ML080840431

Comment (5) of Chrys Baggett on Behalf of North Carolina, Dept. of Administration Regarding Deis; License Renewal for Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant for an Additional 20 Years of Operation in Wake County

ML080840431
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Site:	Harris
Issue date:	03/07/2008
From:	Baggett C State of NC, Dept of Administration
To:	Hernandez S Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch
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08-E-0000-0179, 72FR13139 00005
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North Carolina Department of Administration Michael F. Easley, Governor r-ri~tt Cobb,-Secre t ary March 7, 2008 Mr. Samuel Hernandez U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Directives and Editing Branch Div. of Administrative Services Mailstop T-6D59 7X Pýý Washington, DC 20555-0001

Dear Mr. Hernandez:

Re: SCH File # 08-E-0000-0 179; DEIS; License renewal for Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant for an additional 20 years of operation in Wake County. View document at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm The above referenced environmental impact information has been submitted to the State Clearinghouse under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act. According to G.S. 113A-10, when a state agency is required to prepare an environmental document under the provisions of federal law, the environmental document meets the provisions of the State Environmental Policy Act. Attached to this letter for your consideration are the comments made by agencies in the course of this review.

If any further environmental review documents are prepared for this project, they should be forwarded to this office for intergovernmental review.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call.

Sincerely, Ms. Chrys Baggett Environmental Policy Act Coordinator Attachments cc: Region J MailingAddress: Telephone: (919)807-2425 Location Address:

1301 Mail Service Center Fax(919)733-9571 116 West Jones Street Raleigh, NC 27699-1301 State Courier #51-01-00 Raleigh, North Carolina e-mail Chrys. Baggett@ncmail.net - ,

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NCDENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Michael F. Easley, Governor William G. Ross Jr., Secretary MEMORANDUM TO: Chrys Baggett State Clearinghouse FROM: Melba McGee L Environmental Review Coordinator RE: #08-0179 License Renewal of Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant in Wake County DATE: March 3, 2006 The department has reviewed the proposed project. The applicant is asked to consider the attached comments. If additional information is needed, please notify the appropriate commenting agency.

Thank you for the opportunity to respond.

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North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission 0 MEMORANDUM TO: Melba McGee, Environmental Coordinator Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs FROM: Chris Goudreau, Special Projects Coordinator Habitat Conservation Program .

DATE: February 20, 2008

SUBJECT:

License Renewal of Shearon Harris.Nuclear Power Plant, Wake County OLIA No. 08-0179 Biologists with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission reviewed the project information in the December 10, 2007 Draft Supplement 33 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants and Public Meeting for the License Renewal of Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, Docket No. 50-400 (Draft Supplemental EIS) prepared by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. These comments are provided under provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), the North Carolina Statutes (G.S. 113-131 et seq.), and the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c)).

Progress Energy proposes. to'continue operating Unit I at Shearon Harris under the operating regime for an additional 20 years beyond the current license expiration date of October 24, 2026.

We do not object to the project as proposed and concur that renewal of the license for an additional 20 years is the least damaging alternative to fish and wildlife resources and game lands in the vicinity of the Harris plant. However, we provide the following additional comments regarding the Draft Supplemental EIS (DSEIS).

In two places in Section 2.1.3 of the DSEIS the approach velocity of water to the debris screens is reported as "9 m/sec (0.5 ft/sec) and 9.1 m/sec (0.5 ft/sec)." These values are not equivalent.

We assume that the approach velocity is 0.5 ft/sec, which equals 0.15 m/sec. Please provide the correct velocity values.

