ML050100035

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Approval of Proposed Revision to Disposal Procedures in Accordance with 10 CFR 20.2002 (TAC No. L52096)
ML050100035
Person / Time
Site: Big Rock Point File:Consumers Energy icon.png
Issue date: 01/19/2005
From: Gillen D
NRC/NMSS/DWMEP/DD
To: Haas K
Consumers Energy
Shepherd J
Shared Package
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TAC L52096
Download: ML050100035 (4)


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January 19, 2005 Mr. Kurt M. Haas General Manager Big Rock Point Plant Consumers Energy Company 10269 US-31 North Charlevoix, MI 49720

SUBJECT:

APPROVAL OF PROPOSED REVISION TO DISPOSAL PROCEDURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR 20.2002 (TAC NO. L52096)

Dear Mr. Haas:

By letter dated September 14, 2004, you requested that the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approve a revision to your existing authorization to dispose of demolition debris originating from decommissioning activities at Big Rock Point Plant at a licensed landfill in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 20.2002. Specifically, you requested authority to dispose of some waste, primarily structural steel, contaminated with polychlorobiphenyl (PCB) in a landfill licensed by Michigan and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We have completed our review of your request and enclose our safety evaluation. We determined that your proposed disposal of demolition debris in a State of Michigan landfill is acceptable.

In accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 30.11 and 70.17, "the Commission may, upon application by an interested person or upon its own initiative, grant such exemptions from the requirements of the regulations . . . as it determines are authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security and are otherwise in the public interest."

To the extent that the material authorized for disposal in this 20.2002 authorization is otherwise licensable, the staff concludes that the material is exempt from further AEA and NRC licensing requirements. The enclosed safety evaluation report concludes that the exemptions are authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security and are otherwise in the public interest. The staff also evaluated the environmental impacts of the exemptions and determined that granting these exemptions would not result in any significant impacts. For this action, an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact were prepared and published in the Federal Register (70FR3072).

K. Haas Page Accordingly, pursuant to 10 CFR 30.11 and 70.17, the exemptions are granted and effective immediately.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Daniel M. Gillen, Deputy Director Decommissioning Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 50-155

Enclosures:

1. Safety Evaluation
2. Environmental Assessment cc w/encls: See next page

K. Haas Page Accordingly, pursuant to 10 CFR 30.11 and 70.17, the exemptions are granted and effective immediately.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Daniel M. Gillen, Deputy Director Decommissioning Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 50-155

Enclosures:

1. Safety Evaluation
2. Environmental Assessment cc w/encls: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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Big Rock Point Plant cc:

Mr. Thomas A. McNish, Secretary Lake Michigan Federation Consumers Energy Company Attn: T. Cabala, Director 212 West Michigan Avenue 425 W. Western Avenue Jackson, MI 49201 Muskegon, MI 49440 David A. Mikelonis, Esquire Mr. Robert A. Fenech Consumers Energy Company Senior Vice President 212 West Michigan Avenue Nuclear, Fossil Operations Jackson, MI 49201 Consumers Energy Company 212 W. Michigan Ave.

Ms. Jane E. Brannon, County Clerk Jackson, MI 49201 County Building Annex 203 Antrim Street Waste Management, Inc.-Midwest Charlevoix, MI 49720 Attn: Jamie Jones, Waste Approval Manager 48797 Alpha Dr. Suite 150 Office of the Governor Wixom, MI 48393 Room 1 - Capitol Building Lansing, MI 48913 Waste Management, Inc.-Midwest Attn: Chad Crawford, Site Manager Regional Administrator, Region III 11375 Sherman Road U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Frederic, MI 49733 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Environmental Quality Company Attn: Scott Maris, Vice President Regulatory Michigan Department of Environmental Affairs Quality 36255 Michigan, Ave.

Drinking Water and Radiological Wayne, MI 48184 Protection Division 3423 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Environmental Quality Company P.O. Box 30630 Attn: David Lusk, President Lansing, MI 48909-8130 36255 Michigan, Ave.

Wayne, MI 48184 Michigan Department of Attorney General Special Litigation Division Environmental Quality Company 630 Law Building Attn: Kerry Durnen, Director of Operations of P.O. Box 30212 Wayne Disposal Lansing, MI 48909 Wayne Disposal, Inc.

49350 N I-94 Service Rd.

Mr. John W. Campbell, Executive Director Belleville, MI 48111 Eastern U.P. Regional Planning

& Development Commission 524 Ashmun Street P. O. Box 520 Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783