ll'i. 111 a::lr:ition. the Hew:I'ick HudsDn Free Library', 1::)Gated in 'Vlontmse, NY the Fiel::! L,bfi3ry locmed
- n Peebkil:, NY, and the 'oN'hile Piai!::3 Public Lit:rmyloGmed 111 White Plr,jns, N'r'
~Ia';ie (,greed to mak.e tile LRA avajjai)le for pulJliG II1spediQll Tfle GElS, wtlici, (joCU::lents 11'18 NRC's assessment IJf tile 5ccqe [m::i :mp>JGt of el,"lirQnment21i effe-Gts th:-:-H "'.!"./ou;d be Bss:.8G:ated \\*'.~~th ~!cen'~e re!l8v'J81 at any flUG::Bflr ;,10\\A-'9:- r.dB:nt SHEL car: also
- )8 found on tile NRC's 'website Of c,t lhe NHC's F'DR Please subn-,it anY' cO!mnents that the Silinr
- ecock Tnt:e mav h;3v2 to offer Oil the ',cope of Ir:e env:lollmentilll'8v:ew by Octobr : 2,20:]7 VVritten COITlnlr,;:; "flouid be ",ubmlltecl by £ml:! tD he Chief, Rules: anc! Dlredl',,Ies Brallch, Division of Admlnistmti',"-8 Ser,..-ices r"kl:; Stop T-fiDSi:l, U.s. Nu':;~eaf Re~Jt;b:ltOt),. CQ:~nr::1:i3s:ion_ v\\lt")shington, DC 20555-[100"; _ E;8ci:-on:c; CD:;1rner,::ts n"'luy
- )8 ';ub'llitterj tD the ~lRC by 8-m;:>i1 at ;:.'.":;"~:):\\iU.1.';.~:T;"d::,1r<~.,:~m'~. At tile cOrlfiuSIOIl of tile swpil:g process, lile NR.C staff wi;1 prE:r.:i:"l1'8::: su:,lm:::r\\' of the significant issues identified and tile GGnClllSlons l-e~lc!lecL ane! mail a GOpy to you Appendix E December 2008 E-53 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00489
Appendix E R Kind Tne staff expec.ts t:) pubii',<r: t~ie c!mft SUppl81YI8nt t:) Hw,3EIS in,Juy 2008. Tr,e NRC w::lllol::1 anotrl8r :,.131 of put:lic 1":eetinr,15 in the site vicillity to,.oiiGij cO;;'lments :)1' 11-,8 draft :3uppier'lenta:
enviromY;entrd impact stdell1ent (SEIS)
A. copy of tl:e ;j,f,ft SEIS w;l: be sent to yO'. 1 lor your
- -e',:iew and comm-entA.ftel-c.onsideration :)1 put,Hc commellts received :)n the dral(. the NRC "NiI, prepi:l:e a f:rli:l; SEIS. The :%~mIlC8 of a finol SEI-S fo, Im~:al1 FO:'lti~; plal1l'ed for
,A.prH 2009. II you need addition81 infol"'Tl8i1oll regardin£1 the 8lwiror:rn8llial,8Vle;,'v Pf(JC8SS.
Dle,o" GOfilaCt 1\\'15. J,II Caver'ly. Environmental Project Mana~ler'_ ",t 3D, -4',5-\\3699 or at Docket Nos. 50-247 or-=d 50-28(:(
cc SeE next page Sincereh/.
iRA Christian Jacobs for.!
Ran: L. FI-anovic!1, Brancil Chief Erwir:)llnJenta; Brandl B Di'*/ision of License Ren6'Ni:l1 Olflce of Nuclear Reactor Reguli:ltion Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-S4 December 2008 OAG10001366_00490
The HO!lOrable HalTY S V\\i2!18GB" Cnief Unkect:wJ~~ Nst!cn PO BoxtH3
~,'13StiC, New Yor!', I'! 'j5D A,l.Igusl 24,2007
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR Cm'!r,'lENTS CONCERNING THE INDt~N POINT NUCLEAR CoENERfHING UNIT NOS 2 AND J LICENSE RENE'WAL. APPL!C}\\TION REVIEW The U S Nueiear Re9uialolY Cornrnission {NRC) is seeking input fOf its el:\\riwntnE'l:tal revie\\>v c,: al: appllGatio!l from Ellt<?rgy N,IG!ear Open:I!,OI1'S (Enter9'1) for the rs!:e'Nal of lile c:perat:ng I:cense" for !he In::km Point Nc!cie8r Ger,E'mt:1l9 Uilit Nos. 2 81ld :3 ::Indiall Point.:, lo,:,ated:n Bucl1<:lnal:, NY, approxinmteiy 24 m:les north of the Nell York City bo,Jl1da:y lin<? Ind:all Poill; i:, in dD:,<? proKimity tD lands t~ia1 :nay be of inle!'est to the IJllli<?d1aufl NBtioll.. A:, de',cr,bed below, trle NRC'" qroce:o:s incllides Ell: opportunity for plJblic <Inc) !l1tef-gove:llI'f:enta!
part,cipatkm in :he *e!'vironmellta: fe'iiew. \\f.Je want to e:1sure that yOlO are aw,-,re 01 !)'If effor!s c:mc!, pursl.:an! tc, Title i 0 'Jf the Code or Fe,!erai Re9u!alions {'I;) CFR:, Pm! ;:,1, Section :','28{b;, the NRC illvites the Unkeclmu9 Nation to I)ro'tide iq}ut to the SCOpin9 proce'Ss reiatir.9 to the NRCs environment,,: fe,'iew of the appHG3tioll, in addition, a:s outliner; in 3'3 CFR B008~G), the NRC plans to CO)*ord:n8te Gl'np'im:Ge :,,,,,ith Section ',Go of the Nr,;'ortc:11 Historic F're'3er,ali::rn Act of '1960 trlrollgh the requiremer-ts of th<? NationCl: E:T,liropmen\\::.,1 Fol:cy Ad of 'l:j6P Under NRC re';lulations, tb", original oIJe:'atin9 licellse 1m a nuclear power plan! is ISSou<?d ior up to 40 yeilr:" The licel:se may toe !'er,e,,,'e:) for up ;0 <Ill add,t,olli31 20 vea,", if NRC 1'8'=<~life"lenls dl'e :TIet The GUfI'ent opemt:ng licenses for Ind:an Poin! lNili expire :n Sept&mber 2013. "nd Dec6m!:!<?L 20'15, Entel-gy subnlitt<?d :;3 applicat,ol'l for I'ene',va: 0: the Indian Paint operatin9 1:(:8!V,eS ill a letter d8teci.A.prj; 22" 2007, ih :;upplemeI11e(j b::i le;ter:, clateCl j'.'iay 3 and
,Jut:& 2-i, 2007 Th", NRC is qati1&r'nginforll1ation fDr ill: Ind:an Point s';6-:'pec:fic supplernent to :to "Generic Elwll'olllT:entallmpact Statement for license Renewal oi Nuclear Flan!s"' (C~EISl NURE(~, 1437. The "cipp:ement wil! *,;ontain the results of the review of the enVifDIlH:ental Impacts Of' ihe c1l'e;J SllITOI.:ncJiI1Q tile 1!:cliZtI1 Point site I'elated !o telTestria ecoll)g,/. ;Xllk1tiG GOtogy, hydro~o~ry') (".:..dtUf::.ll resources. and sodoeconorn:c :issus.(atTIOn~l o~hers}, i:nd y./i::
cor,;oin [l rec<):,!HJ:EHl'jatiDn fe98n:lin';l the ellvinl!lITlenta! c]cGeptat"lity o~ tbe lic:en:"e renewal
- nctiol1, Appendix E December 2008 E-55 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00491
Appendix E H ViJl:ace To acconillodale interested members, of the pulJlic the NRC \\i\\;'1ii hold two public scoring rneet~nQs fDr tne tndian F'"clr::t Hcense renev'Jel supplE:-:ncnt to the GElS on \\t\\lecmesday.
Sertembe:-19,2007 at Tile Co:oll:al Terrac8, located at '119 Ore/Joll Rd, ill Cortiar:dt rV1£:tlOf, NY The fir:::t "S8:3s:ion vvill convene at "1 :30 p.rn. atl{! "'\\'./:::1 GontmUe untd 4:.30 run., t~5 nC8~~SOt-y. The se~~oflcj '~;E:SS~Dr: tVm convene (~t 7:0;) p.I'l1.. '... v~t~"'l a repeat o~ tj:e D\\lef\\iI8\\-V portiens of the rT'eetin9, and will GontirTue ul:ti: 1000 1),ln" as necessmy Ad(H'<)flEllly, the NR(:
,:,\\z,fl will i,osl :nf,)ITna: ::ilsc!;s:,ions one :lour iJefor2 tlw :3tarl of eael' :,25510n, T:le Ilcen",,, renewal appllcatlQn (lR£:.) is plIbiiclv avarial)le at 11'le NRC PutlilC Dowment RClom (PDRL located at One I,Vhite Flir:i Noreh, '11555 Rockvile Pil,e, ROGkville, f';:al-ylam! 20<352, or from the NRC:" A::j8rrc'{\\,</:cle Documents,'~(:Ges.:3 (,mi 1""lsI1a~ieIT;ent Sv~:telT: U',DAJl"lS) Tl-,e ADA~
... lS Publ'c E:ectr,Jn:G R88dir'9 Room is aGcessible [It tll1;;:~:,-'t:l~'JIl,;;'.;\\at;5_",m:~tJ::L:~_i'.K';::'~i-':>12QJn_t'!)':'ll. Tile accession numt1er for j'18 L.RA, 1<;
ML07': 210507. Pef3cns wno de r:ot hf:n.re flCGeSS to A DAr... :::S, or ~Ii{ho encounter r-:roblern~~ in accessing tl-,e documenL located In ADAf,.'lS" sllGulei Gomaet 11-,e NRCs. F'DR F~eference staff by tslephon8 at 1*800.:3.')7-420.') or 301*415*4737 orbye'I1K!11 at,Z:::@[::::':;_5:~_",
nle Indian Poin, lRA is aiso aV;J,i.::,t:leoll Ii-,e Internet at t1!:t~;:_~i::"':.*~~*~*~::!'~j~~rt~_~).2>~:I~~~Jr_~'2~_~jc'~'2;~'B_::~Jt_:}~:"JJ~~f;L::~~~n;:;~E~;j~~~:~~~:Idi~:}Q;:_:jf~_~t:~~:?:-~:_~j:~t:_:~:3J~t:J:l;!-;.t~~~~_:}t~:_:_:.. In aci:jitiofl. the HBrl'31'ick Hudson Free L:bfCiry, locmed in,'.,1 011 t['.):;e, ~N, the Fie:d library, located in PeeKskill. NY 31:d tl:6 Wt'lit6 Piains Putdic l!!)rmy iDOJie(i in NI",e Plains, NY, hrl',;'e agre,,(!
to make the LRfo. aV':l118ble :'<:or l)ut;iic: i!hpeGt:on, n,e GElS, which documents the NRC" a5S<3<;<;I':',9'1! of the scope alld iPlpac:t of elwir:.:mm"ntni effects tim!,<,<(:ulel be a ',;:"ociateci '.',m!' licell:,B ren8',,*'al at any nUCiea:' DO'he! pl,:llt ~,i!8> C[1Il al~,o be found Ol: the NRC'svvelislte or;::t,he NRC's PDR.
Please submit any conm:ellts !tnt the Ullkecl'iGl.l9 ~JHti:J:1 lTIay have to of'er on the ~:cc:pe of the envlrCtnn'ental r-8Vle'lN by Oc!ot:er12, 2007 \\r\\fritten GOI":me!:iS silouid !Je 5ublmtted by mail to trle Chie:', Rules: ar:cl Dil'ec1ives Bra:,cr" Divi:,ion of Administ!a:ive SerVi{:e:3, Idail Stop T*EiD59, U.S. Nt:cl8Hr F~Bgu!atcHY C:)n1rnls3i')~\\, \\r\\/8:;h:ingtorl: DC 2G5~*5-0GO-: _ ElBctronic COff1ll1er;ts may
!Je sub'nitted to the NRC by e*':l<,::1 at Ir,(Li_~-'tI:'~)!r!t_ti_:;ifjtl[~_gs!'{ A.t tile conclUSion oi U:6 scoplr'Ll pr,xess, (fIe NRC "mff Villi prep31'8 'l surmm,ry of;l18 si>;jnilicant i:,sLle:, icien!lfie(i and the (':or!dus~m:,s reached. ~tnd tY;3~1 f: cOPY' to 'Y'Ou.
Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-56 December 2008 OAG10001366_00492
H. V".!c.l::ae8
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The staff eXp8Gt; t:) publish t~ie dmft sUiJple1:lent to 1I'le (3EIS in.Jl:iy 20[f,l3. Tf:8 NRC wiil f:old
'Jnotrle:' s*et of public meetings :n the site vicinity to soiiGii cO:,'lments on ti'I8 dmft supplerneflt;:~1 en,;ironlY:entrd il":pacl :,tdement (SEIS) A copy of tl:e dmft SEIS wiii be sent to you for your revi8w 8nd comment,.Alter considefati')n of DubHc comments reeeh;ed on the drafi, the NRC
'Nii! prepijr8 a finij: SEtS, The :%UDIlCe of a finDI SEIS for Im~:tm F(J!nti~: plal1lled Inr April 2;)08. !f you r,8e,j ac:ditiDl'lal infor,TI8tioll re~lar;:jin£1 tf:8 erl',;iror:!Tlent81 rev:e',',' proc:e":,,
Dlea:,e Gontact Ms. Jiii Cav8l'ly. Environmental Project Mana~18I', ",t 3(>,,4: 5-\\36P~l or at cc See next pi3~le Sir:cen:dy iRA Christian Jacobs for!
Rani L. FI'an0Vic!1, Brancil C,'lief Env:rollmente: Bmnch B Di',/ision of License Ren8'Nfll Olf:c8 of Nuclear Reactor Regulstio'l Appendix E December 2008 E-S7 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00493
Appendix E Hie HOilOrab!e Leo HenlY Chief TuscaI"<JrB Nation 5f.d6 VValnl0r& Ro::.")d L8\\:v~51on_. Nev*,.. York -~4D92 AUQLlst2"'_20D7
SUBJECT:
REOUEST FOR Cm.*lr,,!ENTS CONCEF:NING THE !NDIAN POINT NUCLE.,5,R CiENER;HING UNIT NOS. 2.AND3 LICENSE RENE\\'VAL APPLICATION REv'IEIN Dei'lr Cilief Henry' HI8 U S_ Nudear Reguial')I\\! C:ornf':I%IOn {NRC) I'; 'oeeklll~lll:Pllt for IT;:: elW!fiXlmental reVl8'.\\f of al: applicatio!l ;I"O,-n Enler':;;y Nuclear Opefc,tlons (Entergy) for the l-er~8wal of the opefc,l;n;l iic:efvoes fo,- 1I-le In::lian FOlIE Nuclear Ger:8IT:tlng Un:h No_ 2 ancl :) (lrdian FOIIlt::-. IDGatecj in 6uc!lclnm:, NY, approxilTKltei'! 24 m:les: nor;h of lhe New Yorl< City boundary line_ Indian Poifl:
is in clo:,e proKilnity tD IBflcls UBt mBy tie of ;ntere~it to,.118 TliSCBH3rf: NatiOl'. As deSGlt;ecl below_ trl8 NRC',; "roc8';:; includes (m opportunity 'or public anc; intel"-gnvernmental part:cipation in t;-18 environn-;6nt:)~ re'~**f5'.fiJ. \\r\\16 V\\*'flnt to enSL1re that you are ~J\\*vare ot our efforts ::inc! purs!;ant to Title 10 of the Code of Federa! F:::eguifJtiOrlS ("]0 CFR) Part 51, Sec,!on S i2~;(t>:, the NRC invites ;he T1I3Gc:Wrs Ne,ti:]I' to prcvide inpcJ; to the 3Gopillg pre-c.",s" relelill,] tD tlce NRC:-s e:wiwnrnenlill rEI'iiew of tile appiicatiol'_ In 8ddi1ion,ils ouWr.e,1 in 3:3 CFR SOD_SiC)' the NRC pian:3 to.;;oord:n8te COI',p!ianCe with SectionW6 0; the National Hdoric:
Preselvation Act 'Jf Eit36 t!-Irou~lh the requirement*; oi the Nation;:,: Er:vi:onmerltal Policy Act of
'19139_
Unc!.. r NF:C r8',;cllatior:s, the o[i:).illal operating license for 8 r:uel",ar po-we: plml; i" :s'3uecl 'or up to 40 years. The l:jc.8r:se n~ay ~)e :er:6~ved for u:p to an f~ddit~op.a~ 20 years i'f ~JR.C r~equ:re:mE>r:!:;
afe :ne! HI8 Gement opBrat:n~lli';e!l5-3::. fDr Indian Poin, Will expire irl Septemtler, 20-! ~1, a:ld DeCernr)8r, 2015_ Entel-qy Sub'T,ittedi,s c::;.plicot:ofl for r8118;,',:[11 of ;he IndiClIl Point ope:atil1g iiG8!lse:o_ ill a Idtel dateci i\\pri! 23, 2007, <1,,_ supplemented i)y lette!:, dated ~"lay:3 "nd JUI'e 2:, 2007.