The gross and net (consumptive) amount of water used by Unit I is not clear. Section 2.1.3 states that "900 L/min (240 gpm) of water in the cooling loop are lost due to evaporation from Mailing Address: Division of Inland Fisheries

• 1721 Mail Service Center

• Raleigh, NC 27699-1721 Telephone: (919) 707-0220

• Fax: (919) 707-0028

08-0179 Page 2 February 20, 2008 Wake County the cooling tower. An additional 15 million L/day (4 million gal/day) (about 10,600 L/min

[2800 gpm]) are lost to blowdown." Using these numbers we calculate that the total consumptive loss of water is 6.7 cfs (blowdown loss of 4 mgd = 6.2 cfs; cooling loss of 280 gpm

= 0.5 cfs). However, Section 2.2.2.1 of the DSEIS states that "During normal operation of 1-NP, an average 54.5 million L/day (14.4 million gal/day [MGD]) of water are lost through evaporation and an additional 15 million L/day (4 MGD) are lost to blowdown (Progress Energy 2006b)." These values result in an estimated consumptive loss is of 28.4 cfs (1.8.4 MGD). There is a vast discrepancy in the estimates for the cooling water portion. Please reconcile the differences between these two Sections and clearly state the gross amount of water used by Unit 1 and the net amount of water lost to Harris Reservoir and the Buckhorn Creek system via evaporation and other means.

We recommend that transmission line right-of-way maintenance be adjusted to improve wildlife habitat. They should not be mowed all at once during the. same year. Rotate mowed zones on individual right of ways (some are miles long) and "feather" the edges. Mowing should be done in late fall as much as possible and should be avoided between April and July.

Conditions for salamanders could be improved by protecting seeps and vernal pools, and restoring 'or maintaining their natural hydrology. Active management (either fire or mechanical removal) should be considered to reduce tree cover in and immediately adjacent to vernal pools.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments for this project. If there are any questions on these comments please call Chris Goudreau at (828) 652-4360 extension 223.

cc: Todd Ewing, NCWRC Shari Bryant, NCWRC

Michael F. Easley, Governor William G. Ross Jr., Secretary North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Coleen H. Sullins, Director Division of Water Quality February 20, 2008 MEMORANDUM TO: Melba McGee, Environmental Projects Officer DENR THRU: Dianne Reid, Supervisor '

Basinwide Planning Unit and SEPA Program FROM: Hannah Stallings, SEPA Coordinator Basinwide Planning Unit and SEPA Prog'ram

SUBJECT:

Wake County License Renewal for Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant DENR#08-0179, DWQ#13927 The Division of Water Quality has reviewed the subject projects and has the following comments:

1. The Division is pleased to see that HNP is voluntarily developing a groundwater monitoring program and plans to install additional monitoring wells.

2. The Submittal of an application to build two new nuclear units at the HNP site is mentioned at several locations. It should be noted that the Division's response to this Generic Environmental Impact Statement for license renewal is provided with the understanding that a detailed Environmental Impact Statement for building the two new nuclear units will be required and will be addressed in a separate, independent NEPA document.

3. The Division agrees that the two preferred options are energy conservation or renewal of the operating license and encourages on-going conservation efforts.

Please contact me at 733-5083, ext. 555, if I can be of any additional help.

Thank you.

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• 8m .s' Jr., Secretary January 16, 2008 "' 2008 EMAR RECEIVED MEMORANDUM TO: Mel ba McGee, DENR Environmental Coordinator Vx-FROM: Har ry LeGrand, Natural Heritage Program

SUBJECT:

License Renewal for Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant for an Additional 20 Years of Operation; Wake County,

REFERENCE:

Project No. 08-0179 The Natural Heritage Program is unable to review this project for failure to obtain a suitable map or maps of the project area. No maps are provided with the Project Review, and a perusal of the website listed on the Project Review Form does not provide easy access to maps or other pertinent material for our agency's review. For example, we are aware of a proposal by Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc., to raise the water level of Harris Lake, which would impact several significant natural areas identified by our Program. It is not clear after some review of documents on the website whether this license renewal involves the raising of the water level of Harris Lake. Without such information made available to us, we are unable to comment on the project at the present time.

Please do not hesitate to contact me at 919-715-8697 if you have questions or need further information.

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NATURAL RESOURCES 08-0179 DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH County Wake Inter-Agency Project Review Response Project Name. Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Type of Project License renewal for Shearon Plant Harris Nuclear Power Plant for an additional 20 years of operation *inWake County.

