ML15023A139

Tribal,Units 1 and 2, Request for Scoping Comments Concerning License Renewal Application Review

ML15023A139
Person / Time
Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	02/09/2015
From:	David Wrona NRC/NRR/DLR/RERGUB
To:	Barrett J, Bender J, Blackhawk J, Cadue S, Frank H, Froman J, Greendeer J, Lankford D, Meshigaud K, Ortiz S, Robidoux B, Salazar G, Thurman G, Warren J Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Shawnee, OK, Forest County Potawatomi Tribal Community, Hannahville Indian Community, Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, Kickapoo Tribe, Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, Sac and Fox Nation, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Chazell R, 415-5003
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 9, 2015 Mr. Jon Greendeer, President Ho-Chunk Nation W9814 Airport Road P.O. Box 667 Black River Falls, WI 54615

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear President Greendeer:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating licenses for LaSalle County Station (LaSalle), Units 1 and 2.

LaSalle is located in LaSalle County, Illinois, approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago, and 11 miles southeast of Ottawa, IL. LaSalle is operated by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon). The application for renewal was submitted by Exelon in a letter dated December 9, 2014, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years.

As part of the NRCs review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRCs regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe may have historic ties to Illinois, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. Please submit

J. Greendeer any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 6, 2015.

Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket ID NRC-2014-0268.

The LaSalle license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/lasalle.html The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on March 10, 2015, at the LaSalle County Emergency Operations Center, 711 East Etna Road, Ottawa, Illinois 61350.

The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 7:00 pm and will continue until 9:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS in February 2016. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued in August 2016.

If you have any questions concerning the NRCs review of this license renewal application, please contact Russell Chazell, Environmental Scientist, at 301-415-5003 or by e-mail at Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David J. Wrona, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. LaSalle Site Area Map cc w/encls: Mr. William Quackenbush, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Listserv

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 9, 2015 Mr. Steve Cadue, Chairman Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas 1107 Goldfinch Road Horton, KS 66439

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chairman Cadue,

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating licenses for LaSalle County Station (LaSalle), Units 1 and 2.

LaSalle is located in LaSalle County, Illinois, approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago, and 11 miles southeast of Ottawa, IL. LaSalle is operated by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon). The application for renewal was submitted by Exelon in a letter dated December 9, 2014, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years.

As part of the NRCs review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRCs regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe may have historic ties to Illinois, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. Please submit

S. Cadue any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 6, 2015.

Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket ID NRC-2014-0268.

The LaSalle license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/lasalle.html The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on March 10, 2015, at the LaSalle County Emergency Operations Center, 711 East Etna Road, Ottawa, Illinois 61350.

The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 7:00 pm and will continue until 9:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS in February 2016. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued in August 2016.

If you have any questions concerning the NRCs review of this license renewal application, please contact Russell Chazell, Environmental Scientist, at 301-415-5003 or by e-mail at Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David J. Wrona, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. LaSalle Site Area Map cc: Listserv

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 9, 2015 Mr. Gilbert Salazar, Chairman Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma 407 North Highway 102 P.O. Box 70 McLoud, OK 74851

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chairman Salazar:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating licenses for LaSalle County Station (LaSalle), Units 1 and 2.

LaSalle is located in LaSalle County, Illinois, approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago, and 11 miles southeast of Ottawa, IL. LaSalle is operated by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon). The application for renewal was submitted by Exelon in a letter dated December 9, 2014, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years.

As part of the NRCs review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRCs regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe may have historic ties to Illinois, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. Please submit

G. Salazar any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 6, 2015.

Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket ID NRC-2014-0268.

The LaSalle license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/lasalle.html The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on March 10, 2015, at the LaSalle County Emergency Operations Center, 711 East Etna Road, Ottawa, Illinois 61350.

The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 7:00 pm and will continue until 9:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS in February 2016. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued in August 2016.

If you have any questions concerning the NRCs review of this license renewal application, please contact Russell Chazell, Environmental Scientist, at 301-415-5003 or by e-mail at Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David J. Wrona, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. LaSalle Site Area Map cc: Mr. Kent Collier, NAGPRA Contact Listserv

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 9, 2015 Mr. Douglas G. Lankford, Chief Miami Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 1326 Miami, OK 74355

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chief Lankford:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating licenses for LaSalle County Station (LaSalle), Units 1 and 2.