The NRC is gatn8ri!19information f,)I" ill: Ind:m-; Point sile-speci:'ic sup!Jlen18r11 tOils "Ge:,er;G Environmental Impact Ststement for License Rene'lvi:l1 of Nuc:!ei:lr F:lam,," {GElS},
NURE(~- 1437 The supplement will contain tile results; :)f ti1B rBview of tiw environmental
- nlpm
- ts or: 1he i3rei3 sllrTound;ng the Indian F'oillt site I-elated to telTestriBI eGC::logy_ aquatic eC')!o9V, rlydro!0~JY', 8ultuf81 resources. arv::~ :;:JcioeCDJ:on~H~ j~.sues (an'K)llQ 'JtrI8rS}, Bind Vi/t::
cOI:!ain f~ reconlrr~en(j8tion regardtng t!~fB en'v':rafwnentDj aecept::'lbjHty of the ~jGense r6ne\\.vnl actloll.
Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-58 December 2008 OAG10001366_00494
L HenlY To 8ccornmoda~8int8res!ed members of the publiC, tl:s NRC,vii' r,old IIII'D plI!Jlic "coping fIlee!il1',!" 'or the Indi811 Poir.! licen'>8 rene'Nul supplement to !he GElS ')!"\\ VVednesclil'y, Sepl8mber Hi. 2007, a: TI"18 COionial TerPJce. I"cated ati19 Or"g:)n Road in CortlWKH M21l0r, NY. The first 5£>"sion will GOllvsne a:.: :30 p.m. >:irKl will continue lB,td 4:30 Ic.IT *., as nece:3*,;ary. The :3ec.o!1d 5e:3sior. Wi!! convene OJt 7:0;) D.I1:., wIth 13 repe",t of tl-.s CiV8!vie'N port:o!":; of ths I11S8tll"9. and w:11 continu8 ur:ti'IO:OO p.ln. "" nec83sa,*y'. Additionally. the Np.e staff,,,,'IIII,os\\ wlfornl2i dlSGl.iS~ilOns one !'"IOlll" i:;sfor£> a"l£> start of ead: sessioll.
TI",e iicense renewai <lpp:ic<ltion {LRA} is oub:icly avaii<lble at li,e NRC Ptlb:ic [10('.I.11:18nl Room (PDR). Icc<l!ed at On 'W!l"<?- Fli!,t Nmth.. I*IS5S RockVille Pike, Rockville, t-Jarylmxl 20852, en from ti,e NRCs Agencyw:[je Documents J\\cces:; s!1(1 rv%rlll~;emenl System (p..DAf*.**1S) Tile
.ADi'I.HS Public Ei&C!l"OfI!c R<?-mlil'g Room is acce:;c;:ble 8t l~:ttt::r,;:*[:;=:a(:l*~.\\,\\o'&:,).3e[~f0::-:.r::'c.{K:**/"':jQt:)q~n i-:H~:.
T~fe accBss~0n nunlber ::Jr the LR.A fS
!\\'llOT!2W5G7. Persons; \\:'./110 do pot hwe accs;;:; te, ADf\\t*,'IS. or ',','1-10 enCDI~:lter proDI:lls in acce:,,:3:ng tile cloeuments iO(::::Ile(! in.A.DAJ.:1S. srlDuld con!ae! H,e NRC's PDR Reference :3ta:'f tly t.e~eph\\.lne ;at {?,OO-'397 -4209 or 30'~ -415-4737, or by e-!Tla~:,tlt ~:::{:_~J~~f::.~~~"{t~:>~
The Ind:all Point LRA. is 81so d'failsble on the In18m8t 'Jt L~tl~"'::'i:""*~';J]3~'~'D;)"',*;:l:~",t'::\\:~1S:~t.'(":",~li'j.\\.:il['-"f::]""JH'i:t';::J-';"*'Y"0.~::'"i)jJ'ii'~:']t:JJJ':~j3":,.Jl*l:Ll2:::1HLi!Lt'i in add:!io". tile Hendrick Hucl:;on Free Library, located in ~vlontrc;s"l. NY the Fiel::! Library locat"ld in Pee"""kil'. NV. [,I'd the \\,-Vhite F'i<lillS Pub I", Library,oeal,;:} in i/llhit: Plrlins. NY !"Iave agreed to,,'ake tfle LP.A ",'iallable for,"Ullilc i:lSP8dlOll The ;3EIS. whicb doctimems me NRC's a.ssessr:,ent of tile SCO~;8 arid :lTIpuct of BI:vironmenta.i
~ffect~; thot v~~ou;d be assDciated v-fiH: ::cense renevvil! a~ 8ny nuc:eilr ;,10\\';\\"9:- ):dB:nt.s~tEL car: also be foune! or. ;he NHC's 'wbsite or "llthe NF~C'3 F'DR Please :3ui:>ITlit <liT)' comments thm the TllSCafCra NatiQ!' rnay have !C offer on ;he :;Gope of the env~rOnE1erl~i:d rEnt~e~'i/ by October fl.. 2D07 V'./ritter! GCIT!men~s shouid be subrn~!te(l by EVJ:I tD t!18 Chief, R:118S [,nd Dil"ecllv"s Braner.. Di'iis:ol1 of Jl.dn-,inist:'ali*.... 8 Ser';ices. P
... h"l:' Stop T"605':1 US. NI~GI£><lI" Regula!")!"Y Commi%ion, vV[lShil'gton DC 2;)555"0;)01 Eledrc,niG c.O!llI-r.enl:, rnay t:e sclbrnitted t') the NRC: by e"'1"!ail at JJ}-'),,:,;,e~.:'inr::j::;;,'l::J!.(~.::!r.~~*:. At tile CCrleiU3iOIl of tile 5copin';; proce";3. me NRC staff wil! preparE' a summary' of ~he ',i91lliiGant issues identified and the {~or:clus~or:s reache*j; ;:!n{! £:1fl:l Z: copy to YDU.
Appendix E December 2008 E-59 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00495
Appendix E L Henry TrIB staff expect:3 10 pui)!!s!: It1+" draft :3upple!Tlent to the GElS incli;:y 20GB. Tile NRC wiil hoi;j anOlher set cf put}lic meetinr,J',!n Hle site 'IiGin:ty to soliei; comments on the draft sllpplernem.al envlwflmenl<ll impact sta!mnent (SEIS)..A. copy of lI:e ;j:'aft SEIS '8::: t,e sent to you for your reViB'N (lI:d com:118r:t.,A.ftef Gon'3i(j8fation of Dublic carnmBnts rec:eived 0:, !.he <:il'aft, the NR.C
'"iiii prepme a finei SEIS. Tile is:3Um<ee 0: (, fi:,al SEiS fo,- In*jian Pamt j~,,-,ian ned for A.pr:' 2009. If you nE:8d aclclitiom::i infofnl<:;ion regardlri'J !I:e envimwl1&nllli :'8\\,':ew process pI8;J:3e contact i~*ls, Jill Caverl,,!'; En"iironm&ntal Pl'Oject f'.:lanag&r, at 30i -4: 5-6i39;~' ar ai Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286 ec: See next page DISTRIBUTION See l:exl page Silleerely.
.iRA Christian Jacobs for/
Ran: l. Fr8novic!'I. Bmnch Crlief Environn,enli:1i Bfi3r1ch B Division Df Licen,=,e Renewal Office of Nuc!em Reactor Regulatio!l Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-60 December 2008 OAG10001366_00496
The HonQrable R098!' Hi::' C!l:ef TOI:aw::m::!a Band of Sellecf:5 7027 rVleadvi!le Road Bason, Ne\\'v York ':"'0'13 AlJgust 2~, 2007
SUBJECT:
REOUEST FOR COMHE~JTS CON!~ERNING THE INDLAN P()INT NUCLEAR C3ENERiHING UNiT NOS, 2 AND::; LICENSE RE~~E\\;"iAL APPLICATION REVIEW Deal' C'lief Hill Fie US, NlJdem Re"ulatolj Commission {NRC} IS; seekil'g input for it'> epvironmentai review of 81: [Ipplicaci')n 'rom Entergy Nuc:em Operatio£l'3 (Emr~lY) for ;he rellVifal of Ihe operating license::; fo:',he indian Point Nuclear Genen,:t:ng Units No, ::: and :5 (Indi'Jn Point}, locatecl in Buchanm:, N'{, appwxin'ate!y 24 mile3 north of the ~~e,v Yuri<. CityiJolB,dary line, Indian F'oi:lt
- s II: dose proxwnlly to 1;l')(i:3,i',;:,l '",av bE' of Ime:est to !tIe T')na'ivancia oc:nel of Senecas, p,s described b8Im" the NRCs proces:"inc!t;d8S a!~ c:pporUnity for Gut;:ic and inter-govemmenta:
partiGipatlDrt in tr12 er:\\(,lronn:enta: feviE'V_ \\Ne \\l'vant ro e!l~~ure that ~lOt: fIre EH:var8 of n:'lf e:'fOliE: anci, PlllSI,;;lnt to Titl", '10 ofn,e Cc(ie cfFedrc!',,,!Rrc,}u.iai1ofls (ID CFR) Pod 51, Sectton :5:.26{b}, the NRC m"',lites the TonaviI'anda B~Hld of SeneCftS to provide input to t!~fe Elccmll'~i pm<;ess rel8tmg to tile NRC's elwironmer:tal reVIE"~", 0;' tr:e application In mjdltioll, [IS out::ned ill 36 eFR 800,3(c), t:'18 NRC plans 10 coordiPJle complidflce with S8c{ior* '1 D,~ of the Natiow3: Hi:,.\\oriG Preser','atioll Ad of 19fji} lhol;gll tile requirement" cof lbe NaliQrlill Erwiwnmentai Po:icy,A,ct of : !~i3g Under NRC requlellol:s, tI:8 or:ginal,)p8!"atllll~ llcense fo:' il r:ucleal' pU'Ne:' plant is i',sueo::! for up to 40 yearc:, The licer:se may be renewed fOl' up Iu em addi!!on81 20 year-; if NRC I'eciuiremenh are met. Ti,e current operatinp licenses for Incli<111 Poio1 \\ltd I exp:I'e :n September, 2013, and December, 2015, Entel{IY submitted its,3pp!;cal:on for renew[,; 0; the Indif,!) Po:nl opep:lting iicenses in a letter CifltE'd A!)ri: 23, 2007, 8:S c.,lpplemented e,y letters :jam," M;JY 2-nml
.Jtlne 2':, 20Cl7 T",e NHCi's galher:n[JinforlTlation for,.r. In::l:al" F'oin; s:le-s;=,eeific supple:nem t(1 ::s "Generic Environmentallmpad. Stillen:ent for Ucense Rene'Nu: of Nuclem Plants" {GElS),
NUREG-'1437 The ~;I~pp:elTlent wi!! cnntzil!l the re5ults Df tile reviev*/ of thO) environmedal impacts 01: lhe ar8a surPJunding the il:dl[:n PoiJ:t ",ite relnl8'j,0 tHreslnai ecology, aquatic ec~)~og'~'l-hydrology, L~JltUL31 reSO~lrGeS_ and ::;.:)dDeCtH"!ornic is:;uE:<:3 (fl(i{Ci!l(J others}, B:nd v~fiH cDI:tain a recornmendatiofl regaf~jing 1he en~l!rOfWnen~ft: fiGceptab:::iy of the lic&r1':.e rene'vvt:!
action.
Appendix E December 2008 E-61 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00497
Appendix E RHil1 To ~cco'Tlmo(jaieinterestec! members of the publiC, tl:8 NRC,viI' I"-,okl t'II.',) pU!Jlic :,,(:O:}in~1 fIleetin',is 'or the Indian POIr,; license 1'81'18".\\'31 supplement to ;he GElS on \\/ifednescl8'y'.
Sepiel1'ber '19,2007, <it TI18 Colonial TerPJce, 1(lcated at '119 Oreg(ln Rna"1 inl=ortlandt fv1zmo,', NY, The first s9:osiol'; will convene at '! :30 P In, and wlil continue lB,td 4<,0 lo,Il;" as nece:;C;;}f).', The second,;e:;:;ior, wi!! convene OJt 7:00 Dm" w,th 13 [e;:le3t of (toe oV8rvie:II" p'Jrtlons of the meetmg, and 'iN:11 continue ur:ti'IO:OO p,m" as necBssnr'y', A(j(iiilo:',all'y', thE' NRC
',18ff >'IIIII1OSi Infornl~1 :j1SGtl5SIOns one !"Iolll'l:;8fore a'ie start of eaGf: :;e',siol1, Pie license ren8wa: application (LRA} is ::Jub:icly available <it ;:,e ~~RC Public DOGul',:"mt Room (PDR), iGcated alOne 'NlHe Fli!,t Nor~h,I'155S R':>ckvllie Pike, Rockville, t','lal).'i8l,ej 20352,,)1' from ti18 NRCs A,genc,!wl[)8 DOc'JIT:8nts J\\cces:; snd rv'I"rlll~;emenl System (,11..0,6&",15 i Tile AD.t.,MS Public Elec!iofl!c Rem!i!'g Room is acc:e%:ble at http /:2:;:ia:'-;l~.V:... ~:::;.~:e~~f;:)':.r;:'(;.{:(:\\l"':jo~:)q~n i-:H~:.
