ML072200093

Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to the Proposed Extended Power Uprate

ML072200093
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	10/12/2007
From:	John Lamb NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
To:	Levis W Public Service Enterprise Group
Lamb J, 415-1727
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ML072200087	List: ML072200093 ML072200141
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TAC MD3002
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October 12, 2007 Mr. William Levis President and Chief Nuclear Officer PSEG Nuclear, LLC - N09 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION - DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT RELATED TO THE PROPOSED EXTENDED POWER UPRATE (TAC NO. MD3002)

Dear Mr. Levis:

Enclosed is a copy of the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your request for an amendment dated September 18, 2006, as supplemented on October 10, and October 20, 2006; February 14, February 16, February 28, March 13 (2 letters),

March 22, March 30 (2 letters), April 13, April 18, April 30, May 10, May 18 (3 letters), May 24, June 22, and August 3, 2007, for Hope Creek Generating Station (HCGS). Your proposed amendment would permit PSEG to increase the maximum power level from 3,339 megawatts-thermal (MWt) to 3,840 MWt. This change represents a power increase of approximately 15.0 percent for HCGS.

The assessment is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/ra/

John G. Lamb, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354

Enclosure:

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Mr. Thomas Joyce Mr. Michael Gaffney Senior Vice President - Operations Manager - Hope Creek Regulatory Assurance PSEG Nuclear PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Dennis Winchester Township Clerk Vice President - Nuclear Assessment Lower Alloways Creek Township PSEG Nuclear Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Paul Bauldauf, P.E., Asst. Director Mr. George Barnes Radiation Protection Programs Site Vice President - Hope Creek NJ Department of Environmental PSEG Nuclear Protection and Energy P.O. Box 236 CN 415 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Mr. Carl Fricker Mr. Brian Beam Vice President - Operations Support Board of Public Utilities PSEG Nuclear 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor P.O. Box 236 Newark, NJ 07102 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Regional Administrator, Region I Mr. John Perry U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Plant Manager - Hope Creek 475 Allendale Road PSEG Nuclear King of Prussia, PA 19406 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Senior Resident Inspector Hope Creek Generating Station Mr. James Mallon U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Manager - Licensing Drawer 0509 PSEG Nuclear Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire PSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038