[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39343-39344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15686]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-608; NRC-2013-0053]
SHINE Medical Technologies, Inc.
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Intent to prepare environmental impact statement and conduct
scoping process; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the NRC intends to gather
the information necessary to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
for construction and operation of the proposed SHINE radioisotope
production facility.
DATES: Submit comments by August 30, 2013. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received before this
date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 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-2013-0053. 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.
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: Michelle Moser, Project Manager,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC, 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6509; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0053 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 any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0053.
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 ER is available in ADAMS
under Accession Number ML130880226. In addition, the ER is available to
the public near the site at the Hedberg Public Library, 316 South Main
Street, Janesville, Wisconsin 53545.
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-2013-0053 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. 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.
II. Discussion
SHINE Medical Technologies, Inc. (SHINE) has submitted a partial
application for a construction permit to construct a radioisotope
production facility. The proposed SHINE facility would be located
approximately four miles south of Janesville, Wisconsin.
The first part of the application for the construction permit,
dated March 26, 2013, was submitted pursuant to part 50 of Title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) and included an environmental
report (ER). A separate notice of receipt and availability of this
portion of the application was published in the Federal Register on May
20, 2013 (78 FR 29390). A notice of acceptance for docketing of the
first part of the construction permit application is also being
published separately in the Federal Register. The purpose of this
notice is to inform the public that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) will be preparing an environmental impact statement
(EIS) related to the review of the construction permit 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
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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.
This notice advises the public that the NRC intends to gather the
information necessary to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
construction and operation of the proposed SHINE radioisotope
production facility. Possible alternatives to the proposed action
(construction and operation of the proposed SHINE facility) include no
action, alternative sites, and alternative technologies to produce
radioisotopes. This notice is being published in accordance with NEPA
and the NRC's regulations found at 10 CFR part 51.
The NRC will first conduct a scoping process for the EIS and, as
soon as practicable thereafter, will prepare a draft EIS 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 EIS will be used to accomplish
the following:
a. Define the proposed action, which is to be the subject of the
EIS;
b. Determine the scope of the EIS 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 ElSs that are
being or will be prepared that are related to, but are not part of, the
scope of the EIS 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 EIS to the NRC and
any cooperating agencies; and
h. Describe how the EIS will be prepared and include any contractor
assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities to participate in scoping:
a. The applicant, SHINE;
b. Any Federal agency that has jurisdiction by law or special
expertise 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.
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 SHINE environmental review on July 17, 2013. The first meeting will
begin with an open house from 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m., followed by
an NRC presentation and opportunity to hear public comments from 1:30
p.m. until 3:30 p.m., as necessary. The second meeting will begin with
an open house from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., followed by a repeat of
NRC's earlier presentation and opportunity to hear public comments from
7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., as necessary. Both sessions will be held at
the Rotary Botanical Gardens, 1455 Palmer Dr., Janesville, Wisconsin
53545.
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 EIS, 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 EIS. Additionally, the NRC staff
will host informal discussions during the open house one hour prior to
the start of each session at the same location. No formal comments on
the proposed scope of the EIS will be accepted during the informal
discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at the
transcribed public meetings or in writing, as discussed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Persons may register to attend or present oral comments at the
meetings on the scope of the NEPA review by contacting the NRC
Environmental Project Manager, Michelle Moser, by telephone at 800-368-
5642, ext. 6509, or by email at [email protected], no later than
July 3, 2013. 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 EIS. Michelle Moser
will need to be contacted no later than July 10, 2013, 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 EIS does not entitle
participants to become parties to the proceeding to which the EIS
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 a description of the
hearing process will be published separately in the Federal Register.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of June, 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Melanie Wong,
Chief, Environmental Guidance and Review Branch, Division of License
Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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