[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 173 (Friday, September 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62110-62112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19188]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251; NRC-2022-0172]


Florida Power & Light Company; Turkey Point Nuclear Generating 
Unit Nos. 3 and 4

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft environmental impact statement; request for comment; 
public comment meetings; opportunity to request a hearing and to 
petition for leave to intervene.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) 
is issuing for public comment draft environmental impact statement 
(EIS) NUREG-1437, Supplement 5a, Second Renewal, ``Site-Specific 
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants 
Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for Turkey Point Nuclear 
Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4, Draft Report for Comment.'' Turkey Point 
Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4 (Turkey Point) is located in 
Homestead, Florida, approximately 25 miles south-southwest of Miami. 
Possible alternatives to the proposed action of subsequent license 
renewal for Turkey Point include the no-action alternative and 
reasonable replacement power alternatives. A new notice of opportunity 
to request a hearing and petition for leave to intervene--limited to 
contentions based on new information in the draft EIS--is also being 
issued.

DATES: The NRC will hold two public meetings, one in-person near Turkey 
Point and one through online webinar and teleconference call, on the 
draft EIS, including a presentation on the preliminary recommendation 
in the draft EIS and a transcribed public comment session. The in-
person meeting will be held September 19, 2023, at 7 p.m. eastern time 
(ET) at the Hampton Inn & Suites, 2855 NE 9th St, Homestead, FL 33033. 
The virtual meeting will be held September 27, 2023, at 2 p.m. ET. 
Details on both meetings can be found on the NRC's Public Meeting 
Schedule at: https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. Members of the public are 
invited to submit comments by November 7, 2023. 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. Requests for a hearing or petitions for leave to intervene 
must be filed by November 7, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; 
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website:
    <bullet> Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0172. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#83d0f7e2e0faadd0e0ebf6eee2ededc3edf1e0ade4ecf5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a597e6b6973245969627f676b64644a647869246d657c">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical 
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this document.
    <bullet> Email: Comments may be submitted to the NRC electronically 
using the email address <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2f6d7d0c9c7dbf2cdcbccd69196e7ccd4cbd0cdcccfc7ccd6c3cee2ccd0c18cc5cdd4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6a3e1f18010f133a0503041e595e2f041c03180504070f041e0b062a041809440d051c">[email protected]</span></a>.
    <bullet> 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: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#703c111e13155e22111b1f06111e301e02135e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="490528272a2c671b2822263f282709273b2a672e263f">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0172 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly available information related to this action using any of the 
following methods:
    <bullet> Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0172.
    <bullet> 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#09594d5b275b6c7a667c7b6a6c49677b6a276e667f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8adaced8a4d8eff9e5fff8e9efcae4f8e9a4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>. NUREG-1437, Supplement 5a, Second 
Renewal, ``Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement for License 
Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for 
Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4, Draft Report for 
Comment,'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML23242A216.
    <bullet> 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 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8dddc9dfa3dfe8fee2f8ffeee8cde3ffeea3eae2fb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="603024324e3205130f15120305200e12034e070f16">[email protected]</span></a> or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 
a.m. and 4 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    <bullet> Public Library: A copy of the draft EIS is available for 
public review at the Naranja Branch Library, 14850 SW 280th Street, 
Homestead, Florida 33032.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2022-0172 in 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

    The NRC is issuing for public comment draft EIS NUREG-1437, 
Supplement 5a, Second Renewal, ``Site-Specific Environmental Impact 
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Subsequent 
License Renewal for Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4, 
Draft Report for Comment.'' The draft EIS supplements NUREG-1437, 
Supplement 5, Second Renewal, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement 
for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Subsequent License 
Renewal for Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4, Final 
Report'' (FSEIS), issued in October 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML19290H346). The draft EIS includes the NRC staff's site-specific 
evaluation of the environmental impacts of subsequent license renewal 
(SLR) for Turkey Point for each of the environmental issues that were 
dispositioned as Category 1 issues (generic to all or a distinct subset 
of nuclear power plants) in the FSEIS consistent with Table B-1 in 
appendix B to subpart A of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(10 CFR) part 51 and NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact 
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants,'' Revision 1, Final 
Report. The draft EIS considers information contained in the Florida 
Power & Light Company (FPL) June 9, 2022, submittal, which supplemented 
its environmental report in support of its 2018 SLR application that 
was considered in the FSEIS. The draft EIS also considers whether there 
is significant new information that would change the NRC staff's 
conclusions concerning Category 2 issues (specific to individual 
nuclear power plants) in the FSEIS. The NRC staff prepared the draft 
EIS in accordance with the Commission's decisions in Commission Legal 
Issuance (CLI)-22-02 (ADAMS Accession No. ML22055A496) and CLI-22-03 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML22055A527), both dated February 24, 2022. These 
decisions directed the NRC staff to modify the expiration dates of the 
Turkey Point subsequent renewed licenses, which were issued on December 
4, 2019, to reflect the end dates of the previous renewed licenses 
(i.e., July 19, 2032, for Turkey Point Unit 3 and April 10, 2033, for 
Turkey Point Unit 4). Together, the draft EIS and the FSEIS evaluate, 
on a site-specific basis, all of the environmental impacts of continued 
operation during the SLR term for Turkey Point Unit 3 from July 19, 
2032, to July 19, 2052, and for Turkey Point Unit 4 from April 10, 
2033, to April 10, 2053.
    Based on the draft EIS and the FSEIS, the NRC staff's preliminary 
recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of SLR for 
Turkey Point (i.e., the continued operation of Turkey Point for a 
period of 20 years beyond current expiration dates) are not so great 
that preserving the option of SLR for energy-planning decision-makers 
would be unreasonable. The NRC staff based its recommendation on FPL's 
environmental report, as supplemented, the NRC staff's consultations 
with Federal, State, Tribal, and local government agencies, the NRC 
staff's independent environmental review, which is documented in the 
draft EIS and the FSEIS, and the NRC staff's consideration of public 
comments.

