ML050340609
| ML050340609 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 02/02/2005 |
| From: | Kuo P Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs |
| To: | Horton J - No Known Affiliation, Town of Southold, NY |
| Emch R, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1590 | |
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| Download: ML050340609 (9) | |
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February 2, 2005 Mr. Joshua Y. Horton, Supervisor Southold Town Main Road Southold, NY 11971
SUBJECT:
RESPONSE TO JOSHUA Y. HORTON, SOUTHOLD SUPERVISOR, REGARDING MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 LICENSE RENEWAL REVIEW
Dear Mr. Horton:
Thank you for participating in the public meeting at the Waterford Town Hall on January 11, 2005, regarding Millstone Power Station. You requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) conduct an additional public meeting in Southold, New York, to discuss the draft supplemental environmental impact statement for license renewal at Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3. The NRC does not plan to conduct an additional public meeting for the reasons discussed below.
The public meetings were advertised in the Easthampton Long Island (L.I.) Independent newspaper on December 29, 2004, and January 5, 2005, as well as in the New London Day, Norwich Bulletin, and Hartford Courant newspapers. In addition, the NRC issued a press release announcing the meetings and explaining our purpose on December 9, 2004, (see http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2004/04-055i.html). That press release was widely dispersed to media outlets in the region and posted on the agency's Web site.
Further, the Federal Register Notice announcing the meeting was made available on the NRCs Web site under the section devoted to public meetings. The meeting announcement was sent to the Connecticut State Department of Environmental Protection and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation along with copies of the draft supplemental environmental impact statement for license renewal at Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3 (DSEIS). Approximately 75 people attended these meetings and several media outlets covered them, including the Connecticut Television Network, which videotaped the proceedings in its entirety and then rebroadcast them on a statewide basis. In short, the NRC made a concerted effort to make governmental bodies and members of the public aware of the meetings and was and remains extremely interested in obtaining public viewpoints on this important licensing action. It should also be noted the NRC held a public environmental scoping meeting for the Millstone license renewal application on May 18, 2004, at the Waterford Town Hall.
As we identified in the public meeting, the public comment period for the DSEIS for license renewal at Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3, is open until March 2, 2005. Therefore, the residents of Southold who elect to submit comments by mail or via the Internet still have the time to participate in a meaningful way. A copy of the Federal Register Notice announcing the availability of the DSEIS, including information about how to submit comments, is attached to this letter.
J. Horton The DSEIS is also available for public inspection at the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRCs Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 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. Written comments on the DSEIS 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 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at MillstoneEIS@nrc.gov.
Once again thank you for participating in the public meeting and please feel free to use the public comment period to submit written comments to clarify any issues that you believe we should further evaluate. Because of the interest you have expressed in this action, we will add you to our mailing list so that you will receive key documents regarding this reviews that are issued by the NRC staff in the Future. If you have any questions concerning the NRC staff review of this license renewal application, please contact Mr. Richard L. Emch, Jr., Senior Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-1590 or at RLE@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.: 50-336 and 50-423 cc w/encl.: See next page
J. Horton The DSEIS is also available for public inspection at the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRCs Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 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. Written comments on the DSEIS 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 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at MillstoneEIS@nrc.gov.
Once again thank you for participating in the public meeting and please feel free to use the public comment period to submit written comments to clarify any issues that you believe we should further evaluate. Because of the interest you have expressed in this action, we will add you to our mailing list so that you will receive key documents regarding this reviews that are issued by the NRC staff in the Future. If you have any questions concerning the NRC staff review of this license renewal application, please contact Mr. Richard L. Emch, Jr., Senior Environmental Project Manager, at 301-415-1590 or at RLE@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
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Federal Register Notices: December 9, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 236)
Page 71437-71438
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-336 and 50-423]
Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., Millstone Power Station; Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement 22 of the Generic Environmental Impact Statement and Public Meeting for the License Renewal of the Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3 Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) has published a draft plant-specific supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating licenses DPR-65 and NPF-49 for the Millstone Power Station (MPS) Units 2 and 3, for an additional 20 years of operation. MPS is located in Waterford, Connecticut, on Millstone Point between the Niantic and Thames Rivers, approximately 40 miles to the southeast of Hartford, Connecticut. 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, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) 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. (Note: Public access to ADAMS has been temporarily suspended so that security reviews of publically available documents may be performed and potentially sensitive information removed. Please check the NRC Website for updates on the resumption of ADAMS access.) 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 Waterford Public Library, 49 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford, Connecticut, and the Thames River Campus Library, 574 New London Turnpike, Norwich, Connecticut, have agreed to make the draft 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 March 2, 2005. 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 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at MillstoneEIS@nrc.gov. All comments received by the Commission, including those made by Federal, State, 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 January 11, 2005, at the Waterford Town Hall Auditorium, 15 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford, Connecticut. There will be two sessions to accommodate interested parties. The first session will commence at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m. The second session will commence at 7:00 p.m. and will continue until 10:00 p.m. Both meetings 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 prior to the start of each session at the 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. Richard L. Emch, Jr., by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension 1590, or by e-mail at MillstoneEIS@nrc.gov no later than January 6, 2005. Members of the public may also register to provide oral comments within 15 minutes of the start of each session. 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. Emchs attention no later than January 6, 2005, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr. Richard L. Emch, Jr., License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., 20555-0001.
