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Arizona Public Service Company;
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and
Conduct Scoping Process for Palo
Verde Nuclear Generating Station,
Units 1, 2, and 3
[NRC–2008–0122]
Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance,
availability; correction
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Draft Regulatory Guide:
Issuance, availability; correction.
SUMMARY: This document corrects a
notice appearing in the Federal Register
on May 18, 2009 (74 FR 23220),
concerning the issuance of Draft
Regulatory Guide 1237. This action is
necessary to correct the spelling of the
contact’s first name, e-mail address and
the comment receipt date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen F. LaVie, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, telephone (301) 415–
1081 or e-mail to Steve.LaVie@nrc.gov.
On page
23220, in the third column, under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, the
spelling of the first name of the contact
is changed from ‘‘Steven’’ to read
‘‘Stephen.’’ The e-mail address is
changed from ‘‘Steven.LaVie@nrc.gov’’
to read ‘‘Steve.LaVie@nrc.gov.’’
On page 23221, in the first column,
third full paragraph, the spelling of the
first name of the contact is changed
from ‘‘Steven’’ to read ‘‘Stephen.’’ The
e-mail address is changed from
‘‘Steven.LaVie@nrc.gov’’ to read
‘‘Steve.LaVie@nrc.gov.’’
On page 23221, in the first column,
fourth full paragraph, the comment
receipt date is changed from
‘‘September 1, 2009’’ to read ‘‘August 3,
2009.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day
of May, 2009.
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Arizona Public Service Company
(APS) has submitted an application for
renewal of Facility Operating License
Nos. NPF–41, NPF–51, and NPF–74 for
an additional 20 years of operation at
the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating
Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 (Palo Verde).
Palo Verde is located in Maricopa
County, Arizona, approximately 26
miles west of the Phoenix city limits.
The current operating licenses for
Palo Verde expire on June 1, 2025, April
24, 2026, and November 25, 2027, for
Units 1, 2, and 3, respectively. The
application for renewal, dated December
11, 2008, and supplemented by letter
dated April 14, 2009, 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
January 21, 2009 (74 FR 3655). A notice
of acceptance for docketing of the
application and opportunity for hearing
regarding renewal of the facility
operating license was published in the
Federal Register on May 15, 2009 (74
FR 22978). 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, as
defined in 10 CFR 51.29. In addition, as
outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, ‘‘Coordination
with the National Environmental Policy
Act,’’ the NRC plans to coordinate
compliance with Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act in
meeting the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA).
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In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c)
and 10 CFR 54.23, APS 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 ADAMS accession
number for the ER is ML083510615 (pp.
371–794) and the supplement is
ML091130221. 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.resource@nrc.gov.
The ER may also be viewed on the
Internet at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/
operating/licensing/renewal/
applications/palo-verde.html. In
addition, the ER is available for public
inspection near the Palo Verde site at
the Litchfield Park Branch Library, 101
West Wigwam Boulevard, Litchfield
Park, Arizona 85340.
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 Palo Verde operating
license 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 be used to
accomplish the following:
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
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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 ElSs 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, APS.
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 Palo Verde
license renewal supplement to the GEIS.
The scoping meetings will be held on
June 25, 2009, and there will be two
sessions to accommodate interested
parties. The first session will convene at
2 p.m. and will continue until 5 p.m.,
as necessary, and will be held at the
Tonopah Valley High School, 38201
West Indian School Road, Tonopah,
Arizona 85354. 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
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necessary, and will be held at the
Estrella Mountain Community College,
3000 North Dysart Road, Avondale,
Arizona 85392. 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, Lisa Regner, by
telephone at 1–800–368–5642,
extension 1906 or by e-mail at
Lisa.Regner@nrc.gov no later than June
18, 2009. 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. Ms. Regner will need to be
contacted no later than June 18, 2009, 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 Palo Verde license renewal
review to: Chief, Rulemaking and
Directives Branch, Division of
Administrative Services, Office of
Administration, Mailstop TWB 5B–01M,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, and
should cite the publication date and
page number of this Federal Register
notice. To be considered in the scoping
process, written comments should be
postmarked by July 27, 2009. Electronic
comments may be sent by e-mail to the
NRC at PaloVerde.EIS@nrc.gov, and
should be sent no later than July 27,
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2009, 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. 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 Ms. Regner at the aforementioned
telephone number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day
of May, 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David J. Wrona,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License
Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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(1) October 24, 2006, License Renewal
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(2) December 13, 2006, Supplement to
License Renewal Application:
ML063530128.
(3) December 10, 2008, Revised
License Renewal Application:
ML090400202.
(4) SER in Support of License
Renewal Application (Public Version):
ML090760702.
(5) Special Nuclear Materials License
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ML090680579.
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contractor will copy documents for a
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May, 2009.
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Arizona Public Service Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping Process for Palo
Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3
Arizona Public Service Company (APS) has submitted an application
for renewal of Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51, and NPF-
74 for an additional 20 years of operation at the Palo Verde Nuclear
Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 (Palo Verde). Palo Verde is
located in Maricopa County, Arizona, approximately 26 miles west of the
Phoenix city limits.
The current operating licenses for Palo Verde expire on June 1,
2025, April 24, 2026, and November 25, 2027, for Units 1, 2, and 3,
respectively. The application for renewal, dated December 11, 2008, and
supplemented by letter dated April 14, 2009, 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
January 21, 2009 (74 FR 3655). A notice of acceptance for docketing of
the application and opportunity for hearing regarding renewal of the
facility operating license was published in the Federal Register on May
15, 2009 (74 FR 22978). 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, as
defined in 10 CFR 51.29. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8,
``Coordination with the National Environmental Policy Act,'' the NRC
plans to coordinate compliance with Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act in meeting the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
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In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) and 10 CFR 54.23, APS 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 ADAMS accession number for the ER is ML083510615 (pp.
371-794) and the supplement is ML091130221. 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.resource@nrc.gov. The ER may also be viewed on the Internet at
https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/palo-verde.html. In addition, the ER is available for public inspection
near the Palo Verde site at the Litchfield Park Branch Library, 101
West Wigwam Boulevard, Litchfield Park, Arizona 85340.
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 Palo Verde operating
license 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 be used to accomplish the following:
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 ElSs 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, APS.
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 Palo Verde license renewal supplement to the GEIS. The scoping
meetings will be held on June 25, 2009, and there will be two sessions
to accommodate interested parties. The first session will convene at 2
p.m. and will continue until 5 p.m., as necessary, and will be held at
the Tonopah Valley High School, 38201 West Indian School Road, Tonopah,
Arizona 85354. 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, and will be held at the Estrella Mountain Community
College, 3000 North Dysart Road, Avondale, Arizona 85392. 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, Lisa Regner, by telephone at 1-800-
368-5642, extension 1906 or by e-mail at Lisa.Regner@nrc.gov no later
than June 18, 2009. 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. Ms. Regner will need to be contacted no later
than June 18, 2009, 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 Palo Verde license renewal review to: Chief,
Rulemaking and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services,
Office of Administration, Mailstop TWB 5B-01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and should cite the publication
date and page number of this Federal Register notice. To be considered
in the scoping process, written comments should be postmarked by July
27, 2009. Electronic comments may be sent by e-mail to the NRC at
PaloVerde.EIS@nrc.gov, and should be sent no later than July 27,
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2009, 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. 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 Ms. Regner at the
aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of May, 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David J. Wrona,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E9-12098 Filed 5-22-09; 8:45 am]
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