ML083500090
| ML083500090 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 07/22/2008 |
| From: | Rani Franovich License Renewal Projects Branch 2 |
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| 73FR42628 | |
| Download: ML083500090 (3) | |
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42628 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 141 / Tuesday, July 22, 2008 / Notices Centers for Nuclear Power Plants, is centers components (such as digital the NRCs Electronic Reading Room at temporarily identified by its task components) could be affected by the http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-number, DG-1149, which should be high frequency earthquake ground collections/. Electronic copies are also mentioned in all related motion. available in ADAMS (http://
correspondence. These objectives should be www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html),
This regulatory guide describes a accomplished using qualification under Accession No. ML072760149.
method that the staff of the NRC deems methods (type testing, operating In addition, regulatory guides are acceptable for complying with the experience, analysis as a supplement to available for inspection at the NRCs Commissions regulations for the type testing and operating experience, Public Document Room (PDR), which is qualification of safety-related motor ongoing qualification, or any located at 11555 Rockville Pike, control centers for nuclear power plants. combination thereof). However, the Rockville, Maryland. The PDRs mailing IEEE Std. 649-2006, IEEE Standard preferred method of qualification is type address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC for Qualifying Class 1E Motor Control testing. 20555-0001. The PDR can also be Centers for Nuclear Power Generating reached by telephone at (301) 415-4737 Stations, published on December 29, II. Further Information or (800) 397-4209, by fax at (301) 415-2006, was developed by the Working The NRC staff is soliciting comments 3548, and by e-mail to PDR@nrc.gov.
Group on Motor Control Centers (SC on DG-1149. Comments may be Regulatory guides are not 2.14) of the Nuclear Power Engineering accompanied by relevant information or copyrighted, and Commission approval Committee of the Institute of Electrical supporting data, and should mention is not required to reproduce them.
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and DG-1149 in the subject line. Comments was approved by the IEEE-SA Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day submitted in writing or in electronic of July, 2008.
Standards Board on September 15, 2006. form will be made available to the The standard provides basic principles, For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
public in their entirety through the requirements, and methods for NRCs Agencywide Documents Access Harriet Karagiannis, qualifying safety-related motor control and Management System (ADAMS). Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development centers for both harsh and mild Personal information will not be Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of environment applications in nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Research.
removed from your comments. You may power plants. The demonstration that submit comments by any of the [FR Doc. E8-16729 Filed 7-21-08; 8:45 am]
an installed motor control center will following methods: BILLING CODE 7590-01-P meet its design specification requires 1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking, many steps: A program of quality Directives, and Editing Branch, Office of assurance, design, qualification, Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory NUCLEAR REGULATORY production quality control, installation, Commission, Washington, DC 20555- COMMISSION maintenance, periodic testing, and 0001. [Docket Nos. 50-282 and 50-306]
surveillance. However, the scope of 2. E-mail comments to:
IEEE Std. 649-2006 is limited to NRCREP@nrc.gov. Nuclear Management Company, LLC.;
qualification. 3. Hand-deliver comments to: Prairie Island Nuclear Generating The purpose of qualification is to Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Plant, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Intent To provide assurance that the motor control Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Prepare an Environmental Impact center is capable of performing its Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11555 Statement and Conduct Scoping required safety functions with no failure Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland Process mechanisms that could lead to common 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.
mode failures under the postulated on Federal workdays. Nuclear Management Company, LLC.
conditions specified in the equipment 4. Fax comments to: Rulemaking, (NMC) has submitted an application for specification. Directives, and Editing Branch, Office of renewal of Facility Operating Licenses Clause 9.5 of IEEE Std 649-2006 Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory No. DPR-42 and DPR-60 for an references IEEE Std 344-2004, Commission at (301) 415-5144. additional 20 years of operation at the Recommended Practice for Seismic Requests for technical information Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Qualification of Class 1E Equipment for about DG-1149 may be directed to the Units 1 and 2 (PINGP). PINGP is located Nuclear Power Generating Stations, NRC Senior Program Manager, Satish in the city of Red Wing, Minnesota, on and provides additional guidance for Aggarwal at (301) 415-6005 or e-mail to the west bank of the Mississippi River.
