ML042320342
| ML042320342 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 08/17/2004 |
| From: | Kuo P NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | Eccard P Town of Waterford, CT |
| Emch R, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1590 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML042320342 (5) | |
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August 17, 2004 Mr. Paul B. Eccard First Selectman Town of Waterford Fifteen Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385-2886
SUBJECT:
LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION BY DOMINION NUCLEAR CONNECTICUT FOR THE MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3
Dear Mr. Eccard:
Thank you for the follow-up comments you provided to us in your letter dated July 28, 2004.
We appreciate the information you have shared with us to help us understand the challenge that deregulation of electric power generation has presented to your community. It is clear from the discussions between your staff and the socioeconomics expert on our environmental team that you are working very hard to try to plan effectively for the property tax impact of deregulation. I understand that Mr. Richard Emch, our Environmental Project Manager for the Millstone Power Station, Units 2 & 3 (Millstone) license renewal application, and you have discussed the concerns expressed in your letter. I understand (1) that you have been in discussions with Dominion Nuclear Connecticut (Dominion) about how they can provide the economic planning information you need, and (2) that you anticipate reaching an agreement with Dominion on a process to provide this information. This is particularly important because the working relationship between the Town of Waterford and Millstone will go on for years, while the NRCs review process for the Millstone license renewal application will probably be completed next year.
Your comments at the environmental scoping meeting on May 18 and the supplemental information you provided in your letter are being evaluated by our environmental team along with the other information we gathered during the site audit in May. The team is drafting the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), and your areas of concern such as the potential tax-related land use environmental impacts of license renewal at Millstone will be addressed in Chapters 2 and 4 of the SEIS. The SEIS will be published for comment in December 2004. While Millstones property tax payments are more than 20 percent of the Town of Waterfords budget, the Generic Environmental Impact Statement does include other considerations and criteria in the assessment of the tax-related land use environmental impacts:
The degree to which the community has pre-established patterns of development and has provided adequate public services to support and guide development.
The degree to which license renewal would result in changes to local land use and development patterns.
P. Eccard As you noted, Dominion indicated in the Environmental Report that no capital expenditures will be needed for refurbishment to support license renewal. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has no basis for requiring license renewal applicants to provide information on planned capital expenditures not needed to support license renewal. Dominion only has to provide information to NRC if there is a potential safety or environmental impact issue associated with the expenditure that requires NRC review and approval.
If you have any additional concerns or questions, please contact Mr. Richard L. Emch, Jr.,
Senior Project Manager at 301-415-1590 or RLE@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-336 and 50-423 cc w/encl.: See next page
P. Eccard As you noted, Dominion indicated in the Environmental Report that no capital expenditures will be needed for refurbishment to support license renewal. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has no basis for requiring license renewal applicants to provide information on planned capital expenditures not needed to support license renewal. Dominion only has to provide information to NRC if there is a potential safety or environmental impact issue associated with the expenditure that requires NRC review and approval.
If you have any additional concerns or questions, please contact Mr. Richard L. Emch, Jr.,
Senior Project Manager at 301-415-1590 or RLE@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-336 and 50-423 cc w/encl.: See next page Distribution:
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Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3 cc:
Lillian M. Cuoco, Esquire Senior Counsel Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Edward L. Wilds, Jr., Ph.D.
Director, Division of Radiation Department of Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. P. J. Parulis Manager - Nuclear Oversight Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. W. R. Matthews Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. John Markowicz Co-Chair Nuclear Energy Advisory Council 9 Susan Terrace Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. Evan W. Woollacott Co-Chair Nuclear Energy Advisory Council 128 Terrys Plain Road Simsbury, CT 06070 Senior Resident Inspector Millstone Power Station c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 513 Niantic, CT 06357 Mr. G. D. Hicks Director - Nuclear Station Safety and Licensing Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Ms. Nancy Burton 147 Cross Highway Redding Ridge, CT 00870 Mr. William D. Meinert Nuclear Engineer Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company Moody Street P.O. Box 426 Ludlow, MA 01056 Mr. J. Alan Price Site Vice President Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. Chris L. Funderburk Director, Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. David W. Dodson Licensing Supervisor Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 David R. Lewis Shaw Pittman, LLC 2300 N. Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20037
Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3 cc:
Mr. S. E. Scace Assistant to the Site Vice President Dominion Nucler Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. M. J. Wilson Manager - Nuclear Training Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. A. J. Jordan, Jr.
Director - Nuclear Engineering Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. S. P. Sarver Director - Nuclear Station Operations and Maintenance Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. Charles Brinkman, Director Washington Operations Nuclear Services Westinghouse Electric Company 12300 Twinbrook Pkwy, Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20852 Mr. William D. Corbin Director - Nuclear Projects Department Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. William R. Watson, Jr.
Supervisor - License Renewal Project Building 475/5 Millstone Power Station Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Judy Liskov, Assistant Director Waterford Public Library 49 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385-2806 Mildred Hodge, Director Three Rivers Community College Thames River Campus 574 New London Turnpike Norwich, CT 06360 Ralph Bunge NRC Proceedings Representative for Waterford, CT 510 Carr Ave Rockville, MD 20850 Thomas V. Wagner, AICP Planning Director Town of Waterford 15 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Robert A. Avena Town Attorney for Waterford, CT Kepple, Morgan & Avena, P.C.
Box 3A Anguilla Park 20 South Anguilla Road Pawcatuck, CT 06379 Mr. David A. Christian Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. Fred Emerson Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708