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proposed exemption. The staff has
concluded that the proposed action to
extend the implementation deadline
would not significantly affect plant
safety and would not have a significant
adverse effect on the probability or
consequences of an accident.
The proposed action would not result
in an increased radiological hazard
beyond those previously analyzed in the
environmental assessment and finding
of no significant impact made by the
Commission in promulgating its
revisions to 10 CFR part 73 as discussed
in a Federal Register notice dated
March 27, 2009 (74 FR 13967). There
will be no change to radioactive
effluents that affect radiation exposures
to plant workers and members of the
public. Therefore, no changes or
different types of radiological impacts
are expected as a result of the proposed
exemption.
The proposed action does not result
in changes to land use or water use, or
result in changes to the quality or
quantity of non-radiological effluents.
No changes to the National Pollution
Discharge Elimination System permit
are needed. No effects on the aquatic or
terrestrial habitat in the vicinity of the
plant, or to threatened, endangered, or
protected species under the Endangered
Species Act, or impacts to essential fish
habitat covered by the MagnusonStevens Act are expected. There are no
impacts to the air or ambient air quality.
There are no impacts to historical and
cultural resources. There would be no
impact to socioeconomic resources.
Therefore, no changes to or different
types of non-radiological environmental
impacts are expected as a result of the
proposed exemption.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that
there are no significant environmental
impacts associated with the proposed
action. In addition, in promulgating its
revisions to 10 CFR part 73, the
Commission prepared an environmental
assessment and published a finding of
no significant impact (March 27, 2009,
74 FR 13967).
The NRC staff’s safety evaluation will
be provided as part of a letter to the
licensee approving the exemption to the
regulation, if granted.
Environmental Impacts of the
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed
action, the NRC staff considered denial
of the proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no
action’’ alternative). Denial of the
exemption request would result in no
change in current environmental
impacts. If the proposed action were
denied, the licensee would have to
comply with the March 31, 2010,
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implementation deadline. The
environmental impacts of the proposed
exemption and the ‘‘no action’’
alternative are similar.
Alternative Use of Resources
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tracy J. Orf,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II–
2, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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The action does not involve the use of
any different resources than those
considered in the Final Environmental
Statement for the HBRSEP, dated April
1975, as supplemented through the
‘‘Generic Environmental Impact
Statement for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants: H.B. Robinson Steam
Electric Plant, Unit 2—Final Report
(NUREG—1437, Supplement 13).’’
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy,
on January 22, 2010, the staff consulted
with the South Carolina State official,
Mike Gandy of the South Carolina
Bureau of Land and Waste Management,
regarding the environmental impact of
the proposed action. The State official
had no comments.
Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the environmental
assessment, the NRC concludes that the
proposed action will not have a
significant effect on the quality of the
human environment. Accordingly, the
NRC has determined not to prepare an
environmental impact statement for the
proposed action.
For further details with respect to the
proposed action, see the licensee’s letter
dated November 30, 2009. Portions of
the November 30, 2009, submittal
contain proprietary and security-related
information, and accordingly, are not
available to the public. Other parts of
these 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. Publicly
available records will be accessible
electronically from the Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Public Electronic
Reading Room on the Internet at the
NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html.
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 send an
e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day
of February 2010.
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Office of New Reactors: Interim Staff
Guidance on Assessing the
Consequences of an Accidental
Release of Radioactive Materials From
Liquid Waste Tanks; Reopening of
Comment Period
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Reopening of comment period.
SUMMARY: The NRC published a request
for public comment in the Federal
Register on May 4, 2009, on proposed
Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COL–
ISG–013, ‘‘Assessing the Consequences
of an Accidental Release of Radioactive
Materials from Liquid Waste Tanks’’
(Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML090830488). The NRC
has completed a related ISG, DC/COL–
ISG–014, ‘‘Assessing Ground Water
Flow and Transport of Accidental
Radionuclide Releases,’’ and is making it
available for public comment by
separate document published today in
the Federal Register. The NRC believes
that the public will be better served by
being able to review and comment on
both documents at this time. This action
is necessary to reopen the comment
period for ISG DC/COL–ISG–013.
ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID
NRC–2009–0189 in the subject line of
your comments. Comments submitted in
writing or in electronic form will be
posted on the NRC Web site and on the
Federal rulemaking Web site
Regulations.gov. Because your
comments will 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.