T~fe accession nunlbsT :01' the LR.A is
!dL07'12'W5GT Pel'sons; 'Nha do 1"01 hwe accss:; to ADf\\t';lS, or 'who 8IK.o!;:1ter proDle:lls;n aCJ~e'3s:n~1 nle c:loGul1'ents locate::! in,ADA,r...:IS. srIDul::1 cOI,lncl lile NRC:3 "'DR Reference,,,taff by telephone nt '1-800-'3f~7 -4209 or 30'~ -4 '15-4 737, or by e-!TI<.:1~!,3t ~:{tC~i'nG~"gQ>~
T~le Indian Point LRA is,,:so dvailable on the Int8met 'J, i!LU~E"i:'\\'vY,J'3::;,D;;:~',';I:~"t'~\\:JLS::J))H:,,~li'j~:il[;;c';::],"JJ.['i!J-';::J-';:'Y,0.U,i)jJ~::'~:'].t.:,\\iE~'J3,:,:Jl~"!:J~:::jJ.,Li!,~mi In f]ck,itio'l, tile Hendriel, Hudson Free library, located in ~':Ionlrc;se, NY, the Fiel::! L:bmry locmed
- n Peei',skill,. NY, tind the V'il'iile P'lClillS Publ:c Library iocat8d In 'v'llhite Plmns. NV'
~laV8 <,greed to make ti,e LRA z,vallable for ;)lIl):IC Inspedioll T~le GElS, Wllid, documents me NRC's ass8ssr:lent of tile scope and :mpact of el:'.,.'irQnment211 effects th8t would be assudated v-jith ::cenSe renevv;:l! at 8n~
... ' nuclear pO\\i\\ler ~dant site car: also t:e found on ;he NRCs ""iebsite or flllhe NF~C'3 F'DR Plea"e SlJ!)IYlil any comments Ihm the T L,nm'if:!,d8 Band of Se!'eC<I'; may h8ve to offer on the 3C{>pe of the en'v'ir{mE;entf~: f8'lie'l,t;/ try C~ct.)ber ": 2,2[107. \\\\1rittBri con~!T~ent~3 sho:Jk:J be stlbnlitted by mail to the Chief Rules and Directives Branch, D'\\IISiol1 01 Adn"nistrat:v8 Service", rvla:1 StqJ T-6D5~;, US, NuGiedr Re"iuI8!0f).' Co,-,-,mi:,-:,icm, \\N83hinplon DC 2055::'-
OClOI, Electronic GOIT::llenis may t'e submitted t') the NRC bye-mail at lL;~,~'!!::?2tllf~;~<;@!::E,,';I;>*,., At 11:8 conciu,ion Of the sGoping proce35,,rle NRC staff will pl'8pme a Sl:mmm-y c:f tile significzmt :s~,ue',; Identified,:l1d tile cGnclus!on:; l'eaei1eC!, ar,;j mail a cop,,' to yOu.
Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-62 December 2008 OAG10001366_00498
T~H SIflfi exPEct:, to putliis!: thE dmft sUDplelTIent to i~le (3EIS in JI.::Y 2008. The NRC wiil hold anolrler :3et of pu!::lie [::Eetings i!1 tile site vid!':I!Y to c;c;iiciI C:O:TI£nEnls or: 1I-le clraft sllppler:lem.,'!
environment,,:: imp8ct staten:ent (SEIS).,A, copV of the cifflft SEIS '8W t:<e sent to you for your
!'eVieW 8ncl comment After' con~,idefati,):1 of pul):ic cGmments received on tile ::trail, the NR,C
\\'I.'j;i prepa:'e ::: fina: SEIS, Tt-,e issuance of f, final SEIS fOf Iw::ian POi!lti~, pt<lrIl:ed for April 200~~'1 If you r~eed additionel infolT:)elioll l-e'FmHn~, tile eflviw!:mefll.al review process ple0se contact ~,-Js;, Jill CElv&rl\\( Environmental Pr-oject Mi'lnil<]er, at 30': -4', ':>-61399 or ai Docket Nos, 50-247 ar:d :50-286 cc: See next page Sil:c:erE!Y, iRA Christian Jacobs for/
Rml: L, Fr'ilnovlc:',. Broncrl Chief Envirc:;mnentfl: Bmnch B DivisiDn of License Renewal Off:G8 of ~Jucl(,r Reactor Regulatio!l Appendix E December 2008 E-63 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00499
Appendix E AlJgust 2~. 2007 Ivls. Sherry White Tribal HistDriG Pre",ervaticlfl Officer StoGkblidg8-Mun,:ee Comml:nity Bano of
,'vlol",ican Indi"mc:
~~V't34.:t7 Call1p '~4 Road Bowler, V\\I'I 544 ! i3 SUBJECT REOUEST FOR Cm.,H,,'lENTS CO~lCERNING THE INDIAN PDINT NUCLEAR (3ENEF!.fHING UNIT NOS, 2 AND '3 LICENSE RE~JE'NAL iWPLlC,l\\TION REVIEV/
Trle U S Nuclear Rer;luialory Cornmission {NRC} is seBkil:Q input for its 81:vironmental review oi ar: application ~r,):11 Emer'Tl Nucle.ar Opemt!cns {Entergyl fm the re.newal of lhe opemtmg
- ,censes for Ilw Incllan FOlfit NJclear Gel'erst
- ng Un:! Nos, 2 and 3 dndl8n FOlflI), loc[,te:j,n BUGh<,nm:, NY, aporo:,xin,<,tely 24 n:de~: north rA,he New '1'01'1" City bOUl:da:"y' lin8, Indian P:)i~lt is if: ck)s pro;<~f11ity tD ~B:-~tj:3 trlat i:E1~l t~e af wlte:Bst to tf:6 StDcl\\:=:'ri~jge-~o!lunse9 Corr-::Tlur::ty Bm:cI of rvlorlican Inti:an'; A:o de:;crib",c; below, the NRC':; prOC")?SS :ncludes iJn opportun:ty for pub::G nnd inter-gcp..;'e:Twnenta! pB:rtk;:ipf~tj0r~ In the env:~-ol:(n8ntal rS',.,':ev*(. VVe 'wnnt to en:3UfS tllat vou me lrware of our ellon:, alE:, pl.:rs.u8nt to Tltle Ie of tile Co(ll'!,)[ FB{iemi FieQuiar.roi?:,
no CFR) Part :°,'1, Secl:on 5I,2S(b). ;he ~JRC :IW:t8'; the SloGkbr:dge-r'..'lur:see Community Band 0; fvlohiccmlnd:all:3 to,}rovi(;e illput to the SGOpilig process rela~ir:g ~:) the NRC's eIWif'On:ne!ltal
!'el/ie'"," of tl-Ie appiic<,iiof": In Hcj,jilion, as Gl.:tlinedin 36 CFR 8008iC), the NRC pii3IlS to coordinate Gornpl:"nc6 '1'1:;1: S6Gii;)~-1 '1013 of the Nallon,,1 H:sto;-ic FIFser:,ration A,c; of ': 96fl tllrougrl H'le req!;iI'<2menh of tile Natioll:::i Envirolml81'tal POliCY Ac! oi IPfJf',
Und",r NRC rergulaiions, tlce or:glnal (1)8:'alil<';1 license fo!' a nuclear power pl[:ntis issue,! for up t,;) 4(J year~)" The t:icr!se n18Y t:e rer:e"'.!\\id f,;x up to an r:c1dit:Qnal 20 years if NRC re(::'Hfeflle:1ts al'8 1T18t Trle current opemting licenses for Indian F'oinl will exp:re :1'1 SeptemtlH, 20 D, an,j Decem!:!e!',20'15, Enlel-gy SUb'T,itt8d I;S a:Jplicatiol1 for I'enel:val oi tl:e h:dia:l POint opel'ating I'(:el]:,e::; in a letter datecl,A,prll 23, 2007,13:> 5upplemente;:j by letter:3 ::iatec: 1:,1ay 3 and clune 21, 2087.
T~le NRCi" gather:n9infofll1ation for Ell' Ind:an F'oint S!;8-s:)ecific supple:TIent to its "Generic Efwiwnrnentsilmpact Sta.ien'ent for L:ce:)se Renewa: of Nuclear Flcmts" {(3EIS),
NUREG-1437 The ',Lipplement will contain the 1'8',ults: of Ihe revie',,,, of the e:wimnm8r:tal impacts or: Il're Or8'J 3llITot.:mjing the ll,cll<lrl Foi!'t site I'elme::! 10 telT8stmli ecology, 'Jqu',dic ecology, 1-lydroio'JY, 8ultuml resources, and sOG:oecof:omic issues (a:':-,onp oth8:'s\\, endwiii cQI:tt3ir:: a reC~):11IT:endatiol1 re-gan::1n~] t!1 E:-nV~rnnnlent<j; t3cCeptabiHty of the license rene"Nr:~
action.
Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-64 December 2008 OAG10001366_00500 To f:ccDmmo(lmBlmereste(! mrr:t=er:,; of tile pU!)!:G, t!: NRC w!!i Iwcl tW{) plJ')IIC SCOp!n~1 meetin.;;> for the Indian Poil:: license renewf:i supple:Tlent to the c;EIS on V\\:'erines:day, Sepien:!jer j~~. 2007, at TilE: Colonial Terrace. 'ocated all E; Ol'egon RO'3d inCor!li3nd!
!,':!anm. f>lY TI'e fir,t session 'Nill convene [l" :30 p.IY' and '.'",iil continuE' IJlltil 4 30 pm. as necessary', The scDnd :)*85sior~ '~Vj:t convene l"lt 7:00 p.rt:., "\\Nith a repeat of ti:8 0v8rviel;'v port:of:s of tile meeting. !3n,j wil: coritmue uf:t!i 'IOClfj p.m, a~, neces5.ar",. Adc:li!iO!wlly, U:e NRC
'stafi willlw,,! inform",1 dic:cussion" one hour before :he,tor!,,:.I each se3sion.
The iicense re'lewal ap;:;licmiofi (LRA) '3 publicly avai:abie ilt the NRC Public Document RO')IT,
{PDR).,oGflled at One ~'Vilite Flin; Nortl':.11S55 Rockvi:le Pike, Rockv:!le, r',;larvl;",lxi 20852, or from tDe NRC's,I\\~le:[cywic! DociJments Acce% 2!ld P"li31l8';!emrit System \\i~DM-,lS). The AD,IlJAS Pubiic EI8CtrofliC Radll:g Room is accessible at htlI~,,~{~L*_~£:~!JJ_:~~i~~~tL~_~.. '}~~:;t*~~~L:'~~.. ;.. ~~.. ~:J:X~~.~~:3~~.:~L::!:~Jt~.. J~iJJJ. T he a cee 53 ~ 0 I;: !ll: :Tl be r fo r trl8 L RA fS MlD712'i05G7. F'el"sol',s 'Nil:) do not have access to,,,-DAr',,,lS or who encounter problems in aCGw,sinQ the dDGUlT:enl~, ioGt"lted in,AD,AtdS. should cm:tfiG! t~ie NRC's PDR Reierellce staff by teI8;Jh'x! ;Jt 'l-oOO-?,97 -421]9 or ~<OI-4 15-4737, 01" iN e-lTIs:i fit DQcil"-:'*L~.!;:::i-".
The IElij:an POint LRJI, is flt;:J i3vwl:C:Dle on 11'113 Imemet at hHp: /:.~\\I,/,,,... :\\~.:. nr:;. Ck"':\\/;*:r.;.?aDu::rs.:'::p£~ :';)~! i~(l d: :'";S' !,:":?j~'::J;re n".?*'(\\:aL.... ~~,::::::)
- f.:[~\\::(:,:.. ;.::~/: :~:d:Sq--C:iJ::~':t. :1~t.. ;::
In add:iio!l, n,e Hendnc!\\ Huels,):) F:-ee lil;ml"y', located in "./Iontrose, NY, !I-Ie Fie:(j Lil)rary 10(oflte(!
in Peekskill, NV, and the \\,Vhite Plain:'; Public Lit'mryloca;ed in '/ihite Plains. NY, have 2!preed 10 I:'flke tile LRA ;"wailable for public inspectioll.
The GElS, INhid! ClCC,mWri!S t~le NRC,. asswosrnenl of the sc.ope c:nej impact of ellviromnsntai effects lilal,vouid bE: a<;soclated witl: licen<;e renewal at [Iny :luciear power plant slle. ean also be found 'In ihe NRC's \\uebs.ite Of at ihe NRC's PDR Plea'3e SllblTllI any cmTllllents tim! Ihe Stockbridge-!',.:llJl:se Community B"nd of !dohic,ln Indians mtlY Ili3ve;0 offer 011 tilE: scope oi tl:8 en'li!'Of':!118111al rev:8w by OctGber' 12, 2U07.
V',/riUen cornmenls srIGul(:l b8 sui)ITlltt8(1 i)V enall to II:e Cillef, Rl:ie~: one! Dlrecl!'/8:; Beimerl.
Div:sion of Admit:istm:ive Service3, t',;lail Stop T-6D5(;, US. Nuclear Reguifltory Commi,,:siol'l, VV[J:,llin,!!on D. C. 20555-000',. Elec!rof:ic cemment" may t,e :"ulvT,ilted to \\rIB NRC t,y e-Il:ail [J!
I.n.'~:"'-;.;)~li:.ltr::.:'~~,~::.:r.{;g',*:*,:- At the conclusion of the scoping VOCElSS, the NRC sta;f ';'1:lI prepare i3 summary COT tile significfillt :";"'lIes :::ientifiE:d wld Ine co!'cil.lslow;' r8f1c!le<:l. and Inail i3 copy to you.
Appendix E December 2008 E-65 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00501
Appendix E S VVhite Trle s;h:,ff expects to pul)i;si: tile cil-aft supp!e::'len! to tile CiEIS in,JUly 2008. Tr:e NRC w::lllol::1 anoH-!er :381 0: public nleeti!lgsin the site vicin:!\\, to solicit comments Oil !ile draft :3upplernental environmental impact sl::]temenl {SEIS). A copy Df tI:e (i:-a:t SEIS "'!iii be sent to you for your re,'iBw ilI:d comment After consi(jePJtion of public CQI:;'1lBnts received :)n the draft, the NRC INiH prepme ;:> final SEIS. TI"" issuance 0' <OJ final SEIS for Indian Point j~; plalliled Inr Apr:: 20(1'1 If ),0,1 need ack!itionai inf:xmaiiol1 I"8gsr::ling the 8!Wlror:me!l!al rev:s',\\-' proces,~,
please con1net ;:vls, Jill C'3',;erly. Environmental F'rojec; [Vlanagel', at 3(>; -4i 5-\\36P~1 or at 1'*,,::::-c1),'::,::.(uv.
Docket No~" 50-2~7 lmd '5Q-~8e GC See n8X1 page Sincerely, iRA Christian Jacobs for!
Rani L. Fran0Vic!1, Branch Cnief Enviromnenl2! Bmnct-! B Division of Lieel'lss Rene'Nal Office of Nuclear Reador Regulation Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-66 December 2008 OAG10001366_00502
f'*,'lr Ke:) Jock Councl: r,,'lemt,er SL Re~li'; r,,'lohawk Tribal Council 4 12 SWle Route :37 A.k\\.ves3~;ne, NY 13f.i55 AlJgust 2~. 2007 SUBJECT REQUEST FOR Cm.*ir"IENTS CmJCERNING THE INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR
(;ENERiHING UN!T NOS 2.AND " LlCEt..JSE RENEVV.AL APPLICATION RE\\iIE',~!
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Th", U,S, NI"dear Regul"toIY Cornrni'3,;iorl {NRC) is,;eekil:g input for its elwlronment81 review of,m ap:Jlication from Entergy Nuc:ear Open"liOIl'S (Efltergy} fm the rel,ewal of tile operating liGen';",,,, fQ:'lhe Indian Point Nuclear Ger:en:ting Unit Nos, 2 and ;3 :;Indian POi:)l:, IOGGled in Blxiln"I3l:. NY, appro)(lmately 24 mdes north of trle Ne1o/ York City t}(JuJ;<:lmv 11,'le. Ind:an F'olnl I:; in close proximity to 13nds: that I1:sy be of intere;;t to the St. Regi", f,;1ohswk Tribsl Counc.ii. A'S de:icrii:>Ed i:ielow, tile NRC':, iJroGe,>':;i!ldl~d8S af: GPPGrtunity ~or pul;':ic iHI,j inter'goV8! nmerl131 p::Ht:cipf"ition in trl8 enVin)rHr:~ntf~: revie.j.J_ V'Je \\~.'8nt to en~;Ufe that Vau Dra ~1\\;'I... ar8 Q~ O~H" effolis. and, purst;::tnt to TjUe -jO of the C:c;de c;,f Federfrf Re~}{f;fJtio,'?D (iD CFR) Pf~rt 51 >
Secr:on :::. 122;ic,:, Ine NRC Ilwiles ;l:e 31. Re(l's MotliW:k Tl'!t)J: CouncIl tD 11(o'.;:(!8 Input to !I'l8 s:Gopill~j proces:s l'!'iial:ng to tile NRC's: elwironment,]1 rev:iew 0' the "pplication. In sdditioll, as outiined ill 36 CFR aoo.e.(C), t!18 NRC plans to cao:dip:tte complinnce 'NIH'I SedlO!' '106 of tile Natiolla: HistDne Preservatioll Ad of '196i3 t!:i'ol.:gil ti'I8 requirementci Gf the Na;innClI Envtronly~ent5; Po:icy.A,ct of '!E1-!J9.
