Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement 45 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, and Public Meetings for the License Renewal of Hope Creek Generating Station and Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, 66398-66399 [2010-27278]

Download as PDF emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES 66398 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 208 / Thursday, October 28, 2010 / Notices 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Participants filing a document in this manner are responsible for serving the document on all other participants. Filing is considered complete by firstclass mail as of the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service upon depositing the document with the provider of the service. A presiding officer, having granted an exemption request from using E-Filing, may require a participant or party to use E-Filing if the presiding officer subsequently determines that the reason for granting the exemption from use of E-Filing no longer exists. 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Nontimely filings will not be entertained absent a determination by the presiding officer that the petition or request should be granted or the contentions should be admitted, based on a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii). For further details with respect to this license amendment application, see the application for amendment dated May 30, 2008, as supplemented by letters dated October 31, 2008, January 30, February 9, February 23, May 31, August 3, September 29, and November 30, 2009. By letter dated April 14, 2010, the licensee resubmitted the application which superseded the content of the application letters dated May 30, 2008, and October 31, 2008. This resubmitted application, however, does not supersede previous responses to request for additional information submitted by letters dated January 30, February 9, February 23, May 31, August 3, September 29, and November 30, 2009, which are available for public VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:13 Oct 27, 2010 Jkt 223001 inspection at the Commission’s PDR, located at One White Flint North, File Public Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System’s (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, 301–415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. Attorney for licensee: Lara S. Nichols, Associate General Counsel, Duke Energy Corporation, 526 South Church Street— EC07H, Charlotte, NC 28202 Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of October 2010. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jon Thompson, Acting Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II–1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2010–27275 Filed 10–27–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50–272, 50–311, and 50–354; NRC–2009–0390 and NRC–2009–0391] Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement 45 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, and Public Meetings for the License Renewal of Hope Creek Generating Station and Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) has published a draft plant-specific supplement to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG–1437, regarding the renewal of operating licenses DPR–70, DPR–75, and NPF–57, for an additional 20 years of operation for Salem Nuclear Generating Station (Salem), Units 1 and 2, and Hope Creek Generating Station (HCGS). Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources. Any interested party may submit comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS for consideration by the NRC staff. To be considered, comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS and PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 the proposed action must be received by December 17, 2010; the NRC staff is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. Please include Docket ID NRC–2009– 0390 or NRC–2009–0391 in the subject line of your comments. 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. 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. Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC–2009–0390 or NRC–2009–0391. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher at 301–492–3668 or by e-mail at Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, 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. Faxes are to be sent to RADB at 301–492–3446. You can access publicly available documents related to this notice using the following methods: NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC’s PDR, Public File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are available electronically at the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room 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. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\28OCN1.SGM 28OCN1 emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 208 / Thursday, October 28, 2010 / Notices accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s PDR reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The Accession Numbers for the draft Supplement 45 to the GEIS are ML102940169 and ML102940267. Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting materials related to this notice can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC–2009–0390 or NRC– 2009–0391. In addition, a copy of the draft supplement to the GEIS is available to local residents near the site at the Salem Free Library, 112 West Broadway, Salem, New Jersey 08079. Comments received after the due date will be considered only if it is practical to do so. Also, electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at SalemEIS@nrc.gov or HopeCreekEIS@nrc.gov. All comments received by the Commission, including those made by Federal, State, local agencies, Native American Tribes, or other interested persons, will be made available electronically at the Commission’s PDR in Rockville, Maryland, and through ADAMS. The NRC staff will hold public meetings prior to the close of the public comment period to present an overview of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS and to accept public comments on the document. Two meetings will be held at Salem County Emergency Services Building, Woodstown, NJ, on Wednesday, November 17, 2010. The first session will convene at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m., as necessary. The second session will convene at 7 p.m. and will continue until 10 p.m., as necessary. The meetings will be transcribed and will include: (1) A presentation of the contents of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS, and (2) the opportunity for interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to provide comments on the draft report. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to the start of each session at the same location. No comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meeting or in writing. Persons may pre-register to attend or present oral comments at the meeting by contacting Ms. Leslie Perkins, the NRC Environmental Project Manager, at 1–800–368–5642, extension 2375 or by e-mail at Leslie.Perkins@nrc.gov, no later than VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:13 Oct 27, 2010 Jkt 223001 Wednesday, November 3, 2010. Members of the public may also register to provide oral comments 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. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, the need should be brought to Ms. Perkins’ attention no later than November 3, 2010, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Leslie Perkins, Projects Branch 1, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop O–11F1, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. Ms. Perkins may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of October 2010. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Bo Pham, Chief, Projects Branch 1, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2010–27278 Filed 10–27–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–346; NRC–2010–0298] FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct the Scoping Process for Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) has submitted an application for renewal of Facility Operating License No. NPF–003 for an additional 20 years of operation at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 (DBNPS). DBNPS is located in Oak Harbor, Ohio. The current operating license for DBNPS expires on April 22, 2017. The application for renewal, dated August 27, 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 September 20, 2010 (75 FR 57299). A notice of acceptance for docketing of the application and opportunity for hearing regarding renewal of the facility PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 66399 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 its 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, FENOC submitted the ER as part of the application. The ER was prepared 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 DBNPS ER is ML102450572. 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 Ida Rupp Public Library, 310 Madison Street, Port Clinton, OH 43452 and the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, 325 North Michigan Street, Toledo, OH 43604. 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– 0298. This notice advises the public that the NRC intends to gather the information E:\FR\FM\28OCN1.SGM 28OCN1

