ML060230264
| ML060230264 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Monticello  |
| Issue date: | 01/23/2006 |
| From: | Gillespie F NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR |
| To: | Conway J Nuclear Management Co |
| Davis J, NRR/DLR/REBB, 415-3835 | |
| References | |
| NUREG-1437, TAC MC6441 | |
| Download: ML060230264 (10) | |
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January 23, 2006Mr. John T. Conway Site Vice President Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, Minnesota 55362-9637
SUBJECT:
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFICSUPPLEMENT 26 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (GEIS) REGARDING LICENSE RENEWAL FOR MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT (TAC NO. MC 6441)
Dear Mr. Conway:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the draft plant-specificSupplement 26 to NUREG-1437, ?Generic Environmental Impact Statement for LicenseRenewal of Nuclear Plants" (GEIS), regarding the renewal of operating license DPR-22 for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (Monticello) for an additional 20 years of operation. Enclosed is a copy of the draft report and the associated Federal Register Notice of Availability. This notice advises the public that the draft report is available for public inspection at the NRC'sPublic Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRC'sAgencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. In addition, theMonticello Public Library (220 West 6th Street, Monticello, Minnesota 55362) and the Buffalo Public Library (18 Northwest Lake Boulevard, Buffalo, Minnesota 55313) have agreed to make the draft supplement available for public inspection. As discussed in Section 9.3 of Supplement 26 to the GEIS, the preliminary recommendation ofthe staff is that the Commission determine that the adverse environmental impacts of licenserenewal for the Monticello are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal forenergy planning decision makers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is based on:
(1) the analysis and findings in the GEIS; (2) the Environmental Report submitted by Nuclear Management Company, LLC; (3) consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies; (4) the staff's own independent review and; (5) the staff's consideration of public comments received during the scoping process.
J. Conway-2-A separate notice of filing of the draft environmental impact statement will be placed in theFederal Register through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If you have any questionsregarding this matter, please contact the NRC Environmental Project Manager, Ms. Jennifer A. Davis, at 301-415-3835 or by e-mail at jxd10@nrc.gov.Sincerely,
/RA Pao-Tsin Kuo For/Frank P. Gillespie, DirectorDivision of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket No.: 50-263
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/enclosure: See next page J. Conway-2-A separate notice of filing of the draft environmental impact statement will be placed in theFederal Register through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If you have any questionsregarding this matter, please contact the NRC Environmental Project Manager, Ms. Jennifer A. Davis, at 301-415-3835 or by e-mail at jxd10@nrc.gov.Sincerely,
/RA Pao-Tsin Kuo For/Frank P. Gillespie, DirectorDivision of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket Nos.: 50-263
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/enclosure: See next pageDISTRIBUTION: See next pageAdams Accession Nos.:1. Ltr to J. Conway, w/Svc. List: ML0602302642. NUREG-1437, Supplement 26, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for LicenseRenewal of Nuclear Plants, Re: Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Draft Report forComment: ML0601900723. Pkg: ML060230276Document name: E:\Filenet\ML060230264.wpdOFFICEREBB:LAREBB:GSREBB:PMOGCDRA:APLA:BCREBB:SCDLR:DNAMEMJenkinsEKeto (JFlemmingfor)JDavisMWoodsMRubin (SDinsmorefor)RFranovich(with comments)Fgillespie /RAPTKuo For/DATE12/17/0512/20/0512/21/0512/22/0512/29/0501/04/0601/23/06OFFICIAL RECORD COPY Letter to: Mr. John T. Conway, Notice of Availability of the Plant-Specific Supplement 26 to theGEIS Re: License Renewal for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (TAC No. MC6441), from:Jennifer A. Davis, Dated: January 23, 2006
SUBJECT:
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFICSUPPLEMENT 26 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (GEIS) REGARDING LICENSE RENEWAL FOR MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT (TAC NO. MC 6441)DISTRIBUTION
- Adams Accession no.: F. Gillespie/P.T. Kuo (RidsNrrDlr)P. Tam R. Franovich (RidsNrrDrlRebb)
A. Stone, RIII J. Davis B. Burgess, RIII S. Imboden S. Ray, RIII J. Flemming R. Orlikowski, RIII D. Merzke P. Lougheed, RIII N. Dudley REBB R/F A. Hodgdon, OGC (RidsOgcMailCenter)C. Quinly (LLNL)
R. Schaaf J. Strasma, OPA 7590-01-PUNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONNUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLCMONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANTDOCKET NO. 50-263NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENT 26 TO THE GENERICENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND PUBLIC MEETING FOR THELICENSE RENEWAL OF MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANTNotice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or theCommission) has published a draft plant-specific Supplement to the
