ML073320343

11/08/2007-Summary of Public Meetings on Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Regarding the Wolf Creek Generating Station License Renewal Review, TAC No. MD3181

ML073320343
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	12/18/2007
From:	Tam Tran NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR
To:	Wolf Creek
Tran T, NRR/RPB2, 415-3617
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TAC MD3181
Download: ML073320343 (16)

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December 18, 2007

LICENSEE: WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION

FACILITY: WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION

SUMMARY

OF PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REGARDING THE WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION LICENSE RENEWAL REVIEW, TAC NO. MD3181 On Thursday, November 8, 2007, members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff held public meetings in the Kansas Public Library Burlington Branch in Burlington, Kansas, concerning the staff

=s environmental review of the application submitted by Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (WCNOC) for renewal of Wolf Creek Generating Station (WCGS) operating license. The purpose of the meeting was to provide the public with an opportunity to comment on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS), issued in September 2007. Formal presentations were made by the NRC staff.

The DSEIS is a site-specific supplement for WCGS to the

?Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants

@ (NUREG-1437, Supplement 32). The NRC staff described the overall license renewal process and provided a description of the environmental review process. The NRC staff also described the preliminary results of their analyses. The environmental impacts of continued operation were preliminarily characterized as ranging from small to moderate in all areas. The impacts of alternatives (including the no-action alternative) were preliminarily characterized as potentially greater in at least some environmental areas.

After the formal presentations were given by the NRC staff, members of the public were invited to provide comments. Approximately 17 people attended the two sessions. Attendees included members of the public, members of WCNOC, representatives of the NRC, and the news media.

In an effort to improve communication and increase interaction with members of the public, the NRC staff conducted open houses for one hour before each meeting. The staff provided displays and brochures and met with members of the public to answer questions about the proposed renewal of the WCGS operating license(s). The NRC staff also solicited feedback from the public to improve future public meetings. There was no feedback.

A combined listing of participants for both public meetings is provided in Enclosure 1. is a copy of the meeting handouts (copy of slide presentation) provided during the public meeting open house. Enclosure 3 is the meeting agenda. The official corrected transcripts for the afternoon and evening meetings are publicly available at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) located at One Whit e Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. They are also available from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).

The ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. The transcripts for the afternoon and evening meetings are listed under Accession Numbers ML073240311 and ML073240288, respectively.

Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC's PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov.

The closing date to accept comments on the WCGS DSEIS is December 26, 2007. The NRC staff will consider all comments on the WCGS DSEIS and make necessary revisions to the document prior to issuing its final supplemental environmental impact statement, scheduled for May 2008.

/RA/

Mr. Tam Tran, Project Manager Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosures:

1. List of Participants

2. Slide presentation

3. Agenda

Docket No. 50-482

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ML073240288 OFFICE LA:DLR PM:DLR:RPB2 BC:DLR:RPB2

NAME S. Figueroa T. Tran R. Franovich

DATE 12/05/07 12/18/07 12/18/07 Letter to WCGS from T. Tran dated, December 18, 2007

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Jay Silberg, Esq.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037

Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-7005

Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PO Box 311 Burlington, KS 66839

Chief Engineer, Utilities Division Kansas Corporation Commission 1500 SW Arrowhead Road Topeka, KS 66604-4027

Office of the Governor State of Kansas Topeka, KS 66612

Attorney General 120 S.W. 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor Topeka, KS 66612-1597

County Clerk Coffey County Courthouse 110 South 6th Street Burlington, KS 66839

Thomas A. Conley, Section Chief Radiation and Asbestos Control Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, KS 66612-1366

Vice President Operations/Plant Manager Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation PO Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839

Supervisor Licensing Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation PO Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office/Callaway Plant

8201 NRC Road Steedman, MO 65077-1032

Kevin J. Moles, Manager Regulatory Affairs Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation PO Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839

Lorrie I. Bell, Project Manager Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation PO Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839

Mr. Gordon A. Clefton Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708

Enclosure 1 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS - ENCLOSURE 1 WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION (WCGS) DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (DSEIS)

NOVEMBER 8, 2007 Participants Affiliation Rani Franovich U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Christian Jacobs NRC Tam Tran NRC Shirley Allen NRC Catherine Faimon Newspaper J. Dounig TV News (WIBW)

Brian Quick WIBW Kimberly R. Local Commission Michele Mcnulty US Fish and Wildlife Services Dave Jones Burlington public safety (BPD)

Britt Sigg BPD Roty Shetler BPD Dorothy Shoup Resident Bob Saueressig Resident Judy Gaut Resident Ben Gaut Resident Tim Sipe Resident Wayne Lewis Resident Deena H. Resident Patrick Guevel Resident H. Meyer Resident L. Bell Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (WCNOC)

Daniel Williams WCNOC Jenny Hageman WCNOC Eric Benjamin WCNOC S. E. Hedges WCNOC Kevin Moles WCNOC Lorrie Bell WCNOC S.E. Hedges WCNOC Lance Link WCNOC Jenifer Y. WCNOC Ralph L. WCNOC Dan Haines WCNOC Charles Medencig WCNOC SLIDE PRESENTATION - ENCLOSURE 2 WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION (WCGS) DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (DSEIS)

