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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jeffrey A. Ciocco,
Senior Project Manager, Licensing Branch 2,
Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of
New Reactors.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Submitting Comments’’ in the
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this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Drucker, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
6223; email: David.Drucker@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[Docket Nos. 50–373 and 50–374; NRC–
2014–0268]
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2
A. Obtaining Information
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement and
conduct the scoping process; public
meetings and request for comment.
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2014–
0268 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information regarding
this document. You may obtain
publicly-available information related to
this document by any of the following
methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2014–0268.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain 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 document
(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 Accession No.
ML14343A849.
• 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.
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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) will prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
related to the review of the license
renewal application submitted by
Exelon Generation Company, LLC
(Exelon) for the renewal of Facility
Operating Licenses NPF–11 and NPF–18
for an additional 20 years of operation
at LaSalle County Station (LSCS). The
current operating licenses for LSCS,
Units 1 and 2, expire on April 17, 2022,
and December 16, 2023, respectively.
LSCS is located in LaSalle County,
Illinois. The NRC will also provide the
public an opportunity to participate in
the environmental scoping process.
DATES: Submit comments by April 6,
2015. Comments received after this date
will be considered if it is practical to do
so, but the Commission is able to ensure
consideration only for comments
received on or before 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–2014–0268. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
3WFN–06–A44M, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2014–
0268 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
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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 license renewal,
dated December 9, 2014, 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
December 18, 2014 (79 FR 75598). A
notice of acceptance for docketing of the
application and opportunity for hearing
regarding renewal of the facility
operating licenses is also being
published in the Federal Register. The
purpose of this notice is to inform the
public that the NRC will be preparing an
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, 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 Nos. ML14343A883
and ML14343A897. The ER may also be
viewed on the Internet at https://
www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/
licensing/renewal/applications/
lasalle.html. In addition, paper copies of
the ER are available for public review
near the site at the Reddick Public
Library District, 1010 Canal St., Ottawa,
IL 61350, the Marseilles Public Library,
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and the Seneca Public Library District,
210 N. Main St., Seneca, IL 61360.
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,
Revision 1), related to the review of the
application for renewal of the LSCS
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.
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The NRC invites the following entities
to participate in scoping:
a. The applicant, Exelon;
b. Any Federal agency which has
jurisdiction by law or special expertise
with respect to any environmental
impact involved or which 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 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 the proceeding or who has been
admitted as a party to the proceeding.
III. Public Scoping Meetings
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 LSCS license
renewal supplement to the GEIS. The
scoping meetings will be held on March
10, 2015, and there will be two sessions
to accommodate interested persons. 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 LaSalle County, Emergency
Operations Center, 711 East Etna Road,
Ottawa, Illinois 61350.
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
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contacting the NRC Project Manager,
Mr. David Drucker, by telephone at 1–
800–368–5642, extension 6223, or by
email at David.Drucker@nrc.gov, no
later than February 27, 2015. Members
of the public may also register to speak
at the meeting within 15 minutes of the
start of each session. Individual oral
comments may be limited by the time
available, depending on the number of
persons who register. Members of the
public who have not registered may also
have an opportunity to speak if time
permits. Public comments will be
considered in the scoping process for
the supplement to the GEIS. Mr.
Drucker will need to be contacted no
later than February 27, 2015, 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.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day
of January 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Brian D. Wittick,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License
Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50–302; NRC–2015–0010]
Duke Energy Florida, Inc.; Crystal
River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Exemption; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing
exemptions in response to a March 28,
2014, request from Duke Energy Florida,
Inc. (DEF or the licensee), representing
itself and the other owners. The
exemptions permit the use of the Crystal
River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant
(CR–3) decommissioning trust fund (the
Trust) for irradiated fuel management
and site restoration activities in addition
to decommissioning activities and allow
the licensee to use withdrawals from the
Trust for these purposes without prior
notification to the NRC, similar to
withdrawals for decommissioning
activities. The NRC has reviewed the
Trust and determined that, at this time,
there is reasonable assurance of
sufficient financial resources in the
Trust for both irradiated fuel
management and site restoration
activities as well as to complete
decommissioning activities.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2015–0010 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain publicly-available
information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0010. 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.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly
available documents online in the
ADAMS public document collection 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 document
SUMMARY:
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(if that document is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
a document is referenced.
