[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 48203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19054]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[DOCKET NO. 50-133; NRC-2013-0130]


Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 
3, Notice of Public Meeting on the License Termination Plan

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Application for license amendment; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing 
notice that the NRC staff will conduct a meeting to discuss and accept 
public comments on the Humboldt Bay Power Plant (HBPP), Unit 3 License 
Termination Plan (LTP) on Tuesday, August 20, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. in the 
Great Room at the Warfinger Building, Eureka Public Marina, 1 
Marina Way, Eureka, California.
    The HBPP is located about four miles southwest of the city of 
Eureka, Humboldt County, California and consists of 143 acres of land. 
Unit 3, which is the NRC licensed reactor, is currently being 
decommissioned with the spent fuel now stored in the onsite Independent 
Spent Fuel Storage Installation. Unit 3 decommissioning commenced in 
May 2009. Following the start of a new power generation facility in 
2010, the licensee commenced with the permanent shutdown of the fossil 
Units 1 and 2. Units 1 and 2 are being decommissioned in conjunction 
with Unit 3 decommissioning.
    In accordance with the NRC regulations at Sec.  50.82(a)(9) of 
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), all power reactor 
licensees must submit an application for termination of their license. 
The application for termination of license must be accompanied or 
preceded by an LTP to be submitted for NRC approval. Pacific Gas and 
Electric submitted the proposed LTP for HBPP with a license amendment 
application dated May 3, 2013. The LTP would be approved by license 
amendment if found acceptable by the NRC staff. The amendment would be 
subject to such conditions and limitations as the NRC staff deems 
appropriate and necessary. In accordance with 10 CFR 20.1405 and 10 CFR 
50.82(a)(9)(iii), the NRC is providing notice to individuals in the 
vicinity of the site that the NRC: (1) Is in receipt of the HBPP LTP; 
(2) will hold a public meeting: and (3) will accept comments from 
affected parties.
    The HBPP LTP is available for public viewing at the NRC's Public 
Document Room (PDR) or electronically through the NRC Agencywide 
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at accession numbers 
ML131300009 and ML131300160. Documents may be examined, and/or copied 
for a fee, at the PDR, located at One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available 
records will be accessible electronically from the ADAMS Public Library 
component on the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov. 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 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by email at 
[email protected].
    Any meeting updates or changes will be made available on the NRC's 
Public Meeting Schedule Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Comments or questions regarding the 
HBPP LTP or the public meeting may be addressed to Mr. John B. Hickman, 
Mail Stop T-8-F5, Office of Federal and State Materials and 
Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone 301-415-3017 or via email 
[email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of July 2013.

    For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bruce Watson,
Branch Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Decommissioning and 
Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate, Division of Waste Management 
and Environmental Protection, Office of Federal and State Materials and 
Environmental Management Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-19054 Filed 8-6-13; 8:45 am]
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