Under NF::C; rg*,jUICltiof:S. the (>fii~inal ')peratil1g licEllse for a r:uclear pm'ver plant is i%ued for up to 4(: year",. Tlce license 11'8)' iJe !'e!:ewe:j for'up 10 'In ad(!itional 20 '113m'S if NR'=* rW-iuirements i3re :'net The GUfI'ent c,peratill'~llicE>nses for Indian F'oin! w,ll expire in S&pteITIi:>el', 2013, and
[lec8ms*er, 2015. EntelIIY sut"]',itted ils i:lpplic-01:on for I'enewa! (of II:e in<:lian F'o:nt operating licenses in a I",Her (k,ted.A.r}rii 23, 2007, a:,silpplemented bV letters dated f1lhly ~) <'nel
,JlB:e :2 :. 2D07 Th9 NRC is gat!leringinform8tion for ai' In(jim, F'oint Si:8-Sp<?cilIC s'-lppI9mefl~ to i~:s "Generic Erwirolll'nent:,,:llmpad St8tement for Lic.en:;", Rene'NElI of NuciBm Plants' (CjEIS::*,
NUREC-i-!.:)37 The suppielT:ent \\lvi!: contsin the results of the revi",,,;, of the emiiwllInsl:tai irnpm:ts or: the area sUiTOunding the il:ckm Poir:! site t'I"lmeG lo telTe",lrial 8cobgy. aqualic:
ec*:)!ogy, hydrohJ{fY'1 G\\.dtLHBl :esourCE:s. an~j s:JG~Crec:Jl:onl;c,issues (a~;no!1g o!hers}. t:nd V'-Jlll cD!:tain " reCO'llmenrjfltion reg "Wing t!18 environment.:,: aGcept8bil,ty Ol the licen'Se rene,;:,,,,1
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Appendix E December 2008 E-67 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00503
Appendix E K.,Jock To accommcda!e interesteci mE'mber,; of the publ:c, tile NRC wi!: h,)ld tw') public ',cc'pln9
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Tne licel1',",( refl8\\'vai (lpp,icatiDn (LRo,) is DutiiiCly JV(,il(IIJie,:t trle NRC PutiiiC DoclH::enl RooiTI
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P,'lL07'i 2*1(1507. Persons '"<;'~IO do I:Gt have w::cess to A.DAt,,"1S, or 'who eneol:nter problems. in acc6s5in~: the documents located in,A.DA.MS_ s,lould c:Jlltact lhe NRC's PDR F:eferen(:e staif,::v telephone at cl-800-:3:?'? -420:?, (if" 3D"; -..:lIS-47 3.7; or by e-n-Ia~~ ~t ~_~JJr£~1}H~~_.:j;.:1:~~:{,
The IndlJn Point LRA IS also available on the Internet m
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- n Peekskill, NY, m,d the \\Vhite Piall'3 P,lbl:c L:bfi3r-y iecale'; :n VVh:t8 P!8in:;, NY. !lave i39reecl to make the lRi'\\ available for ;:;ubiic :nspec!io!:
The GElS, w!-lieh GocwTI'3nl5 the NHC's as:,e,;c;n',tmt of tile sume and impac1 of er,viwnlnen!a, effects that 'NolJlc! be assoc:ated witlllicense renewal ;Jt any nuclear powe, pl;:m;,,:te. car, ol"G be fOllnd Of" the NRC'S 'N8b::;:;e or st n,e NRCs PDR.
Please sub:]",t any CO'T,f]"ents thai the St Re',lis f',Aohm'ik Tribai COllne,1 mav have 10 offer on the scope of ~:'-Ie 8nV1rOrtrrlEwlta~ r8v~e\\"v by* ()cto!:;;er "12: 2007 VVrittefl GOrnnlsnts Sh:)d~d be subrnit1ec! by mail to 11":8 Chief. Rule~3 <trl'3 Directives 6wncll. 0:\\/:,,1011 of i'\\::!m:nistrat"'i8 Services. Mail Slop T -f;O ':,9, U.S_ NucleCi'- Reg:Jlalory Cor:,mission, vV8sh:n9ton DC 2{1::,5:5-OOij j E!ectron:c commet:ts may be s:lJi:;rrlitted to the NHC by e-mi3:1 at
!f!'J}_'H!f:>!!:.I[:;J~_QT:'L';!';;!.- At the cOl1ciw"iol1 0; the :3COpin9 proces,;,,he NRC 3laf; *",<,*ill prepare a sUITlmarv of tl,e s:';lmflei'll:t issues identified and tile conclus:olls reaCilEfG. al"d 11'<111 a copy to you.
Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-68 December 2008 OAG10001366_00504
Hie st8ff e:<:pecb 10 ;:!ubHst: Itle draft ;;upple:Tlent 10,he GElS in,Iuiy 2008.. The NR.c wi!! hol!:j 8no,hef set co' put;lic meeti:1Qsill (:I',e site vicinity to solie;; comments on the dl-aft sllpple:T,emai environmental imp<,,~t statement tSEIS).,ti,. copy of tl'e,:;:-8'( SEIS wiil be sent to you for your rev ie,\\, twd COI'::ller~t.,"',fter cOfl<;ideration of public cGI'-::T18rJi<; received on the dl-flf!, the NRC "NiH prepere a fined SEIS. TI-Ie i5Sum<ee of " fin*al SEIS for Indifln Pomt is plflnned for-
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COUlJllGllts we would like 10 Je!j"c~1,talli~i" ;i consulting pari}'. With tIIis 5latUS, we are collfidcnl !ha, YDU wOldd bt: able to furwam a:wpy nf aJJ formal documcllls senl to all CGR,l,lting parties print fO the August 24, 2007 letter we received. n is, impt,rI;11l1 to Ihe, Ddawam NlIli<}fI lhal aU,cull!!!al sit<.'S arc pmpcrJy mainlai;,oo ;Uld rhe ellvir,,,uv>:ntil!, impacts be reviewed bd<lre furll.er actir,n is ti!l\\,~u, Thanl<. you for COJ1\\flctinr. It'<l D<1l~warc Nal.iol! IfJ be inducted in III~ f~l(jC\\\\' (J(lhi~ application renewal. W~
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Th~ Slntc nf ","ew Yo~k 'e.,pi;l~,jU!ly rcql.1cst~ <>14 e,y.\\'-'1.,itIH ul)tii October 31, 2007, in v,bich tn tile wrill,,!) Scnpins Comments em lhe dmfl g'Jpplcmcntal Envir11l1mcnLtllJllpac: Stlltemem (SFlS) lhal the N1J{;k;,r Regulmory Cnffimis;;I<)Jl (NRC) i, pr.... ~"lrillg in l',(ll"Juncti(lll wilh the f~li<;"'fl;;ing ~pplicHHo!l like!
by Emcrgy Nuclea~ Op<:mtions, liK, j<)r the [ndi;m Pmnt nuclear power plants tlacian P,~int 2 and lndi~n Point 3) it": Bu~l11\\nan, New Yt'rk, The St;;Ic;' h~, b<:,<:n working Jiiig"nt!y 10 prCiYlrc its C',TIl!11trl[" As you KJ\\ow, th~ [)"partn~en\\ o(
EIlI'irorlHlcl;1ai Conscr,"atlOl1 hilS 8S,IH)lcd thc rule of {;oordinating with Olher Stale EXl"i:titiH; Ag"'ildt:~
l)11 tbe rclkcnsing a"plk~tim;, The Exc;:<,;uliw Ap;cncies arc 31 S,) working closely w,tll the;, SLHc AUVIl';CY Gc"cr~I's CXli,'", '.",j (he ~'di<:CIiSi;lg applicali.:m. Th,,',Hlch!mmJ! time wi;; allow fl>l' mfJr" <lfl'icienl
(;o{Jrr.lin,115~.la vn t:le scop~ng \\.~omn1.ents.
MOI<'ov<'1.,he NRC b;",-,xtcmicd the (lcndJine until ","ovcrnbtr 30, 2007, in whi~h :0 tile J Ril:'SI,~", a j 1c,-,ri.!:gfPeliriun f(,[ l.eavc to h;lcl'\\'~n, on 'h..: rdiccnsing "pplic3:.inn, Tht: St;H(: i,s lhus j:1 ihe :11(1'-'\\:5S (If i<lemifying Cll\\i:<)aal~nEil! i,if\\lCS 10 r~iot as cOlll~ntjQm. Withml! ';<.Ic"lio:'1, thuE proccs, is l'(;:r,tcd 10 Ihe dmfling of comments on the, SEIS. Pxt.emling tbe deadline \\() fil~ S~O))illg Cmmncnl, wi:.1 mc,rc;: ck,sdy coorciillflte wi~h Ilw S::"te'" ell"rts on th" R~qu"'~t t()r;;- He:!dl1g.'l'eiition je,f Le:wC! to lntcr\\'cnt'.
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Appendix E HnuEy, J()~ll1 ~'hHhew" the kBd counsel k', the St;,!e EX<:culIV<l Ag<lu..;ies, hus had a s;gdt~c"nt falnl)Y me(1H~al wlergcncy sil)<:e Labor Day, whidl,mly this week appe3rs to b~ rc:;(>jving, allowing heT W ('!Ice ljf~;jill,kvn!c her lull i:!teminn lO lhi, l1mlter.
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New York. State Department of Environmental Conservation Office of General Counsel, 14'" Floor 625 6rc0dwClY, Albany, New York 12233~1500 FAX: (518) 402,9018 or (518) 402-9019 Appendix E Web~ite~ I..~J/w*w.dec.ny.90\\'"
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(:,:.m m 1~:;.;k"j.1*l}r October 1 0, 2007 ML Bu I'haJil S.:nior Project 1\\:1anagcr. indian POlnt Rt::liccn~ing App!k,Hion Dh-ision of Lh:ense R~ncwal Mail Stop O*7B i Cnittd Slates Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flin\\ North
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Pham:
Thilnk you lb, }Clllr tdcphollC call yesterdilY ill n;,pollse to (hc State orNe' York'~
nx!u*~st to submit scoj)ing ~omment~ by O<;wbc( 3 J, 20(j7, on the aoove llMtter. This kIter is to coni1ml lhat the Stat,' W!.U :;ubmit its sc,)ping CDmments by Oetob~r 31, 2{}07, and thaI the NRC
'will c<)u;ciuer I.h<:sc c()mlTH~nK These l,vrittcn comment,; will be in additioll to tht' oral commcn(s that th,' New York Dcpmimcnt f*f Environm~tlt31 Conservation and the New Y(Jrk Department of Law provided nl th" :;cDping session on September 19, 20()7 \\Iie very rnuch flppmd:lt~~ this
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Appendix E
,JOf~f1 Leary ~'r1att!-f8v'/S Sepi:]f,4.1tomey for Special Fmiects New Y,)I'k Stille Deparlment 01 Elwironlnel,tal COflser!ation Offiee of General Counsel, 14th Floor i3~5 Broud\\,v,:1Y AII)ml\\,', NY '12233-1500 I a:ll respon{ling to yOl:r letter of Octo['er 5, 2007, in \\lvl-,'Ch you requested an extension until Octobel' 31,2007, to f!le,\\-Tittel' ',eeming COIl1ITlents; fOf the env!l'Omnental impact statement til"t the US, Nuclear R8':;iul[jlory CDl1l!11ission (NF:C) Will b8 p[epming as pmi Df it:s le"lie", of tl:8 Inclial) Point Nuclear Generati!l9, UI'!t No';, :2 "r,d 3, I:cen',e fe!lew,,18pplicati l)n, Hie ~mc staff hilS cor,-;idered 'imll' request, but he,s deten"-lined tl1at iln exte!)si:]:) Df ;he GO:tTm1ent per::)d is nG! 'warran!ed. As Y*)IJ :'~nov!,o', <] NOUC8 ',:vas ~lub:ishe(; tf': the Fedsra! RfJ9r.':.::ter on A-'Jr~lust 10, 2007, Imlijin~l members of he put-He io attend tl:8 8lYVirDlllT:ental 'Scopin'] meeting schedljeG ;'0:' Seplel:':ber 'Ill, 2007, and providing an (mportull:;Y for inlel'ested p9r~,()nS to submit wl'itte!: scopin~1 GC:ITlI118nt-; dunn~1 u tWCl-ITIOl1th period fc4wiinQ iJubliciliiofi of the Notice (72 FH 45(75).,6.$ stated jn th'8 Fr3dGn~d Regi,'3ter, \\!vr:tten :;cGPir!{t CGrr!rnefl!S :;h:DlJld be submilled no I<::ter,h,m October! 2. 2[107, to t'e conSidered 'n me scoplng process Numerous CGm!1'lents have been SublT,;!ted to \\fIe NRC, c!uriflQ tl:e c:Gop,n9 meet!1l9 ",nd in ;Nritill~!, i:ln,j we anticipate furliwf written comn-,ent~, tJefore me enCi of U-,e GOITlrnel't period NoneH-,ele'3s, H'l8 NRC v-:iH consider C{)rrHnen~~. r9{~eived after such dGte, to the extent that ~; i'; Pf2l(;t:c8b~e to do s').
W'3 en':;ou[,,:ge you to ~'uIJrnit '{Gu: v,I'iitell 'ocoping CDmments,,:1 yow' earlies! opportt:nlly, T!lBnk you for your :nterest <lnd P3Iii(;:p3~ion in t!16 iicense lenewal prGces:"
Sincerely, iRA by Jill Caverly for/
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Appendix E Chief. Rliles and Directives Branch Division of Administmtivc St:rvi<;<.'~
Oftlce of Adlllini~tration Mailstop T*6D59 US Nuclear RcguhltOI'Y C<Jmmi,,,io)"l
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMEflCE National OeIllElI'lk: and Almllllphltrlc Admlnls,lraUQn N"TlONAl MAAfNf FlSHER;~$ 5ERVfCE NORTHEAST REGIOr-!
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SO-'~4-i-50- 28b The5t' COTYImCIll, arc submitted by ljle Protected Re:ioun;t:s Divisi(H1 (PRD) of NOAA's National Marine Fi~berie, Servi(:(; (NMFS) r;;;gmling the appli~ation for n:ncwal of Facility Opemting Lic~n~c, DP[{*26 and DPR*64 f(w an additional 20 year"S of operation at Indian Poini Nuclear Generating (Jnit No" 2 and 3. A w(,PJCst tiJ'[,'\\)mlJlcnt~ rcliltcu to the Nuclear Rcgujat(11)' '
Commission's (NRC) inwllt 10 prepi:re an Environmental Impact 'Statc'1nent (FrS) and condllci the scopil',g pmccss purslJant to the National Eflvironmentall'oliey Act (NEI'A) Wi;l~ published ill the Federal Regisier on August 10,2007.
A populati01l of iCdemHy endangcr,"d shortnGse stllrgeOll (Ad{NnSer bl'e1.'lroslnan) uccur, ill the Hudson RIver, AdditiOl)u!ly, Atlantic glllrgeon (Aciptll.w;r oxyrillchll,j' (),'0'YtncilUs),we also present ir; lIle Hudson River. Atlamlc stu,geotl are considered. a Cundidate Species as NMFS has initialed a status review for this specics !o determine iflistillg as t1u'catened or endangered tmdr:r the ESA i~ wammted. A status review report was complc!cd by the,l,,!Us review team in h;:bruury 2007. ]\\IMPS is,:uHcntly reviewing the report fino Nh,'f fH"ailahie inl'onnatinn In detenninc if listing under the ESA is ',v arramed. A listing d~tcrrnination, lind, if listing l~
wan-anted, any acc.ompanyillg proposed !<lk($). is exp<~{;tcd io be published by NI\\1FS in 2008,
[f il is (ktcrminru thalli~tjng j~ wtmantru, << li;;li:1g dctc:ouilllltiOll 2Sld Jl11a! r\\lll: listing the spedes CDu\\d be publ1shcd w"ithin 3 year from the date of pub lica:i on ofthe listing determination or proposed ruk. The Statu< Review report i~ "v"il"bk ilt; hIIP:/;"vww Iwr"o,/l{)(i{Jgovii.,I'Ol"res..'Cmdidme:-peclesl'rogramiAtfSlurgeOllS!(Ju-lsRevi(!wReporl,
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N:\\lFS has several concems roigarding the potentia! for'the :~onti!lued operation of the Indian Point facility to atI~l:t sturgcon, >~ tv[FS' prim"fY conccrn is ille Iikdih('()d of impingement of
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Appendix E r.'"i. 4.
