[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6061-6062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3107]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-309]


Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company, et al., Maine Yankee Atomic 
Power Station; Notice of Receipt and Availability for Comment of 
License Termination Plan and Partial Site Release License Amendment 
Request and Public Meeting

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is in receipt of and 
is making available for public inspection and comment the License 
Termination Plan (LTP), Revision 2, for the Maine Yankee Atomic Power 
Station (MYAPS, or the licensee) located in Lincoln County, Maine. The 
NRC is also in receipt of a license amendment request that would 
terminate license jurisdiction for a portion of the MYAPS site, thereby 
releasing these lands from Facility Operating License No. DPR-36 before 
the license is terminated.
    MYAPS announced permanent cessation of power operations of MYAPS on 
August 7, 1997. In accordance with NRC regulations, the licensee 
submitted a Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report for MYAPS 
to the NRC on August 27, 1997. The facility is undergoing active 
decontamination and dismantlement.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(a)(9), all power reactor licensees 
must submit an application for termination of their license. The 
application for termination of license must be accompanied or preceded 
by an LTP to be submitted for NRC approval. If found acceptable by the 
NRC staff, the LTP is approved by license amendment, subject to such 
conditions and limitations as the NRC staff deems

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appropriate and necessary. MYAPS submitted its proposed LTP by 
application dated January 13, 2000. In accordance with 10 CFR 20.1405 
and 10 CFR 50.82(a)(9)(iii), the NRC provided notice to individuals in 
the vicinity of the site that the NRC was in receipt of the MYAPS LTP, 
and accepted comments from affected parties. In accordance with 10 CFR 
50.82(a)(9)(iii), the NRC conducted a meeting to discuss the MYAPS LTP 
on May 15, 2000, in Wiscasset, Maine.
    By application dated August 13, 2001, the licensee submitted 
Revision 2 to its proposed LTP for MYAPS. Due to the extensive changes 
incorporated into Revision 2, the NRC staff is again providing notice 
to individuals in the vicinity of the site that the NRC is in receipt 
of the MYAPS LTP, and will accept comments from affected parties. In 
addition, by application dated August 16, 2001, MYAPS submitted a 
license amendment request that would terminate license jurisdiction for 
a portion of the MYAPS site. In part, the release of these lands will 
facilitate the donation of a portion of this property to an 
environmental organization pursuant to a Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission approved settlement between the licensee and its ratepayers. 
The NRC staff will conduct a meeting to discuss the MYAPS LTP, Revision 
2, and partial site release license amendment request on Monday, March 
11, 2002, at 7 p.m. at Wiscasset Middle School, 83 Federal Street, 
Wiscasset, Maine.
    The MYAPS LTP and partial site release may be examined, and/or 
copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), located at 
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 
Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically 
from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) 
Public Electronic Reading Room on the internet at the NRC Web site, 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/html. Persons who do not have 
access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents 
located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by 
telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
[email protected]. NRC ADAMS system accession numbers are ML012320365 and 
ML012340447, respectively.
    Comments regarding the MYAPS LTP may be submitted in writing and 
addressed to Mr. Michael Webb, Mail Stop O-7 D1, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC. 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-
1347 or e-mail [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of February, 2002.
Michael K. Webb,
Project Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate IV, Division of 
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 02-3107 Filed 2-7-02; 8:45 am]
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