ML18051B020
| ML18051B020 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 08/07/1984 |
| From: | Paulson W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Vandewalle D CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| References | |
| LSO5-84-08-005, LSO5-84-8-5, NUDOCS 8408090179 | |
| Download: ML18051B020 (2) | |
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Docket No.
50-255 lS05-84-08-005 Mr~ David J. VandeWalle Nuclear Licensing Administrator Consumers Power Company 1945 W. Parnall Road Jackson, Michigan 49201
Dear Mr. VandeWalle:
August 7, 1984 *
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE - PALISADES PLANT Your letter dated Ap~il 17, 1984 requested an exemption from Appendi~ E to 10 CFR Part 50 to exclude State and county participation in the.*
Palisades annual emergency preparedness exercise scheduled for Au~ust *21, 1984. This request was based on a 1 etter dated January 18, 1984 that
- you received from the State of Michigan which notified you that the State:
had exercised its option under 44 CFR 350 t~ exclude State and. local governments from participation. in the August 1984 exercise.
On July 6, 1984, a revision to Appendix E to fo CFR Part 50 was published in the Federal Register (49 FR ~7733) which, among other_provisionss relaxes the frequency of participation of State and local gove'rnments in emergency preparedness exercises. The new rule requir~s that State and.
local governments participate in emergency preparedness exercises every
.*2 years *with a provision for remedial exercises to assure that deficiencies
' a're corrected.
- This new rule wi 11 be effective Au~u
.. st 6., 1984.
- Accordingly, the exemption that you requested i~ not required in vfew of t.he.
effective date of this new rule. The NRC staff does not intend to take
.. anyfurther~action on your April 17, 1984 exemption request.
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Mr. David J. VandeWalle cc M. I. Miller, Esquire Isham, Lincoln & Beale Suite 4200 One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60670 Mr. Paul A. Perry, Secretary Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 Judd L. Bacon, Esquire Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 James G. Keppler, Regional Administrator Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region III 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137
_Township Supervisor Covert Township.
Route 1, Box 10 Van Buren County, Michigan 49043 Office of the Governor Room 1 - Capitol Building Lansing, Michigan 48913 Palisades Plant ATTN:
Mr. Robert *Montross Plant Manager Covert, Michigan 49043 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Federal Activities Branch Region V Office ATTN:
Regional Radiation Representative 230 South Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 60604 Resident Inspector c/o U.S. NRC Palisades Plant Route 2, P. 0. Box 155 Covert, Michigan 49043 August 7, 1984 Lee E. Jager, P.E., Chief Environmental and Occupational Health Services Administration Michigan Department of Public Health 3500 N. Logan Street Post Office Box 30035 Lansing, Michigan 48909