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et seq.), and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 5–2007 (72 FR 31160).
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of
February 2010.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
[Docket No. 50–416; NRC–2010–0082]
The NRC has completed its
environmental assessment of the
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 of an
accident occurring.
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 13926). 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 MagnusonSteven’s 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 [Part 73, Power
Reactor Security Requirements, 74 FR
13926 (March 27, 2009)].
The NRC staff’s safety evaluation will
be provided in the exemption that will
be issued as part of the letter to the
licensee approving the exemption to the
regulation, if granted.
[FR Doc. 2010–4555 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am]
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ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is
to update the 2010 Labor Surplus Areas
annual list published in the Federal
Register, Vol. 74, No. 209, Friday,
October 30, 2009, pages 56217–56239.
Effective Date: The update of the
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effective immediately for all states, the
District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
DATES:
Entergy Operations, Inc.; Grand Gulf
Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an exemption, pursuant to
Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) section 73.5,
‘‘Specific exemptions,’’ from the
implementation date for certain new
requirements of 10 CFR part 73,
‘‘Physical protection of plants and
materials,’’ for Facility Operating
License No. DPR–46, issued to Entergy
Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee),
for operation of the Grand Gulf Nuclear
Station, Unit 1 (GGNS), located in
Claiborne County, Mississippi.
Therefore, as required by 10 CFR 51.21,
the NRC performed an environmental
assessment. Based on the results of the
environmental assessment, the NRC is
issuing a finding of no significant
impact.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of
February 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training Administration.
The proposed action would exempt
Entergy from the required
implementation date of March 31, 2010,
for several new requirements of 10 CFR
part 73. Specifically, Entergy would be
granted an exemption from being in full
compliance with certain new
requirements contained in 10 CFR 73.55
by the March 31, 2010, deadline.
Entergy has proposed an alternate full
compliance implementation date of
March 31, 2011, 1 year beyond the date
required by 10 CFR part 73. The
proposed action, an extension of the
schedule for completion of certain
actions required by the revised 10 CFR
part 73, does not involve any physical
changes to the reactor, fuel, plant
structures, support structures, water, or
land at the Entergy site.
The proposed action is in accordance
with the licensee’s application dated
January 14, 2010, as supplemented by
letters dated January 18 and February 4,
2010.
[FR Doc. 2010–4465 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am]
The Need for the Proposed Action
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The proposed action is needed to
provide the licensee with additional
time to perform the required upgrades to
the Entergy security system due to
resource and logistical impacts of the
spring 2010 refueling outage and other
factors, such as limited vendor
resources.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Samuel Wright, Office of Workforce
Investment, Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room S–4231,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:
(202) 693–2870 (This is not a toll-free
number).
For
supplementary, eligibility, classification
procedures and petition for exceptional
circumstances procedure information
refer to the original 2010 Labor Surplus
Area list at https://
edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E926165.pdf.
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Environmental Impacts of the
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed
actions, the NRC staff considered denial
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of the proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘noaction’’ alternative). Denial of the
exemption request would result in no
change in current environmental
impacts. If the proposed action was
denied, the licensee would have to
comply with the March 31, 2010,
implementation deadline. The
environmental impacts of the proposed
exemption and the ‘‘no-action’’
alternative are similar.
at 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or
send an e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day
of February 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Balwant K. Singal,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing
Branch IV, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2010–4524 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am]
Alternative Use of Resources
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The action does not involve the use of
any different resources than those
considered in the Final Environmental
Statement for GGNS dated September
1981.
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COMMISSION
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy,
on January 19, 2010, the NRC staff
consulted with the Mississippi State
official, Mr. B. Smith of the Division of
Radiological Health, regarding the
environmental impact of the proposed
action. The State official had no
comments.
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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 January 14, 2010, as
supplemented by letters dated January
18 and February 4, 2010. Portions of the
January 14 and February 4, 2010,
documents contain security-related
information and, accordingly, are not
available to the public. A redacted
version of the licensee’s January 14,
2010, exemption request is provided in
the licensee’s letter dated January 18,
2010. Other parts of the document 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 O–1F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland 20852. 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
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[Docket Nos. 50–272, 50–311 and 50–354;
NRC–2010–0043]
PSEG Nuclear LLC, Hope Creek
Generating Station and Salem Nuclear
Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2;
Exemption
1.0
Background
PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG or the
licensee) is the holder of Facility
Operating License Nos. DPR–70,
DPR–75, and NPF–57, which authorize
operation of the Salem Nuclear
Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2
(Salem), and Hope Creek Generating
Station (HCGS). The licenses provide,
among other things, that the facility is
subject to all rules, regulations, and
orders of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC, the Commission)
now or hereafter in effect.
The facilities consist of two
pressurized-water reactors, Salem Unit
Nos. 1 and 2, and a boiling-water
reactor, HCGS, located in Salem County,
New Jersey.
2.0
Request/Action
Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) part 73, ‘‘Physical
protection of plants and materials,’’
section 73.55, ‘‘Requirements for
physical protection of licensed activities
in nuclear power reactors against
radiological sabotage,’’ published as part
of a final rule in the Federal Register on
March 27, 2009 (74 FR 13926), requires
licensees to protect, with high
assurance, against radiological sabotage
by designing and implementing
comprehensive site security programs.
