Environmental impact statement for an early site permit (ESP) at the PSEG Site : final report

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2015
v. 1
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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*eople and the Environment
Environmental Impact
Statement for an Early Site
Permit (ESP) at the PSEG Site
Final Report
Chapters 1 to 5
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Statement for an Early Site
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Final Report
Chapters 1 to 5
Manuscript Completed: October 2015
Date Published: November 2015
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COVER SHEET
Responsible Agency: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of New Reactors. U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Philiadelphia District, is cooperating agency involved in the
preparation of this document.
Title: Environmental Impact Statement for an Early Site Permit (ESP) at the PSEG Site Final
Report (NUREG-2168). PSEG is located in Salem County, New Jersey
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ABSTRACT
This environmental impact statement (EIS) has been prepared in response to an application
submitted on May 25, 2010 to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) by PSEG
Power, LLC, and PSEG Nuclear, LLC (PSEG), for an early site permit (ESP). The proposed
actions requested in the PSEG application are (1) the NRC issuance of an ESP for the PSEG
Site located adjacent to the existing Hope Creek Generating Station and Salem Generating
Station, Units 1 and 2, in Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, New Jersey, and (2)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) permit action on a Department of the Army permit
application to perform certain construction activities on the site. The USACE is a cooperating
agency with the NRC in preparing this EIS and participates collaboratively on the review team.
This EIS includes the review team’s analysis that considers and weighs the environmental
impacts of building and operating a new nuclear power plant at the proposed PSEG Site, at
alternative sites and mitigation measures available for reducing or avoiding adverse impacts.
The EIS also addresses Federally listed species, cultural resources, essential fish habitat
issues, and plant cooling system design alternatives.
The EIS includes the evaluation of the proposed action’s impacts on waters of the United States
pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors
Appropriation Act of 1899. The USACE will conduct a public interest review in accordance with
the guidelines promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under authority of
Section 404(b) of the Clean Water Act. The public interest review, which will be addressed in
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Abstract
the USACE permit decision document, will include an alternatives analysis to determine the
least environmentally damaging practicable alternative.
After considering the environmental aspects of the proposed NRC action, the NRC staffs
recommendation to the Commission is that the ESP be issued as requested.
This recommendation is based on (1) the application submitted by PSEG, including Revision 4
of the Environmental Report (ER), and the PSEG responses to requests for additional
information from the NRC and USACE staffs; (2) consultation with Federal, State, Tribal, and
local agencies; (3) the staffs independent review; (4) the staffs consideration of comments
related to the environmental review that were received during the public scoping process and
the public comment period following the publication of the draft EIS; and (5) the assessments
summarized in this EIS, including the potential mitigation measures identified in the ER and this
EIS. The USACE will issue its Record of Decision based, in part, on this EIS.
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