[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26663-26664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10788]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-352 and 50-353; NRC-2011-0166]


Exelon Generation Company, LLC, License Renewal of Nuclear Plants 
and Public Meetings for the License Renewal of Limerick Generating 
Station, Units 1 and 2

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft environmental impact statement; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published a 
draft plant-specific supplement 49 to the Generic Environmental Impact 
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, 
regarding the renewal of operating licenses NPF-39 and NPF-85 for an 
additional 20 years of operation for Limerick Generating Station, Units 
1 and 2 (LGS). LGS is located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Possible 
alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action 
and reasonable alternative energy sources.

DATES: Submit comments by June 27, 2013. Comments received after this 
date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff 
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before 
this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comment by any of the following methods 
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting 
comments on a specific subject):
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0166. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
of this document.
     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 public 
document room (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 Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 
North Sunnybrook Road, Pottstown, PA 19464 on Thursday, May 23, 2013. 
The first session will convene at 2:00 p.m. and will continue until 
4:00 p.m., as necessary. The second session will convene at 7:00 p.m. 
and will continue until 9:00 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 Ms. Leslie Perkins, the NRC Environmental 
Project Manager, at 1-800-368-5642, extension 2375, or by email at 
[email protected] no later than Friday, May 10, 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 Ms. 
Perkins' attention no later than Friday, May 10, 2013, to provide the 
NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request can be 
accommodated.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Leslie Perkins, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2375 or email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments

A. Accessing Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2011-0166 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-2011-0166.
     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 draft GEIS, NUREG-1437, 
Supplement 49, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML13120A078.
     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 Pottstown Regional 
Public Library, 500 East High Street, Pottstown, PA 19464 and 
Royersford Free Public Library, 200 4th Avenue, Royerfords, PA 19468.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2011-0166 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 that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. 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, 30th this day of April, 2013.

    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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