ML19224A594
| ML19224A594 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | New Haven |
| Issue date: | 02/26/1979 |
| From: | Gossick L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Zielinski C NEW YORK, STATE OF |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7903190045 | |
| Download: ML19224A594 (13) | |
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Mr. Cha rl es A. Zi el i nski Chai rman New York State Public Service Commi ssion Agency Building 2 Empire State Plaza Albany, New York 12223
Dear Mr. Zielinski :
Enclosed is the original and six copies of an agreement between NRC and the New York State Public Service Ccomission (PSC). Thi s agreement i s the result of discussions held between our staffs since last fall.
The agreement calls upon the PSC staff to provide a number of specific sections for the NRC's Draft and Final Environmental Statements.
It is hoped that, with this cooperative arrangement, we will be able to issue the Final Enviromental Statement for the New Haven Nuclear Scation on a schedule which is compatible with your review of the New York State Electric and Gas (NYSE&G) application for NYSE&G 1 and 2.
Based on a recent conversation between our staffs, it is our understanding that the Department of Environmental Conservation wi shes to be a co-signer of the agreement on behalf of the State of New York.
Since the lunctional purpose of this agreement is to provide NRC with technical support services from the DPS staff, we are concerned that incorporating another state agency with no explicit responsibilities under the agreement as a co-signatory would serve no useful management purpcse, and could unnecessarily complicate wha t i s al ready an ambitious undertaki ng.
I executed the agreement on behal f of the NRC on February 26,1979, and hope that you will be able to execute the agreement on behalf of your agency and the State of New York.n the very near future.
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Mr. Charles A. Zielinski In the meantime, the legal offices of both of our staffs are working on
'he preparation of a joint motion wn.ch will be filed with the hearing boards. The purpose of the joint motion will be to set up procedures to be followed for the conduct of joint hearirgs on the New Haven application.
Sincerely, u j Lee V. Gossick Executive Director for Operations
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AGREElENT BETWEEN THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATCRY CC"MISSICN Thi s agreenent is promulgated under the provi sions of the "Menoranden of Understanding Between the New York State Board on Electrical Generation Siting and the Envi ronnent and the Depa rtments of Envi ramnental Conserva-tion and Public Service and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cenni ssion," dated Ma rch 1978.
PURPOSE This agreenent between the New York Cepa rtment of Public Service (DPS) and the United States Nuclear Regulatory Ccnnission (NRC) sets forth mutually acceptable levels of cooperation between the DPS and NRC related to providing NRC with speci fic technical support of the DPS staff in the preparation of designated sections of the NRC's nraft Environnental Statement (DES) und Final Er.vironnental S itenent (FES) for New Haven Nuclea r <r= tion, Unit Nos. I and 2.
It is the intent of.hi s agreement that the technical staff of the PPS will provide services involving analysis, evalua tion and written material in pre-sel ected subject area s, utili zing the NRC's Environnental Standa rd Review Plans. This cooperative endeavor is intended to reduce duplication, provide for nore effective use of resources and permit a nore orderly a nd ef fici ent hea ri ng.
IMPLEMENTATION 1.
Thi s agreenent shall apply to evaluation of the apolication for a construction permit subnitted by New York State Electric and Ga s for the New Haven Nuclear Sta tion, Units 1 and 2.
2.
The staff of the DPS will provide to the NRC information for inclusion in the CES and FES which shall primarily consi st of technical review a ssi stance in the subject area s of need for cower, hydrology, land use, dencgraphy, ecol ogy (aqua tic and terrestrial), soci o-econcnics, plant and transnission facility description (to include non-radiological wa ste systens), non-radiological monitoring prograns, irpacts frcn construction and operation, environnental noi se, alternative plant a nd tra nt 'ssi on systens. The agreenent pertains to the DPS sta ff providins input to specific sections of the DES and FES regardino these subject a reas. The speci fic sections a re identi fied in Accendix 1 to thi s agreenent.
3.
Thi s agreement shall not certain to evalua tion of or creta ration of a ny inforna tion and analyses a ssociated wi th radiol ogical i m pa c t s.
