[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 202 (Friday, October 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58701-58703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23073]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389; NRC-2021-0197]


Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare 
Environmental Impact Statement; Florida Power & Light Co.; St. Lucie 
Plant Units 1 and 2

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Intent to conduct scoping process and prepare environmental 
impact statement; public scoping meeting and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct a 
scoping process to gather information necessary to prepare an 
environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate the environmental 
impacts for the subsequent license renewal (SLR) of the operating 
licenses for St. Lucie Plant, Units 1 and 2 (SLP). The NRC is seeking 
public comment on this action and has scheduled public scoping meetings 
that will take place as online webinars.

DATES: The NRC will hold public scoping meetings as online webinars on 
November 3, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 
p.m. Eastern Time (ET). Submit comments on the scope of the EIS by 
November 22, 2021. 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://regulations.gov 
and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0197. 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-2021-0197 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://regulations.gov 
and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0197.
     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

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the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 
301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession 
number for each document referenced in this document (if it is 
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is referenced.
     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.
     Public Library: A copy of the SLR application, including 
the environmental report (ER), is available for public review at the 
following public library locations:
     Morningside Branch of the St. Lucie County Library, 2410 
SE Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, FL 4952; and
     Kilmer Branch of the St. Lucie County Library, 101 Melody 
Lane, Fort Pierce, FL 34950.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2021-0197 in the subject line of your comment 
submission in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make your comment 
submission available to the public in this docket.
    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 submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    By letter dated August 3, 2021 (ADAMS Package Accession No. 
ML21215A314), Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) submitted to the NRC an 
application for subsequent license renewal of Renewed Facility 
Operating License Nos. DPR-67 and NPR-16 for SLP, Units 1 and 2, 
respectively, for an additional 20 years of operation. This submission 
initiated the NRC's proposed action of determining whether to grant the 
SLR application. The SLP units are pressurized water reactors designed 
by Combustion Engineering and are located in Jensen Beach, FL, 
approximately 10 miles southeast of Ft. Pierce, FL. The current renewed 
facility operating license for Unit 1 expires at midnight on March 1, 
2036, and the current renewed facility operating license for Unit 2 
expires at midnight on April 6, 2043. The SLR application was submitted 
pursuant to part 54 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 
CFR), ``Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear 
Power Plants,'' and seeks to extend the renewed facility operating 
license for Unit 1 to midnight on March 1, 2056, and the renewed 
facility operating license for Unit 2 to midnight on April 6, 2063. A 
notice of receipt and availability of the application was published in 
the Federal Register on August 16, 2021 (86 FR 45768). A notice of 
acceptance for docketing of the application and of opportunity to 
request a hearing was published in the Federal Register on September 
29, 2021 (86 FR 53986) and is available on the Federal Rulemaking 
website (https://www.regulations.gov) by searching for Docket ID NRC-
2021-0197.

III. Request for Comment

    This notice informs the public of the NRC's intention to conduct 
environmental scoping and prepare an EIS related to the SLR application 
for SLP, and to provide the public an opportunity to participate in the 
environmental scoping process, as defined in 10 CFR 51.29, ``Scoping-
environmental impact statement and supplement to environmental impact 
statement.''
    The regulations in 36 CFR 800.8, ``Coordination With the National 
Environmental Policy Act,'' allow agencies to use their National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.) (NEPA) 
process to fulfill the requirements of Section 106 of the National 
Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (54 U.S.C. 300101, et seq.) (NHPA). 
Therefore, pursuant to 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC intends to use its 
process and documentation required for the preparation of the EIS on 
the proposed action to comply with Section 106 of the NHPA in lieu of 
the procedures set forth at 36 CFR 800.3 through 800.6.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) and 10 CFR 54.23, FPL submitted 
an ER as part of the SLR application. The ER was prepared pursuant to 
10 CFR part 51, ``Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic 
Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions,'' and is publicly available 
in ADAMS under Package Accession No. ML21215A314. The ER will also be 
available for viewing at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/subsequent-license-renewal.html. In addition, the SLR 
application, including the ER, is available for public review at the 
Morningside Branch of the St. Lucie County Library, 2410 SE Morningside 
Blvd., Port St. Lucie, FL 4952, and the Kilmer Branch of the St. Lucie 
County Library, 101 Melody Lane, Fort Pierce, FL 34950.
    The NRC intends to gather the information necessary to prepare a 
plant-specific supplement to NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact 
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants'' (ADAMS Package 
Accession No. ML13107A023) (GEIS), related to the SLR application for 
St. Lucie. The NRC is required by 10 CFR 51.95 to prepare a plant-
specific supplement to the GEIS in connection with the renewal of an 
operating license. This notice is being published in accordance with 
NEPA and the NRC's regulations at 10 CFR part 51.
    The supplement to the GEIS will evaluate the environmental impacts 
of subsequent license renewal for SLP, and reasonable alternatives 
thereto. Possible alternatives to the proposed action include the no 
action alternative and reasonable alternative energy sources.
    As part of its environmental review, the NRC will first conduct a 
scoping process for the plant-specific supplement to the GEIS and, as 
soon as practicable thereafter, will prepare a draft supplement to the 
GEIS for public comment. Participation in this scoping process by 
members of the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal government 
agencies is encouraged. The scoping process for the supplement to the 
GEIS will be used to accomplish the following:
    a. Define the proposed action that is to be the subject of the 
supplement to the GEIS;
    b. Determine the scope of the supplement to the GEIS and identify 
the significant issues to be analyzed in depth;
    c. Identify and eliminate from detailed study those issues that are 
peripheral or are not significant or that have been covered by prior 
environmental review;

