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proposed exemption. The staff has 

concluded that the proposed action to 

extend the implementation deadline 

would not significantly affect plant 

safety and would not have a significant 

adverse effect on the probability or 

consequences of an accident. 

The proposed action would not result 

in an increased radiological hazard 

beyond those previously analyzed in the 

environmental assessment and finding 

of no significant impact made by the 

Commission in promulgating its 

revisions to 10 CFR part 73 as discussed 

in a Federal Register notice dated 

March 27, 2009 (74 FR 13967). There 

will be no change to radioactive 

effluents that affect radiation exposures 

to plant workers and members of the 

public. Therefore, no changes or 

different types of radiological impacts 

are expected as a result of the proposed 

exemption. 

The proposed action does not result 

in changes to land use or water use, or 

result in changes to the quality or 

quantity of non-radiological effluents. 

No changes to the National Pollution 

Discharge Elimination System permit 

are needed. No effects on the aquatic or 

terrestrial habitat in the vicinity of the 

plant, or to threatened, endangered, or 

protected species under the Endangered 

Species Act, or impacts to essential fish 

habitat covered by the MagnusonStevens Act are expected. There are no 

impacts to the air or ambient air quality. 

There are no impacts to historical and 

cultural resources. There would be no 

impact to socioeconomic resources. 

Therefore, no changes to or different 

types of non-radiological environmental 

impacts are expected as a result of the 

proposed exemption. 

Accordingly, the NRC concludes that 

there are no significant environmental 

impacts associated with the proposed 

action. In addition, in promulgating its 

revisions to 10 CFR part 73, the 

Commission prepared an environmental 

assessment and published a finding of 

no significant impact (March 27, 2009, 

74 FR 13967). 

The NRC staff’s safety evaluation will 

be provided as part of a letter to the 

licensee approving the exemption to the 

regulation, if granted. 

Environmental Impacts of the 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

As an alternative to the proposed 

action, the NRC staff considered denial 

of the proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no 

action’’ alternative). Denial of the 

exemption request would result in no 

change in current environmental 

impacts. If the proposed action were 

denied, the licensee would have to 

comply with the March 31, 2010, 

implementation deadline. The 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

exemption and the ‘‘no action’’ 

alternative are similar. 

Alternative Use of Resources 

The action does not involve the use of 

any different resources than those 

considered in the Final Environmental 

Statement for the HBRSEP, dated April 

1975, as supplemented through the 

‘‘Generic Environmental Impact 

Statement for License Renewal of 

Nuclear Plants: H.B. Robinson Steam 

Electric Plant, Unit 2—Final Report 

(NUREG—1437, Supplement 13).’’ 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

In accordance with its stated policy, 

on January 22, 2010, the staff consulted 

with the South Carolina State official, 

Mike Gandy of the South Carolina 

Bureau of Land and Waste Management, 

regarding the environmental impact of 

the proposed action. The State official 

had no comments. 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

On the basis of the environmental 

assessment, the NRC concludes that the 

proposed action will not have a 

significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment. Accordingly, the 

NRC has determined not to prepare an 

environmental impact statement for the 

proposed action. 

For further details with respect to the 

proposed action, see the licensee’s letter 

dated November 30, 2009. Portions of 

the November 30, 2009, submittal 

contain proprietary and security-related 

information, and accordingly, are not 

available to the public. Other parts of 

these documents may be examined, 

and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room (PDR), located 

at One White Flint North, Public File 

Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first 

floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly 

available records will be accessible 

electronically from the Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS) Public Electronic 

Reading Room on the Internet at the 

NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html. 

Persons who do not have access to 

ADAMS or who encounter problems in 

accessing the documents located in 

ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR 

Reference staff by telephone at 1–800– 

397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or send an 

e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day 

of February 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Tracy J. Orf, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II– 

2, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

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Office of New Reactors: Interim Staff 

Guidance on Assessing the 

Consequences of an Accidental 

Release of Radioactive Materials From 

Liquid Waste Tanks; Reopening of 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Reopening of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The NRC published a request 

for public comment in the Federal 

Register on May 4, 2009, on proposed 

Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COL– 

ISG–013, ‘‘Assessing the Consequences 

of an Accidental Release of Radioactive 

Materials from Liquid Waste Tanks’’ 

(Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML090830488). The NRC 

has completed a related ISG, DC/COL– 

ISG–014, ‘‘Assessing Ground Water 

Flow and Transport of Accidental 

Radionuclide Releases,’’ and is making it 

available for public comment by 

separate document published today in 

the Federal Register. The NRC believes 

that the public will be better served by 

being able to review and comment on 

both documents at this time. This action 

is necessary to reopen the comment 

period for ISG DC/COL–ISG–013. 

ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID 

NRC–2009–0189 in the subject line of 

your comments. Comments submitted in 

writing or in electronic form will be 

posted on the NRC Web site and on the 

Federal rulemaking Web site 

Regulations.gov. Because your 

comments will not be edited to remove 

any identifying or contact information, 

the NRC cautions you against including 

any information in your submission that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed. 

