Indian Point Federal Proceedings and Comments

Members of the public can submit comments on federal proceedings when available. You will find a link to information on how to comment next to the proceeding listed below, along with a submission deadline.

The documents linked below include reference codes where available used by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) or other appropriate federal agency. For comments submitted to NRC, these are typically 11-character alphanumeric codes beginning with "ML" or 15-character hyphenated codes beginning with "NRC."

Docket NRC-2015-0070

New York State (NYS) has been actively engaged for years with the NRC Decommissioning Rulemaking. The proposed rule will make many changes to the NRC regulations involving Decommissioning.

• New York State submitted comments on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in March 2016 (NRC-2015-0070-0112)
   
• New York State submitted comments on the regulatory basis in June 2017 (NRC-2015-0070-0213)
   
• The NYS Department of Public Service (DPS), New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), and NYS Office of Attorney General (OAG) each submitted comments in August 2022. Read all three sets of comments.
   
• DPS submitted supplemental comments on comprehensive decommissioning oversight in August 2023.

New York State (NYS) reviews every exemption request and license amendment request (LAR) that is submitted by Holtec.* NYS often engages with NRC and Holtec* informally, but will submit formal comments when deemed appropriate. The items listed below include those exemption requests and LARs commented on by NYS. The absence of written comments should not be viewed as a lack of due diligence or engagement by NYS.

• Holtec submitted an LAR requesting approval of an ISFSI-only Security, Training and Qualification, Safeguards Contingency Plan on January 17, 2023. (ML23024A046)
   
• Holtec submitted an LAR requesting approval of an ISFSI-only Emergency Plan on November 17, 2022. (ML22321A148)
   
• Holtec submitted an LAR to revise the site technical specifications following transfer of all spent fuel to the ISFSI on November 2, 2022. (ML22306A126)
   
• Holtec submitted an exemption request to certain emergency preparedness requirements on December 22, 2021, along with a supplement dated February 1, 2022 and a revision dated February 2, 2022. Holtec also submitted an LAR for Permanently Defueled Emergency Plan (PDEP) and Emergency Action Level Scheme on December 22, 2021, along with a revision dated February 4, 2022. (ML21356B704, ML22035A121, ML22032A017, ML22033A348)
  • New York State submitted comments to NRC on November 22, 2022. (ML22332A048)
    • NRC responded to New York State on March 3, 2023.
  • The Department of Public Service submitted additional comments and a request for a public forum to NRC on January 6, 2023. (ML23009B687)
    • NRC responded to the Department of Public Service on March 2, 2023.
       
• Holtec submitted a Unit 2 LAR for changes to staffing requirements on August 2, 2022. (ML22214A128)
   
• Holtec submitted an LAR to change the cyber security plan license condition on May 20, 2022. (ML22140A126)
  • New York State submitted comments to NRC on February 14, 2023 (Link to be provided once posted by NRC)
     
• Holtec submitted an exemption request for the allowable contents in HI STORM dry cask storage containers on March 24, 2022. (ML22083A191)
  • New York State submitted comments on Holtec's request to NRC on August 1, 2022 (ML22215A044)
     
• Holtec submitted an offsite liability insurance exemption request on March 25, 2022. (ML22084A103)
  • New York State provided comments about Holtec's request to NRC on May 24, 2022 (ML22146A364)
     
• Entergy submitted a Unit 3 LAR for the installation of a new fuel transfer crane on March 24, 2020.
  • New York State provided comments about Entergy's Unit 3 LAR to NRC on April 21, 2021 (ML21111A361)
     
• Entergy submitted a Decommissioning Trust Fund exemption request on February 20, 2020.
  • NYSERDA submitted comments about Entergy's request to NRC on November 10, 2020 (ML20316A008)
  • Office of the Attorney General (OAG) submitted comments about Entergy's request to NRC on March 24, 2020 (ML20091J663)
  • OAG submitted supplemental comments about Entergy's request to NRC on October 7, 2020 (ML20281A635)
     
• Entergy submitted an Emergency Plan revisions LAR on April 15, 2019.
  • New York State provided comments about Entergy's LAR to NRC on July 9, 2020 (ML20011C343)

*Prior to Holtec's acquisition of Indian Point in 2021, several exemption requests and LARs were submitted by previous site owner and operator Entergy. Those submissions are noted above.

The federal Department of Energy (DOE) is working to develop a consent-based siting process to identify sites to consolidate and temporarily store spent nuclear fuel.

• NYSERDA provided comments to DOE on this initiative in March 2022: DOE Responses to RFI on Consent-Based Siting and Interim Storage (pp. 383-478).

NYSERDA also filed comments on the NRC’s Systematic Assessment for how the agency addresses Environmental Justice in its Programs, Policies, and Activities on October 29, 2021: NRC-2021-0137-0277