ML18036A918

TVA and TSHPO-2015- TN4954--TVA 2015 PA

ML18036A918
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Site:	Clinch River
Issue date:	10/09/2015
From:	Clint Jones Tennessee Valley Authority
To:	Office of New Reactors
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PUBLICLY AVAILABLE VERSION Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902 RECE!VED October 9, 2015 OCT i 3 2015 TN. HISTORICAL COMMISSIC!\!

To Those Listed:

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA), PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT, THE CLINCH RIVER SMR PROJECT Enclosed is the final copy of the subject PA regarding the management of historic properties affected by the Clinch River SMR Project. TVA has consulted with your office during the development of the PA.

This agreement is printed on acid-free paper and includes original signatures.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Richard Yarnell, by phone at (865) 632-3463, or by e-mail at ryarnell@tva.gov.

Clinton E. Jones Manager, Biological and Cultural Compliance Safety, River Management and Environment WT11C-K MSH:CSD Enclosures cc: E. Patrick McIntyre, Jr.

Director Tennessee Historical Commission Michelle Hicks THPO Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians George Wickliffe Chief United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma

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--'*- * ' .,,.,I OCT l 3 2015 PROGAMMATIC AGREEMENT TN. HISTORICAL COMMISSION BETWEEN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY AND THE TENNESSEE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE REGARDING THE MANAGEMENT OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES AFFECTED BY THE CLINCH RIVER SMR PROJECT WHEREAS, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) proposes to apply for an Early Site Permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the eventual construction of two or more small modular nuclear reactors ("Undertaking") within the Clinch River Small Modular Reactor (SMR) project area bordering Watts Bar Reservoir in Roane County, Tennessee (Appendix A); and WHEREAS, upon NRC approval of the Early Site Permit TVA will apply for a Combined License for the proposed SMR facility; and WHEREAS, TVA considers these two related actions-the Early Site Permit Application (ESPA) and the eventual Combined License Application (COLA)-as two sequential parts of a single, complex Undertaking, as "undertaking" is defined at 36 CFR § 800.16(y); and WHEREAS, this Undertaking has the potential to affect historic properties as defined at 36 CFR § 800.16(1); and WHEREAS, TVA, in consultation with the Tennessee State Historic PreseNation Officer (TN SHPO) and pursuant to 36 CFR § 800.4(a)(1), has determined the area of potential effects (APE) for this proposed federal undertaking, for archaeological resources, to be an approximately 1305-acre area bounded on the west, south, and east by Watts Bar Reservoir (between Clinch River miles 14.05 and 19.0); and on the northeast by land owned by the Department of Energy (DOE) (Appendix B); and WHEREAS, TVA has consulted with TN SHPO regarding this undertaking, in accordance with 36 CFR Part 800, regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation ("Council") implementing Section 106 of the National Historic PreseNation Act (NHPA); and, WHEREAS, TVA has consulted on a government-to-government basis regarding this undertaking with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Kialegee Tribal Town, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Shawnee Tribe, and Poarch Band of Creek Indians; and WHEREAS, TVA has conducted four archaeological surveys, including all parts of the APE (Appendix B), with the exceptions of ca. 101 acres of DOE land in the northwestern