Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend Station Unit 3 Combined License Application; Notice of Cancellation of Environmental Scoping Process and Public Scoping Meeting, 4985-4986 [E9-1779]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 17 / Wednesday, January 28, 2009 / Notices (v) The Agent Group Representative shall service each such Agent Loan for the Facility as Master Servicer, and promptly remit to the Facility all payments of principal and interest received by the Master Servicer on each such Agent Loan. Unless otherwise directed by the Facility, the Master Servicer shall automatically, upon receipt, deposit all payments received by the Master Servicer pertaining to Agent Loans to the Facility’s S019 account at U.S. Central. 4985 invasion of personal privacy, pursuant to authority granted me by the Chairman’s Delegation of Authority to Close Advisory Committee meetings, dated July 19, 1993, I have determined that this meeting will be closed to the public pursuant to subsections (c)(4), and (6) of section 552b of Title 5, United States Code. 1. Date: February 27, 2009. Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 8. Except as modified herein, all Room: 415. provisions of the Agreement shall Program: This meeting will review remain in full force and effect. applications for Humanities Initiatives Accepted and Agreed: (at Historically Black Colleges and U.S. Central Federal Credit Union By: llllllllllllllll Universities, High Hispanic Enrollment Institutions, and/or Tribal Colleges and National Credit Union Administration Universities), submitted to the Division Central Liquidity Facility By: llllllllllllllll of Education Programs, at the January 15, 2009 deadline. Effective Date: January 30, 2009. Thursday, February 12, 2009 [FR Doc. E9–1748 Filed 1–27–09; 8:45 am] Dated: January 22, 2008. Susanne Bolton, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. E9–1817 Filed 1–27–09; 8:45 am] Michael P. McDonald, Advisory Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meeting of Humanities Panels will be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael P. McDonald, Advisory Committee Management Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, DC 20506; telephone (202) 606–8322. Hearingimpaired individuals are advised that information on this matter may be obtained by contacting the Endowment’s TDD terminal on (202) 606–8282. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed meeting is for the purpose of panel review, discussion, evaluation and recommendation on applications for financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, including discussion of information given in confidence to the agency by the grant applicants. Because the proposed meeting will consider information that is likely to disclose trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential and/or information of a personal nature the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:30 Jan 27, 2009 Jkt 217001 In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the following meeting. Name: Syracuse University Site Visit, Proposal Review Panel for Physics (1208). Date and Time: Wednesday, February 11, 2009; 8:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m. Thursday, February 12, 2009; 8 a.m.–3 p.m. Place: Syracuse University, New York. Type of Meeting: Partially Closed. Contact Person: Dr. James Reidy, Program Director for Elementary Particle Physics, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 292–7392. Purpose of Meeting: To provide an evaluation concerning the proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation. Agenda Wednesday, February 11, 2009 8:30 a.m.–9 a.m. Closed—Executive Session. 9 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Open—Overview by Professor Stone. 10:30 p.m.–12 p.m. Closed— Overview and Executive Sessions. 1 p.m.–4 p.m. Open—Faculty Presentations. 4 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Closed—Executive Session. PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 52–036; NRC–2008–0616] Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend Station Unit 3 Combined License Application; Notice of Cancellation of Environmental Scoping Process and Public Scoping Meeting Entergy Operations, Inc. (EOI) on behalf of itself; Entergy Louisiana, LLC (ELL); Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. (EGSL); and Entergy Mississippi, Inc. (EMI) has submitted an application for a combined license (COL) to build Unit 3 at its River Bend Station (RBS) site, located on approximately 3,330 acres in West Feliciana Parish on the Mississippi River, approximately three miles southeast of St. Francisville, Louisiana and 24 miles north-northwest of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. EOI submitted the application for the COL to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on September 25, 2008, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 52. A notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement and conduct scoping process was published in the Federal Register on January 5, 2009 (74 FR 324). On January 9, 2009, EOI submitted a letter to NRC requesting that the staff suspend its review of the RBS Unit 3 COL application. The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that the NRC has canceled the scoping process and the associated scoping meeting for this application. E:\FR\FM\28JAN1.SGM 28JAN1 4986 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 17 / Wednesday, January 28, 2009 / Notices Questions about this cancellation should be directed to Mr. Andrew Kugler at 301–415–2828 or via e-mail at Andrew.Kugler@nrc.gov. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of January 2009. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Scott C. Flanders, Director, Division of Site and Environmental Reviews, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. E9–1779 Filed 1–27–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–414; NRC–2009–0020] sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF– 52 issued to Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (the licensee) for operation of the Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit 2, located in York County, South Carolina. The proposed amendment would allow a one-time limited duration extension of the Technical Specification (TS) Surveillance (SR) 3.3.1.4 frequency. SR 3.3.1.4 is a Trip Actuating Device Operational Test (TADOT) of the reactor trip breakers (RTBs) and reactor trip bypass breakers. Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission’s regulations. The Commission has made a proposed determination that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the Commission’s regulations in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which is presented below: VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:30 Jan 27, 2009 Jkt 217001 1. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated? Response: No. The Reactor Trip System (RTS) serves as accident mitigation equipment and is not required to function unless an accident occurs. The reactor trip bypass breakers are utilized to support testing of the reactor trip breakers (RTBs) while at power. This equipment does not affect any accident initiators or precursors. The proposed extension of the Technical Specification (TS) Surveillance Requirement (SR) 3.3.1.4 Frequency for RTBs does not affect its interaction with any system whose failure or malfunction could initiate an accident. Therefore, the probability of an accident previously evaluated is not significantly increased. The risk evaluation performed in support of this amendment request demonstrates that the consequences of an accident are not significantly increased. As such, the proposed change does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated. 2. Does the proposed amendment create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any previously evaluated? Response: No. This change does not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated. No new accident causal mechanisms are created as a result of the NRC granting of this proposed change. No changes are being made to the plant which will introduce any new or different accident causal mechanisms. 3. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant reduction in the margin of safety? Response: No. Based on the availability of the RTS equipment and the low probability of an accident, Catawba concludes that the proposed extension of the surveillance test interval does not result in a significant reduction in the margin of safety. The margin of safety is related to the confidence in the ability of the fission product barriers to perform their design functions during and following an accident situation. These barriers include the fuel cladding, the reactor coolant system, and the containment system. The performance of these fission product barriers will not be significantly impacted by the proposed change. The risk implications of this request were evaluated and found to be acceptable. The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee’s analysis and, based on this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination. Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The Commission may issue the license amendment before expiration of the 60day period provided that its final determination is that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration. In addition, the Commission may issue the amendment prior to the expiration of the 30-day comment period should circumstances change during the 30-day comment period such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility. Should the Commission take action prior to the expiration of either the comment period or the notice period, it will publish in the Federal Register a notice of issuance. Should the Commission make a final No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, any hearing will take place after issuance. The Commission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently. Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rulemaking, Directives and Editing Branch, TWB– 05–B01M, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, and should cite the publication date and page number of this Federal Register notice. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any person(s) whose interest may be affected by this action may file a request for a hearing and a petition to intervene with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license. Requests for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission’s (‘‘Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings’’ in 10 CFR Part 2. Interested person(s) should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is available at the Commission’s PDR, located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System’s (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the E:\FR\FM\28JAN1.SGM 28JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4985-4986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 52-036; NRC-2008-0616]


Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend Station Unit 3 Combined 
License Application; Notice of Cancellation of Environmental Scoping 
Process and Public Scoping Meeting

    Entergy Operations, Inc. (EOI) on behalf of itself; Entergy 
Louisiana, LLC (ELL); Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. (EGSL); and 
Entergy Mississippi, Inc. (EMI) has submitted an application for a 
combined license (COL) to build Unit 3 at its River Bend Station (RBS) 
site, located on approximately 3,330 acres in West Feliciana Parish on 
the Mississippi River, approximately three miles southeast of St. 
Francisville, Louisiana and 24 miles north-northwest of Baton Rouge, 
Louisiana. EOI submitted the application for the COL to the U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on September 25, 2008, pursuant to 
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 52.
    A notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement and 
conduct scoping process was published in the Federal Register on 
January 5, 2009 (74 FR 324). On January 9, 2009, EOI submitted a letter 
to NRC requesting that the staff suspend its review of the RBS Unit 3 
COL application. The purpose of this notice is to inform the public 
that the NRC has canceled the scoping process and the associated 
scoping meeting for this application.

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    Questions about this cancellation should be directed to Mr. Andrew 
Kugler at 301-415-2828 or via e-mail at Andrew.Kugler@nrc.gov.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of January 2009.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Scott C. Flanders,
Director, Division of Site and Environmental Reviews, Office of New 
Reactors.
[FR Doc. E9-1779 Filed 1-27-09; 8:45 am]
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