ML033490576

Commissioner-District 5 - Acknowledgment of Receipt of Your Letter Supporting the Application for Renewal of the Operating Licenses for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Pat Thomas

ML033490576
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	12/15/2003
From:	Kuo P NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP
To:	Thomas P Dothan, AL
Liu T, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1315
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December 15, 2003 Mr. Pat Thomas Commissioner-District 5 12 Woodmere Drive Dothan, Alabama 36305

SUBJECT:

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT OF YOUR LETTER SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF THE OPERATING LICENSES FOR JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2

Dear Mr. Thomas:

The staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received your letter dated October 30, 2003, related to the application of Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) to extend the operating licenses for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (FNP), for an additional 20-year period. We appreciate your initiative in writing the letter and letting us know of your support for the renewal of the FNP operating licenses.

Public involvement is a key element in NRCs reactor license renewal process. One of the NRCs performance goals is to enhance public confidence, and we regard public outreach as a top priority in the work we do. All meetings with the applicant on safety issues are open to the public. The NRC holds meetings with the public to discuss the scope of the NRCs environmental review.

For your information, the NRC staff will hold two public meetings on January 8, 2004, in Dothan, Alabama, on the environmental review related to the application of SNC to renew the FNP operating licenses. Members of the public are invited to attend and comment on environmental issues that the NRC should consider in its review of the proposed license renewal. These meetings will be at the Quality Inn in Dothan, Alabama. There will be two similar sessions, one at 1:30 p.m. and one at 7:00 p.m. In addition, the NRC staff will host informal discussions 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> before each meeting. NRC staff members will be available to answer questions and provide additional information about the process during these informal sessions. Comments on environmental issues will be accepted during formal meetings only.

All documents and correspondence related to the FNP license renewal application are placed in the NRCs Public Document Room in Rockville, Maryland, and can be accessed through the Public Electronic Reading Room. Members of the public may access the Electronic Reading Room libraries from computers with Internet access by going to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/pdr.html.

NRC documents may also be obtained from Houston Love Memorial Library, 212 West Burdeshaw Street, Dothan, Alabama 36301.

P. Thomas Thank you again in writing to us of your interest in the FNP license renewal. If you have any questions on FNP license renewal, please contact Ms. Tilda Liu, FNP license renewal project manager, at (301) 415-1315 or tyl1@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 Nos. 50-348 and 50-364

P. Thomas Thank you again in writing to us of your interest in the FNP license renewal. If you have any questions on FNP license renewal, please contact Ms. Tilda Liu, FNP license renewal project manager, at (301) 415-1315 or tyl1@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 Nos. 50-348 and 50-364 DISTRIBUTION: See next page Technical Editor Review was performed 12/1/2003 (Paul Kleene)

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Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant cc:

Mr. Don E. Grissette Mr. Charles R. Pierce General Manager - Plant Farley Manager - License Renewal Southern Nuclear Operating Company Southern Nuclear Operating Company Post Office Box 470 Post Office Box 1295 Ashford, Alabama 36312 Birmingham, Alabama 35201 Mr. B. D. McKinney Mr. Fred Emerson Licensing Manager Nuclear Energy Institute Southern Nuclear Operating Company 1776 I Street, N.W., Suite 400 Post Office Box 1295 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Birmingham, Alabama 35201-1295 Mr. M. Stanford Blanton Balch and Bingham Law Firm Post Office Box 306 1710 Sixth Avenue North Birmingham, Alabama 35201 Mr. J. D. Woodard Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham, Alabama 35201 State Health Officer Alabama Department of Public Health 434 Monroe Street Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1701 Chairman Houston County Commission Post Office Box 6406 Dothan, Alabama 36302 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7388 N. State Highway 95 Columbia, Alabama 36319