[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23748-23749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10831]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286; NRC-2008-0672]


Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Indian Point Nuclear Generating 
Unit Nos. 2 and 3

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Volume 
5 of the plant-specific Final Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement (FSEIS), Supplement 38 to NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental 
Impact

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Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants'' (GEIS), regarding the 
renewal of the Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., operating licenses 
DPR-26 and DPR-64 (Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286) for extended plant 
operation for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (IP2 
and IP3).
    This volume of the FSEIS was issued as part of the NRC staff's 
review of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.'s request for extended plant 
operation beyond the initial period of 40 years.
    This volume incorporates new information that the NRC staff has 
obtained since the publication of Volume 4 of the FSEIS in June 2013.

DATES: Volume 5 of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement referenced in this document became effective on April 20, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0672 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0672. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then 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]. 
Supplement 38 to the GEIS and its supplements are available under ADAMS 
Accession Nos. ML103350405, ML103350438, ML103360209, ML103360212, 
ML103350442, ML13162A616, and ML18107A759, respectively.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
     Local Libraries: The following local libraries have agreed 
to make the final supplement available for public inspection:

-- White Plains Public Library, 100 Martine Ave. White Plains, NY 10601
-- Field Library, 4 Nelson Ave. Peekskill, NY 10566
-- Hendrick Hudson Free Library, 185 Kings Ferry Rd, Montrose, NY 10548

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William Burton, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6332, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion

    The NRC received an application, dated April 23, 2007, from Entergy 
Nuclear Operations, Inc., (Entergy), filed pursuant to Section 103 of 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and part 54 of title 10 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations, (10 CFR part 54), to renew, the 
operating licenses for IP2 and IP3. The IP2 and IP3 site is located 
along the Hudson River, approximately 24 miles north of New York, NY. 
Renewal of the licenses would authorize the applicant to operate the 
facilities beyond the initial 40-year period specified in the current 
operating licenses. Possible alternatives to the proposed action 
(license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy 
sources.
    The NRC issued a plant-specific Final Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement (FSEIS) as a supplement to the Generic Environmental 
Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-
1437, regarding the renewal of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-26 
and DPR-64 for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (IP2 
and IP3).
    As discussed in Section 8.2 of the FSEIS, the NRC staff determined 
that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for IP2 and 
IP3 are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for 
energy-planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable. This 
recommendation is based on: (1) The analysis and findings in the GEIS; 
(2) information provided in the environmental report and other 
documents submitted by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; (3) 
consultation with Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies; (4) the 
NRC staff's independent review; and (5) NRC staff's consideration of 
public comments received during the scoping process and on the draft 
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.

II. Matters Addressed in Supplement 2 to the FSEIS

    This supplement includes the NRC staff's evaluation of revised 
engineering project cost information for severe accident mitigation 
alternatives (SAMAs), a summary of the results of additional 
sensitivity analyses to address uncertainties in the SAMA cost-benefit 
conclusions as directed by the Commission, newly available aquatic 
impact information, and the additional environmental issues associated 
with license renewal resulting from the June 2013, revision to Table B-
1 in Appendix B to Subpart A of 10 CFR part 51 and NUREG-1437. This 
supplement also incorporates the impact determinations of NUREG-2157, 
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Storage of Spent 
Nuclear Fuel,'' in accordance with the requirements in 10 CFR 51.23(b). 
Additionally, this supplement describes the reinitiation of 
consultation under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (ESA), regarding the northern long-eared bat, the initiation of 
a conference under Section 7 of the ESA for proposed critical habitat 
of the Atlantic sturgeon, the staff's November 2017, request for the 
National Marine Fisheries Service to amend the 2013 biological 
opinion's Incidental Take Statement, and to provide its concurrence 
with staff's effect determination with respect to the final designated 
Atlantic Sturgeon critical habitat. The supplement also provides an 
update on the status of the operating licenses for IP2 and IP3. In 
addition, this supplement reflects the closure agreement signed in 
January 2017, by the parties to legal proceedings related to the 
renewal of the operating licenses for IP2 and IP3. The closure 
agreement, among other things, resolves all litigation concerning 
license renewal and calls for an early shut down of IP2 and IP3.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of May, 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Eric R. Oesterle,
Chief, License Renewal Project Branch, Division of Materials and 
License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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