ML040770284
| ML040770284 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Clinton, 05200007  |
| Issue date: | 03/17/2004 |
| From: | Kuo P NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | Kurkul P US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Kenyon T, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1120 | |
| References | |
| +ReviewedClintonESP, +reviewednvg | |
| Download: ML040770284 (9) | |
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March 17, 2004 Ms. Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional Administrator NOAA Fisheries Northeast Regional Office One Blackburn Drive Gloucester, MA 01930-2298
SUBJECT:
APPLICATION FOR AN EARLY SITE PERMIT FOR THE CLINTON ESP SITE
Dear Ms. Kurkul:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is reviewing an application submitted by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon) for an early site permit (ESP) for the potential future construction of one or more new nuclear power plants. As part of the review of this application the NRC is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS). The impact analyses in the EIS will include the potential impacts of the construction and operation of one or more new nuclear power plants at the preferred site or at one of six alternate sites, including the potential impacts to fish and wildlife and threatened and endangered species.
The preferred location of the new unit(s), if built, would be the existing Clinton Power Station (CPS) site on Lake Clinton near the town of Clinton in DeWitt County, Illinois, approximately 6 miles east of the City of Clinton along the shore of Clinton Lake. Exelon also has a list of six alternate sites that will be evaluated in the EIS. The six alternate sites are existing generating stations owned and operated by Exelon: Braidwood Nuclear Station, in Will County, Illinois (on Braidwood Lake); Zion Nuclear Power Station, in Lake County, Illinois (on the western shore of Lake Michigan); Byron Generating Station, in Ogle County, Illinois (on the Rock River); Dresden Nuclear Power Station, in Grundy County, Illinois (on the south shoreline of the Illinois River at the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee Rivers); LaSalle County Generating Station, in LaSalle County, Illinois (on LaSalle Lake); and Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, in Rock Island County, Illinois (on the east bank of Pool 14 of the Mississippi River).
The application for an ESP was submitted by Exelon on September 25, 2003, pursuant to NRC requirements at Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 52 (10 CFR 52). If approved, the ESP will document the NRC staffs determination regarding the suitability of the proposed site for the construction and operation of one or more new nuclear plants. The ESP would not authorize the applicant to begin construction of the new unit(s). However, in its review the NRC staff will evaluate the environmental impacts of construction and operation and will also consider alternatives, including the above alternative sites.
P. Kurkul 2
To support the EIS preparation process and to ensure compliance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the NRC requests a list of endangered, threatened, candidate, and proposed species, and designated and proposed critical habitat under the jurisdiction of NOAA Fisheries, that may be in the vicinity of the CPS site and its transmission line corridors (McLean and DeWitt counties only), and the six alternate sites listed above. In addition, please provide any information you consider appropriate under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1934.
If you have any questions concerning the ESP application or other aspects of this project, please contact Mr. Thomas Kenyon, Senior Environmental Senior Project Manager, at (301) 415-1120 or by e-mail at TJK2@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.: 52-007 cc: See next page
P. Kurkul 2 To support the EIS preparation process and to ensure compliance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the NRC requests a list of endangered, threatened, candidate, and proposed species, and designated and proposed critical habitat under the jurisdiction of NOAA Fisheries, that may be in the vicinity of the CPS site and its transmission line corridors (McLean and DeWitt counties only), and the six alternate sites listed above. In addition, please provide any information you consider appropriate under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1934.