The NRC requests that any party
soliciting or aggregating comments
received from other persons for
submission to the NRC inform those
persons that the NRC will not edit their
comments to remove any identifying or
contact information, and therefore, they
should not include any information in
their comments that they do not want
publicly disclosed.
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You may submit comments by any
one of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for documents filed under Docket ID
NRC–2009–0189. Comments may be
submitted electronically through this
Web site. Address questions about NRC
dockets to Carol Gallagher at 301–492–
3668; e-mail at Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
Mail comments to: Michael T. Lesar,
Chief, Rulemaking and Directives
Branch (RDB), Division of
Administrative Services, Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05–
B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, or by fax to RDB at 301–492–3446.
You can access publicly available
documents related to this notice using
the following methods:
NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR):
The public may examine and have
copied for a fee publicly available
documents at the NRC’s PDR, Public
File Area O1 F21, One White Flint
North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland.
NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System (ADAMS):
Publicly available documents created or
received at the NRC are available
electronically at the NRC’s Electronic
Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. From this page,
the public can gain entry into ADAMS,
which provides text and image files of
NRC’s public documents. If you do not
have access to ADAMS or if there are
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s
PDR reference staff at 1–800–397–4209,
301–415–4737, or by e-mail to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public
comments and supporting materials
related to this notice can be found at
https://www.regulations.gov by searching
on Docket ID: NRC–2009–0189.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Edward H. Roach, Acting Chief, Health
Physics Branch, Division of
Construction Inspection and
Operational Programs, Office of New
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC, 20555–
0001; telephone at 301–415–1973 or email at edward.roach@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC
requested public comment on May 4,
2009 (74 FR 20510), on its Proposed
Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COL–
ISG–013 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML090830488). The purpose of this ISG
is to modify and provide Combined
License (COL) and Design Certification
(DC) applicants additional clarity and
guidance for the application of Standard
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Review Plan (SRP) Sections 11.2 and
2.4.13 on the characterization of hydro
geological properties of a site associated
with the effects of accidental releases of
radioactive liquid on existing or likely
future uses of ground and surface water
resources in meeting the requirements
of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 100 (10 CFR 100.10 or
100.20) and Appendix B to 10 CFR part
20 on effluent concentration limits. This
ISG would revise the staff guidance
previously issued in March 2007 in the
SRP NUREG–0080, ‘‘Standard Review
Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis
Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,’’
Sections 11.2 and 2.4.13. These two SRP
sections are not internally consistent in
identifying acceptable criteria for
assessing the consequences of
accidental releases of radioactive
materials, or in providing guidance to
the staff and applicants to establish
conditions for such releases and define
acceptable assumptions to describe
exposure scenarios and pathways to
members of the public. The NRC staff
issues DC/COL–ISGs to facilitate timely
implementation of current staff
guidance and to facilitate activities
associated with review of applications
for DCs and COLs by the Office of New
Reactors. The NRC staff will also
incorporate the approved DC/COL–ISG–
013 into the next revision of the SRP
and related guidance documents.
The NRC staff is issuing this notice to
reopen the public comment period for
proposed DC/COL–ISG–013. After the
NRC staff considers all public
comments, it will make a determination
regarding proposed DC/COL–ISG–013.
The agency posts its issued staff
guidance on the agency’s Web site at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/isg/.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day
of February 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
William F. Burton,
Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance
Development Branch, Division of New Reactor
Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
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Office of New Reactors: Interim Staff
Guidance on Assessing Ground Water
Flow and Transport of Accidental
Radionuclide Releases; Solicitation of
Public Comment
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Solicitation of public comment.
SUMMARY: The NRC is soliciting public
comment on its Proposed Interim Staff
Guidance (ISG) DC/COL–ISG–014
(Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML091320560). The
purpose of this ISG is to provide
Combined License (COL) and Design
Certification (DC) applicants additional
clarity and guidance for the application
of Sections 2.4.12 and 2.4.13 of the
Standard Review Plan (SRP), NUREG
0800 ‘‘Standard Review Plan for the
Review of Safety Analysis Reports for
Nuclear Power Plants.’’ Specifically, this
ISG would revise the staff guidance in
SRP Sections 2.4.12 and 2.4.13
regarding the assessment of ground
water flow and transport of accidental
radionuclide releases necessary to
demonstrate compliance with the
requirements of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, Part 100 (10 CFR
100) and Appendix B to 10 CFR part 20
on effluent concentration limits. The
NRC staff issues DC/COL–ISGs to
facilitate timely implementation of
current staff guidance and to facilitate
activities associated with review of
applications for DCs and COLs by the
Office of New Reactors. The NRC staff
will also incorporate the approved DC/
COL–ISG–014 into the next revision of
the SRP and related guidance
documents.
