ML090650340

Notice of Availability of the Final Plant-Specific Supplement 35 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 (TAC Nos. MD3022 and MD3021)

ML090650340
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Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	03/13/2009
From:	David Pelton License Renewal Projects Branch 1
To:	Spence W H PPL Corp
Stuyvenberg, A L, NRR/DLR/ 415-4006
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ML090710885	List: ML090650340 ML090710967 NRC-2008-0246, Notice of Availability of the Final Plant-Specific Supplement 35 to the Geis for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 (TAC Nos. MD3022, MD3021) FRN
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March 13, 2009

Mr. William H. Spence Executive Vice President Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nuclear Officer PPL Corporation Two North Ninth Street, GENTW 16 Allentown, PA 18101-1179

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 35 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS REGARDING SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MD3022 AND MD3021)

Dear Mr. Spence:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the final plant-specific Supplement 35 to NUREG-1437, ?Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS),@ regarding the renewal of operating licenses NPF-14 and NPF-22 for an additional 20 years of operation for the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2. Enclosed is a copy of the final supplement and the associated Federal Register Notice of Availability. This notice advises the public that the final supplement is publicly available at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) or from the NRC

=s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. The Accession Number for the final Supplement 35 to the GEIS is ML090700454. In addition, the McBride Memorial Library, located at 205 Chestnut St., Berwick, PA 18603, and the Mill Memorial Library, located at 495 East Main Street, Nanticoke, PA 18634, have agreed to make the final supplement available for public inspection.

As discussed in Section 9.3 of the final supplement, the staff determined that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decision makers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is based on: (1) the analysis and findings in the GEIS; (2) the Environmental Report submitted by PPL Susquehanna, LLC; (3) consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies; (4) the NRC staff

=s own independent review; and (5) the NRC staff

=s consideration of public comments.

W. Spence A separate Notice of Availability of the final supplemental environmental impact statement will be placed in the Federal Register through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the NRC License Renewal Project Manager, Mr. Andrew Stuyvenberg, at 301-415-4006 or by e-mail at andrew.stuyvenberg@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA/

David L. Pelton, Chief Projects Branch 1 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388

Enclosure:

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Cornelius J. Gannon Vice President - Nuclear Operations PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB3 Berwick, PA 18603-0467

Robert M. Paley General Manager - Plant Support PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB2 Berwick, PA 18603-0467

Rocco R. Sgarro Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Allentown, PA 18101-1179

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Nuclear Regulatory Affairs PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSA4 Berwick, PA 18603-0467

Michael H. Crowthers Supervisior - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Allentown, PA 18101-1179

Ronald E. Smith General Manager - Site Preparedness and Services PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSA4 Berwick, PA 18603-0467

Michael H. Rose Manager - Quality Assurance PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB2 Berwick, PA 18603-0467

Joseph J. Scopelliti Community Relations Manager, Susquehanna PPL Susquehanna, LLC 634 Salem Blvd., SSO Berwick, PA 18603-0467

Bryan A. Snapp, Esq.

Associate General Counsel PPL Services Corporation Two North Ninth Street, GENTW3 Allentown, PA 18101-1179

Document Control Services PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Allentown, PA 18101-1179

Richard W. Osborne Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.

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Director, Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469

Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 35, NUCSA4 Berwick, PA 18603-0035

Regional Administrator, Region 1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 cc: Board of Supervisors Salem Township P.O. Box 405 Berwick, PA 18603-0035

National Energy Committee Sierra Club 443 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803 Mr. Gordon A. Clefton Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708

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Susan M. Zacher, Historic Structures Section Chief Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission Bureau of Historic Preservation Commonwealth Keystone Building, 2 nd Floor 400 North Street Harrisburg, PA 17120-0093

Mark Hartle, Chief, Aquatic Resources Section Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Environmental Services 450 Robinson Lane Bellefonte, PA 16823-9620

Jennifer Kagel, Fishery Biologist U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pennsylvania Field Office 315 South Allen Street, Suite 322 State College, PA 16801-4850

Alice Zaikoski McBride Memorial Library 500 N. Market Street Berwick, PA 18603

Clifford Farides, Executive Director Mill Memorial Library 495 E. Main Street Nanticoke, PA 18634

