[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 3168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-972]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-255]


Nuclear Management Company, LLC; Palisades Nuclear Plant; Notice 
of Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-20 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 No. DPR-
20 to Nuclear Management Company, LLC (licensee), the operator of the 
Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP). Renewed Facility Operating License No. 
DPR-20 authorizes operation of PNP by the licensee at reactor core 
power levels not in excess of 2565.4 megawatts thermal in accordance 
with the provisions of the PNP renewed license and its Technical 
Specifications.
    The notice also serves as the record of decision for the renewal of 
Facility Operating License No. DPR-20, consistent with 10 CFR 51.103 of 
the Commission's regulations. The factors considered in the Record of 
Decision can be found in the Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement (FSEIS) for PNP.
    The PNP plant is a Pressurized Water Reactor located in Van Buren 
County, MI.
    The application for the renewed license 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 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 
June 8, 2005 (70 FR 33533). For further details with respect to this 
action, see:
    (1) Nuclear Management Company, LLC's license renewal application 
for Palisades Nuclear Plant, dated March 22, 2005, as supplemented by 
letters dated through July 5, 2006; (2) the Commission's safety 
evaluation report (NUREG-1871), dated December 2006; (3) the licensee's 
updated safety analysis report; and (4) the Commission's final 
environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 27, for the 
Palisades Nuclear Plant, dated October 12, 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-20, 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 Palisades Nuclear Plant Safety Evaluation Report 
(NUREG-1871) and the final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, 
Supplement 27) 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 from the U.S. Government 
Printing Office, Attention: Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 
37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328 (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 17th day of January, 2007.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Pao-Tsin Kuo,
Acting Division Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
 [FR Doc. E7-972 Filed 1-23-07; 8:45 am]
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