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MONTHYEARML24218A2282024-08-0505 August 2024 Request for Confirmation of Information for Relief Request RR-017, Inservice Inspection Impracticality During the Fifth Ten-Year Interval ML24131A0802024-05-10010 May 2024 Final RAI for LAR to Revise TS 3.8.6, Battery Parameters, SR 3.8.6.6 ML24036A2462024-04-24024 April 2024 NRC to Fws, NRC Issuance of Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Monticello Subsequent License Renewal, Opportunity for Public Comment, and Endangered Species Act Determinations ML24092A2152024-03-27027 March 2024 Email: Requests for Information to Support Deis ML24068A0612024-03-0707 March 2024 Extension of Audit for License Amendment Request to Revise TS 3.8.6, Battery Parameters, SR 3.8.6.6 ML24064A1802024-03-0404 March 2024 Acceptance of Relief Request RR-017, Inservice Inspection (ISI) Impracticality During the Fifth Ten-Year Interval ML24036A0932024-02-0202 February 2024 Acceptance of License Amendment Request to Revise TS 5.6.5 and Update PTLR Neutron Fluence Methodology and Incorporate New Surveillance Capsule Data ML24022A0212024-01-20020 January 2024 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello - Request for Additional Information ISI RR-002 Alternative to Use IWB-2500(f) ML23353A0742023-12-19019 December 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of Proposed Alternative VR-09, Modifications to OMN-17 ML23348A3462023-12-14014 December 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of License Amendment Request to Revise TS 3.8.6, Battery Parameters, SR 3.8.6.6 ML23268A0292023-09-20020 September 2023 SLRA - Requests for Confirmation of Information - Set 2 - Email from Marieliz Johnson to Shawn Hafen ML23249A2092023-09-0606 September 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - Action: Opportunity to Review and Comment on a New NRC Information Collection, 10 CFR Part 50.55a, Codes and Standards (3150-XXXX) ML23248A3462023-09-0505 September 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - Request for Additional Information for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant and Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant - Decommissioning Funding Status Reports ML23237A4822023-08-25025 August 2023 SLRA - Request for Additional Information - Set 3 - Email from Marieliz Johnson to Shawn Hafen ML23228A1212023-08-16016 August 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of Alternative Request VR-11 for MO-2397 ML23227A2182023-08-15015 August 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of Alternative Request RR-002 to Use IWB-2500(f) ML23219A1072023-08-0707 August 2023 SLRA - Requests for Additional Information - Set 2 - Email from Marieliz Johnson to Shawn Hafen ML23200A3502023-07-19019 July 2023 SLRA - Requests for Additional Information - Set 1 - Email from Marieliz Johnson to Christopher Domingos ML23172A1122023-06-21021 June 2023 SLRA - Requests for Confirmation of Information - Set 1 - Email from Marieliz Johnson to Christopher Domingos ML23054A3322023-02-23023 February 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of Relief Request to Use Later Edition of ASME BPV Code, Section XI, for ISI Program Code of Record ML23053A1362023-02-13013 February 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of Relief Request to Use Later Edition of ASME BPV Code, Section XI, for Cisi Program ML23017A2222023-01-13013 January 2023 Verbal Authorization of Proposed Alternative PR-08 Regarding Inservice Testing Requirements of Certain High Pressure Coolant Injection System Components (EPID L-2022-LLR-0088) (Email) ML23004A1982023-01-0404 January 2023 NRR E-mail Capture - Draft Request for Additional Information Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Request Pr 08, HPCI Pump Quarterly Testing ML23012A2102022-07-26026 July 2022 Letter Submitting Monticello Outline Package ML22181A1962022-06-24024 June 2022 NRR E-mail Capture - Draft RAI Monticello Alternative VR-08 ML22175A1602022-06-24024 June 2022 NRR E-mail Capture - RAI Monticello Fuel Oil Storage Tank Inspection ML22131A2652022-05-11011 May 2022 NRR E-mail Capture - Request for Additional Information Xcel Energy Amendment Request to Create a Common Eplan and EOF for Monticello and Prairie Island ML22123A2822022-05-0303 May 2022 NRR E-mail Capture - Request for Additional Information Monticello Alternative VR-10, EFCV Testing Frequency ML22101A0712022-04-11011 April 2022 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello - Acceptance of Requested Licensing Action License Amendment Request to Revise TS 3.6.1.8 Residual Heat Removal (RHR) Drywell Spray Header and Nozzle Surveillance Frequency ML22089A1302022-03-30030 March 2022 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of Alternative Related Excess Flow Check Valve