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Dominion Nuclear Power, LLC; North
Anna Power Station Combined License
Application; Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental; Impact
Statement and Conduct Scoping
Process
Dominion Nuclear Power, LLC
(Dominion), has submitted an
application for a combined license
(COL) for its North Anna Power Station
(NAPS or North Anna) site to build Unit
3, located in Louisa County, Virginia,
approximately 40 miles north northwest
of Richmond. The application for the
COL was submitted by letter dated
November 26, 2007, pursuant to the
requirements of Title 10, Part 52. A
notice of receipt and availability of the
application, which included the
environmental report (ER), was
published in the Federal Register on
December 12, 2007 (72 FR 70616). A
notice of acceptance for docketing of the
application for the COL was published
in the Federal Register on February 4,
2008 (73 FR 6528). 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 COL
application and to provide the public an
opportunity to participate in the
environmental scoping process, as
described in 10 CFR 51.29.
In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR
800.8(c), ‘‘Coordination with The
National Environmental Policy Act’’ the
NRC staff intends to use the process and
documentation required for the
preparation of an EIS to the comply
with section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act, in lieu of the
procedures set forth in 36 CFR 800.3
through 800.6.
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In accordance with 10 CFR 51.45 and
10 CFR 51.50, Dominion submitted the
ER as part of the application. The ER
was prepared pursuant to 10 CFR Parts
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, or from the
Publicly Available Records component
of the 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. The accession number
in ADAMS for the ER is ML073321238.
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 at 1–800–397–4209 or
301–415–4737, or by sending an e-mail
to pdr@nrc.gov. The application may
also be viewed on the Internet at: https://
www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/
col/north-anna.html. In addition, the
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library in
Mineral, Virginia; Hanover Branch
Library in Hanover, Virginia; Orange
County Library in Orange, Virginia;
Salem Church Library in
Fredericksburg, Virginia; and C. Melvin
Snow Memorial Branch Library in
Spotsylvania, Virginia have agreed to
make the ER available for public
inspection.
The following key reference
documents related to the COL
application 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, Licenses,
Certifications, and Approvals 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. Fact Sheet on Nuclear Power Plant
Licensing Process,
g. Regulatory Guide 4.2, Preparation
of Environmental Reports for Nuclear
Power Stations,
h. Regulatory Guide 1.206, Combined
License Applications for Nuclear Power
Plants, and
i. NRR Office Instruction LIC–203,
Procedural Guidance for Preparing
Environmental Assessments and
Considering Environmental Issues.
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The regulations, NUREG-series
documents, regulatory guides, and fact
sheet can be found under Document
Collections in the Electronic Reading
Room on the NRC Web page. 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 the
COL at the North Anna COL site.
Possible alternatives to the proposed
action (issuance of the COL at the NAPS
COL site) include no action and
consideration of alternative sites.
The NRC is required by 10 CFR
51.20(b)(2) to prepare an EIS in
connection with the issuance of a COL.
This notice is being published in
accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) and NRC 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 the scoping process by
members of the public and local, State,
Tribal, and Federal government agencies
is encouraged. The scoping process for
the EIS will be used to accomplish the
following:
a. Define the proposed action which
is to be the subject of the 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. Identify parties consulting with the
NRC under the NHPA, as set forth in 36
CFR 800.8(c)(1)(i);
g. Indicate the relationship between
the timing of the preparation of the
environmental analyses and the
Commission’s tentative planning and
decision-making schedule;
h. Identify any cooperating agencies
and, as appropriate, allocate
assignments for preparation and
schedules for completing the EIS to the
NRC and any cooperating agencies; and
i. Describe how the EIS will be
prepared and include any contractor
assistance to be used.
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The NRC invites the following entities
to participate in the scoping process:
a. The applicant, Dominion;
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;
d. Any affected Indian tribe;
e. Any person who requests or has
requested an opportunity to participate
in the scoping process; and
f. 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 scoping
meeting for the EIS regarding the North
Anna COL application on Wednesday,
April 16, 2008, at the Louisa County
High School, 757 Davis Highway,
Mineral, Virginia.
The meeting will convene at 7 p.m.
and will continue until approximately
10 p.m. The meeting will be transcribed
and will include: (1) An overview by the
NRC staff of the NEPA environmental
review process, the proposed scope of
the EIS, the proposed review schedule,
and (2) 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 an
informal discussion one hour before the
start of the meeting. No formal
comments on the proposed scope of the
EIS will be accepted during the informal
discussion open house. 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
scope of the NEPA review by contacting
Ms. Alicia Williamson or Ms. Laura
Quinn at 1–800–368–5642, extension
1878 or 2220, respectively. In addition,
persons can register via e-mail to the
NRC at:
NORTHANNA.COLAEIS@nrc.gov, no
later than April 10, 2008.
