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2015/07/01 Diablo Canyon Lr - Federal Register Notice Announcing Scoping

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1 DiabloCanyonNPEm Resource From: Wentzel, Michael Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 12:43 PM To: Terrence Grebel (TLG1@pge.com)

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Federal Register Notice Announcing Scoping Attachments:

2015-15921.pdfTerry, The Federal Register Notice announcing the start of the scoping period was issued today. I have attached a copy for your reference. The letter to PG&E announcing the start of scoping has been signed and should be issued later today. I will send a copy once it has been processed.

Thanks, Mike Michael Wentzel Project Manager NRR/DLR/RPB2 (301) 415-6459 michael.wentzel@nrc.gov

Hearing Identifier: DiabloCanyon_LicenseRenewal_NonPublic Email Number: 3121 Mail Envelope Properties (Michael.Wentzel@nrc.gov20150701124300)

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Federal Register Notice Announcing Scoping Sent Date: 7/1/2015 12:43:10 PM Received Date: 7/1/2015 12:43:00 PM From: Wentzel, Michael Created By: Michael.Wentzel@nrc.gov Recipients: "Terrence Grebel (TLG1@pge.com)" <TLG1@pge.com>

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37664 Federal Register/Vol. 80, No. 126/Wednesday, July 1, 2015/Notices concludes that there would be no disproportionately high and adverse

impacts to minority and low-income

populations and that federally listed

threatened and endangered species

would not be affected by the continued

operation of the PI ISFSI during the

proposed license renewal period.

The NRC staff is also performing a detailed safety analysis of the NSPMs

license renewal application to assess

compliance with 10 CFR part 20, Standards for Protection Against

Radiation, and 10 CFR part 72, Licensing Requirements for the

Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear

Fuel, High-Level Radioactive Waste, and

Reactor-Related Greater Than Class C

Waste. The NRC staffs analysis will be

documented in a separate safety

evaluation report (SER). The NRC staffs

decision whether to renew the NSPMs

PI ISFSI license as proposed will be

based on the results of the NRC staffs

review as documented in the final EA, the final FONSI, and in the SER.

Based on its review of the proposed action in the EA relative to the

requirements set forth in 10 CFR part

51, the NRC staff has determined that

renewal of NRC license SNM-2506, which would authorize continued

operation of the PI ISFSI in Goodhue

County, Minnesota, for a an additional

40 years, will not significantly affect the

quality of the human environment. No

significant changes in NSPMs

authorized operations for the PI ISFSI

were requested as part of the license

renewal application. Approval of the

proposed action would not result in any

new construction or expansion of the

existing ISFSI footprint beyond that

previously approved. The ISFSI is a

passive facility that produces no liquid

or gaseous effluents. No significant

radiological or nonradiological impacts are expected from continued normal

operations. Occupational dose estimates

from routine monitoring activities and

transfer of spent fuel for disposal are

expected to be at as low as reasonably

achievable levels and are expected to be

within the limits of 10 CFR 20.1201.

The estimated annual dose to the

nearest potential member of the public

from ISFSI activities is 0.02

millisieverts/year (mSv/yr) [2.20

millirem/year (mrem/yr)], which is

below the 0.25 mSv/yr [25 mrem/yr]

limit specified in 10 CFR 72.104(a) and

the 1 mSv/yr (100 mrem/yr) limit in 10

CFR 20.1301(a)(1).

III. Finding of No Significant Impact Based on its review of the proposed action, in accordance with the

requirements in 10 CFR part 51, the

NRC staff has concluded that the proposed action, amendment of NRC Special Nuclear Materials License No.

SNM-2506 for the PI ISFSI located in

Goodhue County, Minnesota, will not

significantly affect the quality of the

human environment. Therefore, the

NRC staff has determined, pursuant to

10 CFR 51.31, that preparation of an

environmental impact statement is not

required for the proposed action and a FONSI is appropriate.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of June, 2015.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Marissa G. Bailey, Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Environmental Review, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 2015-16238 Filed 6-30-15; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590-01-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-275 and 50-323; NRC-

2009-0552]

Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1

and 2 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement and

conduct the scoping process; reopening

of scoping process, public meetings, and

request for comment.

