[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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