[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 223 (Friday, November 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60300-60301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27911]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-282 and 50-306; NRC-2009-0507]
Northern States Power Company; Prairie Island Nuclear Generating
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement 39
to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants, the License Renewal of Prairie Island Nuclear
Generating Plants, Units 1 and 2
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC or Commission) has published a draft plant-specific supplement to
the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating
licenses DPR-42 and DPR-60 for an additional 20 years of operation for
Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1 and Unit 2 (PINGP 1 and
2). PINGP 1 and 2 are located in Red Wing, Minnesota, on the west bank
of the Mississippi River in Goodhue County. Possible alternatives to
the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable
alternative energy sources.
The draft Supplement 39 to the 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
Supplement 39 to the GEIS is ML093170484. 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,
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or by e-mail at [email protected]. In addition, a copy of the draft
supplement to the GEIS is available to local residents near the site at
the Red Wing Public Library, 225 East Avenue, Red Wing, Minnesota
55066.
Any interested party may submit comments on the draft supplement to
the GEIS for consideration by the NRC staff. To be considered, comments
on the draft supplement to the GEIS and the proposed action must be
received by January 30, 2010; the NRC staff is able to ensure
consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
Comments received after the due date will be considered only if it is
practical to do so. Written comments on the draft supplement to the
GEIS should be sent to: Chief, Rulemaking and Directives Branch,
Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, Mailstop
TWB 5B01, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 20555-
0001.
Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at
[email protected]. All comments received by the Commission,
including those made by Federal, State, local agencies, Native American
Tribes, or other interested persons, will be made available
electronically at the Commission's PDR in Rockville, Maryland, and
through ADAMS.
The NRC staff will hold public meetings prior to the close of the
public comment period to present an overview of the draft plant-
specific supplement to the GEIS and to accept public comments on the
document. The times, date, and location of the meetings will be
announced in a meeting notice at a later date. The meetings will be
transcribed and will include: (1) A presentation of the contents of the
draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS, and (2) the opportunity
for interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to
provide comments on the draft report. Additionally, the NRC staff will
host informal discussions one hour prior to the start of each session
at the same location. No comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS
will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered,
comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meeting or
in writing. Persons may pre-register to attend or present oral comments
at the meeting by contacting Ms. Elaine Keegan, the NRC Environmental
Project Manager at 1-800-368-5642, extension 8517, or by e-mail at
[email protected], no later than Friday, December 4, 2009. Members
of the public may also register to provide oral comments 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. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend
or present information at the public meeting, the need should be
brought to Ms Keegan's attention no later than December 1, 2009, to
provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request
can be accommodated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Elaine Keegan, Projects Branch 2,
Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop O-11F1, Washington, DC, 20555-
0001. Ms. Keegan may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone
number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of November 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David J. Wrona,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E9-27911 Filed 11-19-09; 8:45 am]
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