ML13058A243

Request for Scoping Comments Concerning the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, LRA Review

ML13058A243
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Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	03/15/2013
From:	Melanie Wong NRC/NRR/DLR/RERGUB
To:	Anoatubby B, Baker B, Billie J, Blanchard G, Harjo L, Hicks M, Hobia T, Scott G, Sparkman R, Sylestine O, Tiger G, Wallace G, Wickliffe G, Yargee T Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Cherokee Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Kialegee Tribal Town, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Shawnee Tribe, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON. D.C. 20555-0001 March 15. 2013 Principal Chief Bill John Baker Cherokee Nation P. O. Box 948 Tahlequah. Oklahoma 74465-0948

SUBJECT:

REOUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SEOUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT. UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Principal Chief Baker:

The.U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SON), Units 1 and 2 ...

SON is located in Hamilton County. Tennessee, approximately 6 miles east of Soddy-Daisy.

Tennessee, on a peninsula on the western shore of the Chickamauga Reservoir. SON is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The application for renewal was submitted by TVA in a letter dated Jcmuary 15. 2013, pursuant to Title 10 ofthe Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years. The current operating license for SON, Units 1 and 2, will expire on September 17, 2020, and September 15,2021. respectively. The requested renewals would extend the license expiration dates for SON, Units 1 and 2, to September 17,2040, and September 15, 2041, respectively.

r As part of the NRC's review. a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GElS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC's regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeol6gic~1 resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe has historic ties to Tennessee, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. The following Tribal Nations will also be contacted for their comments and will receive a similar letter: the Chickasaw Nation, Alabama Ouassarte Tribal Town, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Kialegee Tribal Town, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Shawnee Tribe.

B. Baker -2 Please submit any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 15, 2013. Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-801 M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov.

The SON license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operatingllicensing/renewallapplications/seguoyah.html.

The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on April 3, 2013 at Soddy Daisy City Hall, 9835 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379. The first meeting will convene at .

2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 6:00 pm and will continue until 8:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS on February 10, 2014. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and .

comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued on September 30, 2014.

If you have any questions concerning the NRC's review of this license renewal application, please contact Emily Larson, Social Scientist, at 301-415-1151 or bye-mail at Emily.Larson@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

.7Ild0JW vr Melanie C. Wong, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. SON Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv Dr. R. Allen, Policy Analyst

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 March 15, 2013 Mr. BiliAnoatubby, Governor The Chickasaw Nation P. O. Box 1548 Ada, Oklahoma 74821-1548

SUBJECT:

REOUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SEOUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Governor Anoatubby:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the

. effects of renewing the operating license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SON), Units 1 and 2.

. SON is located in Hamilton County, Tennessee, approximately 6 miles east of Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, on a peninsula on the western shore of the Chickamauga Reservoir. SON is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The application for renewal was submitted by TVA in a letter dated January 15, 2013, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CF'R Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years. The current operating license for SON, Units 1 and 2, will expire on September 17, 2020, and September 15, 2021, respectively. The requested renewals would extend the license expiration dates for SON, Units 1 and 2, to September 17, 2040, and September 15, 2041, respectively.

As part of the NRC's review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GElS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC's regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a rer.ommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act

. (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe has historic ties to Tennessee, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. The following Tribal Nations will also be contacted for their comments and will receive a similar letter: the Cherokee Nation, Alabama Ouassarte Tribal Town, the IViuscogee (Creek) i'Jation, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Kialsgee Tribal Town, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Shawnee Tribe.

B. Anoatubby - 2 Please submit any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 15, 2013. Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop lWB-05-B01 M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov.

The SQN license renewal application is available at:

. http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/seguoyah.html.

The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on April 3, 2013 at Soddy Daisy City Hall,9835 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379. The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 6:00 pm and will continue until 8:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS on February 10, 2014. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued on September 30, 2014.

If you have any questions concerning the NRC's review of this license renewal application, please contact Emily Larson, Social Scientist, at 301-415-1151 or bye-mail at Emily. Larson@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, 1t1d~{1 Melanie C. Wong, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

. Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328 .

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. SQN Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv V. Nail, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 March 15, 2013 Mr. Tarpie Yargee, Chief Alabama Ouassarte Tribal Town P. O. Box 187 .

Wetumka, OK 74883

SUBJECT:

REOUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SEOUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chief Yargee:

• The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SON), Units 1 and 2.

