NRC SEEKS PUBLIC INPUT ON DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT 

FOR SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT NEW REACTORS; MEETINGS SCHEDULED 

 Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is seeking public comments on its preliminary 

finding that there are no environmental impacts that would preclude issuing Combined Licenses 

(COL) for two new reactors at the South Texas Project site near Bay City, Texas. 

The NRC’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), outlining the agency’s 

conclusions, is available on the agency Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/nuregs/staff/sr1937/. The DEIS is also available via the NRC’s electronic document 

database, ADAMS, by entering accession number ML100700576 in the ADAMS search engine 

at: http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. In addition, the Bay City Public Library (1100 

7th St. in Bay City) will have a hardbound copy of the DEIS available for public inspection.

The NRC will discuss the DEIS in meetings to be held May 6 from 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. and 

7 - 10 p.m. at the Bay City Civic Center, 201 7th St. in Bay City. The NRC will transcribe the 

meetings and post the transcript on the agency’s Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/newreactors/col/south-texas-project.html. 

NRC staff will be available for informal discussions with members of the public during 

“open house” sessions from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. and 6 - 7 p.m. No formal comments on the DEIS 

will be accepted during these open houses. 

STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) submitted its application on Sept. 20, 2007, 

and supplemented the application on Jan. 31, 2008, Sept, 24, 2008, and Nov. 10, 11 and 23, 

2009. STPNOC is applying for licenses to build and operate two Advanced Boiling Water 

Reactors (ABWR) at the South Texas site, approximately 12 miles southwest of Bay City. The 

ABWR is a 1,300 megawatt electric design the NRC certified in 1997; the design is currently in 

use overseas. 

 Those wishing to register in advance to present their comments at the meeting should 

contact Jessie Muir by telephone at 800-368-5642 x0491, or via e-mail at 

STP.COLAEIS@nrc.gov by May 3. Those with special needs for attending or presenting 

information at the meeting should notify the staff by April 21. Those wishing to speak may also 

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register at each meeting no later than 12:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m., respectively. Individual 

comments could be limited by the time available and the number of people wishing to speak. 

 

NRC staff will also consider written comments on the DEIS for 75 days following its 

publication in the Federal Register, expected shortly. Comments should be submitted either by 

mail to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of 

Administration, Mailstop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 

20555-0001, via e-mail at STP.COLAEIS@nrc.gov, or hand-delivered to the NRC at 11545 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md., between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. 

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