[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28392-28393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7426]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 52-008]


Dominion Nuclear North Anna, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare a 
Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the North 
Anna ESP Application

    On September 25, 2003, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, 
or the Commission) received an application pursuant to Title 10 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations, Part 52 (10 CFR part 52) from Dominion 
Nuclear North Anna, LLC (Dominion) for an early site permit (ESP) for 
the North Anna ESP site located in Louisa County, Virginia near the 
town of Mineral. On December 10, 2004, the NRC issued a Federal 
Register notice (69 FR 71854) announcing the availability of NUREG-
1811, ``Draft Environmental Impact Statement for an Early Site Permit 
(ESP) at the North Anna ESP Site'' (DEIS) and sought comment on the 
DEIS. On April 13, 2006, Dominion submitted a revision to its 
application. The revision to the application described changes to the 
cooling water system for postulated Unit 3 at the North Anna ESP site 
and an increase in power level for both postulated Units 3 and 4.
    The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that pursuant to 
10 CFR 51.72, the NRC will be preparing a supplement to its DEIS in 
support of the review of the ESP application. A subsequent Federal 
Register notice will announce the availability of the supplement to the 
DEIS and will request public comments on the supplement.
    An applicant may seek an early site permit in accordance with 
subpart A of 10 CFR part 52 separate from the filing of an application 
for a construction permit (CP) or combined license (COL) for a nuclear 
power facility. The ESP process allows resolution of issues relating to 
siting. At any time during the term of an ESP (up to 20 years), the 
permit may be referenced in an application for a CP or COL. The staff 
evaluated possible alternatives to the proposed action (issuance of an 
ESP at the North Anna ESP site) including the no action alternative and 
alternative sites in its DEIS to determine if there was an obviously 
superior alternate site.
    In the supplement to the DEIS the staff will evaluate only the 
impacts of the changes proposed for the cooling system for postulated 
Unit 3 and the power increase from 4300-4500 MWt for postulated Units 3 
and 4. Scoping was previously conducted for the original DEIS and the 
the changes described in the revision to the application do not appear 
to change the scope of the environmental evaluation required by 10 CFR 
52.18. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.72(c), additional scoping is 
unnecessary and will not be conducted. The Final Environmental Impact 
Statement will contain both the staff's evaluation of the changes 
proposed in the April 13, 2006, revision to the application and the 
staff's evaluation of those areas that were not affected by the 
revision.
    A copy of the application, including the environmental report, is 
available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document 
Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike 
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852 and via the Agencywide 
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic 
Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The accession number for the revised application 
is ML061180180. Future publicly available documents related to the 
application will also be posted in ADAMS. Persons who do not have 
access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents 
located in ADAMS should contact the NRC Public Document Room staff by 
telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
[email protected].
    The Louisa County Library, located at 881 Davis Highway, Mineral, 
Virginia has agreed to make the application available to local 
residents. The application is also available on the NRC Web page at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/esp/north-anna.html. For 
further information regarding the proposed action, contact Mr. Nitin 
Patel, Project Manager at telephone number 301-415-3201 or by mail at 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Nitin Patel, Mail Stop 0-
4D9A, One White Flint North,

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11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738. For further 
information regarding the environmental impact statement, contact Mr. 
Jack Cushing, Senior Environmental Project Manager, at telephone number 
301-415-1424, or by mail at U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: 
Jack Cushing, Mail Stop 0-11F1, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of May 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jack Cushing,
Acting Chief, New Reactors Environmental Projects Branch, Division of 
New Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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