ML042430607
| ML042430607 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 08/30/2004 |
| From: | Samson Lee NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | Forbes J Entergy Operations |
| Kenyon T, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1120 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML042430627 | List: |
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| TAC MB8405 | |
| Download: ML042430607 (9) | |
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August 30, 2004 Mr. Jeffrey S. Forbes Vice President, Nuclear Operations Entergy Operations, Inc.
Arkansas Nuclear One 1448 SR 333 Russellville, Arkansas 72802
SUBJECT:
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 19 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (GEIS) REGARDING LICENSE RENEWAL FOR ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNIT 2 (TAC NOS. MB8405)
Dear Mr. Forbes:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the draft plant-specific Supplement 19 to NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, regarding the renewal of operating license NPF-6 for the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2, for an additional 20 years of operation. Enclosed is a copy of the draft report and the associated Federal Register Notice of Availability. This notice advises the public that the draft report is available for public inspection at the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). In addition, the Ross Pendergraft Library at Arkansas Tech University, 305 West Q Street, Russellville, Arkansas, 72801, has agreed to make the draft supplement available for public inspection.
As discussed in Section 9.3 of this report, the preliminary recommendation of the staff is that the Commission determine that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decision makers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is based on:
(1) the analysis and findings in the GEIS; (2) the Environmental Report submitted by Entergy Operations, Inc.; (3) consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies; (4) the staffs own independent review; and (5) the staffs consideration of public comments.
A separate notice of filing of the draft environmental impact statement will be placed in the Federal Register through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the NRC Environmental Project Manager, Thomas Kenyon, at (301) 415-1120.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Samson S. Lee, Acting Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.: 50-368
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/encl: See next page
A separate notice of filing of the draft environmental impact statement will be placed in the Federal Register through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the NRC Environmental Project Manager, Thomas Kenyon, at (301) 415-1120.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Samson S. Lee, Acting Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.: 50-368
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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- 1. Ltr to J. Forbes: ML042430607
- 2. Supplement 19, NUREG-1437 Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants: ML042440142
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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNIT 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-368 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENT 19 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNIT 2 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 NPF-6 for an additional 20 years of operation at Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 (ANO-2). ANO-2 is located in Pope County, Arkansas, approximately 6 miles west-northwest of Russellville, Arkansas. 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 NRC Public Document Room (PDR) located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland, 20852 or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.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 PDR reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. In addition, the Ross Pendergraft
2 Library at Arkansas Tech University, 305 West Q Street, Russellville, Arkansas, 72801, has agreed to make the draft plant-specific 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 November 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, Room T-6D59, 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 ANOEIS@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 October 21, 2004, at the Holiday Inn, 2407 N. Arkansas Avenue, Russellville, Arkansas. The meeting will commence at 7:00 p.m. and will continue until 10:00 p.m. It 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 before the start of the meeting at the
3 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. Thomas Kenyon be telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension 1120, or by e-mail at ANOEIS@nrc.gov no later than October 15, 2004.
Members of the public may also register within 15 minutes of the start of the session to provide oral comments. 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. Kenyons attention no later than October 15, 2004, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Thomas Kenyon, License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Mr. Kenyon may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of August, 2004.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Samson S. Lee, Acting Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
DISTRIBUTION: Letter to J. Forbes Re: ANO-2 Draft Supplement 19, Dated: August 30, 2004 ML DMatthews/FGillespie PTKuo TKenyon JTappert MMasnik SImboden AWilliamson GSuber DHolland YEdmonds RDeese, RIV KLeigh (PNNL)
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Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 cc:
Executive Vice President
& Chief Operating Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.
P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, Mississippi 39286-1995 Division of Radiation Control and Emergency Management Arkansas Department of Health 4815 West Markham, Mail Slot #30 Little Rock, Arkansas 72205-3867 Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3502 Mr. Mike Schoppman Framatome ANP, Richland, Inc.
Suite 705 1911 North Fort Myer Drive Rosslyn, VA 22209 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 310 London, Arkansas 72847 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, Texas 76011-8064 County Judge of Pope County Pope County Courthouse Russellville, Arkansas 72801 Vice President, Operations Support Entergy Operations, Inc.
