ML060450681
| ML060450681 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 02/14/2006 |
| From: | Gillespie F NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR |
| To: | Domonique Malone Nuclear Management Co |
| Pham B, NRR/DLR/REBB, 415-8450 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML060450696 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC MC6434 | |
| Download: ML060450681 (11) | |
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February 14, 2006 Mr. Daniel J. Malone Site Vice President Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Highway Covert, MI 49043
SUBJECT:
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 27 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (GEIS) REGARDING LICENSE RENEWAL FOR PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT (TAC NO. MC6434)
Dear Mr. Malone:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the draft plant-specific Supplement 27 to NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, regarding the renewal of operating license DPR-20 for the Palisades Nuclear Plant (Palisades) 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 NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRCs Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. In addition, the South Haven Memorial Library, 314 Broadway Street, South Haven, MI has agreed to make the draft supplement available for public inspection.
As discussed in Section 9.3 of the draft supplement, the preliminary recommendation of the staff is that the Commission determine that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Palisades are not so great such that preserving the option of license renewal for energy 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 staffs own independent review; and (5) the staffs consideration of public comments.
D. Malone A separate notice of filing of the draft environmental impact statement will be placed in the Federal Register through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the NRC Environmental Project Manager, Mr. Bo M. Pham at 301-415-8450 or by e-mail at bmp@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Frank P. Gillespie, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-255
Enclosures:
As stated cc w/enclosures: See next page
- 1. Letter to D. Malone w/Svc List, FRN: ML060450681
- 2. Draft Supplement 27 to NUREG-1437, ?Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants,: ML060400430
- 3. Pkg: ML060450696 Document name: E:\\Filenet\\ML060450681.wpd OFFICE REBB:DLR:LA REBB:DLR:PM REBB:DLR:BC OGC (NLO)
DLR:DD NAME M. Jenkins B. Pham R. Franovich S. Uttal F. Gillespie DATE 1/4/06 2/13/ 06 2/13/06 1/26/06 2/14/06
7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENT 27 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has published a draft plant-specific supplement to the ?Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating license DPR-20 for the Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP) for an additional 20 years of operation.
Palisades is located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in Covert Township on the western side of Van Buren County, Michigan, approximately 4.5 miles south of the city limits of South Haven, Michigan. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources.
The draft Supplement 27 to the GEIS is available for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRCs Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The ADAMS accession number for draft Supplement 27 to the GEIS is ML060400430. 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 at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. In addition, the South Haven Memorial Library, 314 Broadway Street, South Haven, MI has agreed to make the draft supplement to the GEIS available for public inspection.
Any interested party may submit comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS for consideration 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 18, 2006.
Comments received after the due date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to 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. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at PalisadesEIS@nrc.gov. All comments received by the Commission, including those made by Federal, State, local agencies, Native American Tribes, or other interested persons, will be made available electronically at the Commissions PDR in Rockville, Maryland, and from the PARS component of ADAMS.
The NRC staff will hold a public meeting to present an overview of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS and to accept public comments on the document. The public meeting will be held on April 5, 2006, at the Lake Michigan College, 125 Veterans Boulevard, South Haven, Michigan. There will be two sessions to accommodate interested parties. The first session will commence at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m. The second session will commence at 7:00 p.m. and will continue until 10:00 p.m. Both meetings will be transcribed and will include: (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 provide comments on the draft report. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to the start of each session at the same location. No comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meeting or in writing, as discussed below. Persons may pre-register to attend or present oral comments at the meeting by contacting Mr. Bo M. Pham, by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension 8450, or by e-mail at PalisadesEIS@nrc.gov no later than March 28, 2006. Members of the public may also register to provide oral comments 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. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, the need should be brought to Mr. Phams attention no later than March 28, 2006, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr. Bo M. Pham, Environmental Branch B, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., 20555-0001. Mr. Pham may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of February, 2006.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Frank P. Gillespie, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Palisades Nuclear Plant cc:
Robert A. Fenech, Senior Vice President Nuclear, Fossil, and Hydro Operations Consumers Energy Company 1945 Parnall Rd.
Jackson, MI 49201 Arunas T. Udrys, Esquire Consumers Energy Company 1 Energy Plaza Jackson, MI 49201 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Supervisor Covert Township P.O. Box 35 Covert, MI 49043 Office of the Governor P.O. Box 30013 Lansing, MI 48909 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office Palisades Plant 27782 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Waste and Hazardous Materials Division Radiological Protection and Medical Waste Section Nuclear Facilities Unit Constitution Hall, Lower-Level North 525 West Allegan Street P.O. Box 30241 Lansing, MI 48909-7741 Michigan Department of Attorney General Special Litigation Division 525 West Ottawa St.
