Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Clinton Power Station, Unit 1, 33400-33402 [2024-09063]

Download as PDF 33400 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 83 / Monday, April 29, 2024 / Notices khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES submitting personal information such as social security numbers and birthdates. For further information on submitting comments, see the ‘‘Public Participation’’ heading in the section of this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seleda Perryman, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone (202) 693–2222. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The Department of Labor, as part of the continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs) is minimal, the collection instruments are clearly understood, and OSHA’s estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) authorizes information collection by employers as necessary or appropriate for enforcement of the OSH Act or for developing information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act also requires that OSHA obtain such information with minimum burden upon employers, especially those operating small businesses, and to reduce to the maximum extent feasible unnecessary duplication of effort in obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657). The following sections describe who uses the information collected under each requirement, as well as how they use it. In 2016, OSHA established the Safe and Sound Campaign, a voluntary effort to support the implementation of safety and health programs in businesses throughout the Unites States. Outside stakeholders, including safety health professional organizations, trade and industry associations, academic institutions, and state and federal government agencies, collaborate with the agency on the Campaign. The Campaign includes periodic activities and events, ranging from regular email updates to quarterly national webinars to local meetings to an annual national stand down (i.e., Safe and Sound Week), designed to increase overall employer VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:54 Apr 26, 2024 Jkt 262001 and employee awareness and understanding of safety and health programs and promote employer adoption of these programs. OSHA believes widespread implementation of such programs will substantially improve overall workplace safety and health conditions. II. Special Issues for Comment OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues: • Whether the proposed information collection requirements are necessary for the proper performance of the agency’s functions to protect workers, including whether the information is useful; • The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of the burden (time and costs) of the information collection requirements, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; • The quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and • Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply; for example, by using automated or other technological information, and transmission techniques. III. Proposed Actions OSHA is requesting that OMB approve the information collection requirements contained in the Safe and Sound Campaign. The agency is requesting a revision increase of total burden hours from 2,535 to 20,088 hours, a difference of 17,553 hours. This increase is due to the anticipated increase in the number of respondents registering by 22,000. OSHA will summarize the comments submitted in response to this notice and will include this summary in the request to OMB to extend the approval of the information collection requirements. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Title: Safe and Sound Campaign. OMB Control Number: 1218–0269. Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. Number of Respondents: 190,155. Number of Responses: 190,155. Frequency of Responses: Once. Average Time per Response: Varies. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 20,088. Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $0. IV. Public Participation—Submission of Comments on This Notice and Internet Access to Comments and Submissions You may submit comments in response to this document as follows: (1) electronically at https:// PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal eRulemaking Portal; or (2) by facsimile (fax), if your comments, including attachments, are not longer than 10 pages you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at 202–693–1648. All comments, attachments, and other material must identify the agency name and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (OSHA–2017–0013). You may supplement electronic submission by uploading document files electronically. Comments and submissions are posted without change at https:// www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about submitting personal information such as social security numbers and dates of birth. Although all submissions are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly available to read or download from this website. All submission, including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. Information on using the https:// www.regulations.gov website to submit comments and access the docket is available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’ link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–5627) for information about materials not available from the website, and for assistance in using the internet to locate docket submissions. V. Authority and Signature James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice. The authority for this notice is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 8–2020 (85 FR 58393). Signed at Washington, DC, on April 22, 2024. James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. 2024–09070 Filed 4–26–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–26–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–461; NRC–2024–0046] Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Clinton Power Station, Unit 1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. AGENCY: E:\FR\FM\29APN1.SGM 29APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 83 / Monday, April 29, 2024 / Notices ACTION: Notice; public scoping meeting and request for comment. I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct a scoping process to gather information necessary to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate the environmental impacts for the license renewal of the Facility Operating License No. NPF–62 for Clinton Power Station, Unit 1 (CPS). The NRC is seeking public comment on this action and has scheduled two public scoping meetings that will take place as online webinars. DATES: The NRC will hold two public scoping meetings as online webinars on May 7, 2024, at 6 p.m. eastern time (ET) and May 9, 2024, at 1 p.m. (ET). Details on both meetings can be found on the NRC’s Public Meeting Schedule at https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. Submit comments on the scope of the EIS by May 29, 2024. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2024– 0046 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly available information related to this action by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2024–0046. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. To begin the search, 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, at 301–415–4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this document (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is referenced. • NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. • Public Library: A copy of the license renewal application for CPS, including the environmental report, is available for public review at the following public library location: Vespasian Warner Public Library, 310 N Quincy St., Clinton, IL 61727. SUMMARY: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website. • Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2024–0046. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301–415–0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the ‘‘For Further Information Contact’’ section of this document. • Email comments to: ClintonEnvironmental@nrc.gov. • Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff. 