ML21302A079

November 3, 2021, St. Lucie Plant, Units 1 and 2, Subsequent License Renewal Application Public Environmental Scoping Meeting Slides

ML21302A079
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	11/03/2021
From:	Lance Rakovan NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ELRB
To:
Rakovan L,NMSS/REFS/ERLB
References
Download: ML21302A079 (22)

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• Please log into both the webinar and the bridgeline. Visuals will be through Teams and audio will be through the bridgeline:

- Bridgeline: 800-369-2166

- Passcode: 8295510 then #

• Public meeting slides in public ADAMS: ML21302A079 ST. LUCIE LICENSE RENEWAL PUBLIC MEETING WILL BEGIN SHORTLY Questions: Beth.Alferink@nrc.gov 1

Environmental Scoping Meeting Related to St. Lucie Plant Units 1 and 2, Subsequent License Renewal Application November 3, 2021 Hector Rodriguez-Luccioni, Safety Project Manager Lance Rakovan, Environmental Project Manager 2

Agenda

• Introduction and Purpose

• Subsequent License Renewal (SLR)

Overview

• Safety Review Overview

• Environmental Review Overview

• Questions on NRC Presentation

• Public Comments on Topics to be Included in the St. Lucie SLR Environmental Review 3

Meeting Logistics

• Meeting visuals are through Teams

• Meeting audio is through the bridgeline

• Participants are in listen-only mode until the question-and-answer session

• NRC is actively soliciting comments to aid the staffs review

• Public comments are sought at specific points during the meeting

• No regulatory decisions will be made at todays meeting 4

Introductions

• Hector Rodriguez-Luccioni, NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), Safety Review Lead

• Lance Rakovan, NRC Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS), Environmental Review Lead

• Robert Elliott, NMSS, Chief, Environmental Review License Renewal Branch

• Lauren Gibson, NRR, Chief, License Renewal Projects Branch 5

• Renewed License Expiration Dates for St. Lucie Plant, Units 1 and 2:

-Unit 1: March 2036

-Unit 2: April 2043

• Subsequent License Renewal application for additional 20 years dated August 3, 2021 St. Lucie Plant Subsequent License Renewal 6

• General information about the plant owner or operator

• Technical information about plant structures and components and how the applicant proposes to manage plant aging

• Environmental Report Contents of Application 7

Subsequent License Renewal Overview Environmental Review (10 CFR Part 51)

NRC Renewal Decision (10 CFR 54.29)

Subsequent License Renewal Application (SLRA) Accepted Safety Review (10 CFR Part 54)

ACRS Recommendation (10 CFR 54.25)

Hearings*

10 CFR Part 2

• If a Request for Hearing is Granted 8

Safety Review Overview 9

Safety Review Overview (Continued)

Regulations and Guidance Support for Decisions Licensing Oversight Operating Experience Additional Aging Management 10

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

- Informs Federal decision making

- Public disclosure of environmental impacts and other considerations

• NRCs Environmental Regulations 10 CFR Part 51

• Staff review is to determine if the environmental impacts of license renewal are so great that license renewal would be unreasonable Environmental Review 11

Environmental Review (continued)

Consider, analyze, and disclose environmental impacts of continued plant operation and alternatives to license renewal Identify and asses new and significant information regarding generic conclusions reached in the Generic EIS for License Renewal (LR GEIS)

Staff evaluates site-specific issues in a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to the LR GEIS 12

• Staff evaluates impacts to resources, including:

- Fish and wildlife

- Water and air resources

- Historical and cultural resources

- Socioeconomics

- Environmental justice

- Human health

- Land use Environmental Impact Statement 13

EIS Agency Coordination 14

Scoping Process Goals Identify

• The significant issues to be analyzed in depth

• Those issues that are not significant or that have been covered by prior environmental reviews

• Related environmental assessments

• Other environmental review and consultation requirements

• Cooperating agencies 15

Scoping and Public Involvement 16

Environmental Review Milestones 17 Application Received August 3, 2021 Notice of Opportunity for Hearing September 29, 2021 Notice of Intent for Scoping October 22, 2021 Environmental Scoping Meeting TODAY Scoping Comment Period Ends November 22, 2021 Hearing Request Opportunity Closes November 29, 2021 Draft SEIS Issued October 2022 Draft SEIS Public Meeting November 2022 Draft SEIS Comment Period Ends November 2022 Final SEIS Issued May 2023 License Renewal Decision July 2023

Document Availability St. Lucie County Library

• Morningside Branch 2410 SE Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, FL 34952

• St. Lucie County Library - Kilmer Branch 101 Melody Lane, Fort Pierce, FL 34950 NRC Website:

https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/

renewal/applications/st-lucie-subsequent.html 18

Submitting Comments on the Scope of the Environmental Review

• Provide written comments:

• By mail:

Office of Administration Mailstop TWFN7A60M U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

• Website:

http://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID NRC-2021-0197

• Email:

SaintLucieEnvironmental@nrc.gov Comments should be submitted by November 22, 2021 (within 30 days from the date of the Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS and to Conduct Scoping Process Federal Register Notice [86 FR 58701])

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Project Manager Contacts

• Hector Rodriguez-Luccioni, Safety PM

- 301-415-6004

- Hector.Rodriguez-Luccioni@nrc.gov

• Lance Rakovan, Environmental PM

- 301-415-2589

- Lance.Rakovan@nrc.gov

• Michael Mahoney, Operating Reactor PM

- 301-415-3867

- Michael.Mahoney@nrc.gov 20

• What about your community should the NRC consider in the SEIS?

• What local environmental issues should be addressed?

• What other reasonable alternatives should be considered?

Scoping and Public Involvement 21

Summary and Closeout

• Comment period ends November 22, 2021

• Comments received by this date will be considered by staff in the scoping summary report

• Scoping participants will receive the scoping summary report, to be issued in mid 2022 22