ML21042B945

Scoping and Process Meeting - February 17, 2021

ML21042B945
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	02/17/2021
From:	Phyllis Clark, Bill Rogers NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ELRB, NRC/NRR/DNRL/NLRP
To:
Clark, P.M, NMSS/REFS/ELRB, 301-415-6447
References
EPID L-2020-SLE-0002
Download: ML21042B945 (23)

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• Public Meeting Slides:

ML21042B945 POINT

• Please log into both the BEACH TEAMS meeting and LICENSE the bridgeline. Visuals will be RENEWAL through Microsoft TEAMS, PUBLIC and audio will be through the bridgeline.

MEETING

• Bridgeline: 800-369-1750 WILL BEGIN

• Passcode: 4187785 then #

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Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Subsequent License Renewal Review February 17, 2021 Bill Rogers, Safety Project Manager Phyllis Clark, Environmental Project Manager 2

Agenda Introduction and Purpose Subsequent License Renewal (SLR)

Overview Safety Review Overview Environmental Review Overview Public Questions on the Subsequent License Renewal Process Public Comments on Topics to be Included in the Point Beach SLR Environmental Review 3

Meeting Logistics

• Meeting visuals are through TEAMS

• Meeting audio is through the bridgeline

• Participants are in listen-only mode until the question and answer session

• The staff actively solicit environmental concerns to aid the staff review

• Public comments are sought at specific points during the meeting

• No regulatory decisions will be made at todays meeting 4

Introductions

• Sheila Ray, NRC facilitator

• Kevin Coyne, NMSS (Opening Remarks)

• Bill Rogers, NRR (Safety Review)

• Phyllis Clark, NMSS (Environmental Review)

• Robert Elliott, NMSS (Closing Remarks) 5

Subsequent License Renewal Overview NRCs Governing Statutes

- Atomic Energy Act

• 10 CFR Part 54

- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• 10 CFR Part 51 NRCs Mission

- Protect Public Health and Safety

- Promote Common Defense and Security

- Protect the Environment 6

Subsequent License Renewal Overview Environmental Review (10 CFR Part 51)

Subsequent License NRC Renewal Renewal Application Hearings* Decision (SLRA) Accepted 10 CFR Part 2 (10 CFR 50.29)

Safety ACRS Review Recommendation (10 CFR Part 54) (10 CFR 54.25)

• If a Request for Hearing is Granted 7

Safety Review Overview Proprietary Review Acceptance Review In-Office Review Audit Issue Safety Evaluation Report (SER) 8

Safety Review Overview Regulations Additional and Aging Guidance Management Support Operating for Licensing Experience Decisions Oversight 9

Point Beach Nuclear Plant Subsequent License Renewal Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2

- Unit 1, Renewed License expiration: 2030

- Unit 2, Renewed License expiration: 2033 Subsequent License Renewal application dated 11/16/2020, for additional 20 years 10

Contents of Application General information about the plant owner or operator Technical information about plant structures and components and how the applicant proposes to manage plant aging Environmental Report 11

Environmental Review National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

- Informs Federal decision making

- Public disclosure of environmental impacts and other considerations NRCs Environmental Regulations 10 CFR Part 51 Staff prepares a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), as a supplement to the Generic EIS for License Renewal (GEIS) 12

Subsequent License Renewal Review Environmental Review

- Considers, analyzes, and discloses environmental impacts of continued plant operation and alternatives to license renewal

- Staff review is to determine if the environmental impacts of license renewal are so great that license renewal would be unreasonable 13

Scoping and Public Involvement What about your Environmental Resources community should the NRC consider in the EIS?

What local environmental issues should the NRC examine?

What reasonable alternatives are appropriate to consider?

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Environmental Review

- Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS)

- Site-specific Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)

- New and significant information regarding generic conclusions reached in the GEIS 15

Role of Public Comments on Environmental Review Public Input on Environmental Review Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Safety Evaluation Report Advisory Committee on Subsequent Reactor Safeguards License Independent Review Renewal Decision Hearing*

License Renewal Application

• If a Request for Hearing is Granted 16

Environmental Impact Statement Staff Evaluates Impacts to Resources EIS

- Wildlife and Fish

- Water and Air Resources

- Historical and Cultural Resources

- Taxes, Community Development, Environmental Justice

- Human Health

- Land Use 17

Ongoing Regulatory Oversight Emergency Planning

- 10 CFR 50.47 Security

- 10 CFR Part 73 Current Safety Performance operating reactor performance web site:

https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/oversight.html 18

Submitting Comments on the Scope of the Environmental Review Provide written comments:

By mail: Office of Administration Mailstop TWFN7A60M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Website: http://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID NRC-2020-0277 Comments should be submitted by March 3, 2021 (within 30 days from the date of the Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS and to Conduct Scoping Process Federal Register Notice (86 FR 7747))

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Environmental Review Milestones Application Received November 16, 2020 Notice of Opportunity for Hearing January 22, 2021 Notice of Intent for Scoping February 1, 2021 Environmental Scoping Meeting February 17, 2021 Scoping Comments End March 3, 2021 Hearing Request Opportunity Closes March 23, 2021 Draft SEIS Issued October 2021 Draft SEIS Public Meeting November 2021 Draft SEIS Comments End December 2021 Final SEIS Issued June 2022 License Renewal Decision July 2022

• https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/

point-beach-subsequent.html 20

Project Manager Contacts Bill Rogers, Safety PM

- 301-415-2945

- Bill.Rogers@nrc.gov Phyllis Clark, Environmental PM

- 301-415-6447

- Phyllis.Clark@nrc.gov Russell Haskell, Operating Reactor PM

- 301-415-1129

- Russell.Haskell@nrc.gov 21

Public Participation

• Please press *1 to get in queue to speak

• State and spell your name and affiliation

• Press # to return to the meeting

• The operator will introduce you when it's your turn to speak 22

Summary and Closeout

• Scoping comment period ends March 3, 2021

• Comments will be considered by staff in the scoping summary report

• Scoping participants will receive scoping summary report, to be issued in 2021.

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