ML092020520

Request for Additional Information Regarding the Review of the License Renewal Application for Duane Arnold Energy Center

ML092020520
Person / Time
Site:	Duane Arnold
Issue date:	07/31/2009
From:	Eccleston C License Renewal Projects Branch 1
To:	Richard Anderson Duane Arnold
ECCLESTON C. H. 415-8537, NRR/DLR/RPB1
References
TAC MD9770
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July 31, 2009 Mr. Richard L. Anderson Vice President, Duane Arnold Energy Center FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLC 3277 DAEC Road Palo, Iowa 52324

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE REVIEW OF THE LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER (TAC NO. MD9770)

Dear Mr. Anderson:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed the application submitted by FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLC (FPL Energy) for the license renewal application for the Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) and has identified areas where additional information is needed to complete its review. Enclosed is the NRC staffs request for additional information (RAI). We request that you provide your RAI responses to these questions no later than 30 days after the issuance of this letter, in order to maintain the environmental review schedule. If you have any questions, please contact me by telephone at 301-415-8537 or by e-mail at Charles.Eccleston@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Charles Eccleston, Project Manager Projects Branch 1 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No: 50-331

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DATE 07/27/09 07/27/09 07/24/09 07/27/09 07/31/09

Letter to Richard L. Anderson from Charles H. Eccleston dated July 31,2009

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE REVIEW OF THE LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER (TAC NO. MD9770)

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

ENCLOSURE REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER This enclosure provides the requests for additional information that is needed by the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff to complete its review of the Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) license renewal application. To support the staffs continued review of the DAEC Environmental Report (ER), please provide the documents described below to the NRC by the date indicated on the accompany cover letter.

AIR/CLIMATE/METEOROLOGY

1. DAEC 2009, Emergency Generators and Other Internal Combustion Engine Pre-Planned Task List, (Printed) June 2, 2009.

2. FPL Energy 2009, Letter report from D. Curtland, DAEC Plant Manager - Nuclear to A.

Daugherty, Linn County Health Department, Cedar Rapids, IA Re: Annual Emission Point Recap Report for the Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) for 2008, NG-09-0080, January 28, 2009.

3. FPL Energy 2008, Letter report from D. Curtland, DAEC Plant Manager - Nuclear to A.

Daugherty, Linn County Health Department, Cedar Rapids, IA Re: Annual Emission Point Recap Report for the Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) for 2007, NG-08-0060, January 22, 2008.

4. FPL Energy 2007, Letter report from D. Curtland, DAEC Plant Manager - Nuclear to A.

Daugherty, Linn County Health Department, Cedar Rapids, IA Re: Annual Emission Point Recap Report for the Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) for 2006, NG-07-0059, January 19, 2007.

5. FPL Energy 2006, Letter report from D. Curtland, DAEC Plant Manager - Nuclear to A.

Daugherty, Linn County Health Department, Cedar Rapids, IA Re: Annual Emission Point Recap Report for the Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) for 2005, NG-06-0059 January 12, 2006.

6. FPL Energy 2005, Letter report from D. Curtland, DAEC Plant Manager - Nuclear to A.

Daugherty, Linn County Health Department, Cedar Rapids, IA Re: Annual Emission Point Recap Report for the Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) for 2004, NG-05-0066 January 27,2005.

7. FPL Energy 2006, Letter from D. Cleary, FPL Energy, Juno Beach, FL to A. Daugherty, Linn County Health Department, Cedar Rapids, IA Re: Notification of Facility Transfer and Ownership changes for Air Permits. January 27, 2006.

8. Linn County Public Health (LCPH), 2005, Letter from A. Daugherty, LCHD, Cedar Rapids, Iowa to A. Gould, Florida Power and Light, Juno Beach, Florida Re; Air Construction Permits

- ownership Change, November 28, 2005.

9. LCPH 2008, Letter from J. Hodina, LCPH, Cedar Rapids, IA to R. Anderson, DAEC, Palo, IA Re: Approval of Variance Request, September 9, 2008.

10. LCPH, 2005a Air Quality Construction Permit for Auxiliary Boiler, Permit 4912, November 17, 2005.

11. LCPH, 2005b Air Quality Construction Permit for Emergency Generator Diesel Engine 1G-21 SBDG #1, Permit 4913, November 17, 2005.

12. LCPH, 2005c Air Quality Construction Permit for Emergency Generator Diesel Engine 1G-31 SBDG #2, Permit 4914, November 17, 2005.

13. LCPH, 2005d Air Quality Construction Permit for Pump House Diesel Engine, Permit 4904, November 17, 2005.

14. LCPH, 2005e Air Quality Construction Permit for TSC Diesel Engine, Permit 4915, November 17, 2005.

15. LCPH, 2005f Air Quality Construction Permit for Sulfuric Acid Tank, Permit 4916, November 17, 2005.

16. LCPH, 2005g Air Quality Construction Permit for 1T-34 Diesel UST, Permit 4917, November 17, 2005.

17. LCPH, 2005h Air Quality Construction Permit for 1T-35 Diesel UST, Permit 4918, November 17, 2005.

18. LCPH 2005i, Letter from A. Daugherty, LCPH, Cedar Rapids, IA to A. Gould, FPL Energy, Juno Beach, FL Re: Air Construction Permits - Ownership Changes, November 28, 2005.

AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY

1. FWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 2009. Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit No.

