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Results
Other: ML13154A218, ML13269A369, ML13270A116, ML13270A126, ML13274A239, ML13312A317, ML15104A493, ML15219A144, ML15219A156, ML15357A210, RS-15-259, Final Report: Five Year Post-Construction Monitoring of the Unionid Community Near the Braidwood Station Kankakee River Discharge
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MONTHYEARML13154A2182013-05-29029 May 2013
License Renewal Boundary Drawings
Project stage: Other
ML13155A4232013-05-29029 May 2013
Environmental Report, Part 2
Project stage: Request
ML13155A4222013-05-29029 May 2013
Environmental Report, Part 1
Project stage: Request
ML13175A0722013-07-31031 July 2013
Noi, Federal Register Notice
Project stage: Request
ML13184A1102013-08-0505 August 2013
Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping Process for License Renewal for the Byron Station Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Tac Nos. MF1834 and MF1835)
Project stage: Other
ML13227A2492013-08-16016 August 2013
License Renewal Process and Environmental Scooping Meeting
Project stage: Meeting
ML13248A2712013-08-21021 August 2013
Comment (3) by Sue Rezin Supporting Extension of Braidwood Nuclear Generating Station License
Project stage: Request
ML13261A1642013-08-21021 August 2013
0821NRC-154-Evening
Project stage: Request
ML13247A0092013-08-27027 August 2013
Comment (1) of Nancy Schultz Voots & Lawrence M. Walsh on Behalf of the County Board Will County, Illinois Supporting of the Renewal of the Operating License of the Exelon Generation Braidwood Nuclear Generating Station
Project stage: Request
ML13263A2192013-08-28028 August 2013
Comment (2) of Tom Zimmer Opposing Braidwood Nuclear Plant License Extension for 20 Years Due to Environmental and Health Issue Hazardous
Project stage: Request
ML13269A3692013-09-0404 September 2013
Comment (00004) of Anne E. Haaker, on Behalf of Il, Historic Preservation Agency, on License Renewal for Braidwood Station
Project stage: Other
ML13247A5412013-09-0505 September 2013
0821NRC2-154-Afternoon
Project stage: Request
ML13241A4442013-09-0606 September 2013
Open House-Agenda-Websites Handout
Project stage: Request
ML13231A0602013-09-10010 September 2013
Environmental Site Audit Regarding Byron Station, Units 1 and 2
Project stage: Other
ML13263A2212013-09-16016 September 2013
Comment (1) of Kim P. Gouker on Behalf of Ogle County, Illinois Supporting the License Renewal Application of the Byron Power Generating Station
Project stage: Other
ML13274A2392013-09-16016 September 2013
Comment (6) of Kent Collier on Behalf of Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma Supporting the Renewal Application of Braidwood Station, Units 1 & 2 License
Project stage: Other
ML13269A3732013-09-24024 September 2013
Comment (00005) of Shawn Cirton, on Behalf of Us Fish and Wildlife Service, on Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Exelon Generation Company, LLC, License Renewal Application for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and
Project stage: Request
ML13246A4342013-09-27027 September 2013
Meeting Summary of Public Scoping Meetings Conducted Related to the Review of the Braidwood Station, Unit 1 and 2, License Renewal Application
Project stage: Meeting
ML13277A3052013-09-27027 September 2013
Comment (00007) of David Kraft on Behalf of Nuclear Energy Information Service on Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal Application for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2
Project stage: Request
ML13277A3062013-09-27027 September 2013
Comment (2) of David Kraft on Behalf of Neis Re Supplement to NRCs Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal for the Byron Nuclear Power Station
Project stage: Supplement
ML13270A0692013-10-0404 October 2013
Audit Report
Project stage: Other
ML13270A1162013-10-29029 October 2013
License Renewal Environmental Site Audit Re Byron and Braidwood Stations - Severe Accident Mitigation Alternative (TAC Nos. MF1834/1835, MF1790/1791, MF1832/1833, and MF1792/1793)
Project stage: Other
ML13270A1262013-11-0707 November 2013
License Renewal Environmental Site Audit Regarding Braidwood Station (TAC Nos. ME1832/1833, MF1792/1793)
Project stage: Other
ML13318A2382013-12-0303 December 2013
Summary of Site Audit Related to the Review of the License Renewal Application for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2 (TAC Nos. MF1832, MF1833, and MF1792, MF1793
Project stage: Approval
ML13312A3172013-12-13013 December 2013
Audit Trip Report SAMA
Project stage: Other
ML13354B9372013-12-20020 December 2013
RAI Braidwood Nuclear Station
Project stage: RAI
ML13350A5122013-12-20020 December 2013
Request for Additional Information for the Review of the Braidwood Nuclear Stations License Renewal Application - Environmental Audit
Project stage: RAI
ML14050A1012014-03-0404 March 2014
Summary of Telephone Conference Call Held on February 12, 2014, Between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Concerning Requests for Additional Information Pertaining to the Braidwood Station License Re
Project stage: RAI
ML13281A5372014-04-0303 April 2014
Issuance of Environmental Scoping Summary Report Associated with the Staffs Review of the Application by Exelon Generation Company, LLC, for Renewal of the Operating Licenses for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, (TAC No. MF1832, MF1833, Mf
