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Comments on Termination of Facility.Nrc Should Request Applicant to Submit Formal Site Disposition Plan & Schedule to Confirm Site Restoration Steps to Be Taken.List of Info Necessary for Environ Review Encl
ML20136E892
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Site: 05000000, Zimmer
Issue date: 04/09/1984
From: Ballard R
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To: Youngblood B
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Apg 9 19E4 MEMORANDUM FOR: hMamgggggiChief Licensing Branch F1, DL FROM: Ronald L. Ballard, Chief Environmental and Hydrologic Engineering Branch, DE

SUBJECT:

COMMENTS ON TERMINATION OF THE ZIMMER PROJECT The EHEB staff was requested to review and comment on the draft NRC action plan for the Zimer closecut. Our comments and suggestions are provided below.

When an applicant decides to withdraw an operating license application or otherwise terminate a partially constructed project, NRC should strive to terminate regulatory oversight in an expeditious and yet orderly manner. NRC's initial authorization to commence construction is granted with the expectation that the project will be completed in an environmentally acceptable manner. It is contingent on commitments made by the applicant and frequently contains specific conditions. Thus, NRC action should accomplish two objectives. First, it should obtain assurance that the site will not be left in a condition which contributes to continued degradation of the environment. Secondly, the CP record (and OL record if available) should be reviewed to identify any commit-ments on the part of the applicant or conditions imposed by the NRC. A determination should then be e f: n to which actions must be implemented prior to abandonment of NRC's interest in the project. A record of NRC staff review should be prepared, which could conveniently take the form of an Environmental Impact Appraisal (EIA).

With regard to Zimmer, the NRC's concerns can probably be met most efficiently by requesting the applicant to submit a formal site dispo-sition plan and schedule; from which the applicant and the staff can establish and subsequently confirm the site restoration steps that should be taken. There is no standard format or spacified content for such a plan, although our procedures at Black Fox and Clinch River provide helpful guidance. I have enclosed a preliminary draft of a Branch guid-ance document we are developing, based on our previous experience, to identify the information we woL ld like to see in order to review a request to terminate a project. This enclosurc is adequate for forward-ing to the applicant in the form of questinnt.

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B. Joe Youngblood .2- APR 9 ES4 The Zimmer situation is unusual in that plant construction is essentially complete, and there may be other license considerations related to the fact that it is essentially a functional utilization facility. Absent any unusual complications (e.g., ASLB requirements), we believe NRC's concerns can be resolved within an elapsed time period of a few months

. and staff effort on the order of less than one staff month.

Casework schedules'and EHEB workload are such that we would need a 60-day window to complete our review of a site disposition plan, unless adjust-ments were made to existing schedules.

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Environmental and Hydrologic Engineering Branch Division of Engineering

Enclosure:

As stated cc: R. Vollmer W. Johnston R. Purple T. Novak E. Christenbury S. Treby R. Samworth L. Kintner

Information flecessary for Environmental Review of Project Termination

1. Provide a site plan showing areas (including transmission corridors) disturbed by construction-related activities. Identify the specific major activity on each disturbed area. Estimate acreage for each such disturbed area.
2. Describe the' status of the entire site,' with particular' attention to disburbed areas and to related erosion and runoff control measures.

Describe impact of cancellation on plans for transmission corridors.

3. Identify or, the site plan all structures. Indicate which structures will be removed and which will remain. Provide a schedule for removal of structures and describe the method of debris disposal.
4. Describe plans for future use of the site to the extent that such plans have tearing on the proposed site restoration work. Indicate
  • the anticipated schedule for future use and describe how the future use influences the proposal for restoration work.
5. Describe proposed restoration activities, procedures, and schedules including grading, seeding, and planting which will be done to leave the site in a stable condition.
6. Identify particularly difficult or costly restoration activities and discuss alternatives.
7. Indicate what permits and approvals will be needed from other federal, state, or local agencies for any of the site restoration work.

