ML21208A410

Letter to Steven M. Snider, Site Vice President, Oconee Nuclear Station - Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping Process

ML21208A410
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	08/05/2021
From:	Robert Elliott NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ELRB
To:	Snider S Duke Energy Carolinas
Rakovan L,NMSS/REFS/ELRB
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ML21208A154	List: ML21208A280 ML21208A410
References
EPID L-2021-SLE-0002
Download: ML21208A410 (3)

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August 5, 2021 Mr. Steven M. Snider Site Vice President Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolina, LLC 7800 Rochester Hwy Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT:

OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 - NOTICE OF INTENT TO PREPARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND CONDUCT SCOPING PROCESS (EPID NO. L-2021-SLE-0002)

Dear Mr. Snider:

By letter dated June 7, 2021, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Package No. ML21158A193), Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke Energy) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) an application for subsequent license renewal of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55 Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 (ONS), respectively. As stated in a letter to you dated July 22, 2021 (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML21194A231), the NRC staff determined that the application is acceptable for docketing and that the staff will proceed with its detailed technical review. In support of the application and in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51 and Part 54, Duke Energy also submitted an environmental report. This letter provides information related to the NRC staffs environmental review of the application.

The NRC staff has prepared a Notice of Intent (NOI) advising the public that the NRC intends to conduct a scoping process to gather the information necessary to prepare a plant-specific supplement to NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML13107A023), related to the review of the application for the subsequent renewal of the Oconee operating licenses. Enclosed is a copy of the NOI that will be forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.28, Duke Energy is invited to participate in the environmental scoping process. Also, as discussed in the NOI, the NRC staff is providing the public with the opportunity to participate in an environmental scoping meeting to be held on August 25, 2021.

The meeting will be in the form of an online webinar and will be transcribed. At this meeting, the NRC staff will present an overview of the safety and environmental review processes and describe how these processes will be implemented for the review of the ONS subsequent license renewal application. The NRC staff will also provide members of the public an opportunity to provide comments.

S. Snider If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Mr. Lance Rakovan via e-mail at Lance.Rakovan@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Signed by Elliott, Robert on 08/05/21 Robert B. Elliott, Chief Environmental Review License Renewal Branch Division of Rulemaking, Environment, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos. 50-268, 50-270, and 50-287

Enclosure:

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