[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1748-1749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-335]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 52-016-COL; ASLBP No. 09-874-02-COL-BD01]


Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; Calvert Cliffs 3 Nuclear 
Project, LLC, and UniStar Nuclear Operating Services, LLC; Combined 
License Application for Calvert Cliffs Unit 3

November 9, 2011.

Before Administrative Judges: Ronald M. Spritzer, Chairman, Dr. Gary 
S. Arnold, Dr. William W. Sager.

Notice

Notice of Evidentiary Hearing and Opportunity To Provide Oral and 
Written Limited Appearance Statements

    The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board hereby gives notice that it 
will convene an evidentiary session to receive testimony and exhibits 
in the contested portion of this proceeding regarding the application 
(COLA) by Calvert Cliffs 3 Nuclear Project, L.L.C., and UniStar Nuclear 
Operating Services, L.L.C. (Applicants) for a combined license (COL) to 
construct and operate one U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor (U.S. EPR) to 
be located adjacent to the existing Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant 
(CCNPP), Units 1 and 2, near Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland. In 
addition, the Board gives notice that, in accordance with 10 CFR 
2.315(a), it will entertain oral and written limited appearance 
statements from members of the public in connection with this 
proceeding.

I. Matter To Be Considered

    This evidentiary hearing will consider one environmental 
contention, Contention 10C. Contention 10C, as restated by the Board, 
alleges that:

    The DEIS discussion of a combination of alternatives is 
inadequate and faulty. By selecting a single alternative that under 
represents potential contributions of wind and solar power, the 
combination alternative depends excessively on the natural gas 
supplement, thus unnecessarily burdening this alternative with 
excessive environmental impacts.\1\
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    \1\ LBP-10-24, 72 NRC ---- , ---- (slip op. at 54) (Dec. 28, 
2010).
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II. Date, Time, and Location of Environmental Portion of the Contested 
Hearing

    The evidentiary hearing will commence at 9:30 a.m., Eastern 
Standard Time (EST) on Thursday, January 26, 2012, at the Albright 
Building, 205 Main Street, Prince Frederick, Maryland 20678. The 
hearing will resume at 9:30 a.m. EST on Friday, January 27, 2012, if 
necessary. Parties and members of the public are requested to park in 
the offsite parking lot, which is within walking distance of the 
hearing venue, located at 200 Duke Street, Prince Frederick, Maryland 
20678.
    Members of the public and representatives of the media are welcome 
to attend and observe this evidentiary hearing. However, all signs, 
banners, posters, demonstrations, and displays are prohibited in 
accordance with NRC policy.\2\
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    \2\ See Procedures for Providing Security Support for NRC Public 
Meetings/Hearings, 66 FR 31,719 (June 12, 2001) [hereinafter Meeting 
Security Guidelines].
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    All individuals attending the evidentiary hearing are advised that 
security measures will be employed at the entrance to the facility. As 
such, all individuals attending the evidentiary hearing should bring at 
least one form of government issued photo identification, refrain from 
bringing any unnecessary hand-carried items that might need to be 
examined individually, and allow sufficient time for security 
screening.

III. Date, Time, and Location of Oral Limited Appearance Statement 
Session

    An oral limited appearance statement session regarding this Calvert 
Cliffs evidentiary hearing proceeding will be held on Wednesday, 
January 25, 2012, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST and from 7 to 8:30 p.m. 
EST at the Calvert Marine Museum, 14150 Solomons Island Road, Solomons, 
MD 20688.
    Members of the public and representatives of the media are welcome 
to attend, observe, and participate in this oral limited appearance 
statement session, as outlined below. As required by NRC policy, signs, 
banners, posters, and displays not larger than 18 x 
18 will be permitted at the oral limited appearance 
statement session, but may not be waved or held over one's head. Any 
sign, banner, poster or display affixed to a stick, or similar device, 
will not be permitted at the oral limited appearance statement 
session.\3\
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    \3\ See Meeting Security Guidelines.
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    All individuals attending the oral limited appearance statement 
session are advised that security measures will be employed at the 
entrance to the facility. As such, all individuals attending the oral 
limited appearance statement session should bring at least one form of 
government issued photo identification, refrain from bringing any 
unnecessary hand-carried items that might need to be examined 
individually, and allow sufficient time for security screening.

