Detroit Edison Company Fermi Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3 Combined License Application Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping Process, 75142-75144 [E8-29178]
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Rockville, Maryland, and will be
accessible electronically through the
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room link at the
NRC Web site https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. The
application is also available at https://
www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/
comanche-peak.html. Persons who do
not have access to ADAMS or who
encounter problems in accessing
documents located in ADAMS should
contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by
telephone at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or via e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 2nd day
of December 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stephen Raul Monarque,
Project Manager, US–APWR Projects Branch,
Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of
New Reactors.
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AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to
submit an information collection
request to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) and solicitation of public
comment.
SUMMARY: The NRC invites public
comment about our intention to request
the OMB’s approval for renewal of an
existing information collection that is
summarized below. We are required to
publish this notice in the Federal
Register under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
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Information pertaining to the
requirement to be submitted:
1. The title of the information
collection: 10 CFR Part 30—Rules of
General Applicability to Domestic
Licensing of Byproduct Material.
2. Current OMB approval number:
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3. How often the collection is
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submitted in previous applications may
be referenced without being
resubmitted. In addition, recordkeeping
must be performed on an on-going basis.
4. Who is required or asked to report:
All persons applying for or holding a
license to manufacture, produce,
transfer, receive, acquire, own, possess,
or use radioactive byproduct material.
5. The number of annual respondents:
20,669 (3,869 NRC licensees and 16,800
Agreement State licensees).
6. The number of hours needed
annually to complete the requirement or
request: 283,891 (NRC licensees 52,450
hours [22,833 reporting + 29,617
recordkeeping] and Agreement State
licensees 231,441 hours [100,081
reporting + 131,360 recordkeeping]).
7. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 30 establishes
requirements that are applicable to all
persons in the United States governing
domestic licensing of radioactive
byproduct material. The application,
reporting and recordkeeping
requirements are necessary to permit the
NRC to make a determination whether
the possession, use, and transfer of
byproduct material is in conformance
with the Commission’s regulations for
protection of the public health and
safety.
Submit, by February 9, 2009,
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questions:
1. Is the proposed collection of
information necessary for the NRC to
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information have practical utility?
2. Is the burden estimate accurate?
3. Is there a way to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected?
4. How can the burden of the
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including the use of automated
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information technology?
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signature date of this notice. Comments
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not be edited to remove any identifying
or contact information, the NRC
cautions you against including any
information in your submission that you
do not want to be publicly disclosed.
Comments submitted should reference
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Docket No. NRC–2008–0621. You may
submit your comments by any of the
following methods. Electronic
comments: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov and search for
Docket No. NRC–2008–0621. Mail
comments to NRC Clearance Officer,
Gregory Trussell (T–5 F53), U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001. Questions
about the information collection
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NRC Clearance Officer, Gregory Trussell
(T–5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, by telephone at 301–415–6445, or
by e-mail to
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day
of December 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Gregory Trussell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Services.
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Detroit Edison Company Fermi Nuclear
Power Plant, Unit 3 Combined License
Application Notice of Intent To Prepare
an Environmental Impact Statement
and Conduct Scoping Process
Detroit Edison Company (Detroit
Edison) has submitted an application for
a combined license (COL) to build the
Fermi Nuclear Power Plant, Unit #3
(Fermi 3) at its Enrico Fermi Atomic
Power Plant (Fermi) site, located on
approximately 1,260 acres in Monroe
County, Michigan, on Lake Erie,
approximately 25 miles northeast of
Toledo, Ohio and 30 miles southwest of
Detroit, Michigan. Detroit Edison
submitted the application for the COL to
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) by letter dated
September 18, 2008, pursuant to Title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR) Part 52. A notice of receipt and
availability of the application, which
included an environmental report (ER),
was published in the Federal Register
on Friday, October 17, 2008 (73 FR
61916). A notice of acceptance for
docketing of the application for the COL
was published in the Federal Register
on December 2, 2008, 73 FR 73350. The
purposes of this notice are (1) to inform
the public that the NRC will be
preparing an environmental impact
statement (EIS) in support of the review
of the COL application, and (2) to
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provide the public with 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 plans to coordinate
compliance with Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA) with steps taken to meet the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (NEPA). Pursuant to 36 CFR
800.8(c), the NRC staff intends to use
the process and documentation for the
preparation of the EIS on the proposed
action to comply with Section 106 of the
NHPA in lieu of the procedures set forth
on 36 CFR 800.3 through 800.6.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.45 and
51.50, Detroit Edison 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 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 link. The accession number in
ADAMS for the ER included in the
application is ML082730660. 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 1–800–397–4209/301–415–4737
or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
The application may also be viewed on
the Internet at https://www.nrc.gov/
reactors/new-reactors/col/fermi.html. In
addition, the Ellis Reference &
Information Center, Monroe County
Libraries, located at 3700 South Custer
Road, Monroe, Michigan 48161–9716
has agreed to make the ER available for
public inspection.
