ML25219A012

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08062025 Letter from N. May, Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office, to M. Rome, U.S. NRC, Concurring on NHPA Section 106 Determination for Terrapower Natrium Demonstration Project (Kemmerer Power Station) Lincoln County, Wy
ML25219A012
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Site: Kemmerer File:TerraPower icon.png
Issue date: 08/06/2025
From: Matthew Gordon
State of WY, State Historic Preservation Office
To: Rome M
NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ETRB1
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Download: ML25219A012 (1)


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August 06, 2025 Michelle Rome, Chief Environmental Technical Review Branch 1 Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguard United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Re: DBI_WY_2022_280, DBI_WY_2025_385, DBPR_WY_2025_209, DBPR_WY_2025_569, and DBPR_WY_2025_688 TerraPower, LLC. Natrium Demonstration Project Lincoln County, Wyoming.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Dear Michelle Rome,

Thank you for consulting with the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) regarding DBI_WY_2025_385. We have reviewed the associated report and find the documentation meets the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Archaeology and Historic Preservation (48 FR 44716-42).

We concur that the following sites are eligible for listing in the NRHP but will not be adversely affected by the undertaking as planned Smithsonian Number Site Name Current Eligibility Effect LN 740 KS# 6 Eligible No Adverse Effect LN 8940 NAT-03 Eligible No Adverse Effect We recommend the Nuclear Regulatory Commission allow the undertaking to proceed in accordance with state and federal laws subject to the following stipulations: If any cultural materials are discovered during construction, work in the area shall halt immediately, the federal agency must be contacted, and the materials evaluated by an archaeologist or historian meeting the Secretary of the Interiors Professional Qualification Standards (48 FR 22716, Sept. 1983).

This letter should be retained in your files as documentation of a SHPO concurrence with your finding of no historic properties adversely affected. Please refer to SHPO project DBI_WY_2025_385 on any future correspondence regarding this undertaking. If you have any questions, please contact me at 307-777-3424.

Sincerely,

Nathan May, Archaeologist