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Duke Energy Carolina, LLC; William
States Lee III Combined License
Application; Notice of Intent To
Conduct a Supplemental Scoping
Process for the Supplement to the
Environmental Report
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke)
submitted an application for combined
licenses (COL) for its William States Lee
III Nuclear Station (Lee) site to build
Units 1 and 2, located in the eastern
portion of Cherokee County, South
Carolina, approximately 7.5 miles
southeast of Gaffney, South Carolina.
The application for the COL, including
an environmental report (ER), was
submitted by letter dated December 12,
2007, pursuant to the requirements of
Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) part 52. A notice
of intent to prepare an environmental
impact statement (EIS) in support of the
review of the COL application and to
conduct scoping was published in the
Federal Register on March 20, 2008 (73
FR 15009). Duke submitted a
supplement to its ER by letter dated
September 24, 2009, which describes
Duke’s plans to construct an additional
source of supplemental water to be
designated as Make-Up Pond C.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is the lead agency in
preparing the EIS and the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a
cooperating agency, as described in the
Memorandum of Understanding
established with the NRC and USACE
(ML082540354) and in NRC’s response
to the USACE’s request to become a
cooperating agency (ML090700384).
The purpose of this notice is to inform
the public that the NRC and the USACE
are providing the public an additional
opportunity to participate in the
environmental scoping process, as
described in 10 CFR 51.29, pertaining to
the addition of Make-Up Pond C. The
supplemental scoping opportunity
affords the public an occasion to
provide comments concerning the
supplemental information that was not
available during the initial scoping
process in 2008 (73 FR 15009).
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.45 and
51.50, Duke submitted a supplement to
its ER as part of its COL application.
The supplement to the ER is available
for public inspection at the NRC Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland, or
from the Publicly Available Records
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component of the NRC’s Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible
at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html, which provides access
through the NRC’s Electronic Reading
Room (ERR) link. The ADAMS
accession number for the supplement to
the ER, submitted by letter dated
September 24, 2009, is ML092810257.
Persons who do not have access to
ADAMS or who encounter problems in
accessing the documents located in
ADAMS should contact the NRC’s PDR
Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209 or
301–415–4737, or by sending an e-mail
to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
supplement to the ER may also be
viewed on the Internet at https://
www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/
col/lee.html. In addition, the Cherokee
County Public Library, 300 E. Rutledge
Avenue, Gaffney, South Carolina 29340,
has agreed to make the supplement to
the ER available for public inspection.
This notice advises the public that the
NRC and USACE intend to gather
information pertaining to the
supplement to the ER and to include
this information in the EIS to be
prepared in support of the review of the
Duke COL application. Possible
alternatives to the proposed action
(issuance of the COL at the Lee site)
include no action and consideration of
alternative sites. As set forth in 10 CFR
51.20(b)(2), the issuance of a COL under
Part 52 is an action that requires an EIS.
This notice is being published in
accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended, (NEPA) and NRC regulations
found in 10 CFR Part 51.
The NRC and USACE will first
conduct a scoping process on the
supplement to the ER, and, as soon as
practicable thereafter, will prepare a
draft EIS in support of the review of the
Duke COL application for public
comment. Participation in the
supplemental scoping process by
members of the public and local State,
Tribal, and Federal government agencies
is encouraged. The supplemental
scoping opportunity will be used to
accomplish the following:
a. Determine how the supplemental
information on Make-Up Pond C
impacts the scope of the EIS and
identify the significant issues regarding
Make-Up Pond C to be analyzed in
depth;
b. Identify and eliminate from
detailed study those issues that are
peripheral or that are not significant as
they pertain to Make-Up Pond C;
c. Identify any environmental
assessments and other EISs that are
being or will be prepared that are
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related to the supplemental information
on Make-Up Pond C, but are not part of
the scope of the EIS being considered;
d. Identify other environmental
review and consultation requirements
related to the supplemental information
on Make-Up Pond C and the USACE;
e. Identify parties consulting with the
NRC and the USACE under the National
Historic Preservation Act of 1966
(NHPA), as set forth in 36 CFR
800.8(c)(1)(i);
f. Identify any additional cooperating
agencies and, as appropriate, allocate
assignments for preparation and
schedules for completing the EIS to the
NRC, USACE, and any additional
cooperating agencies; and
g. Describe how the EIS preparation
will include the supplemental
information on Make-Up Pond C and
any contractor assistance to be used.
