[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 208 (Thursday, October 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66398-66399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27278]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-272, 50-311, and 50-354; NRC-2009-0390 and NRC-2009-
0391]


Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement 45 to the Generic 
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, 
and Public Meetings for the License Renewal of Hope Creek Generating 
Station and Salem Nuclear Generating Station, 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-70, DPR-75, and NPF-57, for an additional 20 years of 
operation for Salem Nuclear Generating Station (Salem), Units 1 and 2, 
and Hope Creek Generating Station (HCGS). Possible alternatives to the 
proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable 
alternative energy sources.
    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 December 17, 2010; the NRC staff is able to ensure 
consideration only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. 
Please include Docket ID NRC-2009-0390 or NRC-2009-0391 in the subject 
line of your comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic 
form will be posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking 
Web site Regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to 
remove any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you 
against including any information in your submission that you do not 
want to be publicly disclosed.
    The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments 
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those 
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any 
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not 
include any information in their comments that they do not want 
publicly disclosed.
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and 
search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-2009-0390 or NRC-2009-
0391. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher at 301-
492-3668 or by e-mail at [email protected].
    Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and 
Directives Branch (RADB), Division of Administrative Services, Office 
of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Faxes are to be sent to RADB at 
301-492-3446.
    You can access publicly available documents related to this notice 
using the following methods:
    NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have 
copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, 
Public File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): 
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are 
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain 
entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's public 
documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems 
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accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR 
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
[email protected]. The Accession Numbers for the draft Supplement 45 
to the GEIS are ML102940169 and ML102940267.
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting 
materials related to this notice can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2009-0390 or NRC-
2009-0391.
    In addition, a copy of the draft supplement to the GEIS is 
available to local residents near the site at the Salem Free Library, 
112 West Broadway, Salem, New Jersey 08079. Comments received after the 
due date will be considered only if it is practical to do so.
    Also, electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at 
[email protected] or [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. Two meetings will be held at Salem County Emergency Services 
Building, Woodstown, NJ, on Wednesday, November 17, 2010. The first 
session will convene at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m., as 
necessary. The second session will convene at 7 p.m. and will continue 
until 10 p.m., as necessary. 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. Leslie Perkins, the NRC Environmental 
Project Manager, at 1-800-368-5642, extension 2375 or by e-mail at 
[email protected], no later than Wednesday, November 3, 2010. 
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. Perkins' attention no later than November 3, 2010, to 
provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request 
can be accommodated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Leslie Perkins, Projects Branch 1, 
Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop O-11F1, Washington, DC 20555-
0001. Ms. Perkins may be contacted at the aforementioned telephone 
number or e-mail address.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of October 2010.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bo Pham,
Chief, Projects Branch 1, Division of License Renewal, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2010-27278 Filed 10-27-10; 8:45 am]
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