ML033361070
| ML033361070 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 12/02/2003 |
| From: | Larry Wheeler NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | Skolds J Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear |
| Wheeler D, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1444 | |
| References | |
| TAC MB6843, TAC MB6844 | |
| Download: ML033361070 (10) | |
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December 2, 2003 Mr. John Skolds, President Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 17 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REGARDING LICENSE RENEWAL FOR DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION (TAC NOS. MB6843 and MB6844)
Dear Mr. Skolds:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the draft plant-specific Supplement 17 to NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, regarding the renewal of operating licenses DPR-19 and DPR-25 for Dresden Nuclear Power Station (DNPS), for an additional 20 years of operation. Enclosed is a copy of the report for your review and comment.
The draft report will be filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a Notice of Filing will be subsequently published by the EPA in the Federal Register. Any comments on the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS should be addressed to:
Chief Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mailstop T-6D59 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Comments may also be submitted electronically to the NRC at DresdenEIS@nrc.gov. The comment period will end on February 24, 2004. The public meeting will be held on January 14, 2004, at Jennifer's Garden Banquet and Convention Center located at 555 West Gore Road, Morris, Illinois regarding the draft report.
J. Skolds 2
A separate Notice of Availability will also be published in an upcoming Federal Register by the NRC, along with details regarding the January 14, 2004, public meeting (copy enclosed).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Louis L. Wheeler, Senior Project Manager Environmental Section License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-237 and 50-249
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/encl: See next page
J. Skolds 2
A separate Notice of Availability will also be published in an upcoming Federal Register by the NRC, along with details regarding the January 14, 2004, public meeting (copy enclosed).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Louis L. Wheeler, Senior Project Manager Environmental Section License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-237 and 50-249
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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RLEP R/F Accession nos
- 1. Letter to J. Skolds, ML033361070
- 2. NUREG-1437, Suppl 17, GEIS for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, ML033280676
- See previous concurrence DOCUMENT NAME: C:\\ORPCheckout\\FileNET\\ML033361070.wpd OFFICE LA:RLEP GS:RLEP PM:RLEP SC:RLEP BC:RLEP NAME LJenkins CGuerrero DWheeler JTappert P.T. Kuo DATE 11/26/03 11/26/03 11/26/03 11/26/03 12/2/03 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Dresden Nuclear Power Units 2 and 3 cc:
Site Vice President - Dresden Nuclear Power Station Exelon Generation Company, LLC 6500 N. Dresden Road Morris, IL 60450-9765 Dresden Nuclear Power Station Plant Manager Exelon Generation Company, LLC 6500 N. Dresden Road Morris, IL 60450-9765 Regulatory Assurance Manager - Dresden Exelon Generation Company, LLC 6500 N. Dresden Road Morris, IL 60450-9765 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Dresden Resident Inspectors Office 6500 N. Dresden Road Morris, IL 60450-9766 Chairman Grundy County Board Administration Building 1320 Union Street Morris, IL 60450 Regional Administrator U.S. NRC, Region III 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety Office of Nuclear Facility Safety 1035 Outer Park Drive Springfield, IL 62704 Document Control Desk-Licensing Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Senior Vice President, Nuclear Services Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Vice President Mid-West Regional Operating Group Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Senior Vice President Mid-West Regional Operating Group Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Director - Licensing Mid-West Regional Operating Group Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Senior Counsel, Nuclear Mid-West Regional Operating Group Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Manager Licensing - Dresden and Quad Cities Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Mr. John L. Skolds, President Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