The NRC and the USACE invite the
following entities to participate in the
supplemental scoping process:
a. The applicant, Duke Energy;
b. Any Federal agency that has
jurisdiction by law or special expertise
with respect to any environmental
impact involved or that is authorized to
develop and enforce relevant
environmental standards;
c. Affected State and local
government agencies, including those
authorized to develop and enforce
relevant environmental standards;
d. Any affected Indian tribe; and
e. Any person who requests or has
requested an opportunity to participate
in the supplemental scoping process.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26, the
scoping process for an EIS may include
a public scoping meeting to help
identify significant issues related to a
proposed activity and to determine the
scope of issues to be addressed in an
EIS. The NRC and the USACE will hold
an additional public scoping meeting for
the EIS to gather comments on the
supplement to the ER submitted for the
Duke COL application. The scoping
meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June
17, 2010, at Restoration Church
International, 1905 N. Limestone Street,
Gaffney, South Carolina 29340. The
meeting will convene at 7:00 p.m. and
will continue until approximately 10
p.m. The meeting will be transcribed
and will include: (1) An overview by the
NRC and USACE staff of the NEPA
environmental review process, and
(2) the opportunity for interested
government agencies, organizations, and
individuals to submit comments or
suggestions on the environmental issues
or the proposed scope of the EIS as it
pertains to the additional source of
make-up water described in the
supplement to the ER. Additionally, the
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NRC and USACE staff will host informal
discussions from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. before
the start of the meeting at Restoration
Church International. No formal
comments will be accepted during the
informal discussions. To be considered,
comments must be provided either at
the transcribed public meeting or in
writing, as discussed below.
Persons may register to attend or
present oral comments at the meeting on
the scope of the NEPA review by
contacting Ms. Sarah Lopas at 1–800–
368–5642, extension 1147, or via e-mail
to the NRC at Lee.COLAEIS@nrc.gov, no
later than June 14, 2010.
Members of the public may also
register to speak at the open house prior
to 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. Public
comments on the supplement to the ER
will be considered in the supplemental
scoping process for the EIS. Ms. Sarah
Lopas will need to be contacted no later
than June 4, 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.
Members of the public may send
written comments on the supplement to
the ER to the Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch,
Division of Administrative Services,
Office of Administration, Mailstop
TWB–05–B01M, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, and should cite the
publication date and page number of
this Federal Register notice. To ensure
that comments are considered in the
supplemental scoping process, written
comments must be post-marked or
delivered by the end of the
supplemental scoping comment period,
which is July 2, 2010. Electronic
comments may be sent via the Internet
to the NRC at Lee.COLAEIS@nrc.gov.
Electronic submissions must be sent no
later than July 2, 2010, to ensure that
they will be considered in the
supplemental scoping process.
Comments will be available
electronically and accessible through
the NRC’s ERR link at https://
www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html.
The NRC staff may consider comments
submitted after the end of the comment
period, as time and resources permit.
Participation in the supplemental
scoping process does not entitle
participants to become parties to the
proceeding to which the EIS relates.
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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.
At the conclusion of the supplemental
scoping process, the NRC staff will
prepare a concise summary of the
determination and conclusions reached
on the scope of the environmental
review for the supplemental information
on Make-Up Pond C, including the
significant issues identified, and will
send a copy of the summary to each
participant in the supplemental scoping
process for whom the staff has an
address. The summary will also be
available for inspection through the
NRC’s ERR link. The staff will then
prepare and issue for comment the draft
EIS, which will be the subject of
separate Federal Register notices and a
separate public meeting. Copies of the
draft EIS will be available for public
inspection at the above-mentioned
address, and one copy per request will
be provided free of charge. After receipt
and consideration of the comments on
the draft EIS, the NRC staff will prepare
a final EIS, which will also be available
for public inspection.