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    d. Identify any environmental assessments and other ElSs that are 
being or will be prepared that are related to, but are not part of, the 
scope of the supplement to the GEIS under consideration;
    e. Identify other environmental review and consultation 
requirements related to the proposed action;
    f. Indicate the relationship between the timing of the preparation 
of the environmental analyses and the NRC's tentative planning and 
decision-making schedule;
    g. Identify any cooperating agencies and, as appropriate, allocate 
assignments for preparation and schedules for completing the supplement 
to the GEIS to the NRC and any cooperating agencies; and
    h. Describe how the supplement to the GEIS will be prepared, 
including any contractor assistance to be used.
    The NRC invites the following entities to participate in scoping:
    a. The applicant, Florida Power & Light;
    b. Any Federal agency that has jurisdiction by law or special 
expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved or that is 
authorized to develop and enforce relevant environmental standards;
    c. Affected State and local government agencies, including those 
authorized to develop and enforce relevant environmental standards;
    d. Any affected Indian Tribe;
    e. Any person who requests or has requested an opportunity to 
participate in the scoping process; and
    f. Any person who has petitioned or intends to petition for leave 
to intervene under 10 CFR 2.309.

IV. Public Scoping Meeting

    In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26(b), the scoping process for an EIS 
may include a public scoping meeting to help identify significant 
issues related to the proposed action and to determine the scope of 
issues to be addressed in the EIS.
    The NRC is announcing that it will hold public scoping meetings as 
online webinars for the SLP SLR supplement to the GEIS. The webinars 
will include a telephone line for members of the public to provide 
comments. A court reporter will transcribe all comments received during 
the webinars. To be considered, comments must be provided either at a 
transcribed public meeting or in writing, as discussed in the ADDRESSES 
section of this notice. The public scoping webinars will be held on 
November 3, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and from 6:00 p.m. to 
8:00 p.m. ET. Persons interested in attending these online webinars 
should monitor the NRC's Public Meeting Schedule website at https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg for additional information, agenda for the 
meeting, and access information for the webinar. Please contact Mr. 
Lance Rakovan no later than October 27, 2021, if accommodations or 
special equipment is needed to attend or to provide comments, so that 
the NRC staff can determine whether the request can be accommodated.
    The public scoping meeting will include: (1) An overview by the NRC 
staff of the environmental and safety review processes, the proposed 
scope of the supplement to the GEIS, and the proposed review schedule; 
and (2) the opportunity for interested government agencies, 
organizations, and individuals to submit comments or suggestions on 
environmental issues or the proposed scope of the SLP SLR supplement to 
the GEIS.
    Participation in the scoping process for the SLP SLR supplement to 
the GEIS does not entitle participants to become parties to the 
proceeding to which the supplement to the GEIS relates. Matters related 
to participation in any hearing are outside the scope of matters to be 
discussed at this public meeting.

    Dated: October 19, 2021.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert B. Elliott,
Chief, Environmental Review License Renewal Branch, Division of 
Rulemaking, Environment, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2021-23073 Filed 10-21-21; 8:45 am]
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