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this action are listed below, along with 

their ADAMS accession numbers. 

1. National Health Physics Program 

Request for Decommissioning for 

Unrestricted Release of Building 26 at 

the VA North Florida/South Georgia 

Veterans Health System, Gainesville, 

Florida, dated October 29, 2009 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML093060270). 

2. Additional Information for Closeout 

of Building 26 North Florida/South 

Georgia Veterans Health System, 

Gainesville, Florida (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML100110095). 

3. Title 10 Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 20, Subpart E, 

‘‘Radiological Criteria for License 

Termination.’’ 

4. Title 10 Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 51, ‘‘Environmental 

Protection Regulations for Domestic 

Licensing and Related Regulatory 

Function.’’ 

5. NUREG–1556, Consolidated 

Guidance about Material Licenses, 

Volume 9. 

6. NUREG–1757, Consolidated 

Decommissioning Guidance. 

7. These documents may also be 

viewed electronically on the public 

computers located at the NRC’s PDR, 

O1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. 

The PDR reproduction contractor will 

copy documents for a fee. 

Dated at Lisle, Illinois, this 17th day of 

February 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Christine A. Lipa, 

Chief, Materials Control, ISFSI, and 

Decommissioning Branch, Division of Nuclear 

Materials Safety, Region III. 

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[Docket No. 50–395; NRC–2010–0067] 

South Carolina Electric and Gas 

Company, Virgil C. Summer Nuclear 

Station, Unit 1; Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of an Exemption, pursuant to 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) section 73.5, 

‘‘Specific exemptions,’’ from the 

implementation date for certain new 

requirements of 10 CFR part 73, 

‘‘Physical protection of plants and 

materials,’’ for Renewed Facility 

Operating License No. NPF–12, issued 

to South Carolina Electric & Gas 

Company (SCE&G, the licensee), for 

operation of the Virgil C. Summer 

Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (VCSNS), 

located in Fairfield County, South 

Carolina. In accordance with 10 CFR 

51.21, the NRC prepared an 

environmental assessment documenting 

its finding. The NRC concluded that the 

proposed action will have no significant 

environmental impact. 

Environmental Assessment 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

The proposed action would exempt 

VCSNS from the required 

implementation date of March 31, 2010, 

for two new requirements of 10 CFR 

part 73. Specifically, VCSNS would be 

granted an exemption from being in full 

compliance with two new requirements 

contained in 10 CFR 73.55 by the March 

31, 2010, deadline. SCE&G has proposed 

an alternate full compliance 

implementation date of September 30, 

2010, approximately 6 months beyond 

the date required by 10 CFR part 73. The 

proposed action, an extension of the 

schedule for completion of certain 

actions required by the revised 10 CFR 

part 73, does not involve any physical 

changes to the reactor, fuel, plant 

structures, support structures, water, or 

land at the VCSNS, Unit 1 site. 

The proposed action is in accordance 

with the licensee’s application 

contained in two letters dated December 

11, 2009, SCE&G designation RC–09– 

0154 (Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML093490316) and RC– 

09–0148 (NRC ADAMS ML093480496 

and ML093480497). SCE&G’s letter RC– 

09–0148 contains security-related 

information and, accordingly, is not 

available to the public. SCE&G’s letter 

RC–09–0154 is a redacted version of 

RC–09–0148 that does not contain 

security related information. 

The Need for the Proposed Action 

The proposed action is needed to 

provide the licensee with additional 

time to complete the design, planning, 

procurement, construction, testing and 

project closeout activities for the 

required upgrades to the SCE&G 

security system, while simultaneously 

maintaining the current security 

defensive strategy. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC has completed its 

environmental assessment of the 

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 of an 

accident occurring. 

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 MagnusonSteven’s 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 [Part 73, Power 

Reactor Security Requirements, 74 FR 

13926, 13967 (March 27, 2009)]. 

The licensee currently maintains a 

security system acceptable to the NRC 

and will continue to provide acceptable 

physical protection of the VCSNS. 

Therefore, the extension of the 

implementation date for certain new 

requirement of 10 CFR part 73 to 

September 30, 2010, would not have 

any significant environmental impacts. 

The NRC staff’s safety evaluation will 

be provided in the exemption that will 

be issued as part of the 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 


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of the proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘noaction’’ alternative). Denial of the 

exemption request would result in no 

change in current environmental 

impacts. If the proposed action was 

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 Virgil C. Summer 

Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1, NUREG– 

0719, dated May 1981 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML072750234) and the 

Generic Environmental Impact 

Statement for License Renewal of 

Nuclear Plants, NUREG–1437, 

Supplement 15, dated February 2004 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML040540718). 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

In accordance with its stated policy, 

on December 17, 2009, the NRC staff 

consulted with the South Carolina State 

official, Ms. Susan Jenkins of the South 

Carolina Department of Health and 

Environmental Control, 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 December 11, 2009 (RC–09–0154). 

The licensee’s letter RC–09–0148, dated 

December 11, 2009 contains securityrelated information and, accordingly, is 

not available to the public pursuant to 

10 CFR 2.390. The licensee’s letter RC– 

09–0154 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 O– 

1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. Publicly 

available records will be accessible 

electronically from the Agencywide 

Document Access and Management 

System (ADAMS) Public Electronic 

Reading Room on the Internet at the 

NRC: 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 18th day 

of February 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Robert E. Martin, 

Sr. Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch 

II–1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

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[Docket No. 50–298; NRC–2008–0617] 

Nebraska Public Power District, 

Cooper Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Notice 

of Availability of the Draft Supplement 

41 to the Generic Environmental 

Impact Statement for License Renewal 

of Nuclear Plants, and Public Meetings 

for The License Renewal of Cooper 

Nuclear Station, Unit 1 

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC 

or Commission) has published a draft 

plant-specific supplement to the 

Generic Environmental Impact 

Statement for License Renewal of 

Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG–1437, 

regarding the renewal of operating 

license DPR–46 for an additional 20 

years of operation for Cooper Nuclear 

Station, Unit 1 (CNS–1). CNS–1 is 

located near Brownville, Nebraska, on 

the Missouri River in Nemaha County. 

Possible alternatives to the proposed 

action (license renewal) include no 

action and reasonable alternative energy 

sources. 

Any interested party may submit 

comments on the draft supplement to 

the GEIS for consideration by the NRC 

staff. To be considered, comments on 

the draft supplement to the GEIS and 

the proposed action must be received by 

May 5, 2010; the NRC staff is able to 

ensure consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of the following methods. 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2008– 

0617 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 

publicly disclosed. 

Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

NRC–2008–0617. Address questions 

about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 

301–492–3668; e-mail 

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 20852. 

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. The Accession 

Number for the draft Supplement 41 to 

the GEIS is available electronically 

under ADAMS Accession Number 

ML100331921. 

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–2008–0617. 

In addition, a copy of the draft 

supplement to the GEIS is available to 

local residents near the site at the 

Auburn Memorial Library, 1810 

Courthouse Avenue, Auburn, NE 68305. 


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