P. O. Box 31995 Jackson, Mississippi 39286-1995 Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway P. O. Box 651 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 Mr. Garry Young Entergy Operations, Inc.
Arkansas Nuclear One 1448 SR 333 GSB-2E Russellville, Arkansas 72802 Russellville Resident Office U.S. Army Corp of Engineers PO Box 1087 Russellville, Arkansas 72811 Director Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission 1500 Tower Building 323 Center Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Mr. Craig Uyeda Arkansas Game and Fish Commission 2 Natural Resources Drive Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 George McCluskey, Senior Archeologist Arkansas State Historic Preservation Office 323 Center Street, Suite 1500 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Director Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality PO Box 8913 Little Rock, Arkansas 72219-8913 Director Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission 101 E. Capitol Ave, Suite 350 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Chairman Arkansas Public Service Commission 1000 Center Building Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Raye Turner Mayor, City of Russellville PO Box 428 Russellville, Arkansas 72801 Edwin Price Mayor, City of London PO Box 130 London, Arkansas 72847 Mayor, City of Dardanelle PO Box V Dardanelle, Arkansas 72834 Logan County Judge Courthouse, Room 22 Paris, Arkansas 72855 Johnson County Judge P.O. Box 278 Clarksville, Arkansas 72830 Yell County Judge P.O. Box 236 Dardanelle, Arkansas 72834 Conway County Judge Courthouse Morrillton, Arkansas 72110 LaRue Parker, Chairwoman Caddo Indian Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 487 Binger, Oklahoma 73009 Chadwick Smith, Principal Chief Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 948 Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74465 Gregory E. Pyle, Chief Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Drawer 1210 16th and Locust Streets Durant, Oklahoma 74702-1210 R. Perry Beaver, Principal Chief Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 580 Okmulgee, Oklahoma 74447 Jim R. Gray, Principal Chief Osage Tribal Council P.O. Box 799 Pawhuska, Oklahoma 74056 John Berrey, Chairman Quapaw Tribal Business Committee P.O. Box 765 Quapaw, Oklahoma 74363 Jerry G. Haney, Principal Chief Seminole Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 1498 Wewoka, Oklahoma 74884 Dallas Proctor, Chief United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians PO Box 746 Tahlequah, OK 74465 Mr. Rick Buckley Entergy Nuclear P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286 Jager Smith Entergy Operations, Inc.
PO Box 651 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 Mr. Bernard Bevill Radiation Control and Emergency Mgmt.
Arkansas Department of Health Slot #30 4815 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72205 Chris Meyer Arkansas Department of Health P. O. Box 1749 Russellville, Arkansas 72811
Dennis Calloway Entergy Operations, Inc.
1448 SR 333 Russellville, Arkansas 72801 Grant Merrill KARV Radio 201 West Second Street Russellville, Arkansas 72801 Kate Sullivan KATV Main Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72211 Tom McChesney Arkansas Department of Health P.O. Box 1749 Russellville, Arkansas 72811 Ms. Francis Hager Ross Pendergraft Library Arkansas Tech University 305 West Q Street Russellville, Arkansas 72801 U.S. EPA, Region 6 1445 Ross Avenue Suite 1200 Dallas, TX 75202 Ms. Trudy Brophy 503 Valley Drive Russellville, AR 72802 Mr. John P. Bethel Arkansas Public Service Commission 1000 Center Street P.O. Box 400 Little Rock, AR 72201-0400 Ms. Gayle Freier Arkansas Public Service Commission 1000 Center Street P.O. Box 400 Little Rock, AR 72203-0400 Ms. Valerie Boyce Arkansas Public Service Commission 1000 Center Street P.O. Box 400 Little Rock, AR 72203-0400 Ms. Donna Gray Arkansas Public Service Commission 1000 Center Street P.O. Box 400 Little Rock, AR 72203-0400 Mr. Dewey Traylor Pope County Office of Emergency Mgmt.
4 Emergency Lane Russellville, AR 72802 Mr. Michael Radford Arkansas Soil and Water Commission 101 E. Capitol Avenue Little Rock, AR 72201 Ms. Marge Harney U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1500 Museum Road Suite 105 Conway, AR 72032