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By Gerard Poliquin, Secretary of the Board,
the National Credit Union Administration, on
June 1, 2016.
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Dated: June 1, 2016.
Dawn D. Wolfgang,
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BILLING CODE 7535–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50–382; NRC–2016–0078]
Waterford Steam Electric Station,
Unit 1
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Intent to conduct scoping
process and prepare environmental
impact statement; public meeting and
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission will conduct a scoping
process to gather the information
necessary to prepare an environmental
impact statement (EIS) to evaluate the
environmental impacts for the renewal
of the operating license for Waterford
Steam Electric Station, Unit 1
(Waterford). The NRC is seeking
stakeholder input on this action and has
scheduled a public meeting.
DATES: Submit comments by August 1,
2016. Comments received after these
dates 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–2016–0078. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
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
OWFN–12 H08, 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:
Elaine Keegan, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
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0001; telephone: 301–415–8517, email:
Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016–
0078 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–2016–0078.
• 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. The application
for renewal of the Waterford license can
be found in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML16088A324.
• 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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B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2016–
0078 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 publicly disclosed in
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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 comments
submissions into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
On March 23, 2016, Entergy
Operations, Inc. (Entergy) submitted to
the NRC an application for renewal of
Facility Operating License NPF–38 for
an additional 20 years of operation at
Waterford. Waterford is located in
Killona, LA. The current operating
license for Waterford expires on expires
on December 18, 2024. The application
for renewal was submitted pursuant to
part 54 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) and included an
environmental report (ER). A separate
notice of receipt and availability of the
application was published in the
Federal Register on April 14, 2016 (81
FR 22128). A notice of acceptance for
docketing of the application and
opportunity for hearing regarding
renewal of the facility operating license
was published in the Federal Register
on May 31, 2016.
III. Request for Comments
This notice informs the public of the
NRC’s intention to prepare 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.
The regulations in 36 CFR 800.8,
‘‘Coordination with the National
Environmental Policy Act,’’ allows
agencies to use their National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) process to fulfill the
requirements of Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA). Therefore, 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, Entergy 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. ML16088A324.
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 St. Charles
Parish Library—East Regional Library,
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160 W. Campus Drive, Destrehan,
Louisiana 70047.
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 Waterford operating
license 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, Entergy;
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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.
IV. 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 one
public meeting for the Waterford license
renewal supplement to the GEIS. The
scoping meeting will be held on
Wednesday, June 8, 2016. The meeting
will be held from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
at the St. Charles Parish Emergency
Operation Center, 15026 River Road,
Hahnville, Louisiana, 10057. There will
be a registration period from 6:30 p.m.
to 7:00 p.m. for members of the public
to sign in to speak.
The meeting 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. To be considered, comments must
be provided either at the transcribed
public meeting or in writing, as
discussed in the ADDRESSES section of
this notice.
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. Elaine Keegan, by telephone at 800–
368–5642, extension 8517, or by email
at Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov no later than
June 3, 2016. Members of the public
may also register to speak during the
registration period prior to the start of
meeting. 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.
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Public comments will be considered in
the scoping process for the supplement
to the GEIS. Please contact Ms. Keegan
no later than June 3, 2016, if
accommodations or special equipment
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. The notice of
acceptance for docketing of the
application and a description of the
hearing process will be published
separately in the Federal Register.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day
of June, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James G. Danna,
Chief, Environmental Review and Project
Management Branch, Division of License
Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[NRC–2016–0099]
Report to Congress on Abnormal
Occurrences; Fiscal Year 2015;
Dissemination of Information
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: NUREG; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG–
0090, Volume 38, ‘‘Report to Congress
on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year
2015.’’ The report describes a total of 17
events for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015. Fifteen
events involved Agreement State
licensees and two events involved NRC
licensees.
