[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39339-39340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15543]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


South Carolina Electric and Gas Company (SCE&G) and the South 
Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper); Notice of Receipt 
and Availability of Application for a Combined License

    On March 27, 2008, South Carolina Electric and Gas Company (SCE&G) 
acting as itself and agent for the South Carolina Public Service 
Authority also known as Santee Cooper filed with the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) pursuant to Section 103 of 
the Atomic Energy Act and Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(10 CFR) part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear 
Power Plants,'' an application for a combined license (COL) for two 
AP1000 nuclear power plants at the existing Virgil C. Summer Nuclear 
Site (VCSNS) located in Fairfield County, South Carolina. The reactors 
are to be identified as VCSNS Units 2 and 3.
    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 52.77, as well as technical information submitted 
pursuant to 10 CFR 52.79. The applicant also requested exemptions from 
certain requirements of Section IV.A.2. Appendix D to 10 CFR part 52 
and 10 CFR 52.79(a)(44) as documented in part 7 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

[[Page 39340]]

(PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 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 cover 
letter of the application is ML081300460. 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 23rd day of June 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian Hughes,
Senior Project Manager, AP1000 Projects Branch 1, Division of New 
Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. E8-15543 Filed 7-8-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P