ML021280687
| ML021280687 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | McGuire, Mcguire  |
| Issue date: | 05/07/2002 |
| From: | Kuo P NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | Tuckman M Duke Energy Corp |
| Wilson J, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1108 | |
| References | |
| TAC MB2021, TAC MB2022 | |
| Download: ML021280687 (9) | |
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May 7, 2002 Mr. M. S. Tuckman, Executive Vice President - Nuclear Generation Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church St. EC07H Charlotte, NC 28201
SUBJECT:
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REGARDING MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MB2021 AND MB2022)
Dear Mr. Tuckman:
Enclosed is a copy of the Federal Register Notice of Availability for the draft plant-specific Supplement 8 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating licenses NPF-9 and NPF-17 for an additional 20 years of operation at McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2. The notice advises the public that the draft report is available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS).
ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). In addition, the J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte, has agreed to make the draft supplement available for public inspection.
The notice also provides information about the public meeting on the draft supplement to the GEIS to be held on June 12, 2002, in the auditorium at the Central Piedmont Community College, at 11920 Verhoeff Road, Huntersville, North Carolina. The staff will be conducting two meetings on June 12, to commence at 1:30 pm and 7:00 pm. Duke Energy Corporation is invited to participate in both sessions of the meeting. The NRC staff will host informal discussions on the supplemental environmental impact statement review one hour prior to the start of each session at the same location. Interested parties are invited to participate. A separate NRC meeting notice will be issued with a more detailed agenda. In the interim, should you have any questions regarding the public meetings, please contact the NRC Environmental Project Manager, Mr. James H. Wilson, at (301) 415-1108.
Sincerely, Original Signed By: JRTappert for Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/ encl: See next page
May 7, 2002 Mr. M. S. Tuckman, Executive Vice President - Nuclear Generation Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church St. EC07H Charlotte, NC 28201
SUBJECT:
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REGARDING MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MB2021 AND MB2022)
Dear Mr. Tuckman:
Enclosed is a copy of the Federal Register Notice of Availability for the draft plant-specific Supplement 8 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating licenses NPF-9 and NPF-17 for an additional 20 years of operation at McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2. The notice advises the public that the draft report is available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). In addition, the J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte, has agreed to make the draft supplement available for public inspection.
The notice also provides information about the public meeting on the draft supplement to the GEIS to be held on June 12, 2002, in the auditorium at the Central Piedmont Community College, at 11920 Verhoeff Road, Huntersville, North Carolina. The staff will be conducting two meetings on June 12, to commence at 1:30 pm and 7:00 pm. Duke Energy Corporation is invited to participate in both sessions of the meeting. The NRC staff will host informal discussions on the supplemental environmental impact statement review one hour prior to the start of each session at the same location. Interested parties are invited to participate. A separate NRC meeting notice will be issued with a more detailed agenda. In the interim, should you have any questions regarding the public meetings, please contact the NRC Environmental Project Manager, Mr. James H. Wilson, at (301) 415-1108.
Sincerely, Original Signed By: JRTappert for Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/ encl: See next page Accession nos.:
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NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement For License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 8 Regarding McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, Draft Report for Comment DISTRIBUTION: See next page DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\RLEP\\Environmental Section\\McGuire\\DSEIS\\DSEIS NOA Ltr.wpd *See previous concurrence OFFICE RLEP SC:RLEP C:RLEP OGC NAME JHWilson*
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List of Package Contents for NUREG-1437 Cover sheet-ML021290054 Front-ML021290066 Chap. 1-ML021290109 Chap. 2-ML021290128 Chap. 3-ML021290142 Chap. 4-ML021290166 Chap. 5-ML021290194 Chap. 6-ML021290259 Chap. 7-ML021290273 Chap. 8-ML021290287 Chap. 9-ML021290292 App A-ML021290312 App B-ML021290610 App C-ML021300097 App D-ML021300569 App E-ML021300238 App F-ML021300271
7590-01P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NOS. 50-369 AND 50-370 DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENT 8 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF MCGUIRE UNITS 1 AND 2 Notice is hereby given that the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has published a draft plant-specific supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating licenses NPF-9 and NPF-17 for an additional 20 years of operation at McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 (McGuire). McGuire is located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources.
The draft supplement to the GEIS is available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. In addition, the J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte, has agreed to make the draft supplement to the GEIS available for public inspection.
Any interested party may submit comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS for consideration by the NRC staff. To be certain of consideration, comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS and the proposed action must be received by August 2, 2002.
Comments received after the due date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. Written comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS should be sent to:
Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mail Stop T-6D 59 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Comments may be hand-delivered to the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by the Internet at McGuireEIS@nrc.gov. All comments received by the Commission, including those made by Federal, State, and local agencies, Indian tribes, or other interested persons, will be made available electronically at the Commissions Public Document Room in Rockville, Maryland and from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS).
The NRC staff will hold a public meeting to present an overview of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS and to accept public comments on the document. The public meeting will be held in the auditorium at the Central Piedmont Community College, at 11920 Verhoeff Road, Huntersville, North Carolina on June 12, 2002. There will be two sessions to accommodate interested parties. The first session will commence at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m. The second session will commence at 7:00 p.m. and will continue until 10:00 p.m. Both meetings will be transcribed and will include (1) a presentation of the contents of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS, and (2) the opportunity for interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to provide comments on the draft report.
Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to the start of each session at the same location. No comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meetings or in writing, as discussed below. Persons may pre-register to attend or present oral comments at the meeting by contacting Mr. James H. Wilson by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension 1108, or by Internet to the NRC at McGuireEIS@nrc.gov no later than June 7, 2002. Members of the public may also register to provide oral comments within 15 minutes of the start of each session. Individual oral comments may be limited by the time available, depending on the number of persons who register. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, the need should be brought to Mr. Wilsons attention no later than June 7, 2002, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr. James H. Wilson, License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555. Mr. Wilson may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of May, 2002.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Original Signed by JRTappert John R. Tappert, Acting Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation