Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc., Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia: City of Dalton, Georgia Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-68 and NPF-81 for an Additional 20-Year Period Record of Decision, 28072-28073 [E9-13821]
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IFAs in the affected MPCs, the NRC
concludes that the preferred alternative
is to grant the exemption request.
II. Finding of No Significant Impact
The environmental impacts of the
proposed action have been reviewed in
accordance with the requirements set
forth in 10 CFR Part 51. Based upon the
foregoing Environmental Assessment,
the Commission finds that the proposed
action of granting an exemption from 10
CFR 72.212(a)(2) and 10 CFR
72.212(b)(7) will not significantly
impact the quality of the human
environment. Accordingly, the
Commission has determined not to
prepare an environmental impact
statement for the proposed exemption.
III. Further Information
The document related to this action is
available electronically at the NRC’s
Electronic Reading Room at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. A
copy of the exemption request, dated
December 22, 2008, can be found on this
site using the Agencywide Document
Access and Management System
(ADAMS), accession number
ML091470104. If you do not have access
to ADAMS or if there are problems in
accessing the document located in
ADAMS, contact the NRC Public
Document Room (PDR) Reference staff
at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737 or
by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
This document may also be viewed
electronically on the public computers
located at the NRC’s Public Document
Room (PDR), O1 F21, One White Flint
North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
MD 20852. The PDR reproduction
contractor will copy documents for a
fee.
Dated at Rockville, MD, this 3rd day of
June 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Eric Benner,
Chief, Licensing Branch, Division of Spent
Fuel Storage and Transportation, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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[Docket Nos. 50–424 and 50–425; NRC–
2009–0237]
Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.,
Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe
Power Corporation, Municipal Electric
Authority of Georgia: City of Dalton,
Georgia Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Issuance
of Renewed Facility Operating License
Nos. NPF–68 and NPF–81 for an
Additional 20-Year Period Record of
Decision
Notice is hereby given that the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC
or the Commission) has issued Renewed
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–68
and NPF–81 to Southern Nuclear
Operating Company, Inc. (licensee),
Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe
Power Corporation, Municipal Electric
Authority of Georgia, and City of Dalton,
Georgia, co-owners of the Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 1 and 2.
Renewed Facility Operating License
Nos. NPF–68 and NPF–81 authorize
operation of VEGP by the licensee at
reactor core power levels not in excess
of 3,625.6 megawatts thermal for each
unit, in accordance with the provisions
of the VEGP renewed licenses and their
technical specifications.
This notice also serves as the record
of decision for the renewal of Facility
Operating License Nos. NPF–68 and
NPF–81 for VEGP, consistent with Title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR) Section 51.103, ‘‘Record of
Decision-General.’’ As discussed in the
final supplemental environmental
impact statement for VEGP (NUREG–
1437, ‘‘Generic Environmental Impact
Statement for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants,’’ Supplement 34,
‘‘Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units
1 and 2,’’ issued December 2008), the
Commission considered a range of
reasonable alternatives that included
power generation from coal, natural gas,
oil, wind, solar, hydropower,
geothermal, wood waste, municipal
solid waste, and other biomass-derived
fuels; delayed retirement; utilitysponsored conservation, and a
combination of alternatives, including a
no-action alternative. The factors
considered in the record of decision
appear in Supplement 34.
VEGP is a dual-unit pressurized-water
reactor designed by Westinghouse
Electric Corporation that is located in
Wayne County, GA. The site is located
approximately 25 miles south of
Augusta, GA. The application for the
renewed licenses complied with the
standards and requirements of the
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Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the Commission’s
regulations. As required by the Act and
the Commission’s regulations in 10 CFR
Chapter I, the Commission has made
appropriate findings, which the license
sets forth.
Prior public notice of the action
involving the proposed issuance of the
renewed license and of an opportunity
for a hearing regarding the proposed
issuance of the renewed license was
published in the Federal Register on
August 21, 2007 (72 FR 46680). For
further details with respect to this
action, see (1) the Southern Nuclear
Operating Company, Inc., Oglethorpe
Power Corporation, Municipal Electric
Authority of Georgia, and City of Dalton,
Georgia, license renewal application for
VEGP, Units 1 and 2, dated June 29,
2007, as supplemented by letters dated
through February 16, 2009, (2) the
Commission’s safety evaluation report
(NUREG–1920, ‘‘Safety Evaluation
Report Related to the License Renewal
of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant,
Units 1 and 2,’’ Volumes 1 and 2, issued
April 2009), (3) the licensee’s updated
safety analysis report, and (4) the
Commission’s final environmental
impact statement (NUREG–1437,
Supplement 34). These documents are
available at the NRC Public Document
Room, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852,
and can be viewed from the NRC Public
Electronic Reading Room at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Copies of Renewed Facility Operating
License Nos. NPF–68 and NPF–81 may
be obtained by writing to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:
Director, Division of License Renewal.
