ML051380068

Ltr to Chairman, Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria: Request for Information Regarding Cultural Resources in the Vicinity of the Proposed Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

ML051380068
Person / Time
Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	05/27/2005
From:	Scott Flanders NRC/NMSS/DWMEP/EPAD
To:	Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria
References
72-27
Download: ML051380068 (5)

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May 27, 2005 Chairman Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria 32 Brea River Drive Loleta, California 95551

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING CULTURAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF THE PROPOSED HUMBOLDT BAY INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION

Dear Chairman:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff currently is reviewing a license application submitted by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on December 15, 2003, to construct and operate an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) on the site of the Humboldt Bay Power Plant (HBPP) in Humboldt County, California. An applicant for a license of this type must submit an environmental report as part of its application, as required under 10 CFR Part 51 of the NRCs regulations. The NRC staff reviews this information in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, as specified in 10 CFR 51.10.

As described in PG&Es application, the proposed ISFSI facility would be located within the 143-acre site boundary of the existing HBPP facility, on a small peninsula known as Buhne Point. The coordinates of the planned ISFSI site are latitude 40E44' N and longitude 124E12' W (approximately). Figure 2.3-1 from PG&Es environmental report is enclosed as an aid.

As required by 36 CFR 800.4(a), the NRC staff is requesting the assistance of the Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria in identifying cultural and historic properties that may be affected by PG&Es proposed action of constructing and operating the ISFSI at the HBPP. The results of cultural resources surveys as documented in PG&Es application did not identify any cultural or historic properties that might be affected by the proposed action; however, these surveys rely, in part, on consultations with the Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria that date back to 1999. As this information is more than five years old, the NRC staff is seeking the assistance of the Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria in updating the results in these surveys. Any information you provide will be used to document potential effects on cultural and historic properties in accordance with 36 CFR 800.4(d).

Therefore, the NRC staff would appreciate any background information regarding prehistoric, historic, or ethnographic sites that you can provide about the proposed project area (i.e., the HBPP site) and its vicinity. In addition, the NRC staff is interested in any concerns regarding cultural resources already known or likely to be present within the proposed project area. The NRC staff would appreciate a response to this request within 30 days of the date of this letter.

If you have any questions, please contact James Park of my staff. Mr. Park can be reached at (301) 415-5835 or via email at jrp@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Scott C. Flanders, Director Environmental and Performance Assessment Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Enclosure:

As stated cc (w/o enclosure): Attached List Docket No: 72-27

If you have any questions, please contact James Park of my staff. Mr. Park can be reached at (301) 415-5835 or via email at jrp@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Scott C. Flanders, Director Environmental and Performance Assessment Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Enclosure:

As stated cc (w/o enclosure): Attached List Docket No: 72-27 DISTRIBUTION: LCamper VEverett, RIV BSpitzberg, RIV SGagner, OPA JRHall, SFPO ML051380068 OFC DWMEP:EPAD SC:DWMEP:EPAD DWMEP:EPAD NAME JPark JDavis SFlanders DATE 05/19/05 05/27/05 05/27/05 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Enclousre Pacific Gas and Electric Company Humboldt Bat Power Plant, Unit 3 Docket Nos. 50-133, 72-27 cc:

Mr. Lawrence F. Womack, Vice President Dr. Rich Ferguson, Energy Chair Power Generation & Nuclear Services Sierra Club California Diablo Canyon Power Plant 1100 11th Street, Suite 311 P.O. Box 56 Sacramento, CA 94814 Avila Beach, CA 93424 Mr. Truman Burns Mr. Roy Willis, Plant Manager Mr. Robert Kinosian Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant California Public Utilities Commission Pacific Gas & Electric Company 505 Van Ness, Room 4102 1000 King Salmon Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102 Eureka, CA 95503 Mr. Ed Bailey, Radiation Program Director R. Terry Nelson, Director Radiologic Health Branch Fossil Generation State Department of Health Services Mail Code N11E P.O. Box 942732 (MS 178)

Pacific Gas & Electric Company Sacramento, CA 94327-7320 P.O. Box 770000 San Francisco, California 94177-0001 Mr. James D. Boyd, Commissioner California Energy Commission Mr. Richard F. Locke, Esq. 1516 Ninth Street Law Department Sacramento, CA 95814 Pacific Gas & Electric Company P.O. Box 7442 Deputy Attorney General San Francisco, CA 94120 State of California 110 West A Street, Suite 700 Chairman, Humboldt County Board San Diego, CA 92101 of Supervisors County Courthouse U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 825 Fifth Street Region IX Office Eureka, CA 95501 ATTN: Regional Radiation Representative 75 Hawthorne Street Mr. Steve Hsu San Francisco, CA 94105 Radiologic Health Branch State Department of Health Services Chief, Fuel Cycle and Decommissioning P.O. Box 997414 (MS 7610) Branch, Region IV Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Regional Administrator, Region IV Arlington, TX 76011-8064 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Public Affairs Officer, Region IV Arlington, TX 76011-8064 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Redwood Alliance Arlington, TX 76011-8064 P.O. Box 293 Arcata, CA 95521