[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 20142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5891]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-325 and 50-324]


Carolina Power & Light Company, Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, 
Units 1 and 2; Notice of Availability of the Final Supplement 25 to the 
Generic Environmental Impact Statement Regarding License Renewal for 
Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) has published a final plant-specific supplement to the 
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS), NUREG-1437 for License 
Renewal of Nuclear Plants'', regarding the renewal of operating 
licenses DPR-71 and DPR-62 for an additional 20 years of operation at 
Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2 (BSEP). BSEP is operated 
by Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L), now doing business as 
Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. (PEC). BSEP is located in Brunswick 
County in southeastern North Carolina, near the mouth of the Cape Fear 
River. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) 
include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources. As 
discussed in Section 9.3 of the final Supplement 25, based on (1) The 
analysis and findings in the GEIS, (2) the CP&L Environmental Report; 
(3) consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies; (4) the 
staff's own independent review; and (5) the staff's consideration of 
public comments, the recommendation of the staff is that the Commission 
determine that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for 
BSEP are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for 
energy-planning decision makers would be unreasonable. The final 
Supplement 25 to the GEIS is publicly available at the NRC's Agencywide 
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html; a link is provided to access 
documents through the Internet-Based component of ADAMS. The accession 
number for the final Supplement 25 to the GEIS is ML060900480. Persons 
who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing 
the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC's PDR Reference 
staff at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at [email protected]. 
In addition, the William Madison Randall Library, located at 601 S. 
College Rd., Wilmington, NC 28403, has agreed to make the final 
Supplement 25 to the GEIS available for public inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Alicia R. Williamson, 
Environmental Branch B, Division of License Renewal, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Ms. Williamson may be 
contacted at 1-800-368-5642, extension 1878 or via e-mail at 
[email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of April, 2006.

    For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank P. Gillespie,
Division Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E6-5891 Filed 4-18-06; 8:45 am]
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