77010 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 237 / Friday, December 10, 2010 / Notices 

STATUS: Closed. 

LOCATION: The closed session of this 

teleconference will be held at the 

National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. 

UPDATES & POINT OF CONTACT: Please 

refer to the National Science Board Web 

site http://www.nsf.gov/nsb for 

additional information and schedule 

updates (time, place, subject matter or 

status of meeting) may be found at 

http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/notices/. Point 

of contact for this meeting is: Jennie 

Moehlmann, National Science Board 

Office, 4201Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 

22230. Telephone: (703) 292–7000. 

Daniel A. Lauretano, 

Counsel to the National Science Board. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31157 Filed 12–8–10; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 

CORPORATION 

Regular Board of Directors Meeting; 

Sunshine Act 

TIME AND DATE 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, 

December 15, 2010. 

PLACE: 1325 G Street, NW., Suite 800, 

Boardroom, Washington, DC 20005. 

STATUS: Open. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Erica Hall, Assistant Corporate 

Secretary, (202) 220–2376; 

ehall@nw.org. 

AGENDA: 

I. Call to order 

II. Approval of the Minutes 

III. Summary Report of the Corporate 

Administration Committee 

IV. Summary Report of the Finance, 

Budget and Program Committee 

V. Summary Report of the Corporate 

Administration Committee 

VI. Summary Report of the Audit 

Committee 

VII. Approval of the Minutes 

VIII. Approval of the Minutes 

IX. Approval of the Minutes 

X. Approval of the Revised Minutes 

XI. Board Policy Regarding Elected 

Officials 

XII. Financial Report 

XIII. Corporate Scorecard 

XIV. Chief Executive Officer’s 

Management Report 

XV. Strategic Planning Discussion 

XVI. CEO Search Update 

XVII. CAC Report on Interim Salary 

Adjustments 

XVIII. Adjournment 

Erica Hall, 

Assistant Corporate Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31009 Filed 12–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7570–02–M 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–266 and 50–301; NRC– 

2010–0380] 

Nextera Energy Point Beach, LLC; 

Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 

2, Draft Environmental Assessment 

and Draft Finding of No Significant 

Impact Related to the Proposed 

License Amendment To Increase the 

Maximum Reactor Power Level 

In accordance with Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 

Section 51.21, the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC) has 

prepared a draft Environmental 

Assessment (EA) and draft Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI) as part of 

its evaluation of a request by Florida 

Power & Light (FPL) Energy (the 

licensee) (now NextEra Energy Point 

Beach, LLC (NextEra)) for a license 

amendment to increase the maximum 

thermal power at the Point Beach 

Nuclear Plant (PBNP), Units 1 and 2 

from 1,540 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 

1,800 MWt for each unit. This 

represents a power increase of 

approximately 17 percent over the 

current licensed thermal power, with a 

net increase of electrical output from 

519 megawatts-electric (MWe) to 607 

MWe for each unit, and approximately 

an 18 percent increase from the original 

licensed power level of 1,518 MWt. In 

2003, PBNP received approval from the 

NRC to increase their power by 1.4 

percent, to the current power level of 

1,540 MWt. The NRC staff did not 

identify any significant environmental 

impact associated with the proposed 

action based on its evaluation of the 

information provided in the licensee’s 

extended power uprate (EPU) 

application and other available 

information. The draft EA and draft 

FONSI are being published in the 

Federal Register with a 30-day public 

comment period ending January 8, 2011. 

Draft Environmental Assessment 

Plant Site and Environs 

The PBNP site is located 

approximately 6 miles (10 kilometers) 

east-northeast of the town of Mischot on 

the western shore of Lake Michigan, 

midway along the western shore, near 

the northeastern corner of Manitowoc 

County, Wisconsin. The City of Green 

Bay is located approximately 25 miles 

(40 kilometers) northwest of PBNP, and 

the Kewaunee Nuclear Plant is located 

approximately 4 miles (6 kilometers) 

north of PBNP on the shore of Lake 

Michigan. The PBNP site is comprised 

of approximately 1,260 acres (510 

hectares), with 104 acres (42 hectares) 

that includes the two nuclear reactors, 

parking and ancillary facilities. 

Approximately 1,050 acres (425 

hectares) are used for agriculture, and 

the remaining land is a mixture of 

woods, wetlands, and open areas. Each 

of the two units at PBNP use 

Westinghouse pressurized water 

reactors. 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

By application dated April 7, 2009, 

the licensee requested an amendment 

for an EPU for PBNP to increase the 

licensed thermal power level from 1,540 

MWt to 1,800 MWt for each unit, which 

represents an increase of approximately 

17 percent above the current licensed 

thermal power and approximately 18 

percent over the original licensed 

thermal power level. This change in 

core thermal level requires the NRC to 

amend the facility’s operating license. 

The operational goal of the proposed 

EPU is a corresponding increase in 

electrical output for each unit from 519 

MWe to 607 MWe. The proposed action 

is considered an EPU by NRC because 

it exceeds the typical 7 percent power 

increase that can be accommodated with 

only minor plant changes. EPUs 

typically involve extensive 

modifications to the nuclear steam 

supply system. 

The licensee plans to make extensive 

physical modifications to the plant’s 

secondary side to implement the 

proposed EPU over the course of two 

refueling outages currently scheduled 

for the Spring 2011 and the Fall 2011. 

The actual power uprate, if approved by 

the NRC, would occur in two stages 

following the 2011 refueling outages. 

The Need for the Proposed Action 

The need for the additional power 

generation is based upon the goals and 

recommendations of Wisconsin’s 2007 

Final Report on ‘‘Strategic Energy 

Assessment Energy 2012’’ for 

maintaining a robust energy planning 

reserve margin of 18 percent. In this 

report, the State of Wisconsin, Public 

Service Commission, forecasted an 

annual growth rate of over 2 percent in 

demand for electricity. The proposed 

action provides the licensee with the 

flexibility to increase the potential 

electrical output of PBNP Units 1 and 2 

from its existing power station, and to 

reduce Wisconsin’s dependence on 

obtaining power from Illinois via a 

congested transmission grid connection. 

The additional 90 MWe provided by 

each unit would contribute to meeting 

the goals of the State of Wisconsin to 

provide efficient and stable nuclear 

electrical generation. 

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