ML102100317

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Request for Additional Information Regarding the Application from Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2
ML102100317
Person / Time
Site: Prairie Island  
Issue date: 08/27/2010
From: Keegan E
License Renewal Projects Branch 2
To: Schimmel M
Northern States Power Co
Elaine Keegan (301) 415-8517
References
TAC LA0417, TAC MD8528
Download: ML102100317 (4)


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Mr. Mark A. Schimmel Site Vice President Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company - Minnesota 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MD8528 AND MD8529)

Dear Mr. Schimmel:

By letter dated April 11, 2008, Nuclear Management Company, LLC, now known as Northern States Power Company, Minnesota, submitted an application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of the Federal Regulations Part 54, to renew the operating license for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. During staff's review of the public comments received on the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), staff has identified additional information, listed in the enclosure, that is needed to complete the review and issue the final SEIS.

The additional information needed to complete our review and listed in the enclosure was discussed with Mr. Gene Eckholt of your staff. If you have any questions, please contact me by telephone at 301*415*8517 or by email at Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov.

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Elaine M. Keegan, Sr. Project Man~r Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50*282 and 50-306

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Requests for Additional Information Prairie Island License Renewal - Ecology

1. Please provide any correspondence with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), or other State or Federal agency concerning effects of the 2010 maintenance dredging project in the Mississippi River on mussel species or other State or Federally-protected species.
2. Please provide any biological reports or assessments that were prepared as part of the Work in Public Waters permitting process to determine the effects on the aquatic environment from maintenance dredging since submittal of the Environmental Report.
3. Page 4-14 of the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) states that a draft of Xcel Energy's Avian Protection Plan (APP) for Minnesota was submitted to FWS in late 2008. Please provide an update on the status of this APP. If the APP has been finalized, please provide a summary statement which includes when and by whom the APP was approved and for how long the APP is valid. The statement should also include any commitments made in the APP, the timeframe for completing the commitments and how the commitments will be tracked.
4. In your letter dated January 27,2010, providing comments on the draft SEIS, Comment 214 states, "It is important to note that the accuracy of the 1984 data for impingement of all fish species is in question due to sampling methodology." In a phone conversation on July 21,2010, NRC staff asked Northern States Power Company Minnesota (NSPM) to identify the nature of the problem with the sampling methodology. NSPM said that the comment was questioning NRC's calculations of the number of impinged fish in the draft SEIS based on the referenced data. Since this explanation differs from the comment submitted in writing, please clarify Comment 214.

August 27, 2010 Mr. Mark A. Schimmel Site Vice President Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company - Minnesota 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 (TAC NOS. MD8528 AND MD8529)

Dear Mr. Schimmel:

By letter dated April 11, 2008, Nuclear Management Company, LLC, now known as Northern States Power Company, Minnesota, submitted an application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of the Federal Regulations Part 54, to renew the operating license for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. During staff's review of the public comments received on the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), staff has identified additional information, listed in the enclosure, that is needed to complete the review and issue the final SEIS.

The additional information needed to complete our review and listed in the enclosure was discussed with Mr. Gene Eckholt of your staff. If you have any questions, please contact me by telephone at 301-415-8517 or by email at Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov.

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Elaine M. Keegan, Sr. Project Manager Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-282 and 50-306

Enclosure:

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SUBJECT:

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