The final rule became effective on May
26, 2009, and compliance with the final
rule is required by March 31, 2010.
The amendments to 10 CFR 73.55
published on March 27, 2009, establish
and update generically applicable
security requirements similar to those
previously imposed by Commission
orders issued after the terrorist attacks
of September 11, 2001, and
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implemented by licensees. In addition,
the amendments to 10 CFR 73.55
include additional requirements to
further enhance site security based upon
insights gained from implementation of
the post September 11, 2001, security
orders. It is from three of these new
requirements that PSEG now seeks an
exemption from the March 31, 2010,
implementation date for HCGS and
Salem. All other physical security
requirements established by this recent
rulemaking have already been or will be
implemented by the licensee by March
31, 2010. Specifically, by two letters
dated November 3, 2009, PSEG
requested an exemption in accordance
with 10 CFR 73.5, ‘‘Specific
exemptions.’’ Due to the significant
number of engineering design packages,
procurement needs, and installation
activities associated with the required
security system upgrades, the licensee
has requested an exemption from the
March 31, 2010, implementation date
specified in the new rule for three
requirements in the rule. The items
subject to the request for exemption are
proposed to be implemented by
December 17, 2010. The first letter,
PSEG letter number LR–N09–0248
(Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML093100223), contains
one enclosure that was designated by
the licensee as containing safeguards
information and, accordingly, the
enclosure is not available to the public.
The second letter, PSEG letter number
LR–N09–0249 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML093100222), including its two
enclosures, is publicly available. The
first enclosure is a redacted version of
the safeguards enclosure in letter
number LR–N09–0248 and the second
enclosure is an environmental impact
statement.
Based on a discussion with the NRC
staff, as documented in an e-mail dated
November 12, 2009 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML093200070), PSEG submitted a
letter dated November 20, 2009, to
clarify the exemption request. The
November 20, 2009, letter contains
safeguards information and,
accordingly, is not publicly available.
On December 15, 2009, the NRC staff
held a closed meeting with PSEG to
discuss the proposed exemption. A
summary of the meeting was issued by
the NRC staff on December 28, 2009
(ADAMS Accession No. ML093500644).
As follow-up to the meeting, PSEG
submitted two letters, dated December
22, 2009, that superseded the November
3, and November 20, 2009, submittals,
with the exception of the environmental
impact statement. The first letter, PSEG
letter number LR–N09–0313, contains
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-416; NRC-2010-0082]
Entergy Operations, Inc.; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1;
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an exemption, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) section 73.5, ``Specific exemptions,'' from the
implementation date for certain new requirements of 10 CFR part 73,
``Physical protection of plants and materials,'' for Facility Operating
License No. DPR-46, issued to Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the
licensee), for operation of the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1
(GGNS), located in Claiborne County, Mississippi. Therefore, as
required by 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC performed an environmental
assessment. Based on the results of the environmental assessment, the
NRC is issuing a finding of no significant impact.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would exempt Entergy from the required
implementation date of March 31, 2010, for several new requirements of
10 CFR part 73. Specifically, Entergy would be granted an exemption
from being in full compliance with certain new requirements contained
in 10 CFR 73.55 by the March 31, 2010, deadline. Entergy has proposed
an alternate full compliance implementation date of March 31, 2011, 1
year beyond the date required by 10 CFR part 73. The proposed action,
an extension of the schedule for completion of certain actions required
by the revised 10 CFR part 73, does not involve any physical changes to
the reactor, fuel, plant structures, support structures, water, or land
at the Entergy site.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application dated January 14, 2010, as supplemented by letters dated
January 18 and February 4, 2010.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action is needed to provide the licensee with
additional time to perform the required upgrades to the Entergy
security system due to resource and logistical impacts of the spring
2010 refueling outage and other factors, such as limited vendor
resources.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC has completed its environmental assessment of the 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 of
an accident occurring.
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 13926). 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 Magnuson-Steven's 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 [Part 73, Power Reactor Security Requirements, 74 FR
13926 (March 27, 2009)].
The NRC staff's safety evaluation will be provided in the exemption
that will be issued as part of the 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 actions, the NRC staff considered
denial
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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 was denied, the licensee
would have to comply with the March 31, 2010, implementation deadline.
The environmental impacts of the proposed exemption and the ``no-
action'' alternative are similar.
Alternative Use of Resources
The action does not involve the use of any different resources than
those considered in the Final Environmental Statement for GGNS dated
September 1981.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy, on January 19, 2010, the NRC
staff consulted with the Mississippi State official, Mr. B. Smith of
the Division of Radiological Health, 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 January 14, 2010, as supplemented by letters
dated January 18 and February 4, 2010. Portions of the January 14 and
February 4, 2010, documents contain security-related information and,
accordingly, are not available to the public. A redacted version of the
licensee's January 14, 2010, exemption request is provided in the
licensee's letter dated January 18, 2010. Other parts of the document
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 O-1F21,
11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. 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 25th day of February 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Balwant K. Singal,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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