[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54469-54470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18874]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-482]
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation; Wolf Creek Generating
Station, Unit 1; Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement 32 to
the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants, and Public Meeting for the License Renewal of Wolf
Creek Generating Station, Unit 1
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) has published a draft plant-specific supplement to the Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants
(GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating license NPF-42
for an additional 20 years of operation for the Wolf Creek Generating
Station (WCGS), Unit 1. WCGS is located in Coffey County, Kansas,
approximately 75 miles southwest of Kansas City. Possible alternatives
to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and
reasonable alternative energy sources.
The draft Supplement 32 to the GEIS is publicly available at the
NRC Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, or from the NRC's Agencywide
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). The ADAMS Public
Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. The Accession Number for the draft Supplement 32 to the
GEIS is ML072540026. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who
encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should
contact the NRC's PDR reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209,
or 301-415-4737, or via e-mail at [email protected]. In addition, the Coffey
County Library, Burlington Branch, located at 410 Juniatta Street,
Burlington, KS 66839, has agreed to make the draft supplement to the
GEIS available for public inspection.
Any interested party may submit comments on the draft supplement to
the GEIS for consideration by the NRC
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staff. To be considered, comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS
and the proposed action must be received by December 26, 2007; the NRC
staff is able to assure consideration only for comments received on or
before this date. Comments received after the due date will be
considered only if it is practical to do so. Written comments on the
draft supplement to the GEIS should be sent to: Chief, Rulemaking,
Directives and Editing Branch, Division of Administrative Services,
Office of Administration, Mailstop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Comments may be hand-delivered to the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike,
Room T-6D59, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.
on Federal workdays. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by
e-mail at [email protected]. All comments received by the
Commission, including those made by Federal, State, local agencies,
Native American Tribes, or other interested persons, will be made
available electronically at the Commission's PDR in Rockville,
Maryland, and through ADAMS.
The NRC staff will hold a public meeting to present an overview of
the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS and to accept public
comments on the document. The public meeting will be held on November
8, 2007, at the Coffey County Library, Burlington Branch, 410 Juniatta
St., Burlington, KS 66839. There will be two sessions to accommodate
interested parties. The first session will convene at 1:30 p.m. and
will continue until 4:30 p.m., as necessary. The second session will
convene at 7 p.m. with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting
and will continue until 10 p.m., as necessary. Both meetings will be
transcribed and will include: (1) A presentation of the contents of the
draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS, and (2) the opportunity
for interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to
provide comments on the draft report. Additionally, the NRC staff will
host informal discussions one hour prior to the start of each session
at the same location. No comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS
will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered,
comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meeting or
in writing. Persons may pre-register to attend or present oral comments
at the meeting by contacting Mr. Christian Jacobs, the NRC
Environmental Project Manager at 1-800-368-5642, extension 3874, or by
e-mail at [email protected] no later than November 1, 2007. Members
of the public may also register to provide oral comments within 15
minutes of the start of each session. Individual, oral comments may be
limited by the time available, depending on the number of persons who
register. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend
or present information at the public meeting, the need should be
brought to the attention of Mr. Christian Jacobs no later than October
25, 2007, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether
the request can be accommodated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Christian Jacobs, Environmental
Branch B, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop O-11F1,
Washington, DC 20555-0001. Mr. Jacobs may be contacted at the
aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of September, 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Samuel Hernandez-Quinones,
Acting Branch Chief, Environmental Branch B, Division of License
Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E7-18874 Filed 9-24-07; 8:45 am]
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