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Centers for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ is
temporarily identified by its task
number, DG–1149, which should be
mentioned in all related
correspondence.
This regulatory guide describes a
method that the staff of the NRC deems
acceptable for complying with the
Commission’s regulations for the
qualification of safety-related motor
control centers for nuclear power plants.
IEEE Std. 649–2006, ‘‘IEEE Standard
for Qualifying Class 1E Motor Control
Centers for Nuclear Power Generating
Stations,’’ published on December 29,
2006, was developed by the Working
Group on Motor Control Centers (SC
2.14) of the Nuclear Power Engineering
Committee of the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and
was approved by the IEEE–SA
Standards Board on September 15, 2006.
The standard provides basic principles,
requirements, and methods for
qualifying safety-related motor control
centers for both harsh and mild
environment applications in nuclear
power plants. The demonstration that
an installed motor control center will
meet its design specification requires
many steps: A program of quality
assurance, design, qualification,
production quality control, installation,
maintenance, periodic testing, and
surveillance. However, the scope of
IEEE Std. 649–2006 is limited to
qualification.
The purpose of qualification is to
provide assurance that the motor control
center is capable of performing its
required safety functions with no failure
mechanisms that could lead to common
mode failures under the postulated
conditions specified in the equipment
specification.
Clause 9.5 of IEEE Std 649–2006
references IEEE Std 344–2004,
‘‘Recommended Practice for Seismic
Qualification of Class 1E Equipment for
Nuclear Power Generating Stations,’’
and provides additional guidance for
seismic qualification of motor control
centers. The vast majority of seismic
qualification tests on motor control
centers were performed with input
frequencies up to only 33 Hz. Attempts
to utilize such past test experience data
for seismic qualification of motor
control centers is not considered
appropriate. Recent studies related to
the early site permit applications at
certain east coast hard rock-based plants
indicated that the site-specific spectra
may exceed the certified design spectra
of new proposed plants in the very high
frequency range (from 20 Hz up to 100
Hz). Plants located in the Central and
Eastern United States on hard-rock
should evaluate whether motor control
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center’s components (such as digital
components) could be affected by the
high frequency earthquake ground
motion.
These objectives should be
accomplished using qualification
methods (type testing, operating
experience, analysis as a supplement to
type testing and operating experience,
ongoing qualification, or any
combination thereof). However, the
preferred method of qualification is type
testing.
II. Further Information
The NRC staff is soliciting comments
on DG–1149. Comments may be
accompanied by relevant information or
supporting data, and should mention
DG–1149 in the subject line. Comments
submitted in writing or in electronic
form will be made available to the
public in their entirety through the
NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System (ADAMS).
Personal information will not be
removed from your comments. You may
submit comments by any of the
following methods:
1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking,
Directives, and Editing Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
2. E-mail comments to:
NRCREP@nrc.gov.
3. Hand-deliver comments to:
Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing
Branch, Office of Administration, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.
on Federal workdays.
4. Fax comments to: Rulemaking,
Directives, and Editing Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission at (301) 415–5144.
Requests for technical information
about DG–1149 may be directed to the
NRC Senior Program Manager, Satish
Aggarwal at (301) 415–6005 or e-mail to
Satish.Aggarwal@nrc.gov.
Comments would be most helpful if
received by September 19, 2008.
Comments received after that date will
be considered if it is practical to do so,
but the NRC is able to ensure
consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
Although a time limit is given,
comments and suggestions in
connection with items for inclusion in
guides currently being developed or
improvements in all published guides
are encouraged at any time.
Electronic copies of DG–1149 are
available through the NRC’s public Web
site under Draft Regulatory Guides in
the ‘‘Regulatory Guides’’ collection of
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https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. Electronic copies are also
available in ADAMS (https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html),
under Accession No. ML072760149.
In addition, regulatory guides are
available for inspection at the NRC’s
Public Document Room (PDR), which is
located at 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland. The PDR’s mailing
address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC
20555–0001. The PDR can also be
reached by telephone at (301) 415–4737
or (800) 397–4209, by fax at (301) 415–
3548, and by e-mail to PDR@nrc.gov.
