[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 170 (Thursday, September 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54502-54503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22415]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Number 50-397; NRC-2010-0029]
Energy Northwest, Columbia Generating Station; Notice of
Availability of Draft Supplement 47 to the Generic Environmental Impact
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants and Public Meetings for
the License Renewal of Columbia Generating Station
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) has published a draft plant-specific supplement to the Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants
(GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating license NPF-21
for an additional 20 years of operation for Columbia Generating
Station. Columbia Generating Station is located in Richland,
Washington. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license
renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources.
Any interested party may submit comments on the draft supplement to
the GEIS for consideration by the NRC staff. To be considered, comments
on the draft supplement to the GEIS and the proposed action must be
received by November 16, 2011. The NRC staff is able to ensure
consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC-2010-0029 in the subject line
of your comments. For additional instructions on submitting comments
and instructions on accessing documents related to this action, see
``Submitting Comments and Accessing Information'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document. You may submit comments by any
one of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-
2010-0029. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher,
telephone: 301-492-3668; e-mail: [email protected].
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
Fax comments to: RADB at 301-492-3446.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Submitting Comments and Accessing Information
Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be posted
on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site, http://www.regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to remove
any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against
including any information in your submission that you do not want to be
publicly disclosed.
The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not
include any information in their comments that they do not want
publicly disclosed.
You can access publicly available documents related to this
document using the following methods:
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine
and have copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's
PDR, O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
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(ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC
are available online in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain entry into ADAMS,
which provides text and image files of the NRC's public documents. If
you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing
the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR reference staff
at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].
The Draft Supplement 47 to the GEIS is available electronically under
ADAMS Accession Number ML11227A007.
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Public comments and
supporting materials related to this notice can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC-2010-0029.
In addition, a copy of the draft supplement to the GEIS is
available to local residents near the site at the Richland Public
Library, 955 Northgate Drive, Richland, Washington 99352 and at the
Kennewick Branch of Mid-Columbia Libraries, 1620 South Union Street,
Kennewick, Washington 99338.
All comments received by the NRC, including those made by Federal,
State, and local agencies; Native American Tribes; or other interested
persons, will be made available electronically at the NRC's PDR in
Rockville, Maryland, and through ADAMS. Comments received after the due
date will be considered only if it is practical to do so.
The NRC staff will hold public meetings prior to the close of the
public comment period to present an overview of the draft plant-
specific supplement to the GEIS and to accept public comments on the
document. Two meetings will be held at the Red Lion Hotel, 802 George
Washington Way, Richland, Washington, on Tuesday, September 27, 2011.
The first session will convene at 2 p.m. and will continue until 5
p.m., as necessary. The second session will convene at 7 p.m. and will
continue until 10 p.m., as necessary. The meetings will be transcribed
and will include: (1) A presentation of the contents of the draft
plant-specific supplement to the GEIS and (2) the opportunity for
interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to
provide comments on the draft report. Additionally, the NRC staff will
host informal discussions one hour prior to the start of each session
at the same location. No comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS
will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered,
comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meeting or
in writing. Persons may pre-register to attend or present oral comments
at the meeting by contacting Mr. Daniel Doyle, the NRC Environmental
Project Manager, at 1-800-368-5642, extension 3748, or by e-mail at
[email protected] no later than Friday, September 23, 2011. Members
of the public may also register to provide oral comments within 15
minutes of the start of each session. Individual oral comments may be
limited by the time available, depending on the number of persons who
register. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend
or present information at the public meeting, the need should be
brought to Mr. Doyle's attention no later than September 23, 2011, to
provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the request
can be accommodated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Daniel Doyle, Division of License
Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Mail Stop O-11F1, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Mr. Doyle may
be contacted at the aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of August 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David J. Wrona,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2011-22415 Filed 8-31-11; 8:45 am]
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