[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 141 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36781-36782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17687]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2009-0157]
Extension of Public Scoping Period for the Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed General Electric--Hitachi Global Laser
Enrichment Facility
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Extension of Public Comment Period.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is extending the
public comment period on the scope of the Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the proposed General Electric--Hitachi (GEH) Global
Laser Enrichment (GLE) facility in New Hanover County, North Carolina,
to August 31, 2009. The original Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS,
which was published in the Federal Register on April 9, 2009 (74 FR
16237), indicated public comments should be submitted by June 8, 2009.
On June 26, 2009, GEH submitted additional information to complete
an application for a license to authorize the construction and
operation of the proposed uranium enrichment facility. The public
comment period on the scope of the EIS is being extended to allow
members of the public to review publicly-available portions of the
license application during the scoping period for the EIS. Members of
the public are invited and encouraged to submit comments regarding the
appropriate scope and content of the EIS.
DATES: NRC is extending the public comment period on the scope of the
EIS to August 31, 2009. Comments should be postmarked by that date to
ensure consideration. Comments mailed after that date will be
considered to the extent practical.
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ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent electronically to [email protected].
Comments also may be sent to the Chief, Rulemaking and Directives
Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Mail Stop TWB 5B01M,
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001. Please note Docket No. 70-7016 when
submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general or technical information
associated with the licensing review of the GLE application, please
contact Tim Johnson at (301) 492-3121 or [email protected]. For
general information on the NRC environmental review process or the
environmental review related to the GLE application, please contact
Christianne Ridge at (301) 415-5673 or [email protected].
Information and documents associated with the proposed GLE
facility, including the Environmental Report (ER) submitted by GEH on
January 30, 2009, are available for public review through NRC's
electronic reading room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Members of the public may access the applicant's ER in NRC's Agencywide
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at accession number
ML090910573 or on NRC's materials environmental reviews Webpage at
http://www.nrc.gov/materials/active-nepa-reviews.html.
A copy of the applicant's ER is available for public inspection at
the New Hanover County Library, located at 201 Chestnut Street,
Wilmington, North Carolina 28401. Documents also may be obtained from
NRC's Public Document Room at U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Headquarters, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 30, 2009, GEH submitted an ER
that addresses the impacts of constructing, operating, and
decommissioning a laser-based uranium enrichment facility. GEH proposes
to locate the facility on the existing General Electric Company (GE)/
Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas (GNF-A) site near Wilmington, in New
Hanover County, North Carolina. The NRC, in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and NRC
regulations at 10 CFR Part 51, will prepare an EIS evaluating this
proposed action.
On June 26, 2009, GEH completed the license application by
submitting additional information related to facility safety and
security in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act. NRC will conduct a
30-day acceptance review to determine whether it will accept the
application for detailed review. If NRC accepts the application,
publicly-available portions of the license application will be made
available in ADAMS. In addition, the project Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/materials/fuel-cycle-fac/laser.html will indicate how to
access publicly-available portions of the applicant's license
application. Portions of the license application that contain
proprietary, classified, security-related or export-controlled
information will be withheld from public availability. The public
comment period on the scope of the EIS is being extended to allow
members of the public to review publicly-available portions of the
license application during the scoping period.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of July 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patrice M. Bubar,
Director, Environmental Protection and Performance Assessment
Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection,
Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management
Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-17687 Filed 7-23-09; 8:45 am]
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