[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 25 (Friday, February 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02369]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287; NRC-2021-0146]
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2,
and 3; Final Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published a
final site-specific environmental impact statement (EIS), issued as
NUREG-1437, Supplement 2, Second Renewal, ``Site-Specific Environmental
Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding
Subsequent License Renewal for Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and
3, Final Report.'' This EIS evaluates, on a site-specific basis, the
environmental impacts of subsequent renewal of Renewed Facility
Operating License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55 for an additional 20
years of operation for Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3
(Oconee Station), respectively. Oconee Station is located in Seneca,
South Carolina, approximately 30 miles west of Greenville. Possible
alternatives to the proposed action of subsequent license renewal for
Oconee Station include the no-action alternative, a new nuclear
alternative, a natural gas combined-cycle alternative, and a
combination alternative.
DATES: NUREG-1437, Supplement 2, Second Renewal, is available as of
February 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0146 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0146. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
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]. NUREG-1437, Supplement 2, Second
Renewal, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML25031A307.
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. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Public Library: NUREG-1437, Supplement 2, Second Renewal,
will be available for public inspection at the Oconee County Public
Library, 300 E South 2nd St., Seneca, SC 29678.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lance J. Rakovan, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2589; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In accordance with section 51.118 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, ``Final environmental impact statement--notice of
availability,'' the NRC is making available for public inspection site-
specific NUREG-1437, Supplement 2, Second Renewal, regarding the
subsequent renewal of Duke Energy Carolinas' (Duke Energy) Renewed
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55 for an
additional 20 years of operation for Oconee Station. A notice of
availability of the site-specific draft of NUREG-1437, Supplement 2,
Second Renewal, was published in the Federal Register on February 13,
2024, by the NRC (89 FR 10107) and on February 16, 2024, by the
Environmental Protection Agency (89 FR 12335). The public comment
period on the draft site-specific EIS ended on April 1, 2024, and the
comments received are addressed in the final EIS.
II. Discussion
As discussed in Chapter 4 of NUREG-1437, Supplement 2, Second
Renewal, the NRC staff's recommendation is that the adverse
environmental impacts of subsequent license renewal for Oconee Station
for an additional 20 years beyond the expiration dates of the initial
renewed licenses are not so great that preserving the option of
subsequent license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers would be
unreasonable. This recommendation is based on: (1) Duke Energy's
environmental report, as supplemented; (2) the NRC staff's
consultations with Federal, State, Tribal, and local government
agencies; (3) the NRC staff's independent environmental review, which
is documented in NUREG-1437, Supplement 2, Second Renewal; and (4) the
NRC staff's consideration of public comments.
Dated: February 4, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John Moses,
Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial
Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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