Information about the proposed EIS
and the scoping process may be
obtained from Ms. Sarah Lopas at
1–800–368–5642, extension 1147.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day
of May 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Barry Zalcman,
Acting Director, Division of Site and
Environmental Reviews, Office of New
Reactors.
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[Docket Nos.: 52-018 and 52-019; NRC-2008-0170]
Duke Energy Carolina, LLC; William States Lee III Combined
License Application; Notice of Intent To Conduct a Supplemental Scoping
Process for the Supplement to the Environmental Report
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke) submitted an application for
combined licenses (COL) for its William States Lee III Nuclear Station
(Lee) site to build Units 1 and 2, located in the eastern portion of
Cherokee County, South Carolina, approximately 7.5 miles southeast of
Gaffney, South Carolina. The application for the COL, including an
environmental report (ER), was submitted by letter dated December 12,
2007, pursuant to the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) part 52. A notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS) in support of the review of the
COL application and to conduct scoping was published in the Federal
Register on March 20, 2008 (73 FR 15009). Duke submitted a supplement
to its ER by letter dated September 24, 2009, which describes Duke's
plans to construct an additional source of supplemental water to be
designated as Make-Up Pond C.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is the lead agency in
preparing the EIS and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a
cooperating agency, as described in the Memorandum of Understanding
established with the NRC and USACE (ML082540354) and in NRC's response
to the USACE's request to become a cooperating agency (ML090700384).
The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that the NRC and
the USACE are providing the public an additional opportunity to
participate in the environmental scoping process, as described in 10
CFR 51.29, pertaining to the addition of Make-Up Pond C. The
supplemental scoping opportunity affords the public an occasion to
provide comments concerning the supplemental information that was not
available during the initial scoping process in 2008 (73 FR 15009).
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.45 and 51.50, Duke submitted a
supplement to its ER as part of its COL application. The supplement to
the ER is available for public inspection at the NRC Public Document
Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland, or from the Publicly Available
Records component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, which provides access through the NRC's
Electronic Reading Room (ERR) link. The ADAMS accession number for the
supplement to the ER, submitted by letter dated September 24, 2009, is
ML092810257. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter
problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS should contact the
NRC's PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by
sending an e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The supplement to the ER may
also be viewed on the Internet at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/col/lee.html. In addition, the Cherokee County Public
Library, 300 E. Rutledge Avenue, Gaffney, South Carolina 29340, has
agreed to make the supplement to the ER available for public
inspection.
This notice advises the public that the NRC and USACE intend to
gather information pertaining to the supplement to the ER and to
include this information in the EIS to be prepared in support of the
review of the Duke COL application. Possible alternatives to the
proposed action (issuance of the COL at the Lee site) include no action
and consideration of alternative sites. As set forth in 10 CFR
51.20(b)(2), the issuance of a COL under Part 52 is an action that
requires an EIS. This notice is being published in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, (NEPA) and NRC
regulations found in 10 CFR Part 51.
The NRC and USACE will first conduct a scoping process on the
supplement to the ER, and, as soon as practicable thereafter, will
prepare a draft EIS in support of the review of the Duke COL
application for public comment. Participation in the supplemental
scoping process by members of the public and local State, Tribal, and
Federal government agencies is encouraged. The supplemental scoping
opportunity will be used to accomplish the following:
a. Determine how the supplemental information on Make-Up Pond C
impacts the scope of the EIS and identify the significant issues
regarding Make-Up Pond C to be analyzed in depth;
b. Identify and eliminate from detailed study those issues that are
peripheral or that are not significant as they pertain to Make-Up Pond
C;
c. Identify any environmental assessments and other EISs that are
being or will be prepared that are related to the supplemental
information on Make-Up Pond C, but are not part of the scope of the EIS
being considered;
d. Identify other environmental review and consultation
requirements related to the supplemental information on Make-Up Pond C
and the USACE;
e. Identify parties consulting with the NRC and the USACE under the
National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), as set forth in 36
CFR 800.8(c)(1)(i);
f. Identify any additional cooperating agencies and, as
appropriate, allocate assignments for preparation and schedules for
completing the EIS to the NRC, USACE, and any additional cooperating
agencies; and
g. Describe how the EIS preparation will include the supplemental
information on Make-Up Pond C and any contractor assistance to be used.