Mr. Emch may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.
Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3 cc Lillian M. Cuoco, Esquire Senior Counsel Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Building 475, 5th Floor 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 Paul Eccard First Selectman Town of Waterford 15 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 Terry's 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. William D. Corbin Director - Nuclear Projects Department Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. William D. Meinert, Nuclear Engineer Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company Moody Street P.O. Box 426 Ludlow, MA 01056 Mr. David A. Christian Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. J. Alan Price Site Vice President Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Building 475, 5th Floor Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. Chris L. Funderburk Director, Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. David W. Dodson Licensing Supervisor Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Building 475, 5th Floor Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. William R. Watson. Jr.
Supervisor - License Renewal Project Building 475/5 Millstone Power Station Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. Fred Emerson Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708
Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3 cc Ms. Nancy Burton 147 Cross Highway Redding Ridge, CT 00870 Mr. Charles Brinkman, Director Washington Operations Nuclear Services Westinghouse Electric Company 12300 Twinbrook Pkwy, Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20852 Ms. Roslyn Rubenstein, Director Waterford Public Library 49 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mildred Hodge, Director Three Rivers Community College Thames River Campus Library 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 Geralyn Winslow 30 Mullen Hill Road Waterford, CT 06385 Douglas Schwartz P.O. Box 7 New London, CT 06320 Michael Steinberg P.O. Box 155 Niantic, CT 06357 Janet Dinkel Pearce President United Way of Southeastern CT 1868 Route 12 P.O. Box 375 Gales Ferry, CT 06335-0375 Marvin Berger 133 Parkway S.
New London, CT 06320 James S. Butler SCCOG 5 Connecticut Avenue Norwich, CT 06360 Bruce W. Shewbrooks 4 Longview Avenue Waterford, CT 06385 George Kee 39 Beacon Hill Drive Waterford, CT 06385 Tim Haire 13 Center Road Waterford, CT 06385 R.K. Wells 13 Quarry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Catherine L. Bill 8 Albacore Drive Waterford, CT 06385 Michael A. Bekech Town of Waterford 15 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385-2886 Jonathan P. Bill 28 Ferri Drive Waterford, CT 06385
Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3 cc David R. Lewis Shaw Pittman, LLC 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 State Senator Melodie Peters 20th District 25 Osceola Trail Old Lyme, CT 06371 Gerard J. Gaynor, Jr Mayor, City of New London 181 State Street New London, CT 06320 Karen Patterson 900 Trail Ridge Road Aiken, SC 29803 Bill Maher 203 Hazelton Court Mullica Hill, NJ 08062 Kent Stoffle P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093 Jean Peabody 4 Bayside Avenue Waterford, CT 06385 Mark Powers 4 Round Rock Road Niantic, CT 06357 Gary Johnson 2 Melanie Drive Waterford, CT 06385 Ward Linsley 68 Twin Lakes Drive Waterford, CT 06385 Jeff Nelson 2 Courthouse Square Norwich, CT 06360-5763 J.. W. Sheehan 19 Laurel Crest Drive Waterford, CT 06385 Charles Nezianya Bureau of Water Management Department of Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Jack Nasca Division of Environmental Permits New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway Albany, NY 12233-1750 William Little, Esq.
Division of Legal Affairs New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway Albany, NY 12233-1500 Christina Dowd Division of Fish, Wildlife & Marine Resources New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway Albany, NY 12233-4756 Honorable Michael J. Thomas, Chairman Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation P.O. Box 268, Indian Town Road Mashantucket, CT 06339-3060 Honorable Matthew Thomas, Chief Sachem Narragansett Indian Tribe P.O. Box 268 Charlestown, RI 02813