[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 230 (Friday, December 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68689-68690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26230]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-266 and 50-301; NRC-2020-0277]
NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit
Nos. 1 and 2
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft supplemental environmental impact statement; public
comment meetings.
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SUMMARY: On November 9, 2021, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) published in the Federal Register a notice of availability of the
draft plant-specific Supplement 23, Second Renewal, to the Generic
Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of Nuclear
Plants, NUREG-1437, regarding the proposed subsequent renewal of
Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-24 and DPR-27 for an
additional 20 years of operation for Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit
Nos. 1 and 2 (Point Beach). The NRC is announcing two public comment
webinars to receive comments on this document. The meetings will allow
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interested members of the public to submit their comments.
DATES: The NRC staff will hold the webinars on the draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) on December 8, 2021 from 1:00
p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Central Time (CT) and from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. CT.
The staff will present the preliminary findings of the draft SEIS and
will receive public comments during transcribed public meetings.
Members of the public are invited to continue to submit written
comments by January 3, 2022. 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-2020-0277. 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]. 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: Phyllis M. Clark, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6447; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0277 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
obtain publicly available information related to this action by any of
the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0277.
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 the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or
by email to [email protected]. Draft plant-specific Supplement 23,
Second Renewal, to the GEIS for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants,
NUREG-1437, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML21306A226.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[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 Point Beach
second license renewal can be accessed on the NRC's Point Beach website
at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/point-beach-subsequent.html. Under the section titled
``Public Involvement,'' click on the date of the ``Draft Report.''
Public Library: A copy of draft plant-specific Supplement
23, Second Renewal, to the GEIS for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants,
NUREG-1437, is available at the following location (library access and
hours are determined by local policy):
[cir] Lester Public Library, 1001 Adams Street, Two Rivers, WI
54241.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2020-0277 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed. 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. Meeting Information
On November 9, 2021, the NRC published in the Federal Register (86
FR 62220) a notice of availability of the draft plant-specific
Supplement 23, Second Renewal, to the GEIS for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437, regarding the proposed subsequent renewal
of Point Beach and requested public comments on this document. The NRC
is announcing that the NRC staff will hold two public webinars. The
webinars will include a telephone line for members of the public to
provide comments. A court reporter will transcribe all comments
received during the webinars. To be considered, comments must be
provided either at the transcribed public meeting or in writing, as
discussed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice. The public webinars
will be held on December 8, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. CT and
from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. CT. Persons interested in attending these
webinars should monitor the NRC's Public Meeting Schedule website at
https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg for additional information, agenda for the
meetings, and access information for the webinars. Please contact Ms.
Phyllis Clark no later than December 6, 2021, if accommodations or
special equipment is needed to attend or to provide comments, so that
the NRC staff can determine whether the request can be accommodated.
Dated: November 29, 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.
[FR Doc. 2021-26230 Filed 12-2-21; 8:45 am]
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