Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Combined License for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3, 20867-20868 [2010-9159]
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Power Plant, Unit 1
Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact for an
Exemption From Certain Control and
Tracking Requirements in 10 CFR Part
20 Appendix G Section III.E
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an exemption from certain
control and tracking requirements in 10
CFR Part 20 Appendix G Section III.E
for Facility Operating License No. DPR–
9 issued to DTE Energy (DTE or the
licensee), for the Enrico Fermi Atomic
Power Plant Unit 1, (Fermi-1) located in
Monroe County, Michigan.
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Identification of Proposed Action
The proposed action is in accordance
with the licensee’s application for an
exemption dated November 13, 2009.
The licensee has requested an
exemption from certain control and
tracking requirements in 10 CFR Part 20
Appendix G Section III.E, which require
the licensee to investigate, and file a
report with the NRC, if shipments of
low-level radioactive waste are not
acknowledged by the intended recipient
within 20 days after transfer to the
shipper.
The proposed action would grant an
exemption to extend the time period
that can elapse during shipments of
low-level radioactive waste before the
licensee is required to investigate and
file a report with the NRC. Specifically,
the exemption would extend the time
period for the licensee to receive
acknowledgment that the low-level
radioactive waste shipment has been
received by the intended recipient from
20 days to 35 days.
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The Need for the Proposed Action
DTE is in the process of
decommissioning Fermi-1. During the
decommissioning process, large
volumes of slightly contaminated debris
are generated and require disposal. DTE
transports low-level radioactive waste
from Fermi-1 to distant locations such
as a waste disposal facility operated by
Energy Solutions in Clive, Utah.
The licensee’s request to extend the
20-day investigation and reporting
requirements for shipments of low-level
radioactive waste to 35 days is based on
historical data derived from recent
shipments from Fermi-1. That
experience indicates that rail or mixed
mode truck/rail transportation times to
waste disposal facilities consistently
exceeded the 20-day reporting
requirement. A review of the data
indicates that transportation time for
shipments by rail or truck/rail took over
20 days on average and, on occasion,
took up to 34 days to receive the
manifest confirming shipment. Shipping
from Fermi-1 is expected to continue to
be either by rail or a combination of
truck/rail shipments, as larger and
bulkier components are planned for
shipment. The use of rail is expected to
continue to result in shipping delays
that exceed the 20 day reporting time for
shipments from Fermi-1.
The licensee believes, and the staff
agrees, that the need to investigate,
trace, and report to the NRC on the
shipment of low-level waste packages
not reaching their destination within 20
days does not serve the underlying
purpose of the rule. Therefore, the NRC
staff finds that granting an exemption to
extend the time period from 20 days to
35 days for mixed-mode or truck/rail or
rail shipments of low-level radioactive
waste will not result in an undue hazard
to life or property.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The NRC has reviewed the licensee’s
proposed exemption request and
concluded that the proposed exemption
is procedural and administrative in
nature.
The proposed action will not
significantly increase the probability or
consequences of accidents, no changes
are being made in the types of any
effluents that may be released offsite,
and there is no significant increase in
occupational or public radiation
exposure. Therefore, there are no
significant radiological environmental
impacts associated with the proposed
action.
With regard to potential
nonradiological impacts, the proposed
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action does not involve any historic
sites. It does not affect nonradiological
plant effluents and has no other
environmental impact. Therefore, there
are no significant nonradiological
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that
there are no significant environmental
impacts associated with the proposed
action.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed
action, the staff considered denial of the
proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’
alternative). Denial of the application
would result in no change in current
environmental impacts. The
environmental impacts of the proposed
action and the alternative action are
similar.
Agencies and Persons Contacted
In accordance with NRC policy, on
March 23, 2010, NRC staff consulted
with a representative from the Michigan
Department of Natural Resources and
the Environment, Radiological
Protection and Medical Waste Section,
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.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day
of April 2010.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
Keith I. McConnell,
Deputy Director, 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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Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Combined License for Calvert
Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3
Notice is hereby given that the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
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and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Baltimore District, have published
NUREG–1936, ‘‘Environmental Impact
Statement for the Combined License
(COL) for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power
Plant Unit 3: Draft Report for Comment.’’