.. SON is located in Hamilton County, Tennessee, approximately 6 miles east of Soddy-Daisy,

• Tennessee, on a peninsula on the western shore of the Chickamauga Reservoir. SON is

. operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The application for renewal was submitted by TVA in a letter dated January 15, 2013, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plantis issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years. The current operating license for SON, Units 1 and 2, will expire on September 17, 2020, and September 15, 2021, respectively. The requested renewals would extend the license*

expiration dates for SON, Units 1 and 2, to September 17, 2040, and September 15, 2041, respectively:

As part of the NRC's review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GElS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC's regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the re*quirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe has historic ties to Tennessee, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. The following Tribal

• Nations will also be contacted for*their comments and will receive a similar letter: the Cherokee Nation, the Chickasaw Nation, the Muscoge!3 (Creek) Nation, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Kialegee Tribal Town, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Shawnee Tribe.

T. Yargee -2 Please submit any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 15, 2013. Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01 M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov.

The SQN license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/sequoyah.html.

The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on April 3, 2013 at Soddy Daisy City Hall, 9835 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379. The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 6:00 pm and will continue until 8:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS on February 10, 2014. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued on September 30,2014.

If you have any questions concerning the NRC's review of this license renewal application, please contact Emily Larson, Social Scientist, at 301-415-1151 or bye-mail at Ernily.Larson@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, 1Yl~~

Melanie C. Wong, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch .

Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. SQN Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 March 15, 2013 Principal Chief George Tiger Muscogee (Creek) Nation .

P. O. Box 580 Okmulgee, Oklahoma 74447

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SEQUOYAH

.. NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Principal Chief Tiger:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN), Units 1 and 2 ..

SQN is located in Hamilton County, Tennessee, approximately 6 miles east of Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, on a peninsula on the western shore of the Chickamauga Reservoir. SQN is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The application for renewal was submitted by TVA in a letter dated January 15, 2013, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the, license may be renewed for up to 20 years. The current operating license for SQN, Units 1 and 2, will expire on September 17, 2020, and September 15, 2021, respectively. The requested renewals would extend the license expiration dates for SQN, Units 1 and 2, to September 17, 2040, and September 15, 2041, respectively .

. As part of the NRC's review, a site-specific supplementalenvironmental impact statement (SEIS) to its "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GElS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC's regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic

. issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe has historic ties to Tennessee, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. The following Tribal Nations will also be contacted for their comments and will receive a similar letter: the Cherokee

. Nation, the Chickasaw Nation, Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Kialegee Tribal Town, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, the Absentee Shawnee. Tribe of Oklahoma, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Shawnee Tribe.

G. Tiger - 2 Please submit any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 15, 2013. Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01 M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov.

The SON license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operatingllicensing/renewal/applications/sequoyah.html.

The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on April 3, 2013 at Soddy Daisy City Hall, 9835 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy. TN 37379. The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 6:00 pm and will continue until 8:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS in February 10, 2014. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued in September 30, 2014.

If you have any questions concerning the NRC's review of this license renewal application, please contact Emily Larson, Social Scientist, at 301-415-1151 or bye-mail at Emily. Larson@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Melanie C. Wong, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. SON Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv J. Bear, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 March 15, 2013 Principal Chief Oscola Clayton Sylestine Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas 571 State Park Rd. 56 livingston, TX 77351

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Principal Chief Sylestine:

'. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN), Units 1 and 2.

• SQN is located in Hamilton County, Tennessee, approximately 6 miles east of Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, on a peninsula on the western shore of the Chickamauga Reservoir. SQN is

• operated.by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The application for renewal was submitted by TVA in a letter dated January 15, 2013, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to

• 20 years. The current operating license for SQN, Units 1 and 2, will expire on September 17, 2020, and September 15,2021, respectively. The requested renewals would extend the license expiration dates for SQN, Units 1 and 2, to September 17.2040, and September 15, 2041, respectively:

As part of the NRC's review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its. "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GElS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC's regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and

• archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental

. acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 GFR 800.8, the NRC

• plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe has historic ties to Tennessee, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. The following Tribal Nations will also be contacted for their comments and will receive a similar letter: the Cherokee Nation, the Chickasaw Nation, Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, KialegeeTribal Town, the*

Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Shawnee Tribe.

O. Sylestine -2 Please submit any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 15, 2013. Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01 M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov.

