ML11151A222

Schedule Revision for the Environmental Review of the Columbia Generating Station License Renewal Application

ML11151A222
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	06/14/2011
From:	Brian Holian Division of License Renewal
To:	Swank D Energy Northwest
Doyle D, 415-3748
References
TAC ME3121
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UNITED NUCLEAR REGULATORY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 June 14, 2011 Mr. David A. Swank Vice President, Engineering Columbia Generating Station Energy Northwest MD PE23 P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352 SCHEDULE REVISION FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NO. ME3121)

Dear Mr. Swank:

Enclosed is the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff's revised environmental review schedule for the Columbia Generating Station license renewal application.

This revised schedule was established to accommodate a timely review of your application along with all other concurrent reviews of applications for license renewal. In developing the revised schedule, the NRC staff took several factors into consideration, including additional constraints on NRC staff resources affecting the environmental review and the previously extended review for severe accident mitigation alternatives.

At this time, the staff does not anticipate that this change in the environmental review schedule will have an impact on the overall license renewal review schedule for Columbia Generating Station. The NRC staff will continue to follow established review procedures and the enclosed schedule to complete the reviews required by Parts 54 and 51 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

If you have any questions on the revised schedule, please contact Mr. Daniel Doyle, Project Manager for the review of the Columbia Generating Station license renewal environmental review, by telephone at 301-415-3748 or bye-mail at daniel.doyle@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/ rian E. Holian, Director 0 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-397

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: Listserv COLUMBIA GENERATING LICENSE RENEWAL UPDATED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW Milestone Scheduled Actual Receive license renewal application (LRA) 1/19/10 1/20/10 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) -LRA availability 1/26/10 2/2110 Publish FRN -acceptancelrejection and opportunity for hearing 3/10/10 3/11/10 Publish FRN -Intent to conduct Environmental Scoping 3/10/10 3/11/10 Public Meeting -License Renewal Overview and Environmental Scoping Meeting 4/6/10 4/6/10 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 5/14/10 5/14/10 Environmental scoping period ends 5/14/10 5/14/10 Audit -Environmental 6/11/10 6/11/10 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) 8/2011 Public Meeting -draft SEIS meeting 9/2011 End of draft SEIS comment period 11/2011 Issue final SEIS 2/2012 June 14, 2011 Mr. David A. Swank Vice President, Engineering Columbia Generating Station Energy Northwest MD PE23 P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352 SCHEDULE REVISION FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NO. ME3121)

Dear Mr. Swank:

Enclosed is the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff's revised environmental review schedule for the Columbia Generating Station license renewal application.

This revised schedule was established to accommodate a timely review of your application along with all other concurrent reviews of applications for license renewal. In developing the revised schedule, the NRC staff took several factors into consideration, including additional constraints on NRC staff resources affecting the environmental review and the previously extended review for severe accident mitigation alternatives.

At this time, the staff does not anticipate that this change in the environmental review schedule will have an impact on the overall license renewal review schedule for Columbia Generating Station. The NRC staff will continue to follow established review procedures and the enclosed schedule to complete the reviews required by Parts 54 and 51 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

If you have any questions on the revised schedule, please contact Mr. Daniel Doyle, Project Manager for the review of the Columbia Generating Station license renewal environmental review, by telephone at 301-415-3748 or bye-mail at daniel.doyle@nrc.gov. Sincerely, IRA! Brian Holian, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-397

Enclosure:

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