ML030060482

Notice of Availability of the Draft PLANT-SPECIFIC Supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement Regarding Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1

ML030060482
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	01/06/2003
From:	Kuo P NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP
To:	Ridenoure R Omaha Public Power District
Cushing, J, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1424
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TAC MB3402
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January 6, 2003 Mr. Ross T. Ridenoure Division Manager - Nuclear Operations Omaha Public Power District Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.

P.O. Box 550 Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REGARDING FORT CALHOUN STATION, UNIT 1 (TAC NO. MB3402)

Dear Mr. Ridenoure:

Enclosed is a copy of the Federal Register Notice of Availability for the draft plant-specific Supplement 12 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating license DPR-40 for an additional 20 years of operation at Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1. The notice advises the public that the draft report is available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). In addition, the Blair Public Library, located at 210 South 17th Street, Blair, Nebraska, has agreed to make the draft supplement available for public inspection.

The notice also provides information about the public meeting on the draft supplement to the GEIS to be held on February 26, 2003, at the Days Hotel Carlisle, 10909 M Street, Omaha, Nebraska. The staff will be conducting two meetings on February 26; the first will commence at 1:30 p.m. and the second at 7:00 p.m. Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) is invited to participate in both sessions of the meeting. The NRC staff will host informal discussions on the supplemental environmental impact statement review one hour prior to the start of each session at the same location. Interested parties are invited to participate. A separate meeting notice will be issued with a detailed agenda. In the interim, should you have any questions regarding the public meetings, please contact the NRC environmental project manager, Mr. Jack Cushing, at (301) 415-1424.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.: 50-285

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page

January 6, 2003 Mr. Ross T. Ridenoure Division Manager - Nuclear Operations Omaha Public Power District Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.

P.O. Box 550 Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550

SUBJECT:

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REGARDING FORT CALHOUN STATION, UNIT 1 (TAC NO. MB3402)

Dear Mr. Ridenoure:

Enclosed is a copy of the Federal Register Notice of Availability for the draft plant-specific Supplement 12 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating license DPR-40 for an additional 20 years of operation at Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1. The notice advises the public that the draft report is available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). In addition, the Blair Public Library, located at 210 South 17th Street, Blair, Nebraska, has agreed to make the draft supplement available for public inspection.

The notice also provides information about the public meeting on the draft supplement to the GEIS to be held on February 26, 2003, at the Days Hotel Carlisle, 10909 M Street, Omaha, Nebraska. The staff will be conducting two meetings on February 26; the first will commence at 1:30 p.m. and the second at 7:00 p.m. Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) is invited to participate in both sessions of the meeting. The NRC staff will host informal discussions on the supplemental environmental impact statement review one hour prior to the start of each session at the same location. Interested parties are invited to participate. A separate meeting notice will be issued with a detailed agenda. In the interim, should you have any questions regarding the public meetings, please contact the NRC environmental project manager, Mr. Jack Cushing, at (301) 415-1424.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.: 50-285

Enclosure:

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DATE 12/4/02 12/3/02 12/10/02 01/06/03 12/13/02 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

DISTRIBUTION: Letter to R.T. Ridenoure Re: Ft. Calhoun GEIS, Dated: January 6, 2003 Accession no.: ML030060482 Environmental r/f OGC ACRS DMatthews/FGillespie PTKuo JTappert RIDSRgnIVMailCenter WBurton JCushing AWang HBerilla

7590-01P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT FORT CALHOUN STATION, UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-285 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENT 12 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF FORT CALHOUN STATION, UNIT 1 Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has published a draft plant-specific supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating license DPR-40 for an additional 20 years of operation at Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1. Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1 is located in Washington County, Nebraska. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources.

The draft supplement to the GEIS is available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web Site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRCs PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. In addition, the Blair Public Library, 210 South 17th Street, Blair, Nebraska, and the W. Dale Clark Library, 215 South 15th Street, Omaha, Nebraska have agreed to make the draft supplement to the GEIS available for public inspection.

Any interested party may submit comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS for consideration by the NRC staff. To be certain of consideration, comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS and the proposed action must be received by April 10, 2003.

Comments received after the due date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. Written comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS should be sent to:

Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration Mail Stop T-6D 59 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Comments may be hand-delivered to the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by the Internet at Ft_Calhoun_EIS@nrc.gov. All comments received by the Commission, including those made by Federal, State, and local agencies, Indian tribes, or other interested persons, will be made available electronically at the Commissions PDR in Rockville, Maryland, and from the PARS component of NRC's ADAMS.

