NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2
| Published date | 09 November 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 62220 |
| Record Number | 2021-24407 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 214 (Tuesday, November 9, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62220-62221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24407]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-266 and 50-301; NRC-2020-0277]
NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units
1 and 2
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft supplemental environmental impact statement; request for
comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for
public comment draft plant-specific Supplement 23, Second Renewal, to
the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal
of Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437, regarding the proposed subsequent
renewal of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-24 and DPR-27
for an additional 20 years of operation for Point Beach Nuclear Plant,
Units 1 and
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2 (Point Beach). The Point Beach facility is located on the western
shore of Lake Michigan (approximately 15 miles NNE of Manitowoc, WI).
Possible alternatives to the proposed action (subsequent license
renewal) include no action and reasonable replacement power
alternatives.
DATES: The staff will hold a public meeting through online webinar and
teleconference call on the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS) in December, including a presentation on the
preliminary findings and a transcribed public comment session. The
public meeting details will be announced in the near future. Members of
the public are invited to submit comments by January 3, 2022. Comments
received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do
so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0277. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
Email comments to: [email protected].
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis M. Clark, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6647; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0277 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
obtain publicly available information related to this action by any of
the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0277.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or
by email to [email protected]. Draft plant-specific Supplement 23,
Second Renewal, to the GEIS for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants,
NUREG-1437, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML21306A226.
Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request
to the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or
301-415-4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Project Website: Information related to the Point Beach
second license renewal can be accessed on the NRC's Point Beach website
at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/point-beach-subsequent.html. Under the section titled
``Public Involvement,'' click on Draft EIS, NUREG-1437, Supplement 23,
Second Renewal, Draft Report for Comment.
Public Library: A copy of draft plant-specific Supplement
23, Second Renewal, to the GEIS for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants,
NUREG-1437, is available at the following location (library access and
hours are determined by local policy):
[cir] Lester Public Library, 1001 Adams Street, Two Rivers, WI
54241.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2020-0277 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
The NRC is issuing for public comment draft plant-specific
Supplement 23, Second Renewal, to the GEIS for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437, regarding the proposed subsequent renewal
of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-24 and DPR-27 for an
additional 20 years of operation for Point Beach. Draft plant-specific
Supplement 23, Second Renewal, to the GEIS includes the preliminary
analysis that evaluates the environmental impacts of the proposed
action and alternatives to the proposed action. Based on the NRC
staff's (i) review of the subsequent license renewal application, which
includes the environmental report, supplemental documents, and the
licensee's responses to the NRC staff's requests for additional
information; (ii) consultation with Federal, State, Tribal, and local
governmental agencies and consideration of input from other
stakeholders; and (iii) independent review as documented in the
assessments summarized in the draft SEIS, the NRC staff's preliminary
recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of subsequent
license renewal for Point Beach are not so great that preserving the
option of subsequent license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers
would be unreasonable.
Dated: November 3, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert B. Elliott,
Chief, Environmental Review License Renewal Branch, Division of
Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards.
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