[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 83 (Friday, April 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24064-24065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10403]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-528, 50-529, 50-530; NRC-2009-0012


Arizona Public Service Company, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating 
Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility 
Operating License Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51, and NPF-74 for an Additional 20-
Year Period; Record of Decision

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC, the Commission) has issued Renewed Facility Operating License 
Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51, and NPF-74 to Arizona Public Service Company 
(licensee), the operator of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, 
Units 1, 2, and 3 (PVNGS). Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-
41, NPF-51, and NPF-74 authorize the licensee to operate PVNGS at 
reactor core power levels not in excess of 3990 megawatts

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thermal for all three units, in accordance with the provisions of the 
PVNGS renewed licenses and technical specifications.
    The notice also serves as the record of decision for Renewed 
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51, and NPF-74, consistent 
with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 51.103, 
``Record of Decision--General.'' NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental 
Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants: Supplement 43, 
Regarding Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station,'' issued January 2011, 
discusses the Commission's consideration of a range of reasonable 
alternatives, including generation of replacement power from new 
supercritical coal-fired generation; natural gas combined-cycle 
generation; new nuclear generation; a combination of alternatives that 
includes natural gas combined-cycle generation, energy conservation, 
and solar; and not renewing the license (the no-action alternative). 
The factors considered in the record of decision appear in the 
supplemental environmental impact statement for PVNGS.
    PVNGS units are pressurized water reactors located in Maricopa 
County, Arizona. The application for the renewed licenses complied with 
the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, and the Commission's regulations. As required by the Atomic 
Energy Act and the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, the 
Commission has made appropriate findings, which are set forth in the 
licenses. Prior public notice of the action involving the proposed 
issuance of the renewed licenses and of an opportunity for a hearing 
regarding the proposed issuance of the renewed licenses was published 
in the Federal Register on May 15, 2009 (74 FR 22978).
    For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) Arizona 
Public Service Company's license renewal application for PVNGS dated 
December 11, 2008, as supplemented by letters dated through March 17, 
2011; (2) the Commission's safety evaluation report (NUREG-1961), 
issued April 2011; (3) the licensee's updated final safety analysis 
report; and (4) the Commission's final environmental impact statement 
(NUREG-1437, Supplement 43), issued January 2011. These documents are 
available at the NRC's Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, and online in the NRC 
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
    Copies of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51, 
and NPF-74, may be obtained by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Director, Division of 
License Renewal. Copies of the PVNGS safety evaluation report (NUREG-
1961) and the final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, 
Supplement 43) may be purchased from the National Technical Information 
Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, Virginia 22161 
(http://www.ntis.gov), 703-605-6000, or Attention: Superintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371954, 
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954 (http://www.gpoaccess.gov), 202-512-1800. All 
orders should clearly identify the NRC publication number and the 
requestor's Government Printing Office deposit account number or VISA 
or MasterCard number and expiration date.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of April, 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrew S. Imboden,
Chief, Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch, Division of 
License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2011-10403 Filed 4-28-11; 8:45 am]
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