If you have any questions concerning the ESP application or other aspects of this project, please contact Mr. Thomas Kenyon, Senior Environmental Senior Project Manager, at (301) 415-1120 or by e-mail at TJK2@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.: 52-007 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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DATE 03/04/04 03/05/04 03/08/04 03/10/04 03/17/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Clinton Early Site Permit cc:
Ms. Marilyn Kray Vice President, Project Development Exelon Generation 200 Exelon Way, KSA3-EN Kennett Square, PA 19348 Mr. Rod Krich Vice President, Licensing Projects Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Mr. Thomas Mundy Director, Project Development Exelon Generation 200 Exelon Way, KSA3-EN Kennett Square, PA 19348 Mr. William Maher Exelon Generation 200 Exelon Way, KSA2-N Kennett Square, PA 19348 Mr. Thomas S. ONeill Associate General Counsel Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Mr. Eddie Grant Exelon Generation 200 Exelon Way, KSA3-EN Kennett Square, PA 19348 Exelon Nuclear Correspondence Control Desk 200 Exelon Way, KSA1-N Kennett Square PA, 19348 Mr. David Lochbaum Union of Concerned Scientists 1707 H Street, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20006-3919 Mr. Paul Gunter Director of the Reactor Watchdog Project Nuclear Information & Resource Service 1424 16th Street, NW, Suite 404 Washington, DC 20036 Mr. Ron Simard Nuclear Energy Institute Suite 400 1776 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Russell Bell Nuclear Energy Institute Suite 400 1776 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Thomas P. Miller U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters - Germantown 19901 Germantown Road Germantown, MD 20874-1290 Mr. James Riccio Greenpeace 702 H Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Ms. Patricia Campbell Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Mr. James F. Mallay, Director Regulatory Affairs FRAMATOME, ANP 3315 Old Forest Road Lynchburg, VA 24501 Mr. Ernie H. Kennedy Vice President New Plants Nuclear Plant Projects Westinghouse Electric Company 2000 Day Hill Road Windsor, CT 06095-0500
Clinton Early Site Permit cc:
Dr. Regis A. Matzie Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Westinghouse Electric Company 2000 Day Hill Road Windsor, CT 06095-0500 Mr. John Loaniddi Parsons Energy and Chemicals 2675 Morgantown Road Reading, PA 19607 Ms. Amy Lientz CH2M HILL 1020 Landbank Street Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402 Mr. Steven P. Frantz Esq.
Morgan Lewis and Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Mr. Gary Wright, Director Division of Nuclear Safety Illinois Emergency Management Agency 1035 Outer Park Drive Springfield, IL 62704 Dr. Gail H. Marcus U.S. Department of Energy Room 5A-143 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20585 Mr. Paul Leventhal Nuclear Control Institute 1000 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 410 Washington, DC 20036 Mr. Jack W. Roe SCIENTECH, INC.
910 Clopper Road Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Mr. Tom Clements 6703 Guide Avenue Takoma Park, MD 20912 Mr. Vince Langman Licensing Manager Atomic Energy of Canada Limited 2251 Speakman Drive Mississauga, Ontario Canada L5K 1B2 Mr. David Ritter Research Associate on Nuclear Energy Public Citizens Critical Mass Energy and Environmental Program 215 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20003 Mr. George Gore 702 West Washington Street Urbana, IL 61801 Mr. Arthur L. Brighton RR1, Box 22 Weldon, IL 61882 Mr. Dale Holtzscher RR 1, Box 72A Weldon, IL 61882 Mr. John Stolfa P.O. Box 589 Mansfield, IL 61854-0589
Clinton Early Site Permit cc:
Mr. Ed Wallace, General Manager Projects PBMR Pty LTD P.O. Box 9396 Centurion 0046 Republic of South Africa Ms. Vanessa E. Quinn, Chief Radiological Emergency Preparedness Branch Department of Homeland Security/FEMA 500 C Street, SW Washington, DC 20472 Mr. Joseph D. Hegner Lead Engineer - Licensing Dominion Generation Early Site Permitting Project 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060 Mr. George Alan Zinke Project Manager Nuclear Business Development Entergy Nuclear M-ECH-683 1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213 Mr. Charles Brinkman Westinghouse Electric Co.
Washington Operations 12300 Twinbrook Pkwy., Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20852 Mr. Marvin Fertel Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Energy Institute Suite 400 1776 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-3708 Dr. Glenn R. George PA Consulting Group 130 Potter Street Haddonfield, NJ 08033 Arthur R. Woods Enercon Services, Inc.
500 TownPark Lane Kennesaw, GA 30144 Ginger Molitor U.S. Fish and Widlife Service Rock Island Ecological Services Office 4469 48th Avenue Court Rock Island, IL 61201 Keith Shank, Manager Division of Resources, Review and Coordination Illinois Department of Natural Resources One Natural Resources Way Springfield, IL 62702-1787 Ken Runkle Toxicology Section 525 West Jefferson Street Springfield, IL 62761 Robert Mosher, #15 1021 North Grand Avenue, East P.O. Box 19276 Springfield, IL 62794-9274 Mike McCulley Illinois Department of Natural Resources Region III Office 1556 State Route 54, East Clinton, IL 61727 Donald Dieker 56 Holiday Drive Clinton, IL 61727
Clinton Early Site Permit cc:
Ms. Cynthia Sauer 4730 East Minooka Road Minooka, IL 60447 Mr. Tom Rudasill The Vespasian Warner Public Library District 310 N. Quincy Street Clinton, IL 61727