ML24067A118

Final Environmental Impact Statement Federal Register Notice

ML24067A118
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Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	04/01/2024
From:	John Moses NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ELRB
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NRC-2022-0172
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251; NRC-2022-0172]

Florida Power & Light Company;

Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4;

Final Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice; issuance.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing final

site-specific environmental impac t statement (EIS) NUREG-1437, Supplement 5a,

Second Renewal, Site-Specific E nvironmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of

Nuclear Plants Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for Turkey Point Nuclear

Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4, Final Report. This EIS is relate d to the subsequent

renewal of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-31 and D PR-41 for an

additional 20 years of operation for Turkey Point Nuclear Gener ating Unit Nos. 3 and 4

(Turkey Point). Turkey Point is located in Homestead, Florida, approximately 25 miles

south-southwest of Miami. Possible alternatives to the proposed action of subsequent

license renewal for Turkey Point include the no-action alternat ive and reasonable

replacement power and alternativ e cooling water system alternatives.

DATES: NUREG-1437, Supplement 5a, Second Renewal, is available as of

March 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0172 when contacting the NRC

about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly

available information related to this document using any of the following methods:

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and

search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0172. Address questions about Docket IDs in

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; ema il:

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the in dividual listed in the

For Further Information Contact section of this document.

• NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public

Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.ht ml. To begin the

search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems wit h ADAMS, please

contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at

301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. NUREG-1437, Supplement 5a,

Second Renewal, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML240 87A061.

• NRCs PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly

available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appoint ment to visit the PDR,

please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-

4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday throu gh Friday, except

Federal holidays.

• Public Library: NUREG-1437, Supplement 5a, Second Renewal, will be

available for public inspection at the Naranja Branch Library, 14850 SW 280th Street,

Homestead, Florida 33032.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lance J. Rakovan, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commiss ion, Washington, DC

20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2589; email: Lance.Rakovan@nrc.g ov.

2 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

In accordance with section 51.118 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations

(10 CFR), the NRC is making available for public inspection NUR EG-1437, Supplement

5a, Second Renewal, regarding the subsequent renewal of Florida Power & Light

Company's (FPL) Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-31 and DPR-41 for an

additional 20 years of operation for Turkey Point. A notice of availability of the draft of

NUREG-1437, Supplement 5a, Second Renewal, was published in the Federal Register

on September 8, 2023, by the NRC (88 FR 62110) and by the Envir onmental Protection

Agency (88 FR 62078). The public comment period on the draft EI S ended on

November 7, 2023, and the comments received are addressed in th e final EIS.

II. Discussion

As discussed in Chapter 3 of NUREG-1437, Supplement 5a, Second Renewal,

the NRC staffs recommendation is that the adverse environmenta l impacts of

subsequent license renewal for Turkey Point for an additional 2 0 years beyond the

expiration dates of the initial renewed licenses are not so gre at that preserving the option

of subsequent license renewal for energy-planning decisionmaker s would be

unreasonable. This recommendation is based on: (1) FPLs enviro nmental report, as

supplemented; (2) the NRC staffs consultations with Federal, S tate, Tribal, and local

government agencies; (3) the NRC staffs independent environmen tal review, which is

3 documented in NUREG-1437, Supplement 5a, Second Renewal; and (4 ) the NRC staffs

consideration of public comments.

Dated: April 1, 2024.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

John M. Moses, Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

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