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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555·0001 January 6, 2011 Mr. Randall K. Edington Executive Vice President, Nuclear Mail Station 7602 Arizona Public Service Company P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL PLANT-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENT 43 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS REGARDING PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION Dear Mr. Edington: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has completed the final plant-specific Supplement 43 to NUREG-1437, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants," regarding the renewal of Operating Licenses NPF-41, NPF-51 and NPF-74 for an additional 20 years of operation for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS). Enclosed are five copies of the final supplement and the associated Federal Register Notice of Availability. This notice advises the public that the final supplement is publicly available at the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/html. The accession number for the final Supplement 43 to the GElS is ML 103560149. In addition, th.e Litchfield Park Branch Library, located at 101 West Wigwam Boulevard, Litchfield Park, AZ 85340 has agreed to maintain a copy of the final supplement. As discussed in Section 9.4 of the final supplement, the NRC's recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for PVNGS are not great enough to deny the option of license renewal for energy-planning decision makers. This recommendation is based on (1) the analysis and findings in the GElS; (2) the Environmental Report submitted by Arizona Public Service Company (APS); (3) consultation with Federal, State and local agencies; (4) the NRC staff's own independent review; and (5) the NRC staff's consideration of public comments received during the scoping process and on the draft supplement. R. Edington - 2 A separate notice of filing of the final supplemental environmental impact statement will be placed in the Federal Register through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the NRC Environmental Project Manager, David Drucker at 301-415-6223, or bye-mail at [email protected]. Sincerely, Trent L. We z, Chief Program Operations Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-528, 50-529 and 50-530 Enclosures: As stated cc w/encls: Distribution via Listserv R. Edington - 2 A separate notice of filing of the final supplemental environmental impact statement will be placed in the Federal Register through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the NRC Environmental Project Manager, David Drucker at 301-415-6223, or bye-mail at [email protected]. Sincerely, IRA! Trent L. Wertz, Chief Program Operations Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-528, 50-529 and 50-530 Enclosures: As stated cc w/encls: Distribution via Listserv DISTRIBUTION: RidsNrrDeEmcb Resource RidsNrrDeEeeb Resource HARD COPY: RidsNrrDssSrxb Resource DLR RF RidsNrrDssSbpb Resource RidsNrrDssScvb Resource E-MAIL: RidsOgcMailCenter Resource PUBLIC RidsOpaMail Resource RidsNrrDlr Resource RidsNrrDlrRpb1 Resource L. Regner RidsNrrDlrRpb2 Resource D. Drucker RidsNrrDlrRarb Resource R. Hall RidsNrrDlrRasb Resource B. Mizuno, OGC RidsNrrDlrRapb Resource R. 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Wertz DATE 1/04/11 1/3/11 1/05/11 1/06/11 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY [7590-01-P] NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION DOCKET NOS. 50-528, 50-529,50-530 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL SUPPLEMENT 43 TO THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR PLANTS [NRC-2009-00121 Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published a final plant-specific supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GElS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating licenses NPF-41, NPF-51 and NPF-74 for an additional 20 years of operation for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS). Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources. As discussed in Section 9.4 of the final supplement, the staff determined that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for PVNGS are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decision makers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is based on: (1) the analysis and findings in the GElS; (2) information provided in the environmental report (ER) submitted by Arizona Public Service Company; (3) consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies; (4) a review of pertinent documents and reports; and (5) consideration of public comments received during scoping and on the draft SEIS.· - 2 The final Supplement 43 to the GElS is publicly available at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, or from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). The ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading rm/adams.html. The accession number for the final Supplement 43 to the GElS is ML 103560149. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC's PDR reference staff by telephone at (800) 397-4209 or (301) 415-4737, or bye-mail at [email protected]. In addition, the Litchfield Park Branch Library, 101 West Wigwam Boulevard, Litchfield Park, AZ 85340, has agreed to make the final supplement available for public inspection. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr. David Drucker, Program Operations Branch, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop 0-11F1, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Mr. Drucker may be contacted by telephone at (800) 368-5642, extension 6223, or via e-mail at [email protected]. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of January, 2011. FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION IRAJ Trent Wertz, Chief Program Operations Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation NUREG-1437 Supplement 43 Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Supplement 43 Regarding Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Final Report Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation AVAILABILITY OF REFERENCE MATERIALS IN NRC PUBLICATIONS NRC Reference Material Non-NRC Reference Material As of November 1999, you may electronically access Documents available from public and special technical NUREG-series publications and other NRC records at libraries include all open literature items, such as NRC=s Public Electronic Reading Room at books, journal articles, and transactions, Federal http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html. Register notices, Federal and State legislation, and Publicly released records include, to name a few, congressional reports. 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