Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct the Scoping Process for Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, 53498-53500 [2011-21921]
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that the proposed exemption from the
implementation of the requirements of
10 CFR part 50, Appendix G, Section
IV.A.2 would not significantly affect
plant safety and would not have a
significant adverse affect on the
probability of occurrence of an accident.
The proposed action would not result
in any increased radiological hazards
beyond those previously evaluated by
the NRC staff in the Safety Evaluation
Reports, dated November 8 and
November 7, 1974, related to operation
of St. Lucie Plant, Units 1 and 2,
respectively. No changes are being made
in the types of effluents that may be
released offsite. There is no significant
increase in the amount of any effluent
released offsite. There is no significant
increase in occupational or public
radiation exposure. Therefore, there are
no significant radiological
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action.
The proposed action does not result
in changes to land use or water use, or
result in changes to the quality or
quantity of non-radiological effluents.
No changes to the National Pollution
Discharge Elimination System permit
are needed. No effects on the aquatic or
terrestrial habitat in the vicinity or the
plant, or to threatened, endangered, or
protected species under the Endangered
Species Act, or impacts to essential fish
habitat covered by the MagnusonStevens Act are expected. There are no
impacts to the air or ambient air quality.
There are no impacts to historical and
cultural resources. There would be no
noticeable effect on socioeconomic
conditions in the region. Therefore, no
changes or different types of nonradiological environmental impacts are
expected as a result of the proposed
action. Accordingly, the NRC concludes
that there are no significant
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action.
The NRC has previously determined,
as stated above, that methodology
documented in CE NPSD–683–A
provides similar results as those
produced by the methods in Appendix
G of 10 CFR Part 50. Although, in
practice, the exemption allows the
licensee to not meet the requirements of
Appendix G, the differences between
the two methodologies are small and the
health and safety of the public remain
adequately protected.
The details of the staff’s safety
evaluation will be provided in the
exemption that will be issued as part of
the letter to the licensee approving the
exemption to the regulation, if granted.
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Environmental Impacts of the
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 exemption
request would result in no change in
current environmental impacts. If the
proposed action were denied, the
licensee would have to comply with the
requirements of 10 CFR part 50,
Appendix G, Section IV.A.2. This would
cause unnecessary burden on the
licensee, without a significant benefit in
environmental impacts. The
environmental impacts of the proposed
exemption and the ‘‘no action’’
alternative are similar.
Alternative Use of Resources
The action does not involve the use of
any different resources than those
considered in the Final Environmental
Statement related to the St. Lucie
Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, dated June 1973;
the Final Environmental Statement
related to the operation of St. Lucie
Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 (NUREG–0842),
dated April 1982; and, the plant-specific
Supplement 11 to NUREG–1437,
‘‘Generic Environmental Impact
Statement for License Renewal of
Nuclear Power Plants,’’ (GEIS).
Supplement 11 of the GEIS, issued on
May 16, 2003, addresses the renewal of
operating licenses DPR–67 and NPF–16
for St. Lucie Plant, Units 1 and 2, for an
additional 20 years of operation.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy,
on August 17, 2011, the NRC staff
consulted with the Florida State official,
Mr. William A. Passetti of the Bureau of
Radiation Control, 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.
For further details with respect to the
proposed action, see the licensee’s
letters dated March 3, 2011 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML110660300), and
April 28, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML11119A136). Documents may be
examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the
NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR),
located at One White Flint North, Public
File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
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Publicly available documents created or
received at the NRC are accessible
electronically through ADAMS in the
NRC Library at 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 or 301–
415–4737, or send an e-mail to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 18th day
of August 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tracy J. Orf,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II–
2, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC;
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and
Conduct the Scoping Process for
Limerick Generating Station, Units 1
and 2
Exelon Generation Company, LLC
(Exelon) has submitted an application
for renewal of Facility Operating
Licenses NPF–39 and NPF–85 for an
additional 20 years of operation at
Limerick Generating Station Units 1 and
2 (LGS). LGS is located in Limerick,
Pennsylvania.
The current operating licenses for
LGS expire on October 26, 2024, for
Unit 1, and June 22, 2029, for Unit 2.
The application for renewal, dated June
22, 2011, 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
July 26, 2011 (76 FR 44624). 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 or the Commission)
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
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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, Exelon 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. The
ER may also be viewed on the Internet
at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/
operating/licensing/renewal/
applications.html. In addition, paper
copies of the ER are available to the
public near the site at the Pottstown
Regional Public Library, 500 East High
Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania 19464–
5656, and the Royersford Free Public
Library, 200 South 4th Avenue,
Royerford, Pennsylvania 19468–2548.
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 LGS
operating licenses 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, Exelon;
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 LGS license
renewal supplement to the GEIS. The
scoping meetings will be held on
September 22, 2011, and there will be
two sessions to accommodate interested
parties. The first session will convene at
2 p.m. (EST), and will continue until 4
p.m. The second session will convene at
7 p.m. with a repeat of the overview
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portions of the meeting and will
continue until 9 p.m., as necessary. Both
sessions will be held at the Sunnybrook
Ballroom, 50 North Sunnybrook Road,
Pottstown, Pennsylvania 19464–2946.
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,
Ms. Lisa Regner, by telephone at 800–
368–5642, extension 1906, or by e-mail
at Lisa.Regner@nrc.gov no later than
September 16, 2011. 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. Ms. Regner
will need to be contacted no later than
September 9, 2011, 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.
