[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 146 (Friday, July 31, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38239-38240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18010]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2008-0608]
Notice of Availability of the Draft Revision to Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants,
Revision 1, NUREG-1437 and Public Meetings
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(the Commission or NRC) has published and is issuing for public comment
a draft revision to Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License
Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), Revision 1, NUREG-1437. The draft
GEIS, Revision 1 provides the technical basis for the 10-year update of
Appendix B to Subpart A of Part 51--Environmental Effect of Renewing
the Operating License of a Nuclear Power Plant in accordance with 10
CFR part 51.
The draft revised 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 revised GEIS is
ML090220654. 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].
Comments on the draft revised GEIS should be submitted no later
than October 14, 2009.
Written comments may be submitted by one of the following methods:
E-mail comments to: The Federal e-Rulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov; search Docket ID NRC-2008-0608. Address questions
about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 301-492-3668; e-mail
[email protected].
Mail comments to: Michael Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and Directives
Branch, Mailstop TWB-05-B01M, Division of Administrative Services,
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
All comments received by the Commission will be made available
electronically at the Commission's PDR in Rockville, Maryland, and
through ADAMS. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will
be made available to the public in their
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entirety on the Federal Government's rulemaking Web site http://www.regulations.gov. Please note that personal information, such as
name, address, telephone, e-mail address, etc., will not be removed
from your submission.
The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not
include any information in their comments that they do not want
publicly disclosed.
The NRC will hold four public meetings to receive comments on the
draft GEIS one in each of the NRC regions. The meetings will be held on
the following dates and locations: September 15, 2009, DoubleTree
Atlanta Perimeter, 6120 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, Georgia
30328; September 17, 2009, Boston Marriott Newton, 2345 Commonwealth
Avenue, Newton, Massachusetts 02466; September 22, 2009, Hyatt Westlake
Plaza, 880 South Westlake Boulevard, Westlake Village, California
91361; and September 24, 2009, DoubleTree Oak Brook, 1909 Spring Road,
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523. The regional public meetings will start at 7
p.m. and will continue until 10 p.m., or until all members of the
public have had an opportunity to present comments.
In addition, one rulemaking meeting will be held on October 1,
2009, at NRC Headquarters, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. The October 1st meeting will be webstreamed
to maximize the potential to include interested stakeholders via the
NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/webcast-live.html. The NRC Headquarters meeting will begin at 1 p.m.
The primary purpose for the meetings is to provide the public with
an opportunity to comment on the draft revised GEIS. Each public
meeting will be transcribed to record all comments. Written comments
may also be submitted for the record at each of the meetings. The
public meetings will begin with a brief overview of the draft revision
and summary of the major environmental impact issues that were
addressed in the draft GEIS revision. Members of the public are also
invited to attend an informational open house two hours before the
start of each regional public meeting. The NRC staff will be on hand to
answer questions about the GEIS revision, and provide general
information about the NRC and the license renewal program.
Members of the public interested in presenting oral comments at the
public meetings may pre-register by contacting Jennifer Davis, the NRC
Project Manager at 1-800-368-5642, extension 3835, or by e-mail at
[email protected], by September 9, 2009. The public may also
register to provide oral comments up to 15 minutes before the start of
each public meeting. The amount of time allowed for individual oral
comments may be limited to afford time for everyone to speak, and will
also depend on the number of persons who pre-register. If special
accommodations or equipment are needed at the public meeting, the need
should be brought to Ms. Davis's attention no later than September 1,
2009, to provide sufficient time for the NRC staff to accommodate the
request.
Concurrent with the GEIS revision, the NRC is also publishing the
revised Regulatory Guide (RG) 4.2, Supplement 1, Revision 1,
Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Plant License
Renewal Applications; and revised NUREG-1555, Supplement 1, Revision 1,
Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power
Plants (ESRP). Comments submitted on RG 4.2, Supplement 1, Revision 1,
and ESRP, Supplement 1, Revision 1, will also be considered.
For Further Information Contact: Ms. Jennifer Davis, Project Manager,
Environmental Review Branch, Division of License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail
Stop O-11F1, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Ms. Davis may be contacted at
the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of July 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian E. Holian,
Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. E9-18010 Filed 7-30-09; 8:45 am]
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