The site is located in Calvert County,
Maryland, along the western shore of
the Chesapeake Bay. Part 1 of the
application for the COL was submitted
by letter dated July 7, 2007, pursuant to
Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) Part 52 and 10
CFR 2.101(a)(5). A notice of acceptance
for docketing of Part 1 of the COL
application was published in the
Federal Register on January 31, 2008
(73 FR 5877). A notice of intent to
prepare a draft environmental impact
statement (DEIS) and to conduct the
scoping process was published in the
Federal Register on February 14, 2008
(73 FR 8719). Part 2 of the COL
application was submitted by letter
dated March 14, 2008, and a notice of
acceptance for docketing for Part 2 was
published in the Federal Register on
June 9, 2008 (73 FR 32606). A COL is
an authorization to construct and (with
specified conditions) operate a nuclear
power plant at a specific site, in
accordance with established laws and
regulations.
The purpose of this notice is to inform
the public that NUREG–1936,
‘‘Environmental Impact Statement for
the Combined License (COL) for Calvert
Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3: Draft
Report for Comment,’’ is available for
public inspection. The DEIS can be
accessed
(1) online at https://www.nrc.gov/
reactors/new-reactors/col/calvertcliffs.html, (2) in the U.S. NRC Public
Document Room (PDR) located at One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike
(first floor), Public File Area O1–F21,
Rockville, Maryland 20852, or (3) from
the NRC Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from
the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. The accession
numbers for the DEIS are ML101000012
and ML101000013. Persons who do not
have access to ADAMS, or who
encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, should
contact the PDR reference staff at 1–
800–397–4209, or 301–415–4737, or by
e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. In
addition, the Calvert Library Prince
Frederick, located at 850 Costley Way,
Prince Frederick, Maryland, and Calvert
Library Southern Branch, located at 20
Appeal Lane, Lusby, Maryland, have
agreed to make the DEIS available to the
public.
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Any interested party may submit
comments on the DEIS for consideration
by the NRC staff. Comments may be
accompanied by additional relevant
information or supporting data. This
draft report is being issued with a 75day comment period. The comment
period begins on the date that the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes a Notice of Filing in the
Federal Register which is expected to
be April 23, 2010. Such notices are
published every Friday. The notice will
identify the end date of the comment
period. Members of the public may
submit comments on the DEIS by (1) email, (2) mail, or (3) during the public
meeting on the DEIS. Comments
submitted via e-mail should be sent to
CalvertCliffsCOLAEIS@nrc.gov.
Electronic submissions should be sent
no later than the end date of the
comment period. Written comments on
the DEIS should be mailed to the Chief,
Rules and Directives Branch, Division of
Administrative Services, Office of
Administration, Mailstop TWB–05–
B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, or by fax at 301–492–3446, and
should cite the publication date and
page number of this Federal Register
Notice. 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.
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. To be considered,
written comments should be
postmarked by the end date of the
comment period. Any comments of any
Federal, State, and local agencies,
Indian tribes or other interested persons
will be made available for public
inspection when received.
The NRC and Corps staff will hold
two public meetings to present an
overview of the DEIS and to accept
public comments on the document on
Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at the Holiday
Inn Select, 155 Holiday Drive,
Solomons, Maryland. The first meeting
will convene at 1 p.m. and will continue
until 4 p.m. as necessary. The second
meeting will convene at 7 p.m., with a
repeat of the overview portions of the
first meeting, and will continue until 10
p.m. as necessary. The meetings will be
transcribed and will include a
presentation of the contents of the DEIS,
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and the opportunity for interested
government agencies, organizations, and
individuals to provide comments on the
draft report. To be considered,
comments must be provided during the
transcribed public meeting either orally
or in writing. Additionally, the NRC and
Corps staff will host informal
discussions 1 hour before the start of
each meeting during which members of
the public may meet and talk with NRC
and Corps staff members on an informal
basis. No formal comments on the DEIS
will be accepted during these informal
discussions.
Persons may pre-register to attend or
present oral comments at the meeting by
contacting Ms. Laura Quinn by
telephone at 1–800–368–5642,
Extension 2220, or by e-mail at
CalvertCliffsCOLAEIS@nrc.gov no later
than May 19, 2010. Members of the
public may also register to speak at the
meeting within 15 minutes of the start
of the meeting. 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. Ms. Laura Quinn will need to
be contacted no later than May 19, 2010,
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Laura Quinn, Environmental Projects
Branch 2, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Mail Stop T7–E30,
Washington, DC 20555–0001. Ms.
Quinn may also be contacted at the
aforementioned telephone number or email address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15 day
of April 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Scott Flanders,
Director, Division of Site and Environmental
Reviews, Office of New Reactors.
