ML20126L474

Responds to Expressing Concerns Re Decommissioning of Plant.Decision to Decommission Will Be Predicated on Util Taking Adequate Steps to Protect Public & Environ.Des Expected by 850731 & Fes by 851031

ML20126L474
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Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	06/10/1985
From:	Zwolinski J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Genelly R AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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Mr. Richard E. Genelly 1624 Hyland Street Bayside, California 95524

Dear Mr. Genelly:

In your letter of February 23, 1985 to Mr. Peter Erickson of my staff you expressed your concern about the proposed 30 year storage of nuclear wastes at the Humboldt Bay nuclear power plant. Your letter as well as letters from others in Humboldt County and elsewhere have become part of the official record of the decommissioning of this plant.

It is the responsibility of the Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC) to assure that the decommissioning of Humboldt Bay power plant is conducted in a manner that does not endanger the health and safety of the public.

In order to accomplish that, the NRC requires that Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG8E) submit a Decomissioning Plan describing how the decomissioning will be conducted and an Environmental Repert which describes the environmental aspects of the decomissioning. Both of these documents were submitted to the NRC on July 30, 1984 and we have completed our initial review. Questions generated during the review have been sent to PG&E on January 23 and February 14, this year and PG&E has provided responses to most of the questions. The NRC is currently evaluating those responses.

An important aspect of the decommissioning planning is the receipt of conments from the public. For the Humboldt plent, this was done through the public meetings held on September 10 and December 4,1984 in Eureka, California as well as through letters such as yours. Both PG&E and the NRC need to know what the public environmental and safety concerns are so that they may be adequately considered during the decommissioning process. Consequently, the transcripts of the meetings as well as the letters become part of the official decommissioning record and are reviewed to detemine if there are additional facts which should be considered. The transcripts, the letters from the public and Pil correspondence from PG&E and the NRC are available in the Humboldt County Library, 421 I Street (County Courthouse), Eureka, California.

Following our review of environmental issues we will publish a " Draft Environmental Impact Statement" (Draft EIS) that will be made available to the public in the Humboldt County Library and will also be sent to State and Humboldt County agencies as well as other Federal agencies. This Draft EIS will present the NRC evaluation of potential environmental impacts

, of decommissioning the Humboldt plant. Comments on the Draft FIS from State, local and Federal agencies and the public will be included and evaluated in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS).

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2-After the staff reviews are complete and if it is determined that PG&E has I taken the precautions necessary to assure no undue risk to the he~alth and safety of the public and the environment, the decommissioning will be approved and the NRC will publish a Final EIS, In summary, I want to assure you that an extensive evaluation of all of the pertinent information, including comments from concerned citizens, regarding the decommissioning is undertaken before a NRC decision is made. A favorable decision will be predicated on PG8E taking adequate steps to protect the public and the environment during its activities. Our target date for completing the . Draft EIS is July 31, 1985 and for completing our final action on the decommissioning plan and the Final EIS is October 31, 1985.

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In summary, I want to assure you that an extensive evaluation of all of the pertinent information, including comments from concerned citizens, regarding the decommissioning is undertaken before a NRC decision is made. A favorable decision will be predicated on PG&E taking adequate steps to protect the public and the environment during its activities. Our target date for completing the Draft EIS is July 31, 1985 and for completing our final action on the decommissioning plan and the Final'EIS is October 31, 1985.

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