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Technical work for the ERC covered by this agreement vn 11 be conducted under the direction of the NRC staff and ranagenent to ensure that the technical adequacy i s sufficient to neet the NRC requi rements. The Di rector of the Office of Environ-mental Planning will provide management a ssi stance to ensure that the work i s consistent with the state responsibilities of DPS staff.
5.
The NRC will provide guidance as to format, scope and schedule of information to be provided under thi s agreenent. The input will be in narrative form and conform to the requi re7ents set forth in the NRC's Environ 7 ental Standard Review Plans (ESRP's).
Numerous ESRP's have not yet been finalized or are undergoing revi sion by the NRC; however, the present ESRP's form a sound ba si s for revi ew under thi s agreement.
NRC i s responsible for providing current versions of all ESRP's relevant to the agreed upon subject area s.
6.
The NRC will be responsible for all studies required to veri fy the applicant's air and water quality modeling and for ensuring that the res alts of those studies are crovided to the DPS in a timely fa shion.
7.
A schedule, including tentative dates for submi ssion of technical input to the NRC, i s included in Aopendix 2 to thi s agreement.
8.
Where di fferences of opinion on technical matters between the staffs of DPS and NRC occur in the preparation of the environnental statements, every reasonable attempt will be made to resolve these di fferances at the various staff and management levels prior to issua nce of the Draft and/or Fi r21 Environnenta' Statement.
If differences cannot be resolved, i t i s the responsi sility of 'iRC to see that both positions are included and adecur tely explained in the enviornmental statements.
9.
If the DPS determines that it does not have the technical expertise to adequa tely address a speci fic reqai rement set forth in an ESRP, the DPS shall promptly in'orm the NRC i n writing of thi s determination.
Consul ta tion shall then be held between the staffs of the DPS and NRC so that a 413 005 mutually acceptable approach for sa ti sfyi ng the requi rerent i s obtai ned.
In the event that agreement cannot be reached, the NRC shall assume responsibility for insuring that the requi. ment i s adequa tely addressed in the envi ronrental sta teme nt.
- 10. The DPS will provide quali fied persons to review and prepa re technical input as provided for in thi s agreement. These persons will be made available as witnesses on the subject for which they provided input. These persons will al so provide, a s i s deemed necessary by the NRC, suppl enental testimony on these subjects.
Before the DPS a ssigns any person to pa rtici pate in the review, said person's quali fication will be provided to the NRC.
The NRC reserves the right to reject any such person that it deens to be unacceptabl e.
- 11. NRC agrees to compensate the CPS for any travel excenses necessary to comply wi th thi s agreenent. NRC wil.1 cenpensate the DPS for activities specifically performed for NRC.
The terms of an agree-ment for compensation to the DPS shall be specified in writing prior to the commencement of activities to be performed for NRC.
- 12. Nothing in this agreement is intended to restrict or expand the statutory authority of either the DPS or FRC.
- 13. Thi s agreement shall take effect immediately upon signing by the Chai rman of the New York State Public Service Comni ssion and the Executive Di rector for Ocerations of the Nuclea r Regulatory Commission and may be terminated upon 30 days written notice by either pa rty.
la. The services of second parties and other agencies of New Ycrk State, such a s the Cepa rtment of Envi ronmental Conservation, may be utilized by the CPS i n meeting its obligations set forth in thi s agreenent.
NRC i s to be advi sed and kept informed of the extent to which others are involved in the review and reserves the right to limit such pa rtici pa tion after appropriate censu! ?ation with the DPS.
- 15. Thi s agreement shall be in effect as long as the Chai rman of the New York State PSC and the Chairman of tne NRC agree to conduct a joint hearing on the New Haven Nuclear Station, Units I and 2.
If for any reason the agreement to conduct a joint hearing is terminated, the resconsibilities sta ted in thi s agreement ay be terminated ucon thirty (30) days written notice by either pa rty.
- 16. The princi pal contact 'or thi s agreement shall be the NPC Assi stant Di rector for Envi ronnental Projects or hi s designee a nd the nPS Ci rector for Envi ronmental Planning or hi s designee.
