ML24087A201

Letter to Talbert Cypress, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida; Re., Section 106 Letters for Turkey Point

ML24087A201
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Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	04/05/2024
From:	John Moses NRC/NMSS/DREFS
To:	Cypress T Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
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ML24087A202	List: ML24087A198 ML24087A199 ML24087A200 ML24087A201
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Talbert Cypress, Chairman Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida Tamiami Station P.O. Box 440021 Miami, FL 33144

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NUMBERS 3 AND 4 SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION

Dear Chairman Talbert Cypress:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the environmental impact statement NUREG-1437, Supplement 5a, Second Renewal, Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4, Final Report (FEIS). Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4 (Turkey Point) is operated by Florida Power & Light Company and is located in Homestead, Florida, approximately 25 miles south-southwest of Miami. On October 12, 2022, the NRC staff re-initiated consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (NHPA), with your Tribe. In accordance with Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations 800.8(c), the NRC has elected to use the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, process to comply with its obligations under Section 106 of the NHPA.

The FEIS supplements NUREG-1437, Supplement 5, Second Renewal, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4, Final Report (FSEIS),

issued in October 2019. The FEIS includes the NRC staffs site-specific evaluation of the environmental impacts of subsequent license renewal (SLR) for Turkey Point for each of the environmental issues that were dispositioned as Category 1 issues (generic to all or a distinct subset of nuclear power plants) in the FSEIS consistent with table B-1 in appendix B to subpart A of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 51 and NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Revision 1, Final Report. The FEIS also considers whether there is significant new information that would change the NRC staffs conclusions concerning Category 2 issues (specific to individual nuclear power plants) in the FSEIS. The NRC staff prepared the FEIS in accordance with the Commissions decisions in Commission Legal Issuance (CLI)-22-02 and CLI-22-03, both dated February 24, 2022. Together, the FEIS and the FSEIS evaluate, on a site-specific basis, all of the environmental impacts of continued operation during the SLR term for Turkey Point Unit 3 from July 19, 2032, to July 19, 2052, and for Turkey Point Unit 4 from April 10, 2033, to April 10, 2053.April 5, 2024 T. Cypress 2 In a letter dated September 8, 2023, the NRC submitted a copy of the draft EIS to your office.

As documented in the draft EIS, the NRC determined that the adverse environmental impacts of SLR for Turkey Point (i.e., the continued operation of Turkey Point for a period of 20 years beyond current expiration dates) are not so great that preserving the option of SLR for energy-planning decision-makers would be unreasonable. Further, the NRC staff did not identify significant new information that would change the conclusion in the FSEIS that SLR would not adversely affect known historic properties or historic and cultural resources.

A copy of the FEIS is available via the following link:

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2408/ML24087A061.pdf. The FEIS is also available through the web-based version of the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html under ML24087A061.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Nancy Martinez at 630-829-9734 or via e-mail at Nancy.Martinez@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, John M. Moses, Deputy Director Division of Rulemaking, Environmental and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251 cc:

Jason Daniel Tribal Historic Preservation Officer P.O. Box 440021 Miami, FL, 33144 Ralph, Melissa signing on behalf of Moses, John on 04/05/24

ML24087A201 OFFICE NMSS NMSS NMSS OGC NMSS NMSS NAME NMartinez AWalker-Smith LRakavon LWatchuka MRome JMoses DATE 03/28/24 04/01/24 04/01/24 04/01/24 04/04/24 04/05/24