[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 223 (Friday, November 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70952-70953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29364]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2009-0435]
Extension of Public Comment Period on the Draft Environmental
Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the Proposed
License Renewal for Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Erwin, TN
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On October 15, 2010, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) published a notice in the Federal Register (75 FR 63519), which
announced, in part, that the public comment period for the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and
Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the proposed license
renewal for operations at the Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) fuel
fabrication facility in Erwin, Tennessee, closed on November 13, 2010.
The purpose of this notice is to extend the public comment period on
the Draft EA and Draft FONSI to December 31, 2010. On October 26, 2010,
the NRC held a public meeting in Erwin, Tennessee, as part of the
public comment process for the Draft EA and Draft FONSI. Additionally,
members of the public have been submitting written comments on the
Draft EA and Draft FONSI since the initial notice of availability of
these documents was
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published on October 15, 2010. In response to requests received in
writing, the comment period on the Draft EA and Draft FONSI is being
extended to December 31, 2010.
DATES: The comment period for the notice published October 15, 2010 (75
FR 63519), is extended to December 31, 2010. The NRC will consider
comments received or postmarked after that date to the extent
practical. Written comments should be submitted as described in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Members of the public may submit comments by any one of the
following methods. Please include Docket ID NRC-2009-0435 in the
subject line of your comments.
Electronic Mail: Comments may be sent by electronic mail to the
following address: [email protected].
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
http:[sol][sol]www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under
Docket ID NRC-2009-0435. Comments may be submitted electronically
through this Web site. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher, 301-492-3668, e-mail [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, or by fax to RADB at 301-492-
3446.
Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be posted
on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site
http:[sol][sol] www.regulations.gov. Unless your comments contain
sensitive information typically not released to the public by NRC
policy, the NRC will make all comments publicly available. Because your
comments will not be edited to remove any identifying 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.
Availability: Publicly available documents related to this notice
can be accessed using any of the methods described in this section.
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have
copied, for a fee, publicly available documents related to the NFS
facility and license renewal at the NRC's PDR, located at One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland
20852. Members of the public can contact the NRC's PDR reference staff
by calling 1-800-397-4209, by faxing a request to 301-415-3548, or by
e-mail to [email protected].
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):
Members of the public can access the NRC's ADAMS at
http:[sol][sol]www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this Web site,
the Draft FONSI (ADAMS Accession Number: ML102790260) and supporting
Draft EA (ADAMS Accession Number: ML102650505) can be obtained by
entering the accession numbers provided.
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting
materials related to this notice can be found at
http:[sol][sol]www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2009-
0435.
Additionally, copies of the Draft FONSI and supporting Draft EA are
available at the following public libraries:
Unicoi County Public Library, 201 Nolichucky Avenue, Erwin, Tennessee
37650-1239. 423-743-6533.
Jonesborough Branch, Washington County Library, 200 Sabin Drive,
Jonesborough, Tennessee 37659-1306. 423-753-1800.
Greeneville/Green County Public Library, 210 North Main Street,
Greeneville, Tennessee 37745-3816. 423-638-5034.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the Draft FONSI,
the Draft EA, or the environmental review process, please contact James
Park at 301-415-6935 or [email protected]. For general or technical
information associated with the review of the NFS license renewal
application, please contact Kevin Ramsey at 301-492-3123 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft FONSI and supporting Draft EA are
a preliminary analysis of the environmental impacts of the proposal by
NFS to renew its NRC license and reasonable alternatives to that
proposal. Based on comments received on the Draft FONSI and Draft EA,
the staff may publish a Final FONSI and Final EA, or instead may find
that preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is
warranted should significant impacts resulting from the proposed action
be identified. Should an EIS be warranted, a Notice of Intent to
prepare the EIS will be published in the Federal Register.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.33(a), the NRC staff is making the Draft
FONSI and Draft EA available for public review and comment. The public
comment period is extended with publication of this Notice and
continues until December 31, 2010.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of November 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kevin Hsueh,
Acting Deputy Director, Environmental Protection and Performance
Assessment Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental
Protection, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental
Management Programs.
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