ML25028A145
| ML25028A145 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 11/05/2024 |
| From: | NRC |
| To: | NRC/NMSS/DREFS |
| References | |
| Download: ML25028A145 (5) | |
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From:
Jennifer Davis Sent:
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 5:12 PM To:
thpo@badriver-nsn.gov Cc:
Laura Willingham; Mary Richmond; Williamson, Alicia; Conrad, Cyler N
Subject:
Area of Potential Effects Notification for Palisades Restart Project Attachments:
PNP_Restart_APE_Bad River Band.pdf Good afternoon, We are sending out this email to keep NHPA Section 106 consulting parties informed about the status of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRCs) environmental review of the potential reauthorization of power operations at the Palisades Nuclear Plant (Palisades).
Palisades is located in Van Buren County, Michigan, along the shore of Lake Michigan, approximately 2.5 miles northwest of Covert Township. As discussed in previous correspondence, the NRC is conducting National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 consultation through the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) process per 36 CFR 800.8(c).
The purpose of the attached letter is to notify you about the area of potential effects (APE) determination for NRCs environmental review and NHPA Section 106 consultation. Specifically, the NRC is defining the direct and indirect APE for this undertaking as the entire 432-acre Palisades site. The APE is the same APE evaluated in the 2006 NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 27, Regarding Palisades Nuclear Plant. A map delineating the APE is an enclosure to that letter.
Please submit any comments you may have on the APE within 30 days of the date of this email.
The NRC will send a courtesy copy of the attached letter to you and your Tribal leadership via U.S. mail. Please contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you for taking the time to consult with NRC.
Jennifer Jennifer A. Davis Senior Environmental Project Manager Environmental Technical Review Branch 1 Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (301) 415-3835
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Robert Blanchard, Tribal Chairman Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Wisconsin)
P.O. Box 39 Odanah, WI 54861-0039
SUBJECT:
AREA OF POTENTIAL EFFECTS NOTIFICATION AND CONTINUING SECTION 106 CONSULTATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONAL, LLCS LICENSING AND REGULATORY REQUESTS FOR REAUTHORIZATION OF POWER OPERATIONS AT PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT (EPID NUMBER:
L-2024-LNE-0003) (DOCKET NUMBER: 50-0255)
Dear Tribal Chairman Robert Blanchard:
As previously noted by letter dated July 1, 2024 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System ML24183A127), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review for a series of licensing and regulatory requests submitted by Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC that seek NRC approvals to reauthorize power operations at the Palisades Nuclear Plant (Palisades). These requests include an exemption request, a license transfer request, and license amendment requests. Also discussed in our previous letter, the NRC is using the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA) process to comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (NHPA) in accordance with Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 800, Protection of Historic Properties, Section 800.8(c).
Concurrently, the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Loan Programs Offices (LPOs) proposed action, pursuant to its authority under Title 17 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended, is considering providing Federal financial assistance (a loan guarantee) to support the reauthorization of power operations at Palisades. Accordingly, the DOE LPO will serve as a cooperating agency on the environmental review while the NRC will be the lead Federal agency for the environmental review under NEPA and Section 106 consultation under the NHPA.
The purpose of this letter is to notify you about the area of potential effects (APE) determination for NRCs environmental review and NHPA Section 106 consultation. Specifically, the NRC is defining the direct and indirect APE for this undertaking as the entire 432-acre Palisades site (Enclosed). The APE shown in the enclosed map is the same APE evaluated in the 2006 NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 27, Regarding Palisades Nuclear Plant.
The NRC expects to issue the draft environmental assessment (EA) for the consulting parties and public review and comment in January 2025. A copy of the draft EA will be made available for your review and comment. The EA will include identification of historic and cultural resources and historic properties, an analysis of potential effects of the proposed actions, including November 4, 2024
R. Blanchard potential effects on historic and cultural resources and historic properties as well as the NRC staffs preliminary determinations.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the APE, please contact Jennifer Davis, Staff Archaeologist, by phone at 301-415-3835 or via email at Jennifer.Davis@nrc.gov; or the Environmental Project Manager, Laura Willingham, by phone at 301-415-0857 or via email at Laura.Willingham@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Theodore Smith, Acting Deputy Director Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 50-255
Enclosure:
Figure 1 - A Map of the 432-acre Palisades Area of Potential Effects cc: GovDelivery Lawrence Plucinski, THPO thpo@badriver-nsn.gov Signed by Smith, Theodore on 11/04/24 Figure 1 - A Map of the 432-acre Palisades Area of Potential Effects Figure modified from SEARCH, Inc.s 2024 Technical Report: Phase 1 Archaeological Survey of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, Van Buren County, Michigan. Prepared for Enercon, prepared by SEARCH. SEARCH project number: 240030. Report on file at the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office.