ML070400085

G20070068/LTR-07-0060/SECY-2007-0019 - Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Vermont Yankee - Letters to Senator Leahy, Senator Sanders, Representative Welch from Luis Reyes

ML070400085
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	02/13/2007
From:	Reyes L NRC/EDO
To:	Leahy P, Sanders B, Welch P US HR (House of Representatives), US SEN (Senate)
U. Shoop 415-1067
References
G20070068, LTR-07-0060, SECY-2007-0019
Download: ML070400085 (4)

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February 13, 2007The Honorable Patrick LeahyUnited States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Senator Leahy:

On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to yourletter of January 26, 2007, regarding a public meeting in Montpelier to discuss the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the potential license renewal of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. The NRC worked with the Vermont Legislature to accommodate the request for a briefing inMontpelier following the public meetings in Brattleboro. However, NRC procedures provide that all public meetings be noticed 10 days prior to the meeting date, so that all interested members of the public are aware that the meeting is occurring. The Vermont Legislature has an equal responsibility to the public and all of their briefings must be public. Given the timing of the request and our respective constraints, they decided to postpone the meeting to allow the NRC to follow our notification procedures for public meetings. We continued to work together and are pleased to inform you that a public briefing of the Vermont Legislature has been arranged for the afternoon of February 27, 2007. The NRC is committed to conducting business in an open and publicly accessible forum and ispleased that the Vermont Legislature was willing to reschedule the briefing to allow for public notification.Sincerely,

/RA William F. Kane Acting For/

Luis A. ReyesExecutive Director for Operations February 13, 2007The Honorable Patrick Leahy United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Senator Leahy:

On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to yourletter of January 26, 2007, regarding a public meeting in Montpelier to discuss the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the potential license renewal of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. The NRC worked with the Vermont Legislature to accommodate the request for a briefing inMontpelier following the public meetings in Brattleboro. However, NRC procedures provide that all public meetings be noticed 10 days prior to the meeting date, so that all interested members of the public are aware that the meeting is occurring. The Vermont Legislature has an equal responsibility to the public and all of their briefings must be public. Given the timing of the request and our respective constraints, they decided to postpone the meeting to allow the NRC to follow our notification procedures for public meetings. We continued to work together and are pleased to inform you that a public briefing of the Vermont Legislature has been arranged for the afternoon of February 27, 2007. The NRC is committed to conducting business in an open and publicly accessible forum and ispleased that the Vermont Legislature was willing to reschedule the briefing to allow for public notification.Sincerely,

/RA William F. Kane Acting For/

Luis A. ReyesExecutive Director for OperationsDISTRIBUTION: (G20070068)EDO r/fM. Johnson P. TresslerK. Cyr/S. Burns W. KaneJ. DyerU. Shoop J. SilberS. CollinsR. SchmidtIdentical Letters Sent To: The Honorable Bernard Sanders and The Honorable Peter Welch ADAMS PACKAGE NO: ML070400086*See Previous ConcurrenceOFFICEOEDORIOGCOCAEDO NAMEUShoop/jll*SCollins (by e-mail)*Sburns*RSchmidtW. Kane forLAReyesDATE02/09/0702/09/0702/09/0702/13/0702/ 13/07OFFICIAL RECORD COPYG:\20070068 DSEIS Vermont Yankee Undine Feb 9.wpd February 13, 2007The Honorable Bernard SandersUnited States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Senator Sanders:

On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to yourletter of January 26, 2007, regarding a public meeting in Montpelier to discuss the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the potential license renewal of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. The NRC worked with the Vermont Legislature to accommodate the request for a briefing inMontpelier following the public meetings in Brattleboro. However, NRC procedures provide that all public meetings be noticed 10 days prior to the meeting date, so that all interested members of the public are aware that the meeting is occurring. The Vermont Legislature has an equal responsibility to the public and all of their briefings must be public. Given the timing of the request and our respective constraints, they decided to postpone the meeting to allow the NRC to follow our notification procedures for public meetings. We continued to work together and are pleased to inform you that a public briefing of the Vermont Legislature has been arranged for the afternoon of February 27, 2007. The NRC is committed to conducting business in an open and publicly accessible forum and ispleased that the Vermont Legislature was willing to reschedule the briefing to allow for public notification.Sincerely,/RA William F. Kane Acting For/ Luis A. ReyesExecutive Director for Operations February 13, 2007The Honorable Peter WelchUnited States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Congressman Welch:

On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to yourletter of January 26, 2007, regarding a public meeting in Montpelier to discuss the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the potential license renewal of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. The NRC worked with the Vermont Legislature to accommodate the request for a briefing inMontpelier following the public meetings in Brattleboro. However, NRC procedures provide that all public meetings be noticed 10 days prior to the meeting date, so that all interested members of the public are aware that the meeting is occurring. The Vermont Legislature has an equal responsibility to the public and all of their briefings must be public. Given the timing of the request and our respective constraints, they decided to postpone the meeting to allow the NRC to follow our notification procedures for public meetings. We continued to work together and are pleased to inform you that a public briefing of the Vermont Legislature has been arranged for the afternoon of February 27, 2007. The NRC is committed to conducting business in an open and publicly accessible forum and ispleased that the Vermont Legislature was willing to reschedule the briefing to allow for public notification.Sincerely,/RA William F. Kane Acting For/ Luis A. ReyesExecutive Director for Operations