ML11290A226

Revision of Schedule for the Conduct of Environmental Review of the South Texas Project License Renewal Application

ML11290A226
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	03/19/2012
From:	Galloway M Division of License Renewal
To:	Rencurrel D South Texas
Tran T
References
TAC ME4938, TAC ME5122, TAC ME5123, TAC ME4939
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 March 19, 2012 Mr. D. W. Rencurrel Senior Vice President, Technical Support and Oversight STP Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483

SUBJECT:

REVISION OF SCHEDULE FOR THE CONDUCT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NOS. ME5122, ME5123, ME4938, AND ME4939)

Dear Mr. Rencurrel:

By letter dated October 25,2010, STP Nuclear Operating Company (the applicant) submitted an application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54), to renew operating licenses NPF-76 and NPF-80 for the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 (STP) for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Staff).

While reviewing the information contained in the license renewal application and the associated Environmental Report, the staff identified areas where additional information concerning severe accident mitigation alternatives (SAMA) was needed to complete the review (letters dated May 31, 2011, and September 1, 2011). Due to the complexity of the issues, you required additional time beyond the scheduled response date to respond to the requests and submitted your latest responses on February 16, 2012. Due to our receiving the responses later than Initially scheduled, we are updating the review schedule.

Enclosed is a revised schedule for the review of the STP license renewal application. The schedule has been updated to reflect a change in the date for the issuance of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and subsequent environmental milestones. As indicated in the updated schedule, the extension of the environmental review is not expected to adversely impact the schedule for a decision on the STP license renewal.

D. W. Rencurrel -2 If you have any questions on the revised schedule, please contact Tam Tran at 301-415-3617 or bye-mail at tam.tran@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, fLJ-a~Q~~J Melanie A. Galloway, Acting Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: Listserv

SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVISION OF SCHEDULE Milestone Schedule Actual Receive license renewal application (LRA) 10/26/10 10/28/10 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA receipt and availability 12/09/10 12/09/10 Publish FRN - LRA acceptability, environmental scoping period, and 01/13/11 01/13/11 opportunity for hearing Publish FRN - intent to conduct environmental scoping 01/31/11 01/31/11 Public Meeting - license renewal process and environmental scoping 03/02/11 03/02/11 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 03/14/11 03/14/11 Environmental scoping periods ends 04/01/11 04/01/11

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Audit - scoDing and screenina methodoloav 05/16/11 05/20/11 cAudit

- - -........- aging management programs (AMPs) 06/13/11 06/24/11 Audit - environmental 07/11/11 07/11/11 Inspection scoping, screening. and AMPs 08/2011 08/07/11 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) 06/2012*

Public Meeting - draft SEIS 07/2012*

Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open item(s) 06/2012 End of comment period for the draft SEIS 08/2012*

ACRS subcommittee meeting on SER with open item(s)

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Issue SER 10/2012 ACRS full committee meeting on SER 12/2012 212013

• Revised date for the review of additional Severe Accident Mitigation Alternative Information ENCLOSURE

Letter to G. T. Powell from Melanie A. Galloway dated March 19, 2012

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D. W. Rencurrel -2 If you have any questions on the revised schedule, please contact Tam Tran at 301-415-3617 or bye-mail at tam.tran@nrc.gov.

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Melanie A. Galloway, Acting Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499

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