ML12195A085

Notice of Availability of the Draft Plant-Specific Supplement 48 to the GEIS for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, (TAC Nos. ME5122, ME5123, ME4938, and ME4939)

ML12195A085
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	12/05/2012
From:	David Wrona License Renewal Projects Branch 2
To:	Rencurrel D South Texas
Tran T, 415-3617
References
TAC ME4938, TAC ME5122, TAC ME5123, TAC ME4939, NRC-2010-0375
Download: ML12195A085 (9)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 5, 2012 Mr. D. W. Rencurrel Senior Vice President, Technical Support and Oversight STP Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 48 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS REGARDING SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2, (TAC NOS. IVIE5122, ME5123, ME4938, AND ME4939)

Dear Mr. Rencurrel:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed draft plant-specific Supplement 48 to NUREG-1437, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GElS)," regarding the renewal of operating licenses NPF-76 and NPF-80 for an additional 20 years of operation for South Texas Project (STP), Units 1 and 2.

Enclosed is a copy of the draft supplement and the associated Federal Register Notice of Availability. This notice advises the public that the draft supplement is publicly available at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) or from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The Accession Number for draft Supplement 48 to the GElS is ML12324A049. In addition, the Bay City Public Library, located at 1100 7th Street, Bay City, TX 77414, has agreed to make the draft supplement available for public inspection.

As discussed in Chapter 9.4 of the draft supplement, the preliminary recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for STP, Units 1 and 2, are not great enough to deny the option of license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers. This recommendation is based on: (1) the analysis and findings in the GElS; (2) the STP Environmental Report; (3) consultation with Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies; (4) the staffs own independent review; and (5) the staffs consideration of public comments received during the scoping process.

D. Rencurrel -2 A separate Notice of Availability of the draft supplemental environmental impact statement will be placed in the Federal Register through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the NRC Environmental Project Manager, Mr. Tam Tran, at 301-415-3617 or via e-mail at tam.tran@nrc.gov.

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David J. ona, Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-498 and 50-499

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STP NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT DOCKET NUMBER 50-498 AND 50-499 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF DRAFT SUPPLEMENT 48 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS AND PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT

[NRC-2010-0375]

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published a draft plant-specific supplement 48 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GElS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating licenses NPF-76 and NPF-80 for an additional 20 years of operation for South Texas Project (STP), Units 1 and 2. STP is located in Bay City, Texas. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources.

Any interested party may submit comments on the draft supplement to the GElS for consideration by the NRC staff. To be considered, comments on the draft supplement to the GElS and the proposed action must be received by February 22, 2013. The NRC staff is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related to this document, which the NRC possesses and are publically available, by searching on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket 10 NRC-2010-0375. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:

-2 Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.requ/ations.qov and search for Docket ID NRC-2010-0375. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301 492-3668; e-mail: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.

• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01 M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

• Fax comments to: RADB at 301-492-3446.

For additional direction on accessing information and submitting comments, see "Accessing Information and Submitting Comments" in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

All comments received by the NRC, including those made by Federal, State, and local agencies; Native American Tribes; or other interested persons, will be made available electronically at the NRC's PDR in Rockville, Maryland, and through ADAMS. Comments received after the due date will be considered only if it is practical to do so.

The NRC staff will hold public meetings prior to the close of the public comment period to present an overview of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GElS and to accept public comments on the document. Two meetings will be held at the Bay City Civic Center, 201 Seventh Street, Bay City, Texas 77414, on Tuesday, January 15,2013. The first session will convene at 2:00 p.m. and will continue until 5:00 p.m., as necessary. The second session will convene at 7:00 p.m. and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. The meetings will be transcribed and will include: (1) a presentation of the contents of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GElS and (2) the opportunity for interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to provide comments on the draft report. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to the start of each session at the same

-3 location. No comments on the draft supplement to the GElS will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meeting or in writing. Persons may pre-register to attend or present oral comments at the meeting by contacting Mr. Tam Tran, the NRC Environmental Project Manager, at 1-800-368 5642, extension 3617, or bye-mail at tam.tran@nrc.gov no later than Friday, January 4, 2013.

Members of the public may also register to provide oral comments within 15 minutes of the start of each session. Individual oral comments may be limited by the time available, depending on the number of persons who register. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, the need should be brought to Mr. Tran's attention no later than Friday, January 4, 2013, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr. Tam Tran, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop 0-11 F1, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Mr. Tran may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Accessing Information and Submitting Comments A. Accessing Information Please refer to Docket 10 NRC-201 0-0375 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access information related to this document by any of the following methods:

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket 10 NRC-2010-0375.

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• NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):

You may access publicly-available documents online in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select "ADAMS Public Documents" and then select "Begin Web-based ADAMS Search." For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or bye-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this notice (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced.

• NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC's PDR, Room 01-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

In addition, a copy of the draft supplement to the GElS is available to local residents near the site at the 1100 7th Street, Bay City, TX 77414.

B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC-2010-0375 in the subject line of your comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make your comment submission available to the public in this docket.

The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information.

If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that

- 5 they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of December 2012.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION oJ) 9 oJ___

David J. Wrona, Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Letter to D. Rencurrrel from D. Wrona dated December 5,2012 SUB.JECT: NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 48 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS REGARDING SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2, (TAC NOS. ME5122, ME5123, ME4938, AND ME4939)

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3. "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 48": ML12324A049

4. FRN Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement 48 GElS: ML12339A265

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