SUMMARY

On January 27, 2010, the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

notified the public of its opportunity to

participate in the scoping process

associated with the preparation of an

environmental impact statement (EIS)

related to the review of the license

renewal application submitted by

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for the renewal of Facility

Operating Licenses DPR-80 and DPR-82

for an additional 20 years of operation

at Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP),

Units 1 and 2. The current operating

licenses for DCPP, Units 1 and 2 expire

on November 2, 2024, and August 26, 2025, respectively. The scoping period

closed on April 12, 2010. The NRC has

decided to reopen the scoping process

and allow members of the public an

additional opportunity to participate.

DATES: The comment period for the environmental scoping process

published on January 27, 2010 (75 FR

4427) has been reopened. Comments

should be filed no later than August 31, 2015. Comments received after this date

will be considered if it is practical to do

so, but the Commission is able to ensure

consideration only for comments

received before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods (unless

this document describes a different

method for submitting comments on a

specific subject):

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2009-0552. Address

questions about NRC dockets to Carol

Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-3463;

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.

For technical questions, contact the

individual listed in the FORFURTHER INFORMATIONCONTACT section of this document.

• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop:

OWFN-12 H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555-

0001. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see Obtaining Information and

Submitting Comments in the SUPPLEMENTARYINFORMATION section of this document. FORFURTHERINFORMATIONCONTACT

Michael Wentzel, Office of Nuclear

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-

6459, email:

Michael.Wentzel@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARYINFORMATION

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2009-0552 when contacting the NRC about

the availability of information regarding

this document. You may obtain

publicly-available information related to

this document by the following

methods: *Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2009-0552.

• NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-

available documents online in the

ADAMS Public Documents collection at

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/

adams.html.

To begin the search, select ADAMS Public Documents and then select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public

Document Room (PDR) reference staff at

1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.

The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. The application for renewal of the DCPP licenses can be found in ADAMS under Package Accession No. ML093340125. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:30 Jun 30, 2015Jkt 235001PO 00000Frm 00085Fmt 4703Sfmt 4703E:\FR\FM\01JYN1.SGM01JYN1 tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 37665 Federal Register/Vol. 80, No. 126/Wednesday, July 1, 2015/Notices

• NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at

the NRCs PDR, Room O1-F21, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC-2009-0552 in the subject line of your

comment submission, in order to ensure

that the NRC is able to make your

comment submission available to the

public in this docket.

The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that

you do not want to be publicly

disclosed in your comment submission.

The NRC will post all comment

submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS.

The NRC does not routinely edit

comment submissions to remove

identifying or contact information.

If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for

submission to the NRC, then you should

inform those persons not to include

identifying or contact information that

they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission.

Your request should state that the NRC

does not routinely edit comment

submissions to remove such information

before making the comment

submissions available to the public or

entering the comment submissions into

ADAMS. II. Discussion On January 27, 2010 (75 FR 4427), the NRC notified the public of its

opportunity to participate in the scoping

process associated with the preparation

of an EIS related to the review of the

license renewal application submitted

by PG&E for the renewal of the

operating licenses for an additional 20

years of operation at DCPP. The

application for license renewal, which

included an environmental report (ER),

dated November 23, 2009 (ADAMS

Package No. ML093340125), was

submitted pursuant to part 54 of Title 10

of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). A separate notice of receipt and

availability of the application was

published in the Federal Register on December 11, 2009 (74 FR 65811). A

notice of acceptance for docketing of the

application and opportunity for hearing

regarding renewal of the facility

operating license was published in the

Federal Register on January 21, 2010 (75 FR 3493). The scoping period closed

on April 12, 2010. By letter dated April

10, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No.

ML111010592), PG&E requested the

NRC to delay final processing of the license renewal application to allow time for the completion of certain

seismic studies to address concerns

raised during the State of Californias

Coastal Zone Management Act

consistency review. On May 31, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11138A315),

the NRC delayed all further milestones

associated with the safety and

environmental reviews of the DCPP

license renewal application.

On December 22, 2014 (ADAMS Package No. ML14364A259), and

February 25, 2015 (ADAMS Package No.

ML15057A102), PG&E amended its ER to provide additional information

identified by NRC staff as necessary to

complete the review of the DCPP license

renewal application. By letter dated

April 28, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No.

