[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 221 (Thursday, November 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66806-66807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19362]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-263]


Nuclear Management Company, LLC; Monticello Nuclear Generating 
Plant; Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility; Operating License No. 
DPR-22; Record of Decision for an Additional 20-Year Period

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(the Commission) has issued Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-
22 to Nuclear Management Company, LLC (licensee), the operator of the 
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (MNGP). Renewed Facility Operating 
License No. DPR-22 authorizes operation of MNGP by the licensee at 
reactor core power levels not in excess of 1775 megawatts thermal (600 
megawatts electric) in accordance with the provisions of the MNGP 
renewed license and its Technical Specifications.
    This notice also serves as the record of decision for the renewal 
of Facility Operating License No. DPR-22 for MNGP, Unit 1. As discussed 
in the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) for 
MNGP, dated September 2006, the Commission has considered a range of 
reasonable alternatives that included generation from coal, natural 
gas, oil, coal-gasification, new nuclear, wind, solar, hydropower, 
geothermal, wood waste, municipal solid waste, other biomass-derived 
fuels, fuel cells, delayed retirement, utility-sponsored conservation, 
a combination of alternatives, and a no-action alternative. This range 
of alternatives was discussed in the Generic Environmental Impact 
Statement for License Renewal, Supplement 26 regarding Monticello 
Nuclear Generating Plant.
    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 Facility Operating License No. DPR-22. No license conditions are 
imposed in connection with mitigation measures.
    The MNGP plant is a Boiling Water Reactor located in Monticello, 
MN.
    The application for the renewed license complied with the standards 
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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 the license. Prior public 
notice of the action involving the proposed issuance of the renewed 
license and of an opportunity for a hearing regarding the proposed 
issuance of the new license was published in the Federal Register on 
May 12, 2005 (70 FR 25117). For further details with respect to this 
action, see (1) Nuclear Management Company, LLC's license renewal 
application for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, dated March 16, 
2005, as supplemented by letters dated through August 18, 2006; (2) the 
Commission's safety evaluation report (NUREG-1865), dated October 2006; 
(3) the licensee's updated safety analysis report; and (4) the 
Commission's final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, 
Supplement 26, for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, dated 
September 19, 2006). These documents are available at the NRC's 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 No. DPR-22, 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 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Safety 
Evaluation Report (NUREG-1865) and the final environmental impact 
statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 26) may be purchased from the 
National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Springfield, Virginia 22161 (http://www.ntis.gov), (703) 605-6000, or 
Attention: 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 requestor's Government Printing 
Office deposit account number or VISA or MasterCard number and 
expiration date.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of November 2006.

    For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank P. Gillespie,
Division Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
 [FR Doc. E6-19362 Filed 11-15-06; 8:45 am]
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