ML052870563
| ML052870563 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 10/12/2005 |
| From: | Kuo P NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | Gould M Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of New Jersey |
| Pham B, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-8450 | |
| References | |
| %dam200604, TAC MC7625 | |
| Download: ML052870563 (6) | |
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October 12, 2005 The Honorable Mark Gould Tribal Chairman, Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of New Jersey P.O. Box 544 Bridgeton, New Jersey 08302
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION APPLICATION FOR OPERATING LICENSE RENEWAL (TAC NO. MC7625)
Dear Chairman Gould:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking input for its environmental review of an application from AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (AmerGen) for the renewal of the operating license for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (OCNGS), located in Lacey Township in Ocean County, New Jersey. OCNGS is in close proximity to lands that may be of interest to the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of New Jersey. As described below, the NRC process includes an opportunity for public and inter-governmental participation in the environmental review. We want to ensure that you are aware of our efforts and, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 51.28(b) (10 CFR 51.28(b)), the NRC invites the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of New Jersey to provide input to the scoping process relating to the NRCs environmental review of the application. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended.
Under NRC regulations, the original operating license for a nuclear power plant has a term of up to 40 years. The license may be renewed for up to an additional 20 years if NRC requirements are met. The current operating license for OCNGS will expire on April 9, 2009.
AmerGen submitted its application for renewal of the OCNGS operating license on July 22, 2005.
The NRC is gathering information for an OCNGS site-specific supplement to its ?Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS),
NUREG-1437. The supplement will contain the results of the review of potential environmental impacts on the area surrounding the OCNGS site that are related to terrestrial ecology, aquatic ecology, hydrology, cultural resources, and socioeconomic issues, among others, and will contain a recommendation regarding the environmental acceptability of the license renewal action.
The NRC will hold two public scoping meetings for the preparation of the OCNGS Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) on November 1, 2005, at the Quality Inn located at 815 Route 37 in Toms River, New Jersey. There will be two sessions to accommodate interested parties. 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. Additionally, the NRC
M. Gould staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meetings or in writing. No formal comments on the proposed scope of the supplement to the GEIS will be accepted during informal discussions. The application is electronically available for inspection from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession Number ML052080172. ADAMS is accessible at www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and provides access through the NRCs Public Electronic Reading Room link. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. In addition, the application can be viewed on the Internet at www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/oystercreek.html.
A paper copy of the application can be viewed at the NRCs PDR, located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, 20852-2738 and at the Lacey Public Library located at 10 East Lacey Road, Forked River, NJ 08731. The GEIS, which assesses the scope and impact of environmental effects that would be associated with license renewal at any nuclear power plant site, can also be found on the NRCs website or at the NRCs PDR.
Please submit any written comments that the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of New Jersey may have on the scope of the environmental review by November 25, 2005. Comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington D.C. 20555-0001. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.
The NRC will issue the draft SEIS for public comment (anticipated publication date June 2006),
and will hold another set of public meetings in the sites vicinity to solicit comments on the draft.
A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for OCNGS is planned for February 2007. If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Dr. Michael Masnik, Senior Environmental Project Manager, 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
M. Gould staff will host informal discussions one hour before the start of each session. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meetings or in writing. No formal comments on the proposed scope of the supplement to the GEIS will be accepted during informal discussions. The application is electronically available for inspection from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession Number ML052080172. ADAMS is accessible at www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and provides access through the NRCs Public Electronic Reading Room link. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. In addition, the application can be viewed on the Internet at www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/oystercreek.html.
A paper copy of the application can be viewed at the NRCs PDR, located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, 20852-2738 and at the Lacey Public Library located at 10 East Lacey Road, Forked River, NJ 08731. The GEIS, which assesses the scope and impact of environmental effects that would be associated with license renewal at any nuclear power plant site, can also be found on the NRCs website or at the NRCs PDR.
Please submit any written comments that the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of New Jersey may have on the scope of the environmental review by November 25, 2005. Comments should be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington D.C. 20555-0001. At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff will prepare a summary of the significant issues identified and the conclusions reached, and mail a copy to you.
The NRC will issue the draft SEIS for public comment (anticipated publication date June 2006),
and will hold another set of public meetings in the sites vicinity to solicit comments on the draft.
A copy of the draft SEIS will be sent to you for your review and comment. After consideration of public comments received on the draft, the NRC will prepare a final SEIS. The issuance of a final SEIS for OCNGS is planned for February 2007. If you need additional information regarding the environmental review process, please contact Dr. Michael Masnik, Senior Environmental Project Manager, 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 DISTRIBUTION: See next page Adam Accession No.:ML052870563 Document Name: E:\\Filenet\\ML052870563.wpd OFFICE PM:RLEP PM:RLEP PM:RLEP SC:RLEP PD:RLEP NAME B. Pham Y. Edmonds M. Masnik (/RA R. Schaaf For/)
R. Franovich P. T. Kuo DATE 10/3/05 09/30/05 10/3/05 10/5/05 10/12/05 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
DISTRIBUTION: Honorable Mark Gould, Tribal Chairman, Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of New Jersey Re: OCNGS, Dated: October 12, 2005 Adams Accession No.:ML052870563 D. Matthews/F. Gillespie P. Tam, DLPM P.T. Kuo D. Screnci R. Franovich R. Bellamy, RI R. Cureton, RI A. Hodgdon, OGC R. Schaaf J. Lilliendahl, RI M. Modes, RI B. Pham D. Ashley RLEP R/F K. LaGory (ANL)
H. Nash T. Madden, OCA B. Keeling, OCA L. Gerke T. Combs, OCA
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
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station cc:
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 2301 Market Street, S23-1 Philadelphia, PA 19101 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