ML090980185
| ML090980185 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Duane Arnold  |
| Issue date: | 03/24/2009 |
| From: | David Pelton Division of License Renewal |
| To: | |
| Heath, M, NRR/DLR/RPB1, 415-3137 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML090980163 | List: |
| References | |
| 74FR12399, NRC-2008-0618 | |
| Download: ML090980185 (3) | |
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12399 Federal Register/Vol. 74, No. 55/Tuesday, March 24, 2009/Notices Date of Issuance:
February 26, 2009.
Effective Date:
February 26, 2009.
Amendment No.:
230. Facility Operating License No. NPF-22: This amendment revised the License and Technical Specifications.
Date of Initial Notice in Federal Register: January 23, 2009 (74 FR 4254). The supplements dated
November 21, 2008, and January 23, 2009, provided additional information
that clarified the application, did not
expand the scope of the application as
originally noticed, and did not change
the staff's original proposed no
significant hazards consideration
determination as published in the
Federal Register on January 23, 2009 (74 FR 4254).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained in a
Safety Evaluation dated February 26, 2009. No Significant Hazards Consideration Comments Received:
No. PSEG Nuclear LLC, Docket No. 50-354, Hope Creek Generating Station, Salem
County, New Jersey Date of Application for Amendment:
April 25, 2008, as supplemented by
letter dated January 7, 2009.
Brief Description of Amendment:
The amendment revises the Technical
Specifications (TSs) to remove the
restriction on operation of the hydrogen
water chemistry system at low power
levels. Date of Issuance:
March 4, 2009.
Effective Date:
As of the date of issuance, to be implemented within 30
days. Amendment No.:
176. Facility Operating License No. NPF-57: The amendment revised the TSs and the License.
Date of Initial Notice in Federal Register: July 29, 2008 (73 FR 43957).
The letter dated January 7, 2009, provided clarifying information that did
not change the initial proposed no
significant hazards consideration
determination or expand the application
beyond the scope of the original Federal Register notice. The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained in a
Safety Evaluation dated March 4, 2009.
No Significant Hazards Consideration Comments Received:
No. Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket No.
50-390, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, Rhea County, Tennessee Date of Application for Amendment:
September 18, 2008, as supplemented
February 11, 2009.
Brief Description of Amendment:
The amendment revised requirements for the auxiliary feedwater system auto-start function associated with the trip of
main feedwater pumps.
Date of Issuance:
March 4, 2009.
Effective Date:
As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 270 days of issuance.
Amendment No.:
- 75. Facility Operating License No. NPF-90: Amendment revises the Technical Specifications.
Date of Initial Notice in Federal Register: November 4, 2008 (73 FR 65698). The supplement dated February
11, 2009, provided additional
information that clarified the
application, did not expand the scope of
the application as originally noticed, and did not change the staff's original
proposed no significant hazards
consideration determination as
published in Federal Register. The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained in a
Safety Evaluation dated March 4, 2009.
No Significant Hazards Consideration Comments Received:
No. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of March 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph G. Giitter, Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. E9-6112 Filed 3-23-09; 8:45 am]
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[Docket No. 50-331; NRC-2008-0618]
FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLC; Duane
Arnold Energy Center; Notice of Intent
To Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement and Conduct Scoping
Process FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLC has submitted an application for renewal of
Facility Operating License No. DPR-49
for an additional 20 years of operation
at Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC).
DAEC is located near Cedar Rapids, IA.
The operating license for DAEC expires
on February 21, 2014. The application
for renewal, dated September 30, 2008, was submitted pursuant to Title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR) Part 54. A notice of receipt and
availability of the application, which
included the environmental report (ER),
was published in the Federal Register on November 17, 2008 (73 FR 67895). A
notice of acceptance for docketing of the
application for renewal of the facility
operating license was also published in
the Federal Register on February 17, 2009 (74 FR 7489). The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will be preparing an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
related to the license renewal
application and to provide the public
with an opportunity to participate in the
environmental scoping process, as
defined in 10 CFR 51.29. In addition, as
outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, Coordination
with the National Environmental Policy
Act, the NRC plans to coordinate
compliance with Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act in
meeting the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA).
