ML24312A351

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Letter to Amy Spong, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, Re., NOA of the Final EIS for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1 SLR
ML24312A351
Person / Time
Site: Monticello Xcel Energy icon.png
Issue date: 11/18/2024
From: Rome M
NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ETRB2
To: Spong A
State of MN, Dept of Admin., State Historic Preservation Office
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Download: ML24312A351 (1)


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A. Spong UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Amy Spong Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office Administration Building #203 50 Sherburne Ave.

Saint Paul, MN 55155

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNIT 1 SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL (DOCKET NO. 50-263)

Dear Amy Spong:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the environmental impact statement, NUREG-1437, Supplement 26, Second Renewal, Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1, Final (FEIS). Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1 (Monticello) is operated by Northern States Power Company and is located in Wright County, Minnesota, on the southern bank of the Mississippi River. The NRC staff initiated consultation with your office regarding this project on March 13, 2023. In accordance with Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations (36 CFR) Section 800.8(c), the NRC staff has elected to use the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, process to comply with its obligations under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended.

The FEIS evaluates the environmental impacts of the proposed action (i.e., renewing the Monticello operating license authorizing an additional 20 years of operation) and alternatives to the proposed action. As discussed in the FEIS, the NRC staff determined that the adverse environmental impacts of the subsequent license renewal (SLR) are not so great that preserving the option for energy-planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable. The NRC staff has determined that the undertaking will result in no historic properties affected, as defined in 36 CFR 800.4(d)(1).

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

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2430/ML24309A221.pdf. The FEIS may also be obtained online in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html under ML24309A221. 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, 301-415-4737, or via email to pdr.Resource@nrc.gov.

November 18, 2024

A. Spong 2

If you have any questions concerning the NRCs license renewal review, please contact Nancy Martinez, by phone at 630-829-9734 or via email at Nancy.Martinez@nrc.gov, or Jessica Umana, by phone at 301-415-5207 or via email at Jessica.Umana@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Michelle Rome, Chief Environmental Technical Review Branch 1 Division of Rulemaking, Environmental and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 50-263 cc:

Lucy Harrington Environmental Review Archaeologist Doub, Joseph signing on behalf of Rome, Michelle on 11/18/24

ML24312A351 OFFICE PM:REFS LR:REFS PM:REFS BC: REFS NAME NMartinez AWalker-Smith JUmana MRome DATE 11/7/2024 11/8/2024 11/8/2024 11/18/2024