Sixth Floor, G. Mennen Williams Building Lansing, MI 48913 Manager, Regulatory Affairs Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Director of Nuclear Assets Consumers Energy Company Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 John Paul Cowan Executive Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Jonathan Rogoff, Esquire Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Douglas E. Cooper Senior Vice President - Group Operations Palisades Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Robert A. Vincent Licensing Lead - License Renewal Project Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043
Palisades Nuclear Plant cc: Darrel G. Turner License Renewal Project Manager Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Ms. Lois Bemis South Haven Memorial Library 314 Broadway St.
South Haven, MI 49090 Mr. Daniel J. Malone Site Vice President Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Highway Covert, MI 49043 Mr. Douglas F. Johnson Director, Plant Life Cycle Issues Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Newton Ellens U.S. EPA Mail Stop: B19J 77 W Jackson Chicago, IL 60604 Laura Barringer 01655 67th St South Haven, MI 49090 Jon Towne 24760 CR 681 Bangor, MI 49013 Jane Gardner NIRS 28386 Sturtevant Walk Covert, MI 49043 Kenneth Richards 72772 CR 380 South Haven, MI 49090-9441 Corinne Carey 2213 Riverside Dr. NE Grand Rapids, MI 49505 Kevin Kamps NIRS 1424 16th St NW, #404 Washington, DC 20036 Elizabeth M. Anderson 145 66th St.
South Haven, MI 49090 Gary Karch 251 Cass St, #714 Niles, MI 49120 Maynard Kantman 25485 CR 681 Bangor, MI 49013 Michael Keegan P.O. Box 331 Monroe, MI 48161 LeRoy Wolins P.O. Box 305 South Haven, MI 49090 Barbara Geisler 25485 CR 681 Bangor, MI 49013 Nancy Whaley 63133 16th Ave Bangor, MI 49013 Gregory C. DeCamp Constellation Nuclear Services 2008 Lundes Dr.
Aiken, SC 29803
Palisades Nuclear Plant cc: Yvonne Abernethy Constellation Nuclear Services 1159 Grasmere Ct Aiken, SC 29803 James M. Middaugh Consumer Energy 35361 51st St Ave Paw Paw, MI 49079 Douglas Johnson NMC 500 W. Bradley Rd Apt. A-318 Fox Point, WI 53217 Darrel Turner NMC 27780 Blue Star Hwy Covert, MI 49043 David Lewis Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037 Thomas V. Skinner Regional Administrator US EPA Region 5 77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604 Brian Conway Michigan State Historic Preservation Office Michigan Historical Center PO Box 30740 717 West Allegan Street Lansing, MI 48909 Craig Czarnecki Field Supervisor U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service East Lansing Field Office 2651 Coolidge Road, Suite 101 East Lansing, MI 48823 Don Klima, Director Office of Federal Agency Programs Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Old Post Office Building 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 809 Washington, DC 20004 The Honorable John Miller, Chairperson Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan P.O. Box 180 58620 Sink Road Dowagiac, MI 49047 The Honorable Audrey Falcon, Chief Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan 7070 East Broadway Road Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 The Honorable Lee Sprague, Ogema Little River Band of Ottawa Indians 375 River Street Manistee, MI 49660 The Honorable John A. Barrett, Jr.,
Chairperson Citizen Potawatomi Nation 1601 South Gordon Cooper Drive Shawnee, OK 74801 The Honorable Charles Todd, Chief Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 110 Miami, OK 74355 The Honorable Floyd E. Leonard, Chief Miami Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 1326 Miami, OK 74355 The Honorable Laura Spurr, Chairperson Nottawaseppi Huron Pottawatomi 2221 11/2 Mile Road Fulton, MI 49052
Palisades Nuclear Plant cc: The Honorable David K. Sprague, Chairperson Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians P.O. Box 218 1743 142nd Avenue Dorr, MI 48323 The Honorable Frank Ettawageshik, President Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians 7500 Odawa Circle Harbor Springs, MI 49740 The Honorable Robert Kewaygoshkum, Chairperson Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians 2605 N.W. Bayshore Dr.
Suttons Bay, MI 49682 The Honorable Kenneth Meshigaud, Chairperson Hannahville Indian Community Council N14911 Hannahville B1 Road Wilson, MI 49896-9728