The following key reference
documents related to the application
and the NRC staff’s review processes are
available through the NRC’s Web site at
https://www.nrc.gov:
• 10 CFR part 51, Environmental
Protection Regulations for Domestic
Licensing and Related Regulatory
Function;
• 10 CFR part 52, Licenses,
Certifications, and Approvals for
Nuclear Power Plants;
• 10 CFR part 100, Reactor Site
Criteria;
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• NUREG–1555, Standard Review
Plans for Environmental Reviews for
Nuclear Power Plants;
• NUREG/BR–0298, Brochure on
Nuclear Power Plant Licensing Process;
• Regulatory Guide 4.2, Preparation
of Environmental Reports for Nuclear
Power Stations;
• Regulatory Guide 4.7, General Site
Suitability Criteria for Nuclear Power
Stations;
• Fact Sheet on Nuclear Power Plant
Licensing Process;
• Regulatory Guide 1.206, Combined
License Applications for Nuclear Power
Plants; and
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Policy Statement on the Treatment of
Environmental Justice Matters in NRC
Regulatory and Licensing Actions.
The regulations, NUREG-series
documents, regulatory guides, and fact
sheet can be found under Document
Collections in the Electronic Reading
Room on the NRC webpage. The
environmental justice policy statement
can be found in the Federal Register, 69
FR 52040, August 24, 2004.
This notice advises the public that the
NRC intends to gather the information
necessary to prepare an EIS as part of
the review of the application for a COL
at the Fermi 3 site. Possible alternatives
to the proposed action (issuance of the
COL for Fermi 3) include no action,
reasonable alternative energy sources,
and alternate sites. As set forth in 10
CFR 51.20(b)(2), issuance of a full power
license to operate a nuclear power
reactor is an action that requires an EIS.
This notice is being published in
accordance with NEPA and the NRC’s
regulations 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 that 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;
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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, including any contractor
assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities
to participate in the scoping process:
a. The applicant, Detroit Edison;
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. Any affected Indian tribe;
d. Affected State and local
government agencies, including those
authorized to develop and enforce
relevant environmental standards;
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 the proceeding,
or who has submitted such a petition, or
who is admitted as a party.
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 two identical
public scoping meetings for the EIS
regarding the Fermi 3 COL application.
The scoping meetings will be held at the
Monroe County Community College’s
La-Z-Boy Center Meyer Theater, located
at 1555 South Raisinville Road, Monroe,
Michigan 48161, on Wednesday,
January 14, 2009. The first meeting will
convene at 1 p.m. and will continue
until approximately 4 p.m. The second
meeting will convene at 7 p.m., with a
repetition of the overview portions of
the first meeting, and will continue
until approximately 10 p.m.
Additionally, the NRC staff will host
informal discussions during an open
house for one hour prior to the start of
each public meeting. In the event that
the La-Z-Boy Center Meyer Theater is
closed due to weather conditions on
January 14, 2009, the open houses and
scoping meetings would be held on
Thursday, January 15, 2009, during the
same hours as listed above. The
meetings will be transcribed and will
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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; 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. No formal
comments on the proposed scope of the
EIS will be accepted during the open
house 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 scope of the NEPA review by
contacting Mr. Stephen Lemont or Ms.
Michelle Moser by telephone at 1–800–
368–5642, extension 5163 or 6509, or by
e-mail to the NRC at
Fermi3.COLEIS@nrc.gov no later than 5
p.m. EST on January 6, 2009. Members
of the public may also register to speak
at the meeting prior to 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 Mr. Stephen
Lemont’s attention no later than 5 p.m.