The SQN license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewallapplications/sequoyah.html.

The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on April 3, 2013 at Soddy Daisy City Hall, 9835 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379. The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 6:00 pm and will continue until 8:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS on February 10, 2014. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued on September 30,2014.

If you have any questions concerning the NRC's review of this license renewal application, please contact Emily Larson, Social Scientist, at 301-415-n51 or bye-mail at Emily. Larson@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

~vy Melanie C. Wong, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. SQN Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 March 15, 2013 Mr. George Scott, Town King Thlopthlocco Tribal Town Rout 1, Box 190-A Weleetka, OK 74880 SUB~IECT: REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Mr. Scott:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the

... effects of renewing the operating license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN), Units 1 and 2.

SQN is located inHamilton County, Tennessee, approximately 6 miles east of Soddy:-Daisy, Tennessee, on a peninsula on the western shore of the Chickamauga Reservoir. SON is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The application for renewal was submitted by TVA in a letter dated January 15, 2013, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal

.. Regulations Part 54(10CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years. The current operating license for SON, Units 1 and 2, will expire on September 17, 2020, and September 15, 2021, respectively. The requested renewals would extend the license expiration dates for SON, Units 1 and 2, to September 17, 2040, and September 15, 2041, respectively. ..

As part of the NRC's review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants"

. (GElS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC's regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and

. archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR800.8, the NRC plans to* coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Ad (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe has historic ties to Tennessee, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. The following Tribal Nations will also be contacted for their comments and will receive a similar letter: the Cherokee Nation, the Chickasaw Nation, Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation; the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Kialegee Tribal Town, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Shawnee Tribe.

G. Scott - 2 Please submit any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 15, 2013. Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01 M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov.

The SON license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewallapplications/sequoyah.html.

The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on April 3, 2013 at Soddy Daisy City Hall, 9835 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379. The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm anti will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 6:00 pm and will continue until 8:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS on February 10, 2014. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued on September 30,2014.

If you have any questions concerning the NRC's review of this license renewal application, please contact Emily Larson, Social Scientist, at 301-415-1151 or bye-mail at Emily.Larson@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Melanie C. Wong, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. SON Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv C. Coleman, Historic Preservation Officer

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 March 15, 2013 Chief Glenna J. Wallace

. Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma 127 West Oneida Seneca, MO 64865 SUB~'ECT: REOUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SEOUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chief Wallace:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SON), Units 1 and 2.

SON is located in Hamilton County, Tennessee, approximately 6 miles east of Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, on a peninsula on the western shore of the Chickamauga Reservoir. SON is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The application for renewal was submitted by.TVA in a letter dated January 15, 2013, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal .

Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for upto 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years. The current operating license for SON, Units 1 and 2, will expire on September 17, 2020, and September 15,2021, respectively. The requested renewals would extend the license expiration dates for SON, Units 1 and 2, to September 17,2040, and September 15,2041,

. respectively.

As part oOhe NRC's review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GElS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC's regulation that implemerits the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC

. plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe hashistoric ties to Tennessee, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. The following Tribal Nations will also be contacted for their comments and will receive a similar letter: the Cherokee Nation, the Chickasaw Nation,Alabama Ouassarte Tribal Town, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas. Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Kialegee Tribal Townj.the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Shawnee Tribe.

G. Wallace -2 Please submit any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 15, 2013. Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01 M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov.

The SON license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operatingllicensing/renewal/applications/sequoyah.html.

The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on April 3, 2013 at Soddy Daisy City Hall, 9835 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379. The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 6:00 pm and will continue until 8:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS on February 10, 2014. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued on September 30,2014.

If you have any questions concerning the NRC's review of this license renewal application, please contact Emily Larson, Social Scientist, at 301-415-1151 or bye-mail at Emily.Larson@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, IflJiuwJ Y Melanie C. Wong, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. SON Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv R. Dushane, Cultural Preservation Officer

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 March 15, 2013 Chief Tiger Hobia Kialegee Tribal Town P. O. Box 332 Wetumka, OK 74833

SUBJECT:

REOUEST FORSCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THESEOUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chief Hobia:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SON), Units 1 and 2.

