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February 21, 2008

Randall K. Edington, Executive Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer Mail Station 7602 Arizona Public Service Company P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034

SUBJECT: PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATION STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 - NRC EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORT 05000528/2007501; 05000529/2007501; AND 05000530/2007501

Dear Mr. Edington:

On December 31, 2007, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff completed its annual inspection of the Emergency Preparedness Program at Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station, Units 1, 2, and 3. This inspection began on January 1, 2007. Issuance of this letter closes NRC Inspection Report 05000528/2007501, 05000529/2007501, and 05000530/2007. Observations and findings in these areas were provided in the quarterly integrated reports for your site. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,/RA/ Ryan E. Lantz, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Dockets: 50-528; 50-529; 50-530 Licenses: NPF-41; NPF-51; NPF-74 Arizona Public Service Company - 2 - cc: Steve Olea Arizona Corporation Commission 1200 W. Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 Douglas K. Porter, Senior Counsel Southern California Edison Company Law Department, Generation Resources P.O. Box 800 Rosemead, CA 91770 Chairman Maricopa County Board of Supervisors 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85003 Aubrey V. Godwin, Director Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency 4814 South 40 Street Phoenix, AZ 85040 Scott Bauer, Director Regulatory Affairs Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Mail Station 7636 P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 Mr. Dwight C. Mims Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Performance Improvement Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Mail Station 7636 P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 Jeffrey T. Weikert Assistant General Counsel El Paso Electric Company Mail Location 167 123 W. Mills El Paso, TX 79901

Arizona Public Service Company - 3 - Eric J. Tharp Director of Generation Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Southern California Public Power Authority P.O. Box 51111, Room 1255 Los Angeles, CA 90051-5700 John Taylor Public Service Company of New Mexico 2401 Aztec NE, MS Z110 Albuquerque, NM 87107-4224 Geoffrey M. Cook Southern California Edison Company 5000 Pacific Coast Hwy, Bldg. D21 San Clemente, CA 92672 Robert Henry Salt River Project 6504 East Thomas Road Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Brian Almon Public Utility Commission William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-3326 Karen O' Regan Environmental Program Manager City of Phoenix Office of Environmental Programs 200 West Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85003 Matthew Benac Assistant Vice President Nuclear & Generation Services El Paso Electric Company 340 East Palm Lane, Suite 310 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Chief, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Section National Preparedness Directorate Technological Hazards Division Department of Homeland Security 1111 Broadway, Suite 1200 Oakland, CA 94607-4052 Arizona Public Service Company - 4 - Electronic distribution by RIV: Regional Administrator (EEC) DRP Director (DDC) DRS Director (RJC1)

DRS Deputy Director (ACC) Senior Resident Inspector (GXW2) Branch Chief, DRP/D (TWP) Senior Project Engineer, DRP/D (GEW) Team Leader, DRP/TSS (CJP)

RITS Coordinator (MSH3) DRS STA (DAP) V. Dricks, PAO (VLD) D. Pelton, OEDO RIV Coordinator (DLP) ROPreports PV Site Secretary (PRC)

SUNSI Review Completed: __Y___ ADAMS: Yes No Initials: __lmb____ Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive Non-Sensitive Secretary/DRS C:OB LMBerger RELantz /RA/ /RA/ 2/20/08 2/21/08 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax