[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16037-16038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04768]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-0320; NRC-2024-0050]
Draft Programmatic Agreement: TMI-2SOLUTIONS, LLC; Three Mile
Island Nuclear Station, Unit No. 2
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is requesting
comment on a draft Programmatic Agreement (PA) between the NRC,
Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and TMI-2
Energy Solutions (TMI-2Solutions). The purpose of this draft PA is to
resolve any adverse effects to historic properties identified during
consultation for a license amendment request for the Three Mile Island
Nuclear Station, Unit No. 2 (TMI-2), located in Londonderry Township,
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. TMI-2Solutions will be engaging in
certain major decommissioning activities, including the physical
demolition of buildings previously deemed eligible for the National
Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Because the impacts on the historic
properties from these decommissioning activities have not been
previously evaluated and are not bounded by NUREG-0586, ``Final Generic
Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) on Decommissioning of Nuclear
Facilities'', the NRC initiated consultation under the National
Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). During the NHPA section 106
consultation, it was determined that there would be adverse effects to
historic properties and a PA was developed to address resolution of
adverse effects.
DATES: Submit comments by April 5, 2024. 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-2024-0050. Address
questions about Docket IDs 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: Jean Trefethen, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-0867; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0050 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this action. You may
obtain publicly available information related to this action by the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0050.
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]. The ADAMS accession number for
each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the
first time that it is mentioned in this document.
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. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Project Website: Information related to the TMI-2 project
can be accessed on NRC's TMI-2 public website at https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/decommissioning/power-reactor/three-mile-island-unit-2.html, under the section titled ``2.0 Site Status Summary,'' scroll
down to ``Environmental Review of Cultural and Historic Resource
Impacts from Decommissioning Activities'' and click on draft
Programmatic Agreement, Draft Report for Comment.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2024-0050 in the subject line of 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
By letter dated February 22, 2023 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML23058A064), TMI-2Solutions requested an amendment to Possession Only
License No. DPR-73. TMI-2Solutions will be engaging in certain major
decommissioning activities, including the physical demolition of
buildings previously deemed eligible for the National Register of
Historic Places (NRHP). Paragraph 50.82(a)(6)(ii) of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) states that licensees shall not
perform any decommissioning activities that would result in significant
environmental impacts that have not been previously reviewed. Adverse
impacts, such as certain alterations or demolition to structures that
have been deemed eligible for listing on the NRHP, could be considered
unreviewed significant environmental impacts under 10 CFR
50.82(a)(6)(ii). Because the impacts on the historic properties from
TMI-2Solutions' proposed decommissioning activities have not been
previously evaluated, TMI-2Solutions requested an amendment to evaluate
the impacts of the decommissioning activities on the NRHP-eligible
properties.
The NRC uses its National Environmental Policy Act process for
developing environmental assessments (EAs) to facilitate consultation
under section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA),
pursuant to 36 CFR 800.8.
The NRC met with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the
Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), TMI-
2Solutions, and other consulting parties to discuss how to address the
adverse effects to historic properties. The parties agreed to develop a
PA to resolve any adverse effects. As explained in the PA, once the
agreement is executed, the NRC will become the lead agency for
implementation of the PA.
The draft PA addresses the potential direct and indirect adverse
effects from the decommissioning activities and ensures that
appropriate mitigation measures are implemented. The NRC's final EA
will include the final PA and therefore conclude NHPA section 106
consultation.
III. Request for Public Comment
The NRC is requesting public comment on the draft PA. The NRC will
consider these comments before finalizing the PA, which will be
published as an appendix in the final EA. The draft PA is available in
ADAMS under Accession No. ML24044A184.
Dated: March 1, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert Sun,
Chief, Environmental Project Management Branch 2, Division of
Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety, and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2024-04768 Filed 3-5-24; 8:45 am]
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