ML071300230
| ML071300230 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 06/09/2007 |
| From: | Rani Franovich NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/REBB |
| To: | Densmore D, Shellenberger P US Dept of Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service |
| Stuyvenberg, A L, NRR/DLR/ 415-4006 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML071300230 (6) | |
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June 9, 2007 David Densmore, Supervisor (ATTN: Pamela Shellenberger)
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Pennsylvania Field Office 315 South Allen Street, Suite 322 State College, PA 16801-4850
SUBJECT:
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE PROJECT 2007-1111 REGARDING PROTECTED SPECIES IN THE VICINITY OF THE SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, AND ASSOCIATED TRANSMISSION LINE CORRIDOR
Dear Mr. Densmore,
This letter is intended to serve as a record of the discussions between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and Ms. Pamela Shellenberger of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on March 28, 2007. In addition, this letter is intended to allow FWS to respond with an updated version of their March 1, 2007, determination regarding endangered species in the vicinity of Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (SSES), thus concluding NRCs informal Section 7 conference with FWS relating both to SSES license renewal and extended power uprate (EPU) reviews.
As noted in the March 28, 2007, discussion, PPL Susquehanna, LLC, (PPL) has applied for an EPU for Units 1 and 2. NRCs review of PPLs EPU application began after NRCs initial license renewal consultation letter to FWS, dated November 15, 2006. If approved, the EPU will allow SSES to increase maximum thermal power at both SSES Units 1 and 2 from 3489 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3953 MWt - or by approximately 14 percent. NRC staff, in the March 28, 2007, discussion, requested that FWS issue a revised determination addressing both EPU and license renewal. This will not only assist staff in developing a supplemental environmental impact statement for license renewal, but will also assist NRC staff in preparing an environmental assessment for the EPU. Should NRC staff find that EPU will have significant impacts on the human environment, we will develop an environmental impact statement for the EPU.
Also during the March 28, 2007, call to FWS, NRC staff noted that PPLs March 24, 2005, letter to FWS is a more reliable characterization of PPLs maintenance activities than the NRC staffs assertion FWS referenced in the March 1, 2007, determination. According to PPLs letter, any maintenance activities necessary to support license renewal would be limited to previously disturbed areas, and no additional land disturbance is anticipated for license renewal.
Finally, as discussed in the March 28, 2007, call, NRC staff requested that FWS issue a determination without a set duration, as it is possible that NRCs staff review of license renewal and EPU may take longer than the two-year limit invoked in the March 1, 2007, letter. In return, NRC staff will promptly notify FWS in the unlikely event that either EPU or license renewal reviews change in scope.
D. Densmore NRC staff greatly appreciates your time and attention in providing an updated version of your previous determination based on the requested EPU. If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact Drew Stuyvenberg, License Renewal Environmental Project Manager at 301-415-4006 or by e-mail at als3@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Rani Franovich, Branch Chief Environmental Branch B Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-387 cc: See next page
D. Densmore NRC staff greatly appreciates your time and attention in providing an updated version of your previous determination based on the requested EPU. If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact Drew Stuyvenberg, License Renewal Environmental Project Manager at 301-415-4006 or by e-mail at als3@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Rani Franovich, Branch Chief Environmental Branch B Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-387 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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Letter to D. Densmore from R. Franovich dated June 9, 2007 DISTRIBUTION:
SUBJECT:
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE PROJECT 2007-1111 REGARDING PROTECTED SPECIES IN THE VICINITY OF THE SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, AND ASSOCIATED TRANSMISSION LINE CORRIDOR HARD COPY DLR RF E-MAIL:
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Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Robert A. Saccone Vice President - Nuclear Operations PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB3 Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Aloysius J. Wrape, III General Manager - Performance Improvement and Oversight PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Terry L. Harpster General Manager - Plant Support PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSA4 Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Rocco R. Sgarro Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Walter E. Morrissey Supervising Engineer Nuclear Regulatory Affairs PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSA4 Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Michael H. Crowthers Supervising Engineer Nuclear Regulatory Affairs PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Steven M. Cook Manager - Quality Assurance PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB2 Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Luis A. Ramos Community Relations Manager, Susquehanna PPL Susquehanna, LLC 634 Salem Blvd., SSO Berwick, PA 18603-0467 Bryan A. Snapp, Esq.
Associate General Counsel PPL Services Corporation Two North Ninth Street, GENTW3 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Supervisor - Document Control Services PPL Susquehanna, LLC Two North Ninth Street, GENPL4 Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Richard W. Osborne Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.
212 Locust Street P.O. Box 1266 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1266 Director, Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 35, NUCSA4 Berwick, PA 18603-0035 Regional Administrator, Region 1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Board of Supervisors Salem Township P.O. Box 405 Berwick, PA 18603-0035
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 cc: Dr. Judith Johnsrud National Energy Committee Sierra Club 443 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803 Mr. James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708