ML21281A089

September 17, 2021 Response from State on NYSERDA Radiation Protection Plan for the Retained Premises Amendment Application

ML21281A089
Person / Time
Site:	West Valley Demonstration Project, P00M-032
Issue date:	09/17/2021
From:	Marlayna Vaaler Doell Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:	Amy Snyder Reactor Decommissioning Branch
Snyder A
References
Download: ML21281A089 (3)

Text

From: Doell, Marlayna To: Snyder, Amy

Subject:

Fwd: Request for State Comments on a Revision to the NYSERDA Radiation Protection Plan for the Retained Portion of the WNYNSC Date: Friday, September 17, 2021 1:24:24 PM Hooray for no state comments!

Cheers, Marlayna 301-415-3178 From: Peterson, Alyse L (NYSERDA) <Alyse.Peterson@nyserda.ny.gov>

Sent: Friday, September 17, 2021 11:06:20 AM To: Doell, Marlayna <marlayna.doell@nrc.gov>

Cc: Longmire, Pamela <Pamela.Longmire@nrc.gov>; Tifft, Doug <Doug.Tifft@nrc.gov>

Subject:

[External_Sender] Re: Request for State Comments on a Revision to the NYSERDA Radiation Protection Plan for the Retained Portion of the WNYNSC Hi Marlayna & Pamela, The appropriate New York State agencies have reviewed the referenced license amendment request and have no comments.

As always, thank you for seeking state input.

Regards, Alyse Peterson From: Doell, Marlayna <marlayna.doell@nrc.gov>

Sent: Thursday, September 2, 2021 11:35 AM To: Peterson, Alyse L (NYSERDA) <Alyse.Peterson@nyserda.ny.gov>

Cc: Longmire, Pamela <Pamela.Longmire@nrc.gov>

Subject:

Request for State Comments on a Revision to the NYSERDA Radiation Protection Plan for the Retained Portion of the WNYNSC ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails.

Good afternoon Alyse, I do not think we have corresponded directly in the past, but I am the NRC project manager for the West Valley site after succeeding Amy Snyder, and I will actually soon be departing myself for maternity leave, so I have also cced Pamela Longmire, who will be covering West Valley in my absence. In any case, HELLO! I hope all is well in New York and that you avoided most of the severe weather.

I wanted to let you know that the agency is preparing to issue a license amendment, as well as an associated Environmental Assessment / Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI), within the next

several weeks, which will implement a revision to the NYSERDA Radiation Protection Plan for the Retained Portion of the WNYNSC, as discussed in the NYSERDA submittals dated March 11, 2020, October 28, 2020, and July 15, 2021 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML20076C310, ML20311A200, and ML21202A212, respectively). The EA/FONSI will be published in the Federal Register prior to issuing the amendment, and supports the staffs proposed determination that the amendment poses no significant environmental impact. The EA/FONSI will also likely be the place where we address the public comments received on the initial No Significant Hazards Consideration FRN (published on March 10, 2021; 86 FR 13762).

As you probably know as well as anyone, the NYSERDA amendment revises the CSF-1 license to approve updated radiation protection requirements for the retained premises of the WNYNSC.

Specifically, NYSERDA requested addition of a license condition requiring the implementation of a new Radiation Protection Plan to address the retained premises in order to modernize the radiation protection portions of License No. CSF-1, as well as simplify NYSERDAs radiation protection requirements for the retained premises. The retained premises is defined as the area consisting of the WNYNSC not including the U.S. Department of Energy West Valley Demonstration Project premises and the State Licensed Disposal Area. In addition, NYSERDA requested that the license be amended to clarify NYSERDAs health and safety responsibilities under License No. CSF-1 given that portions of the license are in abeyance in accordance with the provisions of the West Valley Demonstration Project Act.

This is a little bit of a strange situation where I am requesting official state comments from the organization which is also the licensee for this action, so if you/NYSERDA want to share this with any of your NYSDEC, NYSDOH, or EPA counterparts please feel free to do so. This amendment and EA/FONSI are still in draft and subject to minor changes as they go through the final review phase, but should represent pretty close to the final versions for this action. Should you have any questions, or if the State of New York would like to make any official comments on the proposed changes or the proposed environmental determination, please let me know by September 17th and I can be sure they are incorporated into the final version of the amendment.

As always, if there is anything you need regarding this or any of the other ongoing West Valley activities please dont hesitate to give me a shout! Have a great rest of your week and I will talk to you soon!

Marlayna 301.415.3178 Marlayna Vaaler Doell

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Decommissioning Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NMSS/DUWP//RDB Phone: 301.415.3178 Mobile: 440.668.7399 Home: 605.348.2334 E-mail: marlayna.doell@nrc.gov

Office Location: Fulltime Telework from Rapid City, South Dakota!

Mail Stop: T-5A10