Members of the public may also
register to speak at the meeting within
15 minutes of the start of the meeting.
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
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registered may also have an opportunity
to speak, if time permits. Public
comments will be considered in the
scoping process for the EIS. Ms.
Williamson or Ms. Quinn will need to
be contacted no later than April 7, 2008,
if special equipment or accommodations
are needed to attend or present
information at the public meeting, so
that the NRC staff can determine
whether the request can be
accommodated.
Members of the public may send
written comments on the scope of the
North Anna COL environmental review
to the Chief, Rulemaking, Directives,
and Editing 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 also be delivered
to Room T–6D59, Two White Flint
North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.,
during Federal workdays. To be
considered in the scoping process,
comments should be received by the
end of the scoping comment period,
which is May 16, 2008. Written
comments should be postmarked by
date May 16, 2008. Electronic comments
may be sent via the Internet to the NRC
at NORTHANNA.COLAEIS@nrc.gov.
Submissions should be sent no later
than May 16, 2008, to be considered in
the scoping process. Comments will be
available in the meeting summary report
electronically and accessible through
the NRC’s ERR link at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
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 a
COL will be the subject of a future
Federal Register notice.
At the conclusion of the scoping
process, the NRC staff 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 NRC’s ERR link.
The staff will then prepare and issue for
comment the draft EIS, which will be
the subject of separate Federal Register
notices and a separate public meeting. A
copy of the draft EIS will be available
for public inspection at the abovementioned address, and one copy per
request will be provided free of charge.
After receipt and consideration of the
comments, the NRC staff will prepare a
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final EIS, (which will also be available
for public inspection). Information
about the proposed EIS and the scoping
process may be obtained from Ms.
Alicia Williamson, Environmental
Project Manager, 301–415–1878.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day
of March 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James E. Lyons,
Division Director, Division of Site and
Environmental Reviews, Office of New
Reactors.
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• Did the development of the PAR
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Æ Improve internal and external
communications?
Æ Increase/decrease the burden on
preparers?
• What are individuals’
recommendations for improving
performance and financial reporting?
For additional background
information regarding the open forum
and the PAR pilot, please see OMB’s
pilot notice of January 30, 2008 (73 FR
5600).
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SUMMARY: The open forum on the FY
2007 Performance and Accountability
Report (PAR) pilot previously scheduled
for April 14, 2008 will now be held at
the National Academy of Public
Administration (NAPA) on April 10,
2008 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Those
interested in participating should
respond to the questions listed below by
Email to either Regina Kearney at
rkearney@omb.eop.gov, or Pat Harris at
pharris@omb.eop.gov by close of
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Annual Performance Report, and
Highlights):
Æ Provide an enhanced presentation
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Æ Tailor financial and performance
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Æ Report performance and financial
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shortfalls?
• Are the PAR pilot component
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The forum will be held in
the National Academy of Public
Administration (NAPA) building
located at 900 7th Street, NW., Suite
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Due to potential delays in OMB’s
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comments mailed will be received
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Please advise also if you will require
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Harris OMB, Office of Performance and
Personnel Management, at 202–395–
5018 or pharris@omb.eop.gov.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 52-017]
Dominion Nuclear Power, LLC; North Anna Power Station Combined
License Application; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental;
Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping Process
Dominion Nuclear Power, LLC (Dominion), has submitted an
application for a combined license (COL) for its North Anna Power
Station (NAPS or North Anna) site to build Unit 3, located in Louisa
County, Virginia, approximately 40 miles north northwest of Richmond.
The application for the COL was submitted by letter dated November 26,
2007, pursuant to the requirements of Title 10, Part 52. A notice of
receipt and availability of the application, which included the
environmental report (ER), was published in the Federal Register on
December 12, 2007 (72 FR 70616). A notice of acceptance for docketing
of the application for the COL was published in the Federal Register on
February 4, 2008 (73 FR 6528). 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 COL application and to provide the public an opportunity
to participate in the environmental scoping process, as described in 10
CFR 51.29.
In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), ``Coordination with
The National Environmental Policy Act'' the NRC staff intends to use
the process and documentation required for the preparation of an EIS to
the comply with section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act,
in lieu of the procedures set forth in 36 CFR 800.3 through 800.6.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.45 and 10 CFR 51.50, Dominion
submitted the ER as part of the application. The ER was prepared
pursuant to 10 CFR Parts 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,
or from the Publicly Available Records component of the 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. The
accession number in ADAMS for the ER is ML073321238. 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
at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by sending an e-mail to
pdr@nrc.gov. The application may also be viewed on the Internet at:
https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/col/north-anna.html. In
addition, the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library in Mineral, Virginia;
Hanover Branch Library in Hanover, Virginia; Orange County Library in
Orange, Virginia; Salem Church Library in Fredericksburg, Virginia; and
C. Melvin Snow Memorial Branch Library in Spotsylvania, Virginia have
agreed to make the ER available for public inspection.