seismic qualification of motor control Satish.Aggarwal@nrc.gov. The operating licenses for PINGP, centers. The vast majority of seismic Comments would be most helpful if Units 1 and 2, expire on August 9, 2013, qualification tests on motor control received by September 19, 2008. and October 29, 2014, respectively. The centers were performed with input Comments received after that date will application for renewal, dated April 11, frequencies up to only 33 Hz. Attempts be considered if it is practical to do so, 2008, and supplemented by letter dated to utilize such past test experience data but the NRC is able to ensure May 16, 2008, was submitted pursuant for seismic qualification of motor consideration only for comments to Title 10 of the Code of Federal control centers is not considered received on or before this date. Regulations (10 CFR) Part 54. A notice appropriate. Recent studies related to Although a time limit is given, of receipt and availability of the the early site permit applications at comments and suggestions in application, which included the certain east coast hard rock-based plants connection with items for inclusion in environmental report (ER), was indicated that the site-specific spectra guides currently being developed or published in the Federal Register on may exceed the certified design spectra improvements in all published guides May 6, 2008 (73 FR 25034), as corrected sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES of new proposed plants in the very high are encouraged at any time. on May 27, 2008 (73 FR 30423). A frequency range (from 20 Hz up to 100 Electronic copies of DG-1149 are notice of acceptance for docketing of the Hz). Plants located in the Central and available through the NRCs public Web application for renewal of the facility Eastern United States on hard-rock site under Draft Regulatory Guides in operating license was published in the should evaluate whether motor control the Regulatory Guides collection of Federal Register on June 17, 2008 (73 VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:47 Jul 21, 2008 Jkt 214001 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22JYN1.SGM 22JYN1
Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 141 / Tuesday, July 22, 2008 / Notices 42629 FR 34335). The purpose of this notice is The NRC will first conduct a scoping proposed activity and to determine the to inform the public that the U.S. process for the supplement to the GEIS scope of issues to be addressed in an Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and, as soon as practicable thereafter, EIS. The NRC has decided to hold will be preparing an environmental will prepare a draft supplement to the public meetings for the PINGP license impact statement (EIS) related to the GEIS for public comment. Participation renewal supplement to the GEIS. The review of the license renewal in the scoping process by members of scoping meetings will be held at the Red application and to provide the public an the public and local, State, Tribal, and Wing Public Library, 225 East Ave., Red opportunity to participate in the Federal government agencies is Wing, MN 55066, on Wednesday, July environmental scoping process, which encouraged. The scoping process for the 30, 2008. There will be two sessions to is described in 10 CFR 51.29. In supplement to the GEIS will follow 10 accommodate interested parties. The addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, CFR 51.29 and will be used to: first session will convene at 1:30 p.m.
Coordination with the National a. Define the proposed action which and will continue until 4:30 p.m., as Environmental Policy Act, the NRC is to be the subject of the supplement to necessary. The second session will plans to coordinate compliance with the GEIS. convene at 7 p.m. with a repeat of the Section 106 of the National Historic b. Determine the scope of the overview portions of the meeting and Preservation Act in meeting the supplement to the GEIS and identify the will continue until 10 p.m., as requirements of the National significant issues to be analyzed in necessary. Both meetings will be Environmental Policy Act of 1969 depth. transcribed and will include: (1) An (NEPA). c. Identify and eliminate from overview by the NRC staff of the NEPA In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) detailed study those issues that are environmental review process, the and 10 CFR 54.23, NMC submitted the peripheral or that are not significant. proposed scope of the supplement to the ER as part of the application. The ER d. Identify any environmental GEIS, and the proposed review was prepared pursuant to 10 CFR Part assessments and other EISs that are schedule; and (2) the opportunity for 51 and is publicly available at the NRC being or will be prepared that are interested government agencies, Public Document Room (PDR), located related to, but are not part of, the scope organizations, and individuals to submit at One White Flint North, 11555 of the supplement to the GEIS being comments or suggestions on the Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland considered. environmental issues or the proposed 20852, or from the NRCs Agencywide e. Identify other environmental scope of the supplement to the GEIS.
