Southern Nuclear Operating Company et al.; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment to Early Site Permit Issued to Southern Nuclear Operating Company et al., for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant ESP Site Located in Burke County, GA, 36446-36447 [2010-15441]
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company
et al.; Notice of Availability of
Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact for
License Amendment to Early Site
Permit Issued to Southern Nuclear
Operating Company et al., for Vogtle
Electric Generating Plant ESP Site
Located in Burke County, GA
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Terri Spicher, Project Manager, AP1000
Branch 1, Division of New Reactors
Licensing, Office of New Reactors, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001.
Telephone: (301) 415–1670; fax number:
(301) 415–6323; e-mail:
Terri.Spicher@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) is considering issuance of an
amendment to Early Site Permit (ESP)
No. ESP–004, issued to Southern
Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) and
several co-applicants (Georgia Power
Company, Oglethorpe Power
Corporation, Municipal Electric
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Authority of Georgia, and the City of
Dalton, Georgia), for the Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant (VEGP) ESP site
located in Burke County, Georgia. The
proposed amendment would modify the
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant ESP site
safety analysis report (SSAR) to allow
the use of Category 1 and 2 backfill
obtained from onsite borrow areas not
previously specifically identified in the
VEGP ESP SSAR.
NRC has prepared an Environmental
Assessment (EA) in support of this
amendment in accordance with the
requirements of 10 CFR Part 51. Based
on the EA, the NRC has concluded that
a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) is appropriate. The NRC staff’s
review of the safety aspects of the
amendment request will be documented
in a separate safety evaluation report
(SER); if warranted by the results of that
evaluation, the amendment would be
issued following the publication of this
Notice.
II. EA Summary
The purpose of the proposed
amendment is to authorize a change to
the early site permit issued to SNC for
the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant ESP
site located in Burke County, Georgia.
Specifically, the proposed amendment
would modify the Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant ESP SSAR to allow the
use of Category 1 and 2 backfill obtained
from onsite borrow areas that were not
previously specified in the VEGP ESP
SSAR.
By letter dated May 13, 2010, the
applicant requested that the NRC
consider issuing a limited scope
approval (LSA) of a subset of onsite
locations pending the NRC
determination on the remainder of the
borrow sources identified in the LAR.
The borrow sources encompassed by
this limited scope approval are in areas
for which impacts were previously
analyzed in the environmental review
documented in NUREG 1872, Vol. 1,
Final Environmental Impact Statement
for an Early Site Permit (ESP) at the
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Site
(ESP FEIS) (NRC 2008). Under 10 CFR
51.21, ‘‘Criteria for and Identification of
Licensing and Regulatory Actions
Requiring Environmental Assessments,’’
the NRC prepared an EA that evaluated
the impacts associated with the LSA
and, based on that EA, reached a
Finding of No Significant Impact. The
LSA portion of the LAR was approved
as Amendment No. 1 to ESP number
ESP–004 on May 21, 2010. By letter
dated May 24, 2010, the applicant
clarified the scope of the remainder of
its April 20 LAR by limiting the request
to three other specific portions of the
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VEGP site (i.e., other than those already
approved by Amendment 1) that would
be used as additional onsite sources of
Category 1 and Category 2 backfill. The
environmental impacts from
disturbance of these borrow locations
were not previously evaluated in the
ESP FEIS or in the LSA EA; accordingly,
pursuant to 10 CFR 51.45, the May 24,
2010 letter also included an
environmental report (ER) assessing the
impacts associated with the remaining
portion of the revised LAR.
The staff has prepared the EA in
support of its review of the proposed
license amendment. The EA evaluates
the activities associated with acquiring
backfill from those on-site areas
specified in SNC’s letter of May 24,
2010 and summarizes the radiological
and nonradiological environmental
impacts that may result from granting
the amendment request. The staff has
determined that granting the proposed
amendment would not result in
significant nonradiological impacts to
land use, surface and groundwater
resources, terrestrial and aquatic
resources, threatened and endangered
species, socioeconomic factors and
environmental justice, cultural and
historical resources, air quality, and
nonradiological human health. In
addition, the staff has determined that
there are no significant radiological
health impacts associated with the
proposed action.
