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PPL Bell Bend, LLC; Bell Bend Nuclear
Power Plant Combined License
Application; Notice of Intent To
Conduct a Supplemental Scoping
Process on the Revised Site Layout
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Solicitation of public comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is seeking public comment for the
supplemental scoping process for the
Bell Bend combined license (COL)
application review.
DATES: Please submit any comments by
July 16, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may access information
and comment submissions related to
this document, which the NRC
possesses and are publically available,
by searching on https://
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
NRC–2008–0603. You may submit
comments by the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
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questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Chief, Rules, Announcements, and
Directives Branch (RADB), Office of
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• Fax comments to: RADB at 301–
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For additional direction on accessing
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
• Email Comments to:
BBNP.COLEIS@nrc.gov.
To ensure that comments will be
considered in the supplemental scoping
process, written comments must be
postmarked by July 16, 2012. Electronic
comments must be submitted no later
than July 16, 2012 to ensure that they
will be considered in the supplemental
scoping process. The NRC staff may, at
its discretion, consider comments
received after the end of the comment
period. Participation in the
supplemental scoping process for the
EIS does not entitle participants to
become parties to the proceeding to
which this EIS relates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.
Laura Quinn-Willingham,
Environmental Projects Branch 2,
Division of New Reactor Licensing,
Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
2220; email: Laura.QuinnWillingham@nrc.gov. In her absence,
please contact Mr. John Fringer at 301–
415–6208 or via email at
John.Fringer@nrc.gov.
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I. Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2008–
0603 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information regarding
this document. You may access
information related to this document by
the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to
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for Docket ID NRC–2008–0603.
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ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced in this notice (if
that document is available in ADAMS)
is provided the first time that a
document is referenced. The revised ER
is available in ADAMS under Accession
Number ML12145A242. The revised ER
may also be viewed on the Internet at
https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/newreactors/col/bell-bend/
documents.html#application. In
addition, the Mill Memorial Public
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PA 18634, and the McBride Memorial
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PA 18603, have agreed to make the
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Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 52. A
notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
and conduct scoping was published in
the Federal Register on January 6, 2009
(74 FR 470). On March 30, 2012, PPL
submitted a revised Environmental
Report (ER) (Part 3 of the COL
application), in accordance with 10 CFR
51.45 and 51.50, to provide detailed
information regarding the revised site
layout that was developed in order to
avoid wetland impacts by relocating the
power block footprint and other plant
components.
For purposes of developing the EIS
the NRC is the lead agency and the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE),
Baltimore District, is a cooperating
agency, as described in the
Memorandum of Understanding
established by the NRC and the USACE
(73 FR 55546; September 12, 2008).
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2008–
0603 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure
that the NRC is able to make your
comment submission available to the
public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information in
comment submissions that you do not
want to be publicly disclosed. The NRC
posts all comment submissions at
https://www.regulations.gov as well as
entering the comment submissions into
ADAMS, and the NRC does not edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
identifying or contact information in
their comment submissions that they do
not want to be publicly disclosed. Your
request should state that the NRC will
not edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making
the comment submissions available to
the public or entering the comment
submissions into ADAMS.
III. Discussion
The purpose of this notice is to inform
the public that the NRC and the USACE
are providing the public a supplemental
opportunity to participate in the
environmental scoping process, as
described in 10 CFR 51.29. The
supplemental scoping opportunity
affords the public an occasion to
provide comments concerning the new
information related to the revised site
layout, which were not available during
the initial scoping review. The
supplemental scoping process will have
a 30-day comment period that begins
with the publication of this Federal
Register notice.
This notice advises the public that the
NRC and USACE intend to gather
information, pertaining to the revised
site layout, to prepare an EIS as part of
the review of the Bell Bend COL
application. Possible alternatives to the
proposed action (issuance of the COL
for the BBNPP) include no action,
reasonable alternative energy sources,
and alternate sites. As set forth in
10 CFR 51.20(b)(2), issuance of a COL
under 10 CFR part 52 is an action that
requires an EIS. This notice is being
published in accordance with National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
the NRC’s regulations in 10 CFR part 51.
The NRC and USACE will first
conduct a supplemental scoping process
on the revised ER, and, as soon as
practicable thereafter, will prepare a
draft EIS for public comment.