IV. Participation Guidelines for Oral Limited Appearance Statements

    Any person not a party, or the representative of a party, to this 
mandatory hearing proceeding will be permitted to make an oral 
statement setting forth his or her position on matter of concern 
relating to the proceeding. Though these statements do not constitute 
testimony or evidence, they nonetheless may aid the Board and/or the 
parties in their consideration of the issues involved in this 
evidentiary hearing.
    Oral limited appearance statements will be entertained during the 
hours specified above. In the event that all scheduled and unscheduled 
speakers present at the session have made a presentation, the Board 
reserves the right to terminate the session prior to the ending time 
listed above.
    The time allotted for each limited appearance statement will be 
five minutes, but may be further limited depending on the number of 
written requests to make an oral statement that are submitted in 
accordance with section V below and/or the number or persons present at 
the designated time, so as to ensure that everyone will have an 
opportunity to speak.

V. Submitting a Request to Make an Oral Limited Appearance Statement

    A person wishing to make an oral statement who has submitted a 
timely written request to do so will be given priority over those who 
have not filed such a request. To be considered timely, a written 
request to make an oral statement must either be mailed, faxed, or sent 
by email so as to be received by 5 p.m. EST on Friday, January 13, 
2012. Written requests to make an oral statement should be submitted 
to:
    Mail: Administrative Judge Ronald M. Spritzer, Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board Panel, Mail Stop T-3F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Fax: (301) 415-5599.
    Email: [email protected] and [email protected].

VI. Submitting Written Limited Appearance Statements

    As provided in 10 CFR 2.315(a), any person not a party, or a 
representative of a party, to the proceeding may submit a written 
statement setting forth his or her position on matters of concern

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relating to this proceeding. Although these statements do not 
constitute testimony or evidence, they nonetheless may assist the Board 
or the parties in their consideration of the issues in this proceeding.
    A written limited appearance statement may be submitted at any time 
and should be sent to the Office of the Secretary using one of the 
methods prescribed below:
    Mail: Office of the Secretary, Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20444-0001.
    Fax: (301) 415-1101.
    Email: [email protected].
    In addition, using the same method of service, a copy of the 
written limited appearance statement should be sent to the Chairman of 
this Licensing Board as follows:
    Mail: Administrative Judge Ronald M. Spritzer, Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board Panel, Mail Stop T-3F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission.
    Fax: (301) 415-5599.
    Email: [email protected].

VII. Availability of Documentary Information Regarding the Proceeding

    Applicants' application, along with various NRC Staff documents 
relating to the application, are available on the NRC Web site at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/calvert-cliffs.html. These 
and other documents relating to this proceeding are available for 
public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), 
located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 
Rockville, Maryland, 20352, or electronically from the publicly-
available records component of the NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS 
is accessible from the NRC web site at www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).\4\ Persons who do not have 
access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents 
located in ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR reference staff by 
telephone at (800) 397-4209 or (301) 415-4737 (available between 8 a.m. 
and 4 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday except federal holiday), 
or by email to [email protected].
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    \4\ Some documents determined by the staff to contain 
``sensitive'' information are publicly available only in redacted 
form; non-sensitive documents are publicly available in their 
complete form. In addition, some documents that may contain 
information proprietary to AES are publicly available only in 
redacted form.
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VIII. Conference Call

    The Board intends on holding a conference call with the parties in 
early January to discuss further administrative details regarding this 
evidentiary hearing.
    It is so ordered.

    Dated in Rockville, Maryland, November 9, 2011. For the Atomic 
Safety And Licensing Board.\5\
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    \5\ Copies of this order were sent on this date by the agency's 
E-Filing system to the counsel/representatives for: (1) Joint 
Intervenors Nuclear Information and Resource Services, Beyond 
Nuclear, Public Citizen Energy Program, and Southern Maryland 
Citizens Alliance for Renewable Energy Solutions; (2) UniStar 
Nuclear Operating Services, LLC and Calvert Cliffs-3 Nuclear 
Project, LLC; (3) NRC Staff; and (4) State of Maryland.
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Ronald M. Spritzer,
Chairman, Administrative Judge.
[FR Doc. 2012-335 Filed 1-10-12; 8:45 am]
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