Project stage: Approval
ML14092A3562014-04-15015 April 2014
Summary of Telephone Conference Call Held on March 31, 2014 Between the U.S. NRC and Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Concerning Requests for Additional Information Pertaining to the Braidwood Station, License Renewal Application
Project stage: RAI
ML13337A5032014-04-30030 April 2014
Issuance of Environmental Scoping Summary Report Associated with the Staffs Review of the Application by Exelon Generation Company, LLC, for Renewal for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2
Project stage: Approval
ML14085A1102014-04-30030 April 2014
Summary of Telephone Conference Call Held on March 24, 2014 Between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Concerning Requests for Additional Information Pertaining to the Braidwood Station, License Renew
Project stage: RAI
ML14114A6712014-05-0101 May 2014
Summary of Telephone Conference Call Held on April 16, 2014, Between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission & Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Concerning Requests for Additional Information Pertaining to the Braidwood Station, License Renewa
Project stage: RAI
ML14041A3342014-05-28028 May 2014
Issuance of Environmental Scoping Summary Report Associated with the Staffs Review of the Byron Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application
Project stage: Approval
ML14296A1762014-10-30030 October 2014
Safety Evaluation Report with Open Items Related to the License Renewal of Byron Station, Units 1 and 2, and Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2
Project stage: Approval
ML14220A3822014-11-0505 November 2014
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Letters on Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification and NRC Review of the Byron and Braidwood License Renewal Application
Project stage: Approval
ML15008A4422015-01-29029 January 2015
Schedule Revision for the Review of the Byron and Braidwood Stations, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application
Project stage: Approval
ML15033A0972015-01-30030 January 2015
Email for Byron and Braidwood Schedule Revision for the Review of the Byron, Units 1 and 2, and Braidwood Stations, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application
Project stage: Approval
ML15026A5702015-02-0303 February 2015
Dseis Public Meeting Slides - February 3, 2015
Project stage: Request
ML14351A4552015-03-18018 March 2015
Notice of Availability of the Draft Plant-Specific Supplement 55 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2
Project stage: Draft Other
ML15020A3902015-03-18018 March 2015
Draft Supplement 55 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants
Project stage: Draft Other
ML15061A0182015-03-23023 March 2015
February 3, 2015, Summary of Public Meeting to Discuss Draft Supplement 54 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Byron Station, Units 1 and 2
ML15056A0532015-03-23023 March 2015
Public Meeting Transcripts Regarding Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Exelon Generation Company, Byron Station Units 1 and 2, Evening Session. Pages 1-21
ML15056A0492015-03-23023 March 2015
Public Meeting Transcript Regarding Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Exelon Generation Company, Byron Station Units 1 and 2, Afternoon Session. Pages 1-35
ML15014A1682015-03-27027 March 2015
Notice of Availability of the Draft Plant-Specific Supplement 55 to Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Braidwood, Units 1 and 2,
Project stage: Draft Other
ML15062A4282015-03-31031 March 2015
NUREG-1437 Supplement 55 Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Supplement 55 Regarding Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, Draft Report for Comment
Project stage: Draft Other
ML15104A4932015-04-14014 April 2015
Preliminary Site-Specific Results of the Environmental Review for Braidwood Station License Renewal
Project stage: Other
ML15121A7962015-04-21021 April 2015
Transcript for April 29, 2015, Category 3 Public Meeting: Afternoon Session Regarding Dseis for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2. Pages 1 - 49
Project stage: Request
ML15121A8032015-05-0707 May 2015
April 21 Public Meeting Transcipts Evening
Project stage: Request
ML15119A5142015-05-15015 May 2015
Public Meeting to Discuss Draft Supplement 55 to the GEIS for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2
2013-09-06
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 5, 2014 Mr. Alan Keller, Manager Permit Section Illinois Environmental Protection Agency 1021 North Grand Avenue East, P.O. Box 19276 Springfield, IL 62794-9276
SUBJECT:
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY LETTERS ON CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION 401 CERTIFICATION AND THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REVIEW OF THE BYRON AND BRAIDWOOD STATIONS LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION
Dear Mr. Keller:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received your letters dated May 22, 2013, for Braidwood Station Units 1 and 2 (Braidwood) and dated July 5, 2013, for Byron Station Units 1 and 2 (Byron). We appreciate the time and energy expended on these letters and on the calls between Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) and NRC staff.