NOVEMBER 8, 2007 Preliminary Results of the Environmental Review for Wolf Creek Generating StationU.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionNovember 8, 2007 Purpose of Today's MeetingDiscuss the results of environmental reviewProvide the review scheduleDescribe how to submit comments in the futureAccept oral and written comments today Wolf Creek Generating StationCurrent operating license expires inMarch 2025Application requests authorization to operate Wolf Creek Generating Station for an additional 20 yearsEnvironmental ReviewAudit NRCDecisionDraft SEIS IssuedFinal SEIS IssuedScoping MeetingDraft SEISMeet iingApplicationSubmitted to NRCReview Environmental ReviewNational Environmental Policy Act requires Federal agencies to use a systematic approach to consider environmental impacts.NRC prepares an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for all proposed license renewals. ScopeGeneric Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS)Site-specific Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)New and significant information on generic conclusions reached in the GEIS.Decision Standard for Environmental ReviewTo determine whether or not the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Wolf Creek are so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.

Information GatheringSEISSEISLicense RenewalLicense RenewalApplicationApplicationNRC StaffNRC Staffs sSite AuditSite AuditPublicPublicCommentsCommentsFederal, StateFederal, State& Local Agencies& Local AgenciesPermittingPermittingAuthoritiesAuthoritiesTeam ExpertiseRegulatoryRegulatoryComplianceComplianceRadiation Radiation ProtectionProtectionTerrestrialTerrestrialEcologyEcologyAtmospheric ScienceAtmospheric ScienceSocioeconomics/Socioeconomics/Environmental JusticeEnvironmental JusticeLand UseLand UseArchaeology/Historical Archaeology/Historical ResourcesResourcesHydrologyHydrologyAquaticAquaticEcologyEcology Examples of Potential Environmental Impacts of Continued OperationWater Use ConflictsImpingement and EntrainmentThreatened or Endangered SpeciesSocioeconomicsLand UseHuman HealthAir QualityHow Impacts are QuantifiedNRC-defined impact levels:SMALL: Effect is not detectable or too small to destabilize or noticeably alter any important attribute of the resource.MODERATE: Effect is sufficient to alter noticeably, but not destabilize important attributes of the resource.LARGE: Effect is clearly noticeable and sufficient to destabilize important attributes of the resource.

Water Use ConflictsCategory 2 issueMake-Up water from low flow riverReservoir silting up faster than anticipatedNeed to Maintain Minimum Desirable Streamflowto be protective of instreamand riparian communitiesLong term availability of current water supplyPreliminary findingsImpacts are SMALL to MODERATEImpingement ImpactsCategory 2 issueLittle or no effect on fish populations in Coffey County LakeIf water use conflicts occur, then impingement impacts may increase at the MUSHPreliminary findingsImpacts are SMALL to MODERATE Threatened or Endangered SpeciesCategory 2 issue3 Federal T&E species identified by US Fish & Wildlife ServiceAmerican Bald Eagle -delistedMead's MilkweedNeosho madtomPreliminary findingsImpacts are SMALL for Mead's MilkweedImpacts are SMALL to MODERATE for Neosho madtomif water use conflicts occurringPreliminary ConclusionsImpacts of license renewalare SMALL for all impact areas with exceptions of water use conflicts and impacts to associated ecological resources.For water use conflicts, the impact would be SMALL to MODERATE.If water use conflicts occur, associated impacts in the Neosho River due to impingement and habitat reduction on aquatic organisms, including threatened and endangered species, would be SMALL to MODERATE.Impacts of alternativesmay reach MODERATE to LARGE in some impact areas.

August 01, 2007Preliminary ConclusionsThe NRC staff's preliminary recommendation is the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Wolf Creek are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.Wolf Creek Environmental Review MilestonesDraft Supplemental EIS issued September 18, 2007Comment Period ends December 26, 2007Final Supplemental EIS to be issued May 30, 2008 Additional InformationSafety and Environmental PM:Tam Tran(800) 368-5642, Ext. 3617txt1@nrc.govThe draft SEIS and GEIS can be viewed at:Coffey County Library -Burlington BranchOnline: NRC Reading Room http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr 1437Submitting CommentsBy e-mail:WolfCreekEIS@nrc.govBy mail:Chief, Rulemaking, Directives & Editing BranchDivision of Administrative ServicesMailstop T-6D59 U.S. NRCWashington DC 20555In person:11555 Rockville PikeRockville, Maryland

AGENDA FOR PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS - ENCLOSURE 3 WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION (WCGS) DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (DSEIS)

LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Two Meeting Sessions - 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.*

I. Welcome and Purpose of Meeting 5 minutes (Rani Franovich)

II. Results of the Environmental Review 20 minutes (Christian Jacobs)

III. How comments can be submitted 5 minutes (Christian Jacobs)

IV. Public Comment as required (Rani Franovich)

V. Closing/Availability of Transcripts 5 minutes (Rani Franovich)

• The NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to each meeting session. No formal comments on the proposed scope of the Envir onmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meetings (see agenda, above) or in writing, as described in the attached Federal Register Notice.