[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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