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Licenses and conforming amendments
and an opportunity for a hearing was
published in the Federal Register on
June 8, 2006 (71 FR 33321). No hearing
requests or written comments were
received.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, no license,
or any right thereunder, shall be
transferred, directly or indirectly,
through transfer of control of the
license, unless the Commission shall
give its consent in writing. After
reviewing the information in SCE’s
application and other information
before the Commission, and relying
upon the representations and
agreements contained in the
application, the NRC staff has
determined that SCE is qualified to hold
the licenses to the extent proposed to
permit the transfer of Anaheim’s 3.16percent undivided ownership interest in
SONGS 2 and 3 to SCE, excluding
Anaheim’s interest in its spent fuel and
in the SONGS 2 and 3 ISFSI, as
previously described herein, and that
the transfer of the licenses is otherwise
consistent with applicable provisions of
law, regulations, and orders issued by
the Commission pursuant thereto,
subject to the conditions set forth below.
The NRC staff has further found that the
application for the proposed license
amendments complies with the
standards and requirements of the
Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of 1954, as
amended, and the Commission’s rules
and regulations set forth in 10 CFR
Chapter I; the facility will operate in
conformity with the application, the
provisions of the Act, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission; there is
reasonable assurance that the activities
authorized by the proposed license
amendments can be conducted without
endangering the health and safety of the
public and that such activities will be
conducted in compliance with the
Commission’s regulations; the issuance
of the proposed license amendments
will not be inimical to the common
defense and security or the health and
safety of the public; and the issuance of
the proposed amendments will be in
accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the
Commission’s regulations and all
applicable requirements have been
satisfied. The foregoing findings are
supported by a safety evaluation dated
September 27, 2006.
approved, subject to the following
conditions:
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After receipt of all required regulatory
approvals of the transfer of Anaheim’s 3.16percent undivided ownership interest in
SONGS 2 and 3 to SCE, excluding Anaheim’s
interest in its spent fuel and in the SONGS
2 and 3 ISFSI, as previously described
herein, SCE shall inform the Director, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, in writing of
such receipt, within 5 business days, and of
the date of the closing of the transfer no later
than 7 business days before the date of
closing. If the transfer is not completed by
September 27, 2007, this Order shall become
null and void, provided however, that upon
written application and for good cause
shown, such date may be extended in
writing.
[Docket No. 52–011]
It is further ordered that consistent
with 10 CFR 2.1315(b), license
amendments that make changes, as
indicated in Enclosure 2 to the cover
letter forwarding this Order, to conform
the licenses to reflect the subject license
transfers are approved. The
amendments shall be issued and made
effective at the time the proposed
transfers are completed.
This Order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this
action, see the initial application dated
March 10, 2006, the supplemental
submittal dated May 16, 2006, and the
safety evaluation dated September 27,
2006, which are available for public
inspection at the Commission’s Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland, and
accessible electronically through the
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet
on the NRC’s Web site https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Persons who do not have access to
ADAMS or who encounter problems in
accessing the document located in
ADAMS, should contact the Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation PDR
reference staff by telephone at 1–800–
397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by e-mail
to PDR@nrc.gov.
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III.
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections
161b, 161i, and 184 of the AEA of 1954,
as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(i),
and 2234, and 10 CFR 50.80, It is hereby
ordered that the transfer of the licenses
to SCE, as described herein, is
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day
of September 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
J. E. Dyer,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company,
Inc., Vogtle ESP Site; Notice of Intent
To Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement and Conduct Scoping
Process
Southern Nuclear Operating
Corporation (SNC) has submitted an
application for an early site permit
(ESP) for its Vogtle ESP site, located on
the west bank of the Savannah River in
eastern Burke County, in east-central
Georgia. The site is approximately 100
miles northwest of Savannah, Georgia,
and approximately 26 miles southeast of
Augusta, Georgia, and across the river
from the U.S. Department of Energy’s
Savannah River Site (Barnwell County,
South Carolina). The application for the
ESP was submitted by letter dated
August 15, 2006, pursuant to 10 CFR
Part 52. A notice of receipt of
application, including the
environmental report (ER), was
published in the Federal Register on
August 29, 2006 (71 FR 51222). A notice
of acceptance for docketing of the
application for an early site permit for
Vogtle was published in the Federal
Register on September 26, 2006 (71 FR
56187). The purpose of this notice is to
inform the public that the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) will be
preparing an environmental impact
statement (EIS) in support of the review
of the ESP application and to provide
the public with an opportunity to
participate in the environmental
scoping process as defined in 10 CFR
51.29. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR
800.8, ‘‘Coordination with the National
Environmental Policy Act,’’ the NRC
plans to coordinate compliance with
Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act in meeting the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA).
