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houston Lighting and Power Company ATill:
G. W. Derea, Jr. -
Executive Vice President i
P. O. Box 1700 i
Houston Texas 77001 Gentlemen:
As you are awa m, the revised emergency planning rule pub 11sned on August 19, i
1980, requires that emergency preparedness be upgraded and maintained both
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at and around nuclear pouer plants.
In determining the adequacy of off-site preparedness, the NRC consults with the Federal Emergency Management Agency which has the Federal lead in taproving off-site preparedness.
Final FEM findings are based on reviews and approvals which are accomplished according t
to proposed 44 CFR 350.
In this approval process. FEM will not consider any state or local plan for final approval until a full-scale exercise has been conducted with the site in question. The esercise must include the State, appropriate local goversament entities, and licensees. Should FDM notify the NRC that timely progress is not being made under its proposed 44 CFR 350 procedures with respect to the upgrading of off-site plans. Mtc may determine that this constitutes a significant deficiency in emergency preparedness and initiate actions under the NRC regulations.
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As you are also aere, for continued compliance with the rule, annual full-scale or small scale joint esercises, as defined in the rule, are also required.
j Further, a full-scale exercise must also be conducted before any new license 3
can be granted. The scheduling of these esertises will be largely at the l
initiative of State and local governments and licensees in coordination with FDR Regional Offices on the adequacy of proposed scenarios and schedule conflicts.
I went to remind you, therefore, that it is in your best interests to coor-dinate your exercise schedule with that of State and local governments and i
with the FEM Regional Offices, and to supply a copy of the scenario which has been coordinated with the appropriate State authorities to NRC and FDE Regional Offices well in advance of the exercise.
If you have any problems in this coordination, we will attempt to assist you.
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I have enclosed a copy of the proposed rule change for your information. This appeared on September 21, 1961, in the Federal Register for comunent.
No response to this letter is necessary.
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Houston Lighting and Power Company ATTil:
G. W. Oprea, Jr.
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Executive Vice President i
P. O. Box 1700 I
Houston, Texas 77001 j
I Gentlemen:
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As you are aware, the revised emergency planning rule published on August 19, l
i 1980, requires that emergency preparedness be upgraded and maintained both i
at and around nuclear power plants.
In determining the adequacy of off-site preparedness, the NRC consults with the Federal Emergency Management i
i which has the Federal lead in improving off-site preparedness. Final EMA findings are based on reviews and approvals which are accomplished according to proposed 44 CFR 350.
In this approval process, FEMA will not consider any State or local plan for final appmval until a full-scale exercise has 4
been conducted with the site in que:, tion. The exercise must include the State, appropriate local government e.1tities, and licensees. Should FEMA notify the NRC that timely progress is not being made under its proposed 44 CFR 350 procedures with respect to the upgrading of off-site plans HRC l
j may determine that this constitutes a signif< cant deficiency in emergency preparedness and initiate actions under the NRC regulations.
As you are also aware, for continued compliance with the rule, annual full-scale or small scale joint exercises, as defined in the rule, are also required.
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Further, a full-scale exercise must also be conducted before any new license L
3 can be granted. The scheduling of these exercises will be largely at the initiative of State and local governments and licensees in coordination with FEMA Regional Offices on the adequacy of proposed scenarios and schedule i
conflicts.
l I want to remind you, therefore, that it is in your best interests to coor-i dinate your exercise schedule with that of State and local govermuents and with the FEMA Regional Offices, and to supply a copy of the scenario which has j
been coordinated with the appropriate State authorities to NRC and FEMA Regional Offices well in advance of the exercise.
If you have any problems in this coordination, we will attempt to assist you.
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Houston Lighting and Power Company On a related subject, as you have probably already heard, the NRC is propos-ing to change the impimentation date of prompt notification systems from July 1,1%1 to February 1,1982.
I have enclosed a copy of the proposed rule change for your information. This appeared on September 21, 1981, in the Federal Register for casuant.
j No response to th'is letter is necessary.
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m - r. *a y, c. n- ' e Karl V. Seyfrit Dimctor
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