ML17115A108

Request for Partial Site Release from Part 50 License (CAC L53153)

ML17115A108
Person / Time
Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	01/05/2018
From:	John Tappert Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs
To:	Halpin E Pacific Gas & Electric Co
HICKMAN J, 415-3017, T5E05
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CAC L53153
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 January 5, 2018 Mr. Edward D. Halpin Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company P. O. Box 56 Mail Code 104/6 Avila Beach, CA 93424

SUBJECT:

HUMBOLDT BAY POWER PLANT UNIT 3 - REQUEST FOR PARTIAL SITE RELEASE FROM PART 50 LICENSE (CAC NO. L53153)

Dear Mr. Halpin:

By letter dated November 9, 2016, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML16326A004), Pacific Gas and Electric Company requested the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) approval of the acceptability of the release of a portion of the Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 (HBPP) site from the Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50 license. The area to be released consists of approximately 30.4 acres, known as the Fisherman's Channel. You intend to transfer this property to the Humboldt Bay Harbor District. Your letter concluded that the requested action was in accordance with the criteria in Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20 and consistent with the phased release approach described in Section 1.2 of the HBPP License Termination Plan.

The NRC staff has reviewed your proposed partial site release from the license, as specified in your November 9, 2016, letter, and finds the proposed release to be acceptable subject to the following comment:

Following removal from the license, in the unlikely event the released areas were to become radiologically contaminated as a result of later decommissioning activities at the HBPP, the contamination would be considered an off-site release, and subject to 10 CFR Part 20.

Based on the analysis in the enclosed safety evaluation, the proposed release of the 30.4 acres, known as the Fishermans Channel and encompassing Final Status Survey areas OOL 10-11 and OOL 10-12, from the HBPP license is approved.

A copy of the staffs safety evaluation is enclosed.

E. Halpin In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

John Tappert, Director Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 50-133

Enclosure:

Safety Evaluation cc w/enclosure:

Humboldt Bay Service List

E. Halpin

SUBJECT:

HUMBOLDT BAY POWER PLANT UNIT 3 - REQUEST FOR PARTIAL SITE RELEASE FROM PART 50 LICENSE (CAC NO. L53153) -

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Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 Service List cc:

Mr. Edward D. Halpin Redwood Alliance Senior Vice President and P.O. Box 293 Chief Nuclear Officer Arcata, CA 95521 Pacific Gas and Electric Company P. O. Box 56 Dr. Rich Ferguson, Energy Chair Mail Code 104/6 Sierra Club California Avila Beach, CA 93424 1100 11th Street, Suite 311 Sacramento, CA 94814 James Becker Vice President - Diablo Canyon Operations Mr. Gary Butner, Acting Radiation Program and Station Director Director Diablo Canyon Power Plant Radiologic Health Branch PO Box 56 Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 Avila Beach, CA 93424 PO Box 997414 Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 Paul J. Roller Director and Plant Manager Stephen Hsu, M.S., Senior Health Physicist Humboldt Bay Nuclear Radiological Assessment Unit Pacific Gas & Electric Company Radioactive Material Licensing Section 1000 King Salmon Avenue Radiologic Health Branch Eureka, CA 95503 Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 PO Box 997414 Jennifer K. Post Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 Law Department Pacific Gas and Electric Company Commissioner 77 Beale Street, B30A California Energy Commission San Francisco, CA 94105-1814 1516 Ninth Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Chairman, Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Deputy Attorney General County Courthouse State of California 825 Fifth Street 110 West A Street, Suite 700 Eureka, CA 95501 San Diego, CA 92101 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1600 East Lamar Boulevard Arlington, TX 76011-4511 California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness, Room 4102 San Francisco, CA 94102