Participation in this supplemental
scoping process by members of the
public and local, State, Tribal, and
Federal government agencies is
encouraged. The supplemental scoping
opportunity will be used to accomplish
the following:
II. Background
PPL Bell Bend, LLC (PPL) has
submitted an application for a COL to
build and operate a new unit at its Bell
Bend Nuclear Power Plant (BBNPP) site,
located west of the existing
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station site
on approximately 975 acres in Luzerne
County, on the Susquehanna River,
approximately 5 miles northeast of
Berwick, Pennsylvania. PPL submitted
the application for the COL to the NRC
by letter dated October 10, 2008,
pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of
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a. Determine how the new
information on the revised site layout
impacts the scope of the EIS and
identify the significant issues regarding
the revised site layout to be analyzed in
depth;
b. Identify and eliminate from
detailed study those issues that are
peripheral or that are not significant as
they pertain to the revised site layout;
c. Identify any environmental
assessments and other EISs that are
being or will be prepared that are
related to the new information on the
revised site layout;
d. Identify other environmental
review and consultation requirements
related to the revised site layout;
e. Identify parties consulting with the
NRC under the National Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended,
as set forth in 36 CFR 800.8(c)(1)(i);
f. Identify any additional cooperating
agencies and, as appropriate, allocate
assignments for preparation and
schedules for completing the EIS to the
NRC, USACE, and any other cooperating
agencies; and
g. Identify how the EIS preparation
will include the revised site layout,
including any other contractor
assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities
to participate in the supplemental
scoping process:
a. The applicant, PPL;
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 intends to petition
for late leave to intervene in the
proceeding, or who has submitted such
a petition, or who is admitted as a party.
At the conclusion of the supplemental
scoping process, the NRC staff will
prepare a concise summary of the
determination and conclusions reached
on the scope of the environmental
review for the revised site layout and
will send this summary to each
participant in the scoping process for
whom the staff has an address. The
summary will also be available for
inspection through ADAMS at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html
and the NRC’s public Web site for the
COL review at https://www.nrc.gov/
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then prepare and issue for comment the
draft EIS, which will be the subject of
a separate Federal Register notice and a
public meeting. After receipt and
consideration of comments on the draft
EIS, the NRC and USACE will prepare
a final EIS, which will also be the
subject of a separate Federal Register
notice and will be available to the
public.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day
of June 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David B. Matthews,
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing,
Office of New Reactors.
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• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
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• Fax comments to: RADB at 301–
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[Docket No. 52-039; NRC-2008-0603]
PPL Bell Bend, LLC; Bell Bend Nuclear Power Plant Combined
License Application; Notice of Intent To Conduct a Supplemental Scoping
Process on the Revised Site Layout
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Solicitation of public comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is seeking public comment for the supplemental scoping process for the
Bell Bend combined license (COL) application review.
DATES: Please submit any comments by July 16, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related
to this document, which the NRC possesses and are publically available,
by searching on https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2008-
0603. You may submit comments by the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0603. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of
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Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Fax comments to: RADB at 301-492-3446.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
Email Comments to: BBNP.COLEIS@nrc.gov.
To ensure that comments will be considered in the supplemental
scoping process, written comments must be postmarked by July 16, 2012.