We understand your letters to state that in response to an Exelon Generating Company (Exelon or licensee) request for necessary comments concerning the renewal of the NRC operating licenses for Byron and Braidwood, IEPA issued 401 certifications under the Clean Water Act (CWA) that are effective when NRC issues a license for each facility that includes two conditions: (1) Exelon shall be responsible for obtaining National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits required for wastewater or stormwater discharges to State waters from the proposed activity and (2) the 401 certification does not cover future activities that require a federal authorization under section 404 of the CWA.
The NRC understands the importance of the CWA and a delegated States role in implementing the statute. As early as 1984, the Commission recognized that in revising its regulations, NRC licenses are subject to conditions deemed imposed by the CWA as a matter of law and that NRC need not duplicate EPAs or a delegated State agencys water quality reviews.1 To explicitly recognize that conditions are deemed imposed by the CWA and to obviate the need to undertake amendments to incorporate conditions imposed by statute which could be subject to frequent changes by certifying States, the Commission added Title 10 of Code of Federal Regulation (C.F.R.) 50.54(aa),2 to specifically provide that each 10 C.F.R. Part 50 license shall be subject to all conditions deemed imposed as a matter of law by section 401(a)(2) and 401(d) of the CWA (33 U.S.C.A. 1341(a)(2) and (d), as amended). To keep informed of the 1
49 Fed. Reg. 9352, 9359-60. Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions and Related Conforming Amendments. March 12, 1984.
2 49 Fed. Reg. 9352, 9360.
A. Keller environmental effects of NRC licensing actions, the Commission relies on reporting requirements of NPDES permits to alert the NRC. As the Commission stated, The NRCs role in the water quality area is limited to regulating radiological discharges into aquatic bodies and NEPA matters such as weighing aquatic impacts in NEPA analyses which NRC is required to make before reaching a major Federal licensing decision.3 Because the two 401 certification conditions from your letters are already license requirements either because they are imposed as a matter of law or they state existing statutory provisions, no further NRC action is needed with respect to these two conditions. Specifically, (1) Exelon must obtain CWA Section 402 (NPDES) permits from the State in accordance with 33 U.S.C. § 1342, and (2) a 401 certification does not authorize activities that require authorizations under Section 404 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. § 1344 (i.e., the permits for discharges of dredged or fill material, which are issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Appendix B, paragraph 3.2 of the current Byron and Braidwood licenses further requires that Exelon provides the NRC copies of any NPDES permit or State certification (or changes to those documents) within 30 days of approval. If the licenses are renewed, this requirement will be carried over to the renewed licenses for Braidwood and Byron.
Further, it is our understanding that Section 401 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. § 1341, requires a Federal license applicant, such as Exelon, to provide a State certification to the Federal licensing agency (i.e., NRC). Therefore, the NRC recommends that the certifications (currently addressed to the NRC) be reissued and addressed instead to Exelon.
To the extent your letters are intended to offer comments for consideration during the NRCs review of the environmental impacts of renewal of the Braidwood and Byron licenses, your letters are included among the comments that will be addressed in Appendix A of the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statements for each license renewal review.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the Braidwood environmental project manager (EPM) for license renewal, Tam Tran, or the Byron EPM for license renewal, Lois James. Mr. Tran can be reached at 301-415-3617 or by e-mail at Tam.Tran@nrc.gov. Ms.
James can be reached at 301-415-3306 or by e-mail at Lois.James@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Christopher G. Miller, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-454, 50-455, 50-456, and 50-457 cc w/encl: Listserv 3
49 Fed. Reg. 9352, 9380.
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PM:RPB2:DLR PM:RPB2:DLR OGC/NLO NAME IKing TTran LJames MYoung DATE 10/28/14 11/3/14 10/29/14 11/4/14 OFFICE BC:RPB2:DLR BC:RERB:DLR D:DLR NAME BWittick DWrona CMiller DATE 10/31/14 11/5/14 11/5/14
Letter to A. Keller from C. Miller dated November 5, 2014
SUBJECT:
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY LETTERS ON CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION 401 CERTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REVIEW OF THE BYRON AND BRAIDWOOD STATIONS LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION DISTRIBUTION:
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