ML21302A079
| 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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ST. LUCIE LICENSE RENEWAL PUBLIC MEETING WILL BEGIN SHORTLY
Questions: Beth.Alferink@nrc.gov
- 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 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
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 staff s 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
St. Lucie Plant Subsequent License Renewal
- 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
6 Contents of Application
- 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
7 Subsequent License Renewal Overview
Environmental Review (10 CFR Part 51)
Subsequent License NRC Renewal Renewal Application Hearings* Decision (SLRA) Accepted 10 CFR Part 2 (10 CFR 54.29)
Safety ACRS Review Recommendation (10 CFR Part 54) (10 CFR 54.25)
- If a Request for Hearing is Granted 8 Safety Review Overview
9 Safety Review Overview (Continued)
Regulations Additional and Aging Guidance Management
Operating Support Experience for Licensing Decisions
Oversight
10 Environmental Review
- 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
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 Environmental Impact Statement
- Staff evaluates impacts to resources, including:
- Fish and wildlife
- Water and air resources
- Historical and cultural resources
- Socioeconomics
- Human health
- Land use
13 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
Application Received August 3, 2021 Notice of Opportunity for Hearing September 29, 2021 Notice of Intent for Scoping October 22, 2021 Environmental Scoping Meeting T O D AY 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
17 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])
19 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 Scoping and Public Involvement
- 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?
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
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