ML21032A287

Acceptance Letter for On-Site Cooling System Sediment Disposal Request

ML21032A287
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	02/08/2021
From:	Mahesh Chawla Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Sawatzke B Energy Northwest
Chawla M
References
EPID L 2020 LLL 0031
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February 8, 2021 Mr. Bradley J. Sawatzke Chief Executive Officer Energy Northwest 76 North Power Plant Loop P.O. Box 968 (Mail Drop 1023)

Richland, WA 99352

SUBJECT:

COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION - ACCEPTANCE LETTER FOR ONSITE COOLING SYSTEM SEDIMENT DISPOSAL REQUEST (EPID L-2020-LLL-0031)

Dear Mr. Sawatzke:

By letter dated December 21, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML20356A172), Energy Northwest (the licensee) submitted a request to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for approval of onsite cooling system sediment disposal for Columbia Generating Station. The request for approval is submitted as a corrective action in response to a minor violation for which the NRC has not exercised enforcement discretion.

The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the NRC staffs acceptance review of this request. The acceptance review was performed to determine if there is sufficient technical information in scope and depth to allow the NRC staff to initiate its detailed technical review. The acceptance review is also intended to identify whether the application has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant.

We have performed an acceptance review of your December 21, 2020, submittal and have determined that the information provided is consistent with the details needed for documenting, reviewing, and dispositioning (on a case-by-case basis) requests received from licensees and applicants to dispose of material under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 20.2002, Method for obtaining approval of proposed disposal procedures.

Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 425 hours0.00492 days <br />0.118 hours <br />7.027116e-4 weeks <br />1.617125e-4 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review in approximately 12 months, which is February 2022. If there are emergent complexities or challenges in our review that would cause changes to the initial forecasted completion date or significant changes in the forecasted hours, the reasons for the changes, along with the new estimates, will be communicated during the routine interactions with the assigned project manager.

B. Sawatzke These estimates are based on the NRC staffs initial review of the application and they could change, due to several factors including requests for additional information, unanticipated addition of scope to the review, and review by NRC advisory committees or hearing-related activities. Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-8371 or by e-mail at Mahesh.Chawla@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mahesh L. Chawla, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-397 cc: Listserv

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