ML031970075
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| ML031970075 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 07/15/2003 |
| From: | Robert Schaaf NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | John Tappert NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| Schaaf R, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1312 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML031970075 (10) | |
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July 15. 2003 MEMORANDUM TO: John R. Tappert, Chief Environmental Section License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM:
Robert G. Schaaf, Project Manager /RA/
Environmental Section License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
FORTHCOMING MEETING TO DISCUSS THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (DSEIS)
FOR LICENSE RENEWAL AT R.E. GINNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DATE AND TIME:
August 7, 2003 (Two identical sessions)
First session: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Second session: 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
LOCATION:
Firemans Exempt Hall 1840 Route 104 Ontario, NY 14519 CATEGORY 3:*
This is a Category 3 Meeting. The public is invited to participate in this meeting by providing comments and asking questions throughout the meeting.
PURPOSE:
To meet with the public to receive comments on the draft Supplement 14 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal (NUREG-1437) for R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, issued on June 25, 2003. The DSEIS is available on the NRC web page at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1437/
supplement14/ and in ADAMS (Accession Package No. ML031760856).
See the attached agenda and Federal Register Notice (68 FR 39986).
MEETING CONTACTS:
Robert G. Schaaf, NRR Jennifer A. Davis, NRR 301-415-1312 301-415-3835 RGS@nrc.gov JXD10@nrc.gov
- Commissions Policy Statement on "Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings," 67 Federal Register 36920, May 28, 2002
J. Tappert Both formal sessions will be preceded by an informal open house beginning one hour prior to each session for those who wish to attend.
The open house will provide members of the public with an opportunity to talk informally, and individually, with NRC staff. Members of the public may register to present oral comments at this meeting by contacting Robert G. Schaaf at (800) 368-5642, ext. 1312, or via email to GinnaEIS@nrc.gov, by July 30, 2003. Those who wish to make comments may also register at the meeting site within 15 minutes of the start of each session. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, the need should be brought to Mr. Schaafs attention no later than July 30, 2003, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.
PARTICIPANTS:
NRC Members of the Public Who Register to Speak F. Cameron R. Schaaf R. Arrighi J. Tappert D. Neitzel (PNNL)
Docket No.: 50-244 Attachments: 1. Agenda
- 2. Federal Register Notice cc w/attachments: See next page
J. Tappert Both formal sessions will be preceded by an informal open house beginning one hour prior to each session for those who wish to attend.
The open house will provide members of the public with an opportunity to talk informally, and individually, with NRC staff. Members of the public may register to present oral comments at this meeting by contacting Robert G. Schaaf at (800) 368-5642, ext. 1312, or via email to GinnaEIS@nrc.gov, by July 30, 2003. Those who wish to make comments may also register at the meeting site within 15 minutes of the start of each session. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, the need should be brought to Mr. Schaafs attention no later than July 30, 2003, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.
PARTICIPANTS:
NRC Members of the Public Who Register to Speak F. Cameron R. Schaaf R. Arrighi J. Tappert D. Neitzel (PNNL)
Docket No.: 50-244 Attachments: 1. Agenda
- 2. Federal Register Notice cc w/attachments: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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DATE 07/11/03 07/11/03 07/15/03 07/15/03 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
AGENDA FOR PUBLIC MEETING TO COLLECT COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL AT R.E. GINNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2003 Two Meeting Sessions - 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
I.
Welcome and purpose of meeting - 10 minutes (Chip Cameron, John Tappert)
II.
Overview of license renewal process - 5 minutes (Russell Arrighi)
III.
Overview of environmental review process - 5 minutes (Robert Schaaf)
IV.
Results of the environmental review - 30 minutes (Duane Neitzel, Robert Palla)
V.
How comments can be submitted - 5 minutes (Robert Schaaf)
VI.
Public comments - 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> VII.
Closing/availability of transcripts, etc. - 5 minutes (Chip Cameron)
- The NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to each meeting session. No comments on the draft EIS will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meetings (see agenda, above) or in writing, as described in the Federal Register notice.
ATTACHMENT 1
R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant cc:
Kenneth Kolaczyk, Sr. Resident Inspector R.E. Ginna Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1503 Lake Road Ontario, NY 14519 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. Peter R. Smith, Acting President New York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority 17 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203-6399 Charles Donaldson, Esquire Assistant Attorney General New York Department of Law 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271 Daniel F. Stenger Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP 601 13th Street, NW., Suite 1000 South Washington, DC 20005 Ms. Thelma Wideman, Director Wayne County Emergency Management Office Wayne County Emergency Operations Center 7336 Route 31 Lyons, NY 14489 Ms. Mary Louise Meisenzahl Administrator, Monroe County Office of Emergency Preparedness 1190 Scottsville Road, Suite 200 Rochester, NY 14624 Dr. Robert C. Mecredy Vice President, Nuclear Operations Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation 89 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14649 Mr. Paul Eddy New York State Department of Public Service 3 Empire State Plaza, 10th Floor Albany, NY 12223 Mr. Alan P. Nelson Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 George Wrobel Manager, License Renewal R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant 1503 Lake Rd.
Ontario, NY 14519 Mr. Denis Wickham Sr. Vice President Transmission & Supply Energy East Management Corporation P.O. Box 5224 Binghampton, NY 13902 Mr. David F. Wilson R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant 1503 Lake Rd.
Ontario, NY 14519 Ms. Carolyn Johnson Division Head Business and Government Division Rochester Public Library 115 South Avenue Rochester, NY 14604 William G. Little, Esq.
Division of Legal Affairs NYS Department of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway Albany, NY 12233-1500
R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant cc:
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
7590-01P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ROCHESTER GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION R.E. GINNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-244 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF DRAFT SUPPLEMENT 14 TO GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF R.E. GINNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT 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 license DPR-18 for an additional 20 years of operation at R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (Ginna). Ginna is located in Wayne County, New York, approximately 20 miles east of Rochester, New York. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources.
The draft supplement to the GEIS is available for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland, or, electronically, from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRCs PDR reference staff at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. In addition, the Ontario Public
Library, located at 1850 Ridge Road, Ontario, New York, and the Rochester Public Library, located at 115 South Avenue, Rochester, New York, have 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 September 16, 2003.
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, Mailstop 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 e-mail at GinnaEIS@nrc.gov. All comments received by the Commission, including those made by Federal, State, and local agencies, Native American Tribes, or other interested persons, will be made available electronically at the Commissions PDR in Rockville, Maryland, and from the PARS component of 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 on August 7, 2003, at the Ontario Firemans Exempt Hall, 1840 Route 104, Ontario, New York. 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 meeting or in writing, as discussed below. Persons may pre-register to attend or present oral comments at the meeting by contacting Mr. Robert G. Schaaf by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension 1312, or by e-mail at rgs@nrc.gov no later than July 30, 2003. 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. Schaafs attention no later than July 30, 2003, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.
For further information, contact: Mr. Robert G. Schaaf, License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001. Mr. Schaaf may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of June, 2003.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation