[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5694-5695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1387]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-263]


Nuclear Management Company, LLC, Monticello Nuclear Generating 
Plant; Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement 26 to the Generic 
Environmental Impact Statement and Public Meeting for the License 
Renewal of Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC or the Commission) has published a draft plant-specific Supplement 
to the ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS), NUREG-1437,'' 
regarding the renewal of operating license DPR-22 for an additional 20 
years of operation at Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (Monticello). 
Monticello is located on the southern bank of the Mississippi River in 
the City of Monticello, Wright County, Minnesota, approximately 30 
miles northwest of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnesota. Possible 
alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action 
and reasonable alternative energy sources.
    The draft Supplement to the GEIS is publicly available in the NRC's 
Public Document Room (PDR) located at One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852 or from the 
Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide 
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible 
from the Public Electronic Reading Room on the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. The ADAMS accession number for draft 
Supplement 26 to the GEIS is ML060190072. Persons who do not have 
access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents 
located in ADAMS, should contact the PDR reference staff at 1-800-397-
4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].
    In addition, the Monticello Public Library (220 West 6th Street, 
Monticello, Minnesota 55362) and the Buffalo Public Library (18 
Northwest Lake Boulevard, Buffalo, Minnesota 55313) have agreed to make 
the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS available for public 
inspection.
    Interested parties 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 May 4, 2006. Comments received 
after the due date will be

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considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to 
assure consideration only for comments 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, Mailstop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Comments may be hand-delivered to the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Room T-6D59, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on 
Federal workdays. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-
mail at [email protected]. All comments received by the Commission, 
including those made by Federal, State, and local agencies, Native 
American Tribes, or other interested persons, will be made available 
electronically at the Commission's PDR in Rockville, Maryland, and in 
ADAMS.
    The NRC staff will hold two 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 on March 22, 
2006, at the Monticello Community Center, 505 Walnut Street in 
Monticello, Minnesota. The first meeting will convene at 1:30 p.m. and 
will continue until 4:30 p.m., as necessary. The second meeting will 
convene at 7 p.m. and will continue until 10 p.m., as necessary. 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 before the start 
of each meeting at the Monticello Community Center. 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, as discussed below.
    Persons may register to attend or present oral comments at the 
meetings by contacting Ms. Jennifer A. Davis, by telephone at 1-800-
368-5642, extension 3835, or by e-mail at [email protected] no 
later than March 17, 2006. 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. Ms. Davis will need to be contacted no later than March 17, 
2006, if special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or 
present information at the public meeting, so that the NRC staff can 
determine whether the request can be accommodated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jennifer A. Davis, Division of 
License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Ms. Davis may also be 
contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of January, 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Pao-Tsin Kuo,
Deputy Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. E6-1387 Filed 2-1-06; 8:45 am]
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