ML081510241

Letter to Licensee Enclosing Copy of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Proposed Stretch Power Uprate

ML081510241
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	06/16/2008
From:	Balwant Singal NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV
To:	Blevins M Luminant Generation Co
Singal, Balwant, 415-3016, NRR/DORL/LPL4
Shared Package
ML081510231	List: ML081510241 ML081510247
References
TAC MD6615, TAC MD6616
Download: ML081510241 (3)

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June 16, 2008 Mr. M. R. Blevins Executive Vice President

& Chief Nuclear Officer Luminant Generation Company LLC ATTN: Regulatory Affairs P. O. Box 1002 Glen Rose, TX 76043

SUBJECT:

COMANCHE PEAK STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR PROPOSED STRETCH POWER UPRATE (TAC NOS. MD6615 AND MD6616)

Dear Mr. Blevins:

Enclosed is a copy of the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your application for the proposed stretch power uprate amendment dated August 28, 2007, as supplemented by letters dated October 24, November 7, and December 3, 2007, January 10, 29, and 31, February 21, 26, and 28, March 6, April 17, and May 14, 2008.

The proposed amendment would allow an increase in the maximum authorized power level from 3458 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3612 MWt, and make changes to the technical specifications, as necessary, to support operation at the higher power level.

The assessment is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Balwant K. Singal, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446

Enclosure:

Final Environmental Assessment cc w/encl: See next page

June 16, 2008 Mr. M. R. Blevins Executive Vice President

& Chief Nuclear Officer Luminant Generation Company LLC ATTN: Regulatory Affairs P. O. Box 1002 Glen Rose, TX 76043

SUBJECT:

COMANCHE PEAK STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR PROPOSED STRETCH POWER UPRATE (TAC NOS. MD6615 AND MD6616)

Dear Mr. Blevins:

Enclosed is a copy of the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your application for the proposed stretch power uprate amendment dated August 28, 2007, as supplemented by letters dated October 24, November 7, and December 3, 2007, January 10, 29, and 31, February 21, 26, and 28, March 6, April 17, and May 14, 2008.

The proposed amendment would allow an increase in the maximum authorized power level from 3458 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3612 MWt, and make changes to the technical specifications, as necessary, to support operation at the higher power level.

The assessment is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Balwant K. Singal, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446

Enclosure:

Final Environmental Assessment cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station (10/2007) cc:

Senior Resident Inspector Mr. Richard A. Ratliff, Chief U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bureau of Radiation Control P.O. Box 2159 Texas Department of Health Glen Rose, TX 76403-2159 1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756-3189 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Brian Almon 612 Lamar Blvd., Suite 400 Public Utility Commission Arlington, TX 76011-4125 William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 13326 Mr. Fred W. Madden, Director 1701 North Congress Avenue Regulatory Affairs Austin, TX 78701-3326 Luminant Generation Company LLC P.O. Box 1002 Ms. Susan M. Jablonski Glen Rose, TX 76043 Office of Permitting, Remediation and Registration Timothy P. Matthews, Esq. Texas Commission on Environmental Morgan Lewis Quality 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW MC-122 Washington, DC 20004 P.O. Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711-3087 County Judge P.O. Box 851 Anthony P. Jones Glen Rose, TX 76043 Chief Boiler Inspector Texas Department of Licensing Environmental and Natural and Regulation Resources Policy Director Boiler Division Office of the Governor E.O. Thompson State Office Building P.O. Box 12428 P.O. Box 12157 Austin, TX 78711-3189 Austin, TX 78711