SON is located in Hamilton County, Tennessee, approximately 6 miles. east of Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, on a peninsula on the western shore of the Chickamauga Reservoir. SON is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The application for renewal was submitted by TVA in a letter dated January 15, 2013, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal

. Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to

. 20 years. The current operating license for SON, Units 1 and 2, will expire on September 17, 2020, and September 15,2021, respectively. The requested renewals would extend the license

. expirationdates for SON, Units 1 and 2, to September 17,2040, and September 15,2041, respectively.

As part of the NRC's review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GElS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC's regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential Impacts to historic and .

archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe has historic ties to Tennessee, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. The following Tribal Nations will also be contacted for their comments and will receive a similar letter: the Cherokee Nation, the Chickasaw Nation, Alabama Ouassarte Tribal Town, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, the Semmole Tribe

.ofFlorida , 'the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Shawnee . Tribe.

T. Hobia -2 Please submit any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 15, 2013. Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-BO'11\I1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov.

The SON license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/sequoyah.html.

The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on April 3, 2013 at Soddy Daisy City Hall, 9835 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379. The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 6:00 pm and will continue until 8:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS on February 10, 2014. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued on September 30,2014.

If you have any questions concerning the NRC's review of this license renewal application, please contact Emily Larson, Social Scientist, at 301-415-1151 or bye-mail at Emily.Larson@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Ivt~~y Melanie C. Wong, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. SON Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 March 15, 2013 Principal Chief Michell Hicks Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians P. O. Box 455 Cherokee, NC 28719 SUB~IECT: REOUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SEOUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Principal Chief Hicks:

. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SON), Units 1 and 2.

SON is located in Hamilton County, Tennessee, approximately 6 miles east of Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, on a peninsula on the western shore of the Chickamauga Reservoir. SON is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority [fVA).The application for renewal was submitted by TVA in a I,etter dated January 15, 2013, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years, The current operating license for SON, Units 1 and 2, will expire on September 17, 2020, and September 15,2021, respectively. The requested renewals would extend the license expiration dates for SON, Units 1 and 2, to September 17, 2040, and September 15, 2041, respectively.

As part of the NRC's review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS),NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51 ,the NRC's regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and

. archaeological resources,terrestria! ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic

.issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As yOtJrTribe has historic ties to Tennessee, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping

.process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. The following Tribal Nations will also be contacted for their comments and will receive a similar letter: the Cherokee Nation, the Chickasaw Nation, Alabama Ouassarte Tribal Town, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Kialegee Tribal Town, the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Shawnee Tribe.

M. Hicks -2 Please submit any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 15, 2013. Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01 M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov.

The SON license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/sequoyah.html.

The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on April 3, 2013 at Soddy Daisy City Hall, 9835 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379. The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 6:00 pm and will continue until 8:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS on February 10,2014. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. . After consideration of public *comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued on September 3D, 2014.

If you have any questions concerning the NRC's review of this license renewal application, please contact Emily Larson, Social Scientist, at 301-415-1151 or bye-mail at Emily. Larson@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, j::g,cY Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. SON Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv R. Townsend, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 March 15, 2013

• Governor George Blanchard Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma 2025 South Gordon Cooper Drive Shawnee,OK 74801

SUBJECT:

REOUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SEOUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Governor Blanchard:

• The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental r~view of the effects of renewing the operating license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SON), Units 1 and 2.

• SON is located in Hamilton County, Tennessee, approximately 6 miles east of Soddy-Daisy,

• Tennessee, on a peninsula on the western shore of the Chickamauga Reservoir. SON is

• operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The application for renewal was submitted by TVA in a letter dated January 15, 2013, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal

• Regulations Part 54(10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years. The current operating license for SON, Units 1 and 2, will expire on September 17, 2020, and September 15. 2021, respectively. The requested renewals would extend the license expiration dates for SON, Units 1 and 2, to September 17,2040, and September 15, 2041, respectively.

As part of the NRC's review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GElS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC's regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic

. issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe has historic ties to Tennessee, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. The following Tribal Nations will also be contacted for their comments and will receive a similar letter: the Cherokee Nation, the Chickasaw Nation, Alabama Ouassarte Tribal Town, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Kialegee Tribal Town, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Shavv:nee Tribe.

G. Blanchard -2 Please submit any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 15, 2013. Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01 M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations,gov.

The SQN license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.qov/reactors/operatinqllicensinq/renewallapplications/sequoyah.html.

