ML17079A301

Humboldt Bay Power Plant Unit 3 - Request for Exemption from the Record-Keeping Requirements of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B Criterion Xvii; 10 CFR 50.59(d)(3) and 10 CFR 50.71(c)

ML17079A301
Person / Time
Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	05/10/2017
From:	Hickman J B Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:	Halpin E D Pacific Gas & Electric Co
HICKMAN J, 415-3017, T08F05
References
CAC L53180
Download: ML17079A301 (4)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 May 10, 2017

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 THE RECORD-KEEPING REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR PART 50, APPENDIX B. CRITERION XVII; 10 CFR 50.59(d)(3); AND 10 CFR 50.71(c) (CAC NO. L53180)

Dear Mr. Halpin:

By letter dated March 8, 2017 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML17068A095), Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E, the licensee) requested the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) approval of an exemption from the recordkeeping requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, Appendix B. Criterion XVII; 10 CFR 50.59(d)(3); and 10 CFR 50.71(c). You proposed to eliminate these records for the nuclear power unit and associated systems, structures, and components (SSCs) that no longer exist, including SSCs that were associated with decommissioning and storage of spent fuel under the Part 50 license for Humboldt Bay Power Plant Unit 3.

The NRC has reviewed and approved your request and a copy of the exemption is enclosed. The exemption has been forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

E. Halpin In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRC's 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/

John B. Hickman, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 50-133

Enclosure:

Federal Register Notice cc w/enclosure:

Humboldt Bay Service List

E. Halpin

SUBJECT:

HUMBOLDT BAY POWER PLANT UNIT 3 - REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE RECORD-KEEPING REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR 50 APPENDIX B. CRITERION XVII; 10 CFR 50.59(d)(3); AND 10 CFR 50.71(c) (CAC NO. L53180) - May 10, 2017

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PKG: ML17079A303 LTR: ML17079A301 ENC1: ML17079A300 ENC2: ML17079A298 OFFICE DUWP DUWP DUWP OGC-NLO DUWP DUWP NAME JHickman CHolston BWatson HBenowitz JTappert JHickman DATE 3 / 23 /2017 3 / 23 /2017 3 / 27 /2017 4 / 03 /2017 05/10/2017 05/10/2017 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

James Becker Vice President - Diablo Canyon Operations and Station Director Diablo Canyon Power Plant PO Box 56 Avila Beach, CA 93424 Paul J. Roller 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

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