ML18165A424

Notice of Availability of the Draft Plant-Specific Supplement 59 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Waterford

ML18165A424
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	08/16/2018
From:	Eric Oesterle NRC/NRR/DMLR/MRPB
To:	Dinelli J Entergy Operations
Elain Keegan, NRR/DMLR/MRPB, 415-8517
References
CAC MF7493
Download: ML18165A424 (3)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 16, 2018 Mr. John Dinelli Site Vice President Entergy Operations, Inc.

Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 17265 River Road Killona, LA 70057-3093

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 59 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS REGARDING WATERFORD (CAC NO. MF7493)

Dear Mr. Dinelli:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the draft plant-specific Supplement 59 to NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GElS), regarding the renewal of operating license NPF-38 for an additional 20 years of operation for Waterford 3. Enclosed are copies of the draft supplement and the associated Federal Register Notice of Availability. This notice advises the public that the draft supplement is publicly available at the NRC public document room or from the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The ADAMS Accession Number for draft Supplement 59 to the GElS is ML18227A028. In addition, paper copies of the draft Supplement 59 will be available to the public at the St. Charles Parish Library - East Regional Library, 160 W. Campus Drive, Destrehan, Louisiana, 70047 As discussed in Chapter 5 of the draft supplement, the preliminary recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Waterford 3 are not great enough to deny the option of license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers. This recommendation is based on: (1) the analysis and findings in the GElS; (2) the environmental report submitted by Entergy Operations, Inc.; (3) consultation with Federal, State, Local, and Tribal agencies; (4) the NRC staffs own independent review; and (5) the NRC staffs consideration of public comments received during the scoping process.

A separate Notice of Availability of the draft supplemental environmental impact statement will be placed in the Federal Register through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and will start the 45-day comment period. The comment period ends on October 9, 2018.

J. Dinelli If you have any questions related to the revised schedule, please contact Ms. Elaine Keegan at 301-415-8517 or by e-mail at Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Eric Oesterle, Chief License Renewal Project Branch Division of Materials and License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-382

Enclosure:

As stated cc: Listserv

Package: ML18165A139 FRN: ML18165A399 LETTER: ML18165A424 *concurred via email OFFICE PM:MRPB:DMLR LA:MRPB:DMLR PM:MRPB:DMLR OGC*

NAME LGibson YEdmonds EKeegan BHarris 6/26/2018 6/26/2018 7/16/2018 7/17/2018 DATE OFFICE BC:MRPB:DMLR NAME EOesterle DATE 8/16/2018