The NRC staff will hold a public meeting to present an overview of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS and to accept public comments on the document. The public meeting will be held on February 26, 2003, at the Days Hotel Carlisle, 10909 M Street, Omaha, Nebraska. There will be two sessions to accommodate interested parties. The first session will commence at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m. The second session will commence at 7:00 p.m. and will continue until 10:00 p.m. Both meetings will be transcribed and will include (1) a presentation of the contents of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS, and (2) the opportunity for interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to provide comments on the draft report. Additionally, the NRC staff will host

informal discussions one hour prior to the start of each session at the same location. No comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meetings or in writing, as discussed below. Persons may pre-register to attend or present oral comments at the meeting by contacting Mr. Jack Cushing by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension 1424, or by Internet at Ft_Calhoun_EIS@nrc.gov no later than February 21, 2003.

Members of the public may also register to provide oral comments within 15 minutes of the start of each session. Individual oral comments may be limited by the time available, depending on the number of persons who register. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, the need should be brought to Mr.

Cushings attention no later than February 21, 2003, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr. Jack Cushing, License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001. Mr. Cushing may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of January 2003.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Ft. Calhoun Station, Unit 1 cc:

Winston & Strawn Mr. Richard P. Clemens ATTN: James R. Curtiss, Esq. Division Manager - Nuclear Assessments 1400 L Street, N.W. Omaha Public Power District Washington, DC 20005-3502 Fort Calhoun Station P.O. Box 550 Chairman Fort Calhoun, Nebraska 68023-0550 Washington County Board of Supervisors Mr. Daniel K. McGhee P.O. Box 466 Bureau of Radiological Health Blair, NE 68008 Iowa Department of Public Health 401 SW 7th Street Mr. John Kramer, Resident Inspector Suite D U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Des Moines, IA 50309 Post Office Box 310 Fort Calhoun, NE 68023 Mr. R. T. Ridenoure Division Manager - Nuclear Operations Regional Administrator, Region IV Omaha Public Power District U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm.

611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Post Office Box 550 Arlington, TX 76011 Fort Calhoun, Nebraska 68023-0550 Ms. Sue Semerera, Section Administrator Mr. John Fassell, LLRW Program Manager Nebraska Health and Human Services Health and Human Services Systems Regulation and Licensure Division of Public Health Assurance Consumer Health Services Consumer Services Section 301 Cententiall Mall, South 301 Cententiall Mall, South P. O. Box 95007 P. O. Box 95007 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-5007 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-5007 Mr. Alan P. Nelson Mr. David J. Bannister Nuclear Energy Institute Manager - Fort Calhoun Station 1776 I Street, N.W., Suite 400 Omaha Public Power District Washington, DC 20006-3708 Fort Calhoun Station FC-1-1 Plant Post Office Box 550 Ms. Ruth Peterson Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550 Blair Public Library 210 South 17th Street Mr. John B. Herman Blair, NE 68008-2055 Manager - Nuclear Licensing Omaha Public Power District Ms. Margaret Blackstone Fort Calhoun Station FC-2-4 Adm. W. Dale Clark Library Post Office Box 550 215 South 15th Street Fort Calhoun, NE 68023-0550 Omaha, NE 68102

Mr. Leon Campbell, Chairman Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Executive Committee Route 1, Box 58A White Cloud, KS 66094 Mr. Arthur "Butch" Denney, Chairman Santee Sioux Tribal Council Route 2 Niobrara, NE 68760 Mr. Corbin Shuckahosee, Chairperson Sac & Fox Tribe of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska Tribal Council Route 1, Box 60 Reserve, KS 66434-9723 Mr. Fred LeRoy, Chairperson Ponca Tribe of Nebraska P.O. Box 288 Niobrara, NE 68760 Mr. Gary Lasley, Chairman Omaha Tribal Council P.O. Box 368 Macy, NE 68039 Mr. John Blackhawk, Chairman Winnebago Tribal Council P.O. Box 686 Winnebago, NE 68071 Ms. Judy Gaiashkibos, Executive Director Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs 6th Floor, State Capitol Box 94981 Lincoln, NE 68509