ML19046A009

Comment (10) from Bettina Rayfield on Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 Relicensing

ML19046A009
Person / Time
Site:	Surry
Issue date:	12/20/2018
From:	Rayfield B State of VA, Dept of Environmental Quality
To:	Bose K Office of Administration, US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
References
83FR65367 00010, NRC-2018-0280
Download: ML19046A009 (4)

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COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Street address: 629 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219 Mailing address: P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, Virginia 23218 www.deq.virginia.gov Matthew J. Strickler Secretary of Natural Resources David K. Paylor Director (804) 698-4000 1-800-592-5482 December 20, 2018 Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street NE, Room 1A Washington, DC 20426 RE:

Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 Relicensing Docket ID NRC-2018-0280 Surry, Virginia

Dear Secretary Bose:

This letter is in response to the scoping request for the above-referenced project.

As you may know, the Department of Environmental Quality, through its Office of Environmental Impact Review (DEQ-OEIR), is responsible for coordinating Virginias review of federal environmental documents prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and responding to appropriate federal officials on behalf of the Commonwealth. Similarly, DEQ-OEIR coordinates Virginias review of federal consistency documents prepared pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act which applies to all federal activities which are reasonably likely to affect any land or water use or natural resources of Virginias designated coastal resources management area must be consistent with the enforceable policies Virginia Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Program.

DOCUMENT SUBMISSIONS In order to ensure an effective coordinated review of the NEPA document and federal consistency documentation, notification of the NEPA document and federal consistency documentation should be sent directly to OEIR. We request that you submit one electronic to eir@deq.virginia.gov (25 MB maximum) or make the documents available for download at a website, file transfer protocol (ftp) site or the VITA LFT file share system (Requires an "invitation" for access. An invitation request should be sent to eir@deq.virginia.gov.). We request that the review of these two documents be done concurrently, if possible.

The NEPA document and the federal consistency documentation (if applicable) should include U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps as part of their information. We strongly encourage you to issue shape files with the NEPA document. In addition, project details should be adequately described for the benefit of the reviewers.

SUNSI Review Complete Template = ADM-013 E-RIDS=ADM-03 ADD=Eric Oesterle, Tam Tran, Barbara Hayes COMMENT (10)

PUBLICATION DATE: 12/20/2018 CITATION 83 FR 65367

2 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT:

PROJECT SCOPING AND AGENCY INVOLVEMENT As you may know, NEPA (PL 91-190, 1969) and its implementing regulations (Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 1500-1508) requires a draft and final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for federal activities or undertakings that are federally licensed or federally funded which will or may give rise to significant impacts upon the human environment. An EIS carries more stringent public participation requirements than an Environmental Assessment (EA) and provides more time and detail for comments and public decision-making. The possibility that an EIS may be required for the proposed project should not be overlooked in your planning for this project. Accordingly, we refer to NEPA document in the remainder of this letter.

While this Office does not participate in scoping efforts beyond the advice given herein, other agencies are free to provide scoping comments concerning the preparation of the NEPA document.

Accordingly, we are providing notice of your scoping request to several state agencies and those localities and Planning District Commissions, including but not limited to:

Department of Environmental Quality:

o DEQ Regional Office*

o Air Division*

o Office of Wetlands and Stream Protection*

o Office of Local Government Programs*

o Division of Land Protection and Revitalization o Office of Stormwater Management*

Department of Conservation and Recreation Department of Health*

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Department of Game and Inland Fisheries*

Virginia Marine Resources Commission*

Department of Historic Resources Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy Department of Forestry Department of Transportation Note: The agencies noted with a star (*) administer one or more of the enforceable policies of the Virginia CZM Program.

FEDERAL CONSISTENCY UNDER THE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT Pursuant to the federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, and its implementing regulations in Title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 930, federal activities, including permits, licenses, and federally funded projects, located in Virginias Coastal Management Zone or those that can have reasonably foreseeable effects on Virginia's coastal uses or coastal resources must be conducted in a manner which is consistent, to the maximum extent practicable, with the Virginia CZM Program.

Additional information on the Virginias review for federal consistency documents can be found online at http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/EnvironmentalImpactReview/FederalConsistencyReviews.aspx

3 DATA BASE ASSISTANCE Below is a list of databases that may assist you in the preparation of a NEPA document:

DEQ Online Database: Virginia Environmental Geographic Information Systems Information on Permitted Solid Waste Management Facilities, Impaired Waters, Petroleum Releases, Registered Petroleum Facilities, Permitted Discharge (Virginia Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permits) Facilities, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Sites, Water Monitoring Stations, National Wetlands Inventory:

o www.deq.virginia.gov/ConnectWithDEQ/VEGIS.aspx DEQ Virginia Coastal Geospatial and Educational Mapping System (GEMS)

Virginias coastal resource data and maps; coastal laws and policies; facts on coastal resource values; and direct links to collaborating agencies responsible for current data:

o http://128.172.160.131/gems2/

MARCO Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal The Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal is a publicly available online toolkit and resource center that consolidates available data and enables users to visualize and analyze ocean resources and human use information such as fishing grounds, recreational areas, shipping lanes, habitat areas, and energy sites, among others.

http://portal.midatlanticocean.org/visualize/#x=-

73.24&y=38.93&z=7&logo=true&controls=true&basemap=Ocean&tab=data&legends=false&la yers=true DHR Data Sharing System.

Survey records in the DHR inventory:

o www.dhr.virginia.gov/archives/data_sharing_sys.htm DCR Natural Heritage Search Produces lists of resources that occur in specific counties, watersheds or physiographic regions:

o www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/dbsearchtool.shtml DGIF Fish and Wildlife Information Service Information about Virginia's Wildlife resources:

o http://vafwis.org/fwis/

Total Maximum Daily Loads Approved Reports o https://www.deq.virginia.gov/programs/water/waterqualityinformationtmdls/tmdl/tmdlde velopment/approvedtmdlreports.aspx

4 Virginia Outdoors Foundation: Identify VOF-protected land o http://vof.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) Database: Superfund Information Systems Information on hazardous waste sites, potentially hazardous waste sites and remedial activities across the nation, including sites that are on the National Priorities List (NPL) or being considered for the NPL:

o www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/cursites/index.htm EPA RCRAInfo Search Information on hazardous waste facilities:

o www.epa.gov/enviro/facts/rcrainfo/search.html EPA Envirofacts Database EPA Environmental Information, including EPA-Regulated Facilities and Toxics Release Inventory Reports:

o www.epa.gov/enviro/index.html EPA NEPAssist Database Facilitates the environmental review process and project planning:

http://nepaassisttool.epa.gov/nepaassist/entry.aspx If you have questions about the environmental review process and/or the federal consistency review process, please feel free to contact me (telephone (804) 698-4204 or e-mail bettina.rayfield@deq.virginia.gov).

I hope this information is helpful to you.

Sincerely, Bettina Rayfield, Program Manager Environmental Impact Review and Long-Range Priorities