~turgeon on screcm or racks OIl pliillt inlakes. In!Onnation provided in the application by Dym:gy fur un Endangered Spe<:les Act (ESA) Section 1 O(a)("!)(B) permit for their Ro,eton and Dan~k;jm!tler pJams indicated that rrm::! 1972-1998, 3 7 shmtno~e :;!mgcon wer\\: impinged at Indiml Point Unit 2 and tram 1976*199~, 26 shortnas~ sturgtO,lll were impinged at Indian Poim Unit 3, It is NMFS undcr~mndillg tlH! no IT!(lllllOri3Jg of tfle inmkes has OCCUl"ft~d since ;:creening Jnd a fish return,yswm wert install*"d in 1998. \\Vhik the scre~ning,md !ish return system wero de-sigJ),cd III minimi!..., t;ntminment and !educethe levels ol"injury and mortc,li(y u5so(;iateU with impillgel11Cnt, no studies hav.: been conduded to dcmo1\\~t:atc the cfl'ectiveness of these systems for stllrgeon. \\Vhilt: NMfiS 11ll~ tiD ir:forTnlltion on like!)' Impingerner;! rates since 19Q5, we also have lW inilJlTl1atiem that :>uggL'St~it no longer 'Jccurs. Short nose sturgtOOrl i.mpinged on int"ke screens (K racb; experience high levels of inJ,ny andiorm()naJi!.y, StlJrgeo:) yplk sac hlrv,Lr;; (YSL) and post yolk sac larvae (P")'SLj have been do"um~:lltcd in the vicinity oflndian Point. Given that two distinct dl~tributions of YSt and FYSL have beer.
idcnti1}~u in tb: rivi::r (<tbovc RM J2!J <md RM 48 to 110), it i~ assumed !lmt Ihe lnn-ne in the lower river grouping arc }\\tlm;ti~, sturgeon, As such, entrainlll¢nt is a ;;ignificant CO!l(.:cm tor AtlaJltic sturgeon iillhis area of t!lt river.
The he~t available m!om1alion suggegt~ that umuthorilcd take (as deHned in Section '10fthi:'
ESA) h~s ()<.!CUlTed in [he past at the Indilln f'tJint facility and may C()nlim;~, to OC<;Uf, Additionally, At!anlic sturgt~n egg;; and.ltJr lan'ae ;m; likdy to be present in this ri::gion of the riv[)[ and mily he subject to entrainment in the fllcilil"\\"S intilke~, Botl1 shortnose and Atlantic
$!urgcvlI lIlay alsQ bt: affe..;tod l'y tllt, discharge of healed effluent. "hlorim\\ und t)lher pu]lutallts or antifOUling agents.
Section 7(8)(2) ofthe ESA stmes Ihat t:llch Federal agency sha!!, in J.:{m~llltatlOt1 with tnt:
SI:'Cl'ctmy, imme (11(1; allY action they authorize, fund, (>r carry' out is not hkely In JCilpardiz<~ th,,'
contirwlOd existellce or a listed spedes HI" result in the destrlll::tion or ild\\!erse modit!(;<:I!ion of de~ignate{\\ <;riticill habitat. A11Y di5C1"etionilry federal action that may dfcct a listed species mllst undergo section 7 consultation, The rclicensmg or lmhan Point by till" NRC is a ICdcraJ acti{)n that wi!! require section 7 cOl1wltalicn. If it is dctendned through ~()nsultiil.ion between (he NRC aDd NivlFS that the action is likely to adversely affect any ltsted species (i.e" irany 3dvetse effect to hsted species may ()I.;cm a~ u di.rect or indirect n:sult of (he prop(!s~d imllon (If its intcrrclal\\.,'\\l 01" inlcnicpcmlent <lcliom;, and,be clTect>: are not: diswuntabJc, itlsignif!canl, or be!leficia:) thelill ftc'l1naI cOJ)sultJ!iol1. re&ulling in the iSSUlli]C() of J BiokJgicnl Opmion and
,\\..;companying In(:idenlal T!lkc Statclllent would be rcqu.ired, Any NEPA. documentation prepared by NRC relating t(l thc rel!cen~illg of this f(!cilit}' should contain an assc~SlJ)cnt of thi:: Llcility's. impact on shortnw;c alld Atlantic sturgeon. Additionally, Nl\\*tFS expects the NRC to initiate section 7 consultation WWl NMfS Oll the effects of the pmposcd achon Of! listed 5pt~..;ics. In order to wnduct a cou:;a[taliotl, NMFS will need a COmpkltl project descrlphon and :l comp!cte E!~SC3smcnt of the facility's i:npads on listed speck's, NMfS expects thm this a,~c~sm(mt will include an estimate ofthc mlmbcf of short nose sturgeon likely to b" impinged aml!or entraim,d at the !hcility'~ intake., ()Ver the life of the proposed 20 year license, This infuralaliol1 should be submillcd to ",1\\*1FS along with a rcqllcsc for ~OJ1eurreIlCt~ with NRC's dct<'rmiJ~ation of eltht5 and JUSTification for th.at determination.
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My slnff looks fanl/ani to working l;ooperatlvdy \\-'lith the NRC during tbe n:licen>~jng pmc;eo5.
Should you hi.lv~ <lny questions reg,mling sho!tnose stul'gt'on Of Ih~ section 7 p!'o~,esH in genera!,
plcast conwct Pi;l Selda, Endangered Species Coordinator (978)281-9208 or
!:,";!;;lFlHlc,~cid;li:;i'Il(lll'U~O\\')' For qucst:ion~ ~pccifJ~ to A:lan1ic sturgeon, please cont3d Kim Damon-Rnoda! L Pro <lcl.i lie Conservation Progrnrn Coordinntor (97 8-28 1-93 DO ](6535),
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Appendix E N<':IVetnbe:" 27 2007 r,'ls.,Jean Pietn.fs~nk Nevi York SWle Departrnent of nle cnvirDnfllent NYDEC-DFI.".,IMR NY Natural Herita~le Fro~~rilITI - ir:fcrmatioll Sef'/ice',;
625 8 roadway, 5th Floor Alban\\" NY '12233-47':',7 SUBJECT REQUEST FOR LIST OF STp,TE PROTECTED SPECIES li'iiTHIN THE ARE/I.
UNDER c\\/,A.LUATION FOR THE INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR (iENERATING UNIT NOS. :1 AND 3 LICENSE RENEWAL AF'PLlC,,,TION REVIEVV Deal' [',k,. Fiet!llsialc Fie US, Nuclear Re91JIcltDl)' <::ommls:sion (~JF:C} is revi8wil~g on applicat;cl'l submitted by Ent"r~T)f Nuclear Operations, Ille (EI~tergy) fo:',he renewai of the opemting iicenses fOI" Indian Point NlJeiear Generating Unit Nos. 2 alld 3 {ll:ditln P'Jil,t), Indian Point i:, IDcated il': Buchanan, NeoN York. appr-0xirnHtei'y' 24 m:l,,;:; nord~ oi tfle New York City llo:lI1darV I:ne
,iJ.", par, of the reV:BW of the ilcense renewal application (LRA\\ the NRC i:" preparing ("; SUpplBI1'ental EnviwllmentailinpClct Statement (SEIS: un;jer ti"le pmvie;:Of:S of Titie '1001 niB C'C1c/e of Fef,'erB;'
ReQuiaticns Part 51 ;: Hi CFR Part 5:). the NPCs re:Jl!lation that :m~;lement". the Nst:onal Environmenli31 F'olic:y Act (NEFA) of! 969. Tile SEIS Includes an 3n8Iys::3 of perti!'en!
erwiw'lmenta: :ssues.il,cludi'lg encl,mgered or threatened,;pee:es ;::H,d impacts to I:';" m,d wildlife, Th:s letter is ~;ein~! submit:e:; ',lIlder the PW\\li3ions of the Endangered Species,i\\ct of
'! 973,8:3 tlfller"I(le(l, ane! tl,e Fish ;JrId vVll,jllfe CcoF:!ln,m:):"I Aft of!934, a~; ElIT181xled Tne propose;j ac,;on i:; ;0 renew 11"18 facility GperatlW; ;jeenss fGf Indian Point for a:'1 clci::lit!Gnal 20 ysgrs beyOlv:; the e::<pirmion of Ihe CUrT81~t opsPJtin~) licensee, T~le prop:]secl aet:on V1/,;)uld mc.:ude the u~)e and c:)nt:nued tYH3::ntenf:ffc.8 af eXisting p:an{ 'facilities an[;: trnflsn::ssion hr:6'3.
T~le !n'jlar: PDmt site Govers Clpprox:lfnately 239 aGree;. !i0(11811 Pornt IS ixnderec: on,ne Il(>,,!\\
sOlJih and 6G1St D':l partia~ly vvooded; privately ovvned :~ln(j and on ~h6 i.'VEt;:.! D':-'" the Htldson R~"/8r.
Enclosures I allel 2 ;:;rovi::1e to gBI:emi overview of tile site iocation ':111(; site I<<vout Ind:an Pcin, is equipped,vim f' ollcB-tllI"OUgl, open-cycle CDOiil',g system m"t \\'I"ithdraws cooling
- 'velter fn:>In, flm! d:schorqes wate:- back into. ;1'11" H:,ldson Ri'ier. The it:take system :ncludes seven bavs for eacl: :Jnit located a, he shore, Six ~H3-inch pipes di'ScI":ar:;le water beneatl: the
- ~ve(s surface \\.vdh,in f"~ 40-fo:]t ;~\\j,:de di~;ch8r!:.1:e GanGI T~le trai1SI11issiof': line,'~ Wi the sco:pe o~ NRC/s envirOnrr"l81'"!tal rev:el.t'V jor ~jG.gn~).e r8ne'l}i:'=:: are those th[)t vvere Dr:g:i~laljy constructed fOf the ~3pednc pur;:;'8se of corll:e(:tjn9 the qlnnt to the transl":;ission syo:;iem, Tile tram,mlSSlon !ine corrielor to tl18 Bucllanf,n Substation (approximately 2"1[iO ieet 50tEneus! from the !"K.clors, just 3CroS:> Broad"M:)" ~ronl tlle facility':> main elltrance~ is ioeated in tI,e mGustrol portio!: of the :site, except for wllere the :ines cross Bro;:,cI;,'iay. This IrtWSI"::S5:0n 1:l1e c:)ITi::ioris be:n9 evalLJated tb pmi of the SEIS process.
T~-H? er::dDsed !ran:3ni::s':,~D!l lir::f2 n::np :3hovvs th8 tranSfn~SS~Oft s'ysten:1 thai ::~ bin~l ev::duated in the SEIS. T><vo 345-K:I'wolt {kV') lillee, connect In(jiorl PO:'lt tD trl8 BUGll8n:::m Sut,;:;tolior:, Tilic, Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-80 December 2008 OAG10001366_00516
Appendix E corridor als:) includes n8-1~\\/ transmiss:on lines tnat suppty dfs;l!e pO\\'I'o3:' from ti,e sllbst0tiol' into In,jian POint.
To support the SEIS prepElrat:on yrocess, tile NRC requests information on s;ate-li*,,;ed,.
proposed, ;;)l1d cElndidale "peG:es ;;)nD cr:;iGall:ab:tat thnt !TWY be ii' the vlcin:ty of IndiElIl POint 111 addition,,)18;;),,,13 provide nny information you consicier cl;:::pmprinte undel' tI:e pnwisions of tile Fish and 1/1/:I(;::;e C:)ordin:::tioll Act If you Ilnve any questions conceming ;I-Ie NRC 'i.taffs* review of this license reneV:ie: appHcation, please contact r";'ls, Jill Caverly, Env:mn,:lental Project r**;hmager, al 30 1-4'1~)-'3C:99 'x by 8-ma:1 nt O:)d\\et N:Js. 50-247 and 50-2*3E:
Enclosures:
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- 2. Site layout map cc \\!Vi8llcls See next page Sincerely, IRA Bo Pham fori R:c:ni Fmnovid'1. Brancll U'lief Project:3 6mnell 2 Div~sion of Licel:se Rellewal Office of NIJ(:iear Reador Regulat:or:
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Appendix E New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Fish, Wildlife & Marine Resources New York Natura! Heritage Program 625 8roadiay, Alb:')(\\>>', New York 12233-4757 Phone: (518) 402-8935. fAX: (e*18) 402*8925 Website: v\\~vN"{Jec.sl~,~.e.. ny,us A:~xand~f S. G:fa~ni$
Rnni.Fnmovich U. S. Nuc.lear ReguiatoryCommission Projects Br,H1ch 2, Division LicCllS" Renewal
\\Vllshington, DC 2tlS55,OOOl
Dear Ms. FnmOYlc:
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In response to your recent requcst, we have feyi~wed the XC\\I' York Nctmrid Heritage Program databasocs INith rc:sp!:;!:;l to an Envinmmt"Dtal Assessment for the propo~<::d Lin~fl~e RC!1t;;"'aJ Applicalion - Indj~Jl Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 ilnd _\\ <lNiI as indicated on the map you pwvided, loctlted in Town of Buc:hun:m.
End,;scd iii a report ofl'are or stlltc-lis1Cd i!llimaIs amI plants, signilkant natural cOmmunities, and other sigl;ificl1nt habitats, which om databases i:.ldicate occur, or rnay occur, on your site VI' in the immccii,ltc vicinity of your site. Tile ir:fl,rmmh'l1 contamed in this repeJJ1 is con,iM.red sensitive and should not DC re!em;c,l to the pnblic witbout pcnni~si()n li-tlln the NeVi York Natuntl H,,6t.<igc PrognlllJ.
Thi, project location is adjau.'11t to ll. designated Sigllilicant Coastal Fish and \\Vil(!lifc HaL-itat. This hd.jtat is part of New York State's Cu,!st<ll Mafwgemenl Program (CMP), which is adminis!en;d i'Y th" NYS Department of State (DOS), Projects which may impact the habit"t arc reviewed by DOS for consistency with the eMf'. For more information regru:dh1g this dilsigrmtcd habitat and applicllble t:Onsi stency revicw rcq llirements, please conlilct:
JeiTZappieri (>r Vance Bllrr
- (518) 474~60.o0 NYS Dl,'pal1m(~nt of Slate Divi~ion HfColl~wl ResOllrces ami Waterfront Rcvitalizat::.otJ 41 State Slr~ct, Albany, NY 12231 111C presence of rare specie8 may result in.yom project rcquiri:lg additional pennits.
permit conditiOn>, or review.. For further guidallce, and for inii:.'mmtioll n::gm'ding ()th~r pi;:rruits th:!: m;;y he rt'~ltrifed under shlte law flw rcguhlted are,lS or iwliv:lies {e.g:, regll!at<;d wetbnd,,),
please C{J11!act the appropriate NYS DEC Regional Oftice, DhisiDn of Environmental Permits, at the enclo~ed address.
