[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48196-48197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12294]
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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; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On April 24, 2024, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) solicited comments on 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. The public comment period was
originally scheduled to close on June 10, 2024. The NRC has decided to
extend the public comment period to allow more time for members of the
public to develop and submit their comments.
DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on
April 24, 2024 (89 FR 31225) is extended. Comments should be filed no
later than June 25, 2024. 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 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].
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].
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
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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. eastern time (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
On April 24, 2024, the NRC solicited comments on 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.
The draft site-specific environmental impact statement evaluates the
environmental impacts of proposed action (subsequent license renewal
for Monticello Unit 1, whereby the period of operation would be
extended for an additional 20 years), and alternatives to the proposed
action. The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on
June 10, 2024. Pursuant to section 51.73 of title10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC established a comment period of
45 days from the date of its Federal Register notice (89 FR 31225)
issued on April 24, 2024, amending the Environmental Protection Agency
initially noticed 45-day comment period established on April 19, 2024
(89 FR 28771). The NRC recently received requests to extend the comment
period. The NRC found these requests to be reasonable and has decided,
pursuant to 10 CFR 51.73, to extend the public comment period for
fifteen days until June 25, 2024, to allow more time for members of the
public to submit their comments.
Dated: May 30, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stephen S. Koenick,
Chief, Environmental Project Management Branch 1, Rulemaking,
Environmental and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2024-12294 Filed 6-4-24; 8:45 am]
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