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: Ashley Waldron, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415–7317; email: Ashley.Waldron@ nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:54 Apr 26, 2024 Jkt 262001 B. Submitting Comments The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website (https:// www.regulations.gov). Please include Docket ID NRC–2024–0046 in your comment submission. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 33401 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 into ADAMS. II. Discussion By letter dated February 14, 2024 (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML24045A023), Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (CEG) submitted to the NRC an application for license renewal of Facility Operating License No. NPF– 62 for Clinton Power Station, Unit 1 (CPS), for an additional 20 years of operation. This submission initiated the NRC’s proposed action of determining whether to grant the license renewal application. CPS is located in DeWitt County, approximately 7 miles east of the city of Clinton in east-central Illinois. The current facility operating license for Unit 1 will expire at midnight on April 17, 2027. The license renewal application was submitted pursuant to part 54 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ and seeks to extend the facility operating license for Unit 1 to midnight on April 17, 2047. A notice of receipt and availability of the application was published in the Federal Register on March 7, 2024 (89 FR 16591). A notice of acceptance for docketing of the application and of opportunity to request a hearing was published in the Federal Register on April 18, 2024 (89 FR 27805) and is available on the Federal rulemaking website (https:// www.regulations.gov) by searching for Docket ID NRC–2024–0046 III. Request for Comment This notice informs the public of the NRC’s intention to conduct environmental scoping and prepare an EIS related to the license renewal application for CPS, and to provide the public an opportunity to participate in the environmental scoping process, as defined in 10 CFR 51.29 ‘‘Scopingenvironmental impact statement and supplement to environmental impact statement,’’ and 10 CFR 51.116, ‘‘Notice of intent.’’ The regulations in 36 CFR 800.8, ‘‘Coordination with the National Environmental Policy Act,’’ allow agencies to use their National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.) (NEPA), process to fulfill the E:\FR\FM\29APN1.SGM 29APN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 33402 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 83 / Monday, April 29, 2024 / Notices requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (54 U.S.C. 300101, et seq.) (NHPA). Therefore, pursuant to 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC intends to use its process and documentation required 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, CEG submitted an environmental report (ER) as part of the license renewal application. The ER was prepared pursuant to 10 CFR part 51 and is publicly available at ADAMS Accession No. ML24045A279. The ER will also be available for viewing at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ licensing/renewal/applications/ clinton.html. The NRC intends to gather the information necessary to prepare a plant-specific supplement to NUREG– 1437, ‘‘Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants’’ (GEIS) (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML13107A023), related to the license renewal application for CPS. The NRC is required by 10 CFR 51.95 to prepare a plant-specific 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 at 10 CFR part 51. The supplemental to the GEIS will evaluate the environmental impacts of the license renewal for CPS, and reasonable alternatives thereto. Possible alternatives to the proposed action include the no action alternative and reasonable alternative energy sources. As part of its environmental review, the NRC will first conduct a scoping process for the EIS and, as soon as practicable thereafter, will prepare a draft EIS for public comment. Participation in this scoping process by members of the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal government agencies is encouraged. The scoping process for the EIS will be used to accomplish the following: a. Define the proposed action that is to be the subject of the EIS; b. Determine the scope of the EIS and identify the significant issues to be analyzed in depth; c. Identify and eliminate from detailed study those issues that are peripheral or are not significant or that have been covered by prior environmental review; d. Identify any environmental assessments and other ElSs that are being or will be prepared that are VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:54 Apr 26, 2024 Jkt 262001 related to, but are not part of, the scope of the EIS under consideration; 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 NRC’s tentative planning and decision-making schedule; g. Identify any cooperating agencies and, as appropriate, allocate assignments for preparation and schedules for completing the EIS to the NRC and any cooperating agencies; and h. Describe how the EIS will be prepared, including any contractor assistance to be used. The NRC invites the following entities to participate in scoping: a. The applicant, Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; 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 under 10 CFR 2.309. IV. Public Scoping Meeting In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26(b), the scoping process for an EIS may include a public scoping meeting to help identify significant issues related to the proposed action and to determine the scope of issues to be addressed in the EIS. The NRC is announcing that it will hold two public scoping meetings as online webinars for the CPS license renewal application. The webinar will include a telephone line for members of the public to provide comments. A court reporter will transcribe all comments received during the webinars. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meeting or in writing, as discussed in the ADDRESSES section of this document. The public scoping webinars will be held on May 7, 2024, at 6 p.m. ET and May 9, 2024, at 1 p.m. ET. Persons interested in attending this online webinar should monitor the NRC’s Public Meeting Schedule website at https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg for additional information, agendas for the meeting, and access information for the PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 webinar. Please contact Ashley Waldron no later than May 2, 2024, if accommodations or special equipment is needed to attend or to provide comments, so that the NRC staff can determine whether the request can be accommodated. The public scoping meeting will include: (1) an overview by the NRC staff of the environmental and safety review processes, the proposed scope of the EIS, and the proposed review schedule; and (2) the opportunity for interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to submit comments or suggestions on environmental issues or the proposed scope of the CPS license renewal EIS. Participation in the scoping process for the CPS license renewal EIS does not entitle participants to become parties to the proceeding to which the EIS relates. Matters related to participation in any hearing are outside the scope of matters to be discussed at this public meeting. Dated: April 23, 2024. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Stephen S. Koenick, Chief, Environmental Project Management Branch 1, Division of Rulemaking, Environment, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards. [FR Doc. 2024–09063 Filed 4–26–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2024–0026] Information Collection: Planned Power Uprate-Related Licensing Submittals for All Power Reactor Licensees Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Proposed information collection; request for comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on this proposed information collection. The information collection is entitled, ‘‘Planned Power UprateRelated Licensing Submittals for All Power Reactor Licensees.’’ DATES: Submit comments by June 28, 2024. 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; however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website: SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\29APN1.SGM 29APN1

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-461; NRC-2024-0046]


Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare 
Environmental Impact Statement; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; 
Clinton Power Station, Unit 1

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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ACTION: Notice; public scoping meeting and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct a 
scoping process to gather information necessary to prepare an 
environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate the environmental 
impacts for the license renewal of the Facility Operating License No. 
NPF-62 for Clinton Power Station, Unit 1 (CPS). The NRC is seeking 
public comment on this action and has scheduled two public scoping 
meetings that will take place as online webinars.

DATES: The NRC will hold two public scoping meetings as online webinars 
on May 7, 2024, at 6 p.m. eastern time (ET) and May 9, 2024, at 1 p.m. 
(ET). Details on both meetings can be found on the NRC's Public Meeting 
Schedule at https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. Submit comments on the scope 
of the EIS by May 29, 2024. Comments received after this date will be 
considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC 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; 
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website.
     Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0046. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the individual listed in the ``For Further 
Information Contact'' section of this document.
     Email comments to: [email protected].
     Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
    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: Ashley Waldron, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-7317; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0046 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0046.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, 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, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for 
each document referenced in this document (if it is available in ADAMS) 
is provided the first time that it is referenced.
     NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an 
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 
a.m. and 4 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Public Library: A copy of the license renewal application 
for CPS, including the environmental report, is available for public 
review at the following public library location: Vespasian Warner 
Public Library, 310 N Quincy St., Clinton, IL 61727.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2024-0046 in your comment submission.
    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 into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    By letter dated February 14, 2024 (ADAMS Package Accession No. 
ML24045A023), Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (CEG) submitted to 
the NRC an application for license renewal of Facility Operating 
License No. NPF-62 for Clinton Power Station, Unit 1 (CPS), for an 
additional 20 years of operation. This submission initiated the NRC's 
proposed action of determining whether to grant the license renewal 
application. CPS is located in DeWitt County, approximately 7 miles 
east of the city of Clinton in east-central Illinois. The current 
facility operating license for Unit 1 will expire at midnight on April 
17, 2027. The license renewal application was submitted pursuant to 
part 54 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 
``Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power 
Plants,'' and seeks to extend the facility operating license for Unit 1 
to midnight on April 17, 2047. A notice of receipt and availability of 
the application was published in the Federal Register on March 7, 2024 
(89 FR 16591). A notice of acceptance for docketing of the application 
and of opportunity to request a hearing was published in the Federal 
Register on April 18, 2024 (89 FR 27805) and is available on the 
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov) by searching 
for Docket ID NRC-2024-0046

