ML23138A066

TMI-2 NHPA Section 106 Shpo Letter to NRC 5-17-23

ML23138A066
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	05/17/2023
From:	Diehl E State of PA, Historical & Museum Commission
To:	Robert Sun NRC/NMSS/DREFS
References
2021PR03278.009
Download: ML23138A066 (1)

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May 17, 2023 Robert Sun, Acting Chief U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Environmental Review Materials Branch Division of Rulemaking, Environmental and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 RE: ER Project # 2021PR03278.009, TMI-2 Decommissioning Project, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Conoy Township, Lancaster County

Dear Acting Chief Sun,

The purpose of this letter is to re-submit our comments of May 1, 2023, in response to your initiation of consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for the above-referenced submission (Docket Number 50-0320). This is only to clarify the recipient as NRC; the comments remain the same.

Above Ground Resources Thank you for initiating the project in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, and its implementing regulations. As noted in your letter, we are awaiting additional information as requested of TMI-2 regarding the potential significance of the property in its entirety outside of the events of 1979. PA SHPO intends to use this information in conjunction with field notes and information gathered during a site visit to the both TMI-1 and TMI-2 held on April 5, 2023. With regards to the Area of Potential Effects (APE), based on information obtained during the site visit as well as the planned activities to occur, it is our opinion that the APE should only extend to include Three Mile Island in its entirety as well as the historically associated observation building located across the Susquehanna River, on the east shore. We look forward to continued consultation with you, the licensee, and other consulting parties, as participating, regarding the identification of historic properties and assessment of effects.

For questions concerning above ground resources, please contact Emma Diehl at emdiehl@pa.gov.

Archaeological Resources We require additional information to be able to comment on this projects potential to affect archaeological resources. As we understand from the submissions received to date and from our site visit on April 5, 2023, the majority of decommissioning activities proposed for the undertaking will occur within areas that are previously disturbed from construction and operation of the TMI-1 and TMI-2 facilities. However, areas of the island retain intact soils and a number of archaeological sites have been identified on the island. Please define a limit of disturbance for this the undertaking so that we may provide our comments on the potential for archaeological resources to be directly affected. If this decommissioning project will lead to additional public access or new development on Three Mile Island, it may also be appropriate to consider indirect effects to archaeological resources on the island as a result of this project. We look forward to continued consultation.

ER Project #2021PR03278.009 Page 2 of 2 More Information Requested - New Attachment Please use this request for information to upload a discussion of the projects limits of ground disturbance and associated mapping/shapefiles. Please submit the requested materials to the PA SHPO through PA-SHARE using the link under SHPO Requests More Information on the Response screen.

For questions concerning archaeological resources, please contact Justin McKeel at jusmckeel@pa.gov.

Sincerely, Emma Diehl Environmental Review Division Manager