[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39372-39373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10909]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 52-008]


Dominion Nuclear North Anna, LLC; Notice of Availability of the 
Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for an Early 
Site Permit (ESP) at the North Anna ESP Site and Associated Public 
Meeting

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC, the Commission) has published Supplement 1 to NUREG-1811, ``Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement for an Early Site Permit (ESP) at the 
North Anna ESP Site'' (SDEIS), and is making it available for comment. 
The site is located near the Town of Mineral in Louisa County, 
Virginia, on the southern shore of Lake Anna.
    Dominion Nuclear North Anna, LLC (Dominion, the applicant) is 
seeking an ESP for the North Anna site in accordance with Subpart A of 
10 CFR Part 52. The ESP process allows resolution of issues relating to 
siting separate from the filing of an application for a construction 
permit (CP) or a combined construction permit and operating license 
referred to as a combined license (COL) for a nuclear power facility. 
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 application for the ESP was submitted by letter dated September 
25, 2003. In the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS), published 
in December 2004 (69 FR 71854), the staff evaluated the proposed action 
(issuance of an ESP at the North Anna ESP site) including the no action 
alternative and alternative sites to determine if any alternative site 
identified was obviously superior to the proposed site. On April 13, 
2006, Dominion submitted Revision 6 to its application. The revision 
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. In view of these changes, the NRC staff, 
pursuant to 10 CFR 51.72, determined to prepare a supplement to its 
DEIS. A notice of intent to prepare a supplement to the draft 
environmental impact statement was published in the Federal Register on 
May 15, 2006 (71 FR 28392). In addition, on June 21, 2006, Dominion 
submitted Revision 7 of the application. Revision 7 of the application 
included changes in response to the staff's request for additional 
information on Revision 6.
    The scope of the SDEIS is limited to the environmental impacts 
associated

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with the changes in ER Revision 6, i.e., the new cooling system for 
Unit 3 and the increase in the maximum power level described in the 
PPE. The evaluation in the SDEIS addresses the wet and dry cooling 
system for Unit 3 and modifies the analysis of impacts related to the 
power level increase for both Units 3 and 4. There is no change to the 
cooling system for Unit 4. These revised evaluations will be 
incorporated into the final EIS. The final EIS will also set forth the 
public comments on the analysis presented in this SDEIS received within 
the comment period described below, together with comments concerning 
the draft EIS received within the draft EIS comment period, and the 
staff's responses to comments. The staff will address comments on 
portions of the DEIS not affected by the changes in Revisions 6 and 7 
of the application in the FEIS only to the extent such comments were 
received during the comment period on the DEIS or there is otherwise 
time for the staff to address them.
    The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that the SDEIS 
is available for public inspection and comment. The DSEIS is available 
in the NRC 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 Accession No. 
ML061800217), and will also be placed directly on the NRC Web site at 
http://www.nrc.gov. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading 
Room). 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 Louisa County Library, located at 881 
Davis Highway, Mineral, Virginia, has agreed to make the DSEIS 
available for public inspection.
    The NRC staff will hold a public meeting to present an overview of 
the SDEIS and to accept public comments on the DSEIS. The public 
meeting will be held in the Forum at the Louisa County Middle School, 
1009 Davis Highway, Mineral, Virginia on Tuesday, August 15, 2006. The 
meeting will convene at 7:00 p.m. and will continue until 10:00 p.m., 
as necessary. The meeting will be transcribed and will include: (1) A 
presentation of the contents of the SDEIS, 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 1 hour before the start of the meeting at the 
Louisa County Middle School. No formal comments on the SDEIS will be 
accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments 
must be provided either at the transcribed public meeting or in 
writing. Persons may register to attend or present oral comments at the 
meeting by contacting Mr. Jack Cushing, by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, 
extension 1424, or by Internet to the NRC at [email protected] no later than August 10, 2006. Members of the public 
may also register to speak at the meeting within 15 minutes of the 
start of the meeting. 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. Mr. Cushing must be contacted no 
later than August 7, 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.
    Any interested party may submit comments on this report for 
consideration by the NRC staff. Comments may be accompanied by 
additional relevant information or supporting data. This draft report 
is being issued by the NRC for a 45-day comment period. The comment 
period begins on the date that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
publishes a Notice of Filing in the Federal Register which is expected 
to be July 14, 2006; such Notices are published every Friday. The 
Notice will identify the comment period end date. Members of the public 
may send written comments on the SDEIS for the North Anna ESP to the 
Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative 
Services, Office of Administration, Mailstop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and should cite the 
publication date and page number of this Federal Register Notice. 
Comments may also be delivered to Room T-6D59, Two White Flint North, 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. 
during Federal workdays. Electronic comments may be sent by the 
Internet to the NRC at [email protected]. To assist the NRC 
staff in identifying and considering issue and concerns, comments on 
the supplement to the draft EIS should be as specific as possible. It 
is also helpful if comments refer to specific pages or chapters of the 
draft supplement. Comments will be available electronically and 
accessible through the NRC's PERR link at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
    For Further Information Contact: 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 6th day of July 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David B. Matthews,
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
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