[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 224 (Friday, November 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 72751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29698]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 52-043; NRC-2014-0149]


Early Site Permit for the PSEG Site

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final environmental impact statement; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers (USACE), Philadelphia District, have completed the 
final environmental impact statement (EIS), NUREG-2168, ``Environmental 
Impact Statement for an Early Site Permit (ESP) at the PSEG Site: Final 
Report'' for the PSEG Site ESP application in accordance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended. The USACE is 
cooperating agency with the NRC in the preparation of information in 
the final EIS for use in both agencies' decision-making processes. The 
site is located in Salem County, New Jersey.

DATES: The final EIS is available as of November 13, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0149, 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-2014-0149. 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 EIS and an accompanying reader's guide are available in ADAMS 
under Accession No. ML15176A444.
     NRC's Public Document Room: 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allen Fetter, Office of New Reactors, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
telephone: 301-415-8556, 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 NUREG-2168, ``Environmental Impact 
Statement for an Early Site Permit at the PSEG Site: Final Report.'' A 
notice of availability of the draft EIS was published by the NRC in the 
Federal Register on August 22, 2014 (79 FR 49820) and also noticed by 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on August 29, 2014 (79 FR 
49774). The public comment period was extended on the draft EIS until 
December 6, 2014, and the comments received are addressed in the final 
EIS. The final EIS is available for public inspection as indicated in 
the ADDRESSES section of this document, and at the Salem Free Public 
Library, 112 West Broadway, Salem, New Jersey, 08079. The final EIS 
also can be accessed online at the PSEG ESP specific Web page at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/esp/pseg.html.
    The final EIS also supports the USACE's review of the Department of 
the Army permit application for certain construction activities on the 
PSEG site. The USACE's Department of the Army permit application number 
for the PSEG site project is CENAP-OP-R-2009-0157-45. The USACE's 
Public Interest Review will be part of its Record of Decision and is 
not addressed in the final EIS.

II. Discussion

    As discussed in the final EIS, the NRC staff's recommendation 
related to the environmental aspects of the proposed action is that the 
ESP should be issued. This recommendation is based on: (1) The 
environmental report (ER) submitted by PSEG Power, LLC, and PSEG 
Nuclear, LLC (PSEG), as revised; (2) consultation with Federal, State, 
Tribal and local agencies; (3) the NRC staff's independent review; (4) 
the NRC staff's consideration of comments received during the 
environmental review; and (5) the assessments summarized in the final 
EIS, including the potential mitigation measures identified in the ER 
and in the final EIS. In addition, in making its preliminary 
recommendation, the NRC staff has concluded that there are no 
environmentally preferable or obviously superior sites in the region of 
interest.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of November, 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank Akstulewicz,
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2015-29698 Filed 11-19-15; 8:45 am]
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