The following key reference documents related to the COL
application 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, Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals 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. Fact Sheet on Nuclear Power Plant Licensing Process,
g. Regulatory Guide 4.2, Preparation of Environmental Reports for
Nuclear Power Stations,
h. Regulatory Guide 1.206, Combined License Applications for
Nuclear Power Plants, and
i. NRR Office Instruction LIC-203, Procedural Guidance for
Preparing Environmental Assessments and Considering Environmental
Issues.
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The regulations, NUREG-series documents, regulatory guides, and
fact sheet can be found under Document Collections in the Electronic
Reading Room on the NRC Web page. 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 the COL at the North Anna COL site. Possible
alternatives to the proposed action (issuance of the COL at the NAPS
COL site) include no action and consideration of alternative sites.
The NRC is required by 10 CFR 51.20(b)(2) to prepare an EIS in
connection with the issuance of a COL. This notice is being published
in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)
and NRC 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 the scoping process by members of the public
and local, State, Tribal, and Federal government agencies is
encouraged. The scoping process for the EIS will be used to accomplish
the following:
a. Define the proposed action which is to be the subject of the
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. Identify parties consulting with the NRC under the NHPA, as set
forth in 36 CFR 800.8(c)(1)(i);
g. Indicate the relationship between the timing of the preparation
of the environmental analyses and the Commission's tentative planning
and decision-making schedule;
h. Identify any cooperating agencies and, as appropriate, allocate
assignments for preparation and schedules for completing the EIS to the
NRC and any cooperating agencies; and
i. Describe how the EIS will be prepared and include any contractor
assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities to participate in the
scoping process:
a. The applicant, Dominion;
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;
d. Any affected Indian tribe;
e. Any person who requests or has requested an opportunity to
participate in the scoping process; and
f. 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 scoping meeting for
the EIS regarding the North Anna COL application on Wednesday, April
16, 2008, at the Louisa County High School, 757 Davis Highway, Mineral,
Virginia.
The meeting will convene at 7 p.m. and will continue until
approximately 10 p.m. The meeting will be transcribed and will include:
(1) An overview by the NRC staff of the NEPA environmental review
process, the proposed scope of the EIS, the proposed review schedule,
and (2) 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 an informal discussion one hour before the
start of the meeting. No formal comments on the proposed scope of the
EIS will be accepted during the informal discussion open house. 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 scope of the NEPA
review by contacting Ms. Alicia Williamson or Ms. Laura Quinn at 1-800-
368-5642, extension 1878 or 2220, respectively. In addition, persons
can register via e-mail to the NRC at: NORTHANNA.COLAEIS@nrc.gov, no
later than April 10, 2008.
Members of the public may also register to speak at the meeting
within 15 minutes of the start of the meeting. 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. Ms. Williamson
or Ms. Quinn will need to be contacted no later than April 7, 2008, if
special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present
information at the public meeting, so that the NRC staff can determine
whether the request can be accommodated.
Members of the public may send written comments on the scope of the
North Anna COL environmental review to the Chief, Rulemaking,
Directives, and Editing 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 also
be delivered to Room T-6D59, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., during Federal
workdays. To be considered in the scoping process, comments should be
received by the end of the scoping comment period, which is May 16,
2008. Written comments should be postmarked by date May 16, 2008.
Electronic comments may be sent via the Internet to the NRC at
NORTHANNA.COLAEIS@nrc.gov.
Submissions should be sent no later than May 16, 2008, to be
considered in the scoping process. Comments will be available in the
meeting summary report electronically and accessible through the NRC's
ERR link at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
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 a COL will
be the subject of a future Federal Register notice.
At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC staff 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 NRC's ERR link. The
staff will then prepare and issue for comment the draft EIS, which will
be the subject of separate Federal Register notices and a separate
public meeting. A copy of the draft EIS will be available for public
inspection at the above-mentioned address, and one copy per request
will be provided free of charge. After receipt and consideration of the
comments, the NRC staff will prepare a
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final EIS, (which will also be available for public inspection).
Information about the proposed EIS and the scoping process may be
obtained from Ms. Alicia Williamson, Environmental Project Manager,
301-415-1878.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of March 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James E. Lyons,
Division Director, Division of Site and Environmental Reviews, Office
of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. E8-5009 Filed 3-12-08; 8:45 am]
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