Virginia Electric and Power Company; North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Final Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement, 61506-61507 [2024-16886]

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61506-61507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16886]


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[Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339; NRC-2020-0201]


Virginia Electric and Power Company; North Anna Power Station, 
Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Final Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published a 
final site-specific environmental impact statement (EIS), issued as 
NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal, ``Site-Specific 
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants 
Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for North Anna Power Station Units 
1 and 2, Final Report.'' This EIS evaluates, on a site-specific basis, 
the environmental impacts of subsequent license renewal of Facility 
Operating License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 for an additional 20 years of 
operation for North Anna Power Station (NAPS), Unit Nos. 1 and 2, 
respectively.

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NAPS is located in Louisa County, Virginia. Alternatives to the 
proposed action of subsequent license renewal for NAPS include the no-
action alternative and reasonable replacement power alternatives.

DATES: NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal is available as of 
July 22, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0201 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0201. 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.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may access 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]. NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second 
Renewal is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML24204A104.
     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. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.
     Public Library: A copy of the final EIS will be available 
for public inspection at the Louisa County Library, 881 Davis Highway, 
Mineral, VA 23117. The NRC staff encourages those addressees with 
mailing addresses listed in Chapter 7 of the final EIS, to visit the 
NRC's NUREG-Series Publication website (https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff.html) or the NAPS project website (https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/north-anna-1-2-subsequent.html) to download an electronic copy. You may also 
obtain an electronic copy by contacting Tam Tran via email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tam Tran, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3617; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In accordance with section 51.118 of title 10 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Final environmental impact statement--
notice of availability,'' the NRC is making available for public 
inspection NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal, regarding the 
subsequent license renewal of Virginia Electric and Power Company's 
(Dominion), renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 for 
an additional 20 years of operation for NAPS. A notice of availability 
of the site-specific draft EIS (DEIS) (NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, 
Second Renewal) was published in the Federal Register on January 8, 
2024, (89 FR 960) by the NRC, and on January 5, 2024 (89 FR 781) as 
amended January 19, 2024 (89 FR 3653), by the Environmental Protection 
Agency. The public comment period on the site-specific DEIS (NUREG-
1437, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal) ended on February 22, 2024, and 
the comments received on the site-specific DEIS are addressed in the 
final EIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal).

II. Discussion

    The site-specific draft EIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second 
Renewal) superseded a draft Supplemental EIS (SEIS) (NUREG-1437, 
Supplement 7, Second Renewal), that the NRC had issued for public 
comment on August 25, 2021 (86 FR 47525). The site-specific final EIS 
addresses the comments received on both the site-specific draft EIS 
(NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal) and the previous draft SEIS 
(NUREG-1437, Supplement 7, Second Renewal). As discussed in Chapter 4 
of the final EIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal), the NRC 
staff has determined that the adverse environmental impacts of 
subsequent license renewal for NAPS for an additional 20 years beyond 
the expiration dates of the initial renewed licenses are not so great 
that preserving the option of subsequent license renewal for energy-
planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is 
based on: (1) information provided in the environmental report, as 
supplemented, and other documents submitted by Dominion; (2) 
consultation with Federal, State, Tribal, and local governmental 
agencies; (3) the NRC staff's independent environmental review; and (4) 
consideration of public comments received during the scoping process, 
on the site-specific DEIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal), 
and on the previous draft SEIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 7, Second 
Renewal).

    Dated: July 26, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John Moses,
Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial 
Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards.
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