DATES: Comments must be filed no later
than 60 days from the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. Comments received after this
date will be considered, if it is practical
to do so, but the Commission is able to
ensure consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID
NRC–2010–0047 in the subject line of
your comments. Comments submitted in
writing or in electronic form will be
posted on the NRC Web site and on the
Federal rulemaking Web site
Regulations.gov. Because your
comments will not be edited to remove
any identifying or contact information,
the NRC cautions you against including
any information in your submission that
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[NRC-2009-0189]
Office of New Reactors: Interim Staff Guidance on Assessing the
Consequences of an Accidental Release of Radioactive Materials From
Liquid Waste Tanks; Reopening of Comment Period
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The NRC published a request for public comment in the Federal
Register on May 4, 2009, on proposed Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/
COL-ISG-013, ``Assessing the Consequences of an Accidental Release of
Radioactive Materials from Liquid Waste Tanks'' (Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML090830488). The
NRC has completed a related ISG, DC/COL-ISG-014, ``Assessing Ground
Water Flow and Transport of Accidental Radionuclide Releases,'' and is
making it available for public comment by separate document published
today in the Federal Register. The NRC believes that the public will be
better served by being able to review and comment on both documents at
this time. This action is necessary to reopen the comment period for
ISG DC/COL-ISG-013.
ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC-2009-0189 in the subject line
of your comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form
will be posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web
site Regulations.gov. Because your comments will 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.
The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not
include any information in their comments that they do not want
publicly disclosed.
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You may submit comments by any one of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and
search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-2009-0189. Comments may
be submitted electronically through this Web site. Address questions
about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher at 301-492-3668; e-mail at
Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
Mail comments to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and
Directives Branch (RDB), Division of Administrative Services, Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax to RDB at 301-492-
3446.
You can access publicly available documents related to this notice
using the following methods:
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have
copied for a fee publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, Public
File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain
entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's public
documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting
materials related to this notice can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2009-0189.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Edward H. Roach, Acting Chief,
Health Physics Branch, Division of Construction Inspection and
Operational Programs, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC, 20555-0001; telephone at 301-415-1973 or e-
mail at edward.roach@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC requested public comment on May 4,
2009 (74 FR 20510), on its Proposed Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/
COL-ISG-013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML090830488). The purpose of this ISG
is to modify and provide Combined License (COL) and Design
Certification (DC) applicants additional clarity and guidance for the
application of Standard Review Plan (SRP) Sections 11.2 and 2.4.13 on
the characterization of hydro geological properties of a site
associated with the effects of accidental releases of radioactive
liquid on existing or likely future uses of ground and surface water
resources in meeting the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, Part 100 (10 CFR 100.10 or 100.20) and Appendix B
to 10 CFR part 20 on effluent concentration limits. This ISG would
revise the staff guidance previously issued in March 2007 in the SRP
NUREG-0080, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis
Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,'' Sections 11.2 and 2.4.13. These two
SRP sections are not internally consistent in identifying acceptable
criteria for assessing the consequences of accidental releases of
radioactive materials, or in providing guidance to the staff and
applicants to establish conditions for such releases and define
acceptable assumptions to describe exposure scenarios and pathways to
members of the public. The NRC staff issues DC/COL-ISGs to facilitate
timely implementation of current staff guidance and to facilitate
activities associated with review of applications for DCs and COLs by
the Office of New Reactors. The NRC staff will also incorporate the
approved DC/COL-ISG-013 into the next revision of the SRP and related
guidance documents.
The NRC staff is issuing this notice to reopen the public comment
period for proposed DC/COL-ISG-013. After the NRC staff considers all
public comments, it will make a determination regarding proposed DC/
COL-ISG-013. The agency posts its issued staff guidance on the agency's
Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/isg/.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of February 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
William F. Burton,
Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Development Branch, Division of New
Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
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