ML091130106
| ML091130106 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 05/11/2009 |
| From: | Brian Holian License Renewal Projects Branch 2 |
| To: | Edington R Arizona Public Service Co |
| Rowley J, NRR/DLR/RLRB, 415-4053 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML091130212 | List: |
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| Download: ML091130106 (2) | |
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May 11, 2009 Mr. Randall K. Edington, Executive Vice President Nuclear Mail Station 7602 Arizona Public Service Company P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034
SUBJECT:
DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY FOR DOCKETING, PROPOSED REVIEW SCHEDULE, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY FOR RENEWAL OF THE OPERATING LICENSES FOR THE PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3
Dear Mr. Edington:
By letter dated December 11, 2008, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received the Arizona Public Service Companys application for renewal of operating license numbers NPF-41, NPF-51, and NPF-74 for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS), Units 1, 2, and 3. Notice of receipt of this application was published in the Federal Register on January 21, 2009 (74 FR 3655). The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the NRC staffs acceptance review of the license renewal application for PVNGS. The acceptance review determines whether the application contains sufficient information to allow the NRC staff to proceed with the safety and environmental reviews.
The NRC staff has reviewed your application and the supplemental information included in your April 14, 2009, response (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML091130221) to our letter dated February 13, 2009, Review Status of the License Renewal Application for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (ML090360279).
The staff followed the guidance in NUREG-1800, Revision 1, Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants, issued September 2005, and NUREG-1555, Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants, issued March 2000. As a result, the NRC staff has determined that the application is sufficiently complete and acceptable for docketing, in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Sections 2.101, 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23, 51.45, and 51.53(c).
However, the staffs determination does not preclude requests for additional information (RAIs) as the review proceeds.
This letter forwards the NRC staffs safety and environmental review schedule for the PVNGS application (Enclosure 1). The NRC staff will follow established review procedures and the enclosed schedule to complete the reviews required by 10 CFR Part 54, Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants, and 10 CFR Part 51, Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions. This schedule includes time to conduct a hearing, should a hearing be requested and granted. The enclosed schedule does not include milestones for hearing activities because these dates are established by the Commission or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
R. Edington We would like to emphasize that the review of your license renewal application will be very detailed and thorough. The NRC staff will make every effort to meet the scheduled milestones; thus, your responses to the staffs RAIs, if any, must be complete and prompt. We request that you inform the NRC staff as early as possible should potential delays arise in your support of the schedule.
Finally, we have also enclosed a copy of the notice related to your application that is being sent to the Office of the Federal Register for publication (Enclosure 2). This notice announces the opportunity to request a hearing and to file a petition for leave to intervene.
If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Jonathan Rowley, Project Manager, for the review of the PVNGS license renewal application, by telephone at 301-415-4053 or via e-mail at Jonathan.Rowley@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Brian E. Holian, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-528, 50-529, 50-530
Enclosures:
- 1. Review Schedule
- 2. Federal Register Notice cc w/encls: See next page
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Letter to Randall K. Edington from Brian E. Holian dated May 11, 2009
SUBJECT:
DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY FOR DOCKETING, PROPOSED REVIEW SCHEDULE, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY FOR RENEWAL OF THE OPERATING LICENSE FOR THE PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 HARD COPY:
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Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station cc:
Mr. Steve Olea Arizona Corporation Commission 1200 W. Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 Mr. Douglas Kent Porter Senior Counsel Southern California Edison Company Law Department, Generation Resources P.O. Box 800 Rosemead, CA 91770 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 40 Buckeye, AZ 85326 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 612 E. Lamar Blvd., Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-4125 Chairman Maricopa County Board of Supervisors 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85003 Mr. Aubrey V. Godwin, Director Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency 4814 S. 40th Street Phoenix, AZ 85040 Mr. Scott Bauer, Director Regulatory Affairs Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Mail Station 7636 P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 Mr. Dwight C. Mims, Vice President Regulatory Affairs and Plant Improvement Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Mail Station 7605 P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 Mr. John C. Taylor Director, Nuclear Generation El Paso Electric Company 340 E. Palm Lane, Suite 310 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Mr. James Ray Public Service Company of New Mexico 2401 Aztec NE, MS Z110 Albuquerque, NM 87107-4224 Mr. Geoffrey M. Cook Southern California Edison Company 5000 Pacific Coast Hwy., Bldg. D21 San Clemente, CA 92672 Mr. Robert Henry Salt River Project 6504 E. Thomas Road Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Mr. Jeffrey T. Weikert Assistant General Counsel El Paso Electric Company Mail Location 167 123 W. Mills El Paso, TX 79901 Mr. Eric Tharp Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Southern California Public Power Authority P.O. Box 51111, Room 1255-C Los Angeles, CA 90051-0100 Mr. Brian Almon Public Utility Commission William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 13326 1701 N. Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-3326
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station cc:
Ms. Karen ORegan Environmental Program Manager City of Phoenix Office of Environmental Programs 200 W. Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85003
ENCLOSURE 1 PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW SCHEDULE Milestone Scheduled Actual Receive license renewal application (LRA) 12/15/08 12/15/08 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN)LRA availability 01/10/09 01/21/09 Publish FRNacceptance/rejection and opportunity for hearing 05/15/09 Publish FRNenvironmental scoping meeting 05/26/09 Public meetinglicense renewal overview/environmental scoping meeting 06/25/09 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 07/15/09 Environmental scoping period ends 07/27/09 Issue environmental requests for additional information (RAIs) 10/16/09 Issue safety RAIs 01/25/10 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) 05/06/10 Publish FRNdraft SEIS available for comments 05/20/10 Public meetingdraft SEIS meeting 06/24/10 End of draft SEIS comment period 07/20/10 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open items 07/30/10 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) subcommittee meeting 09/01/10 Issue final SEIS 11/19/10 EPA FRN publishedavailability of final SEIS 12/03/10 Issue final SER 12/17/10 ACRS full committee meeting 02/03/11 DecisionDirector, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 04/15/11 Commission decision (if hearing is granted) 10/14/11