ML20126M442

Advises That All Info Re Decommissioning of Facility, Including Comments from Citizens,Considered by NRC Before Decisions Made.Correspondence Available in Humboldt County Library.Fes Anticipated by 851031

ML20126M442
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Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	06/10/1985
From:	Zwolinski J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Longwater L AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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NUDOCS 8506200334
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June 10, 1985 Ms. Linda Longwater P. O. Box 182 Honeydew, California 95545 ,

Dear Ms. Longwater:

In your letter of January 1985 to Mr. Peter Erickson of my staff you expressed i your concern and requested information on the decomissioning of 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 Commission (NRC) to assure that the decomissioning 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 (PG&E) submit a Decommissioning Plan describing how the decommissioning will be conducted and an Environmental Report which describes the

' environmental aspects of the decommissioning. 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 PG8E 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 comments from the public. For the Humboldt plant, 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 decomissioning record and are reviewed to determine if there are additional facts which should be considered. The transcripts, the letters from the public and all correspondence from PG&E and the NRC are available in the Humboldt

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County Library, 421 I Street (County Courthouse), Eureka, California.  ;

Following our review of environmental issues we will publish a " Draft i Environmental Impact Statement" (Draft EIS) that will be made available 1 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 decomissioning the Humboldt plant. Coments on the Draft EIS from -l 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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After the staff reviews are complete and if it is determined that PG&E has taken the precautions necessary to assure ne undue risk to the health and sa#ety of the public and the environment, the decommissioning widl be approved and the NRC will publish a Final EIS.

Te sumary, I want to assure you that an extensive evaluation of all of the pertinent infnnaation, including comments from concerned citizens, reoarding the decomissioninn 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 Dreft EIS is July 31, 1985 and for conpletino our final action on the decomissioning plan and the Final EIS is October 31, 1985. k'e will send you a copy of the Draft EIS when it is available.

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June 10, 1985 Ms. Linda Lcngwater After the staff reviews are complete and if it is determined that PG&E has taken the precautions necessary to assure no undue risk to the health and safety of the public and the environment, the deconnissioning will be approved and the NRC will publish a Final EIS.

In sumnary, I want to assure you that an extensive evaluation of all of the pertinent information, including coments from concerned citizens, regarding the decomissioning 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 durina 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.

We will send you a copy of the Draft EIS when it is available.

Sincerely, Original signed by John A. Zwolinski, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #5 Division of Licensing DISTRIBUTION DL #803 Docket l11e (Docketi.No!.50 133) 3 ORB #5 Reading PErickson CJanerson J7wolinski NRC PDR Local PDR HThompson OELD

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