ML15104A509), the NRC staff issued a

schedule for the remainder of the DCPP

license renewal review. The purpose of

this notice is to (1) inform the public

that the NRC has decided to reopen the

scoping process, as defined in 10 CFR

51.29, Scoping-environmental impact

statement and supplement to

environmental impact statement, and

(2) allow members of the public an

additional opportunity to participate.

The comments already received by the

NRC will be considered; reopening of

the scoping process provides additional

opportunity for the public to comment

on issues that may have emerged since

completion of the last scoping period. As outlined in §800.8 of Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations (36 CFR), Coordination With the National

Environmental Policy Act, the NRC

plans to coordinate compliance with

Section 106 of the National Historic

Preservation Act (NHPA) in meeting the

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Under §800.8(c) the NRC

intends to use its process and

documentation for the preparation of the EIS on the proposed action to comply with Section 106 of the NHPA in lieu of the procedures set forth in §800.3 through 800.6.

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) and 10 CFR 54.23, PG&E submitted the

ER as part of the application. The ER

was prepared pursuant to 10 CFR part

51 and is publicly available in ADAMS

under Accession No. ML093340123 (original) and Package Nos.

ML14364A259 (amendment 1) and

ML15057A102 (amendment 2). The ER

may also be viewed on the NRC Web

site at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/

operating/licensing/renewal/

applications/diablo-canyon.html.

In addition, paper copies of the ER are

available for public review near the site

at the San Luis Obispo County Library, 995 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California 93403 and at the Paso Robles

City Library, 1000 Spring Street, Paso

Robles, California 93446.

This document advises the public that the NRC intends to gather the

information necessary to prepare a plant

specific supplement to the NRCs

Generic Environmental Impact

Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of

Nuclear Plants (NUREG-1437, Revision 1), related to the review of the

application for renewal of the DCPP

operating licenses for an additional 20

years. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no

action and reasonable alternative energy

sources. The NRC is required by 10 CFR

51.95 to prepare a supplement to the

GEIS in connection with the renewal of

an operating license. This notice is

being published in accordance with

NEPA and the NRCs regulations found

at 10 CFR part 51.

The NRC will first conduct a scoping process for the supplement to the GEIS

and, as soon as practicable thereafter, will prepare a draft supplement to the

GEIS for public comment. Participation

in the scoping process by members of

the public and local, State, Tribal, and

Federal government agencies is

encouraged. The scoping process for the

supplement to the GEIS will be used to

accomplish the following:

a. Define the proposed action, which is to be the subject of the supplement to

the GEIS;

b. Determine the scope of the supplement to the GEIS and identify the

significant issues to be analyzed in

depth; c. Identify and eliminate from detailed study those issues that are

peripheral or that are not significant;

d. Identify any environmental assessments and other ElSs that are

being or will be prepared that are

related to, but are not part of, the scope

of the supplement to the GEIS being

considered;

e. Identify other environmental review and consultation requirements

related to the proposed action;

f. Indicate the relationship between the timing of the preparation of the

environmental analyses and the

Commissions tentative planning and

decision-making schedule;

g. Identify any cooperating agencies and, as appropriate, allocate

assignments for preparation and

schedules for completing the

supplement to the GEIS to the NRC and

any cooperating agencies; and

h. Describe how the supplement to the GEIS will be prepared and include

any contractor assistance to be used. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:30 Jun 30, 2015Jkt 235001PO 00000Frm 00086Fmt 4703Sfmt 4703E:\FR\FM\01JYN1.SGM01JYN1 tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 37666 Federal Register/Vol. 80, No. 126/Wednesday, July 1, 2015/Notices The NRC invites the following entities to participate in scoping:

a. The applicant, PG&E;

b. Any Federal agency which has jurisdiction by law or special expertise

with respect to any environmental

impact involved or which is authorized to develop and enforce relevant

environmental standards;

c. Affected State and local agencies, including those authorized to develop

and enforce relevant environmental

standards;

d. Any affected Indian tribe;

e. Any person who has requested an opportunity to participate in the scoping

process; and

f. Any person who has petitioned for leave to intervene in the proceeding or

who has been admitted as a party to the

proceeding.

