ML20197C798

Forwards Exemption,Environ Assessment & SER in Response to 971106 Request to Discontinue Offsite Emergency Planning Activities & to Reduce Scope of Onsite Emergency Planning as Result of Permanently Shutdown & Defueled Status of Plant

ML20197C798
Person / Time
Site:	Maine Yankee
Issue date:	09/03/1998
From:	Michael Webb NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Meisner M Maine Yankee
Shared Package
ML20197C802	List: ML20197C798 ML20197C809 ML20197C823 ML20197D172
References
TAC-MA0069, TAC-MA69, NUDOCS 9809140211
Download: ML20197C798 (3)

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Mr. Micharl J. Meisnsr, Presidsnt Maine Yanksa Atomic Power Company P.O. Box 408 Wiscasset, Maine 04578

SUBJECT:

EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR 50.54(q),10 CFR 50.47(b) and (c), AND APPENDIX E TO 10 CFR PART 50 AT MAINE YANKEE I ATOMIC POWER STATION (TAC NO. MA0069) l

Dear Mr. Meisner:

The Commission has issued the enclosed exemption for the Maine Yankee Atomic Power I Station (Maine Yankee) in response to your application dated November 6,1997, as '

supplemented or modified by letters dated January 20, March 25, May 15, June 18, June 29, July 9, and August 5,1998, in which you requested exemption from certain portions of 10 CFR 50.54(q),10 CFR 50.47 (b) and (c), and Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50 to allow Maine Yankee to discontinue offsite emergency planning activities and to reduce the secpe of onsite emergency planning as a result of the permanently shutdown and defueled status of the facility. A list of the specific requirements from which exemption is granted is contained in Attachment 11 of your letter dated June 29,1998.

Also enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your application.

Sincerely,  ;

Louis L. Wheeler for:

Michael K. Webb, Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i Docket No. 50-309 kf

Enclosures:

1. Exemption  ;

2. Environmental Assessment 60l'

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Wiscasset, ME 04578 State House Station #38 Augusta, ME 04333 Mr. Jonathan M. Block Attorney at Law Mr. P. L. Anderson, Project Manager P.O. Box 566 Yankee Atomic Electric Company Putney, VT 05346-0566 580 Main Street Bolton, MA 01740-1398 Mr. Michael J. Meisner, President Main Yankee Atomic Power Company Regional Administrator, Region I P.O. Box 408 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wiscasset, ME 04578 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. Robert Fraser, Director Engineering First Selectman of Wiscasset Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company Municipal Building P.O. Box 408 U.S. Route 1 Wiscasset, ME 04578 l Wiscasset, ME 04578 Mr. Patrick J. Dostie Mr. Richard Rasmussen State of Maine Nuclear Safety Senior Resident inspector Inspector Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 408 P.O. Box E Wiscasset, ME 04578 Wiscasset, ME 04578 Mr. Mark Ferri Mary Ann Lynch, Esquire Decommissioning Director Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company P.O. Box 408 P.O. Box 408 Wiscasset, ME 04578 Wiscasset, ME 04578

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SUBJECT:

EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR 50.54(q),10 CFR 50.47(b) and (c), AND APPENDIX E TO 10 CFR PART 50 AT MAINE YANKEE ATOMIC POWER STATION (TAC NO. MA0069)

Dear Mr. Meisner:

The Commission has issued the enclosed exemption for the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station (Maine Yankee) in response to your application dated November 6,1997, as supplemented or modified by letters dated January 20, March 25, May 15, June 18, June 29, July 9, and August 5,1998, in which you requested exemption from certain portions of 10 CFR 50.54(q),10 CFR 50.47 (b) and (c), and Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50 to allow Maine Yankee to discontinue offsite emergency planning activities and to reduce the scope of onsite emergency planning as a result of the permanently shutdown and defueled status of the facility. A list of the specific requirements from which exemption is granted is contained in Attachment 11 of your letter dated June 29,1998.

Also enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your application.

Sincerely, l s 1A g Michael K. Webb, Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-309

Enclosures:

1. Exemption

2. Environmental Assessment I