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For most sites:, comprehensive ficld.surveys: have not been conducted; the enclosed report only indud;;;~ fc(;()nh fwm our databases, We cannot provide a definitive smtement on the presence or ahsem:t~ of all rare or stato-listed species or siS'Ilific.mlt natural communities_ Thi s int-brmation should NOT b(~,ubstituted for on-sill': surv<:ys that may be requlret1 for cnviwnmeiltal impac.! :lSf'CSsmenL Our dalabascs are continually growing as records are added [lnd updated. Iflhis proposed project is still under development one year hom now, \\-ve recommend that you mntuct U~ agaill so that we Hlay update this l'CsPQnse \\>.'ith the most ClInellt information.
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Reg. :\\, Fis.ileri<,g IvIgr.
Peter Nye, Endangered Specks Uuit, A!ballY Shmm Keeler, Bureau Df Fisherie~. Albany 1?:~~
r~ra Scoane Information Services NY Natural Heritage Program Chri$ Hogau, Lt1virmnYlema!Penlljt~,,~"i f1(l(1t, AlbiiJl;i Appendix E Enclosure (report containing a list of rare or State-listed plants and animals) withheld by NRC as sensitive information per New York Natural Heritage Program request.
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Appendix E M,;.lhmi Ffaaovich Branch Chief,.En;;imnmefl!<>! B"'!1c:b B Dillj,a(J11 of Licl:'uoe Rl~newlll Office of Nuclear Re3ctor Reguhtic'l1 Ullited Stal.. 'S Nuclear Re-gu];,tury Commi%i(!fj
\\"ia;,hington, D.C. ::!0555*00()1 UNITED STATES O£PARTMENT OF COMMERCE NatlooalOr:a:n11: and Almo$pherlc Admlnlstrntlon NATIONAl !1MlNE flSHEWES SERVICE N~FlTHEAS1 R!;GION Ooolll",'_ Dnve G:Q"""""", 1M 01 __ ~
FEB 28 2008 Re:
E~selJtial }'ish Uabit:d In[ormalion RCqUl~~1 fOt* Docket Nos. $O~247 and..
50-286; Indian Poi lit Nud~flr (,cnerutillg linit Nos. 2 and 3 Lk~mc Renewal; at tht' Village of lllll'illHllm" Town of Cortlandt, "Ve~"'llt'sl.N' COUllty,. NY RdereIK.t' is m3lk to your inf<)I1Tmlion rtXltl(~*,t mgmdi<lg es,cntnl fish h~bitat (EFl-1) designated
- n the vicinity e,(th.e Indian Point Nuclear Geocnlling Station (Imiian Point}, YOUI lettef indlcat.:s that the NU(;e~f ReglllBtnry Commi"i.(J11 i8 i" til" pmet'>' of prepanng a,'urpJemental envlfllnmC11t,,] impact Sl.al.ement (SUS) uuder,he pJO"i,ioll~ of'j ide 10 of the Cod" of Federal Re-gulftli<)Jls Part 51 (10 CFR Part 51), the NRC's reglllatimJ ;h,)1 implements lIle N;n'(>[I:'ll Endjmlflj."i)t~J Polky Ad (NEI'!\\') 0(" 1969 The SFlS i. b<::;ag pr"p"rd ;nCO,l1jurKt;OJJ will', a requt§: b)' 'fultei'gy Nuclear Opeiiltj'~D,i,- hie, for ih~rcn2,\\"al ()flhe (>refilling liccnSl;5t;Jr the two opct'aling unils' at Indian*Point. Thi, pmpo~cd r6Icwa!\\HJIJ 1J. 6:!cndthc current.<lpcraling
!i(;(;!l;;",;20 yt"~;'~ (><'yond tI,,,is' "lllTW1. expiralion dates: Jnd would c.-i;/~r the usc and c(lm;uued
- l'l;lintemnce {)fUnils Tw(} and Thr~t: and apputlcnad!!ailsmi>~!on lille> that (J)illle,'[ Indi~n P()i~Jt t'l the o~mhy BuciJau;'fl Sub~wt.ion.
Tht' f~"i litie~ jie on :Jl'~,~~s1."'m,kll'e n(l.hc H.mj">n R.~H~r in \\';ie,u:hestel COllnty, approximalely
~,! miles U(>llh ofthc N"w York City limits Th" industrial portion> ofthc' site' OC.cilP),'
appoox;miH.dy 239,:cr~s b-l)unded to the nOI',\\1, cost, ilm;! south by private property and by the Hud~'m Ri'*er Oil I.h", ',\\Ie!;!. l;!ltergy N(ldca:: Northeast OWIL~ all three unit;; at the ~;ite. At this lime, ol.l.ly Units T.;vo and Thrce: afC ()perati::mal. and Vlli! One i, intact bLl; has been d.~CO!nrlli$si(>n",d Tht' ','pcn1Iiuf,l unib 1'i:,ll"l.t' \\V"'stiHghom<: jJll~S~t1ri.zed \\\\'H.\\(:'1 reat,lms fila! HIe cooled hy 'ller.
drawn Ii-om (~l<l Hu,l:;on River da a ofl(;,>~hwugh, Dpc~*.,;ycJe.,;oo!.\\ng system. The intake system lndndc::",,,~'c::n bays for each nmt. Thcrm"J\\y~enrit'h",d watt',' sllh,efj I;e" I.ly is r"IIJn1t'd had. into lheri',er thwug,h six, 96" pipe:i ll-,.-:! emply in!u the plaat'~ 40' w;dc dtscha,g~ ",anal.
Th", B<'l"hal.J;m r(;<l,,1; of the Hlld~oJ1 Rjve! i~ iid~lly-d(")mii131,cd31ld tends loexhibjt mcsohaline or oligohalifl(c :;alinity,.al!g~s that valY,<:.asonally. Salmi!y illih<:m;es the distribution and limclion
(~f ~"tquntk: cO.Hlluuni:Jefl, \\¥,bich cOil... pd~c(~ a ""vide.... '1l.yjety \\)f tlj;~d.ron:ntl:'l <<nd re~*iden! ':i.shes1 i; di vent' forage spec:ics inc Imjing 3 wide army {)f ilb~cts, crustaceans, ami ('lher itlvep,chmtts.
WhiJ~.Ilf.\\t iO!f;oded to hoc. an ""I,l<l<l,!lve li~t. 'it ~hO;jJd b" ;"..>(,"\\ (htl! Ill" fish I.:<.lmmufljlv wduilc:;
Ameri.ca..1 eel (A"gmtia "'!.\\Irma), slrip(d ba5s'(Mm'olU' ;'axillin.\\-rlYhit~ p'erch (Mi)i'(i~(;.
amirf!2,;jn'jJ)~ b(u~ ~.rat~*<<}a;riincj:.'i~!x,$j)rndt'.~), bay.;H;~hf.lvy (AJ1.. *.Jl{)j2 nlilc!!(ili),.Ad~nt~c '~(h'~;l'~{dcs
{A}e~li{"~ia,)'ru~nidioi. h6gchcik¢r (TrjN,?:cl?_!i mi10~daje.()~ }\\irieriCan shad.f:llo,~a 'snp:d/'i.~i;n{1.j, '..
!oa;[0u. (?vJicriigJdt"'/':';'lc:,:>d), bla~~h,d 1:t'JTirig Uf[o ;'iJo;eS{;\\;iili,i r <llH:i,;:ewjJ~:l.41,)>"£1 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-84 December 2008 OAG10001366_00520
[J.\\Twdo/J,mmgu.,) ".... /iicil use the gcae:'al proje<:;j rc;,,"ch iiJ, a variety oi'hzbitiH jhncti(Jt~~, notably spawning and nur'icry hllbllat, w"ing and se:~s,"n(\\l C{l[IC"nt~alioll areas.
Atlomtic sturgcoll (Ai."fpi'IiSer a.wrfm:hw"j, a ('amJidalt' >pedes for listing umkr the EJ\\<.l;mg"'r~d Spcci", Act (ESA.) itS am\\ounc~d ill the f~derill Reglste;- 011 October 16, 2006 {71 FRN 61002.).
,,)so occ~r in the Hll<is(m River. The term "caodidilt~ spocic," refers to \\,1) sp<eci,', tfwt ar,\\ thc su.hject of a petilion to lisl a3 thrcatclR,d or endanger",d; (b) "PCC!CS for wl11<:h NMFS IUl';
determined tbat Jisting pumwnt to s0ction 4 (h )(3)(!1,.) of the ESA may he warranl;i;d; atH.! (c) 111M!! species are not the: su!)ject of" ~ petiHon btl! [()f whicb Nl\\,-lFS h~..'i aru!0ulir:~d lit!;' i.llitiatiul! of a status review in the Fedeml. Register. The ;,mice of ava!lab,li,)" of tile status rt,vit:w for the Atlanlk "lurgeon wa, published in the rederal Regi,t;:; on Apri! 3,2\\1(>7 (72 fRN 15865) A copy of the report can hedowllloaucd Ii'om tl:c {oJJowing w.::b;;itc:
www.nerO.noaa. Ql'virrot. 1*e:;;candidr:test1t9-"W.mIT~J:l.li<<~r)mJ).
The ;>,t!:mtic Sturgeon Simus Rcvi.::wTe3lJl (SRT) has dctcrmir..cd (hat the H'-IJ50n River and T.ld"w,m~ Rlvcr Athmti::: slurgeO!; stuck cUHSt.i1.utc a di,linct populat.ion,egmcnt (DPSl c311ed the N~w York l3i.ght UPS, Th~ SRT hi!:< also concluded Eh~[ Inc )\\;C\\V York Bight Df'S Wd, likdy (0-50 %, ch:mcc) to noxOlll<.\\ ~r;dallg<:l"cd witiJin the ncxt 20 years, ~':MFS is ~Ul;:~rrlly c(>n~idcriflg the information in th",:Iltus rq)(lr! to detemlinc if action und~r the ESA is wlll'atll~d. Th~ SRT als*:) identiiic:;,cveral diffC:'fcnt strCS,Ol"S lhlll may :mpact lll,,' ;I,.!l,m!ic s\\c:rg""", pnpubiiom Hldu.ding dmns for fl,xld nmlrol <lud hydrop"''' ~,"1."rutioa, water q\\.l;;)i\\y dcgrildalion, dr¢i;,;ing, and bill.'tmg.
Ft:derillly endangerc(l shortn<)s<: :1t1.!rgc<lD (Acipeflsa {;1'evin;sm,fN) may be found ill the Hudson River ill the vicinity of Indian Pllint. Any f... xkral m:tiorJ, ;r:.u;:h as the approvaJ, funciing, or impkn;cnt<1tion of a proj(OCI. by a tc,1"T~1 agency that ma~* atT(X;t 3 listed species mUii! undergo c:onsulwion pUE~imt to Stctim 7 of th" Endangc:rl"il Specie>; Act (ESA) 01" 1973, as ;im<~lllkd.
Once fipC~ifk pmj;;;(:!;; arc identified 1md pmJ"~: plmls are de"daped, the NRC:,lmuld ;;u!;m.it ib dctcrmiJta1io[l [)f cff,,'!:!s, ilil1[jg v,ithjustitk;lc:.ion E))' the dcwrm.inatiHtl and 1\\ rcqw,t fOf eonc,lrn:nec, 10 tile ~neHfi1111 <)i" the tJJdalJgernl SpC~!"S Coo,dlnrtto!", ",(TvlFS, ""o,1hcast Regional Offic.~, f'n'!(cled Rcs,)\\)rcc~ Division, One Blackburtl Drive, Ghm~~stcr. MA 01930.
In addil.ion. EFH ba~ been dcsigna,ed III thil Hlld;:(l!) R1VClr miXing z*.]ne lor a v3rietyof ledcmHy managed !l.shny n:sour~~s. Th<",c includ<: I;crmin lif~.,tagcs IJf th~ red hake (Uropi!.I'cis cimss),
wintr.:';t tk~under (P5:etJ.dop!euJ"onect<?,s on1;;ricanu.'i,:)) \\\\lindt)'),,'p~lnc (S'cnpthalmfb" aquosusJ hlucfi'~h (Pot1utft)mus _w{/ralr;'x). !'.. thBHic buU~r fish {Pepriius !!'lacanrktfSh sumrner f1f1under {P{;.ralichth.:*,/s dClHatu.)*\\.r\\.tbnti::: ~t"a h,=,rr~ng (Cfupea htwt.?n;"-"l:ts)l 2:)(1 the black SC~{ b~i~S (Cei'!tyopYis~*t.(s"\\'Jri{t!a).
Info;:mil:iOll 1"<gll,*di.ng th",e desigr:.illions :11ay be f()"<.Jnd at out regional w,b,it~
(llt!.. :i/www.ne!\\l.no~... £oviiKdiind(;x.html#cfh).This il1fofmar.ion is intendr:d~, ~ g<:)lCl1C gui,k that lists the EFH Specl<:S withil1 3113r::3 and is not intended for U:'ie (m,\\5 OWll. Th~ ~ctual EfH d"c,c.ript:OH:S, til" sp""ies h".bi~m prd",n;l1l\\eC;, I:fld J;.1'" h:~tmy pa;."l1meten, are provided jJ.l Gu.ide tn EFH Dcs~ripti.:)ll.i, Tbc Councils" Fishery Management Plam (F!>iPs),"'so should be refem~J to for :J.lQ;e extemiv<, bfol1m:tioll regarding EfH Section 305(b)(2) lllt!!" MSA "Xluifl;"s all ib.l{;'ral ag<:ll~ie., 10 COtl$uh with Ni\\U:S on any nc.ti!irl authorized, fi.m(kd, or ur:dert:,ken by that ~g~ncy,hut JJ::.ay 3dverseJy aff<;.~t EFH. Included j:) this consultation proces;; is !b~ prep:l!1ltitl tl of an EFH a$~e$~mo:!ill!) provil1c J)CCc~scny in!<JnIl.at!c)J: o:!
w~!jcl; to t'on~ult. O:Jf EFH r08""bli<.>n <<t SO CFR 6nO.905 mand,~("s the pr"l"mJ"2tion of E}*H
<l,Se~smell:S and ge~enlty -:Jull:nt'S ",:,cll agency's obligiHions in this consultation procc<kt~. Tbe kvd of ':dai.l in the EFH 'i",(;%tllcnt,hould Ije (o()fJlJ.n~a'!Jjate with the potenti'1l imp"c" of r.he Appendix E December 2008 E-85 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00521
Appendix E pf<ljXi$cd proje<:t. It should also evaiuale all ofihc din:.:t, Indi.re,t, illd.ividual, amI cumnlative impacts on EfH.
The rt-'quir~d ~()m¢m, of lm EFH ll,sc,smem h~dl:dc: 1) a ([,,'SCription ~)l'thc lIclkn; 2) all anaiysi5 of the potential ?dversc cfie:'~T3 oft!:c ac;,.,n Oil EFH End the amnagcd ::p",,,,ie,; 3J (he NRC',
condusio11S,~gatdjng (hr.; effects of :h~ acti')D l<n EFH; 4)'propoSGd mi~igatlOn, if applicable.
O!h{;T mlprmatioll fhat sh()uld be contained in (he UTI 'lss,~~>mcllt. if appfc'priJ!e, im:iutk:,., 1) Ihe result:; of on~O;l!<l inspecti<ms to evaluate the habitat and,;il~-;;p~dfiG effects;. 2) the yiews !);'
mcognized e.xperts on thc habit2t or Ihe Spt;d~;, tlwt may be affcct()d, 3) a review of pe]~ille!ll 1:t<lfatur() and reLa.led infonnali(JD; 3.,,([ 5) an ~n'lly;;is of ~lt<lmativcs to the action t.hat cO>.:.ld avmd or minilllize Ihe "dYcrs.:.:f!(,C(S on EFH.
