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ACTION: Notice of OMB review of
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of public comment.
SUMMARY: The NRC has recently
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review the
following proposal for the collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby
informs potential respondents that an
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that a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The NRC published a Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on
March 24, 2010.
1. Type of submission, new, revision,
or extension: Revision.
2. The title of the information
collection: 10 CFR Part 52, ‘‘Licenses,
Certifications, and Approvals for
Nuclear Power Plants.’’
3. Current OMB approval number:
3150–0151.
4. The form number if applicable: Not
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5. How often the collection is
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Standard Design Certifications (SDCs),
Combined Licenses (COLs), Standard
Design Approvals (SDAs), or
Manufacturing Licenses (MLs); and
every 10 to 20 years for applications for
renewal.
6. Who will be required or asked to
report: Designers of commercial nuclear
power plants (NPPs), electric power
companies, and any person eligible
under the Atomic Energy Act to apply
for ESPs, SDCs, COLs, or MLs.
7. An estimate of the number of
annual responses: 11.332.
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8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 4.666.
9. An estimate of the total number of
hours needed annually to complete the
requirement or request: 204,075
(191,774 reporting, 12,301
recordkeeping).
10. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 52
establishes requirements for the granting
of ESPs, certifications of standard NPP
designs, and licenses which combine in
a single license a construction permit,
and an operating license with
conditions, OLs, MLs, SDAs, and preapplication reviews of site suitability
issues. Part 52 also establishes
requirements for renewal of those
approvals, permits, certifications, and
licenses; amendments to them;
exemptions from certifications; and
variances from ESPs.
NRC uses the information collected to
assess the adequacy and suitability of an
applicant’s site, plant design,
construction, training and experience,
plans and procedures for the protection
of public health and safety. The NRC
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findings derived from that information
form the basis of NRC decisions and
actions concerning the issuance,
modification or revocation of site
permits, DCs, COLs, and MLs for NPPs.
A copy of the final supporting
statement may be viewed free of charge
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White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
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doc-comment/omb/. The
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signature date of this notice.
Comments and questions should be
directed to the OMB reviewer listed
below by August 19, 2010. Comments
received after this date will be
considered if it is practical to do so, but
assurance of consideration cannot be
given to comments received after this
date.
Christine J. Kymn, Desk Officer,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (3150–0151), NEOB–10202,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503.
Comments can also be e-mailed to
Christine.J.Kymn@omb.eop.gov or
submitted by telephone at (202) 395–
4638.
The NRC Clearance Officer is
Tremaine Donnell, (301) 415–6258.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day
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Tremaine Donnell,
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Nextera Energy Seabrook; Notice of
Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement and Conduct the
Scoping Process for Seabrook Station,
Unit 1
NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC has
submitted an application for renewal of
Facility Operating License No. NPF–86
for an additional 20 years of operation
at Seabrook Station, Unit 1 (Seabrook
Station). Seabrook Station is located 13
miles south of Portsmouth, NH.
The current operating license for
Seabrook Station expires on March 15,
2030. The application for renewal, dated
May 25, 2010, was submitted pursuant
to Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) Part 54, which
included an environmental report (ER).
A separate notice of receipt and
availability of the application was
published in the Federal Register on
June 16, 2010 (75 FR 34180). A notice
of acceptance for docketing of the
application and opportunity for hearing
regarding renewal of the facility
operating license is also being published
in the Federal Register. The purpose of
this notice is to inform the public that
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) will be preparing an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
related to the review of the license
renewal application and to provide the
public an opportunity to participate in
the environmental scoping process, as
defined in 10 CFR 51.29.
