[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 53985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21940]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 52-025-COL and 52-026-COL; ASLBP No.10-903-01-COL-BD02]


Southern Nuclear Operating Company Establishment of Atomic Safety 
And Licensing Board

    Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972, 
published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 28,710 (1972), and the 
Commission's regulations, see 10 CFR 2.104, 2.300, 2.303, 2.309, 2.311, 
2.318, and 2.321, notice is hereby given that an Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board (Board) is being established to preside over the 
following proceeding:

Southern Nuclear Operating Company; (Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, 
Units 3 and 4)

    This proceeding arises from the August 12, 2010 submission of a 
request for admission of a new contention to challenge the application 
of Southern Nuclear Operating Company's application for a combined 
license for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4, to be 
located in Burke County, Georgia. The request was submitted by the Blue 
Ridge Environmental Defense League, the Center for a Sustainable Coast, 
and Georgia Women's Action for New Directions for Clean Energy.\1\
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    \1\ On May 19, 2010, a Board that previously was established to 
adjudicate the contested portion of this proceeding granted summary 
disposition in favor of applicant, Southern Nuclear Operating 
Company, on the only admitted contention. Because that decision was 
not appealed to the Commission, and because the Commission did not 
take sua sponte review, the contested proceeding was terminated and 
the prior Board was divested of jurisdiction, thus necessitating the 
establishment of the instant Board to consider the August 12, 2010 
submission. See Commission Order (Aug. 25, 2010) at 1 (unpublished); 
Licensing Board Memorandum (Referring Request to Admit New 
Contention to the Commission) (Aug. 17, 2010) at 2-3 (unpublished).
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    The Board is comprised of the following administrative judges: G. 
Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Nicholas G. Trikouros, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    James F. Jackson, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed 
in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule, which the NRC promulgated in 
August 2007 (72 FR 49,139).

     Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of August 2010.
E. Roy Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. 2010-21940 Filed 9-1-10; 8:45 am]
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