[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 91 (Friday, May 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31847-31848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11747]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-285]


Omaha Public Power District, Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1; Notice 
of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct 
Scoping Process

    Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) has submitted an application for 
renewal of Facility Operating License No. DPR-40 for an additional 20 
years of operation at the Fort Calhoun Station (FCS), Unit 1. FCS is 
located in Washington County, Nebraska, approximately 19 miles north-
northwest of Omaha, Nebraska. The application for renewal was submitted 
by letter dated January 9, 2002, pursuant to 10 CFR part 54, and 
updated on January 18, 2002. A notice of receipt of application, 
including the environmental report (ER), was published in the Federal 
Register on February 12, 2002 (67 FR 6551). A notice of acceptance for 
docketing of the application for renewal of the facility operating 
license was published in the Federal Register on April 16, 2002 (67 FR 
18639), and modified on April 22, 2002 (67 FR 19599). The purpose of 
this notice is to inform the public that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) will be preparing an environmental impact statement in 
support of 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.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 54.23 and 10 CFR 51.53(c), OPPD submitted 
the ER as part of the application. The ER was prepared pursuant to 10 
CFR part 51 and is available for public inspection at the NRC Public 
Document Room, located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike 
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland, or from the Publicly Available 
Records component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible 
at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, which provides access 
through the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room (PERR) link. If you do 
not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the 
documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) 
Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
[email protected]. The application may also be viewed on the Internet at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/ft-calhoun.html. In addition, the W. Dale Clark Library, located at 215 
South 15th Street, Omaha, NE 68102, and the Blair Public Library, 
located at 210 South 17th Street, Blair, NE 68008-2055, have agreed to 
make the ER available for public inspection.
    This notice advises the public that the NRC intends to gather the 
information necessary to prepare a plant-specific supplement to the 
Commission's ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for 
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants,'' (NUREG-1437) in support of the 
review of the application for renewal of the FCS operating license for 
an additional 20 years. Possible alternatives to the proposed action 
(license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy 
sources. Section 51.95 of 10 CFR requires that the NRC prepare a 
supplement to the GEIS in connection with the renewal of an operating 
license. This notice is being published in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the NRC's regulations found in 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 this 
scoping process by members of the public and local, State, 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 environmental 
impact statements (EISs) 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.
    h. Describe how the supplement to the GEIS will be prepared, 
including any contractor assistance to be used.
    The NRC invites the following entities to participate in the 
scoping process:
    a. The applicant, Omaha Public Power District.
    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.
    f. Any person who intends to petition for leave to intervene.
    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 FCS license renewal supplement to the GEIS. The scoping meetings 
will be held at the Days Hotel, 10909 M Street, Omaha, Nebraska, on 
Tuesday, June 18, 2002. There will be two sessions to accommodate 
interested parties. The first session will convene at 1:30 p.m. and 
will continue until 4:30 p.m., as necessary. The second session will 
convene at 7 p.m. with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting 
and will continue until 10 p.m., as necessary. Both meetings will be 
transcribed and will include (1) an overview by the NRC staff of the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental review process, 
the proposed scope of the supplement to the GEIS, and the proposed 
review schedule; (2) an overview by OPPD of the proposed action; and 
(3) 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 
before the start of each session at the Days Hotel. No 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 
below. Persons may register to attend or present oral comments at the 
meetings on the scope

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of the NEPA review by contacting Mr. Thomas J. Kenyon by telephone at 1 
(800) 368-5642, extension 1120, or by Internet to the NRC at 
[email protected] no later than June 5, 2002. 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. If 
special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present 
information at the public meeting, the need should be brought to Mr. 
Kenyon's attention no later than June 5, 2002, so that the NRC staff 
can determine whether the request can be accommodated.
    Members of the public may send written comments on the 
environmental scope of the FCS license renewal review to the Chief, 
Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, 
Office of Administration, Mailstop T-6 D 59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and should cite the publication 
date and page number of this Federal Register notice. Comments may also 
be delivered to Room 6D59, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays. To 
be considered in the scoping process, written comments should be 
postmarked by July 10, 2002. Electronic comments may be sent by the 
Internet to the NRC at [email protected]. Electronic submissions 
should be sent no later than July 10, 2002, to be considered in the 
scoping process. Comments will be available electronically and 
accessible through the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room (PERR) link 
HTTP://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
    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. Notice of opportunity for a 
hearing regarding the renewal application was the subject of the 
aforementioned Federal Register notice of acceptance for docketing. 
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 through the PERR link. The staff will then 
prepare and issue for comment the draft supplement to the GEIS, which 
will be the subject of separate notices and separate public meetings. 
Copies will be available for public inspection at the above-mentioned 
addresses, and one copy per request will be provided free of charge. 
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.
    Information about the proposed action, the supplement to the GEIS, 
and the scoping process may be obtained from Mr. Kenyon at the 
aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of May 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John R. Tappert,
Acting Program Director, License Renewal and Environmental Impacts, 
Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 02-11747 Filed 5-9-02; 8:45 am]
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