As outlined in 36 CFR 800.8,
‘‘Coordination with the National
Environmental Policy Act,’’ the NRC
plans to coordinate compliance with
Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA) in meeting the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA). Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.8(c),
the NRC intends to use the NEPA
process and documentation for the
preparation of the EIS on the proposed
action to comply with Section 106 of the
NHPA in lieu of the procedures set forth
at 36 CFR 800.3 through 800.6.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c)
and 10 CFR 54.23, NextEra Energy
Seabrook submitted the ER as part of the
application. The ER was prepared
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pursuant to 10 CFR Part 51 and is
publicly available at the NRC Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, or
from the NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS). The ADAMS Public
Electronic Reading Room is accessible 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. The ADAMS
Accession Number for the Seabrook
Station ER is ML101590094. 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 by telephone at 800–397–4209 (or
301–415–4737) or by e-mail at
pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ER may also
be viewed on the Internet at https://
www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/
licensing/renewal/applications/
seabrook.html. In addition, paper copies
of the ER are available to the public near
the site at the Seabrook Library, 25
Liberty Street, Seabrook, NH 03874 and
at the Amesbury Public Library, 149
Main Street, Amesbury, MA 01913.
Public comments and supporting
materials related to this notice can be
found at the Federal rulemaking Web
site, https://www.regulations.gov, by
searching on Docket ID NRC–2010–
0206.
This notice advises the public that the
NRC intends to gather the information
necessary to prepare a plant-specific
supplement to the NRC’s ‘‘Generic
Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS)
for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants,’’
(NUREG–1437) related to the review of
the application for renewal of the
Seabrook Station operating license for
an additional 20 years. Possible
alternatives to the proposed action
(license renewal) include no action and
reasonable alternative energy sources.
The NRC is required by 10 CFR 51.95
to prepare a supplement to the GEIS in
connection with the renewal of an
operating license. This notice is being
published in accordance with NEPA
and the NRC’s regulations found at 10
CFR Part 51.
The NRC will first conduct a scoping
process for the supplement to the GEIS
and, as soon as practicable thereafter,
will prepare a draft supplement to the
GEIS for public comment. Participation
in the scoping process by members of
the public and local, State, Tribal, and
Federal government agencies is
encouraged. The scoping process for the
supplement to the GEIS will be used to
accomplish the following:
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a. Define the proposed action, which
is to be the subject of the supplement to
the GEIS;
b. Determine the scope of the
supplement to the GEIS and identify the
significant issues to be analyzed in
depth;
c. Identify and eliminate from
detailed study those issues that are
peripheral or that are not significant;
d. Identify any environmental
assessments and other ElSs that are
being or will be prepared that are
related to, but are not part of, the scope
of the supplement to the GEIS being
considered;
e. Identify other environmental
review and consultation requirements
related to the proposed action;
f. Indicate the relationship between
the timing of the preparation of the
environmental analyses and the
Commission’s tentative planning and
decision-making schedule;
g. Identify any cooperating agencies
and, as appropriate, allocate
assignments for preparation and
schedules for completing the
supplement to the GEIS to the NRC and
any cooperating agencies; and
h. Describe how the supplement to
the GEIS will be prepared and include
any contractor assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities
to participate in scoping:
a. The applicant, NextEra Energy
Seabrook;
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;
e. Any person who requests or has
requested an opportunity to participate
in the scoping process; and
f. Any person who has petitioned or
intends to petition for leave to
intervene.
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 has decided to hold
public meetings for the Seabrook Station
license renewal supplement to the GEIS.
The scoping meetings will be held on
August 19, 2010, and there will be two
sessions to accommodate interested
parties. The first session will convene at
1:30 p.m. and will continue until 3:30
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p.m., as necessary. The second session
will convene at 7 p.m., with a repeat of
the overview portions of the first
meeting, and will continue until 9 p.m.,
as necessary. Both sessions will be held
at the Galley Hatch Conference Center,
815 Lafayette Road, Hampton, NH
03842. Both meetings will be
transcribed and will include: (1) An
overview by the NRC staff of the NEPA
environmental review process, the
proposed scope of the supplement to the
GEIS, and the proposed review
schedule; 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 supplement to the GEIS.
