ML13016A202

Letter to Edward Halpin of Pacific Gas and Electric Company Transmitting Humboldt Bay New EP Rule Exemption Approval

ML13016A202
Person / Time
Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	11/05/2014
From:	Camper L Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs
To:	Halpin E Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Hickman J
Shared Package
ML13016A197	List: ML13016A202 ML13016A210
References
TAC J00435
Download: ML13016A202 (4)

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November 5, 2014

Mr. Edward D. Halpin Senior Vice President and

Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company P.O. Box 56

Mail Code 104/6

Avila Beach, CA 93424

SUBJECT:

HUMBOLDT BAY POWER PLANT UNIT 3 - REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE FINAL RULE FOR ENHANCEMENTS TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS REGULATIONS (TAC NO. J00435)

Dear Mr. Halpin:

By letter dated August 14, 2012, Pacific Gas and Electric Company requested exemption from specific emergency planning requirements of section 50.47, "Emergency Plans," of Title 10 of

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, "Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Production and Utilization Facilities," for Humboldt Bay Power Plant.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the Commission may, upon application by any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50 when (1) the

exemptions are authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to public health or safety, and are consistent with the common defense and security; and (2) special circumstances are present.

The enclosed exemption Federal Register notice concludes that certain of Pacific Gas and Electric Company's requested exemptions are authorized by law, will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and are otherwise in the public interest, and that special circumstances are present based on the reduced radiological risk to the public from an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at a permanently shutdown, defueled reactor.

Accordingly, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, as specified in the enclosed notice, certain exemption requests are granted and effective immediately. The exemption will be published in the Federal Register. Other requirements from which you requested exemptions were determined to be not applicable to your facility or are being met by your current emergency plan or an exemption was not appropriate. Therefore, an exemption was not necessary or was denied for those requirements.

The enclosed U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff Safety Evaluation Report articulates the basis for granting and denying your specific exemption requests or determining that the requests were not necessary.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.21, 51.32, and 51.35, an environmental assessment was prepared related to this exemption. Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission has determined that issuance of this exemption will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. The exemption will be published in the Federal Register.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public in spection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/ Larry W. Camper, Director Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs

Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards

Docket No. 50-133 License No.: DPR-7

Enclosures:

Exemption Safety Evaluation

cc w/enclosure: Humboldt Bay Service List

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.21, 51.32, and 51.35, an environmental assessment was prepared related to this exemption. Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission has determined that issuance of this exemption will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. The exemption will be published in the Federal Register.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public in spection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/ Larry W. Camper, Director Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs

Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards

Docket No. 50-133 License No.: DPR-7

Enclosures:

Exemption Safety Evaluation cc w/enclosure:

Humboldt Bay Service List

DISTRIBUTION: DCD r/f OGC ACRS/ACNW RKellar, RIV MNorris, NSIR

ML13016A197 OFFICE DUWP DUWP DUWP OGC DUWP DUWP NAME JHickman CHolston BWatson HBenowitz APersinko LCamper DATE 10/ 24 /2013 10/ 24 /2013 11/ 24 /2013 9 / 19 /2014 10/31/14 11/ 5 /14 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 Service List cc:

Mr. Edward D. Halpin Senior Vice President and

Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company P.O. Box 56 Mail Code 104/6

Avila Beach, CA 93424

Loren Sharp Director and Plant Manager Humboldt Bay Nuclear Pacific Gas & Electric Company 1000 King Salmon Avenue

Eureka, CA 95503 Jennifer K. Post Law Department Pacific Gas and Electric Company

77 Beale Street, B30A

San Francisco, CA Chairman, Humboldt County Board

of Supervisors County Courthouse

825 Fifth Street Eureka, CA 95501

Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 California Public Utilities Commission

505 Van Ness, Room 4102

San Francisco, CA 94102

Redwood Alliance P.O. Box 293

Arcata, CA 95521

Dr. Rich Ferguson, Energy Chair Sierra Club California 1100 11 th Street, Suite 311 Sacramento, CA 94814

Mr. Gonzalo Perez, Radiation Program

Director Radiologic Health Branch

Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 P.O. Box 997414 Sacramento, CA 95899-7414

Stephen Hsu, M.S., Senior Health Physicist Radiological Assessment Unit Radioactive Material Licensing Section Radiologic Health Branch

Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 P.O. Box 997414

Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 Commissioner California Energy Commission

1516 Ninth Street

Sacramento, CA 95814

Deputy Attorney General State of California

110 West A Street, Suite 700

San Diego, CA 92101