Testing Frequency ML22082A1812022-03-23023 March 2022 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of VR-08 Alternative to Adopt ASME OM Code Case OMN-28 ML22075A2612022-03-16016 March 2022 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of VR-07 Alternative Related to MOV Testing Per ASME OM Code Case OMN-26 ML22067A2032022-03-0808 March 2022 Audit Plan to Support Review of an Amendment to Transition to Atrium 11 Fuel (Redacted) ML22011A0642022-01-11011 January 2022 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of Requested Licensing Action License Amendment Request to Support Diesel Generator Fuel Oil Storage Tank Inspection ML22005A3612022-01-0505 January 2022 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of Requested Relief Request Alternative Related to Pump Vibration Testing Per ASME OM Code Case OMN-22 ML21347A0082021-12-10010 December 2021 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello and Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Acceptance of Requested License Amendment Standard Emergency Plan and Consolidated Emergency Operations Facility ML21330A0382021-11-18018 November 2021 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of Requested Relief Request Alternative Related RHR and RHRSW Pump Testing ML21286A7882021-10-0606 October 2021 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of Requested Relief Request Alternative Related to Residual Heat Removal Heat Exchanger Flow Control Valve Stroke Timing ML21256A1892021-09-13013 September 2021 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of Requested Relief Request Alternative Related to Testing the Control Rod Drive Scram Discharge Header Check Valves ML21256A1862021-09-13013 September 2021 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of Requested Relief Request Alternative Related to HPCI and RCIC Pump Testing ML21256A1882021-09-13013 September 2021 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of Requested Relief Request Alternative Related to Vibration Testing Range for the Sblc Pumps ML21253A2002021-09-10010 September 2021 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of Requested Relief Request Alternative Related to Pressure Isolation Valve Testing ML21252A0132021-08-31031 August 2021 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of Requested Licensing Action License Amendment Request to Adopt Advanced Framatome Methodologies ML21130A3022021-05-0707 May 2021 Initial and Final Written 10 CFR 21 Notification for GE Hitachi Numac Prnm System ML21110A7042021-04-20020 April 2021 Response: Monticello Nuclear Plant Outage - Covid Risk to On-Site Employees ML21084A2522021-03-24024 March 2021 NRR E-mail Capture - Revised Review Schedule for Monticello TSTF-505 (EPID L-20200LLA-0062) ML21068A2772021-03-0909 March 2021 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello TSTF-505, Request for Additional Information ML20343A1292020-12-0808 December 2020 NRR E-mail Capture - Request for Additional Information ML20342A1782020-12-0707 December 2020 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant - Acceptance of Requested Licensing Action License Amendment Request to Adopt TSTF-564 Safety Limit MCPR ML20302A1972020-10-26026 October 2020 NRR E-mail Capture - Monticello Request for Additional Information TSTF-505 License Amendment Request 2024-08-05
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From: Briana Arlene To: twincities@fws.gov Cc: Jessica Umana; Steve Koenick; Mitchell Dehmer; Michelle Rome (She/Her); Angela Sabet
Subject:
NRC Issuance of Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Monticello Subsequent License Renewal, Opportunity for Public Comment, and ESA Determinations (Consultation Code: 2023-0098374)
Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 6:53:00 AM
Dear Twin Cities Ecological Services Field Office:
The purpose of this email is to notify you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed subsequent license renewal of Monticello Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1, (Monticello) in Wright County, Minnesota. This email describes the proposed action, summarizes the NRCs environmental review, and explains how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) may submit public comments on the draft EIS.
During preparation of the EIS, the NRC staff determined that the proposed action may affect but is not likely to adversely affect (NLAA) the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus ), whooping crane (Grus americana),
and monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus). The staff obtained the FWSs concurrence with these determinations under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), through the FWSs Northern Long-Eared Bat Determination Key (DKey) and Minnesota-Wisconsin Endangered Species DKey.