Please include Docket ID
NRC–2011–0166 in the subject line of
your comments. For additional
instructions on submitting comments
and instructions on accessing
documents related to this action, see
‘‘Submitting Comments and Accessing
Information’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
You may submit comments by any one
of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for documents filed under Docket ID
NRC–2011–0166. Address questions
about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher,
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telephone: 301–492–3668; e-mail:
Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Chief, Rules, Announcements, and
Directives Branch (RADB), 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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. The notice of
acceptance for docketing of the
application and opportunity for hearing
that was published in the Federal
Register describes the hearing process.
Submitting Comments and Accessing
Information
Comments submitted in writing or in
electronic form will be posted on the
NRC Web site and on the Federal
rulemaking Web site, https://
www.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.
You can access publicly available
documents related to this document
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, 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 online in the NRC Library 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 the
NRC’s public documents. If you do not
have access to ADAMS or if there are
problems in 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 ADAMS
Accession Number for the LGS ER is
ML11179A104.
• 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–2011–
0166.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 17th day
of August, 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dennis C. Morey,
Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 1, Division
of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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The U.S.
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authorizes LCI to operate its facilities as
proposed in its license application, as
amended, and to possess uranium
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Lost Creek Project. Furthermore, LCI
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conditions listed in Materials License
SUA–1598.
This notice also serves as the record
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approve LCI’s license application for the
Lost Creek Project and to issue Materials
License SUA–1598. This record of
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decision on any action for which a final
environmental impact statement has
been prepared to be accompanied by or
to include a concise public record of
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to constitute the agency’s record of
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Agencywide Documents Access and
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the Lost Creek Project include the
license application (including the
applicant’s environmental report)
[ADAMS Accession No. ML081060502],
the Commission’s Safety Evaluation
Report (SER) published in August 2011
[ADAMS Accession No. ML112231724],
and the Commission’s Final
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (FSEIS) (NUREG–1910,
Supplement 3) published in June 2011
[ADAMS Accession No. ML11125A006].
The record of decision also includes the
applicable portions of the Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for InSitu Leach Uranium Milling Facilities
(NUREG–1910), as incorporated by
reference in the FSEIS.
As discussed in the Lost Creek FSEIS,
the Commission considered a range of
alternatives. The reasonable alternatives
discussed in detail were the applicant’s
proposal as described in its license
application to conduct in-situ uranium
recovery on the site, the no-action
alternative, and the dry yellowcake
alternative. Under the proposed action,
yellowcake slurry would be produced,
but not dried, onsite, whereas the dry
yellowcake alternative considered the
impacts of installing a dryer onsite to
produce dry yellowcake from the
yellowcake slurry produced onsite.
Before a dryer could be installed on the
Lost Creek Project site, the licensee
would be required to submit a license
amendment request, and the NRC would
need to approve such a request. Other
alternatives considered, but eliminated
from detailed analysis, include
conventional uranium mining and
milling, conventional mining and heap
leach processing, alternate lixiviants,
and alternative wastewater disposal
options. The Lost Creek FSEIS also
discussed the factors considered when
evaluating the alternatives, a
comparison among the alternatives, and
license conditions and monitoring
programs. The FSEIS also contained the
NRC staff recommendation to the
Commission, related to the
environmental aspects of the proposed
action that the source material license
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct the Scoping Process for
Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2
Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon) has submitted an
application for renewal of Facility Operating Licenses NPF-39 and NPF-
85 for an additional 20 years of operation at Limerick Generating
Station Units 1 and 2 (LGS). LGS is located in Limerick, Pennsylvania.
The current operating licenses for LGS expire on October 26, 2024,
for Unit 1, and June 22, 2029, for Unit 2. The application for renewal,
dated June 22, 2011, 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 July 26, 2011 (76
FR 44624). 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 or the Commission) 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
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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, Exelon
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. The ER may also be viewed on the
Internet at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html. In addition, paper copies of the ER are available to
the public near the site at the Pottstown Regional Public Library, 500
East High Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania 19464-5656, and the
Royersford Free Public Library, 200 South 4th Avenue, Royerford,
Pennsylvania 19468-2548.
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 LGS operating licenses 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, Exelon;
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 LGS license renewal supplement to the GEIS. The scoping meetings
will be held on September 22, 2011, and there will be two sessions to
accommodate interested parties. The first session will convene at 2
p.m. (EST), and will continue until 4 p.m. The second session will
convene at 7 p.m. with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting
and will continue until 9 p.m., as necessary. Both sessions will be
held at the Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 North Sunnybrook Road, Pottstown,
Pennsylvania 19464-2946.
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, Ms. Lisa Regner, by telephone at 800-368-5642, extension 1906,
or by e-mail at Lisa.Regner@nrc.gov no later than September 16, 2011.
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. Ms.
Regner will need to be contacted no later than September 9, 2011, 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.
ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC-2011-0166 in the subject line
of your comments. For additional instructions on submitting comments
and instructions on accessing documents related to this action, see
``Submitting Comments and Accessing Information'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document. You may submit comments by any
one of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-
2011-0166. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher,
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telephone: 301-492-3668; e-mail: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Submitting Comments and Accessing Information
Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be posted
on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site, https://www.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.
You can access publicly available documents related to this
document 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, 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 online in the NRC Library 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 the NRC's public documents. If
you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in 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 ADAMS Accession Number for the LGS ER is ML11179A104.
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-2011-0166.
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. The notice of acceptance for
docketing of the application and opportunity for hearing that was
published in the Federal Register describes the hearing process.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 17th day of August, 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dennis C. Morey,
Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 1, Division of License Renewal, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2011-21921 Filed 8-25-11; 8:45 am]
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