Regulatory guides are not
copyrighted, and Commission approval
is not required to reproduce them.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day
of July, 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Harriet Karagiannis,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development
Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of
Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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Nuclear Management Company, LLC.;
Prairie Island Nuclear Generating
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement and Conduct Scoping
Process
Nuclear Management Company, LLC.
(NMC) has submitted an application for
renewal of Facility Operating Licenses
No. DPR–42 and DPR–60 for an
additional 20 years of operation at the
Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant,
Units 1 and 2 (PINGP). PINGP is located
in the city of Red Wing, Minnesota, on
the west bank of the Mississippi River.
The operating licenses for PINGP,
Units 1 and 2, expire on August 9, 2013,
and October 29, 2014, respectively. The
application for renewal, dated April 11,
2008, and supplemented by letter dated
May 16, 2008, was submitted pursuant
to Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) Part 54. A notice
of receipt and availability of the
application, which included the
environmental report (ER), was
published in the Federal Register on
May 6, 2008 (73 FR 25034), as corrected
on May 27, 2008 (73 FR 30423). A
notice of acceptance for docketing of the
application for renewal of the facility
operating license was published in the
Federal Register on June 17, 2008 (73
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FR 34335). 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) related to the
review of the license renewal
application and to provide the public an
opportunity to participate in the
environmental scoping process, which
is described 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 51.53(c)
and 10 CFR 54.23, NMC submitted the
ER as part of the application. The ER
was prepared pursuant to 10 CFR Part
51 and 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
https://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/
dologin.htm. The Accession Numbers
for the ER are ML081130677,
ML081130681, and ML081130684.
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 1–800–
397–4209, or 301–415–4737, or by
e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. The ER may also
be viewed on the Internet at https://
www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/
licensing/renewal/applications/prairieisland.html. In addition, the ER is
available for public inspection near
PINGP at the Red Wing Public Library,
225 East Ave, Red Wing, MN 55066.
This notice advises the public that the
NRC intends to gather the information
necessary to prepare a plant-specific
supplement to the Commission’s
‘‘Generic Environmental Impact
Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants,’’ (NUREG–1437) related
to the review of the application for
renewal of the PINGP operating licenses
for an additional 20 years. Possible
alternatives to the proposed action
(license renewal) include no action and
reasonable alternative energy sources.
The NRC is required by 10 CFR 51.95
to prepare a supplement to the GEIS in
connection with the renewal of an
operating license. This notice is being
published in accordance with NEPA
and the NRC’s regulations found in 10
CFR Part 51.
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The NRC will first conduct a scoping
process for the supplement to the GEIS
and, as soon as practicable thereafter,
will prepare a draft supplement to the
GEIS 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
supplement to the GEIS will follow 10
CFR 51.29 and will be used to:
a. Define the proposed action which
is to be the subject of the supplement to
the GEIS.
b. Determine the scope of the
supplement to the GEIS 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 supplement to the GEIS 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 the
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
supplement to the GEIS to the NRC and
any cooperating agencies.
h. Describe how the supplement to
the GEIS will be prepared, and include
any contractor assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities
to participate in scoping:
a. The applicant, Nuclear
Management Company, LLC.
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.
f. Any person who has petitioned or
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
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proposed activity and to determine the
scope of issues to be addressed in an
EIS. The NRC has decided to hold
public meetings for the PINGP license
renewal supplement to the GEIS. The
scoping meetings will be held at the Red
Wing Public Library, 225 East Ave., Red
Wing, MN 55066, on Wednesday, July
30, 2008. There will be two sessions to
accommodate interested parties. The
first session will convene at 1:30 p.m.
and will continue until 4:30 p.m., as
necessary. The second session will
convene at 7 p.m. with a repeat of the
overview portions of the meeting and
will continue until 10 p.m., as
necessary. Both meetings will be
transcribed and will include: (1) An
overview by the NRC staff of the NEPA
environmental review process, the
proposed scope of the supplement to the
GEIS, and 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 supplement to the GEIS.
