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Application for Renewal of the Operating License for the R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant
ML023450622
Person / Time
Site: Ginna Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 12/02/2002
From: Kuo P
NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP
To: Kurkul P
US Dept of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service
Davis J, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-3835
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December 2, 2002 Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional Administrator National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Regional Office (NERO)

One Blackburn Drive Gloucester, MA 01930-2298

SUBJECT:

APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF THE OPERATING LICENSE FOR THE R.E. GINNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Dear Ms. Kurkul:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is evaluating an application submitted by Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation for the renewal of the operating license for the R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (Ginna), located on the south shore of Lake Ontario in Wayne County, New York. The NRC is preparing a site-specific supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (NUREG-1437) for this proposed license renewal, for which we are required to evaluate potential impacts to threatened and endangered species.

The proposed action would include use and continued maintenance of existing facilities and transmission lines, and would not result in new construction or disturbance. The Ginna plant and the associated transmission corridor, that is under review as part of the license renewal application, is located in Wayne County, New York. The transmission corridor is approximately 3 1/2 miles long and is 500 feet in width. The plant uses once-through cooling water from Lake Ontario to remove waste heat from the facility.

To support the environmental impact statement preparation process, and to ensure compliance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, the NRC requests a list of species and information on protected, proposed, and candidate species and critical habitat that may be in the vicinity of the Ginna plant and its associated transmission lines.

P. Kurkul The NRC requests NMFS comment on any aspects of the license renewal application that may fall under other legislation or NMFS authority. Such comment is especially important during the scoping period of the environmental review. If you have any questions regarding this nuclear facility or the application, please contact Mr. Robert Schaaf, Project Manager, at (301) 415-1312 or by email at RGS@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No: 50-244 cc: See next page

P. Kurkul The NRC requests NMFS comment on any aspects of the license renewal application that may fall under other legislation or NMFS authority. Such comment is especially important during the scoping period of the environmental review. If you have any questions regarding this nuclear facility or the application, please contact Mr. Robert Schaaf, Project Manager, at (301) 415-1312 or by email at RGS@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No: 50-244 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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DATE 11/27 /02 11/27/02 11/27 /02 11/27 /02 12/2 /02 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant cc:

Kenneth Kolaczyk, Sr. Resident Inspector Dr. Robert C. Mecredy R.E. Ginna Plant Vice President, Nuclear Operations U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation 1503 Lake Road 89 East Avenue Ontario, NY 14519 Rochester, NY 14649 Regional Administrator, Region I Mr. Paul Eddy U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission New York State Department of 475 Allendale Road Public Service King of Prussia, PA 19406 3 Empire State Plaza, 10th Floor Albany, NY 12223 Mr. William M. Flynn, President New York State Energy, Research, Mr. Alan P. Nelson and Development Authority Nuclear Energy Institute Corporate Plaza West 1776 I Street, N.W., Suite 400 286 Washington Avenue Extension Washington, DC 20006-3708 Albany, NY 12203-6399 APN@NEI.ORG Charles Donaldson, Esquire George Wrobel Assistant Attorney General Manager, License Renewal New York Department of Law R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant 120 Broadway 1503 Lake Rd.

New York, NY 10271 Ontario, NY 14519 Daniel F. Stenger Mr. Denis Wickham Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP Sr. Vice President Transmission & Supply 601 13th Street, N.W., Suite 1000 South Energy East Management Corporation Washington, DC 20005 P.O. Box 5224 Binghampton, NY 13902 Ms. Thelma Wideman, Director Wayne County Emergency Management Mr. David F. Wilson Office R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Wayne County Emergency Operations 1503 Lake Rd.

Center Ontario, NY 14519 7336 Route 31 Lyons, NY 14489 Ms. Carolyn Johnson Division Head Ms. Mary Louise Meisenzahl Business and Government Division Administrator, Monroe County Rochester Public Library Office of Emergency Preparedness 115 South Avenue 1190 Scottsville Road, Suite 200 Rochester, NY 14604 Rochester, NY 14624

R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant cc:

William G. Little, Esq.

Division of Legal Affairs NYS Department of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway Albany, NY 12233-1500 Ms. Kimberly Merchant Division of Environmental Permits NYS Department of Environmental Conservation 6274 East Avon-Lima Road Avon, NY 14414-9519 Ms. Laura Viau Director Ontario Public Library 1850 Ridge Road Ontario, NY 14519