Documents Access and Management review and consultation requirements Additionally, the NRC staff will host System (ADAMS). The ADAMS Public related to the proposed action. informal discussions one hour prior to Electronic Reading Room is accessible at f. Indicate the relationship between the start of each session at the same http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/ the timing of the preparation of the location. No formal comments on the dologin.htm. The Accession Numbers environmental analyses and the proposed scope of the supplement to the for the ER are ML081130677, Commissions tentative planning and GEIS will be accepted during the ML081130681, and ML081130684. decision-making schedule. informal discussions. To be considered, Persons who do not have access to g. Identify any cooperating agencies comments must be provided either at ADAMS, or who encounter problems in and, as appropriate, allocate the transcribed public meetings or in accessing the documents located in assignments for preparation and writing, as discussed below. Persons ADAMS, should contact the NRCs PDR schedules for completing the may register to attend or present oral reference staff by telephone at 1-800- supplement to the GEIS to the NRC and comments at the meetings on the scope 397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by any cooperating agencies. of the NEPA review by contacting the e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. The ER may also h. Describe how the supplement to NRC Project Manager, Mr. Richard be viewed on the Internet at http:// the GEIS will be prepared, and include Plasse, by telephone at 1-301-415-www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ any contractor assistance to be used. 1427, or by e-mail to the NRC at licensing/renewal/applications/prairie- The NRC invites the following entities richard.plasse@nrc.gov no later than island.html. In addition, the ER is to participate in scoping: July 24, 2008. Members of the public available for public inspection near a. The applicant, Nuclear may also register to speak at the meeting PINGP at the Red Wing Public Library, Management Company, LLC.
within 15 minutes of the start of each 225 East Ave, Red Wing, MN 55066. b. Any Federal agency that has This notice advises the public that the session. Individual oral comments may jurisdiction by law or special expertise NRC intends to gather the information be limited by the time available, with respect to any environmental necessary to prepare a plant-specific depending on the number of persons impact involved, or that is authorized to supplement to the Commissions who register. Members of the public develop and enforce relevant Generic Environmental Impact who have not registered may also have environmental standards.
Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of c. Affected State and local an opportunity to speak, if time permits.
Nuclear Plants, (NUREG-1437) related government agencies, including those Public comments will be considered in to the review of the application for authorized to develop and enforce the scoping process for the supplement renewal of the PINGP operating licenses relevant environmental standards. to the GEIS. Mr. Plasse will need to be for an additional 20 years. Possible d. Any affected Indian tribe. contacted no later than July 24, 2008, if alternatives to the proposed action e. Any person who requests or has special equipment or accommodations (license renewal) include no action and requested an opportunity to participate are needed to attend or present reasonable alternative energy sources. in the scoping process. information at the public meeting, so The NRC is required by 10 CFR 51.95 f. Any person who has petitioned or that the NRC staff can determine to prepare a supplement to the GEIS in intends to petition for leave to whether the request can be sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES connection with the renewal of an intervene. accommodated.
operating license. This notice is being In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26, the Members of the public may send published in accordance with NEPA scoping process for an EIS may include written comments on the environmental and the NRCs regulations found in 10 a public scoping meeting to help scope of the PINGP license renewal CFR Part 51. identify significant issues related to a review to: Chief, Rulemaking, Directives VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:47 Jul 21, 2008 Jkt 214001 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22JYN1.SGM 22JYN1
42630 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 141 / Tuesday, July 22, 2008 / Notices and Editing Branch, Division of For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. urged to contact the above named Administrative Services, Office of Rani Franovich, individual at least two working days Administration, Mailstop T-6D59, U.S. Branch Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of prior to the meeting to be advised of any Nuclear Regulatory Commission, License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor potential changes to the agenda.
Washington, DC 20555-0001, and Regulation.
Dated: July 14, 2008.
should cite the publication date and [FR Doc. E8-16731 Filed 7-21-08; 8:45 am]
Cayetano Santos, page number of this Federal Register BILLING CODE 7590-01-P Chief, Reactor Safety Branch A, Advisory notice. Comments may also be delivered Committee on Reactor Safeguards.
to the NRC, Room T-6D59, Two White [FR Doc. E8-16728 Filed 7-21-08; 8:45 am]
Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, NUCLEAR REGULATORY BILLING CODE 7590-01-P COMMISSION Rockville, Maryland 20852, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. during Federal Advisory Committee on Reactor workdays. To be considered in the Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the NUCLEAR REGULATORY scoping process, written comments ACRS Subcommittee on ESBWR; COMMISSION should be postmarked by September 22, Notice of Meeting 2008. Electronic comments may be sent Sunshine Federal Register Notice by e-mail to the NRC at The ACRS Subcommittee on the Economic Simplified Boiling Water AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS: Nuclear PrairieIslandEIS@nrc.gov, and should be Reactor (ESBWR) will hold a meeting on Regulatory Commission.