Additionally, the NRC staff will host
informal discussions one hour prior to
the start of each session at the same
location. No formal comments on the
proposed scope of the supplement to the
GEIS will be accepted during the
informal discussions. To be considered,
comments must be provided either at
the transcribed public meetings or in
writing, as discussed below. Persons
may register to attend or present oral
comments at the meetings on the scope
of the NEPA review by contacting the
NRC Project Manager, Mr. Richard
Plasse, by telephone at 1–301–415–
1427, or by e-mail to the NRC at
richard.plasse@nrc.gov no later than
July 24, 2008. Members of the public
may also register to speak at the meeting
within 15 minutes of the start of each
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 supplement
to the GEIS. Mr. Plasse will need to be
contacted no later than July 24, 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 environmental
scope of the PINGP license renewal
review to: Chief, Rulemaking, Directives
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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 the NRC, Room T–6D59, Two White
Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852, from 7:30
a.m. to 4:15 p.m. during Federal
workdays. To be considered in the
scoping process, written comments
should be postmarked by September 22,
2008. Electronic comments may be sent
by e-mail to the NRC at
PrairieIslandEIS@nrc.gov, and should be
sent no later than September 22, 2008,
to be considered in the scoping process.
Comments will be available
electronically and accessible through
ADAMS at https://
adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm.
Participation in the scoping process
for the supplement to the GEIS does not
entitle participants to become parties to
the proceeding to which the supplement
to the GEIS relates. Notice of
opportunity for a hearing regarding the
renewal application was the subject of
the aforementioned Federal Register
notice (73 FR 34335). Matters related to
participation in any hearing are outside
the scope of matters to be discussed at
this public meeting.
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 in ADAMS at https://
adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm.
The staff will then prepare and issue for
comment the draft supplement to the
GEIS, which will be the subject of
separate notices and separate public
meetings. Copies will be available for
public inspection at the abovementioned 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
supplement to the GEIS, which will also
be available for public inspection.
Information about the proposed
action, the supplement to the GEIS, and
the scoping process may be obtained
from Mr. Plasse at the aforementioned
telephone number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day
of July 2008.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Rani Franovich,
Branch Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of
License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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individual at least two working days
prior to the meeting to be advised of any
potential changes to the agenda.
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Committee on Reactor Safeguards.
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The agenda for the subject meeting
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a.m.–5 p.m.
Friday, August 22, 2008—8:30 a.m.–5
p.m.
The Subcommittee will review the
probabilistic risk analysis supporting
the Safety Evaluation Report with Open
Items associated with the ESBWR
Design Certification Application. The
Subcommittee will hear presentations
by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff, GEH,
and other interested persons regarding
this matter. The Subcommittee will
gather information, analyze relevant
issues and facts, and formulate
proposed positions and actions, as
appropriate, for deliberation by the full
Committee.
Members of the public desiring to
provide oral statements and/or written
comments should notify the Designated
Federal Official, Dr. Harold J.
Vandermolen (telephone: 301–415–
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possible, so that appropriate
arrangements can be made. Electronic
recordings will be permitted. Detailed
procedures for the conduct of and
participation in ACRS meetings were
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September 26, 2007 (72 FR 54695).
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STATUS: Public and Closed.
Week of July 21, 2008.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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Nuclear Management Company, LLC.; Prairie Island Nuclear
Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping Process
Nuclear Management Company, LLC. (NMC) has submitted an application
for renewal of Facility Operating Licenses No. DPR-42 and DPR-60 for an
additional 20 years of operation at the Prairie Island Nuclear
Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 (PINGP). PINGP is located in the city
of Red Wing, Minnesota, on the west bank of the Mississippi River.
The operating licenses for PINGP, Units 1 and 2, expire on August
9, 2013, and October 29, 2014, respectively. The application for
renewal, dated April 11, 2008, and supplemented by letter dated May 16,
2008, was submitted pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) Part 54. A notice of receipt and availability of
the application, which included the environmental report (ER), was
published in the Federal Register on May 6, 2008 (73 FR 25034), as
corrected on May 27, 2008 (73 FR 30423). A notice of acceptance for
docketing of the application for renewal of the facility operating
license was published in the Federal Register on June 17, 2008 (73
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FR 34335). 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) related to the review of the
license renewal application and to provide the public an opportunity to
participate in the environmental scoping process, which is described 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 51.53(c) and 10 CFR 54.23, NMC submitted
the ER as part of the application. The ER was prepared pursuant to 10
CFR Part 51 and 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 https://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/
dologin.htm. The Accession Numbers for the ER are ML081130677,
ML081130681, and ML081130684. 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 1-800-397-
4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. The ER may also be
viewed on the Internet at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/
licensing/renewal/applications/prairie-island.html. In addition, the ER
is available for public inspection near PINGP at the Red Wing Public
Library, 225 East Ave, Red Wing, MN 55066.