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III. Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the EA, the NRC has
concluded that there are no significant
environmental impacts from the
proposed amendment and has
determined not to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
IV. Further Information
Documents related to this action,
including the application for
amendment and supporting
documentation, are available
electronically at the NRC’s Electronic
Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. The NRC’s
Agencywide Document Access and
Management System (ADAMS), which
provides text and image files of NRC’s
public documents, may be accessed
from this site. The ADAMS accession
numbers for the documents related to
this notice are: The application dated
April 20, 2010, as supplemented by
letters dated April 23, 28, May 5, 10, 13,
20, and 24 2010 is available at
ML101120089, ML101160531,
ML101230337, ML101270283,
ML101330141, ML101340649,
ML101440385, and ML101470212
respectively. The EA and Finding of No
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Significant Impact evaluation is
available at ML101670592. Persons who
do not have access to ADAMS or who
encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS should
contact the NRC Public Document Room
(PDR) Reference staff by telephone at 1–
800–397–4209, 301–415–4737 or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
These documents may also be viewed
electronically on the public computers
located at the NRC’s Public Document
Room (PDR), O 1 F21, One White Flint
North, 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville,
MD 20852. The PDR reproduction
contractor will copy documents for a
fee.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 21st day
of June, 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Terri Spicher,
Project Manager, AP1000 Branch1, Division
of New Reactors Licensing, Office of New
Reactors.
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Environmental Impact Statement and
Public Meetings for the General
Electric-Hitachi Global Laser
Enrichment, LLC Proposed LaserBased Uranium Enrichment Facility
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft
Environmental Impact Statement.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing for public
comment a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) for the proposed
General Electric-Hitachi (GEH) Global
Laser Enrichment (GLE) Uranium
Enrichment Facility. On June 26, 2009,
GEH submitted a license application
that proposes the construction,
operation, and decommissioning of a
laser-based uranium enrichment facility
located near Wilmington, North
Carolina. GEH proposes to locate the
facility on the existing General Electric
Company (GE) site near Wilmington,
North Carolina (Wilmington Site).
GEH submitted an Environmental
Report (ER) in support of the proposed
facility on January 30, 2009. On May 8,
2009, the NRC granted an exemption to
authorize GEH to conduct certain
preconstruction activities on the
Wilmington Site. GEH submitted
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Supplement 1 to its ER on July 22, 2009,
GLE Environmental Report Supplement
1—Early Construction. Supplement 1
distinguishes between the
environmental impacts of
preconstruction activities covered by
the May 8, 2009, exemption and NRClicensed construction activities, which
cannot be undertaken unless a license is
granted. On November 13, 2009, GLE
submitted Supplement 2 to its ER, GLE
Environmental Report Supplement 2—
Revised Roadway and Entrance.
Supplement 2 provides information
describing the environmental impacts
associated with developing an entrance
and roadway into the Wilmington Site
that are different from those proposed in
the original ER.
This DEIS is being issued as part of
the NRC’s process to decide whether to
issue a license to GEH, pursuant to Title
10 of the U.S. Code of Federal
Regulations Parts 30, 40, and 70, to
build and operate the proposed uranium
enrichment facility. Specifically, GEH
proposes to use laser-based technology
to enrich the uranium-235 isotope found
in natural uranium to concentrations up
to 8 percent by weight. The enriched
uranium would be used to manufacture
nuclear fuel for commercial nuclear
power reactors.
The NRC staff will hold two public
meetings on July 22, 2010 to present an
overview of the licensing process and
the contents of the DEIS, and to accept
oral and written public comments on
the DEIS. The meetings will take place
in Ballroom 5 of the Warwick Center at
the University of North Carolina
Wilmington. Prior to each public
meeting, the NRC staff will be available
to informally discuss the proposed GLE
project and answer questions in an
‘‘open house’’ format. This ‘‘open house’’
format provides for one-on-one
discussions with the NRC staff involved
with the preparation of the DEIS. The
DEIS meetings officially begin at 2:30
p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The meetings will
include the following agenda items: (1)
A brief presentation summarizing the
NRC licensing review, (2) a presentation
summarizing the contents of the DEIS,
and (3) an opportunity for interested
government agencies, organizations, and
individuals to provide comments on the
DEIS. Both public meetings will be
transcribed by a court reporter.