The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on April 3, 2013 at Soddy Daisy City Hall, 9835 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379. The first meeting will convene at 2:90 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 6:00 pm and will continue until 8:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS on February 10, 201.4. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review ang comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued on September 30, 2014.

If you have any questions concerning the NRC's review of this license renewal application, please contact Emily Larson, Social Scientist, at 301-415-1151 or bye-mail at Emily. Larson@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Melanie C. Wong, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. SQN Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv H. Ellis, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION.

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 March 15, 2013 Chief George G. Wickliffe UnitecJ Keetoowah Band of Cherokee

.... . Indians in Oklahoma .

P. O. Box 746 Tahlequah, OK 74464

SUBJECT:

. REOUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SEOUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chief Wickliffe:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cornmission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SON), Units 1 and 2.

SON is located in Hamilton County, Tennessee, approximately 6 miles east of Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, on a peninsula on the western shore of the Chickamauga Reservoir. SON is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The application for renewal was submitted

. by NAin a letter dated January 15, 2013, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years. The current operating license for SON, Units 1 and 2, will expire on September 17,

• 2020, and September 15, 2021, respectively. The requested renewals would extend the license expiration dates for SON, Units 1 and 2, to September 17, 2040, and September 15, 2041, respectively.

As part of the NRC's review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GElS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC's regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic

. . issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe has historic ties to Tennessee, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. The following Tribal Nations will also be contacted for their comments and will receive a similar letter: the Cherokee Nation, the Chickasaw Nation, Alabama Ouassarte Tribal Town, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Kialegee Tribal Town, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Shawnee Tribe,

G. Wickliffe -2 Please submit any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 15, 2013. Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-BO 1M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov.

The SON license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/seguoyah.html.

The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on April 3, 2013 at Soddy Daisy City Hall, 9835 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379. The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 6:00 pm and will continue until 8:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS on February 10,2014. A copy of the document will besent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued on September 30,2014.

If you have any questions concerning the NRC's review of this license renewal application, please contact Emily Larson, Social Scientist, at 301-415-1151 or bye-mail at Emily. Larson@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Melanie C. Wong, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. SON Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv L. LaRue, Acting Tribal Historic Preservation Officer

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 March 15, 2013 Chairman James E. Billie Seminole Tribe of Florida 6300 Stirling Road Hollywood, FL 33024

SUBJECT:

• REOUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SEOUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chairman Billie:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SON), Units 1 and 2.

SON is located in Hamilton County, Tennessee, approximately 6 miles east of Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, on a peninsula on the western shore of the Chickamauga Reservoir. SON is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The application for renewal was submitted by TVA in a letter dated January 15, 2013, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years. The current operating license for SON, Units 1 and 2, will expire on September 17, 2020, and September 15, 2021, respectively. The requested renewals would extend the license expiration dates for SON, Units 1 and 2, to September 17, 2040, and September 15, 2041, respectively. .

As part of the NRC's review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GElS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC's regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and . .

archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe has historic ties to Tennessee, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. The following Tripal Nations will also be contacted for their comments and will receive a similar letter: the Cherokee Nation, the Chickasaw Nation, Alabama Ouassarte Tribal Town, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation,

.. the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Kialegee Tribal Town, the Eastern Band ofthe Cherokee Indians, the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Shawnee Tribe.

J. Billie -2 Please submit any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 15, 2013. Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01 M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov.

The SON license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewallapplications/seguoyah.html.

The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on April 3, 2013 at Soddy Daisy City Hall, 9835 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379. The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 6:00 pm and will continue until 8:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS on February 10, 2014: A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued on September 30, 2014.

If you have any questions concerning the NRC's review of this license renewal application, please contact Emily Larson, Social Scientist, at 301-415-1151 or bye-mail at Emily. Larson@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, JVl~C~

Melanie C. Wong, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. SON Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv W. Steele, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON. D.C. 20555-0001 March 15. 2013 Chief Leonard M. Harjo Seminole Nation of Oklahoma P. O.Box 1498 Wewoka, Oklahoma 74884 SUB~IECT: REOUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SEOUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT. UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chief Harjo:

The U.S~ Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the

. effects of renewing the operating license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SON), Units 1 and 2.

