[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47525-47526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18255]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339; NRC-2020-0234]


Virginia Electric and Power Company; Dominion Energy Virginia; 
North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft supplemental environmental impact statement; request for 
comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for 
public comment draft plant-specific Supplement 7, 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. NPF-4 and NPF-7 for an additional 20 
years of operation for North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 
(North Anna). The North Anna facility is located in Louisa County, 
Virginia. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (subsequent 
license renewal) include no action and reasonable replacement power 
alternatives.

DATES: The staff will hold a webinar on the draft Environmental Impact 
Statement in September, including a presentation on the preliminary 
findings and a transcribed public comment session. The webinar details 
will be announced in the near future. Submit either electronic or 
written comments by October 12, 2021. Comments received after this date 
will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the NRC 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; 
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking website:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0234. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this document.
     Email: Comments may be submitted to the NRC electronically 
using the email address [email protected].
     Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
    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: Tam Tran, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-3617; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0234 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may 
obtain publicly available information related to this document by any 
of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0234.
     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 by email to [email protected]. 
Draft plant-specific Supplement 7, Second Renewal, to the GEIS for 
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437, is available in ADAMS 
under Accession No. ML21228A084.
     Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request 
for copies of documents to the PDR via email at [email protected] or 
call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 
(ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Library: A copy of draft plant-specific Supplement 7, 
Second Renewal, to the GEIS for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, 
NUREG-1437, is available at the following location: Louisa Library, 881 
Davis Hwy., Mineral, VA 23117.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2020-0234 in the subject line of your comment 
submission.
    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 will post all comment submissions at 
https://www.regulations.gov/ as well as enter 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, you should

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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 
into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    The NRC is issuing for public comment draft plant-specific 
Supplement 7, Second Renewal, to the GEIS for License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437, regarding the subsequent renewal of 
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 for an additional 20 
years of operation for North Anna, Unit Nos. 1 and 2. Draft plant-
specific Supplement 7, Second Renewal, to the GEIS includes the 
preliminary analysis that evaluates the environmental impacts of the 
proposed action and alternatives to the proposed action. The NRC 
staff's preliminary recommendation is that the adverse environmental 
impacts of subsequent license renewal for North Anna are not so great 
that preserving the option of subsequent license renewal for energy-
planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.

    Dated: August 19, 2021.

    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.
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