[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4427-4428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1647]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-275, 50-323; NRC-2009-0552]
Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct the Scoping Process for
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2
Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) has submitted an application
for renewal of facility Operating License Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82, for
an additional 20 years of operation at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power
Plant (DCPP), Units 1 and 2. DCPP Units 1 and 2 are located in San Luis
Obispo County, California, approximately 12 miles west-southwest of the
San Luis Obispo city limits.
The current operating licenses for DCPP, Units 1 and 2, expire on
November 2, 2024 and August 26, 2025. The application for renewal,
dated November 23, 2009, was submitted pursuant to Title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 54, which included the
environmental report (ER). A separate notice of receipt and
availability of the application was published in the Federal Register
on December 11, 2009 (74 FR 65811). A notice of acceptance for
docketing of the applications and opportunity for hearing regarding
renewal of the facility operating licenses is also being published in
the Federal Register. 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 applications 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 (NEPA),'' 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, PG&E 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 ADAMS Accession Number for the DCPP, Units 1 and 2, ER
is ML093340123. 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 DCPP, Units
1 and 2, ER may also be viewed on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/diablo-canyon.html.
In addition, the ER is available to the public near the site, at the
San Luis Obispo Public Library, 995 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo,
California 93401, and at the Paso Robles Public Library, 1000 Spring
Street, Paso Robles, California 93446.
This notice advises the public that the NRC intends to gather the
information necessary to prepare a plant-specific supplement to the
NRC's ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for License
Renewal of Nuclear Plants,'' (NUREG-1437) related to the review of the
applications for renewal of the DCPP, Unit 1 and 2, operating licenses
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; and
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, PG&E;
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; and
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 DCPP, Units 1 and 2, license renewal supplement to the GEIS. The
scoping meetings will be held on March 3, 2010, and 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. The second
session will convene at 7:00 p.m. with a repeat of the overview
portions of the meeting and will continue until 10 p.m., as necessary.
Both sessions will be held at the Embassy Suites San Luis Obispo, 333
Madonna Road, San Luis Obispo, California 93405. 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
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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 Project Manager, Mr.
Andrew L. Stuyvenberg, by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension 4006
or by e-mail at [email protected] no later than February 26,
2010. 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. Mr. Stuyvenberg will need to be contacted no later than February
26, 2010, 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 DCPP, Units 1 and 2, license renewal review
to: Chief, Rulemaking and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative
Services, Office of Administration, Mailstop TWB 5B-01M, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and should cite the
publication date and page number of this Federal Register notice. To be
considered in the scoping process, written comments should be
postmarked by April 10, 2010. Electronic comments may be sent by e-mail
to the NRC at Diablo [email protected], and should be sent no later
than April 10, 2010, 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. Matters related to
participation in any hearing are outside the scope of matters to be
discussed at this public meeting.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of January, 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David J. Wrona,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2010-1647 Filed 1-26-10; 8:45 am]
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