?Generic EnvironmentalImpact Statement (GEIS), NUREG-1437," regarding the renewal of operating license DPR-22for an additional 20 years of operation at Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (Monticello). Monticello is located on the southern bank of the Mississippi River in the City of Monticello,Wright County, Minnesota, approximately 30 miles northwest of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnesota. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources.The draft Supplement to the GEIS is publicly available in the NRC's Public DocumentRoom (PDR) located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,Maryland 20852 or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC'sAgencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the Public Electronic Reading Room on the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The ADAMS accession number for draft Supplement 26 to the GEIS is ML060190072. 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 at1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. In addition, the Monticello Public Library (220 West 6th Street, Monticello,Minnesota 55362) and the Buffalo Public Library (18 Northwest Lake Boulevard, Buffalo, Minnesota 55313) have agreed to make the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS available for public inspection.Interested parties may submit comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS forconsideration 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 May 4, 2006. Comments received after the due date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is ableto 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. Electroniccomments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at MonticelloEIS@nrc.gov. All comments received by the Commission, including those made by Federal, State, and local agencies,Native American Tribes, or other interested persons, will be made available electronically at theCommission's PDR in Rockville, Maryland, and in ADAMS.The NRC staff will hold two public meetings to present an overview of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS and to accept public comments on the document. The public meetings will be held on March 22, 2006, at the Monticello Community Center,505 Walnut Street in Monticello, Minnesota. The first meeting will convene at 1:30 p.m. and willcontinue until 4:30 p.m., as necessary. The second meeting will convene at 7:00 p.m. and willcontinue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. Both meetings will be transcri bed and will incl ude: (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 providecomments on the draft report. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions onehour before the start of each meeting at the Monticello Community Center. No comments onthe draft supplement to the GEIS will be accepted during the informal discussions. To beconsidered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meetings or in writing, as discussed below. Persons may register to attend or present oral comments at the meetings by contactingMs. Jennifer A. Davis, by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension 3835, or by email at MonticelloEIS@nrc.gov no later than March 17, 2006. Members of the public may also register to speak at the meeting 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. Members of the public who have not registered may also have an opportunity to speak, if time permits. Ms. Davis will need to be contacted no later than March 17, 2006, ifspecial equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, so that the NRC staff can determine whether the request can be accommodated. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Ms. Jennifer A. Davis, Division of LicenseRenewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., 20555-0001. Ms. Davis may also be contacted at the aforementionedtelephone number or e-mail address.Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23 rd day of January, 2006.FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION/RA/Pao-Tsin Kuo, Deputy DirectorDivision of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant cc:Jonathan Rogoff, EsquireVice President, Counsel & Secretary Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionResident Inspector's Office 2807 W. County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362Manager, Regulatory AffairsMonticello Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637Robert Nelson, PresidentMinnesota Environmental Control Citizens Association (MECCA) 1051 South McKnight Road St. Paul, MN 55119CommissionerMinnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-4194Regional Administrator, Region IIIU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road, Suite 210Lisle, IL 60532-4351CommissionerMinnesota Department of Health 717 Delaware Street, S. E.
Minneapolis, MN 55440Douglas M. Gruber, Auditor/TreasurerWright County Government Center 10 NW Second Street Buffalo, MN 55313CommissionerMinnesota Department of Commerce 85 7th Place East, Suite 500 St. Paul, MN 55101-2198Manager - Environmental ProtectionDivision Minnesota Attorney General's Office 445 Minnesota St., Suite 900 St. Paul, MN 55101-2127Michael B. SellmanPresident & Chief Executive Officer Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016Nuclear Asset ManagerXcel Energy, Inc.
414 Nicollet Mall, R.S. 8 Minneapolis, MN 55401Mr. James RossNuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708Patrick BurkeLicense Renewal Project Manager Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637Mr. Douglas F. JohnsonDirector, Plant Life Cycle Issues Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016Kristen Eide-Tollefson R-CURE 429 SE 14 th AvenueMinneapolis, MN 55414Carol A. OverlandOverland Law Office 402 Washington St. So.
Northfield, MN 55057 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant cc:Eric O'Link P.O. Box 420 Monticello, MN 55362Susie Wojchouski P.O. Box 192 Monticello, MN 55362Tom PennaultP.O. Box 1032 Monticello, MN 55362Rulynn Jones Loss914 Young St.
St. Paul, MN 55104Yvonne Abernethy6120 Woodside Exec. Court Aiken, SC 29803George CrockerNorth American Water Office PO Box 174 Lake Elmo, MN 55042Lynne Dahl-Fleming113 Locust Street P.O. Box 1075 Monticello, MN 55362Lori Orlikowski3160 Lake Ridge Drive Big Lake, MN 55309Larry Nolan1701 W. River St.
Monticello, MN 55362Julie Risser6112 Ashcroft Avenue Edina, MN 55424Julea Hovey6630 Woodside Exec. Pkwy Aiken, SC 29803Margo AskinHead Librarian, Monticello Public Library 200 W. 6 th StreetMonticello, MN 55362Amy WittmannBranch Librarian, Buffalo Public Library 18 Northwest Lake Boulevard Buffalo, MN 55313Susu Jeffrey200 Oliver Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55405-2045Justin EibenholzlSoutheast Minneapolis Neighborhoods c/o Southeast Como Improvement Assn.
837 15 th Avenue SEMinneapolis, MN 55414Christine Ziebold3232 Bryant Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55408David R. LewisPillsibury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1122