Tn oHler ~() allow us to cYa!\\'3lc fully the prujel'(s If!lP~('T; on EFH ami fcdeI!:!!Y I1HI.m'gt;d ~pccjC$,
addilioJlaJ infmmatifJIl on the impacts of comil1':1emmendati()ns io fwihCl' minimize impacts on bFH and fe<l,::n.Jly mam:ged specie,. Dq,~nding upon ~ht: e)<;p~ckd impilcl, and the CUIlSlllldion f;chedul~, ackJilional best managcment pH!.ctice3 or seasonal work rcsln<;tiom lllay be appr<lpriat~ E1'H comc.r\\*lItion rccomm.::1:datJ0lls Thank yC.IIJ k~r yQw: inquiry fegardlng h;ih~lar. uses hy re~():ur::.:c;q tlf CfJl.lCern ~n the Indirtn fJoint arc~. We appreciate the opportunity 10 pmvide you wit!J,his preliminary coordinatIOn in,fOlmatiotl. Sho[Jld y:..,u wi,h t" dj,j.(!u~~ I.h",~","",mnCH!, fUltlmf, pk,l';c c(m!a<!t DiaJt'"
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9 10 Appendix E Biological Assessment Indian Point Nuclear Generating Plant Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal December 2008 December 2008 Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286 U.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rockville, Maryland E-87 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00523
Appendix E 1
Biological Assessment of the Potential Effects on Federally Listed 2
Endangered or Threatened Species from the Proposed Renewal of 3
Indian Point Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit Nos. 2 and 3 4
1.1 Introduction and Purpose 5
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) prepared this biological assessment (BA) to 6
support the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the renewal of the 7
operating licenses for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (lP2 and IP3), located 8
on the shore of the Hudson River in the Village of Buchanan, in upper Westchester County, NY.
9 The current 40-year licenses expire in 2013 (lP2) and 2015 (lP3). The proposed license 10 renewal for which this BA has been prepared would extend the operating licenses to 2033 and 11 2035 for IP2 and IP3, respectively.
12 The NRC is required to prepare the draft SEIS as part of its review of a license renewal 13 application. The draft SEIS supplements NUREG-1437, Volumes 1 and 2, "Generic 14 Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GElS)," (NRC 1996, 15 1999)Cfor the license renewal of commercial nuclear power plants. The draft SEIS covers 16 specific issues, such as the potential impact on endangered and threatened species, that are of 17 concern at IP2 and IP3 and that could not be addressed on a generic basis in the GElS.
18 Pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended, the NRC 19 staff requested, in a letter dated August 16, 2007 (NRC 2007), that the National Marine 20 Fisheries Service (NMFS) provide information on federally listed endangered or threatened 21 species, as well as on proposed or candidate species, and on any designated critical habitats 22 that may occur in the vicinity of IP2 and IP3. In its response, dated October 4,2007 23 (NMFS 2007), NMFS expressed concern that the continued operation of IP2 and IP3 could have 24 an impact on the shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum), an endangered species that 25 occurs in the Hudson River. NMFS also noted that a related species that also occurs in the 26 Hudson River, the Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus), is a candidate species for which 27 NMFS has initiated a status review to determine if it should be listed as threatened or 28 endangered.
29 Under Section 7, the NRC is responsible for providing information on the potential impact that 30 the continued operation of IP2 and IP3 could have on the federally listed species, the shortnose 31 sturgeon. In addition, the NRC has prepared information regarding the potential impact on 32 important species, including the Atlantic sturgeon; this information can be found in Chapters 2 33 and 4 of the draft SEIS.
a The GElS was originally issued in 1996. Addendum 1 to the GElS was issued in 1999. Hereafter, all references to the "GElS" include the GElS and its Addendum 1.
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Appendix E 1
2.0 Proposed Action 2
The current proposed action considered in the SEIS is the renewal of the operating licenses for 3
IP2 and IP3 for an additional 20-year term beyond the period of the existing licenses. The 4
applicant has indicated that it may replace reactor vessel heads and control rod drive 5
mechanisms during the period of extended operation. (For a description of these activities and 6
potential environmental effects, see Chapter 3 of the draft SEIS.) If the NRC grants the 7
operating license renewals, the applicant can operate and maintain the nuclear units, the 8
cooling systems, and the transmission lines and corridors as they are now until 2033 and 2035.
9 3.0 Site Description 10 IP2 and IP3 are located on a 239-acre (97-hectare) site on the eastern bank of the Hudson 11 River in the Village of Buchanan, Westchester County, NY, about 24 miles (mi) (39 kilometers 12
[km]) north of New York City, NY (Figures 1 and 2). Privately owned land bounds the north, 13 south, and east sides of the property (Figure 3). The area is generally described as an eastern 14 deciduous forest, dominated by oak (Quercus), maple (Acer), and beech (Fagus) species. The 15 lower Hudson River is a tidal estuary, flowing 152 miles (244 km) from the Federal Dam at Troy, 16 NY, to the Battery in New York City. IP2 and IP3 are located at River Mile (RM) 43 (RKM 69),
17 where the average depth is 40 feet (ft) (12 meters [m]), and the average width of the river is 18 4500 ft (1370 m). The Hudson River is tidal all the way to the Federal Dam, and the salinity 19 zone in the vicinity of the facility is described as oligohaline (low salinity, ranging from 0.5 to 20 5 parts per thousand (ppt)), with the salinity changing with the level of freshwater flow. Water 21 temperature ranges from a winter minimum of 34 degrees F (1 degree Celsius (C)) to a summer 22 maximum of 77 degrees F (25 degrees C) (Entergy 2007a).
23 The mid-Hudson River provides the cooling water for four other power plants: Roseton 24 Generating Station, Danskammer Point Generating Station, Bowline Point Generating Station, 25 and Lovett Generating Station; all four stations are fossil-fueled steam electric stations, located 26 on the western shore of the river, and all use once-through cooling. Roseton consists of two 27 units and is located at RM 66 (RKM 106),23 mi (37 km) north of IP2 and IP3. Just 0.5 mi 28 (0.9 km) north of Roseton is Danskammer, with four units. Bowline lies about 5 mi (8 km) south 29 of IP2 and IP3 and consists of two units (Entergy 2007a; CHGEC 1999). Lovett, almost directly 30 across the river from IP2 and IP3, is no longer operating.
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3.1.1 Description of Plants and Cooling Systems 2
I P2 and I P3 are pressurized-water reactors with turbine generators that produce a net output of 3
6432 megawatts-thermal and approximately 2158 megawatts-electrical. Both IP2 and IP3 use 4
water from the Hudson River for their once-through condensers and auxiliary cooling systems.
5 Each unit has seven intake bays (Figure 4), into which the river water flows, passing under the 6
floating debris skimmer wall and through Ristroph traveling screens (Figure 5). IP2 has six 7
dual-speed circulating water pumps that can each pump 140,000 gallons per minute (gpm) 8 (8.83 cubic meters per second [m3/s]) at full speed and 84,000 gpm (5.30 m3/s) at reduced 9
speed; at full speed, the approach velocity is approximately 1 foot per second (fps) (0.30 meters 10 per second [m/s]) and at reduced speed, the approach velocity is 0.6 fps (0.2 m/s). IP3 also has 11 six dual-speed circulating water pumps. The full speed flow rate of each of these pumps is 12 140,000 gpm (8.83 m3/s), with a 1 fps (0.30 m/s) approach velocity; the reduced speed is 13 64,000 gpm (4.04 m3/s), with a 0.6 fps (0.2 m/s) approach velocity (Entergy 2007a).
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mechanical means" (Fletcher 1990). The same study concluded that refinements to the screens 2
would be unlikely to greatly reduce fish kills.
3 4
5 6
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Figure 5. IP2 intake system (left) and IP3 intake system (right) 8 There are two spray-wash systems-the high-pressure spray wash removes debris from the 9
front of the traveling screen mechanism; the low-pressure spray washes fish from the rear of the 10 mechanism into a fish sluice system to return them to the river. A 0.25 x 0.5-inch (in.)
11 (0.635 x 1.27-centimeter [cm]) clear opening slot mesh on the screen basket panels was 12 included to minimize abrasion as the fish were washed into the collection sluice. The sluice 13 system is a 12-in.-diameter (30.5-cm-diameter) pipe that discharges fish into the river at a 14 depth of 35 ft (10.7 m), 200 ft (61 m) from shore (CHGEC 1999).
15 4.0 Status Review of Shortnose Sturgeon 16 4.1 Life History 17 The shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum, family Acipenseridae) is amphidromous, with 18 a range extending from the St. Johns River, FL, to the St. John River, Canada. Unlike 19 anadromous species, shortnose sturgeons spend the majority of their lives in freshwater and 20 move into salt water periodically without relation to spawning (Collette and Klein-21 MacPhee, 2002). From colonial times, shortnose sturgeons have rarely been the target of 22 commercial fisheries but have frequently been taken as incidental bycatch in Atlantic sturgeon 23 and shad gillnet fisheries (NEFSC 2006; Dadswell et al. 1984). The shortnose sturgeon was 24 listed on March 11,1967, as endangered under the ESA. In 1998, NMFS completed a recovery 25 plan for the shortnose sturgeon (NMFS 1998).
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Shortnose sturgeons can grow up to 143 cm (56 in.) in total length and can weigh up to 2
23 kilograms (kg) (51 pounds [Ib]). Females are known to live up to 67 years, while males 3
typically do not live beyond 30 years. As young adults, the sex ratio is 1: 1; however, among fish 4
larger than 90 cm (35 in.), measured from nose to the fork of the tail, the ratio of females to 5
males increases to 4: 1. Throughout the range of the shortnose sturgeon, males and females 6
mature at 45 to 55 cm (18 to 22 in.) fork length, but the age at which this length is achieved 7
varies by geography. At the southern extent of the sturgeon's range, in Florida, males reach 8
maturity at age 2, and females reach maturity at 6 years or younger; in Canada, males can 9
reach maturity as late as 11 years, and females, 13 years. In 1 to 2 years after reaching 10 maturity, males begin to spawn at 2-year intervals, while females may not spawn for the first 11 time until 5 years after maturing and, thereafter, spawn at 3-to 5-year intervals 12 (Dadswell et al. 1984).
13 Shortnose sturgeons migrate into freshwater to spawn during late winter or early summer. Eggs 14 sink and adhere to the hard surfaces on the river bottom, hatching after 4 to 6 days. Larvae 15 consume their yolk sac and begin feeding in 8 to 12 days, as they migrate downstream away 16 from the spawning site, remaining close to the river bottom (Kynard 1997; Collette and Klein-17 MacPhee 2002). The juveniles, which feed on benthic insects and crustaceans, do not migrate 18 to the estuaries until the following winter, where they remain for 3 to 5 years. As adults, they 19 migrate to the near-shore marine environment, where their diet consists of mollusks and large 20 crustaceans (Dadswell 1984).
21 4.2 Status of Shortnose Sturgeon in Hudson River 22 Shortnose sturgeons inhabit the lower Hudson; the Federal Dam creates a physical barrier 23 preventing the species from swimming farther north. They are found dispersed throughout the 24 river-estuary from late spring to early fall and then congregate to winter near Sturgeon Point 25 (RM 86). Spawning occurs in the spring, just downstream of the Federal Dam at Troy, between 26 RM 118 and 148 (between Coxsackie and Troy) (Bain et al. 2007; NMFS 2000). According to 27 the NMFS environmental assessment (2000) for a permit for the incidental take of shortnose 28 sturgeons at the nearby power plants, Roseton and Danskammer, larvae are typically found 29 upstream of the intakes of all five power plants along the mid-Hudson.
30 The Hudson River population of the shortnose sturgeon was estimated to be approximately 31 13,000 adults in 1979-1980. Based on population studies done in the mid-1990s, the 32 population has apparently increased 400 percent since then, up to almost 57,000 adult fish.
33 Additional data suggest that the total population of the shortnose sturgeon in the Hudson River 34 is approximately 61,000, including juveniles and nonspawning adults (Bain et al. 2007). The 35 population growth has been ascribed to several strong year-classes, as well as 2 decades of 36 sustained annual recruitment (Woodland and Secor 2007). Bain et al. (2007) maintains that the 37 annual trawl surveys conducted by the electric utilities (CHGEC 1999) show an increase in 38 abundance between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s, supporting the finding that the Hudson 39 River population has increased. Staff assessed the population trend for yearling and older 40 shortnose sturgeons in the fall juvenile survey data provided by the applicant and found an 41 overall increase in the catch-per-unit-effort from 1975 to 2005.
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4.3 Impact Assessment of Indian Point on the Shortnose Sturgeon 2
Population 3
4.3.1 Entrainment 4
The southern extent of the shortnose sturgeon spawning area in the Hudson River is 5
approximately RM 118 (RKM 190), about 75 RM (121 RKM) upstream of the intake of IP2 and 6
IP3 (NMFS 2000). The eggs of shortnose sturgeons are demersal, sinking and adhering to the 7
bottom of the river, and, upon hatching, the larvae in both yolk-sac and post-yolk-sac stages 8
remain on the bottom of the river, primarily upstream of RM 110 (RKM 177) (NMFS 2000).
9 Shortnose sturgeon larvae grow rapidly, and, after a few weeks, they are too large to be 10 entrained by the cooling intake (Dadswell 1979). Because the egg and larval life stages of the 11 shortnose sturgeon (the life stages susceptible to entrainment) are not found near the intake for 12 IP2 and IP3, the probability of their entrainment at IP2 and IP3 is low.
13 IP2 and IP3 monitored entrainment from 1972 through 1987. Entrainment monitoring became 14 more intensive at Indian Point from 1981 through 1987, and sampling was conducted for nearly 15 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> per day, 4 to 7 days per week, during the spawning season in the spring 16 (NMFS 2000). Entrainment monitoring reports list no shortnose sturgeon eggs or larvae at IP2 17 and IP3. NMFS (2000) lists only eight sturgeon larvae collected at any of the mid-Hudson 18 power plants (all eight were collected at Danskammer, and four of the eight may have been 19 Atlantic sturgeons). Entrainment sampling data supplied by the applicant (Entergy 2007b) 20 include large numbers of larvae for which the species could not be determined, and, therefore, 21 one cannot conclude that there was no entrainment of shortnose sturgeons at IP2 and IP3.
22 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy) currently conducts no monitoring program to record 23 entrainment at IP2 and IP3, and any entrainable life stages of the shortnose sturgeon taken in 24 recent years would go unrecorded.
25 Based on the life history of the shortnose sturgeon, the location of spawning grounds within the 26 Hudson River, and the patterns of movement for eggs and larvae, the number of shortnose 27 sturgeons in early life stages entrained at IP2 and IP3 is probably low or zero. The available 28 data from past entrainment monitoring do not indicate that entrainment was occurring.
29 Therefore, the staff concludes that the continued operation of Indian Point for an additional 30 20 years is not likely to adversely affect the population of shortnose sturgeons in the Hudson 31 River through entrainment.
32 4.3.2 Impingement 33 IP2 and IP3 monitored impingement daily until 1981, reduced collections to a randomly selected 34 schedule of 110 days per year until 1991, and then ceased monitoring in 1991 with the 35 installation of the modified Ristroph traveling screens. As described in Section 2.1, these 36 screens were designed in a collaborative effort with the Hudson River Fishermen's Association 37 to minimize the mortality of impinged fish.
38 In 2000, NMFS prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the incidental take of shortnose 39 sturgeons at Roseton and Danskammer (NMFS 2000). The EA included the estimated total 40 number (Table 1) of shortnose sturgeons impinged at Roseton, Danskammer, Bowline Point, Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-96 December 2008 OAG10001366_00532
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Lovett, and IP2 and IP3, with adjustments to include the periods when sampling was not 2
conducted.
3 Table 1. Estimated Total and Average Shortnose Sturgeon Impinged by Mid-Hudson 4
River Power Plants, Adjusted for Periods Without Sampling 1972-1998 1989-1998 Average No.
Average No.
Power Plant Total ImpingedNear Total ImpingedNear Bowline Point 23 0.9 0
0 Lovett 0
0 0
0 IP2 37 1.4 8
0.8 IP3 26 1.0 8
0.8 Roseton 49 1.8 15 1.5 Danskammer 140 5.2 44 4.4 Point Total 275 10.2 75
7.5 Source
Adaeted from NMFS 2000.
