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