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Final Plant-Specific Supplement 43 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
ML110190528
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Site: Palo Verde  Arizona Public Service icon.png
Issue date: 02/08/2011
From: David Drucker
NRC/NRR/DLR/RPOB
To: Sachs C
Environmental Protection Agency
DRUCKER D, NRR/DLR, 415-6223
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 February 8, 2011 Ms. Carol Sachs U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 Mail Code: CED-2 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105

SUBJECT:

FINAL PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 43 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS REGARDING PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION

Dear Ms. Sachs:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the final plant-specific Supplement 43 to NUREG-1437, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (GElS), regarding the renewal of Operating Licenses NPF-41, NPF-51 and NPF-74 for an additional 20 years of operation for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. Enclosed is a copy of the final supplement and the associated Federal Register Notice of Availability. The notice advises the public that the final supplement is publicly available at the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/html. The accession number for the final Supplement 43 to the GElS is ML103560149.

As discussed in Section 9.4 of the final supplement, the NRC's recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for PVNGS are not great enough to deny the option of license renewal for energy-planning decision makers. This recommendation is based on (1) the analysis and findings in the GElS; (2) the Environmental Report submitted by Arizona Public Service Company (APS); (3) consultation with Federal, State and local agencies; (4) the NRC staff's own independent review; and (5) the NRC staff's consideration of public comments received during the scoping process and on the draft supplement.

Region 9 of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency provided comments on the draft Supplement 43 in a letter dated October 29, 2010. Responses to those comments are provided at pages A-50 through A-55 of the final Supplement 43.

C. Sachs - 2 A separate notice of filing of the final supplemental environmental impact statement was placed in the Federal Register through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on January 21,2011.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at 301-415-6223, or by e-mail at David.Drucker@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

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David Drucker, Project Manager Program Operations Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-528, 50-529 and 50-530

Enclosures:

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION DOCKET NOS. 50-528, 50-529, 50-530 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL SUPPLEMENT 43 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS

[NRC-2009-00 121 Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published a final plant-specific supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GElS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating licenses NPF-41, NPF-51 and NPF-74 for an additional 20 years of operation for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS). Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources.

As discussed in Section 9.4 of the final supplement, the staff determined that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for PVNGS are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decision makers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is based on: (1) the analysis and findings in the GElS; (2) information provided in the environmental report (ER) submitted by Arizona Public Service Company; (3) consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies; (4) a review of pertinent documents and reports; and (5) consideration of public comments received during scoping and on the draft SEIS.

- 2 The final Supplement 43 to the GElS is publicly available at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, or from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).

The ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://www.nrc,gov/reading rm/adams.html. The accession number for the final Supplement 43 to the GElS is ML103560149. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC's PDR reference staff by telephone at (800) 397-4209 or (301) 415-4737, or bye-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. In addition, the Litchfield Park Branch Library, 101 West Wigwam Boulevard, Litchfield Park, AZ 85340, has agreed to make the final supplement available for public inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr. David Drucker, Program Operations Branch, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop 0-11 F1, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Mr. Drucker may be contacted by telephone at (800) 368-5642, extension 6223, or via e-mail at david.drucker@nrc.gov.

rd Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3 day of January, 2011.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION IRAI Trent Wertz, Chief Program Operations Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

C. Sachs - 2 A separate notice of filing of the final supplemental environmental impact statement was placed in the Federal Register through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on January 21, 2011.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at 301-415-6223, or by e-mail at David.Drucker@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, IRA!

David Drucker, Project Manager Program Operations Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-528, 50-529 and 50-530

Enclosures:

As stated cc w/encls: Distribution via Listserv DISTRIBUTION:

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Ml103510478 (FRN), Ml103560149 (Final Supplement 43)

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