[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 51222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14285]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Southern Nuclear Operating Company; Notice of Receipt and 
Availability of an Application for an Early Site Permit for the Vogtle 
ESP Site

    On August 15, 2006, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the 
Commission) received an application from Southern Nuclear Operating 
Company filed pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act and 10 
CFR part 52, for an early site permit (ESP) for a location in eastern 
Georgia (near Waynesboro, Georgia) identified as the Vogtle ESP site.
    An applicant may seek an ESP 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 period of an ESP (up to 20 years), the permit holder may 
reference the permit in an application for a CP or COL.
    Subsequent Federal Register notices will address the acceptability 
of the tendered ESP application for docketing and provisions for 
participation of the public and other parties in the ESP review 
process.
    A copy of the application 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 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 
application is ML062290246.
    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 application is 
also available to local residents at the Burke County Library, in 
Waynesboro, Georgia, and it will be available on the NRC Web page at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/esp.html.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of August, 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

David B. Matthews,
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
 [FR Doc. E6-14285 Filed 8-28-06; 8:45 am]
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