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. 17. If any provi sion of thi s agreenent, or the a colication thereo#
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of thi s agreenent, a nd the application of such provi sions to other cersons or circunstances, other than those a s to which it i s held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
New York State Depa rtment of Public Service By:
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Appendix 1 ENVIR0rit' ENTAL STATEt1E!1T SECTIONS T0 BE PREPARED BY THE STAFF OF THE NE'a YORK DEPARTt'Etli 0F PUBLIC SERVICE 1.
INTRODUCTION 1.1 THE PROPOSED PROJECT 1.2 STATUS CF REVIEWS AND APPROVALS 2.
ENVIRONMENTAL DESCRIPTIONS 2.1 SITE LOCATION 2.2 LAND 2.2.1 The Site ana Vicinity 2.2.2 Transmission Corridors and Offsite Areas 2.2.3 The Region 2.3 WATER 2.3.1 Hydrol ogy 2.3.2 Water Use 2.3.3 Water Cuality 2.4 ECOLOGY 2.J.1 Terrestrial Ecology
- 2. J.1.1 The Site and Vicinity
- 2. 4.1. 2 Transmi ssion Corridors.. Of f site Areas 2.4.2 Aquatic Ecology 2.4.2.1 The Site and Vicinity 2.4.2.2 Transmission Corridors and Offsite Areas 413 0 015
Appendix 1 2.5 SOC I0 ECON 0t1ICS 2.5.1 Demography 2.5.2 Community Characteristics 2.5.3 Historic and Archeological Sites and Natural Landnarks 2.6 GEOLOGY (with NRC) 2.7 METEOROLOGY (with NRC) 3.
PLANT DESCRIPTION 3.1 EXTERNAL APPEARANCE AND PLANT LAYOUT 3.2 REACTCR STEAM-ELECTRIC SYSTEM 3.3 PLANT WATER USE 3.3.1 Wa ter Consumption 3.3.2 Wa ter Treatment 3.4 COOLING SYSTEM 3.4.1 System Description and Operation Modes 3.4.2 Ccmponent Descriptions 3.6 NONRADICACTIVE WASTES SYSTEMS 3.6.1 Wastes Containing Chemicals or Biocides 3.6.2 Senitary System Wastes 3.6.3 Other Wastes 3.7 POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS 4
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS CF CONSTRUCTION 4.1 LAND-USE IMPACTS 4.1.1 The Site and Vicinity 4.1. 2 Transmission Corridors and Off site Areas 413 GolaD c
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Appendix 1 4.1. 3 Hi storic/Archeolgical Si tes 4.1. 3.1 The Site and Vicinity 4.1.3.2 Transmission Corridors and Offsite Areas 4.2 HYDROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS AND WATER-USE IMPACTS 4.2.1 Hydrologi il Alterations 4.2.2 Water-Use Impacts 4.3 ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS 4.3.1, Terrestrial Ecosystens 4.3.1.1 The Site and Vicinity
- 4. 3.1. 2 Transmission Corridors and Off site Areas 4.3.2 Aouatic Ecosystems
<.3.2.1 The Site and Vicinity 4.3.2.2 Transmission Corridors and Offsite Areas 4.4 SOCI0 ECONOMIC IMPACTS 4.4.1 Physical 4.a.2 Social and Economic 4.6 MEASURES AND CCNTROLS TO LIMIT ADVERSE IMPACTS DURING CONSTRUCTICN 4.6.1 Applicant's Commitnents 4.6.2 Staff Evaluation and Reccomendations 5.
