ML20288A695

Letter, Notice to Extend the Comment Period Related to the Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report and Site-Specific Decommissioning Cost Estimate

ML20288A695
Person / Time
Site:	Duane Arnold
Issue date:	10/16/2020
From:	Scott Wall Plant Licensing Branch III
To:	Moul D NextEra Energy Duane Arnold
Wall S
References
EPID L-2020-LLL-0005, NRC-2020-0148
Download: ML20288A695 (8)

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October 16, 2020 Mr. Don Moul Executive Vice President, Nuclear Division and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power & Light Company Mail Stop: NT3/JW 15430 Endeavor Drive Juno Beach, FL 33478

SUBJECT:

DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER - NOTICE TO EXTEND THE COMMENT PERIOD RELATED TO THE POST-SHUTDOWN DECOMMISSIONING ACTIVITIES REPORT AND SITE-SPECIFIC DECOMMISSIONING COST ESTIMATE (EPID L-2020-LLL-0005)

Dear Mr. Moul:

Enclosed is a copy of the Notice of Extending the Comment Period for the post-shutdown decommissioning activities report (PSDAR), including the site-specific decommissioning cost estimate (DCE) for the Duane Arnold Energy Center.

On April 2, 2020, NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC (the licensee) submitted a letter enclosing the PSDAR and included the DCE (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML20094F603). In a Federal Register notice dated June 19, 2020 (85 FR 37116), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) informed the public of a meeting to be held on July 28, 2020, to discuss and accept comments on the PSDAR and DCE.

Due to travel restrictions associated with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE), this meeting has been postponed. The current public comment period will close on October 19, 2020. Section 50.82(a)(4)(ii) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) requires that the NRC conduct a public meeting in the vicinity of the licensee's facility. The NRC will hold a public meeting to discuss the PSDARs content and receive comments once conditions associated with the COVID-19 PHE support. As such, the NRC has decided to extend the public comment period until February 19, 2021. This will allow more time for members of the public to develop and submit comments.

D. Moul A copy of the Federal Register notice is enclosed. If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-2855, or by e-mail at Scott.Wall@nrc.com.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Scott P. Wall, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-331

Enclosure:

Federal Register Notice cc: Listserv

ENCLOSURE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE NEXTERA ENERGY DUANE ARNOLD, LLC DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER DOCKET NO. 50-331

[7590-01-P]

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-331; NRC-2020-0148]

NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC Duane Arnold Energy Center Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of receipt; availability; public meeting and request for comment; extension of comment period.

SUMMARY

On June 19, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) solicited comments on the post-shutdown decommissioning activities report (PSDAR) for the Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC). The PSDAR, which includes the site-specific decommissioning cost estimate (DCE), provides an overview of NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLCs (NEDA or the licensee) planned decommissioning activities, schedule, projected costs, and environmental impacts for DAEC. The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on October 19, 2020. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period to allow more time for members of the public to develop and submit their comments. The NRC will hold a public meeting to discuss the PSDARs content and receive comments once conditions associated with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency support.

DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on June 19, 2020 (85 FR 37116), is extended. Comments should be filed no later than February 19, 2021. Comments received after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the Commission 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:

Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0148. Address questions about NRC docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-9127; e-mail:

Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.

Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott P. Wall, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-2855; e-mail: Scott.Wall@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0148 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this action by any of the following methods:

Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0148.

NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the ADAMS Public 2

Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public Document Room 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 (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document.

B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC-2020-0148 in your comment submission.

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 https://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 into ADAMS.

I. Discussion On June 19, 2020, the NRC solicited comments on the PSDAR dated April 2, 2020, including the site-specific DCE for DAEC (ADAMS Accession No. ML20094F603). The purpose of the original Federal Register notice (85 FR 37116; June 19, 2020) was to inform the public of a meeting to discuss and accept comments on the PSDAR and DCE. The public comment period was originally scheduled to close 3

on October 19, 2020. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period on this document until February 19, 2021, to allow more time for members of the public to submit their comments.

Dated: <MONTH XX, 20YY.>

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Nancy L. Salgado, Chief, Plant Licensing Branch III, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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