Copies of the safety evaluation report for
VEGP Units 1 and 2 (NUREG–1920,
Volumes 1 and 2) and the final
environmental impact statement
(NUREG–1437, Supplement 34) may be
purchased from the National Technical
Information Service, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161–0002
(https://www.ntis.gov), 703–605–6000; or
from the Superintendent of Documents,
U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O.
Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250–7954
(https://www.gpoaccess.gov), 202–512–
1800. All orders should clearly identify
the NRC publication number and the
requester’s Government Printing Office
deposit account number or a VISA or
MasterCard number and expiration date.
Dated at Rockville, MD, this 3rd day of
June 2009.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David L. Pelton,
Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 1, Division
of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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[Docket No. 50–16; NRC–2009–0238]
DTE Energy, Enrico Fermi Atomic
Power Plant, Unit 1; Notice of Public
Meeting on the Proposed License
Amendment and License Termination
Plan
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is providing notice
that the NRC staff will conduct a
meeting to discuss and accept public
comments on the Enrico Fermi Atomic
Power Plant, Unit 1 (Fermi-1) proposed
License Amendment and License
Termination Plan (LTP) on Tuesday,
June 30, 2009, at 7 p.m. in a meeting
room at the Monroe County Board of
Commissioners, 125 E. Second Street,
Monroe, MI 48161 (https://
www.co.monroe.mi.us/).
Fermi-1 was granted an operating
license on May 10, 1963 by the Atomic
Energy Commission, the regulatory
predecessor to the NRC. Power testing
above one megawatt thermal
commenced in December 1965. In
October 1966, due to blocked coolant
flow, two fuel subassemblies sustained
significant damage. No abnormal
releases to the environment occurred.
Fermi-1 was restarted approximately
four years later. The facility was
permanently shut down in November
1972 and the fuel and blanket
subassemblies were shipped offsite in
1973. A possession-only license was
issued on January 23, 1976. Since that
time, the site has been in safe storage
pending final decommissioning.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.51(b),
‘‘Continuation of license,’’ the facility
license remains in effect until the NRC
notifies the licensee that the license has
been terminated. On March 25, 2009,
DTE Energy, the licensee, submitted a
proposed LTP for the Fermi-1 site. The
proposal is to incorporate the LTP by
license condition (LC) via an
amendment to the Fermi-1 license. The
LC would also establish change criteria
for determining when changes to the
LTP would require prior NRC approval.
The LTP describes the planned
decommissioning activities, provides a
schedule for the planned
decommissioning activities, includes a
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cost estimate for the decommissioning,
and assesses the environmental impacts.
The application for license
amendment and the proposed LTP are
available for public viewing at the
NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) or
electronically through the NRC
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) at
accession number ML090970803.
Documents may be examined, and/or
copied for a fee, at the PDR, located at
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
Publicly available records will be
accessible electronically from the
ADAMS Public Library component on
the NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov
(the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Persons who do not have access to
ADAMS or who encounter problems in
accessing the documents located in
ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR
Reference staff by telephone at 1–800–
397–4209, or 301–415–4737, or by email at pdr@nrc.gov.
Comments or questions regarding the
proposed license amendment, proposed
LTP or the public meeting may be
addressed to Mr. Theodore B. Smith,
Mail Stop T–8F5, Decommissioning and
Uranium Recovery Licensing
Directorate, Division of Waste
Management and Environmental
Protection, Office of Federal and State
Materials and Environmental
Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, telephone (301) 415–
6721 or via e-mail
Theodore.Smith@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day
of June 2009.
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Duane Schmidt,
Acting Branch Chief, Reactor
Decommissioning Branch, Decommissioning
and Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate,
Division of Waste Management and
Environmental Protection, Office of Federal
and State Materials and Environmental
Management Programs.
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Peace Corps.
Notice and request for OMB
review and comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Title: Intention To Conduct a Survey
of and Focus Groups With Returned
Peace Corps Volunteers.