In accordance with 10 CFR 52.17
(a)(2), 51.45 and 51.50, SERI submitted
the ER as part of the application. The ER
was prepared pursuant to 10 CFR Part
51 and 52 and is available for public
inspection at the NRC Public Document
Room (PDR) located at One White Flint
North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland 20852, or from the
Publicly Available Records component
of NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html, which provides access
through the NRC’s Electronic Reading
Room (ERR) link. Persons who do not
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have access to ADAMS, or who
encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, should
contact the NRC’s PDR Reference staff at
1–800–397–4209, or 301–415–4737, or
by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. The
application may also be viewed on the
Internet at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/
new-licensing/esp/vogtle.html. In
addition, the Burke County Library, 130
Highway 24 South, Waynesboro, GA
30830–4572, has agreed to make the ER
available for public inspection.
The following key reference
documents related to the ESP
applications and the NRC staff’s review
process are available through the NRC’s
Web site at https://www.nrc.gov:
a. 10 CFR Part 51, Environmental
protection regulations for domestic
licensing and related regulatory
functions.
b. 10 CFR Part 52, Early site permits;
standard design certifications; and
combined licenses for nuclear power
plants.
c. 10 CFR Part 100, Reactor site
criteria.
d. NUREG–1555, Standard Review
Plans for Environmental Reviews for
Nuclear Power Plants.
e. NUREG/BR–0298, Brochure on
Nuclear Power Plant Licensing Process.
f. Regulatory Guide 4.2, Preparation of
Environmental Reports for Nuclear
Power Stations.
g. Regulatory Guide 4.7, General Site
Suitability Criteria for Nuclear Power
Stations.
h. Fact Sheet on Nuclear Power Plant
Licensing Process.
i. Draft review Standard RS–002,
Processing Applications for Early Site
Permits.
j. NRR Office Instruction LIC–203,
Procedural Guidance for Preparing
Environmental Assessments and
Considering Environmental Issues.
The regulations, NUREG-series
documents, regulatory guide(s), and fact
sheet can be found under Document
Collections in the Electronic Reading
Room on the NRC Web page. The draft
review standard is at https://
www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/
license-reviews/esp/esp-publiccomments-rs-002.html. Finally, Office
Instruction LIC–203 can be found in
ADAMS in two parts under accession
numbers ML011710073 (main text) and
ML011780314 (charts and figures).
This notice advises the public that the
NRC intends to gather the information
necessary to prepare an EIS in support
of the review of the application for an
ESP at the Vogtle ESP site. Possible
alternatives to the proposed action
(issuance of the ESP at the Vogtle ESP
site) include no action and alternate
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sites. The NRC is required by 10 CFR
52.18 to prepare an EIS in connection
with the issuance of an ESP. This notice
is being published in accordance with
NEPA and the NRC’s regulations found
in 10 CFR Part 51.
The NRC will first conduct a scoping
process for the EIS and, as soon as
practicable thereafter, will prepare a
draft EIS for public comment.
Participation in this scoping process by
members of the public and local, State,
Tribal, and Federal government agencies
is encouraged. The scoping process for
the draft EIS will be used to accomplish
the following:
a. Define the proposed action which
is to be the subject of EIS.
b. Determine the scope of the EIS and
identify the significant issues to be
analyzed in depth.
c. Identify and eliminate from
detailed study those issues that are
peripheral or that are not significant.
d. Identify any environmental
assessments and other EISs that are
being or will be prepared that are
related to but are not part of the scope
of the EIS being considered.
e. Identify other environmental
review and consultation requirements
related to the proposed action.
f. Indicate the relationship between
the timing of the preparation of
environmental analyses and the
Commission’s tentative planning and
decision-making schedule.
g. Identify any cooperating agencies
and, as appropriate, allocate
assignments for preparation and
schedules for completing the EIS to the
NRC and any cooperating agencies.
h. Describe how the EIS will be
prepared, including any contractor
assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities
to participate in the scoping process:
a. The applicant, SNC.
b. Any Federal agency that has
jurisdiction by law or special expertise
with respect to any environmental
impact involved, or that is authorized to
develop and enforce relevant
environmental standards.
c. Affected State and local
government agencies, including those
authorized to develop and enforce
relevant environmental standards
including the State Historic Preservation
Officer.
d. Any affected Indian tribe including
the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer.
e. The Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation.
f. Any person who requests or has
requested an opportunity to participate
in the scoping process.
g. Any person who intends to petition
for leave to intervene.