LaSalle is located in LaSalle County, Illinois, approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago, and 11 miles southeast of Ottawa, IL. LaSalle is operated by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon). The application for renewal was submitted by Exelon in a letter dated December 9, 2014, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years.

As part of the NRCs review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRCs regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe may have historic ties to Illinois, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. Please submit

D. Lankford any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 6, 2015.

Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket ID NRC-2014-0268.

The LaSalle license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/lasalle.html The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on March 10, 2015, at the LaSalle County Emergency Operations Center, 711 East Etna Road, Ottawa, Illinois 61350.

The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 7:00 pm and will continue until 9:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS in February 2016. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued in August 2016.

If you have any questions concerning the NRCs review of this license renewal application, please contact Russell Chazell, Environmental Scientist, at 301-415-5003 or by e-mail at Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David J. Wrona, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. LaSalle Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 9, 2015 Mr. John P. Froman, Chief Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma 118 S. Eight Tribes Trail P.O. Box 1527 Miami, Oklahoma 74355

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chief Froman:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating licenses for LaSalle County Station (LaSalle), Units 1 and 2.

LaSalle is located in LaSalle County, Illinois, approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago, and 11 miles southeast of Ottawa, IL. LaSalle is operated by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon). The application for renewal was submitted by Exelon in a letter dated December 9, 2014, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years.

As part of the NRCs review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRCs regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe may have historic ties to Illinois, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. Please submit

J. Froman any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 4, 2015.

Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket ID NRC-2014-0268.

The LaSalle license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/lasalle.html The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on March 10, 2015, at the LaSalle County Emergency Operations Center, 711 East Etna Road, Ottawa, Illinois 61350.

The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 7:00 pm and will continue until 9:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS in February 2016. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued in August 2016.

If you have any questions concerning the NRCs review of this license renewal application, please contact Russell Chazell, Environmental Scientist, at 301-415-5003 or by e-mail at Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David J. Wrona, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. LaSalle Site Area Map cc: Listserv

J. Blackha UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 9, 2015 Mr. John A. Barrett, Jr., Chairman Citizen Potawatomi Nation 1601 S. Gordon Cooper Dr.

Shawnee, OK 74801

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chairman Barrett:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating licenses for LaSalle County Station (LaSalle), Units 1 and 2.

LaSalle is located in LaSalle County, Illinois, approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago, and 11 miles southeast of Ottawa, IL. LaSalle is operated by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon). The application for renewal was submitted by Exelon in a letter dated December 9, 2014, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years.

As part of the NRCs review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRCs regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe may have historic ties to Illinois, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. Please submit

J. Barrett any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 6, 2015.

Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket ID NRC-2014-0268.

The LaSalle license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/lasalle.html The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on March 10, 2015, at the LaSalle County Emergency Operations Center, 711 East Etna Road, Ottawa, Illinois 61350.

The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 7:00 pm and will continue until 9:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS in February 2016. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued in August 2016.

If you have any questions concerning the NRCs review of this license renewal application, please contact Russell Chazell, Environmental Scientist, at 301-415-5003 or by e-mail at Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David J. Wrona, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. LaSalle Site Area Map cc w/encls: Dr. Kelli Mosteller, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Listserv

J. Blackha UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 9, 2015 Ms. Judith Bender, Chairperson Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa/Meskwaki 349 Meskwaki Road Tama, IA 52339

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chairperson Bender:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating licenses for LaSalle County Station (LaSalle), Units 1 and 2.

LaSalle is located in LaSalle County, Illinois, approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago, and 11 miles southeast of Ottawa, IL. LaSalle is operated by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon). The application for renewal was submitted by Exelon in a letter dated December 9, 2014, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years.

As part of the NRCs review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRCs regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe may have historic ties to Illinois, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. Please submit

J. Bender any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 6, 2015.

Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket ID NRC-2014-0268.

The LaSalle license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/lasalle.html The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on March 10, 2015, at the LaSalle County Emergency Operations Center, 711 East Etna Road, Ottawa, Illinois 61350.

The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 7:00 pm and will continue until 9:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS in February 2016. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued in August 2016.

If you have any questions concerning the NRCs review of this license renewal application, please contact Russell Chazell, Environmental Scientist, at 301-415-5003 or by e-mail at Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David J. Wrona, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. LaSalle Site Area Map cc w/encls: Mr. Johnathan L. Buffalo, Historic Preservation Director Listserv

J. Blackha UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 9, 2015 Ms. Brigette Robidoux, Chairperson Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska 305 N. Main Street Reserve KS, 66434

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chairperson Robidoux:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating licenses for LaSalle County Station (LaSalle), Units 1 and 2.

