ML052870531

License Renewal Review (TAC No. MC7625) (HPO-J2004-7021)

ML052870531
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	10/12/2005
From:	Kuo P NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP
To:	Guzzo D State of NJ, Historic Preservation Office
Pham B, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-8450
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October 12, 2005 Ms. Dorothy Guzzo State Historic Preservation Officer Historic Preservation Office P.O. Box 404 Trenton, NJ 08625-0404

SUBJECT:

OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION LICENSE RENEWAL REVIEW (TAC NO. MC7625) (HPO-J2004-7021)

Dear Ms. Guzzo:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is reviewing an application to renew the operating license for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (OCNGS), which is located in Lacey Township in Ocean County, New Jersey. The nearest major metropolitan areas to OCNGS include Newark, New Jersey, approximately 60 miles to the north; Atlantic City, New Jersey, approximately 35 miles to the south; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, approximately 60 miles west of the OCNGS site. OCNGS is owned and operated by AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (AmerGen). The application for renewal was submitted by AmerGen on July 22, 2005, pursuant to the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54). The NRC has established that, as part of the review of any nuclear power plant license renewal action, a site-specific Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) augmenting its ?Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, will be prepared under the provisions of 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC regulation that implements the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended. In accordance with 36 CFR 800.8, the SEIS will include analyses of potential impacts to historic and archaeological resources.

In the context of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, the NRC staff has determined that the area of potential effect (APE) for a license renewal action is the area at the power plant site and its immediate environs that may be impacted by post-license-renewal land-disturbing operations or projected refurbishment activities associated with the proposed action. The APE may extend beyond the immediate environs in those instances where post-license-renewal land-disturbing operations or projected refurbishment activities, specifically related to license renewal, may have a potential effect on known or proposed historic sites.

This determination is made irrespective of ownership or control of the lands of interest.

While preparing its application, AmerGen contacted your office by letter dated October 7, 2004.

In that letter, AmerGen stated that it has no plans to alter current operations or engage in any land-disturbing activities during the license renewal period, and therefore, it does not expect the operation of OCNGS through the license renewal term to affect adversely cultural or historic resources at the plant or its immediate environs. Your office responded by letter dated October 15, 2004, stating that no historic properties listed on or eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places would be affected by the proposed action.

D. Guzzo On November 1, 2005, the NRC will conduct two public scoping meetings at the Quality Inn located at 815 Route 37 in Toms River, New Jersey. You and your staff are invited to attend.

The first session will convene at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m., as necessary. The second session will convene at 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Your office will receive a copy of the draft SEIS along with a request for comments. The anticipated publication date for the draft SEIS is June 2006. If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact the NRCs Senior Environmental Project Manager, Dr. Michael Masnik, at 301-415-1191 or by e-mail at MTM2@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 No.: 50-219 cc: See next page

D. Guzzo On November 1, 2005, the NRC will conduct two public scoping meetings at the Quality Inn located at 815 Route 37 in Toms River, New Jersey. You and your staff are invited to attend.

The first session will convene at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m., as necessary. The second session will convene at 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Your office will receive a copy of the draft SEIS along with a request for comments. The anticipated publication date for the draft SEIS is June 2006. If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact the NRCs Senior Environmental Project Manager, Dr. Michael Masnik, at 301-415-1191 or by e-mail at MTM2@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Sincerely, Docket No.: 50-219 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station cc:

Chief Operating Officer AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Site Vice President - Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Vice President - Mid-Atlantic Operations AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-N Kennett Square, PA 19348 John E. Matthews, Esquire Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Kent Tosch, Chief New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Nuclear Engineering CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625 Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Vice President - Operations Support AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Mayor of Lacey Township 818 West Lacey Road Forked River, NJ 08731 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 445 Forked River, NJ 08731 Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348 Manager Licensing - Oyster Creek Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348 Plant Manager Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Regulatory Assurance Manager Oyster Creek AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 388 Forked River, NJ 08731 Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 2301 Market Street, S23-1 Philadelphia, PA 19101

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station cc:

Ron Bellamy, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Correspondence Control Desk AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 160 Kennett Square, PA 19348 License Renewal Manager Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, Suite 210 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Mr. James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708