[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 214 (Monday, November 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65007-65008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18627]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-220 and 50-410]


Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear 
Station, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility 
Operating License Nos. DPR-63 and NPF-69 for an Additional 20-Year 
Period; Record of Decision

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(the Commission) has issued Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. 
DPR-63 and NPF-69 to the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC (the 
licensee), the operator of the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station (NMP), 
Units 1 and 2. Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-63 authorizes 
operation of NMP, Unit 1, by the licensee at reactor core power levels 
not in excess of 1850 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the 
provisions of the NMP renewed license and its Technical Specifications. 
Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-69 authorizes operation of 
NMP, Unit 2, by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess 
of 3467 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the provisions of the NMP 
renewed license and its Technical Specifications.
    This notice also serves as the record of decision for the renewal 
of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-63 and NPF-69 for NMP, Units 1 
and 2. As discussed in the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement (FSEIS) for NMP, dated May 2006, the Commission considered a 
range of reasonable alternatives that included generation from coal, 
natural gas, oil, wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal, wood waste, 
municipal solid waste, other biomass-derived fuels, delayed retirement, 
utility-sponsored conservation, a combination of alternatives, and a 
no-action alternative. This range of alternatives was discussed

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in the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal, 
Supplement 24 regarding Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2.
    After weighing the environmental, economic, technical and other 
benefits of the facility against environmental costs and considering 
available alternatives, the Commission found that the adverse 
environmental impacts of license renewal are not so great that 
preserving the option of license renewal would be unreasonable. The 
Commission also has taken all practicable measures within its 
jurisdiction to avoid or minimize environmental harm in its decision to 
renew Operating License Nos. DPR-63 and NPF-69. No license conditions 
are imposed in connection with mitigation measures.
    NMP, Units 1 and 2, are located on approximately 900 acres along 
the shore of Lake Ontario, Oswego County, New York. The site is 
approximately 5 miles north-northeast of the nearest boundary of the 
City of Oswego. The licensee's application for the renewed licenses 
complied with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations. As 
required by the Act and the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Chapter 
I, the Commission has made appropriate findings, which are set forth in 
each license.
    Prior public notice of the action involving the proposed issuance 
of the renewed licenses and of an opportunity for a hearing regarding 
the proposed issuance of the renewed licenses was published in the 
Federal Register on July 21, 2004 (69 FR 43633).
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the Nine 
Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC license renewal application for Nine 
Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 dated May 26, 2004, as 
amended July 15, 2005; (2) the Commission's safety evaluation report 
(NUREG-1900), published in September 2006; and (3) the Commission's 
final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 24), 
published in May 2006. These documents are available at the NRC Public 
Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852, and can be viewed from the NRC Public Electronic 
Reading Room at (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html).
    Copies of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-63 and NPF-69 
may be obtained by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC, 20555-0001, Attention: Director, Division of License 
Renewal. Copies of the NMP, Units 1 and 2, Safety Evaluation Report 
(NUREG-1900) and the Final Environmental Impact Statement (NUREG-1437, 
Supplement 24) may be purchased from the National Technical Information 
Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161-0002 
(http://www.ntis.gov), 703-605-6000, or the Superintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371954, 
Pittsburgh, PA, 15250-7954. (http://www.gpoaccess.gov), 202-512-1800. 
All orders should clearly identify the NRC publication number and the 
requester's Government Printing Office deposit account number or a VISA 
or MasterCard number and expiration date.


    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of October, 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank P. Gillespie,
Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
 [FR Doc. E6-18627 Filed 11-3-06; 8:45 am]
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