III. Request for Comment

    This notice informs the public of the NRC's intention to conduct 
environmental scoping and prepare an EIS related to the license renewal 
application for CPS, 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,'' and 10 CFR 51.116, ``Notice of 
intent.''
    The regulations in 36 CFR 800.8, ``Coordination with the National 
Environmental Policy Act,'' allow agencies to use their National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.) 
(NEPA), process to fulfill the

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requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act 
of 1966 (54 U.S.C. 300101, et seq.) (NHPA). Therefore, pursuant to 36 
CFR 800.8(c), the NRC intends to use its process and documentation 
required 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, CEG submitted 
an environmental report (ER) as part of the license renewal 
application. The ER was prepared pursuant to 10 CFR part 51 and is 
publicly available at ADAMS Accession No. ML24045A279. The ER will also 
be available for viewing at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/clinton.html.
    The NRC intends to gather the information necessary to prepare a 
plant-specific supplement to NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact 
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants'' (GEIS) (ADAMS Package 
Accession No. ML13107A023), related to the license renewal application 
for CPS. The NRC is required by 10 CFR 51.95 to prepare a plant-
specific 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 at 10 CFR part 51.
    The supplemental to the GEIS will evaluate the environmental 
impacts of the license renewal for CPS, and reasonable alternatives 
thereto. Possible alternatives to the proposed action include the no 
action alternative and reasonable alternative energy sources.
    As part of its environmental review, the NRC will first conduct a 
scoping process for the EIS and, as soon as practicable thereafter, 
will prepare a draft EIS for public comment. Participation in this 
scoping process by members of the public and local, State, Tribal, and 
Federal government agencies is encouraged. The scoping process for the 
EIS will be used to accomplish the following:
    a. Define the proposed action that is to be the subject of the EIS;
    b. Determine the scope of the EIS and identify the significant 
issues to be analyzed in depth;
    c. Identify and eliminate from detailed study those issues that are 
peripheral or are not significant or that have been covered by prior 
environmental review;
    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 EIS under consideration;
    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 NRC's tentative planning and 
decision-making schedule;
    g. Identify any cooperating agencies and, as appropriate, allocate 
assignments for preparation and schedules for completing the EIS to the 
NRC and any cooperating agencies; and
    h. Describe how the EIS will be prepared, including any contractor 
assistance to be used.
    The NRC invites the following entities to participate in scoping:
    a. The applicant, Constellation Energy Generation, LLC;
    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 under 10 CFR 2.309.

IV. Public Scoping Meeting

    In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26(b), the scoping process for an EIS 
may include a public scoping meeting to help identify significant 
issues related to the proposed action and to determine the scope of 
issues to be addressed in the EIS.
    The NRC is announcing that it will hold two public scoping meetings 
as online webinars for the CPS license renewal application. The webinar 
will include a telephone line for members of the public to provide 
comments. A court reporter will transcribe all comments received during 
the webinars. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the 
transcribed public meeting or in writing, as discussed in the ADDRESSES 
section of this document. The public scoping webinars will be held on 
May 7, 2024, at 6 p.m. ET and May 9, 2024, at 1 p.m. ET. Persons 
interested in attending this online webinar should monitor the NRC's 
Public Meeting Schedule website at https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg for 
additional information, agendas for the meeting, and access information 
for the webinar. Please contact Ashley Waldron no later than May 2, 
2024, if accommodations or special equipment is needed to attend or to 
provide comments, so that the NRC staff can determine whether the 
request can be accommodated.
    The public scoping meeting will include: (1) an overview by the NRC 
staff of the environmental and safety review processes, the proposed 
scope of the EIS, and the proposed review schedule; and (2) the 
opportunity for interested government agencies, organizations, and 
individuals to submit comments or suggestions on environmental issues 
or the proposed scope of the CPS license renewal EIS.
    Participation in the scoping process for the CPS license renewal 
EIS does not entitle participants to become parties to the proceeding 
to which the EIS relates. Matters related to participation in any 
hearing are outside the scope of matters to be discussed at this public 
meeting.

    Dated: April 23, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stephen S. Koenick,
Chief, Environmental Project Management Branch 1, Division of 
Rulemaking, Environment, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety, and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2024-09063 Filed 4-26-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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