ML17138B454
| ML17138B454 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 08/18/1980 |
| From: | Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Musto R HOUSE OF REP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8009100082 | |
| Download: ML17138B454 (22) | |
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The purpose of the NRC draft statement is to evaluate the potential environmental impact of the reservoir and to encourage a discussion by PP8IL and other interested parties.
The draft statement should not be interpreted as a final statement.
The NRC draft statement has been reviewed by PPSL.
On Nay 29, 1980, PP8L sent the following response to the NRC,'", "He (PPEL) are currently reviewing the design concept for the spillway and will consider the NRC's comments in this review..
As design approval for the, project will rest with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, the design will meet their criteria.
He (PP8IL) will inform the NRC of any revisions to the spillway concept."
The Pond Hill Reservoir and its dam are being constructed because the Susquehanna River Basin Commission requires that water consumption be compensated by users during periods of low river flow.
The reset voir is not needed for the safe operation or shutdown of the nuclear power plant.
The NRC is, therefore, not reviewing the safety of the dam but rather the potential environmental impact of the construction and operation of the dam.
The NRC will complete its environmental impact review and document the results in the Final Environmental Statement scheduled for completion December 1980.
For additiona'l information regarding the dam design criteria and dam safety, we suggest that you contact the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, P. 0. Box 2063, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120.
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Her letter addressed the potential impact of a dam failure of the Pond Hill Reservoir which Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
{PPSL) is considering for future construction.
Her letter refers to the NRC draft statement which is documented in NUREG-0564.
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revised to reflect Hr. Cutchin's comments (attached).
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Comments on Letters to Congressmen Schweiker and Musto about
'Potential Dam Failure at Pond Hill Reservoir These letters do not, but should, put the NRC's statements in NUREG-0554 about potential dam failure at Pond Hill Reservoir in better perspective.
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(Each letter should also mention that the same request by the same Constituent was referred to us by the other Congressman.)
Pond Hill Reservoir and its dam are not being constructed because the water source is required for safe operation or l~tKi ~ of the nuclear plant but because the Susquehanna River Basin Commission requires that river." flows be supplemented by users during periods of low flow.
Because the reservoir and
'its dam are not safety-related, the NRC is not reviewing the dam's design for he purpose of approving the cLam's design, but for the purpose of evaluating the potential environmental impacts that might result from the dam's construction
'and operation as designed.
However, the criteria used by the NRC in evaluating the potential environmental impacts that might result from construction and ope'ration of a non-safety-related dam are the same as those that it (and other major federal 'agencies with dam design review functions) would use in assessing and approving the design adequacy of safety-related
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predicts potential failure of the dam if it is subjected to a maximum probable i
flood.
Because NRC disclaims design approval responsibility and authority for this dam, I suggest that the penultimate paragraph be deleted, or modified to.make clear that further. review of spillway design is being conducted solely for the purpose of determining whether our conclusions about potential dam failure would change.
Finally, I suggest that Bill Bivins, Hydrologist and NRC Dam Safety Officer, be given an opportunity to comment on the proposed letters before they are finalized and dispatched.
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RVollmer In your letter of June 26, 1980, you requested the>t<RC comments on a letter written by one of your constituents, h1s. Kathie Spallone.
Her letter addressed the potential for dam failure of the Pond Hill,lfeservoir which Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (PP&L) is considering/For future construction.
Her letter refers to the NRC study which is docyRiented in the Supplement to NUREG-0564.
The NRC hydrologic criteria weFe developed by the NRC staff for safety related nuclear power plant dams uhder very severe conditions.
The Pond Hill reservoir is not safety relat/d.
NUREG-0564 discusses the differences<'between the NRC hydrologic criteria and the hydrologic criteria used by PP&I..
The NRC study has been reviewed by PP&L.
On fly'9, 1980, PP&L seng~~the following response to the NRC; "Lle (PP&L) are currently reviewing the design concept for the spillway and will consider the NRC's comments in this review.
As design approval for the project will rest with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, the final design will meet their criteria.
Me (PP&L) will inform the NRC of any revisions to the spillway concept.","
The NRC will complete oar review of the spillway design during the Final Environmental Statement preparation scheduled for December 1980; however, it remains our position~)that the dam serves no essential safety function and therefore would not~be subject to NRC review.
/f Consequently, foyf~further Information regarding the dam ue suggest that you contact the Peqnsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, P. P.
Box 2063, Harri sburg, Pennsyl vani a 17120.
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205l5 June 26, 1980 Hon. John F. Ahearne
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Dear Mr. Ahearne:
,W Enclosed please find. a constituent letter concerning""
the Pond Hill Reservoir which the Pennsylvania Power and-,
Light Company is intenting to construct near the site oX the Ber'wick, Pa. plant.
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Sincerely yours,'M/11 RAPHAEL M STO, M.C.
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,Mr. Chilk, I am writing to request time to make a Limited Appearance Statement at the licensing hearing's for Pennsylvania Power and Light's Susquehanna Steam Electric Stations 1 and 2 under construction in Berwick, Pennsylvania (Docket numbers 50-387 and 50-388).
Please inform me when and where, these hearings will take place and when I will be able to speak.
I also would like to request that time be made available in the evenings and~ or on weekends for these statements to insure grea er public input.
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UNITED STATES OF Ai~lERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY CO~QIISS ION In the Matter o PENNSYLVANIA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY (Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2)
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Docket No.(s) 50-387 50-,388 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document(s) upon each person designated on the official service list compiled by the Office of the Secretary of the Commission in this proceeding in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.712 of 10 CFR Part 2-Rules of Practice, of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Rules and Regulations.
Dated at Washington,D.C. this day of I 19'\\
Offic f the Secretary of the ommission
UNITED STATES OP AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COi ISS ION In the Matter of PENNSYLVANIA POWER AND LIGHT
(Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2)
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Docket No.(s) 50387 50-388 SERVICE LIST Charles Bechhoefer,'sq.,
Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Dr. Judith H. Johnsrud Co. Director, Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power 433 Orlando Avenue State College, Pennsylvania 16801 Mr. Glenn O. Bright Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U. S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
20555 Dr. Oscar H. Paris
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20555 Counsel for NRC Staff Office of the Executive Legal Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Jay E. Silberg, Esq.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts
& Trowbridge 1800 "HY Street, N.W.
Washington,'D.C.
20036 Pennsylvania Power and Light Company ATTN:
Hr. Norman W. Curtis Vice President Engineering and Construction.
2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 Hs. Colleen Marsh 558A
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//4 Mount Top, Pennsylvania 18707 Hr.
Thomas J. Halligan Correspondent CAND P.O.
Box 5
Sacranton, Pennsylvania 18501 Gerald Schultz, Esq.
Susquehanna Environmental Advocates 174 Machell Avenue Dallas, Pennsylvania 18612 Hr. Thomas H. Gerusky, Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Department of Environmental Resources Commonwealth of Pennsylvania P.O.
Box 2063 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Albert E. Vogel, Jr.,
Esq.
Assistant Attorney General Dept. of Environmental Resources P.O.
Box 2357 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
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