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In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26, the
scoping process for an EIS may include
a public scoping meeting to help
identify significant issues related to a
proposed activity and to determine the
scope of issues to be addressed in an
EIS. The NRC will hold a public
meeting for the Vogtle early site permit
application EIS. The scoping meeting
will be held at the Augusta Technical
College, Waynesboro Campus
Auditorium, 216 Hwy 24 South,
Waynesboro, GA 30830, on Thursday,
October 19, 2006. The meeting will
convene at 7 p.m., and will continue
until 10 p.m., as necessary. The meeting
will be transcribed and will include the
following: (1) An overview by the NRC
staff of the NEPA environmental review
process, the proposed scope of the EIS,
and the proposed review schedule; (2)
an overview by SNC of the proposed
action, the Vogtle ESP, and the
environmental impacts as outlined in
the ER; and (3) the opportunity for
interested Government agencies,
organizations, and individuals to submit
comments or suggestions on the
environmental issues or the proposed
scope of the EIS. Additionally, the NRC
staff will host informal discussions
during the two hours prior to the start
of the public meeting at Augusta
Technical College. No formal comments
on the proposed scope of the EIS will be
accepted during the informal
discussions. To be considered,
comments must be provided either at
the transcribed public meeting or in
writing, as discussed below. Persons
may register to attend or present oral
comments at the meeting on the NEPA
scoping process by contacting Ms.
Cristina Guerrero by telephone at 1
(800) 368–5642, extension 2981, or by
Internet to the NRC at
Vogtle_EIS@nrc.gov no later than
October 12, 2006. Members of the public
may also register to speak at the meeting
within 15 minutes of the start of the
session. Individual oral comments may
be limited by the time available,
depending on the number of persons
who register. Members of the public
who have not registered may also have
an opportunity to speak, if time permits.
Public comments will be considered in
the scoping process for the EIS. If
special equipment or accommodations
are needed to attend or present
information at the public meeting, the
need should be brought to Ms.
Guerrero’s attention no later than
October 12, 2006, so that the NRC staff
can determine whether the request can
be accommodated.
Members of the public may send
written comments on the environmental
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scoping process for the EIS to the Chief,
Rules and Directives Branch, Division of
Administrative Services, Office of
Administration, Mailstop T–6D59, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, and
should cite the publication date and
page number of this Federal Register
notice. Comments may be handdelivered to the NRC at 11545 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30
a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
To be considered in the scoping process,
written comments must be postmarked
or delivered by December 4, 2006.
Electronic comments may be sent by the
Internet to the NRC at
Vogtle_EIS@nrc.gov. Electronic
submissions must be sent no later than
December 4, 2006, to be considered in
the scoping process. The staff will not
consider comments submitted later than
as specified above unless time permits.
Comments will be available
electronically and accessible through
the NRC’s ERR link https://www.nrc.gov/
nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html at the
NRC Homepage.
Participation in the scoping process
for the EIS does not entitle participants
to become parties to the proceeding to
which the EIS relates. Notice of a
hearing regarding the application for an
ESP will be the subject of a future
Federal Register notice.
At the conclusion of the scoping
process, the NRC will prepare a concise
summary of the determination and
conclusions reached, including the
significant issues identified, and will
send a copy of the summary to each
participant in the scoping process. The
summary will also be available for
inspection through the ERR link. The
staff will then prepare and issue for
comment the draft EIS, which will be
the subject of separate notices and a
separate public meeting. Copies will be
available for public inspection at the
above-mentioned addresses, and one
copy per request will be provided free
of charge. After receipt and
consideration of the comments, the NRC
will prepare a final EIS, which will also
be available for public inspection.
Information about the proposed
action, the EIS, and the scoping process
may be obtained from Mark Notich at
(301) 415–3053 or mdn@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day
of October, 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas A. Bergman,
Acting Director, Division of New Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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DATE: Week of October 9, 2006.