SON is located in Hamilton County. Tennessee, approximately 6 miles east of Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, on a peninsula on the western shore of the Chickamauga Reservoir. SON is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The application for renewal was submitted by TVA in a letter dated January 15. 2013, pursuant to Title 10 of the G.ode of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). Under NRC regulations. the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years. The current operating license for SON, Units 1 and 2, will expire on September 17, 2020, and September 15, 2021, respectively. The requested renewals would extend the license

. expiration dates for SON, Units 1 and 2, to September 17, 2040, and September 15, 2041, respectively ..

.. . As part of the NRC's review. a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants"

... (GElS), NUREG-1437,will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC's regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe has historic ties to Tennessee, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. The following Tribal Nations will also be contacted for their comments and will receive a similar letter: the Cherokee Nation, the Chickasaw Nation, Alabama Ouassarte Tribal Town, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Kialegee Tribal Town, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and the Shawnee Tribe.

L. Harjo - 2 Please submit any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 15, 2013. Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01 M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov.

The SON license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operatingllicensinglrenewallapplications/seguoyah.html.

The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on April 3, 2013 at Soddy Daisy City Hall, 9835 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379. The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 6:00 pm and will continue until 8:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS on February 10, 2014. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued on September 30, 2014.

If you have any questions concerning the NRC's review of this license renewal application, please contact Emily Larson, Social Scientist, at 301-415-1151 or bye-mail at Emily.Larson@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Melanie C. Wong, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

Enclosures:

1. Area Map, 50-mile radius

2. Area Map, 6-mile radius

3. SON Site Area Map cc w/encls: Listserv

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 March 15, 2013 Chief Ron Sparkman

'. Shawnee Tribe P. O. Box 189 Miami, OK 74355

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SEQUOYAH

. NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW

Dear Chief Sparkman:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an environmental review of the effects of renewing the operating license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN), Units 1 and 2, SQN is located in Hamilton County, Tennessee, approximately 6 miles east of Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee; ona peninsula on the western shore of the Chickamauga Reservoir. SQN is

. operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The application for renewal was submitted by TVA in a tetter dated January 15, 2013, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54), Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant is issued for up to 40 years, and the license may be renewed for up to 20 years. The current operating license for SQN, Units 1 and 2, will expire on September 17, 2020, and September 15,2021, respectively. The requested renewals would extend the license

. expirationdcdes for SQN, Units 1 and 2, to September 17, 2040, and September 15, 2041, respectively.

)

As part of the NRC's review, a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to its "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GElS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC's regulation that implements the National Environment Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS will include an analysis of environmental issues and will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources, terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and socioeconomic issues (among others) and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) through the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

As your Tribe has historic ties to Tennessee, the NRC invites you to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRC's environmental review of the application. The following Tribal Nations will also be contacted for their comments and will receive a similar letter: the Cherokee Nation, the Chickasaw Nation, Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Kialegee Tribal Town, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.

R. Sparkman -2 Please submit any comments that you may have on the scope of the environmental review by April 15, 2013. Written comments should be submitted by mail to:

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop TWB-05-B01 M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by accessing www.regulations.gov.

The SON license renewal application is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/sequoyah.html.

The NRC plans to hold two public environmental scoping meetings on April 3, 2013 at Soddy Daisy City Hall, 9835 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379. The first meeting will convene at 2:00 pm and will continue until 4:00 pm, as necessary; the second meeting will convene at 6:00 pm and will continue until 8:00 pm, as necessary. The NRC expects to publish the draft SEIS on February 10, 2014. A copy of the document will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments "received, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS, which is scheduled to be issued on September 30,2014.

If you have any questions concerning the NRC's review of this license renewal application, please contact Emily Larson, Social Scientist, at 301-415-1151 or bye-mail at Emily.Larson@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Melanie C. Wong, Chief Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

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Identical letters have been sent to:

Principal Chief Bill John Baker, Cherokee Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby, The Chickasaw Nation Mr. Tarpie Yargee, Chief, Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town Principal Chief George Tiger, Muscogee (Creek) Nation .

Principal Chief Oscola Clayton Sylestine, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Mr. George Scott, Town King, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town Chief Glenna J. Wallace, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Chief Tiger Hobia. Kialegee Tribal Town Principal Chief Michell Hicks, Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians Governor George Blanchard, Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Chief George G. Wickliffe, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma Chairman James E. Billie, Seminole Tribe of Florida Chief Leonard M. Ha~o, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Chief Ron Sparkman, Shawnee Tribe

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR SCOPING COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW DISTRIBUTION: