[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 176 (Monday, September 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 56242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23199]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-397-LR; ASLBP No. 11-912-03-LR-BD01]


Energy Northwest; 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, e.g., 10 CFR 2.104, 2.105, 2.300, 2.309, 
2.313, 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:

Energy Northwest (Columbia Generating Station)

    This proceeding involves an application by Energy Northwest to 
renew for twenty years its operating license for Columbia Generating 
Station, which is located near Richland, Washington. The current 
operating license expires on December 20, 2023. In response to a Notice 
of Opportunity for Hearing, published in the Federal Register on March 
11, 2010 (75 FR 11,572), a request for hearing was submitted by Nina 
Bell, Executive Director, Northwest Environmental Advocates. The 
request, entitled ``Petition for Hearing and Leave to Intervene in 
Operating License Renewal for Energy Northwest's Columbia Generating 
Station,'' was received via E-Filing on August 22, 2011.\1\
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    \1\ On August 22, 2011, petitioner, Ms. Bell, also filed a 
petition for rulemaking, coupled with a request to suspend licensing 
decision. Those requests are under review by Commission advisers as 
a separate action.
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    The Board is comprised of the following administrative judges:

Alan S. Rosenthal, Chair, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Dr. Gary S. Arnold, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Dr. William H. Reed, 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 6th day of September 2011.
E. Roy Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. 2011-23199 Filed 9-9-11; 8:45 am]
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