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US SFR Owner, LLC.; Kemmerer Power
Station Unit 1; Notice of Intent To
Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare
Environmental Impact Statement
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; public scoping meeting
and request for comment.
AGENCY:
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 a
construction permit (CP) requested by
US SFR Owner, LLC. The NRC is
seeking public comment on this action
and has scheduled a public scoping
meeting.
DATES: The NRC will hold a public
scoping meeting on July 16, 2024.
Meeting details will be available by June
25, 2024, at https://www.nrc.gov/
reactors/new-reactors/advanced/whowere-working-with/applicant-projects/
terrapower.html or at the NRC’s Public
Meeting Schedule website at https://
www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. Members of the
public are invited to submit comments
on the scope of the EIS by August 12,
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
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comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website:
• Email: Comments may be submitted
to the NRC electronically using the
email address
TerraPowerEnvironmental@nrc.gov.
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2024–0078. Address
questions about Docket IDs in
Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301–415–0624; email:
Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. 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.
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:
Patricia Vokoun, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–3470; email:
Patricia.Vokoun@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2024–
0078 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–2024–0078.
• 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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referenced in this document (if it is
available in ADAMS) is provided the
first time that it is referenced.
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• 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 PDR.Resource@nrc.gov
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.
• Public Library: A copy of the CP
application, including the
environmental report (ER) for Kemmerer
Power Station Unit 1, is available for
public review at the Lincoln County
Library, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer,
WY 83101.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://
www.regulations.gov). Please include
Docket ID NRC–2024–0078 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
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
By letter dated March 28, 2024
(ADAMS Package Accession No.
ML24088A059), TerraPower, LLC
(TerraPower) on behalf of US SFR
Owner, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary
of TerraPower, submitted to the NRC
pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic
Energy Act and part 50 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and
Utilization Facilities,’’ an application
for a CP to construct a Natrium Reactor
Plant, Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1,
in Lincoln County, Wyoming as part of
participation in the U.S. Department of
Energy’s Advanced Reactor
Demonstration Program. The Natrium
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Reactor Plant is an 840 megawatts
thermal, pool type, sodium-cooled fast
reactor that contains a compact and
simple safety envelope and a molten salt
energy storage system. This submission
initiated the NRC’s proposed action of
determining whether to grant the CP.
The application was supplemented on
May 2, 2024 (ADAMS Accession Nos.
ML24123A242, ML24123A243) and
May 9, 2024 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML24130A181). A notice of receipt and
availability of the application, was
published in the Federal Register (FR)
on May 14, 2024 (89 FR 42004).
The NRC staff determined that
TerraPower submitted an application in
accordance with 10 CFR part 50, and
that the application is acceptable for
docketing under Docket No. 50–0613.
The NRC sent a letter of acceptance and
docketing to TerraPower on May 21,
2024 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML24135A109). A notice of acceptance
for docketing of the application and
notice of hearing were published in the
FR on June 4, 2024 (89 FR 47997). These
notices are available on the Federal
rulemaking website (https://
www.regulations.gov) by searching for
Docket ID NRC–2024–0078.
III. Request for Comment
This notice informs the public of the
NRC’s intent to conduct environmental
scoping and prepare an EIS related to
the CP application for Kemmerer Power
Station Unit 1 and to provide the public
an opportunity to participate in the
environmental scoping process, in
accordance with 10 CFR 51.29
‘‘Scoping-environmental impact
statement and supplement to
environmental impact statement,’’ and
10 CFR 51.116 ‘‘Notice of intent.’’
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 51.50(a),
TerraPower submitted an ER as part of
the CP application. The ER was
prepared pursuant to 10 CFR part 51
and is publicly available at ADAMS
Accession No. ML24088A072. The ER
will also be available for viewing at
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reactors/advanced/who-were-workingwith/applicant-projects/
terrapower.html. In addition, the ER is
available for public review at the
Lincoln County Library, 519 Emerald
Street, Kemmerer, WY 83101.
The NRC intends to gather the
information necessary to prepare an EIS
related to the CP application for the
Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1. The
NRC is required by 10 CFR 51.20(b) to
prepare an EIS in connection with the
issuance of a CP for a power reactor.
This notice is being published in
accordance with NEPA and the NRC’s
regulations at 10 CFR part 51.
The EIS will evaluate the
environmental impacts of construction,
operation, and decommissioning of the
Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1, and
reasonable alternatives thereto. Possible
alternatives to the proposed action
include the no action alternative and
alternative sites.
As part of its environmental review,
the NRC will first conduct a scoping
process and, as soon as practicable
thereafter, will prepare a draft EIS 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
draft EIS will be used to accomplish the
following:
a. Define the proposed action that is
to be the subject of the EIS;
b. Determine the scope of the EIS 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;
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 EIS 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 EIS to the
NRC and any cooperating agencies; and
h. Describe how the EIS will be
prepared, including any contractor
assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities
to participate in scoping:
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a. The applicant, US SFR Owner,
LLC.;
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 planning to conduct a
public scoping meeting for the
Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1 EIS.
The meeting is currently expected to be
held on July 16, 2024. Meeting details
will be available by June 25, 2024, at
https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/newreactors/advanced/who-were-workingwith/applicant-projects/terrapower.html
or at the NRC’s Public Meeting Schedule
website at https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/
mtg. A court reporter will transcribe all
comments received during the public
meeting. To be considered, comments
must be provided either at the
transcribed public meeting or in writing,
as discussed in the ADDRESSES section of
this document. Please contact Patricia
Vokoun no later than July 6, 2024, if
accommodations or special equipment
is needed to participate 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 safety and environmental
review processes, the proposed scope of
the EIS, 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 Kemmerer Power Station
Unit 1 EIS.