Comments provided by: View document at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/

13 Regional Program Person dologin.htm Z Regional Supervisor for Public Water Supply Section 3l Central Office program person Name Michael Douglas-Raleigh RO Date: 12/21/200 Telephone number: -q"', - /" U0 Program within Division of Environmental Health:

Vi7Public Water Supply III Other, Name of Program:

Response (check all applicable):

3l No objection to project as proposed III No comment E3 Insufficient information to complete review El Comments attached

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Public Water Supply Section Environmental Review Coordinator for the Division of Environmental Health

DEPARTME; 14 OF M O ENT AND Project Number NA103R URR-UR 08-0179 DIVISION OREN N HEALTH County Wake Inter-Ag e R**Response Project Name Shearon Harris Nuclear Type of Project License renewal for Shearon Power Plant Harris Nuclear Power Plant for an additional 20 years of operation in Wake County.

El The applicant should be advised that plans View document at and specifications -for all, water system http://adamswebsea rch.nrc.gov/

improvements must be approved by the dologin.htm Division of Environmental Health prior to the award of a contract or the initiation of construction (as required by 15A NCAC 18C

.0300et. seq.). For information, contact the Public Water Supply Section, (919) 733-2321.

El This project will be classified as a non-community public water supply and must comply with state and federal drinking water monitoring requirements. For more information the applicant should contact the Public Water Supply Section, (919) 733-2321.

El Ifthis project is constructed as proposed, we will recommend closure of __ feet of adjacent waters to the harvest of shellfish. For information regarding the shellfish sanitation program, the applicant should contact the Shellfish Sanitation Section at (252) 726-6827.

El The soil disposal area(s) proposed for this project may produce a mosquito breeding problem. For information concerning appropriate mosquito control measures, the-applicant should contact the Public Health Pest Management Section at (919) 733-6407.

ED The applicant should be advised that prior to the removal or demolition of dilapidated structures, an extensive rodent control program may be necessary in order to prevent the migration of the rodents to adjacent areas. For information concerning rodent control, contact the local health department or the Public Health Pest Management Section at (919) 733-6407.

El The applicant should be advised to contact the local health department regardihg their requirements for septic tank installations (as required under 15A NCAC 18A. 1900 et.

sep.). For, information concerning septic tank and other on-site waste disposal methods, contact the On-Site Wastewater Section at (919) 733-2895.

El The applicant should be advised to contact the local health department regarding the sanitary facilities required for this project.

If existing water lines will be relocated during the construction, plans for the water line relocation must be submitted to the Division of Environmental Health, Public Water Supply Section, Technical Services Branch, 1634 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1634, (919) 733-2321.

For Regional and Central Office comments, see the reverse side of this form.

Jim McRight PWSS 12/21/07 Reviewer Section/Branch Date

NORTH CAROLINA STATE CLEARINGHOUSE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW DEC *9 2007 STATE NUMBER: 08-E-0000-0179 HI1 DATE RECEIVED: 12/18/2007 AGENCY RESPONSE: 02/29/2008 REVIEW CLOSED: 03/05/2008 MS RENEE GLEDHILL-EARLEY CLEARINGHOUSE COORD DEPT OF CUL RESOURCES ARCHIVES-HISTORY BLDG - MSC 4617 RALEIGH NC REVIEW DISTRIBUTION CC&PS - DEM, NFIP 8q-DENR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DEPT OF AGRICULTURE DEPT OF COMMERCE DEPT OF CUL RESOURCES DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION TRIANGLE J COG PROJECT INFORMATION APPLICANT: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission TYPE: National Environmental Policy Act ERD: Draft Environmental Impact Statement DESC: License renewal for Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant for an additional 20 years of operation in Wake County. View document at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm The attached project has been submitted to the N. C. State Clearinghouse for intergovernmental review. Please review and submit your response by the above indicated date to 1301 Mail Service Center, Raleigh NC 27699-1301.

If additional review time is needed, please contact this office at (919)807-2425.

AS A RESULT OF THIS REVIEW THE FOLLOWING IS SUBMITTED:

x NO COMMENT ED:CHED COMM SI GNED BY: )ý 1 WAIAA, tA DATE: I -1)-6 U JAN 0 7 2007