Ms. Chris Firestone Native Plant Program Manager Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of Forestry Forest Advisory Services P.O. Box 8552 Harrisburg, PA 17105-1673

Raymond Cline, Trust Board Chairman Delaware Trust Board 220 NW Virginia Avenue Bartlesville, OK 74003

Edgar French, Tribal President Delaware Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 825 Anadarko, OK 73005

Paul Spicer, Chief Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 1283 Miami, OK 74355

Barry E. Snyder, Sr., President Seneca Nation of Indians P.O. Box 231 Salamanca, NY 14779

Roger Hill, Chief Tonawanda Band of Seneca 7027 Meadville Road Basom, NY 14013 Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 cc: James W. Ransom, Chief St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians 412 State Route 37 Akwesasne, NY 13655

Irving Powless, Jr., Chief Onondaga Indian Nation RR #1, Box 319-B Nedrow, NY 13120

The Honorable Clint Halftown Heron Clan Representative Cayuga Nation P.O. Box 11 Versailles, NY 14168

Leo R. Henry, Clerk, Chief Tuscarora Nation 2006 Mt. Hope Road via: Lewistown, NY 14092

Karen Kaniatobe, THPO Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma 2025 S. Gordon Cooper Drive Shawnee, OK 74801

Larry Nuckolls, Governor Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma 2025 S. Gordon Cooper Drive Shawnee, OK 74801

Timothy Two Guns Cayuga Nation P.O. Box 11 Versailles, NY 14168

Tamara Francis, NAGPRA Director Delaware Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 825 Anadarko, OK 73005

Darrin Ahshapanek, EPA Director Delaware Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 825 Anadarko, OK 73005

Charles D. Enyart, Chief Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 350 Seneca, MO 64865

Roxane Weldon, EPA Director Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 350 Seneca, MO 64865

Stephen J. Selden, Esq.

General Council 5218 Patrick Road Verona, NY 13478

Gerald Danforth, Chairman Oneida Nation of Wisconsin P.O. Box 365 Oneida, WI 54155-0365

Corina Williams, THPO Oneida Nation of Wisconsin P.O. Box 365 Oneida, WI 54155-0365

Tony Gonyea, Faithkeeper Onondaga Nation RR #1, Route 11A Box 258C via: Nedrow, NY 13120

Kathleen Mitchell Seneca Nation of Indians Tribal Historic Preservation Office 467 Center St.

Salamanca, NY 14779 Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 cc: Paul Barton, Historic Preservation Officer Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 1283 Miami, OK 74355

Marion Sizemore, Environmental Director Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 1283 Miami, OK 74355

Chief Leroy Howard Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 1283 Miami, OK 74355

Sheree Bonaparte, Historic Preservation Officer St. Regis Mohawk Tribe 412 State Route 37 Akwesasne, NY 13655

Ken Jocks, Director Environmental Division RR #1, Box 8a Hogansburg, NY 13655

Ron Sparkman, Chairman Shawnee Tribe 29 South 69a Highway Miami, OK 74354

Rebecca Hawkins, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Shawnee Tribe 29 South 69a Highway Miami, OK 74354

Tribal Chairman Shawnee Tribe 29 South 69a Highway Miami, OK 74354

Robert Chicks, Tribal Chairman Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin Route 1 P.O. Box 70 Bowler, WI 54416

Sherry White, Cultural Preservation Officer Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin Route 1 P.O. Box 70 Bowler, WI 54416

Greg Bunker Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, Wisconsin Route 1 P.O. Box 70 Bowler, WI 54416

Stuart Patterson, Chief 1983 Upper Mountain Road Tuscarora Nation via: Sanborn, NY 14132

Tuscarora Environmental Program Neil Patterson, Jr., Director 2045 Upper Mountain Road Tuscarora Nation via: Sanborn, NY 14132

Mr. James K. Williams Unit Supervisor - SSES PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL5 Allentown, PA 18101-1179

Mr. Duane Filchner Nuclear Regulatory Affairs PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 cc: Mr. Jerome Fields Senior Environmental Scientist PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL5 Allentown, PA 18101-1179

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4100 Hills dale Road Harrisburg, PA 17112

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