[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 173 (Friday, September 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62110-62112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19188]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251; NRC-2022-0172]
Florida Power & Light Company; Turkey Point Nuclear Generating
Unit Nos. 3 and 4
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft environmental impact statement; request for comment;
public comment meetings; opportunity to request a hearing and to
petition for leave to intervene.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission)
is issuing for public comment draft environmental impact statement
(EIS) NUREG-1437, Supplement 5a, Second Renewal, ``Site-Specific
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants
Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for Turkey Point Nuclear
Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4, Draft Report for Comment.'' Turkey Point
Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4 (Turkey Point) is located in
Homestead, Florida, approximately 25 miles south-southwest of Miami.
Possible alternatives to the proposed action of subsequent license
renewal for Turkey Point include the no-action alternative and
reasonable replacement power alternatives. A new notice of opportunity
to request a hearing and petition for leave to intervene--limited to
contentions based on new information in the draft EIS--is also being
issued.
DATES: The NRC will hold two public meetings, one in-person near Turkey
Point and one through online webinar and teleconference call, on the
draft EIS, including a presentation on the preliminary recommendation
in the draft EIS and a transcribed public comment session. The in-
person meeting will be held September 19, 2023, at 7 p.m. eastern time
(ET) at the Hampton Inn & Suites, 2855 NE 9th St, Homestead, FL 33033.
The virtual meeting will be held September 27, 2023, at 2 p.m. ET.
Details on both meetings can be found on the NRC's Public Meeting
Schedule at: https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. Members of the public are
invited to submit comments by November 7, 2023. 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. Requests for a hearing or petitions for leave to intervene
must be filed by November 7, 2023.
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-2022-0172. 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.
Email: Comments may be submitted to the NRC electronically
using the email address [email protected].
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.
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: Lance Rakovan, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2589; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0172 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly available information related to this action using any of the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0172.
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, at 301-415-4737,
or by email to [email protected]. NUREG-1437, Supplement 5a, Second
Renewal, ``Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement for License
Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for
Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4, Draft Report for
Comment,'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML23242A216.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Public Library: A copy of the draft EIS is available for
public review at the Naranja Branch Library, 14850 SW 280th Street,
Homestead, Florida 33032.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2022-0172 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. 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, then 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
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submissions available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
The NRC is issuing for public comment draft EIS NUREG-1437,
Supplement 5a, Second Renewal, ``Site-Specific Environmental Impact
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Subsequent
License Renewal for Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4,
Draft Report for Comment.'' The draft EIS supplements NUREG-1437,
Supplement 5, Second Renewal, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement
for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Subsequent License
Renewal for Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4, Final
Report'' (FSEIS), issued in October 2019 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML19290H346). The draft EIS includes the NRC staff's site-specific
evaluation of the environmental impacts of subsequent license renewal
(SLR) for Turkey Point for each of the environmental issues that were
dispositioned as Category 1 issues (generic to all or a distinct subset
of nuclear power plants) in the FSEIS consistent with Table B-1 in
appendix B to subpart A of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR) part 51 and NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants,'' Revision 1, Final
Report. The draft EIS considers information contained in the Florida
Power & Light Company (FPL) June 9, 2022, submittal, which supplemented
its environmental report in support of its 2018 SLR application that
was considered in the FSEIS. The draft EIS also considers whether there
is significant new information that would change the NRC staff's
conclusions concerning Category 2 issues (specific to individual
nuclear power plants) in the FSEIS. The NRC staff prepared the draft
EIS in accordance with the Commission's decisions in Commission Legal
Issuance (CLI)-22-02 (ADAMS Accession No. ML22055A496) and CLI-22-03
(ADAMS Accession No. ML22055A527), both dated February 24, 2022. These
decisions directed the NRC staff to modify the expiration dates of the
Turkey Point subsequent renewed licenses, which were issued on December
4, 2019, to reflect the end dates of the previous renewed licenses
(i.e., July 19, 2032, for Turkey Point Unit 3 and April 10, 2033, for
Turkey Point Unit 4). Together, the draft EIS and the FSEIS evaluate,
on a site-specific basis, all of the environmental impacts of continued
operation during the SLR term for Turkey Point Unit 3 from July 19,
2032, to July 19, 2052, and for Turkey Point Unit 4 from April 10,
2033, to April 10, 2053.
