[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 43 (Thursday, March 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12043-12044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05099]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 52-040 and 05-041; NRC-2009-0337]


Combined License Application for Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, Unit 
Nos. 6 and 7

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft environmental impact statement; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District, are issuing for 
public comment NUREG-2176, ``Draft Environmental Impact Statement for 
Combined Licenses (COLs) for Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, Units 6 and 
7,'' to support the environmental review for the COL. Florida Power and 
Light Company (FPL) submitted an application for COLs to construct and 
operate two new nuclear power plants at its Turkey Point site near 
Homestead, Florida.

DATES: Submit comments by May 22, 2015. 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 on or 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-2009-0337. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: OWFN 12 H8, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alicia Williamson, Office of New 
Reactors, Mail Stop: TWFN 6C32, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1878, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2009-0337 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may 
obtain publicly-available information related to this action by the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2009-0337.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain 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. The draft environmental impact statement (EIS) is available 
in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML15055A103 and ML15055A109.
     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.
     Project Web site: The draft EIS can be accessed online at 
the Turkey Point COL specific Web page at: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/turkey-point/documents.html.

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B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2009-0337 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 posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as entering 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. Background

    The NRC is issuing for public comment a draft environmental impact 
statement (EIS). The application submitted by FPL for COLs for Turkey 
Point Units 6 and 7 was submitted by letter dated June 30, 2009, 
pursuant to part 52 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations. A 
notice of receipt and availability of the application including the 
environmental report (ER) was published in the Federal Register on 
August 3, 2009 (74 FR 38477). A notice of acceptance for docketing of 
the application for the COL was published in the Federal Register on 
October 7, 2009 (74 FR 51621). A notice of intent to prepare a draft 
EIS and to conduct the scoping process was published in the Federal 
Register on June 15, 2010 (75 FR 33851). The draft EIS is a National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA) document that also 
supports the USACE's review of the Department of the Army (DA) permit 
application from FPL (SAJ-2009-02417). The USACE's Public Interest 
Review will be part of its Record of Decision and is not addressed in 
the EIS. As part of the USACE public comment process, the USACE will 
publish a public notice (in the Federal Register) within 30 days of the 
publication of the draft EIS to solicit comments from the public 
regarding FPL's DA permit application for proposed work at the Turkey 
Point site.

III. Public Meetings for Comment

    The NRC and the USACE will hold public meetings to present an 
overview of the draft EIS and to accept public comments on both the 
document and the associated DA permit in April 2015, in the Homestead, 
Florida area. A separate meeting notice will be issued as soon as the 
meeting dates are set. The meetings will be transcribed and will 
include: (1) A presentation of the contents of the draft EIS; and (2) 
the opportunity for interested government agencies, organizations, and 
individuals to provide comments on the draft report. For comments 
provided at the public meeting to be considered, they must be provided 
during the transcribed public meeting either orally or in writing. 
Additionally, the NRC and the USACE will host informal discussions one 
hour before the start of each meeting, during which time members of the 
public may meet and talk with staff members on an informal basis. No 
formal comments on the draft EIS will be accepted during the informal 
discussions.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of February 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank M. Akstulewicz,
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
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