Participation in the scoping process
for the Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1
EIS does not entitle participants to
become parties to the proceeding to
which the EIS relates. Matters related to
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[Docket No. 50-0613; NRC-2024-0078
US SFR Owner, LLC.; Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1; Notice of
Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact
Statement
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; 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 a construction permit (CP) requested by US SFR Owner, LLC.
The NRC is seeking public comment on this action and has scheduled a
public scoping meeting.
DATES: The NRC will hold a public scoping meeting on July 16, 2024.
Meeting details will be available by June 25, 2024, at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/advanced/who-were-working-with/applicant-projects/terrapower.html or at the NRC's Public Meeting
Schedule website at https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. Members of the public
are invited to submit comments on the scope of the EIS by August 12,
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:
Email: Comments may be submitted to the NRC electronically
using the email address [email protected].
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0078. 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.
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: Patricia Vokoun, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3470; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0078 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-2024-0078.
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 in this document (if it is available in ADAMS)
is provided the first time that it is referenced.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
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Public Library: A copy of the CP application, including
the environmental report (ER) for Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1, is
available for public review at the Lincoln County Library, 519 Emerald
Street, Kemmerer, WY 83101.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2024-0078 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 submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
By letter dated March 28, 2024 (ADAMS Package Accession No.
ML24088A059), TerraPower, LLC (TerraPower) on behalf of US SFR Owner,
LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of TerraPower, submitted to the NRC
pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act and part 50 of title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Domestic Licensing of
Production and Utilization Facilities,'' an application for a CP to
construct a Natrium Reactor Plant, Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1, in
Lincoln County, Wyoming as part of participation in the U.S. Department
of Energy's Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program. The Natrium
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Reactor Plant is an 840 megawatts thermal, pool type, sodium-cooled
fast reactor that contains a compact and simple safety envelope and a
molten salt energy storage system. This submission initiated the NRC's
proposed action of determining whether to grant the CP. The application
was supplemented on May 2, 2024 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML24123A242,
ML24123A243) and May 9, 2024 (ADAMS Accession No. ML24130A181). A
notice of receipt and availability of the application, was published in
the Federal Register (FR) on May 14, 2024 (89 FR 42004).
The NRC staff determined that TerraPower submitted an application
in accordance with 10 CFR part 50, and that the application is
acceptable for docketing under Docket No. 50-0613. The NRC sent a
letter of acceptance and docketing to TerraPower on May 21, 2024 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML24135A109). A notice of acceptance for docketing of the
application and notice of hearing were published in the FR on June 4,
2024 (89 FR 47997). These notices are available on the Federal
rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov) by searching for
Docket ID NRC-2024-0078.
III. Request for Comment
This notice informs the public of the NRC's intent to conduct
environmental scoping and prepare an EIS related to the CP application
for Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1 and to provide the public an
opportunity to participate in the environmental scoping process, in
accordance with 10 CFR 51.29 ``Scoping-environmental impact statement
and supplement to environmental impact statement,'' and 10 CFR 51.116
``Notice of intent.''
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 51.50(a), TerraPower submitted an ER as
part of the CP application. The ER was prepared pursuant to 10 CFR part
51 and is publicly available at ADAMS Accession No. ML24088A072. The ER
will also be available for viewing at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/advanced/who-were-working-with/applicant-projects/terrapower.html. In addition, the ER is available for public review at
the Lincoln County Library, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, WY 83101.
The NRC intends to gather the information necessary to prepare an
EIS related to the CP application for the Kemmerer Power Station Unit
1. The NRC is required by 10 CFR 51.20(b) to prepare an EIS in
connection with the issuance of a CP for a power reactor. This notice
is being published in accordance with NEPA and the NRC's regulations at
10 CFR part 51.
The EIS will evaluate the environmental impacts of construction,
operation, and decommissioning of the Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1,
and reasonable alternatives thereto. Possible alternatives to the
proposed action include the no action alternative and alternative
sites.
As part of its environmental review, the NRC will first conduct a
scoping process and, as soon as practicable thereafter, will prepare a
draft EIS 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 draft EIS will be
used to accomplish the following:
a. Define the proposed action that is to be the subject of the EIS;
b. Determine the scope of the EIS 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;
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 EIS 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 EIS to the
NRC and any cooperating agencies; and
h. Describe how the EIS will be prepared, including any contractor
assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities to participate in scoping:
a. The applicant, US SFR Owner, LLC.;
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 planning to conduct a public scoping meeting for the
Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1 EIS. The meeting is currently expected to
be held on July 16, 2024. Meeting details will be available by June 25,
2024, at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/advanced/who-were-working-with/applicant-projects/terrapower.html or at the NRC's Public
Meeting Schedule website at https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. A court
reporter will transcribe all comments received during the public
meeting. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the
transcribed public meeting or in writing, as discussed in the ADDRESSES
section of this document. Please contact Patricia Vokoun no later than
July 6, 2024, if accommodations or special equipment is needed to
participate 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 safety and environmental review processes, the proposed
scope of the EIS, 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 Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1 EIS.
Participation in the scoping process for the Kemmerer Power Station
Unit 1 EIS does not entitle participants to become parties to the
proceeding to which the EIS relates. Matters related to
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participation in any hearing are outside the scope of matters to be
discussed at this public meeting.
Dated: June 6, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John Moses,
Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environment, and Financial
Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards.
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