sent no later than September 22, 2008, to be considered in the scoping process. August 21-22, 2008, Room T-2B3, DATES: Weeks of July 21, 28, August 4, Comments will be available 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 11, 18, 25, 2008.
electronically and accessible through Maryland. PLACE: Commissioners Conference The meeting will be open to public Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, ADAMS at http://
attendance, with the exception of a Maryland.
adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm.
portion that may be closed to protect Participation in the scoping process STATUS: Public and Closed.
information that is proprietary to for the supplement to the GEIS does not General Electric-Hitachi (GEH) Nuclear Week of July 21, 2008.
entitle participants to become parties to Energy and its contractors pursuant to 5 the proceeding to which the supplement U.S.C. 552b(c)(4). Wednesday, July 23, 2008 to the GEIS relates. Notice of The agenda for the subject meeting 1:25 p.m. Affirmation Session (Public opportunity for a hearing regarding the shall be as follows: Meeting) (Tentative). a. U.S.
renewal application was the subject of Thursday, August 21, 20088:30 Department of Energy (High Level the aforementioned Federal Register a.m.-5 p.m. Waste Repository)Petitions of the notice (73 FR 34335). Matters related to Friday, August 22, 20088:30 a.m.-5 State of Nevada and Dr. Jacob Paz to participation in any hearing are outside p.m. Reject the Department of Energys the scope of matters to be discussed at The Subcommittee will review the (DOE) Application to Construct a this public meeting. probabilistic risk analysis supporting Geologic Repository at Yucca the Safety Evaluation Report with Open Mountain, Nevada (Tentative). b.
At the conclusion of the scoping Items associated with the ESBWR Progress Energy Carolinas Inc.
process, the NRC will prepare a concise Design Certification Application. The (Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, summary of the determination and Subcommittee will hear presentations Units 2 and 3)Motion by the North conclusions reached, including the by and hold discussions with Carolina Waste Awareness and significant issues identified, and will representatives of the NRC staff, GEH, Reduction Network (NC WARN) to send a copy of the summary to each and other interested persons regarding Immediately Suspend the Hearing participant in the scoping process. The this matter. The Subcommittee will Notice and Request for Expedited summary will also be available for gather information, analyze relevant Consideration (Tentative).
inspection in ADAMS at http:// issues and facts, and formulate 1:30 p.m. Discussion of Security Issues adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. proposed positions and actions, as (ClosedEx. 1 & 3).
The staff will then prepare and issue for appropriate, for deliberation by the full comment the draft supplement to the Committee. Thursday, July 24, 2008 GEIS, which will be the subject of Members of the public desiring to 1:30 p.m. Discussion of Security Issues separate notices and separate public provide oral statements and/or written (ClosedEx. 1 & 3).
meetings. Copies will be available for comments should notify the Designated public inspection at the above- Federal Official, Dr. Harold J. Week of July 28, 2008Tentative mentioned addresses, and one copy per Vandermolen (telephone: 301-415- Wednesday, July 30, 2008 request will be provided free of charge. 6236), five days prior to the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate 1:30 p.m. Discussion of Management After receipt and consideration of the arrangements can be made. Electronic Issues (ClosedEx. 2).
comments, the NRC will prepare a final supplement to the GEIS, which will also recordings will be permitted. Detailed Week of August 4, 2008Tentative be available for public inspection. procedures for the conduct of and There are no meetings scheduled for participation in ACRS meetings were Information about the proposed the week of August 4, 2008.
published in the Federal Register on action, the supplement to the GEIS, and September 26, 2007 (72 FR 54695). Week of August 11, 2008Tentative sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES the scoping process may be obtained Further information regarding this from Mr. Plasse at the aforementioned meeting can be obtained by contacting Tuesday, August 12, 2008 telephone number or e-mail address. the Designated Federal Official between 1:30 p.m. Meeting with FEMA and State Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. (ET). Persons and Local Representatives on Offsite of July 2008. planning to attend this meeting are Emergency Preparedness Issues VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:47 Jul 21, 2008 Jkt 214001 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22JYN1.SGM 22JYN1