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Notice of Availability of the Draft Plant-Specific Supplement 50 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1
ML13330A488
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Site: Grand Gulf Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 12/11/2013
From: Brian Wittick
Division of License Renewal
To: Kevin Mulligan
Entergy Operations
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 11,2013 Mr. Kevin J. Mulligan Vice President, Site Entergy Operations, Inc.

P 0. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 SUBJECT NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 50 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS REGARDING GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1

Dear Mr. Mulligan:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the draft plant-specific Supplement 50 to NUREG-1437, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GElS)," regarding the renewal of operating license NPF-29 for an additional20 years of operation for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (GGNS), Unit 1. 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 50 to the GElS is ML13328A002.

In addition, the Harriette Person Memorial Library, 606 Main St., Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 has agreed to make the draft supplement available for public inspection As discussed in Chapter 9 of the draft supplement, the preliminary recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for GGNS 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 GGNS 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 seeping process.

Public meetings to discuss the findings of the draft SEIS will be held on January 29, 2014, at the Port Gibson City Hall, 1005 College Street, Port Gibson, MS 39150. The first session will convene at 2:00p.m. and will continue until3:30 p.m., as necessary. The second session will convene at 7:00p.m. and will continue until 8:30 p. m , as necessary. An NRC meeting notice will be published to provide more details about those public meetings.

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.

K. Mulligan If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Mr. David Drucker, Senior Project Manager, for the environmental review of the GGNS license renewal application, by telephone at 301-415-6223 or by e-mail at david.drucker@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, CL~

Brian D. Wittick, Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-416

Enclosure:

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K. Mulligan If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Mr. David Drucker, Senior Project Manager, for the environmental review of the GGNS license renewal application, by telephone at 301 ~415-6223 or by e-mail at david.drucker@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, IRA/

Brian D. Wittick, Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-416

Enclosure:

Revised Schedule cc w/encl: Listserv DISTRIBUTION: See next page ADAMS Accession Nos.: ML133458344 (PKG)

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-416; NRC-2011-0262]

License Renewal Application for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft supplemental generic environmental impact statement; issuance, public meeting, and request for comment.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft, plant-specific, supplement 50 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GElS) for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating license NPF-29 for an additional 20 years of operation for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (GGNS).

The GGNS is located in Claiborne County, Mississippi. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources. The NRC staff plans to hold two public meetings during 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.

DATES: Submit comments by February 11, 2014. Comments received after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods {unless this document describes a different method for submitting comments on a specific subject):

  • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0262. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-3422; e-mail: Caroi.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the indrvidual(s) listed rn the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
  • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 3WFN-06-44M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Drucker, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-6223 or e-mail to david.drucker@nrc.gov; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments.

A. Accessing Information

Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2011-0262 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access publicly-available information related to this document by any of the following methods:

  • 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 by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this document (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. The draft plant-specific supplement 50 to the GElS for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437, is available in ADAMS under Accession No.

ML1332BA002.

  • 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.

B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket 10 NRC-2011-0262 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 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 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.

II. Discussion.

The NRC is issuing for public comment a draft plant-specific supplement 50 to the GElS for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating license NPF-29 for an additional20 years of operation for GGNS. Supplement 50 to the GElS includes the preliminary analysis that evaluates the environmental impacts of the proposed action and alternatives to the proposed action. The NRC's preliminary recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for GGNS are not great enough to deny the option of license renewal for energy planning decision makers.

Ill. Public Meetings.

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 comment on the document. Two meetings will be held at the Port Gibson City Hall, 1005

College Street, Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150 on Wednesday, January 29, 2014. The first session will convene at 2:00p.m. and will continue until 3:30p.m., as necessary. The second session will convene at 7:00p.m. and will continue until 8:30p.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 GEtS, and (2) the opportunity for interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to provide comments on the draft report. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to the start of each session at the same location. No comments on the draft supplement 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. David Drucker, the NRC Environmental Project Manager, at 1*800*368*5642, extension 6223, or by e*maif at david.drucker@nrc.gov no later than Wednesday, January 22, 2014. 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. Druckers' attention no later than Wednesday, January 22, 2014, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.

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