[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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