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Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping Process for License Renewal for Duane Arnold Energy Center
ML090540842
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Site: Duane Arnold NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 03/13/2009
From: David Pelton
License Renewal Projects Branch 1
To: Richard Anderson
Duane Arnold
ECCLESTON C. H. 415-8537, NRR/DLR/RPB1
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March 13, 2009 Mr. Richard L. Anderson Vice President, Duane Arnold Energy Center FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLC 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF INTENT TO PREPARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND CONDUCT SCOPING PROCESS FOR LICENSE RENEWAL FOR DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER (TAC NO. MD9770)

Dear Mr. Anderson:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has received your application dated September 30, 2008, for the renewal of the Operating License No. DPR-49 for Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC). In support of the application and in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51 and 10 CFR Part 54, FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLC submitted an environmental report (ER). This letter provides information related to the staffs review of the DAEC ER.

The NRC has prepared a notice of intent advising the public that the NRC intends to gather information necessary to prepare a plant-specific supplement to the Commissions Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (NUREG-1437),

related to the review of the application for the renewal of the DAEC operating license. Enclosed is a copy of the notice of intent, which has been forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.28, FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLC is invited to participate in the environmental scoping process. As discussed in the enclosed notice, the staff is providing the public with the opportunity to participate in two environmental scoping meetings to be held at the Hiawatha City Hall, 101 Emmons St., Hiawatha, Iowa 52233. These meetings will be held on April 22, 2009. The first session will be held in the afternoon, and the second session, covering the same subjects, will be held in the evening. The NRC will present an overview of the environmental review process and will describe how the process will be implemented for the review of the DAEC license renewal application.

A separate NRC meeting notice with a more detailed agenda is forthcoming. You will be provided a copy of that notice.

R. Anderson In the interim, should you have any questions regarding the scoping meeting, please contact the NRCs Environmental Project Manager, Mr. Charles H. Eccleston, at 301-415-8537 or by e-mail at charles.eccleston@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David L. Pelton, Chief Projects Branch 1 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-331

Enclosure:

Federal Register Notice cc w/encl: See next page

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Mr. J. A. Stall Executive Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Mr. Mano Nazar Nuclear Officer Senior Vice President Florida Power & Light Company and Nuclear Chief Operating Officer P.O. Box 14000 Florida Power & Light Company Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408 Mr. M. S. Ross Managing Attorney Mr. D. A. Curtland Florida Power & Light Company Plant Manager P.O. Box 14000 Duane Arnold Energy Center Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324-9785 Ms. Marjan Mashhadi Senior Attorney Abdy Khanpour Florida Power & Light Company Vice President, Engineering Support 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Florida Power & Light Company Suite 220 P.O. Box 14000 Washington, DC 20004 Juno Beach, FL 33408 T. O. Jones Daniel K. McGhee Vice President, Nuclear Operations Iowa Department of Public Health Mid-West Region Bureau of Radiological Health Florida Power & Light Company 321 East 12th Street P.O. Box 14000 Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor Juno Beach, FL 33408 Des Moines, IA 50319-0075 Steven R. Catron Chairman, Linn County Manager, Regulatory Affairs Board of Supervisors Duane Arnold Energy Center 930 1st Street SW 3277 DAEC Road Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 Palo, IA 52324 Peter Wells, Acting Vice President, Nuclear U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Training and Performance Improvement Resident Inspector=s Office Florida Power & Light Company Rural Route #1 P.O. Box 14000 Palo, IA 52324 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Mark E. Warner Vice President, Nuclear Plant Support Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420