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Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for the Combined License for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power
Plant Unit 3
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC)
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and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, have
published NUREG-1936, ``Environmental Impact Statement for the Combined
License (COL) for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3: Draft
Report for Comment.'' The site is located in Calvert County, Maryland,
along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Part 1 of the
application for the COL was submitted by letter dated July 7, 2007,
pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part
52 and 10 CFR 2.101(a)(5). A notice of acceptance for docketing of Part
1 of the COL application was published in the Federal Register on
January 31, 2008 (73 FR 5877). A notice of intent to prepare a draft
environmental impact statement (DEIS) and to conduct the scoping
process was published in the Federal Register on February 14, 2008 (73
FR 8719). Part 2 of the COL application was submitted by letter dated
March 14, 2008, and a notice of acceptance for docketing for Part 2 was
published in the Federal Register on June 9, 2008 (73 FR 32606). A COL
is an authorization to construct and (with specified conditions)
operate a nuclear power plant at a specific site, in accordance with
established laws and regulations.
The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that NUREG-1936,
``Environmental Impact Statement for the Combined License (COL) for
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3: Draft Report for Comment,''
is available for public inspection. The DEIS can be accessed
(1) online at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/calvert-cliffs.html, (2) in the U.S. NRC Public Document Room (PDR) located at
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Public File
Area O1-F21, Rockville, Maryland 20852, or (3) from the NRC Agencywide
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible
from the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The
accession numbers for the DEIS are ML101000012 and ML101000013. Persons
who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing
the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the PDR reference staff
at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov. In addition, the Calvert Library Prince
Frederick, located at 850 Costley Way, Prince Frederick, Maryland, and
Calvert Library Southern Branch, located at 20 Appeal Lane, Lusby,
Maryland, have agreed to make the DEIS available to the public.
Any interested party may submit comments on the DEIS for
consideration by the NRC staff. Comments may be accompanied by
additional relevant information or supporting data. This draft report
is being issued with a 75-day comment period. The comment period begins
on the date that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency publishes a
Notice of Filing in the Federal Register which is expected to be April
23, 2010. Such notices are published every Friday. The notice will
identify the end date of the comment period. Members of the public may
submit comments on the DEIS by (1) e-mail, (2) mail, or (3) during the
public meeting on the DEIS. Comments submitted via e-mail should be
sent to CalvertCliffsCOLAEIS@nrc.gov. Electronic submissions should be
sent no later than the end date of the comment period. Written comments
on the DEIS should be mailed to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch,
Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, Mailstop
TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, or by fax at 301-492-3446, and should cite the publication date
and page number of this Federal Register Notice. 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. 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. To be
considered, written comments should be postmarked by the end date of
the comment period. Any comments of any Federal, State, and local
agencies, Indian tribes or other interested persons will be made
available for public inspection when received.
The NRC and Corps staff will hold two public meetings to present an
overview of the DEIS and to accept public comments on the document on
Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at the Holiday Inn Select, 155 Holiday Drive,
Solomons, Maryland. The first meeting will convene at 1 p.m. and will
continue until 4 p.m. as necessary. The second meeting will convene at
7 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the first meeting,
and will continue until 10 p.m. as necessary. The meetings will be
transcribed and will include a presentation of the contents of the
DEIS, and the opportunity for interested government agencies,
organizations, and individuals to provide comments on the draft report.
To be considered, comments must be provided during the transcribed
public meeting either orally or in writing. Additionally, the NRC and
Corps staff will host informal discussions 1 hour before the start of
each meeting during which members of the public may meet and talk with
NRC and Corps staff members on an informal basis. No formal comments on
the DEIS will be accepted during these informal discussions.
Persons may pre-register to attend or present oral comments at the
meeting by contacting Ms. Laura Quinn by telephone at 1-800-368-5642,
Extension 2220, or by e-mail at CalvertCliffsCOLAEIS@nrc.gov no later
than May 19, 2010. Members of the public may also register to speak at
the meeting within 15 minutes of the start of the meeting. 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. Ms.
Laura Quinn will need to be contacted no later than May 19, 2010, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Laura Quinn, Environmental
Projects Branch 2, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T7-
E30, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Ms. Quinn may also be contacted at the
aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15 day of April 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Scott Flanders,
Director, Division of Site and Environmental Reviews, Office of New
Reactors.
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