[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53694-53695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21053]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70-1151; NRC-2015-0039]


Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC, Columbia Fuel Fabrication 
Facility

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft environmental impact statement; reopening of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: On July 30, 2021, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
issued a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Westinghouse 
Electric Company, LLC's (WEC's) license renewal application to continue 
to operate its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) for an 
additional 40 years. The public comment period for the draft EIS opened 
on August 6 and closed on September 20, 2021. The NRC has decided to 
re-open the public comment period until November 19, 2021 to allow more 
time for the public to submit comments. The CFFF is located in Hopkins, 
South Carolina, and manufactures nuclear fuel assemblies for commercial 
nuclear power plants. The WEC's license renewal request, if granted as 
proposed, would allow the CFFF to continue to be a source of nuclear 
fuel for commercial nuclear power plants for 40 years from the date the 
NRC approves the renewal.

DATES: The comment period for the document published on August 6, 2021 
(86 FR 43276) has been reopened. Comments should be filed no later than 
November 19, 2021. 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:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0039. Address 
questions about Docket IDs 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.
     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.
     Email comments to: [email protected].
     Leave comments by voicemail at: 1-800-216-0881.
    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: Diana Diaz-Toro, telephone: 301-415-
0930; email: [email protected] or Jean Trefethen, telephone: 301-
415-0867; email: [email protected]. Both are staff of the Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0039 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0039.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain 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

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the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 
301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The draft EIS can be 
found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML21209A213.
     Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request 
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.
     Project Website: Information related to the WEC project 
can be accessed on the NRC's WEC website at https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/fc/westinghouse-fuel-fab-fac-sc-lc.html. Under the section 
titled ``Operating,'' scroll down to ``Key Documents'' and click on 
draft EIS, NUREG-2248, draft Report for Comment.
     Public Libraries: A copy of the NRC staff's draft EIS is 
available at the following public libraries (library access and hours 
are determined by local policy):
     Richland Public Library--Main: 1431 Assembly St., 
Columbia, SC 29201;
     Richland Public Library--Lower Richland: 9019 Garners 
Ferry Road, Hopkins, SC 29061; and
     Richland Public Library--Eastover: 608 Main Street, 
Eastover, SC 29044.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0039 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 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

    On August 6, 2021, the NRC issued for public comment the draft EIS 
for WEC's license renewal application, which includes the NRC staff's 
analysis that evaluates the environmental impacts of the proposed 
action and alternatives to the proposed action. Based on the NRC 
staff's (i) review of the license renewal application request, which 
includes the environmental report, supplemental documents, and the 
licensee's responses to the NRC staff's requests for additional 
information; (ii) consultation with federal, state, and tribal agencies 
and input from other stakeholders; and (iii) independent review as 
documented in the assessments summarized in the draft EIS, the NRC 
staff has concluded that the proposed action would result in small 
impacts on all resource areas except for groundwater resources for 
which the impacts would be small to moderate.
    The public comment period closed on September 20, 2021 (86 FR 
43276). The NRC received requests from members of the public and state-
elected officials to extend the comment period. After considering these 
requests, the NRC has decided to re-open the comment period to allow 
more time for the public to submit comments on the draft EIS. Comments 
should be submitted by November 19, 2021, to ensure consideration.

    Dated: September 23, 2021.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jessie M. Quintero,
Chief, Environmental Review Materials Branch, Division of Rulemaking, 
Environmental and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety, 
and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2021-21053 Filed 9-27-21; 8:45 am]
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