[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 166 (Friday, August 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 42278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16594]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278; NRC-2024-0214; SEIS-429-00-000-
1734688863]
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Peach Bottom Atomic Power
Station Units 2 and 3; Final Supplement to 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 supplement to a final supplemental environmental impact statement
(SEIS), issued as NUREG-1437, Supplement 10, Second Renewal, Supplement
1, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for Peach Bottom
Atomic Power Station Units 2 and 3, Final Report.'' This document
concerns the NRC staff's review of the environmental impacts of the
proposed subsequent renewal of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos.
DPR-44 and DPR-56 for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station (Peach Bottom)
Units 2 and 3, respectively, for an additional 20 years. Peach Bottom
is located primarily in Peach Bottom Township, York County,
Pennsylvania, near Delta, Pennsylvania. Possible alternatives to the
proposed action of subsequent license renewal include the no-action
alternative and reasonable replacement power alternatives.
DATES: NUREG-1437, Supplement 10, Second Renewal, Supplement 1 is
available as of August 22, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0214 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-2024-0214. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions contact the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access 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 10, Second
Renewal, Supplement 1 is available in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML25191A237.
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, Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Public Library: A copy of NUREG-1437, Supplement 10,
Second Renewal, Supplement 1 will be available for public review at the
Harford County Public Library--Whiteford Branch, 2407 Whiteford Road,
Whiteford, MD 21160.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Folk, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6944; 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 to the public NUREG-1437,
Supplement 10, Second Renewal, Supplement 1 regarding the subsequent
renewal of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-44 and DPR-56
for an additional 20 years for Peach Bottom. A notice of availability
of the draft supplement, which updated the 2020 final SEIS, was
published in the Federal Register on May 30, 2025 (90 FR 23075). The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued its notice of availability
of the draft supplement on May 30, 2025 (90 FR 23050). The public
comment period on the draft supplement ended on July 14, 2025, and the
comments received on the draft supplement are addressed in the final
supplement.
II. Discussion
The draft supplement, which updated the 2020 final SEIS, was issued
for public comment on May 30, 2025. The final supplement (NUREG-1437,
Supplement 10, Second Renewal, Supplement 1) addresses the comments
received on the draft supplement. As discussed in Chapter 4 of the
final supplement, the NRC staff has determined that the adverse
environmental impacts of subsequent license renewal for Peach Bottom
(i.e., the continued operation of Peach Bottom for a period of 20 years
beyond the expiration dates of the current licenses) are not so great
that preserving the option of license renewal for energy-planning
decisionmakers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is based on:
(1) information in the environmental report, as supplemented, and other
documents submitted by Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; (2) the
NRC staff's consultation with Federal, State, Tribal, and local
governmental agencies; (3) the NRC staff's independent environmental
review; and (4) the NRC staff's consideration of public comments
received during the scoping process and on the draft of the 2020 final
SEIS and the draft supplement.
Dated: August 21, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kimyata Savoy,
Acting Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and
Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards.
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