ML063470573

11/15/2006 Summary of Public Environmental Scoping Meetings Related to the Review of the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application

ML063470573
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	12/29/2006
From:	Alicia Mullins NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/REBB
To:	Susquehanna
Mullins A, NRR/DLR, 415-1224
References
TAC MD3021, TAC MD3022
Download: ML063470573 (11)

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December 29, 2006LICENSEE:PPL SUSQUEHANNA, LLCFACILITY: SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION

SUMMARY

OF PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING MEETINGS RELATED TO THE REVIEW OF THE SUSQUEHANNA STEAM

ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL

APPLICATION (TAC NOS. MD3021 AND MD3022)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff conducted environmental scoping meetings related to the review of the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 (SSES) license renewal applications submitted by PPL Susquehanna, LLC (PPL). Two public

meetings were held on Wednesday, November 15, 2006, at the Eagles Building, 107 South

Market Street, Berwick, Pennsylvania. Approximately 28 people attended the meetings, including members of the public, representatives of PPL (the applicant), local citizen

organizations, and local news media. Public comments focused on radiation protection, emergency planning, security, power uprate, water resources, and spent fuel storage.

A combined listing of attendees for both public meetings is provided in Enclosure 1. Enclosure 2 is a copy of the meeting handouts provided during the public meeting and open house

sessions. The official corrected transcripts for the afternoon and evening meetings, are publicly

available at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852. Tran scripts are also available from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession Numbers ML063330279 and ML063330281 respectively. The ADAM S Public Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html

.A Copy of the slides used during the NRC's presentation is also available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML063240150. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter

problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC's PDR

reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov

./RA/Alicia Mullins, Environmental Project Manager Environmental Branch B

Division of License Renewal

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos: 50-387 and 50-388

Enclosures:

As stated cc w/encls: See next page

1. Meeting Summary (w /Encls. 1 & 2): ML0634705733. Evening Transcript (Corrected): ML0633302812. Afternoon Transcript (Corrected): ML063330279

4. Slides: ML063240150

5. Package: ML063240145OFFICELA:DLRPM:DLR:REBBPM:DLR:REBBBC:DLR:REBBNAMEI.KingJ.DavisA.MullinsR. Schaaf forR.FranovichDATE 12/18/06 12/20/06 12/20/06 12/20/06

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING MEETINGS NOVEMBER 15, 2006 PARTICIPANTS AFFILIATIONAlan BlameyU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)Perry BuckbergNRC Jennifer DavisNRC Yoira DiazNRC Sheryl FarrellNRC Rani FranovichNRC Evelyn GettysNRC Frederick JaxheimerNRC Stephen KlementowiczNRC Louise LundNRC Jody MartinNRC Alicia MullinsNRC Lance RakovanNRC Veronica RodriguezNRC Billy RogersNRC Neil SheehanNRC Jim TrappNRC Susan UttalNRC Frederick MonetteArgonne National Laboratory John CapozzelliPPL Susquehanna, LLC. (PPL)

Michael DetamorePPL Jerome FieldPPL Luis RamosPPL Joe ScopellitiPPL Dave FlytePPL Judy BoudmanSalem Township Doug RitterSalem Township Andy SlembarskiSalem Township Shane PepeBerwick Borough Marion HidlayEcology III Ted JacobsenEcology III Brad FullerBureau of Radiation Protection Eric EpsteinTMI-ALERT Paula BallaronSusquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC)

Michael BrownellSRBC Andrew DehoffSRBC Fred FrackeEnvironmental Coalition on Nuclear Power (ECNP)

Sue FrackeECNP Dave CasselResident Ross GardnerResident Aaron HastleResident Curt MarkleyResident Ron ToolsResident Jeff WeikResidentWarren RudaCitizens Voice Newspaper Ben TimberlakePress Enterprise Newspaper Tom VeneskyTimes Leader Newspaper AGENDA FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE LICENSE RENEWAL PROCESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING PROCESS FOR SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2006 Two Identical Meetings (1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.*)I.Welcome and Purpose of Meeting 10 minutes ( L. Rakovan )

II.Overview of License Renewal Process 15 minutes ( Y. Diaz Sanabria )

III.Overview of the Environmental Review Process 15 minutes ( A. Mullins )IV.Public CommentsAs Required ( L. Rakovan )

V. Closing/Availability of Transcripts 5 minutes ( L. Rakovan )

• The NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to each meeting session. No formal comments on the proposed scope of the Environmental Impact Statement will be

accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided

either at the transcribed public meetings (see agenda, above) or in writing, as described in the

attached Federal Register notice.Enclosure 2 Welcome to the NRC's Open House Associated with the Environmen tal Review for the Proposed License Renewal at Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 This open house is intended to provide an opportunity for interested members of the public and staff from other Federal, State, and local agencies to interact with the NRC staff in an

informal information exchange.

