[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31225-31226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08746]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-263; NRC-2023-0031]


Northern States Power Company; Monticello Nuclear Generating 
Plant Unit 1; Draft Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

ACTION: Request for comment; public comment meetings.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for 
public comment draft Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement for 
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 26, Second Renewal, 
Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for Monticello Nuclear Generating 
Plant, Unit 1, NUREG-1437, regarding the proposed subsequent renewal of 
Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-22, for an additional 20 
years of operation for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1 
(Monticello). Monticello is located in central Minnesota on the banks 
of the Mississippi River in Sherburne and Wright Counties, 
approximately 38 miles northwest of Minneapolis, MN. Possible 
alternatives to the proposed action of subsequent license renewal (SLR) 
include no action and reasonable replacement power alternatives.

DATES: The staff will hold two public meetings, one in-person near 
Monticello and one through an online webinar and teleconference call, 
on the draft site-specific environmental impact statement (EIS), 
including a presentation on the preliminary findings and a transcribed 
public comment session. The virtual meeting will be held May 8, 2024, 
at 1 p.m. central time (CT). The in-person meeting will be held on May 
15, 2024, at 6 p.m. CT, at the Monticello Community Center, South 
Mississippi Room, 505 Walnut St., Monticello, MN 55362. The in-person 
public meeting will be preceded by an open house from 5-6 p.m. CT, at 
the Monticello Community Center. The public meeting details can be 
found on the NRC's Public Meeting Schedule at https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. Members of the public are invited to submit comments by June 10, 
2024. Comments received after that 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 that 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-2023-0031. 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: Jessica Uma[ntilde]a, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5207; email: 
[email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0031 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may 
obtain publicly available information related to this action using any 
of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0031.
     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, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected]. Draft Site-Specific Environmental 
Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 26, 
Second Renewal, Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for Monticello 
Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1, NUREG-1437, is available in ADAMS 
under Accession No. ML24102A276.
     NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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 
a.m. and 4 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Public Library: A copy of the draft Site-Specific 
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, 
Supplement 26, Second Renewal, Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for 
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1, NUREG-1437, regarding the 
proposed subsequent renewal of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. 
DPR-22, for an additional 20 years of operation for Monticello, will be 
available for public review at the Monticello Great River Regional 
Library, 200 W 6th St., Monticello, MN 55362.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2023-0031 in 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, then 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

    The NRC is issuing for public comment draft Site-Specific 
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants 
Supplement 26, Second Renewal Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for 
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1, NUREG-1437, regarding the 
proposed subsequent renewal of Renewed Facility Operating License No. 
DPR-22, for an additional 20 years of operation for Monticello. Draft 
Site-Specific Supplement 26, Second Renewal, includes a preliminary 
analysis that evaluates the environmental impacts of the proposed 
action and alternatives to the proposed action. It considers the 
impacts of all SLR issues applicable to Monticello SLR on a site-
specific basis.
    Based on the NRC staff's (i) review of the SLR application, 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, Tribal, and local 
governmental agencies and consideration of input from other 
stakeholders; and (iii) independent environmental review as documented 
in the draft site-specific EIS, the NRC staff's preliminary 
recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of subsequent 
license renewal for Monticello are not so great that preserving the 
option of subsequent license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers 
would be unreasonable.
    Detailed information about the subsequent license renewal process 
can be found on the NRC's public website, under Reactor License 
Renewal, at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal.html. Materials involving the request to renew the operating 
licenses for Monticello are available for public inspection at the 
NRC's PDR, and at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/subsequent-license-renewal.html.

    Dated: April 19, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stephen S. Koenick,
Chief, Environmental Project Management Branch 1, Division of 
Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards.
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