ML052870573

Extension of Staff Review Schedule for Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, Amended License Renewal Application

ML052870573
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	10/13/2005
From:	Le N NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP
To:	Spina J Nine Mile Point
Le N. B., NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1458
References
TAC MC3272, TAC MC3273, TAC MC3274, TAC MC3275
Download: ML052870573 (7)

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October 13, 2005 Mr. James A. Spina Vice President Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093

SUBJECT:

EXTENSION OF STAFF REVIEW SCHEDULE FOR NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, AMENDED LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NOS. MC3272, MC3273, MC3274, AND MC3275)

Dear Mr. Spina:

On May 27, 2004, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff) received the Constellation Energy application for renewal of Operating Licenses DPR-63 and NFP-69 for the Nine Mile Point (NMP) Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, respectively. Notice of Acceptance for Docketing of the Application and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing regarding this application was published in the Federal Register on July 21, 2004, (69 FR 43631). By letter dated December 7, 2004, the NRC staff informed you of our concern regarding NMPs inadequate support of the license renewal activities, and this concern was highlighted by the staff audits and your responses to the staffs requests for additional information (RAIs). By letter dated January 3, 2005, you informed the staff that you had taken actions to resolve the factors contributing to your past performance and committed to provide the necessary support for the license renewal process. On March 3, 2005, you requested a grace period to recover the quality of your License Renewal Application (LRA). On May 13, 2005, you notified the staff that the amended NMP LRA would be sent by July 15, 2005. By letter dated July 14, 2005, you submitted the NMP amended LRA for Units 1 and 2, and requested that the staff resume its review of your application for renewal of the NMP Operating Licenses.

The staff has resumed its review as requested. However, as a result of your earlier inadequate support of the LRA review activities and your request for a grace period, we agree that the standard review schedule will be extended.

Please find enclosed the revised staff safety and environmental review schedule for the subject application. The staff will follow established review procedures and the enclosed schedule to complete the safety and environmental reviews pursuant to 10 CFR Parts 54 and 51.

J. Spina I would like to stress that this is a very ambitious schedule. Nevertheless, the staff will make every effort to meet the goal of this schedule. If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact the NRC Project Manager, Tommy Le, at 301-415-1458 or by e-mail at NBL@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 Nos.: 50-220 and 50-410

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Enclosure NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW SCHEDULE Milestone Schedule Actual Receive license renewal application 05/27/04 05/27/04 Federal Register Notice (FRN) published for receipt and availability 06/08/04 06/08/04 FRN published for acceptance/rejection/opportunity for hearing 07/21/04 07/21/04 FRN published for intent/environmental scoping meeting 08/09/04 08/09/04 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 09/20/04 09/20/04 Public Meeting - Environmental scoping meeting 09/21/04 09/21/04 Environmental scoping period ends 10/11/04 10/11/04 Environmental requests for additional information (RAIs) issued 11/08/04 11/08/04 Applicant Requested a 90-day grace period (4 and 1/2 calendar months)

N/A 03/03/05 90-day Requested grace period ends 07/15/05 07/15/05 Receive amended updated license renewal application 07/15/05 07/15/05 Draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) issued 09/30/05 09/29/05 FRN published for availability/comment on draft SEIS 10/07/05 09/29/05 Public Meeting to discuss draft SEIS 11/17/05 End of draft SEIS comment period 12/22/05 Final SEIS issued 05/29/06 FRN published for availability of final SEIS 06/05/06 Safety evaluation report (SER) with open items issued 03/03/06 ACRS Subcommittee meeting on SER with open items 04/06 SER issued 06/30/06 ACRS Full Committee meeting on SER 07/06 ACRS letter issued 07/06 Staff Recommendation to Director, NRR (w/ No Hearing) 10/06 Decision - Director, NRR (license issued, if approved) 10/06

DISTRIBUTION: Letter to Mr. Spina, Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Re: Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, Dated: October 13, 2005 Adams Accession No.: ML052870573 HARD COPY RLEP RF N. Le (PM)

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Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:

Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 126 Lycoming, NY 13093 Supervisor Town of Scriba Route 8, Box 382 Oswego, NY 13126 Mr. James R. Evans LIPA P.O. Box 129 Lycoming, NY 10393 Charles Donaldson, Esquire Assistant Attorney General New York Department of Law 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271 Mr. Paul D. Eddy Electric Division NYS Department of Public Service Agency Building 3 Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12223 C. Adrienne Rhodes Chairman and Executive Director State Consumer Protection Board 5 Empire State Plaza, Suite 2101 Albany, NY 12223-1556 Kathryn M. Sutton, Esquire Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esquire Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005-3502 Mr. Michael J. Wallace President Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC c/o Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

750 East Pratt Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Carey W. Fleming, Esquire Sr. Counsel - Nuclear Generation Constellation Generation Group, LLC 750 E. Pratt Street, 17th Floor Baltimore, MD 21202 Mr. Peter R. Smith, President New York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority 17 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203-6399 Mr. James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I St., NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Mark Flaherty Manager - Fleet Licensing R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant 1503 Lake Rd.

Ontario, NY 14519 Mr. M. Steven Leonard General Supervisor - Nuclear Regulatory Matters Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:

Mr. David Dellario Project Manager - License Renewal Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093 Mr. Mike Heffley Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Constellation Generation Group 1997 Annapolis Exchange Parkway Suite 500 Annapolis, MD 21401