[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 5725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01769]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278; NRC-2018-0130]


Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Peach Bottom Atomic Power 
Station, Units 2 and 3

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final supplemental environmental impact statement.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published a 
final plant-specific supplement, Supplement 10, Second Renewal, to the 
Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437, regarding the subsequent renewal of 
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-44 and DPR-56 for an additional 20 
years of operation for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 
3, respectively (Peach Bottom). Peach Bottom is located in York County, 
Pennsylvania.

DATES: The final Supplement 10, Second Renewal to the GEIS is available 
as of January 24, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0130 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 website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0130. Address 
questions about NRC docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; 
telephone: 301-287-9127; 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 access publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, 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 10, Second 
Renewal is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20023A937.
     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.
     Library: A copy of the final Supplement 10, Second Renewal 
to the GEIS for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437, is 
available at the Hartford County Public Library, Whiteford Branch, 2407 
Whiteford Road, Whiteford, MD 21160.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois M. James, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3306, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In accordance with section 51.118 of title 10 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC is making available final 
Supplement 10, Second Renewal to NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of 
Exelon Generation Company, LLC. (Exelon), operating licenses DPR-44 and 
DPR-56 for an additional 20 years of operation for Peach Bottom Atomic 
Power Station, Units 2 and 3 (Peach Bottom). A Notice of Availability 
of Draft Supplement 10, Second Renewal to NUREG-1437 was published in 
the Federal Register on August 9, 2019 (84 FR 39296), by the 
Environmental Protection Agency. The public comment period on draft 
Supplement 10, Second Renewal to NUREG-1437 ended on September 23, 
2019, and the comments received are addressed in final Supplement 10, 
Second Renewal to NUREG-1437.

II. Discussion

    As discussed in Chapter 5 of final Supplement 10, Second Renewal to 
NUREG-1437, the NRC staff determined that the adverse environmental 
impacts of subsequent license renewal for Peach Bottom are not so great 
that preserving the option of subsequent 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 
Exelon; (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 27th day of January, 2020.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert B. Elliott,
Chief, Environmental Review License Renewal Branch, Division of 
Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2020-01769 Filed 1-30-20; 8:45 am]
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