[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 246 (Friday, December 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 77071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21936]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 52-011-ESP]


Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; ASLBP No. 07-
850-01-ESP-BD01

    Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972, 
published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 28,710 (1972), and the 
Commission's regulations, see 10 CFR 2.104, 2.300, 2.303, 2.309, 2.311, 
2.318, and 2.321, an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board is being 
established to preside over the following proceeding: Southern Nuclear 
Operating Company (Early Site Permit For Vogtle Esp Site).
    This Board is being established pursuant to an October 5, 2006 
Notice of Hearing and Opportunity to Petition for Leave to Intervene 
published in the Federal Register (71 FR 60,195 (Oct. 12, 2006)). The 
hearing will consider the August 14, 2006 application, as supplemented, 
of Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) pursuant to 10 CFR Part 52 
for an early site permit (ESP) for the Vogtle ESP site in eastern 
Georgia, as well as the December 11, 2006 petition to intervene 
submitted by the Petitioners Center for a Sustainable Coast, Savannah 
Riverkeeper, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Atlanta Women's Action 
for New Directions, and Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League 
challenging the ESP application.
    The Board is comprised of the following administrative judges:

G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chair, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Dr. Nicholas G. Trikouros, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Dr. James Jackson, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

    All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed 
with the administrative judges in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302.
    This proceeding will serve as a pilot for extending the use of the 
Commission's existing high-level waste repository-related Electronic 
Submittal System to Commission licensing and enforcement cases 
generally. An order is being issued contemporaneously with this 
Licensing Board establishment notice establishing procedures in this 
proceeding for submitting documents using the Electronic Submittal 
System.

    Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of December 2006.
E. Roy Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. E6-21936 Filed 12-21-06; 8:45 am]
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