[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 186 (Monday, September 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49407-49408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23318]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 52-025 and 52-026; NRC-2008-0252]
Southern Nuclear Operating Company Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 3 and 4 Combined License Application; Notice of Intent To
Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
Southern Nuclear Operating Company (Southern) has submitted an
application for a combined license (COL) for its Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant site to build Units 3 and 4, located in Burke County,
Georgia, approximately 26 miles southeast of Augusta. The application
for the COL was submitted by letter dated March 31, 2008, pursuant to
the requirements of Title 10, part 52. A notice of receipt and
availability of the application, which included the environmental
report (ER), was published in the Federal Register on May 5, 2008 (73
FR 24616). A notice of acceptance for docketing of the application for
the COL was published in the Federal Register on June 11, 2008 (73 FR
33118).
On August 26, 2009, the NRC authorized the Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant Early Site Permit (ESP) and Limited Work
Authorization. An ESP is a Commission approval of a site as suitable
for construction and operation of one or more new nuclear units. The
NRC intends to prepare a supplement to the Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) for the Early Site Permit (ESP) at the Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant, NUREG-1872, as required by 10 CFR 51.92 for a COL
referencing an ESP. The supplemental environmental impact statement
(SEIS) for the COL will be prepared in the same manner as the FEIS for
the ESP except that the NRC staff will not conduct a formal scoping
process. This notice advises the public that the SEIS will, however,
analyze any new and potentially significant information since the ESP
FEIS was published on August 21, 2008, in the Federal Register. This
notice is being published in accordance with the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) and NRC regulations found in 10 CFR part 51.
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In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8(c), ``Use of the NEPA
process for section 106 purposes,'' the NRC staff plans to coordinate
compliance with section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA) with steps taken to meet the requirements of NEPA. Pursuant to
36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC staff intends to use the process and
documentation for the preparation of the SEIS on the proposed action to
comply with section 106 of the NHPA in lieu of the procedures set forth
in 36 CFR 800.3 through 800.6.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.45 and 10 CFR 51.50, Southern
submitted the ER as part of the application. The ER was prepared
pursuant to 10 CFR Parts 51 and 52 and is available for public
inspection at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland,
or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRC's
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is
accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, which provides
access through the NRC's Electronic Reading Room (ERR) link. The
accession number in ADAMS for the ER is ML081050181. 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
at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by sending an e-mail to
[email protected].
The staff will prepare and issue for comment the draft SEIS, which
will be the subject of separate notices and a separate public meeting.
A copy of the draft SEIS will be available for public inspection at the
above-mentioned address. The application may also be viewed on the
Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/col/vogtle.html.
In addition, the Burke County Library in Waynesboro, Georgia has
agreed to make the ER available for public inspection.
The following key reference documents related to the COL
application and the NRC staff's review process are available through
the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov:
a. 10 CFR part 51, Environmental Protection Regulations for
Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions;
b. 10 CFR part 52, Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for
Nuclear Power Plants;
c. 10 CFR part 100, Reactor Site Criteria;
d. NUREG-1555, Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for
Nuclear Power Plants;
e. NUREG/BR-0298, Brochure on Nuclear Power Plant Licensing
Process;
f. Fact Sheet on Nuclear Power Plant Licensing Process;
g. Regulatory Guide 4.2, Preparation of Environmental Reports for
Nuclear Power Stations;
h. Regulatory Guide 1.206, Combined License Applications for
Nuclear Power Plants.
The regulations, NUREG-series documents, regulatory guides, and
fact sheets can be found under Document Collections in the Electronic
Reading Room on the NRC Web page. After receipt and consideration of
the comments on the DSEIS for the COL, the NRC staff will prepare a
final SEIS, which will also be available for public inspection.
Information about the proposed SEIS may be obtained from Ms.
Mallecia Hood, Environmental Project Manager, 301-415-0673.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of September 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Nilesh Chokshi,
Deputy Director, Division of Site and Environmental Reviews, Office of
New Reactors.
[FR Doc. E9-23318 Filed 9-25-09; 8:45 am]
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