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Forthcoming Meeting to Discuss the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the License Renewal of South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2
ML12342A397
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Site: South Texas  STP Nuclear Operating Company icon.png
Issue date: 01/03/2013
From: Tam Tran
License Renewal Projects Branch 2
To: David Wrona
License Renewal Projects Branch 2
Tran T, 415-3617
References
NRC-2010-0375
Download: ML12342A397 (9)
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 January 3, 2013 MEMORANDUM TO: David J. Wrona, Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation /" .

FROM: Tam Tran, Project Manager / ~ ~

Projects Branch 2 /J' / ~

Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUBJECT:

FORTHCOMING MEETING TO DISCUSS THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT, UNITS 1 AND 2 DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, January 15,2013 (Two identical sessions)

First session: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (as necessary)

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

LOCATION: Bay City Civic Center 201 Seventh Street Bay City, TX 77414 CATEGORY 3:* This is a Category 3 Meeting. The public is invited to participate in this meeting by providing comments and asking questions throughout the meeting.

PURPOSE: To meet with the public to receive comments on the draft Supplement 48 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (NUREG-1437) for South Texas Project, issued in December 2012. The draft supplemental environmental impact statement (DSEIS) is available on the NRC's Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/d oc-collections/nu regs/staff/sr 1437 CONTACTS: Tam Tran, NRR David Wrona, NRR 301-415-3617 301-415-2292 tam.tran@NRC.GOV david.wrona@NRC.GOV

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

-2 PURPOSE (Cont.): and in the NRC's publicly available Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS). The ADAMS Accession Number is ML12324A049. See the enclosed agenda and Federal Register Notice ML12339A265.

80th formal sessions will be preceded by an informal open house beginning one hour prior to each session for those who wish to attend.

The open house will provide members of the public with an opportunity to talk informally one-on-one with NRC staff. Members of the public may register to present oral comments at this meeting by contacting Tam Tran, at (800) 368-5642, ext. 3617, or bye-mail at tam.tran@nrc.gov by January 9, 2013. Those who wish to make comments may also register at the meeting 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. Mr. Tran will need to be contacted no later than Wednesday, January 9, 2013, if special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting.

PARTICIPANTS: NRC [Members of the Public Who Register to Speak]

Susan Salter David Wrona Tam Tran Emily Larson Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

Enclosure:

1. Agenda
2. Federal Register Notice

AGENDA FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT Tuesday, January 15, 2013 Two Meeting Sessions - 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.*

I. Welcome and Purpose of Meeting 10 minutes (Susan Salter)

II. Overview of License Renewal Process 10 minutes (Tam Tran)

III. Results of the Environmental Review 30 minutes (Tam Tran/Emily Larson)

IV. How Comments can be Submitted 5 minutes (Tam Tran)

V. Public Comments 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> VI. Closing/Availability of Transcripts, etc. 5 minutes (Susan Salter)

  • The NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to each meeting session. No formal comments on the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meetings (see agenda, above) or in writing, as described in the attached Federal Register Notice.

For the security of everyone attending this meeting, local law enforcement officers may be conducting searches of bags (briefcases, purses, backpacks, equipment cases, etc.)

outside the entry into the meeting room. Additionally, signs, banners, posters and displays affixed to any sticks, poles or other similar devices will not be permitted in the meeting room.

ENCLOSURE 1

[7590-01~Pl 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-'2010-0375J 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 infonnation and comment submissions related to this document, which the NRC possesses and are publically available, by searching on http://www.requlations.qov under Docket ID NRC-2010-0375. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:

-2 Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 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: lWB-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, witl 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-2010-0375 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:

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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.govlreading-rmladams.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.

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FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION David J. Wrona, Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

- 2 PURPOSE (Cont.): and in the NRC's publicly available Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS). The ADAMS Accession Number is M L12324A049. See the enclosed agenda and Federal Register Notice ML12339A265. .

Both formal sessions will be preceded by an informal open house beginning one hour prior to each session for those who wish to attend.

The open house will provide members of the public with an opportunity to talk informally one-on-one with NRC staff. Members of the public may register to present oral comments at this meeting by contacting Tam Tran, at (800) 368-5642, ext. 3617, or bye-mail at tam.tran@nrc.gov by January 9, 2013. Those who wish to make comments may also register at the meeting 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. Mr. Tran will need to be contacted no later than Wednesday, January 9, 2013, if special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting.

PARTICIPANTS: NRC [Members of the Public Who Register to Speak]

Susan Salter David Wrona Tam Tran Emily Larson Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

Enclosure:

1. Agenda
2. Federal Register Notice cc w/encls: Listserv DISTRIBUTION: See next page

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