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 Companys 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.

E. Halpin 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 NRCs Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs 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

E. Halpin 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 NRCs Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs 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 10/ 24 /2013 10/ 24 /2013 11/ 24 /2013 9 / 19 /2014 10/31/14 11/ 5 /14 DATE OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 Service List cc:

Mr. Edward D. Halpin Mr. Gonzalo Perez, Radiation Program Senior Vice President and Director Chief Nuclear Officer Radiologic Health Branch Pacific Gas and Electric Company Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 P.O. Box 56 P.O. Box 997414 Mail Code 104/6 Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 Avila Beach, CA 93424 Stephen Hsu, M.S., Senior Health Physicist Loren Sharp Radiological Assessment Unit Director and Plant Manager Radioactive Material Licensing Section Humboldt Bay Nuclear Radiologic Health Branch Pacific Gas & Electric Company Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 1000 King Salmon Avenue P.O. Box 997414 Eureka, CA 95503 Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 Jennifer K. Post Commissioner Law Department California Energy Commission Pacific Gas and Electric Company 1516 Ninth Street 77 Beale Street, B30A Sacramento, CA 95814 San Francisco, CA Deputy Attorney General Chairman, Humboldt County Board State of California of Supervisors 110 West A Street, Suite 700 County Courthouse San Diego, CA 92101 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 11th Street, Suite 311 Sacramento, CA 94814