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STATUS: Public and Closed.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
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[Docket No. 52-011]
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Vogtle ESP Site; Notice
of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct
Scoping Process
Southern Nuclear Operating Corporation (SNC) has submitted an
application for an early site permit (ESP) for its Vogtle ESP site,
located on the west bank of the Savannah River in eastern Burke County,
in east-central Georgia. The site is approximately 100 miles northwest
of Savannah, Georgia, and approximately 26 miles southeast of Augusta,
Georgia, and across the river from the U.S. Department of Energy's
Savannah River Site (Barnwell County, South Carolina). The application
for the ESP was submitted by letter dated August 15, 2006, pursuant to
10 CFR Part 52. A notice of receipt of application, including the
environmental report (ER), was published in the Federal Register on
August 29, 2006 (71 FR 51222). A notice of acceptance for docketing of
the application for an early site permit for Vogtle was published in
the Federal Register on September 26, 2006 (71 FR 56187). The purpose
of this notice is to inform the public that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) will be preparing an environmental impact statement
(EIS) in support of the review of the ESP application and to provide
the public with an opportunity to participate in the environmental
scoping process as defined in 10 CFR 51.29. In addition, as outlined in
36 CFR 800.8, ``Coordination with the National Environmental Policy
Act,'' the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act in meeting the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
In accordance with 10 CFR 52.17 (a)(2), 51.45 and 51.50, SERI
submitted the ER as part of the application. The ER was prepared
pursuant to 10 CFR Part 51 and 52 and is available for public
inspection at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) located at One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland
20852, or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRC's
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is
accessible at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, which provides
access through the NRC's Electronic Reading Room (ERR) link. Persons
who do not
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have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC's PDR Reference
staff at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
The application may also be viewed on the Internet at https://
www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/esp/vogtle.html. In addition, the
Burke County Library, 130 Highway 24 South, Waynesboro, GA 30830-4572,
has agreed to make the ER available for public inspection.
The following key reference documents related to the ESP
applications and the NRC staff's review process are available through
the NRC's Web site at https://www.nrc.gov:
a. 10 CFR Part 51, Environmental protection regulations for
domestic licensing and related regulatory functions.
b. 10 CFR Part 52, Early site permits; standard design
certifications; and combined licenses for nuclear power plants.
c. 10 CFR Part 100, Reactor site criteria.
d. NUREG-1555, Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for
Nuclear Power Plants.
e. NUREG/BR-0298, Brochure on Nuclear Power Plant Licensing
Process.
f. Regulatory Guide 4.2, Preparation of Environmental Reports for
Nuclear Power Stations.
g. Regulatory Guide 4.7, General Site Suitability Criteria for
Nuclear Power Stations.
h. Fact Sheet on Nuclear Power Plant Licensing Process.
i. Draft review Standard RS-002, Processing Applications for Early
Site Permits.
j. NRR Office Instruction LIC-203, Procedural Guidance for
Preparing Environmental Assessments and Considering Environmental
Issues.
The regulations, NUREG-series documents, regulatory guide(s), and
fact sheet can be found under Document Collections in the Electronic
Reading Room on the NRC Web page. The draft review standard is at
https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/license-reviews/esp/esp-
public-comments-rs-002.html. Finally, Office Instruction LIC-203 can be
found in ADAMS in two parts under accession numbers ML011710073 (main
text) and ML011780314 (charts and figures).
This notice advises the public that the NRC intends to gather the
information necessary to prepare an EIS in support of the review of the
application for an ESP at the Vogtle ESP site. Possible alternatives to
the proposed action (issuance of the ESP at the Vogtle ESP site)
include no action and alternate sites. The NRC is required by 10 CFR
52.18 to prepare an EIS in connection with the issuance of an ESP. This
notice is being published in accordance with NEPA and the NRC's
regulations found in 10 CFR Part 51.
The NRC will first conduct a scoping process for the EIS and, as
soon as practicable thereafter, will prepare a draft EIS for public
comment. Participation in this scoping process by members of the public
and local, State, Tribal, and Federal government agencies is
encouraged. The scoping process for the draft EIS will be used to
accomplish the following:
a. Define the proposed action which is to be the subject of EIS.
b. Determine the scope of the EIS and identify the significant
issues to be analyzed in depth.
c. Identify and eliminate from detailed study those issues that are
peripheral or that are not significant.
d. Identify any environmental assessments and other EISs that are
being or will be prepared that are related to but are not part of the
scope of the EIS being considered.
e. Identify other environmental review and consultation
requirements related to the proposed action.