The NRC requests that any party 

soliciting or aggregating comments 

received from other persons for 

submission to the NRC inform those 

persons that the NRC will not edit their 

comments to remove any identifying or 

contact information, and therefore, they 

should not include any information in 

their comments that they do not want 

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You may submit comments by any 

one of the following methods: 

Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

NRC–2009–0189. Comments may be 

submitted electronically through this 

Web site. Address questions about NRC 

dockets to Carol Gallagher at 301–492– 

3668; e-mail at Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

Mail comments to: Michael T. Lesar, 

Chief, Rulemaking and Directives 

Branch (RDB), Division of 

Administrative Services, Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– 

B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, or by fax to RDB at 301–492–3446. 

You can access publicly available 

documents related to this notice using 

the following methods: 

NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR): 

The public may examine and have 

copied for a fee publicly available 

documents at the NRC’s PDR, Public 

File Area O1 F21, One White Flint 

North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS): 

Publicly available documents created or 

received at the NRC are available 

electronically at the NRC’s Electronic 

Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, 

the public can gain entry into ADAMS, 

which provides text and image files of 

NRC’s public documents. If you do not 

have access to ADAMS or if there are 

problems in accessing the documents 

located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s 

PDR reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 

301–415–4737, or by e-mail to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public 

comments and supporting materials 

related to this notice can be found at 

http://www.regulations.gov by searching 

on Docket ID: NRC–2009–0189. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Edward H. Roach, Acting Chief, Health 

Physics Branch, Division of 

Construction Inspection and 

Operational Programs, Office of New 

Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC, 20555– 

0001; telephone at 301–415–1973 or email at edward.roach@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC 

requested public comment on May 4, 

2009 (74 FR 20510), on its Proposed 

Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COL– 

ISG–013 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML090830488). The purpose of this ISG 

is to modify and provide Combined 

License (COL) and Design Certification 

(DC) applicants additional clarity and 

guidance for the application of Standard 

Review Plan (SRP) Sections 11.2 and 

2.4.13 on the characterization of hydro 

geological properties of a site associated 

with the effects of accidental releases of 

radioactive liquid on existing or likely 

future uses of ground and surface water 

resources in meeting the requirements 

of Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 100 (10 CFR 100.10 or 

100.20) and Appendix B to 10 CFR part 

20 on effluent concentration limits. This 

ISG would revise the staff guidance 

previously issued in March 2007 in the 

SRP NUREG–0080, ‘‘Standard Review 

Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis 

Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ 

Sections 11.2 and 2.4.13. These two SRP 

sections are not internally consistent in 

identifying acceptable criteria for 

assessing the consequences of 

accidental releases of radioactive 

materials, or in providing guidance to 

the staff and applicants to establish 

conditions for such releases and define 

acceptable assumptions to describe 

exposure scenarios and pathways to 

members of the public. The NRC staff 

issues DC/COL–ISGs to facilitate timely 

implementation of current staff 

guidance and to facilitate activities 

associated with review of applications 

for DCs and COLs by the Office of New 

Reactors. The NRC staff will also 

incorporate the approved DC/COL–ISG– 

013 into the next revision of the SRP 

and related guidance documents. 

The NRC staff is issuing this notice to 

reopen the public comment period for 

proposed DC/COL–ISG–013. After the 

NRC staff considers all public 

comments, it will make a determination 

regarding proposed DC/COL–ISG–013. 

The agency posts its issued staff 

guidance on the agency’s Web site at 

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

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day 

of February 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

William F. Burton, 

Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance 

Development Branch, Division of New Reactor 

Licensing, Office of New Reactors. 

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Office of New Reactors: Interim Staff 

Guidance on Assessing Ground Water 

Flow and Transport of Accidental 

Radionuclide Releases; Solicitation of 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Solicitation of public comment. 

SUMMARY: The NRC is soliciting public 

comment on its Proposed Interim Staff 

Guidance (ISG) DC/COL–ISG–014 

(Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML091320560). The 

purpose of this ISG is to provide 

Combined License (COL) and Design 

Certification (DC) applicants additional 

clarity and guidance for the application 

of Sections 2.4.12 and 2.4.13 of the 

Standard Review Plan (SRP), NUREG 

0800 ‘‘Standard Review Plan for the 

Review of Safety Analysis Reports for 

Nuclear Power Plants.’’ Specifically, this 

ISG would revise the staff guidance in 

SRP Sections 2.4.12 and 2.4.13 

regarding the assessment of ground 

water flow and transport of accidental 

radionuclide releases necessary to 

demonstrate compliance with the 

requirements of Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, Part 100 (10 CFR 

100) and Appendix B to 10 CFR part 20 

on effluent concentration limits. The 

NRC staff issues DC/COL–ISGs to 

facilitate timely implementation of 

current staff guidance and to facilitate 

activities associated with review of 

applications for DCs and COLs by the 

Office of New Reactors. The NRC staff 

will also incorporate the approved DC/ 

COL–ISG–014 into the next revision of 

the SRP and related guidance 

documents. 

DATES: Comments must be filed no later 

than 60 days from the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 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 on or before this date. 

ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID 

NRC–2010–0047 in the subject line of 

your comments. Comments submitted in 

writing or in electronic form will be 

posted on the NRC Web site and on the 

Federal rulemaking Web site 

Regulations.gov. Because your 

comments will not be edited to remove 

any identifying or contact information, 

the NRC cautions you against including 

any information in your submission that 


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