[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 60394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20861]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company; Notice of Receipt
and Availability of Application for a Combined License
On September 20, 2007, South Texas Project Nuclear Operating
Company (STPNOC, or the applicant) filed with the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC, the Commission) pursuant to section 103 of the Atomic
Energy Act and 10 CFR Part 52, an application for a combined license
(COL) for two Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) nuclear power
plants at the South Texas Project Electrical Generating Station located
in Matagorda County, Texas, and identified as South Texas Project Units
3 and 4.
An applicant may seek a COL in accordance with Subpart C of 10 CFR
Part 52. The information submitted by the applicant includes certain
administrative information such as financial qualifications submitted
pursuant to 10 CFR 50.33, and an agreement to limit access to sensitive
information submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.37. To support its
application, the applicant also requested an exemption from certain
requirements of section IV.A.2 of Appendix A to 10 CFR Part 52, as
documented in its September 20, 2007, letter. The NRC will review this
exemption request and render its decision as part of the acceptance
review of the application.
Subsequent Federal Register notices will address the acceptability
of the tendered COL application for docketing and provisions for
participation of the public in the COL review process.
A copy of the application is 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, and via
the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The accession number for the
application is ML072830407. Future publicly available documents related
to the application will also be posted in ADAMS. Persons who do not
have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC Public Document Room
staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to
[email protected]. The application is also available at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/col.html.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of October, 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas A. Bergman,
Deputy Director for Licensing Operations, Division of New Reactor
Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. E7-20861 Filed 10-23-07; 8:45 am]
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