[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 49539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20004]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 52-043; NRC-2010-0215]
PSEG Power, LLC and PSEG Nuclear, LLC Acceptance for Docketing of
an Application for an Early Site Permit for the PSEG Site
By letter dated May 25, 2010, as supplemented by letters dated June
22, 2010, July 6, 2010, July 7, 2010, and July 29, 2010, PSEG Power,
LLC and PSEG Nuclear, LLC filed with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC, the Commission) pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic
Energy Act and title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power
Plants,'' an application for an early site permit (ESP) for the PSEG
Site which is located on the southern part of Artificial Island on the
east bank of the Delaware River in Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem
County, New Jersey. A notice of receipt and availability of this
application was previously published in the Federal Register (75 FR
34794) on June 18, 2010. Other existing nuclear facilities licensed by
the NRC located at this site are Salem Generating Station (SGS) Units 1
and 2 and Hope Creek Generating Station (HCGS) Unit 1.
An applicant may seek an ESP in accordance with subpart A of 10 CFR
part 52 separate from the filing of an application for a construction
permit (CP) or combined license (COL) for a nuclear power facility. The
ESP process allows resolution of issues relating to siting. At any time
during the duration of an ESP (up to 20 years), the permit holder may
reference the permit in a CP or COL application.
The NRC staff has determined that PSEG has submitted information in
accordance with 10 CFR parts 2, ``Rules of Practice for Domestic
Licensing Proceedings and Issuance of Orders,'' and 10 CFR part 52 that
is sufficiently complete and acceptable for docketing. The Docket
Number established for this application is 52-043.
The NRC staff will perform a detailed technical review of the
application, and docketing of the ESP application does not preclude the
NRC from requesting additional information from the applicant as the
review proceeds, nor does it predict whether the Commission will grant
or deny the application. The Commission will conduct a hearing in
accordance with 10 CFR 52.21 and will receive a report on the
application from the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards in
accordance with 10 CFR 52.23. If the Commission then finds that the
application meets the applicable standards of the Atomic Energy Act and
the Commission's regulations, and that required notifications to other
agencies and bodies have been made, the Commission will issue an ESP,
in the form and containing conditions and limitations that the
Commission finds appropriate and necessary.
In accordance with 10 CFR part 51, the Commission will also prepare
an environmental impact statement for the proposed action. Pursuant to
10 CFR 51.26, and as part of the environmental scoping process, the
staff intends to hold a public scoping meeting. Detailed information
regarding this meeting will be included in a future Federal Register
notice.
Finally, the Commission will announce, in a future Federal Register
notice, the opportunity to petition for leave to intervene in the
hearing required for this application by 10 CFR 52.21.
A copy of the PSEG Site ESP application is available for public
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room located at One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland, at the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Public Library, Penns Grove,
New Jersey, and at the Salem Free Public Library, Salem, New Jersey. It
is also accessible on the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/esp/pseg.html. The application submittal cover letter is
available electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the
Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html
(ADAMS Accession No. ML101480484). Persons who do not have access to
ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in
ADAMS, should contact the NRC Public Document Room staff by telephone
at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by e-mail to [email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of August 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David B. Matthews,
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2010-20004 Filed 8-12-10; 8:45 am]
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