III. Public Scoping Meeting In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26, the scoping process for an EIS may include

a public scoping meeting to help

identify significant issues related to a

proposed activity and to determine the

scope of issues to be addressed in an

EIS. The NRC has decided to hold

public meetings for the DCPP license

renewal supplement to the GEIS. The

scoping meetings will be held on

August 5, 2015, and there will be two

sessions to accommodate interested

persons. The first session will convene

at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30

p.m., as necessary. The second session

will convene at 7:00 p.m. with a repeat

of the overview portions of the meeting

and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as

necessary. Both sessions will be held at

the Courtyard by Marriott San Luis

Obispo, 1605 Calle Joaquin Road, San

Luis Obispo, CA 93405. Both meetings

will be transcribed and will include: (1)

An overview by the NRC staff of the

NEPA environmental review process, the proposed scope of the supplement to

the GEIS, and the proposed review

schedule; and (2) the opportunity for

interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to submit

comments or suggestions on the

environmental issues or the proposed

scope of the supplement to the GEIS.

Additionally, the NRC staff will host

informal discussions one hour prior to

the start of each session at the same

location. Written comments on the

proposed scope of the supplement to the

GEIS will be accepted during the

informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided either at

the transcribed public meetings or in

writing, as discussed above.

Persons may register to attend or present oral comments at the meetings

on the scope of the NEPA review by contacting the NRC Project Manager, Michael Wentzel, by telephone at 1-

800-368-5642, extension 6459, or by

email at Michael.Wentzel@nrc.gov, no later than July 31, 2015. Members of the

public may also register to speak at the

meeting 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. Members of the

public who have not registered may also

have an opportunity to speak if time

permits. Public comments will be

considered in the scoping process for

the supplement to the GEIS. Michael

Wentzel will need to be contacted no

later than July 22, 2015, if special

equipment or accommodations are

needed to attend or present information

at the public meeting so that the NRC

staff can determine whether the request

can be accommodated.

Participation in the scoping process for the supplement to the GEIS does not

entitle participants to become parties to

the proceeding to which the supplement

to the GEIS relates. Matters related to

participation in any hearing are outside

the scope of matters to be discussed at

this public meeting.

At the conclusion of the scoping process, the NRC will prepare a concise

summary of the determination and

conclusions reached; including the

significant issues identified, and will

send a copy of the summary to each

participant in the scoping process. The

summary will also be available for

inspection in ADAMS and the Federal

Rulemaking Web site. The NRC staff

will then prepare and issue for comment

the draft supplement to the GEIS, which

will be the subject of a separate notice

and separate public meetings. Copies

will be available for public inspection at

the addresses listed in the ADDRESSES section of this Federal Register notice. After receipt and consideration of the

comments, the NRC will prepare a final

supplement to the GEIS, which will also

be available for public inspection.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of June, 2015.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brian Wittick, Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 2015-15921 Filed 6-30-15; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590-01-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0153]

Acceptance of Commercial-Grade

Design and Analysis Computer

Programs for Nuclear Power Plants AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public

comment draft regulatory guide (DG),

DG-1305, Acceptance of Commercial-

Grade Design and Analysis Computer

Programs for Nuclear Power Plants.

This DG provides new (i.e., not preceded by earlier guidance on the

same subject) guidance that describes

acceptance methods that the staff of the

NRC considers acceptable in meeting

regulatory requirements for acceptance

and dedication of commercial-grade

design and analysis computer programs

for nuclear power plants.

DATES: Submit comments by August 31, 2015. Comments received after this date

will be considered if it is practical to do

so, but the NRC is able to ensure

consideration only for comments

received on or before this date.

Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in

connection with items for inclusion in

guides currently being developed or

improvements in all published guides

are encouraged at any time.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods (unless

this document describes a different

method for submitting comments on a

specified subject):

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0153. Address

questions about NRC dockets to Carol

Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-3463;

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.

For technical questions, contact the

individual(s) listed in the FORFURTHER INFORMATIONCONTACT section of this document.

• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop:

OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

For additional direction on accessing information and submitting comments, see Obtaining Information and

Submitting Comments in the SUPPLEMENTARYINFORMATION section of this document. FORFURTHERINFORMATIONCONTACT

George Lipscomb, Office of New VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:30 Jun 30, 2015Jkt 235001PO 00000Frm 00087Fmt 4703Sfmt 4703E:\FR\FM\01JYN1.SGM01JYN1 tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES