[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 59 (Friday, March 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 16463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06961]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328; NRC-2013-0037]


Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Supplemental environmental impact statement; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a 
final plant-specific supplement, Supplement 53, to NUREG-1437, 
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear 
Plants (GEIS),'' regarding the renewal of Tennessee Valley Authority 
(TVA) operating licenses DPR-77 and DPR-79 for an additional 20 years 
of operation for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2 (SQN).

DATES: The supplemental environmental impact statement referenced in 
this document is available on March 27, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0037 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0037. 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.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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 
final Supplement 53 to the GEIS is available in ADAMS under Accession 
No. ML15075A438.
     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.
     Chattanooga-Hamilton County Library, Northgate Branch: The 
final Supplement 53 to the GEIS is available for public inspection at 
520 Northgate Mall Road, Chattanooga, TN 37415.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Drucker, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 800-368-5692, ext. 6223, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In accordance with Sec.  51.118 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, the NRC is issuing the final Supplement 53 to the GEIS 
regarding the renewal of TVA operating licenses DPR-77 and DPR-79 for 
an additional 20 years of operation for SQN. Draft Supplement 53 to the 
GEIS was noticed by the NRC in the Federal Register on August 11, 2014 
(79 FR 46878), and noticed by the Environmental Protection Agency on 
August 15, 2014 (79 FR 48140). The public comment period on draft 
Supplement 53 to the GEIS ended on September 29, 2014, and the comments 
received are addressed in final Supplement 53 to the GEIS.

II. Discussion

    As discussed in Chapter 5 of the final Supplement 53 to the GEIS, 
the NRC determined that the adverse environmental impacts of license 
renewal for SQN are not so great that preserving the option of license 
renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable. This 
recommendation is based on: (1) The analysis and findings in the GEIS; 
(2) information provided in the environmental report and other 
documents submitted by TVA; (3) consultation with Federal, State, 
local, and Tribal agencies; (4) the NRC staff's independent 
environmental review; and (5) consideration of public comments received 
during the scoping process and on the draft supplemental environmental 
impact statement.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of March, 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian D. Wittick,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-06961 Filed 3-26-15; 8:45 am]
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