Additionally, the NRC staff will host
informal discussions one hour prior to
the start of each session at the same
location. No formal comments on the
proposed scope of the supplement to the
GEIS will be accepted during the
informal discussions. To be considered,
comments must be provided either at
the transcribed public meetings or in
writing, as discussed below.
Persons may register to attend or
present oral comments at the meetings
on the scope of the NEPA review by
contacting the NRC Project Manager,
Mr. Jeremy Susco, by telephone at 800–
368–5642, extension 2927, or by e-mail
at Jeremy.Susco@nrc.gov no later than
August 12, 2010. Members of the public
may also register to speak at the meeting
within 15 minutes of the start of each
session. 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 will be considered in
the scoping process for the supplement
to the GEIS. Mr. Susco will need to be
contacted no later than August 5, 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 submit
comments by any one of the following
methods. Please include Docket ID
NRC–2010–0206 in the subject line of
the comments. Comments submitted in
writing or in electronic form will be
posted on the NRC website and on the
Federal rulemaking website, https://
www.regulations.gov. Because
comments will not be edited to remove
any identifying or contact information,
the NRC cautions against including any
information that the submitter does not
want to be publicly disclosed. The NRC
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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.
Submit comments electronically via
the Federal rulemaking website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for documents filed under Docket ID
NRC–2010–0206. Address questions
about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher at
301–492–3668 or via e-mail at
Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
Mail comments to: Chief, Rulemaking
and Directives Branch (RADB), Division
of Administrative Services, Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05–
B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001. Fax comments to RADB at 301–
492–3446. Comments will be available
electronically and accessible at https://
www.regulations.gov and through
ADAMS at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. All comments must be
received by September 21, 2010.
Participation in the scoping process
for the supplement to the GEIS does not
entitle participants to become parties to
the proceeding to which the supplement
to the GEIS relates. Matters related to
participation in any hearing are outside
the scope of matters to be discussed at
this public meeting.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day
of July, 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bo M. Pham,
Chief, Projects Branch 1, Division of License
Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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ACTION: Notice of Issuance and
Availability of Regulatory Guide, RG
8.40, ‘‘Methods for Measuring Effective
Dose Equivalent From External
Exposure.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roger Pedersen, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, telephone: (301) 415–3162 or email Roger.Pedersen@nrc.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing a new
guide in the agency’s ‘‘Regulatory
Guide’’ series. This series was developed
to describe and make available to the
public information such as methods that
are acceptable to the NRC staff for
implementing specific parts of the
agency’s regulations, techniques that the
staff uses in evaluating specific
problems or postulated accidents, and
data that the staff needs in its review of
applications for permits and licenses.
Regulatory Guide 8.40 was issued
with a temporary identification as Draft
Regulatory Guide, DG–8039. This guide
describes dosimetry methods that the
NRC considers acceptable for
determining the effective dose
equivalent (EDE) for external (EDEX)
radiation exposures. These methods
provide a conservative estimate of the
EDEX and may be used to calculate the
total effective dose equivalent (TEDE) in
demonstrating compliance with TEDEbased NRC regulatory requirements.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea D. Valentin,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch,
Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research.
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DATES: Weeks of July 19, 26, August 2,
9, 16, 23, 2010.
PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference
Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland.
STATUS: Public and Closed.
Week of July 19, 2010
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of July 19, 2010.
Week of July 26, 2010—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of July 26, 2010.
Week of August 2, 2010—Tentative
II. Further Information
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of August 2, 2010.
In September 2009, DG–8039 was
published with a public comment
period of 60 days from the issuance of
the guide. The public comment period
closed on November 26, 2009. The
staff’s responses to the public comments
received are located in the NRC’s
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System under Accession
Number ML100620118. The regulatory
analysis may be found in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML101940038. Electronic
copies of RG 8.40 are available through
the NRC’s public Web site under
‘‘Regulatory Guides’’ at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/.
