[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80409-80410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32909]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-391; NRC-2008-0369]


Draft Supplement 2 to Final Environmental Statement Related to 
the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2; Tennessee Valley 
Authority

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Draft environmental statement, extension of public comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: On November 10, 2011, the NRC published in the Federal 
Register (76 FR 70169) an opportunity for public comment on NUREG-0498, 
``Final Environmental Statement, Supplement 2, Related to the Operation 
of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant [WBN], Unit 2--Draft Report for Comment'' 
(draft SFES). The draft SFES related to the review of the operating 
license application for WBN Unit 2 had been prepared in accordance with 
Section 51.92 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations. In 
response to requests from several members of the public, the NRC is 
extending the public comment period until January 24, 2012.

DATES: Submit comments by January 24, 2012. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC 
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before 
this date.

ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC-2008-0369 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 of 
the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-
2008-0369. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 
telephone: (301) 492-3668; email: [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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carmen G. Fells, Project Manager, 
Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch, Division of License 
Renewal, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001. 
Telephone: (301) 415-6337; fax number: (301) 415-2002; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. 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, Room 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 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 email to 
[email protected]. The draft SFES is available electronically under 
ADAMS Accession Number ML112980199.
     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-2008-0369.

II. Background

    On December 8, 2011, the NRC held a public meeting (two sessions) 
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Magnuson Hotel, in Sweetwater, Tennessee in order to present an 
overview of the draft SFES and to accept public comments on the 
document. During these meetings a group of concerned citizens made 
short presentations, asked questions, and provided comments, with 
several individuals requesting that the NRC grant an extension to the 
45-day comment period.

III. Proposed Action

    By this action, the NRC is requesting public comments on the draft 
SFES. The NRC staff will make a final determination regarding issuance 
of the SFES after it considers any public comments received in response 
to this request.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of December 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stephen J. Campbell,
Chief, Watts Bar Special Projects Branch, Division of Operating Reactor 
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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