SUMMARY: The Peace Corps has
submitted to the Office of Management
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and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a
proposal for collection of information
under the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed
collection will survey a sample of
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers about
their thoughts about their in-country
experience, post-service transition, postservice education and career, and their
third core goal activities of promoting a
better understanding of other peoples on
the part of Americans. The data
collected will inform agency
programming and help the Agency to
assess, through updated and objective
data, the extent of RPCVs’ cross-cultural
activities with their family, friends, and
communities throughout the United
States with whom RPCVs come in
contact. The data will be used
specifically by the Office of Domestic
Programs to review the range and type
of services and support available to
RPCVs and by the Office of Strategic
Information, Research, and Planning to
support Agency level reporting. In
addition to the survey, the Office of
Strategic Information, Research, and
Planning wishes to conduct focus
groups with Returned Peace Corps
Volunteers (RPCVs) about their postservice transition, post-service
education and career, and their third
goal activities of promoting a better
understanding of other peoples on the
part of Americans. The data will be used
to assess the range and type of services
available to RPCVs and to support
accurate interpretation of Agency level
data.
The initial Federal Register notice
was published on April 30, 2009,
Volume 74, No. 82, pg. 20004 for 60
days. Also available at GPO Access:
https://wais.access.gpo.gov. No
comments, inquiries or responses to the
notice were received. A copy of the
proposed information collections can be
obtained from Susan Jenkins, Office of
Strategic Information, Research and
Planning, Peace Corps, 1111 20th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20526. Dr.
Jenkins can be contacted by telephone at
202–692–1241 or e-mail at
SJenkin2@peacecorps.gov. E-mail
comments must be made in text and not
in attachments. Submit comments on or
before July 13, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to the Peace Corps Desk Officer,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, New Executive Office Building,
Room 10102, 735 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503. And to Susan
Jenkins, Office of Strategic Information,
Research and Planning, Peace Corps,
1111 20th Street, NW., Washington, DC
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-424 and 50-425; NRC-2009-0237]
Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc., Georgia Power Company,
Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia:
City of Dalton, Georgia Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and
2; Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-68
and NPF-81 for an Additional 20-Year Period Record of Decision
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC or the Commission) has issued Renewed Facility Operating License
Nos. NPF-68 and NPF-81 to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
(licensee), Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation,
Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, and City of Dalton, Georgia,
co-owners of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 1 and
2. Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-68 and NPF-81 authorize
operation of VEGP by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in
excess of 3,625.6 megawatts thermal for each unit, in accordance with
the provisions of the VEGP renewed licenses and their technical
specifications.
This notice also serves as the record of decision for the renewal
of Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-68 and NPF-81 for VEGP,
consistent with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
Section 51.103, ``Record of Decision-General.'' As discussed in the
final supplemental environmental impact statement for VEGP (NUREG-1437,
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear
Plants,'' Supplement 34, ``Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1
and 2,'' issued December 2008), the Commission considered a range of
reasonable alternatives that included power generation from coal,
natural gas, oil, wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal, wood waste,
municipal solid waste, and other biomass-derived fuels; delayed
retirement; utility-sponsored conservation, and a combination of
alternatives, including a no-action alternative. The factors considered
in the record of decision appear in Supplement 34.
VEGP is a dual-unit pressurized-water reactor designed by
Westinghouse Electric Corporation that is located in Wayne County, GA.
The site is located approximately 25 miles south of Augusta, GA. The
application for the renewed licenses complied with the standards and
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act),
and the Commission's regulations. As required by the Act and the
Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, the Commission has made
appropriate findings, which the license sets forth.
Prior public notice of the action involving the proposed issuance
of the renewed license and of an opportunity for a hearing regarding
the proposed issuance of the renewed license was published in the
Federal Register on August 21, 2007 (72 FR 46680). For further details
with respect to this action, see (1) the Southern Nuclear Operating
Company, Inc., Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Municipal Electric
Authority of Georgia, and City of Dalton, Georgia, license renewal
application for VEGP, Units 1 and 2, dated June 29, 2007, as
supplemented by letters dated through February 16, 2009, (2) the
Commission's safety evaluation report (NUREG-1920, ``Safety Evaluation
Report Related to the License Renewal of the Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 1 and 2,'' Volumes 1 and 2, issued April 2009), (3) the
licensee's updated safety analysis report, and (4) the Commission's
final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 34). These
documents are available at the NRC Public Document Room, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, and can be
viewed from the NRC Public Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Copies of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-68 and NPF-81
may be obtained by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Director, Division of License
Renewal. Copies of the safety evaluation report for VEGP Units 1 and 2
(NUREG-1920, Volumes 1 and 2) and the final environmental impact
statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 34) may be purchased from the
National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Springfield, VA 22161-0002 (https://www.ntis.gov), 703-605-6000; or from
the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O.
Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954 (https://www.gpoaccess.gov), 202-
512-1800. All orders should clearly identify the NRC publication number
and the requester's Government Printing Office deposit account number
or a VISA or MasterCard number and expiration date.
Dated at Rockville, MD, this 3rd day of June 2009.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David L. Pelton,
Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 1, Division of License Renewal, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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