[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 156 (Friday, August 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39431-39432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15570]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-266 and 50-301; NRC-2020-0277; SEIS-429-00-000-
1730167609]
NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units
1 and 2; Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published a
final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), issued as
NUREG-1437, Supplement 23, Second Renewal, to the Generic Environmental
Impact Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Final
Report, regarding the subsequent license renewal of Renewed Facility
Operating License Nos. DPR-24 and DPR-27 for an additional 20 years for
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Point Beach). Point Beach is
located on the western shore of Lake Michigan in Manitowoc County,
Wisconsin, approximately 15 miles north-northeast of Manitowoc,
Wisconsin. Possible alternatives to the proposed action of subsequent
license renewal include the no-action alternative and reasonable
replacement power alternatives.
DATES: NUREG-1437, Supplement 23, Second Renewal is available as of
August 8, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0277 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0277. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; 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 access 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 23, Second
Renewal is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML25191A238.
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, Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Public Library: A copy of NUREG-1437, Supplement 23,
Second Renewal regarding the proposed subsequent renewal of Renewed
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-24 and DPR-27 for an additional 20
years for Point Beach will be available for public review at the Lester
Public Library, 1001 Adams Street, Two Rivers, WI 54241.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Folk, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6944; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
In accordance with section 51.118 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, (10 CFR) ``Final environmental impact statement--
notice of availability,'' the NRC is making available to the public
NUREG-1437, Supplement 23, Second Renewal (the final SEIS) regarding
the proposed subsequent renewal of Renewed Facility Operating License
Nos. DPR-24 and DPR-27 for an additional 20 years for Point Beach. A
notice of availability of the second draft report, which updated the
2021 draft SEIS, was published in the Federal Register on April 16,
2025 (90 FR 16008). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued its
notice of availability of the second draft report on April 18, 2025 (90
FR 16524). The public comment period on the second draft report ended
on June 2, 2025, and the comments received on the second draft report,
as well as on the 2021 draft SEIS, are addressed in the final SEIS.
II. Discussion
The second draft report, which updated the 2021 draft SEIS, was
issued for public comment. The final SEIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 23,
Second Renewal) addresses the comments received on the second draft
report and on the 2021 draft SEIS. As discussed in Chapter 4 of the
final SEIS, the NRC staff has determined that the adverse environmental
impacts of subsequent license renewal for Point Beach (i.e., the
continued operation of Point Beach for a period of 20 years beyond the
expiration dates of the current renewed operating licenses) are not so
great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy-planning
decision-makers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is based on:
(1) information in the environmental report, as supplemented, and other
documents submitted by NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; (2) the NRC
staff's consultation with Federal, State, Tribal, and local
governmental agencies; (3) the NRC staff's independent environmental
review; and (4) the NRC staff's consideration of public comments
received during the scoping process and on the second draft report and
the 2021 draft SEIS.
Dated: August 13, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jacob Zimmerman,
Acting Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and
Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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