[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 44550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19215]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-155 & 72-043]


Consumers Energy Co., Big Rock Point Nuclear Plant; Notice of 
Receipt, Availability for Comment, and Meeting to Discuss License 
Termination Plan

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is in receipt of, and is 
making available for public inspection and comment, the License 
Termination Plan (LTP) for the Big Rock Point Nuclear Facility (BRP) 
located in Charlevoix, Michigan.
    Reactor operations at the BRP ended in August 29, 1997. The reactor 
was defueled and all fuel moved to an independent spent fuel storage 
installation (ISFSI) in March 2003. In accordance with NRC regulations 
in effect at that time, the licensee submitted a decommissioning plan 
for the BRP to the NRC in February 1995. When proposed amendments to 
the NRC's decommissioning regulations were published in the Federal 
Register on July 29, 1996 (61 FR 39278), the licensee requested that 
the review of the decommissioning plan be suspended. When the amended 
regulations became effective on August 28, 1996, the submitted 
decommissioning plan, as supplemented, became the BRP Post Shutdown 
Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82, as 
amended. A public meeting was held in Charlevoix, Michigan, on November 
13, 1997, to provide information and gather pubic comment on the PSDAR. 
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 by or 
preceded by an LTP 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 appropriate and 
necessary. The licensee submitted the proposed LTP for the BRP by 
application dated April 1, 2003. In accordance with 10 CFR 20.1405 and 
10 CFR 50.82(a)(9)(iii), the NRC is providing notice to individuals in 
the vicinity of the site that the NRC is in receipt of the BRP LTP, and 
will accept comments from affected parties. In accordance with 10 CFR 
50.82(a)(9)(iii), the NRC is also providing notice that the NRC staff 
will conduct a meeting to discuss the BRP LTP on Tuesday, August 5, 
2003, at 7 p.m., at the Charlevoix Stroud Hall located at 12491 Waller 
Road, Charlevoix, Michigan 49720.
    The BRP LTP and associated environmental report are available for 
public inspection at NRC's Public Document Room at NRC Headquarters, 
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 
These documents are available for public review through ADAMS, the 
NRC's electronic reading room, at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.


    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of July, 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel M. Gillen,
Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 03-19215 Filed 7-28-03; 8:45 am]
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