[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 197 (Thursday, October 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59678-59679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23944]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-305]
Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc., Kewaunee Power Station; Notice of
Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping
Process
Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc. (DEK) has submitted an application
for renewal of Facility Operating License No. DPR-43 for an additional
20 years of operation at Kewaunee Power Station (KPS). KPS is located
on the west-central shore of Lake Michigan in Kewaunee County,
Wisconsin, approximately 30 miles east-southeast of Green Bay and 8
miles south of the City of Kewaunee. The operating license for KPS
expires on December 21, 2013. The application for renewal, dated August
14, 2008, was submitted pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) Part 54. A notice of receipt and availability of
the application, which included the environmental report (ER), was
published in the Federal Register on August 29, 2008 (73 FR 51023). A
notice of acceptance for docketing of the application for renewal of
the facility operating license was published in the Federal Register on
October 1, 2008 (73 FR 57154). The purpose of this notice is to inform
the public that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will be
preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) related to the review
of the license renewal application and to provide the public an
opportunity to participate in the environmental scoping process, as
defined in 10 CFR 51.29. In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8,
``Coordination with the National Environmental Policy Act,'' the NRC
plans to coordinate compliance with section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act in meeting the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) and 10 CFR 54.23, DEK submitted
the ER as part of the application. The ER was prepared pursuant to 10
CFR Part 51 and 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 ER is ML082341039. 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 by e-mail at
[email protected]. The ER may also be viewed on the Internet at
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/kewaunee.html. In addition, the ER is available for public inspection
near KPS at the following public library: Kewaunee Public Library, 822
Juneau Street, Kewaunee, WI 54216.
This notice advises the public that the NRC intends to gather the
information necessary to prepare a plant-specific supplement to the
Commission's ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants'' (NUREG-1437), related to the review
of the application for renewal of the KPS operating license for an
additional 20 years. Possible alternatives to the proposed action
(license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy
sources. The NRC is required by 10 CFR 51.95 to prepare a supplement to
the GEIS in connection with the renewal of an operating license. This
notice is being published in accordance with NEPA and the NRC's
regulations found in 10 CFR part 51.
The NRC will first conduct a scoping process for the supplement to
the GEIS and, as soon as practicable thereafter, will prepare a draft
supplement to the GEIS for public comment. Participation in the scoping
process by members of the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal
government agencies is encouraged. The scoping process for the
supplement to the GEIS will be used to accomplish the following:
a. Define the proposed action which is to be the subject of the
supplement to the GEIS.
b. Determine the scope of the supplement to the GEIS and identify
the significant issues to be analyzed in depth.
c. Identify and eliminate from detailed study those issues that are
peripheral or that are not significant.
d. Identify any environmental assessments and other ElSs that are
being or will be prepared that are related to, but are not part of, the
scope of the supplement to the GEIS being considered.
e. Identify other environmental review and consultation
requirements related to the proposed action.
f. Indicate the relationship between the timing of the preparation
of the environmental analyses and the Commission's tentative planning
and decision-making schedule.
g. Identify any cooperating agencies and, as appropriate, allocate
assignments for preparation and schedules for completing the supplement
to the GEIS to the NRC and any cooperating agencies.
h. Describe how the supplement to the GEIS will be prepared, and
include any contractor assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities to participate in scoping:
a. The applicant, Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc.
b. Any Federal agency that has jurisdiction by law or special
expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved, or that is
authorized to develop and enforce relevant environmental standards.
c. Affected State and local government agencies, including those
authorized to develop and enforce relevant environmental standards.
d. Any affected Indian tribe.
e. Any person who requests or has requested an opportunity to
participate in the scoping process.
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f. Any person who has petitioned or intends to petition for leave
to intervene.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26, the scoping process for an EIS may
include a public scoping meeting to help identify significant issues
related to a proposed activity and to determine the scope of issues to
be addressed in an EIS. The NRC has decided to hold public meetings for
the KPS license renewal supplement to the GEIS. The scoping meetings
will be held at the Carlton Town Hall, N 1296 Town Hall Road, Kewaunee,
WI 54216 on October 22, 2008. 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) An overview by the NRC staff of the
NEPA environmental review process, the proposed scope of the supplement
to the GEIS, and the proposed review schedule; and (2) the opportunity
for interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to
submit comments or suggestions on the environmental issues or the
proposed scope of the supplement to the GEIS. Additionally, the NRC
staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to the start of
each session at the same location. No formal comments on the proposed
scope of the supplement to the GEIS will be accepted during the
informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided
either at the transcribed public meetings or in writing, as discussed
below. Persons may register to attend or present oral comments at the
meetings on the scope of the NEPA review by contacting the NRC
Environmental Project Manager, Ms. Sarah Lopas, by telephone at 1-800-
368-5642, extension 1147, or by e-mail at [email protected] no later
than October 17, 2008. Members of the public may also register to speak
at the meeting 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. Members of the public
who have not registered may also have an opportunity to speak, if time
permits. Public comments will be considered in the scoping process for
the supplement to the GEIS. Ms. Lopas will need to be contacted no
later than October 15, 2008, if special equipment or accommodations are
needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, so that
the NRC staff can determine whether the request can be accommodated.
Members of the public may send written comments on the
environmental scope of the KPS license renewal review 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, and should cite the
publication date and page number of this Federal Register notice.
Comments may also be delivered to the NRC, Room T-6D59, Two White Flint
North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, from 7:30 a.m.
to 4:15 p.m. during Federal workdays. To be considered in the scoping
process, written comments should be postmarked by December 8, 2008.
Electronic comments may be sent by e-mail to the NRC at
[email protected], and should be sent no later than December 8,
2008, to be considered in the scoping process. Comments will be
available electronically and accessible through ADAMS at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm.
Participation in the scoping process for the supplement to the GEIS
does not entitle participants to become parties to the proceeding to
which the supplement to the GEIS relates. Notice of opportunity for a
hearing regarding the renewal application was the subject of the
aforementioned Federal Register notice (73 FR 57154). Matters related
to participation in any hearing are outside the scope of matters to be
discussed at this public meeting.
At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC will prepare a
concise summary of the determination and conclusions reached, including
the significant issues identified, and will send a copy of the summary
to each participant in the scoping process. The summary will also be
available for inspection in ADAMS at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. The staff will then prepare and issue for comment the
draft supplement to the GEIS, which will be the subject of separate
notices and separate public meetings. Copies will be available for
public inspection at the above-mentioned addresses, and one copy per
request will be provided free of charge. After receipt and
consideration of the comments, the NRC will prepare a final supplement
to the GEIS, which will also be available for public inspection.
Information about the proposed action, the supplement to the GEIS,
and the scoping process may be obtained from Ms. Lopas at the
aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of October 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian Holian,
Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. E8-23944 Filed 10-8-08; 8:45 am]
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