This notice advises the public that the NRC intends to gather the
information necessary to prepare a plant-specific supplement to the
Commission's ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants,'' (NUREG-1437) related to the review
of the application for renewal of the PINGP operating licenses for an
additional 20 years. Possible alternatives to the proposed action
(license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy
sources. The NRC is required by 10 CFR 51.95 to prepare a supplement to
the GEIS in connection with the renewal of an operating license. 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 supplement to
the GEIS and, as soon as practicable thereafter, will prepare a draft
supplement to the GEIS 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
supplement to the GEIS will follow 10 CFR 51.29 and will be used to:
a. Define the proposed action which is to be the subject of the
supplement to the GEIS.
b. Determine the scope of the supplement to the GEIS 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 supplement to the GEIS 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 the 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 supplement
to the GEIS to the NRC and any cooperating agencies.
h. Describe how the supplement to the GEIS will be prepared, and
include any contractor assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities to participate in scoping:
a. The applicant, Nuclear Management Company, LLC.
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.
f. Any person who has petitioned or 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 has decided to hold public meetings for
the PINGP license renewal supplement to the GEIS. The scoping meetings
will be held at the Red Wing Public Library, 225 East Ave., Red Wing,
MN 55066, on Wednesday, July 30, 2008. There will be two sessions to
accommodate interested parties. The first session will convene at 1:30
p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m., as necessary. The second
session will convene at 7 p.m. with a repeat of the overview portions
of the meeting and will continue until 10 p.m., as necessary. Both
meetings will be transcribed and will include: (1) An overview by the
NRC staff of the NEPA environmental review process, the proposed scope
of the supplement to the GEIS, and 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 supplement to the GEIS.
Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour
prior to the start of each session at the same location. No formal
comments on the proposed scope of the supplement to the GEIS will be
accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments
must be provided either at the transcribed public meetings or in
writing, as discussed below. Persons may register to attend or present
oral comments at the meetings on the scope of the NEPA review by
contacting the NRC Project Manager, Mr. Richard Plasse, by telephone at
1-301-415-1427, or by e-mail to the NRC at richard.plasse@nrc.gov no
later than July 24, 2008. Members of the public may also register to
speak at the meeting within 15 minutes of the start of each 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 supplement to the GEIS. Mr. Plasse will need to be contacted no
later than July 24, 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
environmental scope of the PINGP license renewal review to: Chief,
Rulemaking, Directives
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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 the NRC, Room T-6D59, Two White Flint North, 11545
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
during Federal workdays. To be considered in the scoping process,
written comments should be postmarked by September 22, 2008. Electronic
comments may be sent by e-mail to the NRC at PrairieIslandEIS@nrc.gov,
and should be sent no later than September 22, 2008, to be considered
in the scoping process. Comments will be available electronically and
accessible through ADAMS at https://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm.
Participation in the scoping process for the supplement to the GEIS
does not entitle participants to become parties to the proceeding to
which the supplement to the GEIS relates. Notice of opportunity for a
hearing regarding the renewal application was the subject of the
aforementioned Federal Register notice (73 FR 34335). Matters related
to participation in any hearing are outside the scope of matters to be
discussed at this public meeting.
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 in ADAMS at https://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/
dologin.htm. The staff will then prepare and issue for comment the
draft supplement to the GEIS, which will be the subject of separate
notices and separate public meetings. 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 supplement
to the GEIS, which will also be available for public inspection.
Information about the proposed action, the supplement to the GEIS,
and the scoping process may be obtained from Mr. Plasse at the
aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of July 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Rani Franovich,
Branch Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E8-16731 Filed 7-21-08; 8:45 am]
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