[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36516-36517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3224]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-400-LR, ASLBP No. 07-855-02-LR-BD01]


Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

Before Administrative Judges: Ann Marshall Young, Chair, Dr. Peter 
S. Lam, Dr. Alice Mignerey.

    In the Matter of Carolina Power & Light Company (Shearon Harris 
Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1); Notice (Notice of Opportunity to Make 
Oral or Written Limited Appearance Statements)
    June 26, 2007.
    This proceeding involves the application of Carolina Power & Light 
Company to renew the operating license for the Shearon Harris Nuclear 
Power Plant, Unit 1, for an additional twenty-year period commencing in 
2026. In response to a March 20, 2007, notice of opportunity for 
hearing on the proposed license renewal (72 Fed. Reg. 13,139), 
Petitioners North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network and 
the Nuclear Information and Resource Service filed, on May 18, 2007, a 
request for hearing and petition to intervene in accordance with 10 CFR 
2.309. On May 25, 2007, the Secretary of the Commission referred the 
hearing request and intervention petition to the Chief Administrative 
Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel for appropriate 
action in accordance with 10 CFR 2.346(i), and on May 31 this Licensing 
Board was established to preside over the proceeding.
    This Atomic Safety and Licensing Board hereby gives notice that, in 
accordance with 10 CFR 2.315(a), the Board will entertain oral limited 
appearance statements from members of the public in connection with 
this proceeding at the date, time, and location specified below.

A. Date, Time, and Location of Oral Limited Appearance Statement 
Session

    The session will be held on the following date at the specified 
location and time:
    Date: July 17, 2007.
    Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. EDT.
    Location: Holiday Inn Brownstone Hotel & Conference Center, 
Sessions Room, 1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27605.

B. Participation Guidelines for Oral Limited Appearance Statements

    Members of the public will be permitted in this session to make 
short oral statements of approximately five (5) minutes or less on 
their positions on matters of concern relating to this proceeding. 
Although these statements do not constitute testimony or evidence in 
the proceeding, they nonetheless may assist the Board and/or the 
parties in their consideration of the issues.
    Oral limited appearance statements will be entertained during the 
hours specified above, or such lesser time as necessary to accommodate 
all speakers who are present.\1\ If all scheduled and unscheduled 
speakers present at the session have spoken prior to the scheduled time 
to end the session, the Board may conclude the session before that 
time. In addition, if there is an unusually large group of persons 
wishing to speak, the time permitted for each speaker may be limited to 
a period of less than five (5) minutes, in order to allow all 
interested persons an opportunity to speak.
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    \1\ Members of the public who plan to attend the limited 
appearance session are advised that security measures may be 
employed at the entrance to the facility, including searches of 
hand-carried items such as briefcases, backpacks, packages, etc. In 
addition, although signs no larger than 18 by 
18 will be permitted, they may not be waved, attached to 
sticks, held up, or moved about in the room. See Procedures for 
Providing Security Support for NRC Public Meetings/Hearings, 66 Fed. 
Reg. 31,719 (June 12, 2001).
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C. Submitting a Request to Make an Oral Limited Appearance Statement

    Persons wishing to make an oral statement who have submitted a 
timely written request as specified below and who are present when 
their names are called will be given priority over those who have not 
filed such a request. To be considered timely, a written request to 
make an oral statement must be mailed, faxed, or sent by e-mail so as 
to be received by 5 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 13, 2007.
    Written requests to make an oral statement should be submitted to:
    Mail: Office of the Secretary, Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Fax: (301) 415-1101 (verification (301) 415-1966).
    E-mail: [email protected].
    In addition, using the same method of service, a copy of the 
written request to make an oral statement must be sent to the Chair of 
this Licensing Board as follows:
    Mail: Administrative Judge Ann Marshall Young, c/o: Debra Wolf, 
Esq., Law Clerk, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, Mail Stop T-3 
F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Fax: (301) 415-5599 (verification (301) 415-6094).
    E-mail: [email protected].

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D. Submitted Written Limited Appearance Statements

    A written limited appearance statement may be submitted to the 
Board regarding this proceeding at any time, either in lieu of or in 
addition to any oral statement. Such statements should be sent to the 
Office of the Secretary using the methods prescribed above, with a copy 
to the Licensing Board Chair.

E. Availability of Documentary Information Regarding the Proceeding

    Documents relating to this proceeding are 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, or electronically from either the Electronic Hearing Docket 
or the publicly available records component of the NRC's document 
system (ADAMS). Both ADAMS and the Electronic Hearing Docket are 
accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html 
(Electronic Reading Room). Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or 
the Electronic Hearing Docket, or who encounter problems in accessing 
the documents located on the NRC Web site, should contact the NRC PDR 
reference staff by telephone at (800) 397-4209 or (301) 415-4737, or by 
e-mail to [email protected].

F. Scheduling Information Updates

    To the extent updated or revised scheduling information exists 
regarding the limited appearance session, it can be found on the NRC 
Web site at www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/index.cfm or by 
calling (800) 368-5642, extension 5036, or (301) 415-5036.

    For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
    Rockville, Maryland

    Dated: June 26, 2007 \2\.
Ann Marshall Young,
Chair, Administrative Judge.
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    \2\ Copies of this Notice were sent this date by Internet e-mail 
to counsel for: (1) Petitioners; (2) Carolina Power & Light Company; 
and (3) the NRC Staff.
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[FR Doc. 07-3224 Filed 7-2-07; 8:45 am]
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