[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 170 (Thursday, September 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54502-54503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22415]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Number 50-397; NRC-2010-0029]


Energy Northwest, Columbia Generating Station; Notice of 
Availability of Draft Supplement 47 to the Generic Environmental Impact 
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants and Public Meetings for 
the License Renewal of Columbia Generating Station

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) 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 license NPF-21 
for an additional 20 years of operation for Columbia Generating 
Station. Columbia Generating Station is located in Richland, 
Washington. 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 November 16, 2011. The NRC staff is able to ensure 
consideration only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC-2010-0029 in the subject line 
of your comments. For additional instructions on submitting comments 
and instructions on accessing documents related to this action, see 
``Submitting Comments and Accessing Information'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document. You may submit comments by any 
one of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-
2010-0029. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 
telephone: 301-492-3668; e-mail: [email protected].
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, 
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.
     Fax comments to: RADB at 301-492-3446.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Submitting Comments and Accessing Information

    Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be posted 
on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site, http://www.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.
    You can access publicly available documents related to this 
document 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, O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

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(ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC 
are available online in the NRC Library 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 the NRC's public documents. If 
you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in 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 Draft Supplement 47 to the GEIS is available electronically under 
ADAMS Accession Number ML11227A007.
     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-2010-0029.
    In addition, a copy of the draft supplement to the GEIS is 
available to local residents near the site at the Richland Public 
Library, 955 Northgate Drive, Richland, Washington 99352 and at the 
Kennewick Branch of Mid-Columbia Libraries, 1620 South Union Street, 
Kennewick, Washington 99338.
    All comments received by the NRC, including those made by Federal, 
State, and local agencies; Native American Tribes; or other interested 
persons, will be made available electronically at the NRC's PDR in 
Rockville, Maryland, and through ADAMS. Comments received after the due 
date will be considered only if it is practical to do so.
    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 the Red Lion Hotel, 802 George 
Washington Way, Richland, Washington, on Tuesday, September 27, 2011. 
The first session will convene at 2 p.m. and will continue until 5 
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 Mr. Daniel Doyle, the NRC Environmental 
Project Manager, at 1-800-368-5642, extension 3748, or by e-mail at 
[email protected] no later than Friday, September 23, 2011. 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 Mr. Doyle's attention no later than September 23, 2011, to 
provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request 
can be accommodated.

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

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of August 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David J. Wrona,
 Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2011-22415 Filed 8-31-11; 8:45 am]
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