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Receipt and Availability of the License Renewal Application for the Palisades Nuclear Plant and Federal Register Notice
ML050960344
Person / Time
Site: Palisades Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 04/06/2005
From: Kuo P
NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP
To: Domonique Malone
Nuclear Management Co
Morgan M, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-2232
References
TAC MC6433
Download: ML050960344 (7)


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April 6, 2005 Daniel J. Malone Site Vice President Palisades Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043

SUBJECT:

RECEIPT AND AVAILABILITY OF THE LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR THE PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT (TAC NO. MC6433)

Dear Mr. Malone:

On March 31, 2005, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received Nuclear Management Company, LLC application for renewal of Operating License No. DPR-20 for the Palisades Nuclear Plant. We are currently performing an acceptance review for docketing in accordance with the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 2.101 (10 CFR 2.101), and will notify you of the results of our review. Should the NRC staff determine that the application is acceptable for docketing, a schedule for the review will then be provided to you.

We have enclosed, for your information, a copy of the notice relating to your application that is being sent to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Michael J. Morgan as the project manager for the safety review, and Bill Dam as the project manager for the environmental review of your license renewal application. Please forward copies of all license renewal correspondence to Michael J. Morgan. David H. Jaffe continues to remain responsible for NRC project management of all issues other than license renewal for Palisades Nuclear Plant.

If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Michael J. Morgan by telephone at 301-415-2232 or via electronic mail at MJM2@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No: 50-255

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page

April 6, 2005 Daniel J. Malone Site Vice President Palisades Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043

SUBJECT:

RECEIPT AND AVAILABILITY OF THE LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR THE PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT (TAC NO. MC6433)

Dear Mr. Malone:

On March 31, 2005, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received Nuclear Management Company, LLC application for renewal of Operating License No. DPR-20 for the Palisades Nuclear Plant. We are currently performing an acceptance review for docketing in accordance with the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 2.101 (10 CFR 2.101), and will notify you of the results of our review. Should the NRC staff determine that the application is acceptable for docketing, a schedule for the review will then be provided to you.

We have enclosed, for your information, a copy of the notice relating to your application that is being sent to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Michael J. Morgan as the project manager for the safety review, and Bill Dam as the project manager for the environmental review of your license renewal application. Please forward copies of all license renewal correspondence to Michael J. Morgan. David H. Jaffe continues to remain responsible for NRC project management of all issues other than license renewal for Palisades Nuclear Plant.

If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Michael J. Morgan by telephone at 301-415-2232 or via electronic mail at MJM2@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-255

Enclosure:

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Palisades Plant cc:

Robert A. Fenech, Senior Vice President Nuclear, Fossil, and Hydro Operations Consumers Energy Company 1945 Parnall Rd.

Jackson, MI 49201 Arunas T. Udrys, Esquire Consumers Energy Company 1 Energy Plaza Jackson, MI 49201 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Supervisor Covert Township P. O. Box 35 Covert, MI 49043 Office of the Governor P. O. Box 30013 Lansing, MI 48909 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspector's Office Palisades Plant 27782 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Waste and Hazardous Materials Division Hazardous Waste and Radiological Protection Section Nuclear Facilities Unit Constitution Hall, Lower-Level North 525 West Allegan Street P.O. Box 30241 Lansing, MI 48909-7741 Michigan Department of Attorney General Special Litigation Division 525 West Ottawa St.

Sixth Floor, G. Mennen Williams Building Lansing, MI 48913 Manager, Regulatory Affairs Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Director of Nuclear Assets Consumers Energy Company Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 John Paul Cowan Executive Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Jonathan Rogoff, Esquire Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Douglas E. Cooper Senior Vice President - Group Operations Palisades Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Daniel J. Malone Site Vice President Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043

Palisades Plant cc:

Robert A. Vincent Licensing Lead - License Renewal Project Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Darrel G. Turner Licensing Coordinator - License Renewal Project Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043

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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC NOTICE OF RECEIPT AND AVAILABILITY OF APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-20 FOR AN ADDITIONAL 20-YEAR PERIOD DOCKET NO. 50-255 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) has received an application, dated March 22, 2005, from Nuclear Management Company, LLC, filed pursuant to Section 104b (DPR-20) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and 10 CFR Part 54, to renew the operating license for the Palisades Nuclear Plant. Renewal of an operating license authorizes the applicant to operate the facility for an additional 20-year period beyond the period specified in the current operating license. The current operating license for the Palisades Nuclear Plant (DPR-20) expires on March 24, 2011. The Palisades Nuclear Plant is a Pressure Water Reactor designed by Combustion Engineering. The unit is located near Covert, MI. The acceptability of the tendered application for docketing, and other matters including an opportunity to request a hearing, will be the subject of subsequent Federal Register notices.

Copies of the application are available for public inspection at the Commissions Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),

Rockville, Maryland, 20582 or electronically from the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room under accession number ML050940429. The ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room is accessible from the NRCs Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. In addition, the application is available at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html, on the NRCs Web site, while the application is under review. 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 by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr@nrc.gov.

A copy of the license renewal application for the Palisades Nuclear Plant, is also available to local residents near the Palisades Nuclear Plant, at the South Haven Memorial Library, 314 Broadway, South Haven, MI 49090.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of April, 2005.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

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