III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To 
Intervene

    As directed in CLI-22-03, with the completion of the draft EIS, a 
new notice of opportunity to request a hearing and petition for leave 
to intervene--limited to contentions based on new information in the 
draft EIS--is being issued.
    Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any 
person (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by this action may 
file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to intervene 
(petition) with respect to the action. Petitions shall be filed in 
accordance with the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice and 
Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult 10 CFR 
2.309. If a petition is filed, the presiding officer will rule on the 
petition and, if appropriate, a notice of hearing will be issued.
    Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of 
publication of this notice in accordance with the filing instructions 
in the ``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)'' section of this document. 
Petitions and motions for leave to file new or amended contentions that 
are filed after the deadline will not be entertained absent a 
determination by the presiding officer that the filing demonstrates 
good cause by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i) 
through (iii).
    A State, local governmental body, Federally recognized Indian 
Tribe, or designated agency thereof, may submit a petition to the 
Commission to participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(h) no later 
than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice. 
Alternatively, a State, local governmental body, Federally recognized 
Indian Tribe, or agency thereof may participate as a non-party under 10 
CFR 2.315(c).
    For information about filing a petition and about participation by 
a person not a party under 10 CFR 2.315, see ADAMS Accession No. 
ML20340A053 (https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML20340A053) and on the NRC's public website 
at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate.

IV. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)

    All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including 
documents filed by an interested State, local governmental body, 
Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or designated agency thereof that 
requests to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in 
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302. The E-Filing process requires 
participants to submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the 
internet, or in some cases, to mail copies on electronic storage media, 
unless an exemption permitting an alternative filing method, as further 
discussed, is granted. Detailed guidance on electronic submissions is 
located in the ``Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC'' 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13031A056) and on the NRC's public website at 
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
    To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10 
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the 
Office of the Secretary by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d49cb1b5a6bdbab3fa90bbb7bfb1a094baa6b7fab3bba2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f173a3e2d363138711b303c343a2b1f312d3c71383029">[email protected]</span></a>, or by 
telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital identification (ID) 
certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or 
representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing 
system for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise 
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition or 
other adjudicatory document (even in instances in which the 
participant, or its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-
issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the 
Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the proceeding if the 
Secretary has not already established an electronic docket.
    Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is 
available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html. After a digital ID certificate is 
obtained and a docket created, the participant must submit

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adjudicatory documents in Portable Document Format. Guidance on 
submissions is available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A filing is 
considered complete at the time the document is submitted through the 
NRC's E-Filing system. To be timely, an electronic filing must be 
submitted to the E-Filing system no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on the due 
date. Upon receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps 
the document and sends the submitter an email confirming receipt of the 
document. The E-Filing system also distributes an email that provides 
access to the document to the NRC's Office of the General Counsel and 
any others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish 
to participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the 
document on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and 
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for 
and receive a digital ID certificate before adjudicatory documents are 
filed to obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing system.
    A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC's Electronic 
Filing Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's 
public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by 
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eba6b8a3afc5b98e98849e99888eab859988c58c849d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8bc6d8c3cfa5d9eef8e4fef9e8eecbe5f9e8a5ece4fd">[email protected]</span></a>, or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672-
7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m. 
and 6 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Participants who believe that they have good cause for not 
submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request, in 
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing 
stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and 
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper 
format. Such filings must be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 
2.302(b)-(d). Participants filing adjudicatory documents in this manner 
are responsible for serving their documents on all other participants. 
Participants granted an exemption under 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) must still 
meet the electronic formatting requirement in 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1), 
unless the participant also seeks and is granted an exemption from 10 
CFR 2.302(g)(1).
    Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the 
NRC's electronic hearing docket, which is publicly available at https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the 
presiding officer. If you do not have an NRC-issued digital ID 
certificate as previously described, click ``cancel'' when the link 
requests certificates and you will be automatically directed to the 
NRC's electronic hearing dockets where you will be able to access any 
publicly available documents in a particular hearing docket. 
Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information 
such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone 
numbers in their filings unless an NRC regulation or other law requires 
submission of such information. With respect to copyrighted works, 
except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory 
filings and would constitute a Fair Use application, participants 
should not include copyrighted materials in their submission.

    Dated: August 31, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John M. Moses,
Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial 
Support, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2023-19188 Filed 9-7-23; 8:45 am]
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