[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11171-11173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4315]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-483; NRC-2012-0001]
License Renewal Application for Callaway Plant, Unit 1, Union
Electric Company
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Intent to prepare environmental impact statement and conduct
scoping process.
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SUMMARY: Union Electric Company, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation and
doing business as Ameren Missouri (Ameren), has submitted to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) an application for renewal of
Facility Operating License NPF-30 for an additional 20 years of
operation at Callaway Plant, Unit 1 (Callaway). Callaway is located in
Callaway County, MO. The current operating license for Callaway expires
on October 18, 2024.
DATES: The public scoping meeting will be held on March 14, 2012. The
first session will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and the second session
will be from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Submit comments by April 24, 2012.
Comments received after these dates will be considered if it is
practical to do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be given to
comments received after this date.
ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related
to this document, which the NRC possesses and is publicly-available, by
searching on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2012-0001.
You may submit comments by the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0001. 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.
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For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carmen Fells, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6337, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0001 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses
and is publicly-available, by the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0001.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly-available documents online in the NRC
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number
for each document referenced in this notice (if that document is
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is
referenced.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0001 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed. The NRC posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into
ADAMS, and the NRC does not edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information in their comment submissions
that they do not want to be publicly disclosed. Your request should
state that the NRC will not edit comment submissions to remove such
information before making the comment submissions available to the
public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
The application for renewal, dated December 15, 2011, was submitted
pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part
54, which included an environmental report (ER). A separate notice of
receipt and availability of the application was published in the
Federal Register on January 3, 2012 (77 FRN 142). A notice of
acceptance for docketing of the application and opportunity for hearing
regarding renewal of the facility operating license is also being
published in the Federal Register. The purpose of this notice is to
inform the public that the NRC will be preparing an environmental
impact statement (EIS) related to the review of the license renewal
application and to provide the public an opportunity to participate in
the environmental scoping process, as defined in 10 CFR 51.29.
As outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, ``Coordination with the National
Environmental Policy Act,'' the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in meeting
the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA). Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC intends to use its process
and documentation for the preparation of the EIS on the proposed action
to comply with Section 106 of the NHPA, in lieu of the procedures set
forth at 36 CFR 800.3 through 800.6.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) and 10 CFR 54.23, Ameren
submitted the ER as part of the application. The ER was prepared
pursuant to 10 CFR Part 51 and is publicly available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML113530374. The ER may also be viewed on the Internet at
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/callaway.html. In addition, the ER is available to the public near the
site at the Callaway County Public Library, 710 Court Street, Fulton,
MO 65251.
This document advises the public that the NRC intends to gather the
information necessary to prepare a plant-specific supplement to the
NRC's ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for License
Renewal of Nuclear Plants'' (NUREG-1437), related to the review of the
application for renewal of the Callaway operating license for an
additional 20 years.
Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal)
include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources. The NRC is
required by 10 CFR 51.95 to prepare a supplement to the GEIS in
connection with the renewal of an operating license. This document is
being published in accordance with NEPA and the NRC's regulations found
in 10 CFR Part 51.
The NRC will first conduct a scoping process for the supplement to
the GEIS and, as soon as practicable thereafter, will prepare a draft
supplement to the GEIS for public comment. Participation in the scoping
process by members of the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal
government agencies is encouraged. The scoping process for the
supplement to the GEIS will be used to accomplish the following:
a. Define the proposed action, which is to be the subject of the
supplement to the GEIS;
b. Determine the scope of the supplement to the GEIS and identify
the significant issues to be analyzed in depth;
c. Identify and eliminate from detailed study those issues that are
peripheral or that are not significant;
d. Identify any environmental assessments and other EISs that are
being or will be prepared that are related to, but are not part of, the
scope of the supplement to the GEIS being considered;
e. Identify other environmental review and consultation
requirements related to the proposed action;
f. Indicate the relationship between the timing of the preparation
of the environmental analyses and the Commission's tentative planning
and decision-making schedule;
g. Identify any cooperating agencies and, as appropriate, allocate
assignments for preparation and schedules for completing the supplement
to the GEIS to the NRC and any cooperating agencies; and
h. Describe how the supplement to the GEIS will be prepared and
include any contractor assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities to participate in scoping:
a. The applicant, Ameren;
b. Any Federal agency that has jurisdiction by law or special
expertise
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with respect to any environmental impact involved or that is authorized
to develop and enforce relevant environmental standards;
c. Affected State and local government agencies, including those
authorized to develop and enforce relevant environmental standards;
d. Any affected Indian tribe;
e. Any person who requests or has requested an opportunity to
participate in the scoping process; and
f. Any person who has petitioned or intends to petition for leave
to intervene.
III. Public Scoping Meeting
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26, the scoping process for an EIS may
include a public scoping meeting to help identify significant issues
related to a proposed activity and to determine the scope of issues to
be addressed in an EIS. The NRC has decided to hold public meetings for
the Callaway license renewal supplement to the GEIS. The scoping
meetings will be held on March 14, 2012, and there will be two sessions
to accommodate interested parties. The first session will convene at 2
p.m. and will continue until 4 p.m., as necessary. The second session
will convene at 7:00 p.m. with a repeat of the overview portions of the
meeting and will continue until 9:00 p.m., as necessary. Both sessions
will be held at the Fulton City Hall, 18 East 4th Street, Fulton, MO
65251.
Both meetings will be transcribed and will include: (1) An overview
by the NRC staff of the NEPA environmental review process, the proposed
scope of the supplement to the GEIS, and the proposed review schedule;
and (2) the opportunity for interested government agencies,
organizations, and individuals to submit comments or suggestions on the
environmental issues or the proposed scope of the supplement to the
GEIS. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one
hour prior to the start of each session at the same location. No formal
comments on the proposed scope of the supplement to the GEIS will be
accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments
must be provided either at the transcribed public meetings or by any
method provided in the ADDRESSES section of this document.
Persons may register to attend or present oral comments at the
meetings on the scope of the NEPA review by contacting the NRC Project
Manager, Ms. Carmen Fells, by telephone at 301-415-6337, or by email at
[email protected] no later than March 7, 2012. Members of the public
may also register to speak at the meeting 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.
Members of the public who have not registered may also have an
opportunity to speak if time permits. Public comments will be
considered in the scoping process for the supplement to the GEIS. Ms.
Fells will need to be contacted no later than March 5, 2012, if special
equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information
at the public meeting so that the NRC staff can determine whether the
request can be accommodated.
Participation in the scoping process for the supplement to the GEIS
does not entitle participants to become parties to the proceeding to
which the supplement to the GEIS relates. Matters related to
participation in any hearing are outside the scope of matters to be
discussed at this public meeting. The notice of acceptance for
docketing of the application and opportunity for hearing that was
published in the Federal Register describes the hearing process.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of February, 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David J. Wrona,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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