[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35839-35840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12687]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-413 AND 50-414]


Duke Energy Corporation, Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; 
Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement 9 to the Generic 
Environmental Impact Statement and Public Meeting for the License 
Renewal of Catawba Units 1 and 2

    Notice is hereby given that the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(the Commission) has published a draft plant-specific supplement to the 
Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS), NUREG-1437, 
regarding the renewal of operating licenses NPF-35 and 
NPF-52 for an additional 20 years of operation at Catawba Nuclear 
Station, Units 1 and 2 (Catawba). Catawba is located in York County, 
South Carolina. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license 
renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources.
    The draft supplement to the GEIS is available electronically for 
public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room located at One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, 
or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's 
document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html (the Public Electronic Reading 
Room). 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]. In addition, the York County Library, 
located at 138 Black Street, Rock Hill, South Carolina, has agreed to 
make the draft supplement to the GEIS available for public inspection.
    Any interested party may submit comments on the draft supplement to 
the GEIS for consideration by the NRC staff. To be certain of 
consideration, comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS and the 
proposed action must be received by August 9, 2002. Comments received 
after the due date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but 
the NRC staff is able to assure consideration only for comments

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received on or before this date. Written comments on the draft 
supplement to the GEIS should be sent to: Chief, Rules and Directives 
Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop T-6D 59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Comments may be hand-delivered to the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal 
workdays. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by the 
Internet at [email protected]. All comments received by the 
Commission, including those made by Federal, State, and local agencies, 
Indian tribes, or other interested persons, will be made available 
electronically at the Commission's Public Document Room in Rockville, 
Maryland and from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of 
NRC's document system (ADAMS).
    The NRC staff will hold public meetings to present an overview of 
the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS and to accept public 
comments on the document. The public meetings will be held in the 
auditorium at the Council Chamber at the City Hall, located at 155 
Johnston Street, Rock Hill, South Carolina on June 27, 2002. There will 
be two sessions to accommodate interested parties. The first session 
will commence at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m. The second 
session will commence at 7:00 p.m. and will continue until 10:00 p.m. 
Both meetings will be transcribed and will include (1) a presentation 
of the contents of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS, and 
(2) the opportunity for interested government agencies, organizations, 
and individuals to provide comments on the draft report. Additionally, 
the NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to the 
start of each session at the same location. No comments on the draft 
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. Persons may pre-register to 
attend or present oral comments at the meeting by contacting Mr. James 
H. Wilson by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension 
1108, or by Internet to the NRC at [email protected] no later 
than June 21, 2002. Members of the public may also register to provide 
oral comments 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. If special equipment 
or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the 
public meeting, the need should be brought to Mr. Wilson's attention no 
later than June 21, 2002, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to 
determine whether the request can be accommodated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr. James H. Wilson, License Renewal 
and Environmental Impacts Program, Division of Regulatory Improvement 
Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Mr. 
Wilson may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-
mail address.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th 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. 02-12687 Filed 5-20-02; 8:45 am]
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