The NRC is gathering information necessary to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) related to the proposed renewal of the operating licenses for

Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2. Please note that if you wish to provide

formal comments regarding the scope of the environmental review for Susquehanna Steam

Electric Station, Units 1 and 2, they can be presented at either session of today's transcribed

public meetings. Alternatively, they can be provided in writing or electronically by January 2, 2007. Comments received after this date will be considered while developing the

draft SEIS if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to assure consideration only for

comments received on or before January 2, 2007. Written comments on the scope of the SEIS

should be sent to:

Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services

Office of Administration

Mailstop T-6D 59

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Comments may be hand-delivered to the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Submittal of electronic

comments may be sent by e-mail to the NRC at SusquehannaEIS@nrc.gov. Thank you for your participation.

Note to PPL Susquehanna, LLC from A. Mullins dated December 28, 2006

SUMMARY

OF PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING MEETINGS RELATED TO THE REVIEW OF THE SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NOS. MD3021 AND

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E. Gettys A. Blamey, SRI Region 1

N. Sheehan, OPA Region 1

Samuel Lee, EDO Contact, Region I

C. Colleli

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J. Storch C. Dorsey, NRR Technical Communications Assistant Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 cc: Robert A. Saccone General Manager - Nuclear Operations

PPL Susquehanna, LLC

769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB3

Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Terry L. Harpster General Manager - Plant Support

PPL Susquehanna, LLC

769 Salem Blvd., NUCSA4

Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Rocco R. Sgarro Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs

PPL Susquehanna, LLC

Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4

Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Walter E. Morrissey Supervising Engineer

Nuclear Regulatory Affairs

PPL Susquehanna, LLC

769 Salem Blvd., NUCSA4

Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Michael H. Crowthers Supervising Engineer

Nuclear Regulatory Affairs

PPL Susquehanna, LLC

Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4

Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Steven M. Cook Manager - Quality Assurance

PPL Susquehanna, LLC

769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB2

Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Luis A. Ramos Community Relations Manager, Susquehanna

PPL Susquehanna, LLC

634 Salem Blvd., SSO

Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Bryan A. Snapp, Esq.

Associate General Counsel PPL Services Corporation

Two North Ninth Street, GENTW3

Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Supervisor - Document Control Services PPL Susquehanna, LLC

Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4

Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Richard W. Osborne Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.

212 Locust Street

P.O. Box 1266

Harrisburg, PA 17108-1266 Director, Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of

Environmental Protection

P.O. Box 8469

Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

P.O. Box 35, NUCSA4

Berwick, PA 18603-0035 Regional Administrator, Region 1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

475 Allendale Road

King of Prussia, PA 19406 Board of Supervisors Salem Township

P.O. Box 405

Berwick, PA 18603-0035 Dr. Judith Johnsrud National Energy Committee

Sierra Club

443 Orlando Avenue

State College, PA 16803 Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:-2-Mr. James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute

1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400

Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Don L. Klima, Director Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Office of Federal Agency Programs

1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 803

Washington, DC 20004 Susan M. Zacher, Historic Structures Section Chief

Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission

Bureau of Historic Preservation

Commonwealth Keystone Building, 2 nd Floor 400 North Street

Harrisburg, PA 17120-0093 Mark Hartle, Chief, Aquatic Resources Section Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission

Environmental Services

450 Robinson Lane

Bellefonte, PA 16823-9620 Jennifer Kagel, Fishery Biologist U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Pennsylvania Field Office

315 South Allen Street, Suite 322

State College, PA 16801-4850 Alice Zaikoski, Co-Director Berwick Public Library

205 Chestnut Street

Berwick, PA 18603 Clifford Farides, Executive Director Mill Memorial Library

495 E. Main Street

Nanticoke, PA 18634 Ms. Chris Firestone, Native Plant Program Manager Pennsylvania Department of Conservation

and Natural Resources

Bureau of Forestry

Forest Advisory Services

P.O. Box 8552

Harrisburg, PA 17105-1673 Raymond Cline, Trust Board Chairman Delaware Trust Board