f. Indicate the relationship between the timing of the preparation
of environmental analyses and the Commission's tentative planning and
decision-making schedule.
g. Identify any cooperating agencies and, as appropriate, allocate
assignments for preparation and schedules for completing the EIS to the
NRC and any cooperating agencies.
h. Describe how the EIS will be prepared, including any contractor
assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities to participate in the
scoping process:
a. The applicant, SNC.
b. Any Federal agency that has jurisdiction by law or special
expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved, or that is
authorized to develop and enforce relevant environmental standards.
c. Affected State and local government agencies, including those
authorized to develop and enforce relevant environmental standards
including the State Historic Preservation Officer.
d. Any affected Indian tribe including the Tribal Historic
Preservation Officer.
e. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
f. Any person who requests or has requested an opportunity to
participate in the scoping process.
g. Any person who intends to petition for leave to intervene.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26, the scoping process for an EIS may
include a public scoping meeting to help identify significant issues
related to a proposed activity and to determine the scope of issues to
be addressed in an EIS. The NRC will hold a public meeting for the
Vogtle early site permit application EIS. The scoping meeting will be
held at the Augusta Technical College, Waynesboro Campus Auditorium,
216 Hwy 24 South, Waynesboro, GA 30830, on Thursday, October 19, 2006.
The meeting will convene at 7 p.m., and will continue until 10 p.m., as
necessary. The meeting will be transcribed and will include the
following: (1) An overview by the NRC staff of the NEPA environmental
review process, the proposed scope of the EIS, and the proposed review
schedule; (2) an overview by SNC of the proposed action, the Vogtle
ESP, and the environmental impacts as outlined in the ER; and (3) the
opportunity for interested Government agencies, organizations, and
individuals to submit comments or suggestions on the environmental
issues or the proposed scope of the EIS. Additionally, the NRC staff
will host informal discussions during the two hours prior to the start
of the public meeting at Augusta Technical College. No formal comments
on the proposed scope of the EIS will be accepted during the informal
discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the
transcribed public meeting or in writing, as discussed below. Persons
may register to attend or present oral comments at the meeting on the
NEPA scoping process by contacting Ms. Cristina Guerrero by telephone
at 1 (800) 368-5642, extension 2981, or by Internet to the NRC at
Vogtle--EIS@nrc.gov no later than October 12, 2006. Members of the
public may also register to speak at the meeting within 15 minutes of
the start of the session. Individual oral comments may be limited by
the time available, depending on the number of persons who register.
Members of the public who have not registered may also have an
opportunity to speak, if time permits. Public comments will be
considered in the scoping process for the EIS. If special equipment or
accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the
public meeting, the need should be brought to Ms. Guerrero's attention
no later than October 12, 2006, so that the NRC staff can determine
whether the request can be accommodated.
Members of the public may send written comments on the
environmental
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scoping process for the EIS to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch,
Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, Mailstop
T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001,
and should cite the publication date and page number of this Federal
Register notice. Comments may be hand-delivered to the NRC at 11545
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on
Federal workdays. To be considered in the scoping process, written
comments must be postmarked or delivered by December 4, 2006.
Electronic comments may be sent by the Internet to the NRC at Vogtle--
EIS@nrc.gov. Electronic submissions must be sent no later than December
4, 2006, to be considered in the scoping process. The staff will not
consider comments submitted later than as specified above unless time
permits. Comments will be available electronically and accessible
through the NRC's ERR link https://www.nrc.gov/nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html at the NRC Homepage.
Participation in the scoping process for the EIS does not entitle
participants to become parties to the proceeding to which the EIS
relates. Notice of a hearing regarding the application for an ESP will
be the subject of a future Federal Register notice.
At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC will prepare a
concise summary of the determination and conclusions reached, including
the significant issues identified, and will send a copy of the summary
to each participant in the scoping process. The summary will also be
available for inspection through the ERR link. The staff will then
prepare and issue for comment the draft EIS, which will be the subject
of separate notices and a separate public meeting. Copies will be
available for public inspection at the above-mentioned addresses, and
one copy per request will be provided free of charge. After receipt and
consideration of the comments, the NRC will prepare a final EIS, which
will also be available for public inspection.
Information about the proposed action, the EIS, and the scoping
process may be obtained from Mark Notich at (301) 415-3053 or
mdn@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of October, 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas A. Bergman,
Acting Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E6-16559 Filed 10-4-06; 8:45 am]
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