ML071870533

Request for Additional Information Request for Emergency Plan Change - Replacement of Environmental/Backup Radiological Laboratory Capabilities

ML071870533
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	07/13/2007
From:	Lyon C NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV
To:	Parrish J Energy Northwest
Lyon C Fred, NRR/DORL/LPL4, 301-415-2296
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TAC MD5325
Download: ML071870533 (4)

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July 13, 2007 Mr. J. V. Parrish Chief Executive Officer Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 (Mail Drop 1023)

Richland, WA 99352-0968

SUBJECT:

COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY PLAN CHANGE (TAC NO. MD5325)

Dear Mr. Parrish:

By letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated April 18, 2007, Energy Northwest submitted a request to change the Columbia Generating Station Emergency Plan to replace the environmental and backup radiological laboratory capabilities in the Emergency Operations Facility with the Applied Process Engineering Laboratory as the designated backup environmental and radiological laboratory.

The NRC staff is reviewing your submittal and has determined that additional information is required to complete its review. The specific information requested is addressed in the enclosure to this letter. During a discussion with Ms. M. Eades of your staff on June 20, 2007, it was agreed that you would provide a response within 30 days of the date of this request for additional information. Please provide a clean copy of the revised emergency plan pages and/or sections with your response to ensure the staffs Safety Evaluation adequately documents the revised emergency plan.

The NRC staff considers that timely responses to requests for additional information help ensure sufficient time is available for staff review and contribute toward the NRCs goal of efficient and effective use of staff resources. If circumstances result in the need to revise the requested response date, please contact me at (301) 415-2296.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Carl F. Lyon, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-397

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc w/encl: See next page

Columbia Generating Station cc:

Chairman Technical Services Branch Chief Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council FEMA Region X P.O. Box 43172 130 - 228th Street, SW Olympia, WA 98504-3172 Bothell, WA 98021-9796 Mr. Douglas W. Coleman (Mail Drop PE20) Mr. Mike Hammond Manager, Regulatory Programs Department of Homeland Security Energy Northwest FEMA/REP P.O. Box 968 130 - 228th Street SW Richland, WA 99352-0968 Bothell, WA 98021-9796 Chairman Regional Administrator, Region IV Benton County Board of Commissioners U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 190 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Prosser, WA 99350-0190 Arlington, TX 76011-4005 Mr. William A. Horin, Esq. Senior Resident Inspector Winston & Strawn U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1700 K Street, N.W. P.O. Box 69 Washington, DC 20006-3817 Richland, WA 99352-0069 Mr. Matt Steuerwalt Assistant Director Executive Policy Division Nuclear Safety and Energy Siting Division Office of the Governor Oregon Department of Energy P.O. Box 43113 625 Marion Street NE Olympia, WA 98504-3113 Salem, OR 97301-3742 Ms. Lynn Albin Special Hazards Program Manager Washington State Department of Health Washington Emergency Management Div.

P.O. Box 7827 127 W. Clark Street Olympia, WA 98504-7827 Pasco, WA 99301 June 2007

ML071870533 *email OFFICE LPL4/PM LPL4/LA L&IB/BC LPL4/BC NAME FLyon:sp JBurkhardt EWeiss* THiltz DATE 7/13/07 7/13/07 7/6/07 7/13/07 REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR EMERGENCY PLAN CHANGE ENERGY NORTHWEST COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-397 (1) What differences exist when identifying the capability as: a) backup environmental and radiological laboratory, or b) environmental and backup radiological laboratory?

(2) Are these both being considered as backup capabilities or only the radiological function?

(3) Is there written direction that authorized the Applied Process Engineering Laboratory (APEL) to exceed their radioactive materials license verbally?

(4) If so, who provided this authorization and does a process exist to obtain verbal authorization at any time?

(5) Who is responsible for notifying APEL that their services are required (e.g., though both the States of Washington and Oregon are designated as having laboratory capabilities, Washington State is specifically designated to notify Oregon; Reference Section 4.6.4)?

(6) Section 2.2.3 states, in part, that one of the basis functions directed from the Emergency Operating Facility is to coordinate field sampling and analysis of radioactive materials from Columbia Generating Station. How will this be accomplished if the analysis is performed at APEL? Currently, APEL is not staffed 24/7 to support that function.

(7) What backup environmental and radiological laboratory capabilities are available during non-routine working hours, weekends, and holidays at APEL?

(8) In the proposed change to Figure 3-1, no mention of the backup environmental laboratory is designated. Please explain.