ML062620386
| ML062620386 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Monticello  |
| Issue date: | 09/19/2006 |
| From: | Rani Franovich NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/REBB |
| To: | Conway J Nuclear Management Co |
| Davis J A, NRR/DLR/REBB 301-415-3835 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML062620395 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC MC6441 | |
| Download: ML062620386 (10) | |
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September 19, 2006 Mr. John T. Conway Site Vice President Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637
SUBJECT:
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 26 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS REGARDING MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT (TAC NO. MC6441)
Dear Mr. Conway:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the final plant-specific Supplement 26 to NUREG-1437, ?Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, regarding the renewal of operating license DPR-22 for an additional 20 years of operation for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. Enclosed is a copy of the final supplement and the associated Federal Register Notice of Availability. This notice advises the public that the final supplement is publicly available at the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www/nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/web-based.html. The accession number for the final Supplement 26 to the GEIS is ML062490078. 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 final supplement available for public inspection.
As discussed in Section 9.3 of the final supplement, the staff recommends that the Commission determine that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant are not so great 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.
J. Conway A separate notice of filing of the final supplemental 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, Ms. Jennifer A. Davis, at 301-415-3835 or by e-mail at jxd10@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Environmental Branch B Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-263
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/encl: See next page
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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-263 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL SUPPLEMENT 26 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS, REGARDING THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, Commission) has published a final plant-specific supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating license DPR-22 for an additional 20 years of operation for the 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, Minnesota. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources.
As discussed in Section 9.3 of the final Supplement 26, 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, the recommendation of the staff is that the Commission determine that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Monticello are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy-planning decision makers would be unreasonable.
The final Supplement 26 to the GEIS is publicly available at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, or from the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).
The ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/web-based.html. The accession number for the final Supplement 26 to the GEIS is ML062490078. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRCs PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at 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 final supplement available for public inspection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Ms. Jennifer A. Davis, Environmental Branch B, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop O-11F1, Washington, D.C., 20555-0001. Ms. Davis may be contacted at 1-800-368-5642, extension 3835 or via e-mail at jxd10@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of September, 2006.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Rani L. Franovich, Branch Chief Environmental Branch B Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Jonathan Rogoff, Esquire Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspector's Office 2807 W. County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362 Manager, Regulatory Affairs Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637 Robert Nelson, President Minnesota Environmental Control Citizens Association (MECCA) 1051 South McKnight Road St. Paul, MN 55119 Commissioner Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-4194 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Suite 210 2443 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Commissioner Minnesota Department of Health 717 Delaware Street, S. E.
Minneapolis, MN 55440 Douglas M. Gruber, Auditor/Treasurer Wright County Government Center 10 NW Second Street Buffalo, MN 55313 Commissioner Minnesota Department of Commerce 85 7th Place East, Suite 500 St. Paul, MN 55101-2198 Manager - Environmental Protection Division Minnesota Attorney Generals Office 445 Minnesota St., Suite 900 St. Paul, MN 55101-2127 Michael B. Sellman President & Chief Executive Officer Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Nuclear Asset Manager Xcel Energy, Inc.
414 Nicollet Mall, R.S. 8 Minneapolis, MN 55401 Mr. James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Patrick Burke License Renewal Project Manager Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637 Mr. Douglas F. Johnson Director, Plant Life Cycle Issues Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Kristen Eide-Tollefson R-CURE 429 SE 14th Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55414
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2 Carol A. Overland Overland Law Office 402 Washington St. So.
Northfield, MN 55057 Eric OLink P.O. Box 420 Monticello, MN 55362 Susie Wojchouski P.O. Box 192 Monticello, MN 55362 Tom Pennault P.O. Box 1032 Monticello, MN 55362 Rulynn Jones Loss 914 Young St.
St. Paul, MN 55104 Yvonne Abernethy 6120 Woodside Exec. Court Aiken, SC 29803 George Crocker North American Water Office PO Box 174 Lake Elmo, MN 55042 Lynne Dahl-Fleming 113 Locust Street P.O. Box 1075 Monticello, MN 55362 Lori Orlikowski 3160 Lake Ridge Drive Big Lake, MN 55309 Larry Nolan 1701 W. River St.