EST on December 30, 2008, 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
Fermi 3 COL EIS to the Chief,
Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing
Branch, Division of Administrative
Services, Office of Administration,
Mailstop TWB–05–B01M, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, and should cite the
publication date and page number of
this Federal Register notice. To ensure
that comments will be considered in the
scoping process, written comments
must be postmarked or delivered by
February 9, 2009. Electronic comments
may be sent by e-mail to the NRC at
Fermi3.COLEIS@nrc.gov. Electronic
submissions must be sent no later than
February 9, 2009, to ensure that they
will be considered in the scoping
process. Comments will be made
available electronically and will be
accessible through the NRC’s Electronic
Reading Room link https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. The NRC staff
may, at its discretion, consider
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comments submitted after the end of the
comment period.
Participation in the scoping process
for the EIS does not entitle participants
to become parties to the proceeding to
which the EIS relates. A Notice of a
hearing and opportunity to petition for
leave to intervene in the proceeding on
the application for a COL will be
published in 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 on the scope of
the environmental review, including the
significant issues identified, and will
send this summary to each participant
in the scoping process for whom the
staff has an address. The staff will then
prepare and issue for comment the draft
EIS, which will be the subject of a
separate Federal Register notice and a
separate public meeting. Copies of the
draft EIS will be available for public
inspection at the PDR through the
above-mentioned address and one copy
per request will be provided free of
charge. After receipt and consideration
of comments on the draft EIS, the NRC
will prepare a final EIS, which will also
be available to the public.
Information about the proposed
action, the EIS, and the scoping process
may be obtained from Mr. Stephen
Lemont at 301–415–5163 or by e-mail at
Stephen.Lemont@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day
of December 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Scott Flanders,
Director, Division of Site and Environmental
Reviews, Office of New Reactors.
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Detroit Edison Company Fermi Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3 Combined
License Application Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement and Conduct Scoping Process
Detroit Edison Company (Detroit Edison) has submitted an
application for a combined license (COL) to build the Fermi Nuclear
Power Plant, Unit 3 (Fermi 3) at its Enrico Fermi Atomic Power
Plant (Fermi) site, located on approximately 1,260 acres in Monroe
County, Michigan, on Lake Erie, approximately 25 miles northeast of
Toledo, Ohio and 30 miles southwest of Detroit, Michigan. Detroit
Edison submitted the application for the COL to the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) by letter dated September 18, 2008,
pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part
52. A notice of receipt and availability of the application, which
included an environmental report (ER), was published in the Federal
Register on Friday, October 17, 2008 (73 FR 61916). A notice of
acceptance for docketing of the application for the COL was published
in the Federal Register on December 2, 2008, 73 FR 73350. The purposes
of this notice are (1) to inform the public that the NRC will be
preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) in support of the
review of the COL application, and (2) to
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provide the public with 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 plans to
coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA) with steps taken to meet the requirements of
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA).
Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC staff intends to use the process
and documentation for the preparation of the EIS on the proposed action
to comply with Section 106 of the NHPA in lieu of the procedures set
forth on 36 CFR 800.3 through 800.6.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.45 and 51.50, Detroit Edison 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 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 link. The accession number in ADAMS for
the ER included in the application is ML082730660. 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 1-800-397-4209/301-415-4737 or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
The application may also be viewed on the Internet at https://
www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/fermi.html. In addition, the
Ellis Reference & Information Center, Monroe County Libraries, located
at 3700 South Custer Road, Monroe, Michigan 48161-9716 has agreed to
make the ER available for public inspection.
The following key reference documents related to the application
and the NRC staff's review processes are available through the NRC's
Web site at https://www.nrc.gov:
10 CFR part 51, Environmental Protection Regulations for
Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Function;
10 CFR part 52, Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals
for Nuclear Power Plants;
10 CFR part 100, Reactor Site Criteria;
NUREG-1555, Standard Review Plans for Environmental
Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants;
NUREG/BR-0298, Brochure on Nuclear Power Plant Licensing
Process;
Regulatory Guide 4.2, Preparation of Environmental Reports
for Nuclear Power Stations;
Regulatory Guide 4.7, General Site Suitability Criteria
for Nuclear Power Stations;
Fact Sheet on Nuclear Power Plant Licensing Process;
Regulatory Guide 1.206, Combined License Applications for
Nuclear Power Plants; and
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Policy Statement on the
Treatment of Environmental Justice Matters in NRC Regulatory and
Licensing Actions.