ENV!RONMENTAL IMPACTS OF STATION OPERATION 5.1 LAND-USE IMPACTS 5.1.1 The Site and Vicinity 5.1. 2 Transmission Corridors and Of# site Areas 5.1. 3 Historic / Archeological Sites (hll]
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Appendix 1 5.2 HYDROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS, PLANT WATER SUPP' AND WATER-USE If1 PACTS 5.2.1 Hydrological Alterations and Plant Water Supply 5.2.2 Water-Use Impacts 5.3 COOLING-SYSTEM IMPACTS 5.3.1 Intake System
- 5. 3.1.1 Hydrodynamic Descriptions and Physical Impacts
- 5. 3.1. 2 Aquatic Impacts 5.3.2 Di scharge System
- 5. 3. 2.1 Themal Description and Physical Impacts 5.3.2.2 Aquatic Impacts 5.3.3 Heat 01 ssipation System
- 5. 2. 3.1 Heat Dissipation to the Atmosphere 5.3.3.2 Impacts to Terrestrial Ecosystems 5.5 NONRADICACTIVE-WASTE-SYSTEM IMPACTS 5.6 TRANSMISSION-SYSTEM If1 PACTS 5.5.1 Terrestri al 5.5.2 Aqua tic 5.5.3 Impacts to Man 5.8 SOCICECONCfi1C IMPACTS 5.8.1 Physical 5.8.2 Social and Econcmic 5.10 MEASLRES AND LONTROLS TO LIMIT ADVERSE IMPACTS OURING OPEPATION 5.10.1 Acplicant's Commitments 5.10.2 Staff Evaluation and Reconmencations olL
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ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUR0!ENTS AND MONITCRING PROGRN15 6.1 THERMAL 6.3 HYOR0 LOGICAL 6.4 M".TECR0 LOGIC AL 6.5 BIOLOGICAL 6.5.1 Terrestrial Ecology and Land Use 6.5.2 Aquatic Ecology 6.6 CHEMICAL 6.7 STAFF RECCMMENCATIONS 6.7.1 Site Preparation and Construction Monitoring 6.7.2 Preoperational Monitoring 8.
THE NEED FCR ThE PLANT 8.1 DESCRIPTICH CF THE POWER SYST24 8.1.1 Service Area 8.1. 2 Regional Relationsnips 8.2 ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND PEAKLCAD DEMAND 8.2.1 Power and Energy Recuirements 8.2.2 Facto. s Af fecting Growth of Demand 8.3 PCWER SUPPLY 8.3.1 Existing anc olanned Generating Capacity 8.3.2 Purchases and Sales 8.4 STAFF ASSESSMENT CF NEED 413 cr7:3 c)l:1
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ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROJECT 9.2 ALTERNATIVE SITES 9.3 ALTERNATIVE PLANT AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS 9.3.1 Heat Dissipation Systems 9.3.2 Circulating Water Systems 9.3.2.1 Intake Systems 9.3.2.2 Di schar,e Systems 9.3.2.3 Water Supply 9.3.2.4 Water Treatment 9.3.3 Nonradioactive-Waste-Treatnent Systems 9.3.4 Transmission Systems 9.3.4.1 Alternative Routes 9.3.4.2 Al ternative Design, Construction, and Maintenance 413 m or3
Apcendix 2 TECHNICAL INP'JT SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF NEW HAVEN 1 AND 2 CP APPLICATION May 16,1979 Preliminary Drafts of Enviromental Statement Chapters 1, 2, and 3 June 14,1979 Preliminary Drafts of Envirometal Statement Cha pters 4, 5, 6, a nd 7 June 23,1979 Fi nal Drafts of Envi romental Sta tenent Cha pters 1, 2, a nd 3 July 11,1979 Prelimi nary d ra fts of Envi ronrental Sta tenent Cha pters 8, 9, a nd 10 July 16,1979 Final Drafts of Enviromental Statement Cha pters 4, 5, 6, a nd 7 July 30,1979 Fi nal Drafts of Envi ramental Statement Chapters 8, 9, and 10 August 16, 1979 PDES August 31, 1979 NRC/NY/ Lab final revi ew September 17, 1979 DES rel ea sed for publication October 1,1979 DES Issued Cctober 9, 1979 DES FRN Decerber 6,1979 End of Ccerent Period Ja nua ry l a,1980 FES relea sed for publication Ja nua ry 21, 1980 FES i ssued Ja nua ry 23, 1980 FES FRN Al3 015 O/1