License Renewal Application for Byron Station, Units 1 and 2; Exelon Generation Company, LLC, 47800-47802 [2013-18935]
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4. The Commission will forward to
the submitting licensee all data received
from the FBI as a result of the licensee’s
application(s) for CHRCs, including the
FBI fingerprint record.
F. Right to Correct and Complete
Information
1. Prior to any final adverse
determination, the licensee shall make
available to the individual the contents
of any criminal history records obtained
from the FBI for the purpose of assuring
correct and complete information.
Written confirmation by the individual
of receipt of this notification must be
maintained by the licensee for a period
of one (1) year from the date of
notification.
2. If, after reviewing the record, an
individual believes that it is incorrect or
incomplete in any respect and wishes to
change, correct, or update the alleged
deficiency, or to explain any matter in
the record, the individual may initiate
challenge procedures. These procedures
include either direct application by the
individual challenging the record to the
agency (i.e., law enforcement agency)
that contributed the questioned
information, or direct challenge as to the
accuracy or completeness of any entry
on the criminal history record to the
Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigation Identification Division,
Washington, DC 20537–9700 (as set
forth in 28 CFR 16.30 through 16.34). In
the latter case, the FBI forwards the
challenge to the agency that submitted
the data and requests that agency to
verify or correct the challenged entry.
Upon receipt of an official
communication directly from the agency
that contributed the original
information, the FBI Identification
Division makes any changes necessary
in accordance with the information
supplied by that agency. The licensee
must provide at least 10 days for an
individual to initiate an action
challenging the results of a FBI CHRC
after the record is made available for
his/her review. The licensee may make
a final access determination based on
the criminal history record only upon
receipt of the FBI’s ultimate
confirmation or correction of the record.
Upon a final adverse determination on
access to an ISFSI, the licensee shall
provide the individual its documented
basis for denial. Access to an ISFSI shall
not be granted to an individual during
the review process.
G. Protection of Information
1. The licensee shall develop,
implement, and maintain a system for
personnel information management
with appropriate procedures for the
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protection of personal, confidential
information. This system shall be
designed to prohibit unauthorized
access to sensitive information and to
prohibit modification of the information
without authorization.
2. Each licensee who obtains a
criminal history record on an individual
pursuant to this Order shall establish
and maintain a system of files and
procedures, for protecting the record
and the personal information from
unauthorized disclosure.
3. The licensee may not disclose the
record or personal information collected
and maintained to persons other than
the subject individual, his/her
representative, or to those who have a
need to access the information in
performing assigned duties in the
process of determining suitability for
unescorted access to the protected area
of an ISFSI. No individual authorized to
have access to the information may redisseminate the information to any
other individual who does not have the
appropriate need to know.
4. The personal information obtained
on an individual from a CHRC may be
transferred to another licensee if the
gaining licensee receives the
individual’s written request to redisseminate the information contained
in his/her file, and the gaining licensee
verifies information such as the
individual’s name, date of birth, social
security number, sex, and other
applicable physical characteristics for
identification purposes.
5. The licensee shall make criminal
history records, obtained under this
section, available for examination by an
authorized representative of the NRC to
determine compliance with the
regulations and laws.
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[Docket Nos. 50–454 and 50–455; NRC–
2013–0178]
License Renewal Application for Byron
Station, Units 1 and 2; Exelon
Generation Company, LLC
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement and
conduct scoping process; public
meetings and opportunity to comment.
AGENCY:
Exelon Generation Company,
LLC (Exelon) has submitted to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
an application (ML131550528) for
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renewal of Facility Operating Licenses
NPF–37 and NPF–66 for an additional
20 years of operation for Byron Station,
Units 1 and 2 (Byron). Byron Station is
located in Byron, Illinois. The current
operating license for Byron Station, Unit
1, expires on October 31, 2024, and Unit
2, expires on November 6, 2026.
DATES: The scoping meetings, where the
public can provide oral input on what
issues should be addressed in the EIS,
will be held on August 20, 2013. The
first session will be from 2:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. and the second session will be
from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Written
scoping comments should be submitted
by September 27, 2013. 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.
You may submit comments
by any of the following methods (unless
this document describes a different
method for submitting comments on a
specific subject):
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2013–0178. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual(s) listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this document.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Chief, Rules, Announcements, and
Directives Branch (RADB), Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: 3WFN–06–
A44M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
For additional direction on accessing
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois
M. James, Environmental Project
Manager, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–3306, email:
Lois.James@nrc.gov.
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2013–
0178 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information regarding
this document. You may access
information related to this document,
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which the NRC possesses and is
publicly available, by any of the
following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2013–0178.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publiclyavailable documents online in the NRC
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/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. Exelon’s
application for renewal can be found in
ADAMS under ADAMS accession no.
ML131550528.
• 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–2013–
0178 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 that
you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission.
The NRC will post all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely 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 that
they do not want to be publicly
disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment submissions into
ADAMS.
II. Discussion
The application for renewal, May 29,
2013, was submitted pursuant to Part 54
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of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), which included
an environmental report (ER). A
separate notice of receipt and
availability of the application was
published in the Federal Register on
June 13, 2013 (78 FR 35646). A notice
of acceptance for docketing of the
application and opportunity for hearing
regarding renewal of the facility
operating license was published on July
24, 2013, in the Federal Register (78 FR
44603). The purpose of this notice is to
inform the public that the 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, ‘‘Scoping-environmental impact
statement and supplement to
environmental impact statement.’’
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 in ADAMS
under Accession No. ML13155A422 and
ML13155A423. 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 for public review near the site
at the Byron Public Library District, 100
S. Washington St., Byron, IL 61010.
This document 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 Byron Station 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
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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.
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III. Public Scoping Meeting
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 Byron Station
license renewal supplement to the GEIS.
The scoping meetings will be held on
August 20, 2013, and there will be two
sessions to accommodate interested
parties. The first session will convene at
2:00 p.m. and will continue until 4:00
p.m., as necessary. The second session
will convene at 7:00 p.m. with a repeat
of the overview portions of the meeting
and will continue until 9:00 p.m., as
necessary. Both sessions will be held at
the Byron Forest Preserve, 7993 N River
Rd, Byron, IL.
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 above.
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. Lois M. James, by telephone at 1–
800–368–5642, extension 3306, or by
email at lois.james@nrc.gov no later
than August 15, 2013. 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. James
will need to be contacted no later than
August 13, 2013, if special equipment or
accommodations are needed to attend or
present information at the public
meeting so that the NRC staff can
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determine whether the request can be
accommodated.
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.
At the conclusion of the scoping
process, the NRC will prepare a concise
summary of the determination and
conclusions reached, including the
significant issues identified, and will
send a copy of the summary to each
participant in the scoping process. The
summary will also be available for
inspection in ADAMS. The NRC staff
will then prepare and issue for comment
the draft supplement to the GEIS, which
will be the subject of a separate notice
and separate public meetings. Copies
will be available for public inspection at
the above-mentioned addresses. After
receipt and consideration of the
comments, the NRC will prepare a final
supplement to the GEIS, which will also
be available for public inspection.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day
of July 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Elaine Keegan,
Acting Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of
License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013—8:30
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APWR design certification and the
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hear presentations by and hold
discussions with representatives of the
NRC staff, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,
and Luminant Generation Company,
LLC. The Subcommittee will gather
information, analyze relevant issues and
facts, and formulate proposed positions
and actions, as appropriate, for
deliberation by the Full Committee.
Members of the public desiring to
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comments should notify the Designated
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Girija.Shukla@nrc.gov) five days prior to
the meeting, if possible, so that
appropriate arrangements can be made.
Thirty-five hard copies of each
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provided to the DFO thirty minutes
before the meeting. In addition, one
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should be emailed to the DFO one day
before the meeting. If an electronic copy
cannot be provided within this
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before the meeting. Electronic
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procedures for the conduct of and
participation in ACRS meetings were
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October 18, 2012, (77 FR 64146–64147).
Detailed meeting agendas and meeting
transcripts are available on the NRC
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regarding topics to be discussed,
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Moreover, in view of the possibility that
the schedule for ACRS meetings may be
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-454 and 50-455; NRC-2013-0178]
License Renewal Application for Byron Station, Units 1 and 2;
Exelon Generation Company, LLC
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement
and conduct scoping process; public meetings and opportunity to
comment.
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SUMMARY: Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon) has submitted to the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) an application (ML131550528)
for renewal of Facility Operating Licenses NPF-37 and NPF-66 for an
additional 20 years of operation for Byron Station, Units 1 and 2
(Byron). Byron Station is located in Byron, Illinois. The current
operating license for Byron Station, Unit 1, expires on October 31,
2024, and Unit 2, expires on November 6, 2026.
DATES: The scoping meetings, where the public can provide oral input on
what issues should be addressed in the EIS, will be held on August 20,
2013. The first session will be from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and the
second session will be from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Written scoping
comments should be submitted by September 27, 2013. 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.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting
comments on a specific subject):
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0178. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
of this document.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: 3WFN-06-A44M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois M. James, Environmental Project
Manager, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3306, email:
Lois.James@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0178 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
access information related to this document,
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which the NRC possesses and is publicly available, by any of the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0178.
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. Exelon's application for renewal can be found in ADAMS
under ADAMS accession no. ML131550528.
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-2013-0178 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 that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely 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 that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
The application for renewal, May 29, 2013, was submitted pursuant
to Part 54 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
which included an environmental report (ER). A separate notice of
receipt and availability of the application was published in the
Federal Register on June 13, 2013 (78 FR 35646). A notice of acceptance
for docketing of the application and opportunity for hearing regarding
renewal of the facility operating license was published on July 24,
2013, in the Federal Register (78 FR 44603). The purpose of this notice
is to inform the public that the 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,
``Scoping-environmental impact statement and supplement to
environmental impact statement.''
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 in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML13155A422 and ML13155A423. 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 for public review near the site at the Byron Public Library
District, 100 S. Washington St., Byron, IL 61010.
This document 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 Byron Station 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.
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III. Public Scoping Meeting
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 Byron Station license renewal supplement to the GEIS. The scoping
meetings will be held on August 20, 2013, and there will be two
sessions to accommodate interested parties. The first session will
convene at 2:00 p.m. and will continue until 4:00 p.m., as necessary.
The second session will convene at 7:00 p.m. with a repeat of the
overview portions of the meeting and will continue until 9:00 p.m., as
necessary. Both sessions will be held at the Byron Forest Preserve,
7993 N River Rd, Byron, IL.
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 above.
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. Lois M. James, by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension
3306, or by email at lois.james@nrc.gov no later than August 15, 2013.
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.
James will need to be contacted no later than August 13, 2013, 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.
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.
At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC will prepare a
concise summary of the determination and conclusions reached, including
the significant issues identified, and will send a copy of the summary
to each participant in the scoping process. The summary will also be
available for inspection in ADAMS. The NRC staff will then prepare and
issue for comment the draft supplement to the GEIS, which will be the
subject of a separate notice and separate public meetings. Copies will
be available for public inspection at the above-mentioned addresses.
After receipt and consideration of the comments, the NRC will prepare a
final supplement to the GEIS, which will also be available for public
inspection.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of July 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Elaine Keegan,
Acting Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2013-18935 Filed 8-5-13; 8:45 am]
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