ML20205B057

Informs That Author Determined That Partial Exemption from 10CFR170 Fee Requirements Appropriate for Footnote 4 of Review of License Renewal Application for Ons,Units 1,2 & 3, That Staff Determines Has Generic Value to Industry

ML20205B057
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	03/24/1999
From:	Funches J NRC OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER
To:	Mccollum W DUKE POWER CO.
References
NUDOCS 9903310143
Download: ML20205B057 (4)

Text

I p

f"'%1 UNITED STATES 1

.- -g ]t NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 30006 00M

• ..+ March 24, 1999 Mr. William R. McCollum, Jr.

Vice President, Oconee Nuclear Site

' Duke Energy Corporation P. O. Box 1439 Seneca, SC 29679 '

Dear Mr. McCollum:

On July 6,1998, Duke Energy Corporation (Duke) filed an application for the renewal of operating licenses DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55. The NRC is now considering the renewal of those licenses, which would authorize Duke to operate Oconee Nuclear station (ONS) Units 1, 2, and 3 for an additional 20 years beyond the current 40 year period. For the reasons stated below, a partial exemption from Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 170 fees is granted in accordance with 10 CFR 170.11(b)(1). The NRC's August 2,1996, letter informed you that staffs review of plant-specific license renewal technical information necessary for an eventual license renewal application for ONS met the criteria for waiver of Part 170 fees

. in accordance with Criteria 2 of Footnote 4 of 10 CFR 170.21. However, Footnote 4 is not applicable to applications for which fees are otherwise prescribed in Part 170. Therefore, the fee waiver provided in Footnote 4 is not applicable to your application for renewal of operating licenses DPR-38, DPR-41 and DPR-55.

Duke's license renewal application for ONS Units 1,2 and 3 along with Baltimore Gas and Electric's renewal application for Calvert Cliffs Units 1 and 2 represent first-of-a-kind e# orts for .

both the industry and the NRC staff. The staff intends to utilize the experience gained through the review of these first renewal applications to develop generic implementation guidance for i license renewal. Therefore, in addition to the plant-specific benefits, the review of it e ONS l renewa! application has generic value applicable to the general license renewal process and O benefits the entire industry as a whole.

Based on the foregoing, I have determined that a partial exemption from the 10 CFR Part 170 fee requirements is appropriate for that portion of the review of the license renewal application for ONS Units 1,2 and 3, dated July 6,1998, that the staff determines has generic value to the industry. The exemption is authorized by law and is granted in accordance with 10 CFR Section 170.11(b)(1). The plant specific portion of the staffs review of the renewal application will be billed to Duke under 10 CFR Part 170. Using a system of billable and nonbillable technical assignment control (TAC) numbers, each reviewer will decide what portion of their review will support the development of the generic renewal process and implementation guidance. The staffs current estimate is that approximately 50 percent of its review of the ONS renewal application will be of generic benefit and, therefore, would not be subject to Part 170 fees.- The responsible project manager for the ONS' renewal application will monitor the staff apportionment of review time between billable and nonbillable TAC numbers.

9903310143 990324 P PDR ADOCK 05000260 P PM 3

I~

t W. R. McCollum, Jr. j 1

1 However, there is one exception to the process presented above. The work (both in-house and contracted) to review the enviror, mental report and develop an environmental impact statsment '

(EIS) for Oconee license renewal is plant-specific. The underlying bases for this conclusion is that a generic EIS for license renewal has already been developed to identify the scope of the issues involved with license renewal as well as their associated impacts and, therefore, no further generic benefit is expected. In addition, the staff has broad experience in developing environmental impact statements and the development of a plant-specific supplement to the )

generic EIS for license renewalis essentially the same as the development of previous EISs.  !

Therefore, staff review and technical assistance work on the EISs, (e.g., work being performed by Pacific Northwest National Laboistory), will be fully fee recoverable under 10 CFR Part 170, i

if you have any questions concoming the environmental review, please contact Ralph Architzel, Chief, Enviror. mental / Financial Section of the Generic lasues and Environmental Projects Branch, at 301-415-2804. If you have any questions concoming the billing issues, please contact Ellen Potest, License Fee and Accounts Receivable Branch, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, at 301-415-6392.