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-272, 50-311, and 50-354; NRC-2009-0390 and NRC-2009-
0391]


Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement 45 to the Generic 
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, 
and Public Meetings for the License Renewal of Hope Creek Generating 
Station and Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC or Commission) has published a draft plant-specific supplement to 
the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating 
licenses DPR-70, DPR-75, and NPF-57, for an additional 20 years of 
operation for Salem Nuclear Generating Station (Salem), Units 1 and 2, 
and Hope Creek Generating Station (HCGS). Possible alternatives to the 
proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable 
alternative energy sources.
    Any interested party may submit comments on the draft supplement to 
the GEIS for consideration by the NRC staff. To be considered, comments 
on the draft supplement to the GEIS and the proposed action must be 
received by December 17, 2010; the NRC staff is able to ensure 
consideration only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. 
Please include Docket ID NRC-2009-0390 or NRC-2009-0391 in the subject 
line of your comments. 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. 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.
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and 
search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-2009-0390 or NRC-2009-
0391. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher at 301-
492-3668 or by e-mail at Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
    Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, 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. Faxes are to be sent to RADB at 
301-492-3446.
    You can access publicly available documents related to this notice 
using the following methods:
    NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have 
copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, 
Public File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): 
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are 
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room 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. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems 
in

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accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR 
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The Accession Numbers for the draft Supplement 45 
to the GEIS are ML102940169 and ML102940267.
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting 
materials related to this notice can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2009-0390 or NRC-
2009-0391.
    In addition, a copy of the draft supplement to the GEIS is 
available to local residents near the site at the Salem Free Library, 
112 West Broadway, Salem, New Jersey 08079. Comments received after the 
due date will be considered only if it is practical to do so.
    Also, electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at 
SalemEIS@nrc.gov or HopeCreekEIS@nrc.gov. All comments received by the 
Commission, including those made by Federal, State, local agencies, 
Native American Tribes, or other interested persons, will be made 
available electronically at the Commission's PDR in Rockville, 
Maryland, and through ADAMS.
    The NRC staff will hold public meetings prior to the close of the 
public comment period to present an overview of the draft plant-
specific supplement to the GEIS and to accept public comments on the 
document. Two meetings will be held at Salem County Emergency Services 
Building, Woodstown, NJ, on Wednesday, November 17, 2010. The first 
session will convene at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m., as 
necessary. The second session will convene at 7 p.m. and will continue 
until 10 p.m., as necessary. The meetings will be transcribed and will 
include: (1) A presentation of the contents of the draft plant-specific 
supplement to the GEIS, and (2) the opportunity for interested 
government agencies, organizations, and individuals to provide comments 
on the draft report. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal 
discussions one hour prior to the start of each session at the same 
location. No comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS will be 
accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments 
must be provided either at the transcribed public meeting or in 
writing. Persons may pre-register to attend or present oral comments at 
the meeting by contacting Ms. Leslie Perkins, the NRC Environmental 
Project Manager, at 1-800-368-5642, extension 2375 or by e-mail at 
Leslie.Perkins@nrc.gov, no later than Wednesday, November 3, 2010. 
Members of the public may also register to provide oral comments 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. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to 
attend or present information at the public meeting, the need should be 
brought to Ms. Perkins' attention no later than November 3, 2010, to 
provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request 
can be accommodated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Leslie Perkins, Projects Branch 1, 
Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop O-11F1, Washington, DC 20555-
0001. Ms. Perkins may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone 
number or e-mail address.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of October 2010.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bo Pham,
Chief, Projects Branch 1, Division of License Renewal, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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