ML23214A016

(External Sender) EPA Scoping Comment Letter for the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal (with Attachment) - C8

ML23214A016
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Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	01/24/2023
From:	Gruta G - No Known Affiliation
To:	Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
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From: Gruta, Gabriel To: ComanchePeakEIS Resource Cc: tam Tran; Houston, Robert

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[External_Sender] EPA Scoping Comment Letter for the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 9:14:13 AM Attachments: EPA Scoping Comments for Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant.pdf

Dear Mr. Tran,

Attached please find the EPA scoping comment letter for the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2 License Renewal. Should you have any questions, you can contact me at this email address.

Gabe Gruta NEPA Specialist Office of Communities, Tribes and Environmental Assessment U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1201 Elm Street, Suite 500 (ORACN)

Dallas, Texas 75270-2102

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION 6 1201 ELM STREET, SUITE 500 DALLAS, TEXAS 75270-2102 January 23, 2023 Tam Tran Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Re: Docket No. NRC-2022-0183, EPA Scoping Comments for the license renewal of the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant (CPNPP), Somervell County, Texas

Dear Mr. Tran:

The Region 6 office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reviewed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Federal Register Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), published December 13, 2022, for the license renewal of the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant (CPNPP), Units 1 and 2 located in Somervell County, Texas. The purpose of the CPNPP license renewal is to extend the reactor operating licenses for an additional twenty years beyond the expiration of the current licenses. The current operating license for Unit 1 expires at midnight on February 8, 2030, and the current operating license for Unit 2 expires at midnight on February 2, 2033. The review is pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 - 1508), and our NEPA review authority under Section 309 of the Clean Air Act.

To assist in the scoping process for this project, EPA has identified several areas for your attention and provides scoping comments for your consideration. EPA is most interested in the Air Quality, Hazardous Waste and Environmental Justice impacts. We offer the following comments for your consideration.

Air Quality Comments EPA recommends the Draft EIS describe and estimate air emissions from potential construction, maintenance, and operation activities, as well as proposed mitigation measures to minimize those emissions.

Hazardous Waste Comments EPA recommends that the NRC address the applicability of state and federal hazardous waste requirements for the storage of previously accumulated Low Level Mixed Waste.

Environmental Justice Comments EPA recommends a continued effort to adhere to all safety regulations to make sure that information is available to the public as to mitigate impacts to minority and low-income populations within the operational area.

We appreciate the opportunity to review the environmental issues for the proposed action and are available to discuss EPAs scoping comments. Please send our office an electronic copy of the Draft EIS when it is electronically filed with the Office of Federal Activities using the following link: https://www.epa.gov/nepa/e-nepa-guide-registration-and-preparing-eis-electronic-submission. If you have any questions, please contact Gabe Gruta, project review lead at 214-665-2174 or gruta.gabriel@epa.gov.

Sincerely, Houston, Digitally signed by Houston, Robert Robert Date: 2023.01.23 16:20:41 -06'00' Robert Houston Staff Director Office of Communities, Tribes and Environmental Assessment