ML12220A593

Revision of Schedule for the Conduct of Environmental Review of the Limerick Generating Stations Units, 1 and 2, LRA

ML12220A593
Person / Time
Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	08/20/2012
From:	Galloway M Division of License Renewal
To:	Gallagher M Exelon Generation Co
Perkins L, 415-3375
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 20, 2012 Mr. Michael P. Gallagher Vice President License Renewal Projects Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348

SUBJECT:

REVISION OF SCHEDULE FOR THE CONDUCT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE LIMERICK GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION

Dear Mr. Gallagher:

By letter dated June 22,2011, Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon) submitted an application pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54), to renew Operating License NPF-39 and NPF-85 for Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 (LGS) for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff). This letter is to inform you about a schedule change in the LGS license renewal review.

The staff recognizes that final issuance of the renewed Limerick operating license must await the agency's response to a recent remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia regarding the agency's waste confidence rule update (10 CFR Part 51.23).

Nonetheless, the Commission has authorized the staff to proceed with its environmental and safety reviews of license applications in the interim. Consequently, the staff will continue both its safety and environmental reviews of the Limerick license renewal application while the agency formulates its response to the waste confidence remand. Because the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement ("DSEIS") for Limerick discusses issues related to waste confidence, the staff will need additional time to ensure that the DSEIS is consistent with the Commission's directions on waste confidence. Hence, until the staff completes this process, the components of the schedule related to the environmental review are temporarily to be determined (TBD). As soon as possible, the Staff will issue a revised schedule that provides estimated completion dates for the environmental review. If the agency's ultimate resolution of the remanded waste confidence issues further impacts the analysis in the DSEIS or the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, the staff may issue a supplemental Environmental Impact Statement as appropriate. Such a supplement may further affect the staff's review schedule.

M. Gallagher -2 Enclosed is a revised schedule for the review of the LGS license renewal application. The schedule has been updated to reflect a change in the date (Le., TBD) for the issuance of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and the subsequent environmental review milestones.

If you have any questions on the revised schedule, please contact Leslie Perkins by telephone at 301-415-2375 or bye-mail at leslie.perkins@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Melanie A. Galloway, Acting Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-352 and 50-353

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: Listserv

LIMERICK GENERATING STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVISION OF SCHEDULE

• Milestone Schedule Actual I I Receive license renewal application (LRA) m/22/11 06/22/11

• Publish Federal Register Notice (FJ~N) - LRA receipt and availabilit 7/2011 07/26/11 Publish FRN - LRA acceptability, environmental scoping period, 08/2011 08/24/11

, and opportunity for hearing Publish FRN -intent to conduct environmental scoping 08/2011 08/26/11

, Public Meeting - license renewal process and environmental 09/22/11 09/22/11 scoping

• Audit - scoping and screening methodology 09/19-23/11 09/19-23/11 I Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 10/24/11 10/24/11

• Environmental sco~ing ~erioq§i ends 10/28/11 10/28/11

.1'-udit - aging management ~rograms (AMp§)) 10103-14/11 [J::QlQ3-14/11

, Audit - environmental 11/07-10/11 11/07-10/11

• Inspection - scoping, screening, and AMPs 06/04-08/12 06/04-08/12 06/18-22/12 06/18-22/12 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open item(s) 07/2012 07/31/12 Issue draft supplemental environmel'1~al impact statement (SEIS) TBD*

Publish FRN- draft SEIS available for comments TBD*

ACRS subcommittee meeting on SER with open item(s) 09/2012 Public Meeting - draft SEIS meeting TBD*

= ~ of comment e<'rtod for the draft SEIS TBD*

ssue final SER 01/2013

.,CRS Full Committee meeting on SER 02/2013 Issue final SEIS TBD*

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FRN - Availability of final TBD*

SEIS NRR decision TBD*

• To be determined (TBD)

ENCLOSURE

Letter to M. Gallagher from M. Galloway dated August XX, 2012

SUBJECT:

REVISION OF SCHEDULE FOR THE CONDUCT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE LIMERICK GENERATING STATION Units, 1 AND 2 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION DISTRIBUTION:

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M. Gallagher - 2 Enclosed is a revised schedule for the review of the LGS license renewal application. The schedule has been updated to reflect a change in the date (i.e., TBD) for the issuance of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and the subsequent environmental review milestones.

If you have any questions on the revised schedule, please contact Leslie Perkins by telephone at 301-415-2375 or bye-mail at leslie.perkins@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, IRA!

Melanie A. Galloway, Acting Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-352 and 50-353

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: Listserv DISTRIBUTION:

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Letter to M. Gallagher from M. Galloway dated August 20, 2012

SUBJECT:

REVISION OF SCHEDULE FOR THE CONDUCT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE LIMERICK GENERATING STATION Units, 1 AND 2 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION DISTRIBUTION:

E-MAIL:

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NSieller, RI NMcNamara, RI DScrenci, RI NSheehan, RI