LaSalle is located in LaSalle County, Illinois, approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago, and 11 miles southeast of Ottawa, IL. LaSalle is operated by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon). The application for renewal was submitted by Exelon in a letter dated December 9, 2014, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years.

As part of the NRCs review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRCs regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe may have historic ties to Illinois, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. Please submit

B. Robidoux any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 6, 2015.

Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket ID NRC-2014-0268.

The LaSalle license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/lasalle.html The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on March 10, 2015, at the LaSalle County Emergency Operations Center, 711 East Etna Road, Ottawa, Illinois 61350.

The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 7:00 pm and will continue until 9:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS in February 2016. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued in August 2016.

If you have any questions concerning the NRCs review of this license renewal application, please contact Russell Chazell, Environmental Scientist, at 301-415-5003 or by e-mail at Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David J. Wrona, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. LaSalle Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv

J. Blackha UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 9, 2015 Mr. George Thurman, Principal Chief Sac and Fox Nation Administration Building 920883 S. Hwy 99 Bldg A Stroud, OK 74079

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Principal Chief Thurman:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating licenses for LaSalle County Station (LaSalle), Units 1 and 2.

LaSalle is located in LaSalle County, Illinois, approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago, and 11 miles southeast of Ottawa, IL. LaSalle is operated by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon). The application for renewal was submitted by Exelon in a letter dated December 9, 2014, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years.

As part of the NRCs review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRCs regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe may have historic ties to Illinois, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. Please submit

G. Thurman any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 6, 2015.

Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket ID NRC-2014-0268.

The LaSalle license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/lasalle.html The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on March 10, 2015, at the LaSalle County Emergency Operations Center, 711 East Etna Road, Ottawa, Illinois 61350.

The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 7:00 pm and will continue until 9:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS in February 2016. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued in August 2016.

If you have any questions concerning the NRCs review of this license renewal application, please contact Russell Chazell, Environmental Scientist, at 301-415-5003 or by e-mail at Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David J. Wrona, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. LaSalle Site Area Map cc w/encls: Ms. Sandra Kaye Massey, NAGPRA Coordinator Listserv

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 9, 2015 Mr. John P. Warren, Chairperson Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 58620 Sink Road P.O. Box 180 Dowagiac, MI 49047

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chairperson Warren:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating licenses for LaSalle County Station (LaSalle), Units 1 and 2.

LaSalle is located in LaSalle County, Illinois, approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago, and 11 miles southeast of Ottawa, IL. LaSalle is operated by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon). The application for renewal was submitted by Exelon in a letter dated December 9, 2014, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years.

As part of the NRCs review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRCs regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe may have historic ties to Illinois, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. Please submit

J. Warren any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 6, 2015.

Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket ID NRC-2014-0268.

The LaSalle license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/lasalle.html The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on March 10, 2015, at the LaSalle County Emergency Operations Center, 711 East Etna Road, Ottawa, Illinois 61350.

The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 7:00 pm and will continue until 9:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS in February 2016. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued in August 2016.

If you have any questions concerning the NRCs review of this license renewal application, please contact Russell Chazell, Environmental Scientist, at 301-415-5003 or by e-mail at Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David J. Wrona, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. LaSalle Site Area Map cc w/encls: Mr. Marcus A. Winchester, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Listserv

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 9, 2015 Mr. Harold Gus Frank, Chairman Forest County Potawatomi 5416 Everybody's Rd.

P.O. Box 340 Crandon, WI 54520

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chairman Frank:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating licenses for LaSalle County Station (LaSalle), Units 1 and 2.

LaSalle is located in LaSalle County, Illinois, approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago, and 11 miles southeast of Ottawa, IL. LaSalle is operated by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon). The application for renewal was submitted by Exelon in a letter dated December 9, 2014, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years.

As part of the NRCs review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRCs regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe may have historic ties to Illinois, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. Please submit

H. Frank any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 6, 2015.

Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket ID NRC-2014-0268.

The LaSalle license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/lasalle.html The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on March 10, 2015, at the LaSalle County Emergency Operations Center, 711 East Etna Road, Ottawa, Illinois 61350.

The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 7:00 pm and will continue until 9:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS in February 2016. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued in August 2016.