Ms. Jolene Franciskovich Director Coal City Public Library District 85 North Garfield Street Coal City, IL 60416 Ms. Deborah Steffes Reference Manager Morris Area Public Library 604 West Liberty Street Morris, IL 60450 William D. Maher License Renewal Environmental Lead Exelon Nuclear 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 Frederick W. Polaski License Renewal Manager Exelon Nuclear 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 Albert A. Fulvio Exelon Nuclear 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 Mitch Bailey 273 South Broadway Coal City, IL 60416 Fred Bourdelais 225 East North Street Coal City, IL 60416 Thomas J. Connor 245 Robinson Drive Morris, IL 60450 Millie Dyer Grundy County Administration 1320 Union Street Morris, IL 60450 Benjamin Kosiek 2941 Archer Ave Chicago, IL 60608 Patrick OConner 4231 North Damen Chicago, IL 60618 Tom Osmonson 30 North Blackstone Coal City, IL 60416 Cecil Pinder 1129 Elm Drive New Lenox, IL 60451 Alfie Rodriguez 3550 Bass Court Morris, IL 60450 Robert Schwartz 304 North Brookshore Shorewood, IL 60431 Frederic D. Bevington 109 Sean Drive Morris, IL 60450 Lee Fatlan 533 Edgewater Drive Morris, IL 60450 Ann Gill 271 South Broadway Coal City, IL 60416 Jeff Hettrick 700 West Foech Street Streator, IL 61364 JoAnn Hustis Morris Daily Herald 1804 North Division Street Morris, IL 60450 Theresa & George Kern 8640 East Mallard Lane Wilmington, IL 60481 Jennifer Shaw 101 West Illinois Ave Morris, IL 60450
Mary M. Tano 201 West 10th Street Lockport, IL 60441 Tomy Ulatowski 904 Cottage Street Shorewood, IL 60431 John M. Almer Grundy County Board 1320 Union Street Morris, IL 60450 Paul Nelson Grundy County Board 1320 Union Street Morris, IL 60450 Rick Zuffa Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety Office of Nuclear Facility Safety 1035 Outer Park Drive Springfield, IL 62704 Robert D. Schulz Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety 1035 Outer Park Drive Springfield, IL 62704 Larry Coyle Exelon Generation Company, LLC 6500 N. Dresden Road Morris, IL 60450-9765 Leo Middleton, Acting, Mayor 515 South Broadway Coal City, IL 60416 Ernest Mooney, Village Administrator 515 South Broadway Coal City, IL 60416 Mr. Maynard Crossland Director Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Preservation Services Division One Old State Capitol Plaza Springfield, IL 62701 The Honorable Troy Swallow, President Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin P.O. Box 667 Black River Falls, WI 54615 The Honorable John Blackhawk, Chairperson Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska P.O. Box 687 Winnebago, NE 68071 The Honorable Steve Cadue, Chairperson Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas Horton, KS 66439 The Honorable Danny Kaskaske, Chairperson Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 70 McCloud, OK 74851 The Honorable Lisa Waukau, Chairperson Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin P.O. Box 910 Keshena, WI 54135-0910 The Honarable Zachariah Pahmahmie, Chairperson Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas 16281 Q Road Mayetta, KS 66509 The Honorable John A. Barrett, Chairperson Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma 1901 S. Gordon Cooper Drive Shawnee, OK 74801 The Honorable John Miller, Chairperson Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana P.O. Box 180 58620 Sink Road Dowagiac, MI 49047
The Honorable David K. Sprague, Chairperson Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan P.O. Box 218 Dorr, MI 49323 The Honorable Gil Holliday, Chairperson Huron Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan 2221 & 1 -1/2 Mile Road Fulton, MI 49052 The Honorable Harold Frank, Chairperson Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin P.O. Box 340 Crandon, WI 54520 The Honorable Juan Garcan Jr., Provisional Chairperson Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas HC1, Box 9700 Eagle Pass, TX 78852 The Honorable Kenneth Meshigaud, Chairperson Hannahville Indian Community N14911 Hannahville, B1 Rd.
Wilson, MI 49896-9728 Mr. Rick Nelson Field Supervisor U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 4469 48th Ave Court Rock Island, IL 61201
7590-01P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 DOCKET NOS. 50-237, 50-249 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF DRAFT SUPPLEMENT 17 TO GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 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 DPR-19 and DPR-25 for an additional 20 years of operation at Dresden Nuclear Power Station (DNPS). DNPS is located in Grundy County, Illinois, approximately 8 miles east of Morris, Illinois. 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 NRCs 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 NRC's PDR reference staff at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. In addition, the Morris Area Public Library, located at 604 West Liberty Street, Morris, Illinois; and the Coal City Public Library District, located at 85 North Garfield Street, Coal City, Illinois, 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 February 24, 2004.
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-6D59, 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 DresdenEIS@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 January 14, 2004, at Jennifers Garden Banquet and Convention Center located at 555 West Gore Road, Morris, Illinois. 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. Louis L. Wheeler by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension 1444, or by e-mail at dxw@nrc.gov no later than January 8, 2004. 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. Wheelers attention no later than January 8, 2004, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.
For further information, contact: Mr. Louis L. Wheeler, License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop: O-11F1, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001. Mr. Wheeler may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of December, 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