The regulations, NUREG-series documents, regulatory guides, and
fact sheet can be found under Document Collections in the Electronic
Reading Room on the NRC webpage. The environmental justice policy
statement can be found in the Federal Register, 69 FR 52040, August 24,
2004.
This notice advises the public that the NRC intends to gather the
information necessary to prepare an EIS as part of the review of the
application for a COL at the Fermi 3 site. Possible alternatives to the
proposed action (issuance of the COL for Fermi 3) include no action,
reasonable alternative energy sources, and alternate sites. As set
forth in 10 CFR 51.20(b)(2), issuance of a full power license to
operate a nuclear power reactor is an action that requires an EIS. This
notice is being published in accordance with NEPA and the NRC's
regulations 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 that 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, including any contractor
assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities to participate in the
scoping process:
a. The applicant, Detroit Edison;
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. Any affected Indian tribe;
d. Affected State and local government agencies, including those
authorized to develop and enforce relevant environmental standards;
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 the
proceeding, or who has submitted such a petition, or who is admitted as
a party.
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 two identical public scoping
meetings for the EIS regarding the Fermi 3 COL application. The scoping
meetings will be held at the Monroe County Community College's La-Z-Boy
Center Meyer Theater, located at 1555 South Raisinville Road, Monroe,
Michigan 48161, on Wednesday, January 14, 2009. The first meeting will
convene at 1 p.m. and will continue until approximately 4 p.m. The
second meeting will convene at 7 p.m., with a repetition of the
overview portions of the first meeting, and will continue until
approximately 10 p.m. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal
discussions during an open house for one hour prior to the start of
each public meeting. In the event that the La-Z-Boy Center Meyer
Theater is closed due to weather conditions on January 14, 2009, the
open houses and scoping meetings would be held on Thursday, January 15,
2009, during the same hours as listed above. The meetings will be
transcribed and will
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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; 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. No formal comments on the proposed scope of the EIS will be
accepted during the open house 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 scope of the NEPA review by contacting Mr. Stephen
Lemont or Ms. Michelle Moser by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension
5163 or 6509, or by e-mail to the NRC at Fermi3.COLEIS@nrc.gov no later
than 5 p.m. EST on January 6, 2009. Members of the public may also
register to speak at the meeting prior to 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 Mr. Stephen Lemont's attention no later than 5 p.m. EST on December
30, 2008, 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
Fermi 3 COL EIS to the Chief, Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing
Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration,
Mailstop TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001, and should cite the publication date and page number of
this Federal Register notice. To ensure that comments will be
considered in the scoping process, written comments must be postmarked
or delivered by February 9, 2009. Electronic comments may be sent by e-
mail to the NRC at Fermi3.COLEIS@nrc.gov. Electronic submissions must
be sent no later than February 9, 2009, to ensure that they will be
considered in the scoping process. Comments will be made available
electronically and will be accessible through the NRC's Electronic
Reading Room link https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The NRC
staff may, at its discretion, consider comments submitted after the end
of the comment period.
Participation in the scoping process for the EIS does not entitle
participants to become parties to the proceeding to which the EIS
relates. A Notice of a hearing and opportunity to petition for leave to
intervene in the proceeding on the application for a COL will be
published in 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
on the scope of the environmental review, including the significant
issues identified, and will send this summary to each participant in
the scoping process for whom the staff has an address. The staff will
then prepare and issue for comment the draft EIS, which will be the
subject of a separate Federal Register notice and a separate public
meeting. Copies of the draft EIS will be available for public
inspection at the PDR through the above-mentioned address and one copy
per request will be provided free of charge. After receipt and
consideration of comments on the draft EIS, the NRC will prepare a
final EIS, which will also be available to the public.
Information about the proposed action, the EIS, and the scoping
process may be obtained from Mr. Stephen Lemont at 301-415-5163 or by
e-mail at Stephen.Lemont@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of December 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Scott Flanders,
Director, Division of Site and Environmental Reviews, Office of New
Reactors.
[FR Doc. E8-29178 Filed 12-9-08; 8:45 am]
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