Monticello, MN 55362 Julie Risser 6112 Ashcroft Avenue Edina, MN 55424 Julea Hovey 6630 Woodside Exec. Pkwy Aiken, SC 29803 Margo Askin Head Librarian, Monticello Public Library 200 W. 6th Street Monticello, MN 55362 Amy Wittmann Branch Librarian, Buffalo Public Library 18 Northwest Lake Boulevard Buffalo, MN 55313 Susu Jeffrey 200 Oliver Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55405-2045 Justin Eibenholzl Southeast Minneapolis Neighborhoods c/o Southeast Como Improvement Assn.
837 15th Avenue SE Minneapolis, MN 55414 Christine Ziebold 3232 Bryant Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55408 David R. Lewis Pillsibury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1122 R. Nicholas Rowse U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 4101 East 80th Street Bloomington, IL 55425-1665 Dr. Nina M. Archabal State Historic Preservation Officer Minnesota Historical Society State Historic Preservation Office 345 Kellogg Blvd West St. Paul, MN 55102-1906
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3 The Honorable Donald Moore, Sr.
Tribal Chairman Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa P.O. Box 39 Odanah, WI 54861 The Honorable Kevin Leecy Chairman Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council P.O. Box 16 Nett Lake, MN 55772 The Honorable Mark Allen Flandreau Santee Sioux Executive Committee P.O. Box 283 Flandreau, SD 57028 The Honorable Peter DeFoe Chairman Fond Du Lac Reservation Tribal Council 1720 Big Lake Road Cloquet, MN 55720 The Honorable Norman Des Champe Chairman Grand Portage Reservation Council P.O. Box 428 Grand Portage, MN 55605 The Honorable Susan LaFernier Tribal Chairman Keweenaw Bay Tribal Council 107 Bear Town Road Baraga, MI 48808 The Honorable Louis Taylor Chairman Lac Courte Orielles Governing Board 13394 W. Trepania Road Hayward, WI 54843 The Honorable Victoria Doud Chairperson Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa P.O. Box 67 Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538 The Honorable James Williams, Jr.
Chairman Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa P.O. Box 249, Pow Wow Trail Watersmeet, MI 49969 The Honorable George Goggleye Chairman Leech Lake Band of Ojibew 115 6th Street, NW, Suite E Cass Lake, MN 56633 The Honorable Ann Larsen Chairman Lower Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux Indians RR1 Box 308 Morton, MN 56270 The Honorable Natelie Weyous THPO Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe 43408 Oodena Drive Onamia, MN 56359 The Honorable Doreen Hagen President Prairie Island Community Council 5636 Sturgeon Lake Rd.
Welch, MN 55089 The Honorable Ray DePerry Chairman Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 88385 Pike Road, Hwy 13 Bayfield, WI 54814
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4 The Honorable Floyd Jourdain, Jr.
Chairman Red Lake Tribal Council P.O. Box 274 Red Lake, MN 56671 The Honorable Roger Trudell Chairman Santee Sioux Tribal Council 108 Spirit Lake Ave., W Niobrara, NE 68760-7219 The Honorable Stanley Crooks Chairperson Shakopee Dakota Community Council 2330 Sioux Trail NW Prior Lake, MN 55372 The Honorable J.C. Crawford Chairman Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation Route 2, Agency Village Box 509 Sisseton, SD 57262 The Honorable Sandra Rachal Chairperson Sokaogon Chippewa Community 3051 Sand Lake Road Cradon, WI 54520 The Honorable Valentino White Chairman Spirit Lake Tribe P.O. Box 359 Fort Totten, ND 58335 The Honorable David Merrill Chairman St. Croix Chippewa of Wisconsin St. Croix Council 24663 Angeline Ave.
Webster, WI 54893-9246 The Honorable Ken W. Davis Chairperson Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Tribal Council P.O. Box 900 Belcourt, ND 58316 The Honorable Helen Blue Chairman Upper Sioux Indian Community P.O. Box 147 Granite Falls, MN 56241 The Honorable Erma Vizenor Chairman White Earth Tribal Council P.O. Box 418 White Earth, MN 56591 Kenneth A. Westlake, Chief USEPA, Region 5 77 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago, IL 60604-3590