220 NW Virginia Avenue

Bartlesville, OK 74003 Edgar French, Tribal President Delaware Nation of Oklahoma

P.O. Box 825

Anadarko, OK 73005 Paul Spicer, Chief Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma

P.O. Box 1283

Miami, OK 74355 Barry E. Snyder, Sr., President Seneca Nation of Indians

P.O. Box 231

Salamanca, NY 14779 Roger Hill, Chief Tonawanda Band of Seneca

7027 Meadville Road

Basom, NY 14013 Ray Halbritter, Nation Representative Oneida Indian Nation

5218 Patrick Road

Verona, NY 13478 James W. Ransom, Chief St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians

412 State Route 37

Akwesasne, NY 13655 Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:-3-Irving Powless, Jr., Chief Onondaga Indian Nation

RR #1, Box 319-B

Nedrow, NY 13120 The Honorable Clint Halftown Heron Clan Representative

Cayuga Nation

P.O. Box 11

Versailles, NY 14168 Leo R. Henry, Clerk, Chief Tuscarora Nation

2006 Mt. Hope Road

via: Lewistown, NY 14092 Karen Kaniatobe, THPO Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma

2025 S. Gordon Cooper Drive

Shawnee, OK 74801 Larry Nuckolls, Governor Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma

2025 S. Gordon Cooper Drive

Shawnee, OK 74801 Timothy Two Guns Cayuga Nation

P.O. Box 11

Versailles, NY 14168 Tamara Francis, NAGPRA Director Delaware Nation of Oklahoma

P.O. Box 825

Anadarko, OK 73005 Darrin Ahshapanek, EPA Director Delaware Nation of Oklahoma

P.O. Box 825

Anadarko, OK 73005 Charles D. Enyart, Chief Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma

P.O. Box 350

Seneca, MO 64865 Roxane Weldon, EPA Director Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma

P.O. Box 350

Seneca, MO 64865 Anthony Wonderley, Oneida Nation Historian

Oneida Indian Nation

221 Union Street

P.O. Box 662

Oneida, NY 13421 Brian Patterson Bear Clan Representative, Men's Council

Oneida Indian Nation

Annex Bldg.

579 Main Street

Oneida, NY 13421 Stephen J. Selden, Esq.

General Council

5218 Patrick Road

Verona, NY 13478 Gerald Danforth, Chairman Oneida Nation of Wisconsin

P.O. Box 365

Oneida, WI 54155-0365 Corina Williams, THPO Oneida Nation of Wisconsin

P.O. Box 365

Oneida, WI 54155-0365 Tony Gonyea, Faithkeeper Onondaga Nation

RR #1, Route 11A

Box 258C via: Nedrow, NY 13120 Kathleen Mitchell Seneca Nation of Indians

Tribal Historic Preservation Office

467 Center St.

Salamanca, NY 14779 Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:-4-Paul Barton, Historic Preservation Officer Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma

P.O. Box 1283

Miami, OK 74355 Marion Sizemore, Environmental Director Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma

P.O. Box 1283

Miami, OK 74355 Chief Leroy Howard Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma

P.O. Box 1283

Miami, OK 74355 Sheree Bonaparte, Historic Preservation Officer St. Regis Mohawk Tribe

412 State Route 37

Akwesasne, NY 13655 Ken Jocks, Director Environmental Division

RR #1, Box 8a

Hogansburg, NY 13655 Ron Sparkman, Chairman Shawnee Tribe

29 South 69a Highway

Miami, OK 74354 Rebecca Hawkins, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer

Shawnee Tribe

29 South 69a Highway

Miami, OK 74354 Tribal Chairman Shawnee Tribe

29 South 69a Highway

Miami, OK 74354 Robert Chicks, Tribal Chairman Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the

Mohican Nation, Wisconsin

Route 1 P.O. Box 70

Bowler, WI 54416 Sherry White, Cultural Preservation Officer Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the

Mohican Nation, Wisconsin

Route 1 P.O. Box 70

Bowler, WI 54416 Greg Bunker Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the

Mohican Nation, Wisconsin

Route 1 P.O. Box 70

Bowler, WI 54416 Stuart Patterson, Chief 1983 Upper Mountain Road

Tuscarora Nation

via: Sanborn, NY 14132 Tuscarora Environmental Program Neil Patterson, Jr., Director

2045 Upper Mountain Road

Tuscarora Nation

via: Sanborn, NY 14132