ML17079A301

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:	John Hickman Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:	Halpin E 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 Commissions (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 NRCs 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 NRCs 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 DISTRIBUTION:

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Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 Service List cc:

Mr. Edward D. Halpin Redwood Alliance Senior Vice President and P.O. Box 293 Chief Nuclear Officer Arcata, CA 95521 Pacific Gas and Electric Company P. O. Box 56 Dr. Rich Ferguson, Energy Chair Mail Code 104/6 Sierra Club California Avila Beach, CA 93424 1100 11th Street, Suite 311 Sacramento, CA 94814 James Becker Vice President - Diablo Canyon Operations Mr. Gary Butner, Acting Radiation Program and Station Director Director Diablo Canyon Power Plant Radiologic Health Branch PO Box 56 Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 Avila Beach, CA 93424 PO Box 997414 Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 Paul J. Roller Director and Plant Manager Stephen Hsu, M.S., Senior Health Physicist Humboldt Bay Nuclear Radiological Assessment Unit Pacific Gas & Electric Company Radioactive Material Licensing Section 1000 King Salmon Avenue Radiologic Health Branch Eureka, CA 95503 Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 PO Box 997414 Jennifer K. Post Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 Law Department Pacific Gas and Electric Company Commissioner 77 Beale Street, B30A California Energy Commission San Francisco, CA 1516 Ninth Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Chairman, Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Deputy Attorney General County Courthouse State of California 825 Fifth Street 110 West A Street, Suite 700 Eureka, CA 95501 San Diego, CA 92101 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