ML24205A218

Tribal S106 Completion Crystal River Unit 3: Seminole Nation of Oklahoma

ML24205A218
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Site:	Crystal River
Issue date:	07/24/2024
From:	John Moses NRC/NMSS/DREFS
To:	Johnson L Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
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Download: ML24205A218 (1)

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Honorable Lewis Johnson, Chief Seminole Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 1498 Wewoka, OK 74884

SUBJECT:

CONCLUSION OF SECTION 106 CONSULTATION REGARDING THE LICENSE TERMINATION PLAN FOR CRYSTAL RIVER UNIT 3 IN CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA (DOCKET NUMBER: 50-302)

Dear Chief Lewis Johnson:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review for a license amendment requesting approval of a license termination plan (LTP) for Crystal River Unit 3 (CRU3) submitted by Accelerated Decommissioning Partners (ADP) CR3, LLC (ADP CR3) on December 12, 2022, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 50.

The CRU3 is located at 15760 West Powerline Street in Crystal River, Florida, within the Crystal River Energy Complex. ADP intends to meet the criteria for unrestricted release found in 10 CFR 20.1402. After license termination for most of the CRU3 site, a small portion of the site used for the dry storage of spent nuclear fuel (also known as an independent spent fuel storage installation) would remain under NRC license.

By letter dated April 2, 2024, the NRC staff initiated Section 106 consultation and notified the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), Florida State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), and four Indian Tribes of its decision to use the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, process to comply with its obligations under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, in accordance with 36 CFR 800.8(c).

As part of the aforementioned correspondence, the NRC staff indicated that a draft environmental assessment (EA) pursuant to NEPA was being prepared to determine whether to prepare an environmental impact statement or finding of no significant impact (FONSI). At that time, a copy of the historic and cultural resources sections of the draft EA was made publicly available for review and comment ( ML24088A272). The publicly available historic and cultural resources section included identification of historic and cultural resources and historic properties, an analysis of potential effects of the proposed action, including potential effects on historic and cultural resources and historic properties as well as the NRC staffs preliminary determination of no historic properties affected. The purpose of this letter is to provide final project details and information on publication of the final EA and final FONSI as well as to conclude consultation.

In addition to the ACHP and Florida SHPO, the following consulting parties received consultation correspondence (Section 106 initiation and availability of the draft EA historic and cultural resources section), inviting input on the areas of potential effect, identification and evaluation efforts, information on resources of traditional or religious importance, and the NRC staffs determination of effect:

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- Seminole Nation of Oklahoma

- Seminole Tribe of Florida

- Muscogee Nation

- Miccosukee Tribe of Florida The following responses were received, ordered by date:

- April 24, 2024 oSeminole Tribe of Florida: No objection or other comments; request for copy of final NEPA document ( ML24120A331)

- May 20, 2024 oACHP: Confirmation of receipt of the NRC staffs notification pursuant to 36 CFR 800.8(c) ( ML24143A013)

- May 20, 2024 oFlorida SHPO: Concurred with the NRC staffs assessment ( ML24143A021)

The Florida SHPO concurred with the NRC staffs finding of no historic properties affected on May 20, 2024, and no consulting party has objected. Therefore, consistent with 36 CFR 800.4(d)(1)(i), NRCs responsibilities under Section 106 are complete.

The NRC staff published the final EA and final FONSI in July 2024. You may access all public documents, including the final EA at ML24081A068 and final FONSI at ML24176A222 or through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. You may also find information concerning Crystal River activities at the following link https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/decommissioning/power-reactor/cr3.html.

Thank you for your participation; the NRC staff looks forward to working with you on future projects.

Sincerely, John Moses, Deputy Director Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 50-302 cc:

Ben Yahola, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Yahola.b@sno-nsn.gov Signed by Moses, John on 07/24/24

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