DATES: NUREG–0090, Volume 38, is
available June 6, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2016–0099 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–2016–0099. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
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Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents 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
(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:
Minh-Thuy Nguyen, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415–
5163, email: MinhThuy.Nguyen@
nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
208 of the Energy Reorganization Act of
1974, as amended (Pub. L. 93–438),
defines an ‘‘abnormal occurrence’’ (AO)
as an unscheduled incident or event
that the NRC determines to be
significant from the standpoint of public
health or safety. The report describes
those events that the NRC identified as
AOs during FY 2015, based on the
criteria defined in Appendix A of the
report, ‘‘Abnormal Occurrence Criteria
and Guidelines for Other Events of
Interest.’’
The report describes 15 events at
Agreement State-licensed facilities and
two events at NRC-licensed facilities.
One NRC-licensee event occurred in a
medical facility and involved radiation
exposure to an embryo/fetus. The 15
Agreement State-licensee events and the
other NRC-licensee event were medical
events as defined in part 35 of title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations,
‘‘Medical Use of Byproduct Material.’’
Agreement States are the 37 States that
currently have entered into formal
agreements with the NRC pursuant to
Section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended (AEA), to regulate
certain quantities of AEA-licensed
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-382; NRC-2016-0078]
Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 1
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Intent to conduct scoping process and prepare environmental
impact statement; public meeting and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will conduct a scoping
process to gather the information necessary to prepare an environmental
impact statement (EIS) to evaluate the environmental impacts for the
renewal of the operating license for Waterford Steam Electric Station,
Unit 1 (Waterford). The NRC is seeking stakeholder input on this action
and has scheduled a public meeting.
DATES: Submit comments by August 1, 2016. Comments received after these
dates 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-2016-0078. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; 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 OWFN-12 H08, 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: Elaine Keegan, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-
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0001; telephone: 301-415-8517, email: Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0078 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-2016-0078.
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 application for renewal of the Waterford license can be
found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16088A324.
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-2016-0078 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
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 comments submissions into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
On March 23, 2016, Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy) submitted to
the NRC an application for renewal of Facility Operating License NPF-38
for an additional 20 years of operation at Waterford. Waterford is
located in Killona, LA. The current operating license for Waterford
expires on expires on December 18, 2024. The application for renewal
was submitted pursuant to part 54 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) and included an environmental report (ER). A
separate notice of receipt and availability of the application was
published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2016 (81 FR 22128). A
notice of acceptance for docketing of the application and opportunity
for hearing regarding renewal of the facility operating license was
published in the Federal Register on May 31, 2016.
III. Request for Comments
This notice informs the public of the NRC's intention to prepare 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.
The regulations in 36 CFR 800.8, ``Coordination with the National
Environmental Policy Act,'' allows agencies to use their National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) process to fulfill the
requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA). Therefore, 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, Entergy
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. ML16088A324. 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 St. Charles Parish Library--East
Regional Library, 160 W. Campus Drive, Destrehan, Louisiana 70047.
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 Waterford
operating license 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, Entergy;
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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.
IV. 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 one public meeting
for the Waterford license renewal supplement to the GEIS. The scoping
meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 8, 2016. The meeting will be
held from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the St. Charles Parish Emergency
Operation Center, 15026 River Road, Hahnville, Louisiana, 10057. There
will be a registration period from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for members
of the public to sign in to speak.
The meeting 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. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the
transcribed public meeting or in writing, as discussed in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice.
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. Elaine Keegan, by telephone at 800-368-5642, extension
8517, or by email at Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov no later than June 3, 2016.
Members of the public may also register to speak during the
registration period prior to the start of meeting. 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. Please contact Ms. Keegan no later than June 3, 2016, if
accommodations or special equipment 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. The notice of acceptance for
docketing of the application and a description of the hearing process
will be published separately in the Federal Register.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of June, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James G. Danna,
Chief, Environmental Review and Project Management Branch, Division of
License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2016-13228 Filed 6-3-16; 8:45 am]
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