The NRC and the USACE invite the following entities to participate in
the supplemental scoping process:
a. The applicant, Duke Energy;
b. Any Federal agency that has jurisdiction by law or special
expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved or that is
authorized to develop and enforce relevant environmental standards;
c. Affected State and local government agencies, including those
authorized to develop and enforce relevant environmental standards;
d. Any affected Indian tribe; and
e. Any person who requests or has requested an opportunity to
participate in the supplemental scoping process.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26, the scoping process for an EIS may
include a public scoping meeting to help identify significant issues
related to a proposed activity and to determine the scope of issues to
be addressed in an EIS. The NRC and the USACE will hold an additional
public scoping meeting for the EIS to gather comments on the supplement
to the ER submitted for the Duke COL application. The scoping meeting
is scheduled for Thursday, June 17, 2010, at Restoration Church
International, 1905 N. Limestone Street, Gaffney, South Carolina 29340.
The meeting will convene at 7:00 p.m. and will continue until
approximately 10 p.m. The meeting will be transcribed and will include:
(1) An overview by the NRC and USACE staff of the NEPA environmental
review process, and (2) the opportunity for interested government
agencies, organizations, and individuals to submit comments or
suggestions on the environmental issues or the proposed scope of the
EIS as it pertains to the additional source of make-up water described
in the supplement to the ER. Additionally, the
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NRC and USACE staff will host informal discussions from 6 p.m. to 7
p.m. before the start of the meeting at Restoration Church
International. No formal comments will be accepted during the informal
discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the
transcribed public meeting or in writing, as discussed below.
Persons may register to attend or present oral comments at the
meeting on the scope of the NEPA review by contacting Ms. Sarah Lopas
at 1-800-368-5642, extension 1147, or via e-mail to the NRC at
Lee.COLAEIS@nrc.gov, no later than June 14, 2010.
Members of the public may also register to speak at the open house
prior to 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. Public comments on the
supplement to the ER will be considered in the supplemental scoping
process for the EIS. Ms. Sarah Lopas will need to be contacted no later
than June 4, 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.
Members of the public may send written comments on the supplement
to the ER to the Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch,
Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, Mailstop
TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, and should cite the publication date and page number of this
Federal Register notice. To ensure that comments are considered in the
supplemental scoping process, written comments must be post-marked or
delivered by the end of the supplemental scoping comment period, which
is July 2, 2010. Electronic comments may be sent via the Internet to
the NRC at Lee.COLAEIS@nrc.gov. Electronic submissions must be sent no
later than July 2, 2010, to ensure that they will be considered in the
supplemental scoping process. Comments will be available electronically
and accessible through the NRC's ERR link at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. The NRC staff may consider comments submitted
after the end of the comment period, as time and resources permit.
Participation in the supplemental scoping process does not entitle
participants to become parties to the proceeding to which the EIS
relates. 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.
At the conclusion of the supplemental scoping process, the NRC
staff will prepare a concise summary of the determination and
conclusions reached on the scope of the environmental review for the
supplemental information on Make-Up Pond C, including the significant
issues identified, and will send a copy of the summary to each
participant in the supplemental scoping process for whom the staff has
an address. The summary will also be available for inspection through
the NRC's ERR link. The staff will then prepare and issue for comment
the draft EIS, which will be the subject of separate Federal Register
notices and a separate public meeting. Copies of the draft EIS will be
available for public inspection at the above-mentioned address, and one
copy per request will be provided free of charge. After receipt and
consideration of the comments on the draft EIS, the NRC staff will
prepare a final EIS, which will also be available for public
inspection.
Information about the proposed EIS and the scoping process may be
obtained from Ms. Sarah Lopas at 1-800-368-5642, extension 1147.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of May 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Barry Zalcman,
Acting Director, Division of Site and Environmental Reviews, Office of
New Reactors.
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