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]

Download as PDF 28072 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 112 / Friday, June 12, 2009 / Notices 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. [FR Doc. E9–13711 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:53 Jun 11, 2009 Jkt 217001 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; 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 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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. E:\FR\FM\12JNN1.SGM 12JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 112 / Friday, June 12, 2009 / Notices For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. David L. Pelton, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 1, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. E9–13821 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [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 VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:53 Jun 11, 2009 Jkt 217001 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. [FR Doc. E9–13820 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P PEACE CORPS Notice of Information Collection 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 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 28073 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 E:\FR\FM\12JNN1.SGM 12JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 112 (Friday, June 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28072-28073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13821]


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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.
[FR Doc. E9-13821 Filed 6-11-09; 8:45 am]
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