If you have any questions concerning the NRCs review of this license renewal application, please contact Russell Chazell, Environmental Scientist, at 301-415-5003 or by e-mail at Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David J. Wrona, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. LaSalle Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 9, 2015 Mr. Kenneth Meshigaud, Tribal Chairperson Hannahville Indian Community N14911 Hannahville B1 Road Wilson, MI 49896-9728

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chairperson Meshigaud:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating licenses for LaSalle County Station (LaSalle), Units 1 and 2.

LaSalle is located in LaSalle County, Illinois, approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago, and 11 miles southeast of Ottawa, IL. LaSalle is operated by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon). The application for renewal was submitted by Exelon in a letter dated December 9, 2014, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years.

As part of the NRCs review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRCs regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe may have historic ties to Illinois, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. Please submit

K. Meshigaud any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 6, 2015.

Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket ID NRC-2014-0268.

The LaSalle license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/lasalle.html The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on March 10, 2015, at the LaSalle County Emergency Operations Center, 711 East Etna Road, Ottawa, Illinois 61350.

The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 7:00 pm and will continue until 9:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS in February 2016. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued in August 2016.

If you have any questions concerning the NRCs review of this license renewal application, please contact Russell Chazell, Environmental Scientist, at 301-415-5003 or by e-mail at Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David J. Wrona, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. LaSalle Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv

J. Blackha UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 9, 2015 Mr. Steve Ortiz, Chairman Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation 16281 Q Road Mayetta, KS 66509

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chairman Ortiz:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating licenses for LaSalle County Station (LaSalle), Units 1 and 2.

LaSalle is located in LaSalle County, Illinois, approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago, and 11 miles southeast of Ottawa, IL. LaSalle is operated by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon). The application for renewal was submitted by Exelon in a letter dated December 9, 2014, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years.

As part of the NRCs review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRCs regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe may have historic ties to Illinois, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. Please submit

S. Ortiz any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 6, 2015.

Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket ID NRC-2014-0268.

The LaSalle license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/lasalle.html The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on March 10, 2015, at the LaSalle County Emergency Operations Center, 711 East Etna Road, Ottawa, Illinois 61350.

The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 7:00 pm and will continue until 9:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS in February 2016. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued in August 2016.

If you have any questions concerning the NRCs review of this license renewal application, please contact Russell Chazell, Environmental Scientist, at 301-415-5003 or by e-mail at Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David J. Wrona, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. LaSalle Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv

J. Blackha UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 9, 2015 Mr. John Blackhawk, Chairman Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska 100 Bluff Street PO Box 687 Winnebago, NE 68071

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chairman Blackhawk:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating licenses for LaSalle County Station (LaSalle), Units 1 and 2.

LaSalle is located in LaSalle County, Illinois, approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago, and 11 miles southeast of Ottawa, IL. LaSalle is operated by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon). The application for renewal was submitted by Exelon in a letter dated December 9, 2014, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years.

As part of the NRCs review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRCs regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe may have historic ties to Illinois, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. Please submit

J. Blackhawk any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 4, 2015.

Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov and searching for DOCKET ID NRC-2014-0268.

The LaSalle license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/lasalle.html The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on March 10, 2015, at the LaSalle County Emergency Operations Center, 711 East Etna Road, Ottawa, Illinois 61350.

The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 7:00 pm and will continue until 9:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS in February 2016. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued in August 2016.

If you have any questions concerning the NRCs review of this license renewal application, please contact Russell Chazell, Environmental Scientist, at 301-415-5003 or by e-mail at Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David J. Wrona, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. LaSalle Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv

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Mr. Jon Greendeer, President, Ho-Chunk Nation Mr. Steve Cadue, Chairman, Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Mr. Gilbert Salazar, Chairman, Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma Mr. Douglas G. Lankford, Chief, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma Mr. John P. Froman, Chief, Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma Mr. John Rocky Barrett, Chairman, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Ms. Judith Bender, Chaiperson, Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa/Meskwaki Ms. Brigette Robidoux, Chairperson, Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska Mr. George Thurman, Principal Chief, Sac and Fox Nation Mr. John P. Warren, Chairman, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Mr. Harold Gus Frank, Chairman, Forest County Potawatomi Mr. Kenneth Meshigaud, Tribal Chairperson, Hannahville Indian Community, Band of Potawatomi Mr. Steve Ortiz, Chairman, Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation Mr. John Blackhawk, Chairman, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

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