ML13011A131

Revision of Schedule for the Conduct of Environmental Review of the South Texas Project License Renewal Application (TAC Nos. ME5122, ME5123, ME4938, and ME939)

ML13011A131
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	02/11/2013
From:	John Lubinski Division of License Renewal
To:	Rencurrel D South Texas
Tran T, 415-3617
References
TAC ME4938, TAC ME4939, TAC ME5122, TAC ME5123
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UNITED STATES*

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 February ii, 2013 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 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 (STP), Units 1 and 2, 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 STP license renewal review.

On August 10, 2012, the NRC revised the environmental review schedule showing future environmental dates as "to be determined" in order to allow the staff to determine the impacts of a United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia decision on the NRC waste confidence rule update (10 CFR 51.23). The NRC has completed its evaluation and subsequently issued the draft supplemental environmental impact statement for STP license renewal. The enclosed schedule has been updated to reflect updates to future environmental review milestones.

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

Sincerely, John W. Lubinski, 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 I 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 ~11 i Publi,c Meeting -license renewal process and environmental 03/02/11 2111 scoping .

i 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 Audit - scoping and screening methodology 05/16/11 05/20/11 Audit - 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) 12/05/12 12/5112 Public Meeting - draft SEIS 01/15/13 01/15/13 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open item{s) TBD*

End of comment period for the draft SEIS 02/22/13 ACRS subcommittee meeting on SER with open item(s) TBD Issue final SEIS 07/13 Issue SER TBD ACRS full committee meeting on SER TBD NRR decision TBD

• To be determined (TBD)

ENCLOSURE

ML13011A131 *concurred via email OFFICE PM:DLR/RF LA:DLR/RPB2* OGC BC:DLR/RPB1 NAME TTran IKing LSubin DMorey DATE 1/18/13 1/18/13 2/4113 1/24/13 OFFICE BC:DLR/RP D:DLR JLubinski NAME DWrona (MAGalioway fort DATE 1128/13 2/11/13

Letter to D. Rencurrel from J. Lubinski dated February 11, 2013

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)

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