In addition, regulatory guides are
available for inspection at the NRC’s
Public Document Room (PDR) located at
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland. The PDR’s mailing address is
USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555–
0001. The PDR can also be reached by
telephone at (301) 415–4737 or (800)
397–4205, by fax at (301) 415–3548, and
by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Regulatory guides are not
copyrighted, and Commission approval
is not required to reproduce them.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day
of July 2010.
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9:30 a.m. Meeting with Organization of
Agreement States (OAS) and
Conference of Radiation Control
Program Directors (CRCPD) (Public
Meeting) (Contact: Cindy Flannery,
301 415–0223).
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov.
Week of August 16, 2010—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of August 16, 2010.
Week of August 23, 2010—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of August 23, 2010.
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meetings is subject to change on short
notice. To verify the status of meetings,
call (recording)—(301) 415–1292.
Contact person for more information:
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By a vote of 5–0 on July 13, 2010, the
Commission determined pursuant to
U.S.C. 552b(e) and § 9.107(a) of the
Commission’s rules that Affirmation of:
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Nextera Energy Seabrook; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct the Scoping Process for
Seabrook Station, Unit 1
NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC has submitted an application for
renewal of Facility Operating License No. NPF-86 for an additional 20
years of operation at Seabrook Station, Unit 1 (Seabrook Station).
Seabrook Station is located 13 miles south of Portsmouth, NH.
The current operating license for Seabrook Station expires on March
15, 2030. The application for renewal, dated May 25, 2010, was
submitted pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR) Part 54, which included an environmental report (ER). A separate
notice of receipt and availability of the application was published in
the Federal Register on June 16, 2010 (75 FR 34180). A notice of
acceptance for docketing of the application and opportunity for hearing
regarding renewal of the facility operating license is also being
published in the Federal Register. The purpose of this notice is to
inform the public that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
will be preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) related to
the review of the license renewal application and to provide the public
an opportunity to participate in the environmental scoping process, as
defined in 10 CFR 51.29.
As outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, ``Coordination with the National
Environmental Policy Act,'' the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in meeting
the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA). Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC intends to use the NEPA
process and documentation for the preparation of the EIS on the
proposed action to comply with Section 106 of the NHPA in lieu of the
procedures set forth at 36 CFR 800.3 through 800.6.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) and 10 CFR 54.23, NextEra Energy
Seabrook submitted the ER as part of the application. The ER was
prepared
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pursuant to 10 CFR Part 51 and is publicly available at the NRC Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, or from the NRC's Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS). The ADAMS Public Electronic
Reading Room is accessible 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. The ADAMS Accession
Number for the Seabrook Station ER is ML101590094. 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
by telephone at 800-397-4209 (or 301-415-4737) or by e-mail at
pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ER may also be viewed on the Internet at
https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/seabrook.html. In addition, paper copies of the ER are available to the
public near the site at the Seabrook Library, 25 Liberty Street,
Seabrook, NH 03874 and at the Amesbury Public Library, 149 Main Street,
Amesbury, MA 01913. Public comments and supporting materials related to
this notice can be found at the Federal rulemaking Web site, https://www.regulations.gov, by searching on Docket ID NRC-2010-0206.
This notice advises the public that the NRC intends to gather the
information necessary to prepare a plant-specific supplement to the
NRC's ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for License
Renewal of Nuclear Plants,'' (NUREG-1437) related to the review of the
application for renewal of the Seabrook Station operating license for
an additional 20 years. Possible alternatives to the proposed action
(license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy
sources. The NRC is required by 10 CFR 51.95 to prepare a supplement to
the GEIS in connection with the renewal of an operating license. This
notice is being published in accordance with NEPA and the NRC's
regulations found at 10 CFR Part 51.