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) and 10 CFR 54.23, FPL Energy Duane
Arnold, LLC submitted the ER as part of
the application. The ER was prepared
pursuant to 10 CFR Part 51 and is
publicly available at the NRC Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, or
from the NRC's Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS). The ADAMS Public
Electronic Reading Room is accessible at
http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/
dologin.htm.
The Accession Number for the ER is ML082980483. Persons who
do not have access to ADAMS, or who
encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, should
contact the NRC's PDR reference staff by
telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-
415-4737, or by e-mail at
pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ER may also be viewed on the Internet at:
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/
licensing/renewal/applications/duane-
arnold-energy-center.html.
In addition, the ER is available for public inspection
near DAEC at the following public
library: Hiawatha Public Library, 150
West Willman Street, Hiawatha, Iowa.
This notice advises the public that the NRC intends to gather the information
necessary to prepare a plant-specific
supplement to the Commission's
Generic Environmental Impact
Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants (NUREG-1437), related
to the review of the application for
renewal of the DAEC operating license
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 NRC's regulations found in 10
CFR Part 51. VerDate Nov<24>2008 01:06 Mar 24, 2009Jkt 217001PO 00000Frm 00097Fmt 4703Sfmt 4703E:\FR\FM\24MRN1.SGM24MRN1 mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES 12400 Federal Register/Vol. 74, No. 55/Tuesday, March 24, 2009/Notices 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
Commission's 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.
- h. Describe how the supplement to the GEIS will be prepared, and include
any contractor assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities to participate in scoping:
- b. Any Federal agency that has jurisdiction by law or special expertise
with respect to any environmental
impact involved, or that is authorized to
develop and enforce relevant
environmental standards.
- c. Affected State and local government agencies, including those
authorized to develop and enforce
relevant environmental standards.
- d. Any affected Indian Tribe.
- e. Any person who requests or has requested an opportunity to participate
in the scoping process.
- f. Any person who has petitioned or intends to petition for leave to
intervene.
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 DAEC license
renewal supplement to the GEIS. The
scoping meetings will be held at the
Hiawatha City Hall, 101 Emmons St.,
Hiawatha Iowa 52233. There will be two
sessions to accommodate interested
parties, which will be held on April 22, 2009. 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 p.m. with a repeat of
the overview portions of the meeting
and will continue until 10 p.m., as
necessary. 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. No formal 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 below. Persons
may register to attend or present oral
comments at the meetings on the scope
of the NEPA review by contacting the
NRC Environmental Project Manager, Mr. Charles H. Eccleston, by telephone
at 1-800-368-5642, extension 8537, or
by e-mail to the NRC at
charles.eccleston@nrc.gov no later than April 15, 2009. 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. Mr. Eccleston will need to
be contacted no later than April 15, 2009, 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.
Members of the public may send written comments on the environmental
scope of the DAEC license renewal review to: Chief, Rulemaking, Directives and Editing Branch, Division of
Administrative Services, Office of
Administration, Mailstop TWB
B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington DC 20555-
0001, and should cite the publication
date and page number of this Federal Register notice. Comments may also be delivered to the NRC, Room T-6D59, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, from
7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. during Federal
workdays. To be considered in the
scoping process, written comments
should be postmarked by May 25, 2009.
Electronic comments may be sent by
e-mail to the NRC at
DuaneArnoldEIS@nrc.gov, and should be sent no later than May 25, 2009, to
be considered in the scoping process.
Address questions about NRC dockets to
Carol Gallagher 301-492-3668; e-mail
carol.gallagher@nrc.gov.
Comments will be available electronically and accessible through ADAMS at http:// adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm.
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. Notice of
opportunity for a hearing regarding the
renewal application is included in the
Federal Register dated February 17, 2009 (74 FR 7489). 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 at http:// adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm.
The staff will then prepare and issue for
comment the draft supplement to the
GEIS, which will be the subject of
separate notices and separate public
meetings. Copies will be available for
public inspection at the above-
mentioned addresses, and one copy per
request will be provided free of charge.
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.