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MAY 3 W Docket No.: 50-358 Jim Schott, Zimer Site Manager The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company Post Office Box 960-Cincinnati, Ohio 45201

Dear Mr. Schott:

Subject:

Request for Additional Infomation for Environmental Review of Applicant's Request to withdraw the Zimer OL Application By motion dated March 20, 1984 filed with the Zimer Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company (Applicant) requested the issuance of an order authorizing the withdrawal of the application to operate Zimmer as a nuclear plant. The NRC staff's. answer to this motion dated April 9, 1984 advised the Licensing Board that the technical staff is conduct.ing a review of the site to detemine whether any conditions for the protection of the environment are necessary.

in order for the NRC technical staff to complete its review, the enclosed request for additional infomation is needed. We recognize that nuclear plant construction was essentially completed at the time work was terminated and therefore your response to Question 4 may reduce the depth of response to the other questions. In order to firm up the schedule to complete our review, you should provide a date for response to the enclosed request within 7 days of the date of this letter.

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Enclosure:

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Jim Schott, Zimmer Site Manager The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company-

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' Cincinnati, Ohio 45201 cc: Troy B. Conner, Jr. , Esq. Mr. John E. Dolan Connor, Moore & .Corber ' Vice Chairman - Engineering and

. Construction 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. -

Washington, D. C. 20006 American Electric Power Company, Inc.

. 180 Broad St'reet Mr. William J. Moran Columbus, Ohio 43215 General Counsel Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company Deborah Faber Webb Post Office Box 960 7967 Alexandria Pike Cincinnati, Ohio 45201 Alexandria, Kentucky 41001

, Mr. Samuel H. Porter Andrew B. Dennison, Esq.

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur 200 Main Street 37 West Broad Street Batavia, Ohio 45103 Columbus, Ohio 43215

  • George E. Pattison, Esq.

Mr. Gregory C. Ficke Clermont County Prosecuting Attorney Wm. 'H. Zimer Nuclear Power Station 462 Main Street P. O. Box 2023 Batavia, Ohio 45103 U. S. Route 521

. Moscow, Ohio 45153 Mr. Waldman Christianson Resident Inspector /Zimer David Martin, Esq. RFD 1 Post Office Box 2021

_ Office of the Attorney General U. S. Route 52 209 St. Clair Street Moscow, Ohio 45153 First Floor 4 Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 Mr. John Youkills Office of the Honorable William Lynn Bernabei, Esq. Gradison Government Accountability Project / United States House of Representatives

, IPS Washington, D. C. 20515 1901 Q Street, N. W.

Washington, D. C. 20009 Timonthy S. Hogan, Jr., Chainnan Board of Comissioners

. W. Peter Heile Esq. 50 Market Street, Clennont County

Assistant City Solicitor Batavia, Ohio 45103
Room 214, City Hall Cincinnati, Ohio 45220 Lawrence R. Fisse Esq.

1 Assistant Prosecuting Attorney John D. Woliver, Esq. 462 Main Street

! Legal Aid Security Batavia, Ohio 45103 i

Post Office Box'#47 55 Kilgore Street Mr. James G. Keppler Batavia, Ohio' 45103 U. S. NRC, Region III 1 799 Roosevelt Road

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Edward R. Schweibinz U. S. NRC, Region III 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Mr. Robert Burger The Dayton Power and Light Company P. O. Box 1247 Dayton, Ohio 45401 Mr. James P. Fenstermaker Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company 215 North Front Street

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i REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW 0F PROJECT TERMINATION

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. 1. Provide a site plan showing areas (including transmission corridors) disturbed by construction-related activities. Identify the specific 3 use of each disturbed area. Estimate acreage for each such disturbed area.

2. Identify on the site plan all structures. Indicate which structures will be removed and which will remain. Provide a schedule for removal

, of structures and describe the method.of debris disposal.

3. Describe the status of the site, with particular attention to disturbed areas and to related erosion and runoff control measures.
4 Describe plans for future use of the site to the extent that such plans have influenced the selection of site restoration activity, if any. -

Indicate the anticipated schedule for future use and describe how the future use influences the proposal for restoration work.

5. Describe proposed restoration activities, if any, including procedures and schedules for grading, seeding, and planting which will be done to leave the site in a stable condition.
6. Indi or l,cate ocal what permits agencies for and approvals any of the site will be needed restoration work. from other federal, state, w

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