Sincerely, Original signed by Peter J. Rabideau for:

Jesse L. Funches Chief Financial Officer Docket Nos. 50-269,50-270, and 50-287 cc: See next page Distribution: See next page DOCUMENT NAME:A:\DAF9-026.WPD OFFICE LA 3y PDLR:PM e PGEB:AC PDLR:D ,f PPRB y '

NAME LBe'rry RAnandAr' FA'kktulewicz CGrim(s RVillafranco 7

DATE 3 /1/99 1/#7/99 ) /, ygg 1 /,7/99 3 /ly /99 LFARBQC OGQ g DRPM y OFFICE OCFO:DAFd / DCFO p OCFQ:D NAME DDand[ Troth'schild DMatthews JTurdici T P$ileau  %

DATE  % /bM9 3 /D/99 b /lcj /99 .3 / 3 /99 '4 /2LY99 b %/99" OFFICIAL RECORD COPY q

Distnbution '

W'W 6 \

p=

I

? '

MAR 2 41898 <

. Hard cooy OCFO/DAF SF (AR-1.17)

PUBLIC NUDOCS (ML-61)

Docket File OCFO/RF PDLR RF 6 M. El-Zeftawy, ACRS T2E2 L. Herr, DCFO RF OCFO/DAF/LFARB RF L. Tremper, LFARB/ ART OCFO/DAF RF (DAF-9-026) i E-mail.

R. Zimmerman l w.Kane l D. Matthews S. Newberry C. Grimes l F. Akstulewicz

! J. Strosnider l G. Bagchi H. Brammer T. Hiltz G. Holahan E. Potest l C. Gratton R. Correia R. Latta J. Peralta J. Moore R. Weisman M. Zobier l l

E. Hackett A. Murphy l F. Chemy D. Martin W. McDowell S. Droggitis PDLR Staff H. Berkow 1 D. LaBarge L. Plisco I C. Ogle {

R. Trojanowski i M. Scott C. Julian R. Architzel l J. Wilson

)

l l

I 00g n

L\3 3

I

l

.e Oconee Nuclear Station (License Renewal) cc:

Paul R. Newton, Esquire Duke Energy Corporation Mr. J. E. Be Thfield 422 South Church Street Compliance Manager Mail Stop PB-05E Duke Energy Corporation Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 Oconee Nuclear Sita P. O. Box 1439 J. Michael McGarry, Ill, Esquire Seneca, South Carolina 2967g Anne W. Cottingham, Esquire Winston and Strawn Ms. Karen E. Long 1400 L Street, NW. Assistant Attomey General Washingtor., DC 20005 North Carolina Department of Justice P. O. Box 629 Mr. Rick N. Edwards Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Framatome Technologies Suits 525 L A. Keller 1700 Rockville Pike Manager- Nuclear Regulatory Licensing Rockville, Maryland 20852-1631 Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street Manager, LIS Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006

- NUS Corporation 2650 McCormick Drive,3rd Floor Mr. Richard M. Fry, Director Clearwater, Florida 34619-1035 Division of Radir. tion Protection North Carolina Department of Senior Resident Mspector Environment, Hemith, and U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Natural Resources 78128 Rochester Highway 3825 Barrett Drive Seneca, South Carolina 29672 Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 Regional Administrator, Region ll Gregory D. Robison U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Duke Energy Corpcration Atlanta Federal Center Mail Stop EC-12R 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Suite 23TC$ P. O. Box 1006 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 Virgil R. Autry, Drector Robert L. Gill, Jr.

Division of Radioactive Waste Management Duke Energy Corporation Bureau of Land and Waste Management Mail Stop EC-12R Department of Health and P. O. Box 1006 Environmental Control Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006 2600 Bull Street RLGILLODUKE-ENERGY.COM Columbia, South Carolina 29201-1708 Douglas J. Walters County Supervisor of Oconee County Nuclear Energy Institute Walhalla, South Carolina 29621 1T/61 Street, NW Suite 400 Chattooga River Watershed Coalition Washington, DC 20006-3708 >

P. O. Box 2006 - ftW@NEl.ORG Clayton, GA 30525