The NRC will first conduct a scoping process for the supplement to
the GEIS and, as soon as practicable thereafter, will prepare a draft
supplement to the GEIS for public comment. Participation in the scoping
process by members of the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal
government agencies is encouraged. The scoping process for the
supplement to the GEIS will be used to accomplish the following:
a. Define the proposed action, which is to be the subject of the
supplement to the GEIS;
b. Determine the scope of the supplement to the GEIS and identify
the significant issues to be analyzed in depth;
c. Identify and eliminate from detailed study those issues that are
peripheral or that are not significant;
d. Identify any environmental assessments and other ElSs that are
being or will be prepared that are related to, but are not part of, the
scope of the supplement to the GEIS being considered;
e. Identify other environmental review and consultation
requirements related to the proposed action;
f. Indicate the relationship between the timing of the preparation
of the environmental analyses and the Commission's tentative planning
and decision-making schedule;
g. Identify any cooperating agencies and, as appropriate, allocate
assignments for preparation and schedules for completing the supplement
to the GEIS to the NRC and any cooperating agencies; and
h. Describe how the supplement to the GEIS will be prepared and
include any contractor assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities to participate in scoping:
a. The applicant, NextEra Energy Seabrook;
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;
e. Any person who requests or has requested an opportunity to
participate in the scoping process; and
f. Any person who has petitioned or intends to petition for leave
to intervene.
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 has decided to hold public meetings for
the Seabrook Station license renewal supplement to the GEIS. The
scoping meetings will be held on August 19, 2010, and there will be two
sessions to accommodate interested parties. The first session will
convene at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 3:30 p.m., as necessary.
The second session will convene at 7 p.m., with a repeat of the
overview portions of the first meeting, and will continue until 9 p.m.,
as necessary. Both sessions will be held at the Galley Hatch Conference
Center, 815 Lafayette Road, Hampton, NH 03842. Both meetings will be
transcribed and will include: (1) An overview by the NRC staff of the
NEPA environmental review process, the proposed scope of the supplement
to the GEIS, and the proposed review schedule; 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 supplement to the GEIS. Additionally, the NRC
staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to the start of
each session at the same location. No formal comments on the proposed
scope of the supplement to the GEIS will be accepted during the
informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided
either at the transcribed public meetings or in writing, as discussed
below.
Persons may register to attend or present oral comments at the
meetings on the scope of the NEPA review by contacting the NRC Project
Manager, Mr. Jeremy Susco, by telephone at 800-368-5642, extension
2927, or by e-mail at Jeremy.Susco@nrc.gov no later than August 12,
2010. Members of the public may also register to speak at the meeting
within 15 minutes of the start of each session. 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
will be considered in the scoping process for the supplement to the
GEIS. Mr. Susco will need to be contacted no later than August 5, 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 submit comments by any one of the
following methods. Please include Docket ID NRC-2010-0206 in the
subject line of the comments. Comments submitted in writing or in
electronic form will be posted on the NRC website and on the Federal
rulemaking website, https://www.regulations.gov. Because comments will
not be edited to remove any identifying or contact information, the NRC
cautions against including any information that the submitter does not
want to be publicly disclosed. The NRC
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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.
Submit comments electronically via the Federal rulemaking website:
Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under
Docket ID NRC-2010-0206. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher at 301-492-3668 or via e-mail at Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
Mail comments to: Chief, Rulemaking and Directives Branch (RADB),
Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, Mail
Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001. Fax comments to RADB at 301-492-3446. Comments will be
available electronically and accessible at https://www.regulations.gov
and through ADAMS at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. All
comments must be received by September 21, 2010.
Participation in the scoping process for the supplement to the GEIS
does not entitle participants to become parties to the proceeding to
which the supplement to the GEIS relates. Matters related to
participation in any hearing are outside the scope of matters to be
discussed at this public meeting.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of July, 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bo M. Pham,
Chief, Projects Branch 1, Division of License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2010-17652 Filed 7-19-10; 8:45 am]
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