ML12237A123
| ML12237A123 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Limerick  |
| Issue date: | 08/24/2012 |
| From: | Matthew Smith NRC/OGC |
| To: | William Froehlich, Kastenberg W, Kennedy M Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| RAS 23352, 50-352-LR, 50-353-LR, ASBP 12-916-04-LR-BD01 | |
| Download: ML12237A123 (9) | |
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August 24, 2012 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge William J. Froehlich, Chair Dr. William E. Kastenberg Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: T-3F23 Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Dr. Michael F. Kennedy Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC (Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2)
Docket Nos. 50-352-LR/ 50-353-LR RE: Change to the Schedule for the Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement
Dear Administrative Judges:
This letter informs the Board that the NRC Staff has revised the schedule for completion of the environmental review in this proceeding. The attached letter from Melanie Galloway, Acting Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, to Michael P.
Gallagher, Vice President License Renewal Projects, Exelon Generation Company, LLC, explains that the date for completion of the environmental review is to be determined while the Staff ensures that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement is consistent with the Commissions directions on waste confidence. The attached letter recognizes that the Commission has directed the Staff to proceed with ongoing reviews of license applications and indicates that the Staff will issue a revised environmental review schedule, with estimated completion dates, as soon as possible.
Sincerely, Signed (electronically) by Maxwell C. Smith Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-1246 E-mail: maxwell.smith@nrc.gov Date of signature: August 24, 2012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of )
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EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC ) 50-352-LR/ 50-353-LR
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(Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2) )
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Letter Regarding Change to the Schedule for the Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement in the above captioned proceeding have been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, this 24th day of August, 2012:
William J. Froehlich, Chair U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop: T-3F23 Mail Stop: O-16C1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 hearingdocket@nrc.gov William.Froehlich@nrc.gov Dr. Michael F. Kennedy U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Mail Stop: T-3F23 Mail Stop: O-16C1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 ocaamail@nrc.gov Michael.Kennedy@nrc.gov Dr. William E. Kastenberg Exelon Generation Company, LLC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 4300 Warrenville Road Mail Stop: T-3F23 Warrenville, IL 60555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission J. Bradley Fewell, Deputy General Counsel Washington, DC 20555-0001 Bradley.Fewell@exeloncorp.com William.Kastenberg@nrc.gov
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Geoffrey H. Fettus 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Natural Resources Defense Counsel Washington, DC 20004 1152 15th Street NW Alex S. Polonsky, Esq. Washington, DC 20005 apolonsky@morganlewis.com gfettus@nrdc.org Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.
ksutton@morganlewis.com Anthony Z. Roisman National Legal Scholars Law Firm, P.C.
241 Poverty Lane, Unit 1 Lebanon, NH 03766 aroisman@nationallegalscholars.com
/Signed (electronically) by/
Maxell C. Smith Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-1246 E-mail: maxwell.smith@nrc.gov Date of signature: August 24, 2012
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*
- 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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