Based on the draft EIS and the FSEIS, the NRC staff's preliminary
recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of SLR for
Turkey Point (i.e., the continued operation of Turkey Point for a
period of 20 years beyond current expiration dates) are not so great
that preserving the option of SLR for energy-planning decision-makers
would be unreasonable. The NRC staff based its recommendation on FPL's
environmental report, as supplemented, the NRC staff's consultations
with Federal, State, Tribal, and local government agencies, the NRC
staff's independent environmental review, which is documented in the
draft EIS and the FSEIS, and the NRC staff's consideration of public
comments.
III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To
Intervene
As directed in CLI-22-03, with the completion of the draft EIS, a
new notice of opportunity to request a hearing and petition for leave
to intervene--limited to contentions based on new information in the
draft EIS--is being issued.
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any
person (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by this action may
file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to intervene
(petition) with respect to the action. Petitions shall be filed in
accordance with the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice and
Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult 10 CFR
2.309. If a petition is filed, the presiding officer will rule on the
petition and, if appropriate, a notice of hearing will be issued.
Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of
publication of this notice in accordance with the filing instructions
in the ``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)'' section of this document.
Petitions and motions for leave to file new or amended contentions that
are filed after the deadline will not be entertained absent a
determination by the presiding officer that the filing demonstrates
good cause by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)
through (iii).
A State, local governmental body, Federally recognized Indian
Tribe, or designated agency thereof, may submit a petition to the
Commission to participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(h) no later
than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice.
Alternatively, a State, local governmental body, Federally recognized
Indian Tribe, or agency thereof may participate as a non-party under 10
CFR 2.315(c).
For information about filing a petition and about participation by
a person not a party under 10 CFR 2.315, see ADAMS Accession No.
ML20340A053 (https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML20340A053) and on the NRC's public website
at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate.
IV. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including
documents filed by an interested State, local governmental body,
Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or designated agency thereof that
requests to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302. The E-Filing process requires
participants to submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the
internet, or in some cases, to mail copies on electronic storage media,
unless an exemption permitting an alternative filing method, as further
discussed, is granted. Detailed guidance on electronic submissions is
located in the ``Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC''
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13031A056) and on the NRC's public website at
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital identification (ID)
certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition or
other adjudicatory document (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-
issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the
Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the proceeding if the
Secretary has not already established an electronic docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html. After a digital ID certificate is
obtained and a docket created, the participant must submit
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adjudicatory documents in Portable Document Format. Guidance on
submissions is available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A filing is
considered complete at the time the document is submitted through the
NRC's E-Filing system. To be timely, an electronic filing must be
submitted to the E-Filing system no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on the due
date. Upon receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps
the document and sends the submitter an email confirming receipt of the
document. The E-Filing system also distributes an email that provides
access to the document to the NRC's Office of the General Counsel and
any others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish
to participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the
document on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for
and receive a digital ID certificate before adjudicatory documents are
filed to obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC's Electronic
Filing Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's
public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by
email to [email protected], or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672-
7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m.
and 6 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Participants who believe that they have good cause for not
submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request, in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing
stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR
2.302(b)-(d). Participants filing adjudicatory documents in this manner
are responsible for serving their documents on all other participants.
Participants granted an exemption under 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) must still
meet the electronic formatting requirement in 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1),
unless the participant also seeks and is granted an exemption from 10
CFR 2.302(g)(1).
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the
NRC's electronic hearing docket, which is publicly available at https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
presiding officer. If you do not have an NRC-issued digital ID
certificate as previously described, click ``cancel'' when the link
requests certificates and you will be automatically directed to the
NRC's electronic hearing dockets where you will be able to access any
publicly available documents in a particular hearing docket.
Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information
such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone
numbers in their filings unless an NRC regulation or other law requires
submission of such information. With respect to copyrighted works,
except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory
filings and would constitute a Fair Use application, participants
should not include copyrighted materials in their submission.
Dated: August 31, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John M. Moses,
Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial
Support, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards.
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