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comments will be asked to register at
the meeting entrance. Individual oral
comments may have to be limited by the
time available, depending upon the
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[Docket No. 52-011; NRC-2008-0252]
Southern Nuclear Operating Company et al.; Notice of Availability
of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for
License Amendment to Early Site Permit Issued to Southern Nuclear
Operating Company et al., for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant ESP Site
Located in Burke County, GA
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terri Spicher, Project Manager, AP1000
Branch 1, Division of New Reactors Licensing, Office of New Reactors,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Telephone: (301) 415-1670; fax number: (301) 415-6323; e-mail:
Terri.Spicher@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of
an amendment to Early Site Permit (ESP) No. ESP-004, issued to Southern
Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) and several co-applicants (Georgia
Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Municipal Electric
Authority of Georgia, and the City of Dalton, Georgia), for the Vogtle
Electric Generating Plant (VEGP) ESP site located in Burke County,
Georgia. The proposed amendment would modify the Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant ESP site safety analysis report (SSAR) to allow the
use of Category 1 and 2 backfill obtained from onsite borrow areas not
previously specifically identified in the VEGP ESP SSAR.
NRC has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of
this amendment in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 51.
Based on the EA, the NRC has concluded that a Finding of No Significant
Impact (FONSI) is appropriate. The NRC staff's review of the safety
aspects of the amendment request will be documented in a separate
safety evaluation report (SER); if warranted by the results of that
evaluation, the amendment would be issued following the publication of
this Notice.
II. EA Summary
The purpose of the proposed amendment is to authorize a change to
the early site permit issued to SNC for the Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant ESP site located in Burke County, Georgia. Specifically, the
proposed amendment would modify the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
ESP SSAR to allow the use of Category 1 and 2 backfill obtained from
onsite borrow areas that were not previously specified in the VEGP ESP
SSAR.
By letter dated May 13, 2010, the applicant requested that the NRC
consider issuing a limited scope approval (LSA) of a subset of onsite
locations pending the NRC determination on the remainder of the borrow
sources identified in the LAR. The borrow sources encompassed by this
limited scope approval are in areas for which impacts were previously
analyzed in the environmental review documented in NUREG 1872, Vol. 1,
Final Environmental Impact Statement for an Early Site Permit (ESP) at
the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Site (ESP FEIS) (NRC 2008). Under
10 CFR 51.21, ``Criteria for and Identification of Licensing and
Regulatory Actions Requiring Environmental Assessments,'' the NRC
prepared an EA that evaluated the impacts associated with the LSA and,
based on that EA, reached a Finding of No Significant Impact. The LSA
portion of the LAR was approved as Amendment No. 1 to ESP number ESP-
004 on May 21, 2010. By letter dated May 24, 2010, the applicant
clarified the scope of the remainder of its April 20 LAR by limiting
the request to three other specific portions of the
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VEGP site (i.e., other than those already approved by Amendment 1) that
would be used as additional onsite sources of Category 1 and Category 2
backfill. The environmental impacts from disturbance of these borrow
locations were not previously evaluated in the ESP FEIS or in the LSA
EA; accordingly, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.45, the May 24, 2010 letter also
included an environmental report (ER) assessing the impacts associated
with the remaining portion of the revised LAR.
The staff has prepared the EA in support of its review of the
proposed license amendment. The EA evaluates the activities associated
with acquiring backfill from those on-site areas specified in SNC's
letter of May 24, 2010 and summarizes the radiological and
nonradiological environmental impacts that may result from granting the
amendment request. The staff has determined that granting the proposed
amendment would not result in significant nonradiological impacts to
land use, surface and groundwater resources, terrestrial and aquatic
resources, threatened and endangered species, socioeconomic factors and
environmental justice, cultural and historical resources, air quality,
and nonradiological human health. In addition, the staff has determined
that there are no significant radiological health impacts associated
with the proposed action.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the EA, the NRC has concluded that there are no
significant environmental impacts from the proposed amendment and has
determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement.
IV. Further Information
Documents related to this action, including the application for
amendment and supporting documentation, are available electronically at
the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System
(ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC's public documents,
may be accessed from this site. The ADAMS accession numbers for the
documents related to this notice are: The application dated April 20,
2010, as supplemented by letters dated April 23, 28, May 5, 10, 13, 20,
and 24 2010 is available at ML101120089, ML101160531, ML101230337,
ML101270283, ML101330141, ML101340649, ML101440385, and ML101470212
respectively. The EA and Finding of No Significant Impact evaluation is
available at ML101670592. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or
who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS
should contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff by
telephone at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by e-mail to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public
computers located at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), O 1 F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR
reproduction contractor will copy documents for a fee.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 21st day of June, 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Terri Spicher,
Project Manager, AP1000 Branch1, Division of New Reactors Licensing,
Office of New Reactors.
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