United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2024_register executive 2024-08-06 article Part III Rules and Regulations D09002ee1ca286d91 D09002ee1ca286e67 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its environmental protection regulations by updating the Commission's 2013 findings on the environmental effect of renewing the operating license of a nuclear power plant. This final rule redefines the number and scope of the environmental issues that must be addressed during the review of each application for license renewal. As part of this update, the NRC is issuing Revision 2 to NUREG-1437, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (LR GEIS), to account for new information and to address the impacts of initial license renewals, which the previous versions considered, as well as first subsequent license renewals. The LR GEIS, Revision 2, provides the technical basis for the final rule. 89 FR 64166 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2024-08-06/2024-16643 2024-16643 fr06au24-13 RIN 3150-AK32 7590-01-P NRC-2018-0296 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2024-08-06/2024-16643 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-06/html/2024-16643.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-06/pdf/2024-16643.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Environmental Impact Statements Hazardous Waste Nuclear Energy Nuclear Materials Nuclear Power Plants and Reactors Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 34 p. 64166 64199 89 FR 64166 Title 10 Part 51 10 CFR Part 51 RIN 3150-AK32 Renewing Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses-Environmental Review; Federal Register Vol. 89, Issue RULE 2024-16643 III NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 2024-09-05 NRC-2018-0296 7590-01-P 2024-16643 Final rule and guidance; issuance.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its environmental protection regulations by updating the Commission's 2013 findings on the environmental effect of renewing the operating license of a nuclear power plant. This final rule redefines the number and scope of the environmental issues that must be addressed during the review of each application for license renewal. As part of this update, the NRC is issuing Revision 2 to NUREG-1437, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" (LR GEIS), to account for new information and to address the impacts of initial license renewals, which the previous versions considered, as well as first subsequent license renewals. The LR GEIS, Revision 2, provides the technical basis for the final rule.

Effective Date: This final rule is effective on September 5, 2024. Yanely Malave-Velez, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-1519, email: Yanely.Malave-Velez@nrc.gov; Jennifer Davis, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-3835, email: Jennifer.Davis@nrc.gov; or Kevin Folk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone 301-415-6944, email: Kevin.Folk@nrc.gov. All are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Administrative Practice and Procedure Environmental Impact Statements Hazardous Waste Nuclear Energy Nuclear Materials Nuclear Power Plants and Reactors Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Renewing Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses: Environmental Review, Jennifer.Davis@nrc.gov Kevin.Folk@nrc.gov Library.Resource@nrc.gov PDR.Resource@nrc.gov Yanely.Malave-Velez@nrc.gov https://subscriber.politicopro.com/eenews/f/eenews/?id=0000018b-8b9a-da71-a98f-abff5d500000 https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html https://www.regulations.gov Vol. 89, no. 151 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2024-08-06 continuing daily deposited born digital 543 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2024-08-06 P0b002ee1ca286b85 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr06au24 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2024-08-06 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-06/pdf/FR-2024-08-06.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-06/xml/FR-2024-08-06.xml fdlp 63813 64351 DGPO 2024-08-06 2024-08-06 FR-2024-08-06 machine generated eng FR FR-2024-08-06 89 151