MB160836-0 for Depredation of Turkey Vultures. April 1, 2009.

2. FPL Energy 2009, Letter from R. Anderson, Vice President, DAEC to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Duane Arnold Energy Center.

Subject:

Bird Control Activities Request.

NG-09-0243 March 23, 2009.

3. Ecological Analysts, Inc. 1984. Operational Ecological Study in the Cedar River Near Duane Arnold Energy Center, January through December 1983 NG-09-0243. Prepared for Iowa Electric Light and Power Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. May 1984.

4. McDonald, D.B. 1974. Duane Arnold Energy Center Cedar River Baseline Ecological Study, Final Preoperational Report, May 1, 1973 to January 2, 1974. Prepared for Iowa Electric Light and Power Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. June 1974.

5. Collins, F.W. and D.B. MacDonald. 1972. Terrestrial Flora Study, August 1972, and Terrestrial Fauna Study, October 1972, for Duane Arnold Energy Center. Prepared for Iowa Electric Light and Power Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. August 1972.

6. McDonald, D.B. 1972. Cedar River Baseline Ecological Study Annual Report, April 1971 to April 1972. Prepared for Iowa Electric Light and Power Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

June 1972.

7. McDonald, D.B. 2000. Cedar River Operational Ecological Study Annual Report, January 1999 to December 1999. Prepared for Iowa Electric Light and Power Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. April 2000.

8. Helms (Helms & Associates). 2003. Mussel Survey Near the Duane Arnold Energy Center Intake in the Cedar River near Palo, Iowa. Prepared for Nuclear Management Company, Duane Arnold Energy Center. Palo, Iowa. January 2003.

HISTORIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES

1. Provide a state approved version of the following report and any associated correspondence with the SHPO concerning the report: Louis Berger Group, Inc., 2008, Cultural Resource Assessment of the Duane Arnold Energy Center Property, Near Palo, Linn County, Iowa, June.

2. Rogers, Leah D. and William C. Page, 1993, Linn County Comprehensive Planning Project Phase Two: Archaeological, Historical, and Architectural Survey Subsection E (Fayette Township), Volume 1.

3. Provide the cultural resource management plan for the DAEC.

4. Provide the DAECs procedures for considering historic and archaeological resources during plant activities.

5. Provide the procedures for considering historic and archaeological resources along the transmission lines associated with the DAEC.

HYDROLOGY

1. FPL Energy, 2009, letter and application re Waste Water Discharge NPDES Renewal, from R. L. Anderson, Vice President Duane Arnold Energy Center, to W. Hieb, NPDES Section, IDNR, December 31, 2009.

2. FPL Energy, 2008, Recovery Phase Plan Outline EPIP 5.2, updated June 18, 2008.

3. FPL Energy, 2008, set of aerial photographs of Duane Arnold Energy Center, dated June 11, 2008.

4. IIHR, 2008, Bathymetric and Topographic Survey near Duane Arnold Energy Center:

August 2008 Survey: prepared by P.E. Haug and J.A. Odgaard, IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering, University of Iowa, November 2008.

5. FPL Energy, 2009, letter re: Annual Water Use Report Form for Water Use Permits #3046-MR5 and 3533-R3, from D. Curtland, Plant Manager-Nuclear, to M. Anderson, Water Supply Engineering, IDNR, NG-09-0078 January 27, 2009.

6. IDRN, 2005, letter re: 401 Water Quality Certification, from C.M. Schwake, Environmental Specialist, to J. Hogan, Duane Arnold Energy Center, August 26, 2005.

7. Duane Arnold Energy Center, 2007, Ground Water Protection Initiative Site Conceptual Model, prepared by S. Funk, 19 pages plus attachments, December 19, 2007.

8. Bechtel Corporation, 1972, letter re: Duane Arnold Energy Center Unit #1, Results of Well Water Drawdown Test, from R.W. Cote, Supervising Startup Engineer, to G.G. Hunt, Chief Engineer, Iowa Electric Light & Power Company, December 14, 1972.

9. Northway Well and Pump Co., 2001, data sheets from aquifer test performed November 13, 2001 at Well A.

10. Duane Arnold Energy Center, undated, Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP),

Nuclear Management Company, Duane Arnold Energy Center, prepared by J. Hogan, revision 5.3, 26 pages.

11. Duane Arnold Energy Center, undated, Cooling Water and Circulating Water System, SD-442, Revision 5, 29 pages.

12. IDNR, 2005, letter re Water Use Permits 3533-R3 and 3046-MR5, from M.T. Moeller, Water Supply Engineering, to D. Siegfried, Duane Arnold Energy Center, October 31, 2005.

13. Department of the Army, 2005, letter re: CEMVR-OD-P-2005-1016, from J.G. Betker, Project Manager, Regulatory Branch, Corps of Engineers, to J. Hogan Duane Arnold Energy Center, September 20, 2005.

14. Iowa Natural Resources Council, 1971, letter re: control weir, wall and intake structure, from O.R. McMurry, Director, to Duane Arnold, August 9, 1971.

SOCIOECONOMICS

1.

Provide 2007 and 2008 data on 1) total local property taxes in Linn County, 2) local property taxes paid by DAEC, 3) total county property taxes in Linn County, and 4) county property taxes paid by DAEC (update of ER Table 2.7-2).

2.

Provide more recent updated information on the total DAEC permanent employee and the residential distribution of employees (update ER of Table 3.4.-1).