Proposed Action Monticello is a single-unit nuclear power plant that lies on the southern bank of the Mississippi River within Wright County, Minnesota, approximately 22 miles southeast of St.
Cloud and approximately 30 miles northwest of the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis, St.
Paul. The Monticello site totals approximately 2,000 acres. Northern States Power Company owns and operates the plant. By letter dated January 9, 2023, Northern States Power Company submitted an application requesting subsequent license renewal (SLR) for Monticello. The current renewed facility operating license (DPR-22) expires at midnight on September 8, 2030.
The NRCs current Federal action is to decide whether to issue a renewed facility operating license for Monticello authorizing an additional 20 years of operation. If the NRC grants Northern States Power Company a renewed license, the company may continue to operate Monticello until September 8, 2050.
Draft Environmental Impact Statement In support of its review of the proposed action, the NRC staff prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the NRCs environmental regulations at Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51 that implement NEPA.The draft EIS addresses the environmental impacts of the proposed action and relevant alternatives to the proposed action. The NRC staff recently completed the draft EIS, and it is available online at: ML24102A276 .
ESA NLAA Determinations As part of its environmental review, the NRC staff evaluated impacts of the proposed action on federally listed species and critical habitats. The NRCs ESA analysis appears within the following sections of the draft EIS.
Section 3.8.1.1 describes the ESA action area.
Section 3.8.1.2 describes the species biology, habitat, distribution and relative abundance, and occurrence within the action area and designated critical habitat, as applicable.
Section 3.8.4.1 evaluates the potential for the proposed action to affect the species.
Section 3.8.4.3 addresses cumulative effects.
Appendix C describes the NRCs obligations under Section 7 of the ESA and relevant correspondence with the FWS in connection with the NRC staffs review of the proposed action.
In Section 3.8.4.1 of the draft EIS, the NRC staff finds that the proposed action is NLAA the northern long-eared bat, tricolored bat, whooping crane, and monarch butterfly. The NRC staff evaluated the potential for these species to be affected by several stressors, all of which the staff determined would result in no more than insignificant or discountable effects.
FWS Concurrence under the Northern Long-Eared Bat and Minnesota-Wisconsin Endangered Species DKeys The NRC staff used the FWSs Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC) system to seek the FWSs concurrence pursuant to ESA Section 7 regarding the federally listed species potentially affected by the proposed action. On June 27, 2023, the NRC staff used the Northern Long-Eared Bat DKey to obtain concurrence with the NRC staffs determination that the proposed SLR is NLAA this species.(1) Also on June 27, 2023, the NRC staff used the Minnesota-Wisconsin Endangered Species DKey to obtain concurrence for the remaining species.(2) Notably, although the NRC staffs responses to the DKey questions generated a no effect finding for whooping crane and monarch butterfly, in its draft EIS, the NRC staff conservatively concludes that the proposed SLR is NLAA these species because these species may occasionally be present in the action area during migration periods.
NEPA Comment Period and Public Meeting With respect to the NEPA process, the NRC staff is currently seeking public comments on its draft site-specific EIS through June 3, 2024. If you wish to submit comments on aspects of the draft site-specific EIS unrelated to ESA Section 7 consultation, you may submit such comments either online or via U.S. mail. Information on how to submit public comments is available in the NRCs Federal Register notice: 89 FR 31225.
In connection with the public comment period, the NRC staff will hold a virtual meeting on May8,2024, 1 p.m. CT , and an in-person meeting on May15,2024, 5 p.m. CT, that will include a presentation on the staffs preliminary findings and an opportunity for members of the public to submit oral comments. Meeting details are available on webpages linked in this paragraph.
Conclusion
ML24016A228 .
- 2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2023. Letter from Minnesota-Wisconsin Ecological Services Field Office, to B. Arlene, NRC.
Subject:
Verification letter for Monticello SLR for specified threatened and endangered species that may occur in your proposed project location consistent with the Minnesota-Wisconsin Endangered Species Determination Key. June 27, 2023. ADAMS Accession No. ML24016A230.
ADAMS Accession No.: ML24036A246
CONCURRENCE OFFICE PM:EPMB1:REFS BC:ETRB1:REFS OGC(NLO) CB:ETRB1:REFS NAME JUmana MRome KBernstein BArlene DATE 4/16/2024 4/15/2024 4/17/2024 4/24/24