Electronic comments must be submitted no later than July 16, 2012 to
ensure that they will be considered in the supplemental scoping
process. The NRC staff may, at its discretion, consider comments
received after the end of the comment period. Participation in the
supplemental scoping process for the EIS does not entitle participants
to become parties to the proceeding to which this EIS relates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Laura Quinn-Willingham,
Environmental Projects Branch 2, Division of New Reactor Licensing,
Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2220; email: Laura.Quinn-Willingham@nrc.gov. In her absence, please contact Mr. John Fringer at
301-415-6208 or via email at John.Fringer@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0603 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
access information related to this document by the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0603.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly-available documents online in the NRC
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number
for each document referenced in this notice (if that document is
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is
referenced. The revised ER is available in ADAMS under Accession Number
ML12145A242. The revised ER may also be viewed on the Internet at
https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/bell-bend/documents.html#application. In addition, the Mill Memorial Public
Library, 495 E Main Street, Nanticoke, PA 18634, and the McBride
Memorial Library, 500 N Market Street, Berwick, PA 18603, have agreed
to make the revised ER available for public inspection.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2008-0603 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed. The NRC posts all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into
ADAMS, and the NRC does not edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information in their comment submissions
that they do not want to be publicly disclosed. Your request should
state that the NRC will not edit comment submissions to remove such
information before making the comment submissions available to the
public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Background
PPL Bell Bend, LLC (PPL) has submitted an application for a COL to
build and operate a new unit at its Bell Bend Nuclear Power Plant
(BBNPP) site, located west of the existing Susquehanna Steam Electric
Station site on approximately 975 acres in Luzerne County, on the
Susquehanna River, approximately 5 miles northeast of Berwick,
Pennsylvania. PPL submitted the application for the COL to the NRC by
letter dated October 10, 2008, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 52. A notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS) and conduct scoping was published
in the Federal Register on January 6, 2009 (74 FR 470). On March 30,
2012, PPL submitted a revised Environmental Report (ER) (Part 3 of the
COL application), in accordance with 10 CFR 51.45 and 51.50, to provide
detailed information regarding the revised site layout that was
developed in order to avoid wetland impacts by relocating the power
block footprint and other plant components.
For purposes of developing the EIS the NRC is the lead agency and
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, is a
cooperating agency, as described in the Memorandum of Understanding
established by the NRC and the USACE (73 FR 55546; September 12, 2008).
III. Discussion
The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that the NRC and
the USACE are providing the public a supplemental opportunity to
participate in the environmental scoping process, as described in 10
CFR 51.29. The supplemental scoping opportunity affords the public an
occasion to provide comments concerning the new information related to
the revised site layout, which were not available during the initial
scoping review. The supplemental scoping process will have a 30-day
comment period that begins with the publication of this Federal
Register notice.
This notice advises the public that the NRC and USACE intend to
gather information, pertaining to the revised site layout, to prepare
an EIS as part of the review of the Bell Bend COL application. Possible
alternatives to the proposed action (issuance of the COL for the BBNPP)
include no action, reasonable alternative energy sources, and alternate
sites. As set forth in 10 CFR 51.20(b)(2), issuance of a COL under 10
CFR part 52 is an action that requires an EIS. This notice is being
published in accordance with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
and the NRC's regulations in 10 CFR part 51.
The NRC and USACE will first conduct a supplemental scoping process
on the revised ER, and, as soon as practicable thereafter, will prepare
a draft EIS for public comment. Participation in this supplemental
scoping process by members of the public and local, State, Tribal, and
Federal government agencies is encouraged. The supplemental scoping
opportunity will be used to accomplish the following:
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a. Determine how the new information on the revised site layout
impacts the scope of the EIS and identify the significant issues
regarding the revised site layout to be analyzed in depth;
b. Identify and eliminate from detailed study those issues that are
peripheral or that are not significant as they pertain to the revised
site layout;
c. Identify any environmental assessments and other EISs that are
being or will be prepared that are related to the new information on
the revised site layout;
d. Identify other environmental review and consultation
requirements related to the revised site layout;
e. Identify parties consulting with the NRC under the National
Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, as set forth in 36 CFR
800.8(c)(1)(i);
f. Identify any additional cooperating agencies and, as
appropriate, allocate assignments for preparation and schedules for
completing the EIS to the NRC, USACE, and any other cooperating
agencies; and
g. Identify how the EIS preparation will include the revised site
layout, including any other contractor assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities to participate in the
supplemental scoping process:
a. The applicant, PPL;
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 intends to petition for late leave to intervene
in the proceeding, or who has submitted such a petition, or who is
admitted as a party.
At the conclusion of the supplemental scoping process, the NRC
staff will prepare a concise summary of the determination and
conclusions reached on the scope of the environmental review for the
revised site layout and will send this summary to each participant in
the scoping process for whom the staff has an address. The summary will
also be available for inspection through ADAMS at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and the NRC's public Web site for the COL review
at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/bell-bend.html. The NRC
and USACE will then prepare and issue for comment the draft EIS, which
will be the subject of a separate Federal Register notice and a public
meeting. After receipt and consideration of comments on the draft EIS,
the NRC and USACE will prepare a final EIS, which will also be the
subject of a separate Federal Register notice and will be available to
the public.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of June 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David B. Matthews,
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2012-14759 Filed 6-14-12; 8:45 am]
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