[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74882-74883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30478]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos.: 50-498 and 50-499; NRC-2010-0375]
STP Nuclear Operating Company, South Texas Project; Notice of
Availability of Draft Supplement 48 to the Generic Environmental Impact
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants and Public Meetings for
the License Renewal of South Texas Project
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) has published a draft plant-specific supplement 48 to the Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants
(GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating licenses NPF-76
and NPF-80 for an additional 20 years of operation for South Texas
Project (STP), Units 1 and 2. STP is located in Bay City, Texas.
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 February 22, 2013. The NRC staff is able to ensure
consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related
to this document, which the NRC possesses and are publically available,
by searching on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2010-
0375. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2010-0375. 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 additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
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 Bay City Civic Center, 201
Seventh Street, Bay City, Texas 77414, on Tuesday, January 15, 2013.
The first session will convene at 2:00 p.m. and will continue until
5:00 p.m., as necessary. The second session will convene at 7:00 p.m.
and will continue until 10:00 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. Tam Tran, the NRC Environmental
Project Manager, at 1-800-368-5642, extension 3617, or by email at
[email protected] no later than Friday, January 4, 2013. 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.
Tran's attention no later than Friday, January 4, 2013, to provide the
NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be
accommodated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tam Tran, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3617; or email to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2010-0375 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
access information related to this document by any of the following
methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2010-0375.
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.
In addition, a copy of the draft supplement to the GEIS is
available to local residents near the site at the 1100 7th Street, Bay
City, TX 77414.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2010-0375 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 that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission.
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The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov
as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not
routinely 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 that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of December 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David J. Wrona,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2012-30478 Filed 12-17-12; 8:45 am]
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