Information about the proposed action, the supplement to the GEIS, and
the scoping process may be obtained
from Mr. Eccleston at the
aforementioned telephone number or
e-mail address. VerDate Nov<24>2008 01:06 Mar 24, 2009Jkt 217001PO 00000Frm 00098Fmt 4703Sfmt 4703E:\FR\FM\24MRN1.SGM24MRN1 mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES 12401 Federal Register/Vol. 74, No. 55/Tuesday, March 24, 2009/Notices Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of March, 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David L. Pelton, Branch Chief, Project Branch 1, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. E9-6413 Filed 3-23-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2008-0385]
Notice of Issuance of Regulatory Guide AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Issuance and Availability of Regulatory Guide 1.125, Revision 2. FORFURTHERINFORMATIONCONTACT
- Mark Orr, Regulatory Guide
Development Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 251-
7495 or e-mail to Mark.Orr@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARYINFORMATION
- I. Introduction The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a revision
to an existing guide in the agency's
Regulatory Guide series. This series
was developed to describe and make
available to the public information such
as methods that are acceptable to the
NRC staff for implementing specific
parts of the agency's regulations, techniques that the staff uses in
evaluating specific problems or
postulated accidents, and data that the
staff needs in its review of applications
for permits and licenses.
Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.125, Physical Models for Design, and
Operation of Hydraulic Structures and
Systems for Nuclear Power Plants, was
issued with a temporary identification
as Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1198.
This guide describes the detail and
documentation of data and studies that
an applicant should include in the
preliminary and/or final safety analysis
report (PSAR/FSAR) to support the use
of physical hydraulic model testing for
predicting the performance of hydraulic
structures and systems for nuclear
power plants. Hydraulic structures are
defined as anything that can be used to
divert, restrict, stop, or otherwise
manage the natural flow of water. The
regulatory position of this guide is
applicable only to physical models used
to predict the action or interaction of surface waters with features located outside the containment. The
recommendations of this guide do not
apply to internal plant systems or
structures.
II. Further Information In July 2008, DG-1198 was published with a public comment period of 60
days from the issuance of the guide. The
public comment period closed on
September 5, 2008. The staff's responses
to the public comments are located in
the NRC's Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS), Accession Number
Electronic copies of Regulatory Guide 1.125, Revision 2 are available through
the NRC's public Web site under
Regulatory Guides at http:// www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-
collections/.
In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR),
which is located at Room O-1F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738.
The PDR's mailing address is USNRC
PDR, Washington, DC 20555-0001. The
PDR can also be reached by telephone
at (301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4209, by
fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-mail to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of March, 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea D. Valentin, Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E9-6408 Filed 3-23-09; 8:45 am]
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PLACE: Commissioners' Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
STATUS: Public and Closed.
Week of March 23, 2009 There are no meetings scheduled for the week of March 23, 2009.
Week of March 30, 2009-Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of March 30, 2009.
Week of April 6, 2009-Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of April 6, 2009.
Week of April 13, 2009-Tentative
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 9:30 a.m.
Briefing on NRC Corporate Support (Public Meeting). (Contact: Karen Olive, 301-415-2276)
This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address-http://www.nrc.gov. Thursday, April 16, 2009 1:30 p.m.
Briefing on Human Capital and EEO (Public Meeting) (Contact: Kristin Davis, 301-492-2266)
This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address-http://www.nrc.gov.
Friday, April 17, 2009 9:30 a.m.
Briefing on Low Level Radioactive Waste-Part 1 (Public Meeting)
(Contact: Patricia Swain, 301-415-5405) This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address-http://www.nrc.gov.
Friday, April 17, 2009 1:30 p.m.
Briefing on Low Level Radioactive Waste-Part 2 (Public Meeting)
(Contact: Patricia Swain, 301-415-5405) This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address-http://www.nrc.gov.
Week of April 20, 2009-Tentative
Thursday, April 23, 2009 2:00 p.m.
Briefing on Radioactive Source Security (Public Meeting) (Contact: Kim Lukes, 301-415-6701).
This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address-http://www.nrc.gov.
Week of April 27, 2009-Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of April 27, 2009.
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- The schedule for Commission meetings is subject to change on short
notice. To verify the status of meetings, call (recording)-(301) 415-1292.
Contact person for more information:
Rochelle Bavol, (301) 415-1651.
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- The NRC Commission Meeting Schedule can be found on the Internet
at: http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/policy-making/schedule.html.
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