• 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Orenak, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
3229; email: Michael.Orenak@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
DEF is the holder of Facility
Operating License No. DPR–72, for CR–
3. By letter dated February 20, 2013
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13056A005),
DEF submitted to the NRC a
certification in accordance with
Sections 50.82(a)(1)(i) and 50.82(a)(1)(ii)
of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) indicating that it
had permanently ceased power
operations at CR–3 and that the CR–3
reactor vessel had been permanently
defueled. CR–3 has not operated since
September 2009.
By letter dated December 2, 2013, DEF
submitted its Post Shutdown
Decommissioning Activities Report
(PSDAR) and the Site Specific
Decommissioning Cost Estimate (DCE)
as required by 10 CFR 50.82(a)(4)(i) and
10 CFR 50.82(a) (8)(iii)(ADAMS
Accession No. ML13340A009). By a
separate letter dated December 2, 2013,
DEF submitted an update to the CR–3
Irradiated Fuel Management Plan
(IFMP) as required by 10 CFR 50.54(bb)
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13340A008).
The facility consists of a permanently
shutdown and defueled pressurizedwater reactor located in Citrus County,
Florida.
II. Request/Action
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, ‘‘Specific
exemptions,’’ by letter dated March 28,
2014 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML14098A037), DEF submitted a
request for exemptions from 10 CFR
50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 10 CFR 50.75(h)(2).
The exemptions from 10 CFR
50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 10 CFR 50.75(h)(2)
would permit the withdrawal and use of
a portion of the funds in the Trust for
financing irradiated fuel management
and site restoration activities. The
licensee’s requested exemption from 10
CFR 50.75(h)(2) would also permit the
withdrawals from the Trust for these
activities to be made without prior
notification of the NRC, in the same
manner that withdrawals are made
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374; NRC-2014-0268]
LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement
and conduct the scoping process; public meetings and request for
comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS) related to the review of the
license renewal application submitted by Exelon Generation Company, LLC
(Exelon) for the renewal of Facility Operating Licenses NPF-11 and NPF-
18 for an additional 20 years of operation at LaSalle County Station
(LSCS). The current operating licenses for LSCS, Units 1 and 2, expire
on April 17, 2022, and December 16, 2023, respectively. LSCS is located
in LaSalle County, Illinois. The NRC will also provide the public an
opportunity to participate in the environmental scoping process.
DATES: Submit comments by April 6, 2015. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before
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-2014-0268. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: 3WFN-06-A44M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Drucker, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6223; email: David.Drucker@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0268 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
obtain publicly-available information related to this document by any
of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0268.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain 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 document (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 Accession No. ML14343A849.
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-2014-0268 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
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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 license renewal, dated December 9, 2014, 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 December 18, 2014 (79 FR 75598). A
notice of acceptance for docketing of the application and opportunity
for hearing regarding renewal of the facility operating licenses is
also being published in the Federal Register. The purpose of this
notice is to inform the public that the NRC will be preparing an 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, 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 Nos. ML14343A883 and ML14343A897. The ER may also be viewed
on the Internet at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/lasalle.html. In addition, paper copies of the ER
are available for public review near the site at the Reddick Public
Library District, 1010 Canal St., Ottawa, IL 61350, the Marseilles
Public Library, 155 East Bluff St., Marseilles, IL 61341 and the Seneca
Public Library District, 210 N. Main St., Seneca, IL 61360.
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, Revision 1), related to the
review of the application for renewal of the LSCS 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 which has jurisdiction by law or special
expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved or which 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 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 the proceeding or who has been admitted as a party to
the proceeding.
III. Public Scoping Meetings
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 LSCS license renewal supplement to the GEIS. The scoping meetings
will be held on March 10, 2015, and there will be two sessions to
accommodate interested persons. 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 LaSalle County, Emergency
Operations Center, 711 East Etna Road, Ottawa, Illinois 61350.
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
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contacting the NRC Project Manager, Mr. David Drucker, by telephone at
1-800-368-5642, extension 6223, or by email at David.Drucker@nrc.gov,
no later than February 27, 2015. Members of the public may also
register to speak at the meeting within 15 minutes of the start of each
session. Individual oral comments may be limited by the time available,
depending on the number of persons who register. Members of the public
who have not registered may also have an opportunity to speak if time
permits. Public comments will be considered in the scoping process for
the supplement to the GEIS. Mr. Drucker will need to be contacted no
later than February 27, 2015, 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 27th day of January 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Brian D. Wittick,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-02080 Filed 2-2-15; 8:45 am]
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