5 Impingement data provided by Entergy (2007b), which are available through the NRC's online 6
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), include the raw number of 7
shortnose sturgeons collected at IP2 and IP3 during impingement monitoring (Table 2). Some 8
blank entries in historical results do not differentiate between "no samples analyzed" and 9
"samples analyzed but no individuals found." Since it is unknown if there were any impinged 10 shortnose sturgeons for those time periods, counts must be considered minimal. The NRC staff 11 notes, however, that data submitted by Entergy indicate that a larger number of shortnose 12 sturgeons were impinged at IP2 and IP3 in the 7 years with reported data (1974-1979, 1984, 13 and 1987 for IP2; 1977-1980, 1984, 1987, and 1988 for IP3) than NMFS data indicate were 14 impinged by all mid-Hudson power plants from 1972 through 1998. The NRC staff finds that the 15 numbers provided by NMFS (2000) in its EA for IP2 and IP3 cannot be accurate. In this case, 16 the applicant-supplied data indicate a greater effect than the NMFS-supplied data.
17 An increase in the population of shortnose sturgeons in the Hudson River would most likely 18 result in an increase in impinged shortnose sturgeons at I P2 and I P3. If the population data 19 presented by Bain et al. (2007) and Woodland and Secor (2007) are accurate, then a four-fold 20 increase in population between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s could result in a similar increase 21 in impingement rates. However, this population increase would also mean that the impact of 22 taking an individual shortnose sturgeon would decrease. Without current impingement data, the 23 NRC staff cannot determine how changes in the shortnose sturgeon population have affected 24 impingement rates.
25 When considering the effects of impingement, it is important to consider the affected species' 26 impingement mortality rate. For IP2 and IP3, however, there are few data regarding the survival 27 of the shortnose sturgeon after impingement. In 1979, NMFS issued a biological opinion (BO) 28 relating to the take of shortnose sturgeons at Indian Point (Dadswell 1979). At the time, there 29 was only 1 year in which records describing the status of impinged shortnose sturgeons were 30 kept. In that year, 60 percent of collected impinged shortnose sturgeons were dead when December 2008 E-97 Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 OAG10001366_00533
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collected. The BO assumes both that all dead sturgeons died as a result of the impingement 2
and that no impingement-related mortality occurred after the impinged sturgeons were released.
3 Table 2. Numbers of Shortnose Sturgeons Collected During Impingement Monitoring at 4
Indian Point Units 2 and 3 Year 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Total Unit 2 3
2 11 5
4 176 116 317 Source: Enclosure 3 to NL-07-156 Unit 3 2
5 3
2 154 55 186 407 5
The BO estimated that, in a worst-case scenario, 35 shortnose sturgeons would be impinged at 6
IP2 and IP3 per year, and that 60 percent (21 individuals) would die on the impingement 7
screens. At the time, the population of adult shortnose sturgeons in the Hudson River was 8
estimated to be 6,000, and this level of mortality would result in a 0.3 to 0.4 percent death rate 9
caused by impingement at IP2 and IP3 (DadsweIl1979).
10 Because all monitoring of impingement ceased after the Ristroph screens were installed in 11 1991, no updated mortality rate estimates for impinged shortnose sturgeons exist at IP2 and 12 IP3. The NRC staff does not know the current level of impingement or the level of mortality.
13 Although the laboratory and field tests (Fletcher 1990) performed on the modified Ristroph 14 screens were not conducted using the shortnose sturgeon, the tests did show that injury and 15 death were reduced for most species when compared to the first version of screens that were 16 proposed (and rejected, based on their "unexceptional performance") (Fletcher 1990). If the 17 NRC staff assumes that the modified Ristroph screens performed as well as the Fletcher's 1990 18 results indicated, then mortality and injury from impingement would be lower than reported by 19 the NMFS in its BO (DadsweIl1979), and the impact to the species would be less. Without 20 current monitoring, however, the NRC staff cannot confirm this.
21 Based on the limited amount of data from the years before the installation of modified Ristroph 22 screens at IP2 and IP3, and the lack of data from the years following screen installation, 23 including any potential changes in rates of mortality caused by impingement, the NRC staff Draft NUREG-1437, Supplement 38 E-98 December 2008 OAG10001366_00534
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concludes that the continued operation of I P2 and I P3 for an additional 20 years could adversely 2
affect the population of shortnose sturgeons in the Hudson River through impingement but 3
cannot assess the extent to which the installation of modified Ristroph screens might reduce the 4
impact.
5 4.3.3 Thermal Impacts 6
The discharge of heated water into the Hudson River can cause lethal or sublethal effects on 7
resident fish, influence food web characteristics and structure, and create barriers to migratory 8
fish moving from marine to freshwater environments.
9 State Pollution Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit NY-0004472 regulates thermal 10 discharges associated with the operation of IP2 and IP3. This permit imposes effluent 11 limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions to ensure that all discharges are in 12 compliance with Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law of New York State, Part 704 13 of the Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of New York, and the Clean 14 Water Act. Specific conditions of the SPDES permit related to thermal discharges from IP2 and 15 IP3 are specified in NYSDEC (2003) and include the following:
16 The maximum discharge temperature is not to exceed 110 degrees F (43 degrees C).
17 The daily average discharge temperature between April 15 and June 30 is not to exceed 18 93.2 degrees F (34 degrees C) for an average of more than 10 days per year during the 19 term of the permit, beginning in 1981, provided that it not exceed 93.2 degrees F 20 (34 degrees C) on more than 15 days during that period in any year.
21 The final environmental impact statement (FEIS) associated with the SPDES permit for IP2 and 22 IP3 (NYSDEC 2003) concludes that "Thermal modeling indicates that the thermal discharge 23 from Indian Point causes water temperatures to rise more than allowed." The thermal modeling 24 referred to in the FEIS appears to represent a worst-case scenario. Available modeling 25 indicates the potential for the discharges from I P2 and I P3 to violate the conditions of the I P2 26 and IP3 SPDES permit, which could result in a negative impact on the shortnose sturgeon. IP2 27 and I P3 have not performed any triaxial thermal studies to completely assess the size and 28 nature of the thermal plume created by the discharge from I P2 and I P3 and the possible impact 29 on the sturgeon.
30 According to the NMFS Final Recovery Plan for the Shortnose Sturgeon (NMFS 1998), "During 31 summer months, especially in southern rivers, shortnose sturgeons must cope with the 32 physiological stress of water temperatures that often exceed 82 degrees F (28 degrees C)."
33 Although the area closest to the discharge from IP2 and IP3 can exceed these temperatures, 34 the summer maximum temperature of the Hudson River in the area of IP2 and IP3 is 35 77 degrees F (25 degrees C) (Entergy 2007a). The combined discharge from both Indian Point 36 units is about 1.75 million gpm (110 m3/s), including the service water (Entergy 2007a). Table 3 37 presents the net downstream flows caused by freshwater inflow. From these data, it can be 38 seen that 20 percent of the time, the discharge from I P2 and I P3 would be, at most, 15 percent 39 of the net flow; however, 98 percent of the time, the discharge would be, at most, 97 percent of 40 the net flow. This means that, at given times, the discharge from IP2 and IP3 would not 41 necessarily be well mixed into the Hudson River.
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Table 3. Cumulative Frequency Distribution of Net Downstream Flows of Hudson River 2
Million gallons per minute (gpm) 11.7 6.8 4.71 3.1 1.8 Cumulative percentile 20 40 60 80 98 Adapted from Entergy 2007a 3
The NRC staff cannot determine-based on available information-whether a shortnose 4
sturgeon in the Hudson River would experience any prolonged physiological stress from the 5
thermal plume caused by the discharge from I P2 and I P3. Shortnose sturgeons could be forced 6
to seek refuge from elevated water temperatures as they are forced to do in southern rivers, and 7
this could limit their available habitat. If studies reveal that the plume is buoyant, shortnose 8
sturgeons could pass underneath the plume on their passage past the facility, but there are no 9
data to indicate that this is the case.
10 As noted earlier, the NYSDEC thermal modeling of the Hudson River suggests that the 11 discharge from IP2 and IP3 could exceed the limits specified in the SPDES permit, but without a 12 triaxial thermal study, the exact size and nature of the thermal plume is unknown. Information 13 about the species, based on the NMFS recovery plan, suggests to the NRC staff that increased 14 temperatures can have a significant effect on the shortnose sturgeon. Therefore, the NRC staff 15 concludes that the continued operation of I P2 and I P3 for an additional 20 years could adversely 16 affect the population of shortnose sturgeons in the Hudson River through thermal discharge, but 17 the staff is unable to determine the extent to which the population would be affected.
18 5.0 Conclusion 19 Renewal of the operating licenses of IP2 and IP3 to include another 20 years of operation could 20 adversely affect the population of shortnose sturgeon in the Hudson River through impingement 21 and thermal impacts. At this time, the NRC staff cannot quantify the extent to which the 22 population could be affected.
23 6.0 References 24 Bain, M.B., Haley, N., Peterson, D.L., Arend, K.K., Mills, K.E., and Sullivan, P.J. 2007.
25 "Recovery of a US Endangered Fish," PLoS ONE 2(1): e168. Accessed at:
26 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371 %2Fjournal.pone.0000168#s3 on 27 December 11, 2007.
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York, Inc., New York Power Authority, and Southern Energy New York. 1999. "Draft 2
Environmental Impact Statement for State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits for 3
Bowline Point, Indian Point 2 and 3, and Roseton Steam Electric Generating Stations." ADAMS 4
Accession No. MLOS340012S.
5 Collette, B.B. and Klein-MacPhee, G., eds. 2002. "Short-nosed sturgeon," Bigelow and 6
Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition, Smithsonian Institution Press:
7 Washington, DC.
S Dadswell, M.J. 1979. Testimony on behalf of the National Marine Fisheries Service, presented 9
before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, May 14, 1979. ADAMS Accession 10 No. MLOS3430546.
11 Dadswell, M.J., Taubert, B.D., Squiers, T.S., Marchette, D., and Buckley, J. 19S4. "Synopsis of 12 Biological Data on Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum LeSueur 1S1S," NOAA 13 Technical Report NMFS-14, FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 140. Accessed at:
14 http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/species/shortnosesturgeon biological data. pdf on 15 December 11, 2007.
16 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy). 2007a. "Applicant's Environmental Report, 17 Operating License Renewal Stage (Appendix E to Indian Point, Units 2 & 3, License Renewal 1S Application)," April 23, 2007, ADAMS Accession No. ML071210530. ADAMS Accession No. ML19071210530.
20 Entergy Nuclear Northeast (Entergy). 2007b. Letter from F. Dacimo, Vice President, Entergy 21 Nuclear Northeast, to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk.
Subject:
22 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 & 3, Docket Nos.
23 50-247 and 50-2S6, Supplement to License Renewal Application (LRA)-Environmental Report 24 References. ADAMS Accession Nos. MLOSOOS0205, MLOSOOS0209, MLOSOOS0213, 25 MLOSOOS0214, MLOSOOS0216, MLOSOOS0291, MLOSOOS029S, MLOSOOS0306.
26 Fletcher, R.I. 1990. "Flow dynamics and fish recovery experiments: water intake systems,"
27 Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 119:393-415.
2S Kynard, B. 1997. "Life history, latitudinal patterns, and status of the shortnose sturgeon 29 Acipenser brevirostrum," Environmental Biology of Fishes 4S: 319-334.
30 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). No date. :Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser 31 brevirostrum)," Office of Protected Resources (OPR). Accessed at 32 http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prlsQecies/fish/shortnosesturgeon.htm on December 11, 2007.
33 ADAMS Accession No. MLOS3430566.
34 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 1995. "Recovery Plan for the Shortnose Sturgeon 35 (Acipenser brevirostrum)," prepared by the Shortnose Sturgeon Recovery Team for the National 36 Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, Maryland. Accessed at:
37 http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/recovery/sturgeon shortnose.pdf on December 11, 2007.
3S National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2000. "Environmental Assessment of a Permit for 39 the Incidental Take of Shortnose Sturgeon at the Roseton and Danskammer Point Generating 40 Stations." ADAMS Accession No. MLOS3430553.
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National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2007. Letter from M. Colligan, Assistant Regional 2
Administrator for Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service to Chief, Rules and 3
Directives Branch, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Subject:
Response to request for 4
information regarding threatened and endangered species in the vicinity of Indian Point.
5 October 4,2007. ADAMS Accession No. ML073340068.
6 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). 2003. "Final 7
Environmental Impact Statement Concerning the Applications to Renew New York State 8
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) Permits for the Roseton 1 and 2 Bowline 1 and 9
2 and IP2 and IP3 2 and 3 Steam Electric Generating Stations, Orange, Rockland and 10 Westchester Counties," Hudson River Power Plants FEIS, June 25,2003. ADAMS Accession 11 No. ML083360752..
12 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). 1996. "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for 13 License Renewal of Nuclear Power Plants," NUREG-1437, Volumes 1 and 2, Washington, DC.
14 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). 1999. "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for 15 License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Main Report," Section 6.3, "Transportation," Table 9.1, 16 "Summary of Findings on NEPA Issues for License Renewal of Nuclear Power Plants," NUREG-17 1437, Volume 1, Addendum 1, Washington, DC.
18 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). 2007. Letter from R. Franovich to Mr. Peter Colosi, 19 National Marine Fisheries Service, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Re: Request for List of 20 Protected Species and Essential Fish Habitat Within the Area under Evaluation for the Indian 21 Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application Review,"
22 August 16,2007. ADAMS Accession No. ML072130388.
23 Shepherd, G. 2006 "Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)," National Marine Fisheries 24 Service (NOAA), Office of Protected Resources (OPR).. Last updated in December, 2006.
25 http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/sos/spsyn/af/sturgeon/archives/42_Atlantic_ShortnoseSturgeons_20 26 06.pdf. Accessed at: on December 11,2007. ADAMS Accession No,ML083430573.
27 Woodland, R.J. and Secor, D.H. 2007. "Year-class strength and recovery of endangered 28 shortnose sturgeon in the Hudson River, New York," Transactions of the American Fisheries 29 Society 136:72-81.
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Appendix F GElS Environmental Issues Not Applicable to Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station Unit Nos. 2 and 3 OAGI0001366_00539
Appendix F GElS Environmental Issues Not Applicable to Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 Table F-1 lists those environmental issues identified in NUREG-1437, Volumes 1 and 2, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (hereafter referred to as the GElS), issued 1996 and 1999,(4) and in Table 8-1 of Appendix 8 to Subpart A of Title 10, Part 51, "Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions," of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 51), that are not applicable to Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (lP2 and IP3) because of plant or site characteristics.
Table F-1. GElS Environmental Issues Not Applicable to IP2 and IP3 ISSUE-10 CFR Part 51, Subpart A, Category GElS Appendix B, Table B-1 Sections Comment SURFACE WATER QUALITY, HYDROLOGY, AND USE (FOR ALL PLANTS)
Altered thermal stratification of lakes Water use conflicts (plants with cooling pond or cooling towers using makeup water from a small river with low flow)
Water use conflicts (plants with cooling towers and cooling ponds using make-up water from a small river with low flow) 1 1
2 4.2.1.2.3, 4.4.2.2 4.3.2.1, 4.4.2.1 4.3.2.1 4.4.2.1 IP2 and IP3 do not discharge into a lake.
I P2 and I P3 have a once-through cooling system.
This issue is related to heat-dissipation systems that are not installed at IP2 and IP3.
AQUATIC ECOLOGY (FOR ALL PLANTS)
AQUATIC ECOLOGY (FOR PLANTS WITH COOLING TOWER-BASED HEAT DISSIPATION SYSTEMS)
Entrainment of fish and shellfish in early life stages 1
4.2.2.1.2, 4.4.3 This issue is related to heat-dissipation systems that are not installed at IP2 and IP3.
(4) The GElS was originally issued in 1996. Addendum 1 to the GElS was issued in 1999. Hereafter, all references to the GElS include both the GElS and its Addendum 1.
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