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Technical Specifications Section 3.3.6.1, 

‘‘Primary Containment and Drywell 

Isolation Instrumentation,’’ Table 

3.3.6.1–1. 

The Commission had previously 

issued a Notice of Consideration of 

Issuance of Amendment published in 

the Federal Register on July 16, 2009 

(74 FR 34594–34596). However, by 

letter dated August 4, 2009, the licensee 

withdrew the proposed change. 

For further details with respect to this 

action, see the application for 

amendment dated June 15, 2009, and 

the licensee’s letter dated August 4, 

2009 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML092170159), which withdrew the 

application for license amendment. 

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 

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

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day 

of September 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Cameron S. Goodwin, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III– 

2, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

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[Docket No. 50–391; NRC–2008–0369] 

Tennessee Valley Authority, Watts Bar 

Nuclear Station, Unit 2; Notice of Intent 

To Prepare a Supplement to the 

Operating License Final Environmental 

Statement and Conduct Scoping 

Process 

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) 

has submitted an application for an 

Operating License for Watts Bar Nuclear 

Station Unit 2 (WBN2). WBN2 is located 

in Rhea County, Tennessee, on the 

Tennessee River. The application for the 

operating license, dated June 30, 1976, 

was submitted pursuant to Title 10 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR) Part 50. An updated operating 

license was submitted on March 4, 

2009. The WBN Unit 2 Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Completion and 

Operation of WBN Unit 2 (June 2007) 

(FSEIS) was submitted to the U.S 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 

on February 15, 2008 (Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS) Accession Number 

ML080510469). The proposed action in 

response to the updated application is 

the issuance of an operating license that 

would authorize TVA to possess, use, 

and operate a second lightwater nuclear 

reactor (the facility), Watts Bar Nuclear 

Plant (WBN) Unit 2, located on the 

applicant’s site in Rhea County, 

Tennessee. The unit would operate at a 

steady-state power level of 3,411 

megawatts thermal. Alternatives to the 

proposed action include the denial of an 

operating license or issuance of a 

license for a different power level. The 

purpose of this notice is to inform the 

public that a supplement to the final 

environmental statement (FES) related 

to the review of the license application 

will be prepared in accordance with 10 

CFR 51.92 and to provide the public 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). 

TVA submitted the FSEIS on February 

15, 2008, as part of the updated 

application. The FSEIS 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 

ADAMS. The ADAMS Public Electronic 

Reading Room is accessible at http:// 

adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. 

The ADAMS Accession Number for the 

FSEIS is ML080510469. In addition, 

TVA provided supplemental 

information to the FSEIS in two 

additional submittals: Watts Bar Nuclear 

Plant (WBN)—Unit 2—Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement—[response to] Request for 

Additional Information dated July 2, 

2008 (ML081850460), and Watts Bar 

Nuclear Plant (WBN) Unit 2—Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement—Severe Accident 

Management Alternatives dated January 

27, 2009 (ML090360706). 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 FSEIS may 

also be viewed on the Internet at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/plantspecific-items/watts-bar/keycorrespondence.html. 

This notice advises the public that the 

NRC intends to gather the information 

necessary to prepare a supplement to 

the WBN2 Final Environmental 

Statement. The matters to be addressed 

in the supplement include evaluation of 

new and significant circumstances or 

information, relevant to environmental 

concerns, that developed after the 1978 

FES (ADAMS Accession Number 

ML082560457). This notice is being 

published in accordance with NEPA 

and the NRC’s regulations found in 10 

CFR Part 51. 

The NRC will first conduct a scoping 

process for the supplement to the FES 

and, as soon as practicable thereafter, 

will prepare a draft supplement to the 

FES 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 FES as described in 

40 CFR 51.29(a)(1)–(8) will be used to 

accomplish the following: 

1. Define the proposed action which 

is to be the subject of the supplement, 

using the provision of 10 CFR 1502.4. 

2. Determine the scope of the 

supplement and identify the significant 

issues to be analyzed in depth. 

3. Identify and eliminate from 

detailed study those issues that are 

peripheral or that are not significant. 

4. Identify any environmental 

assessments and ElSs that are being, or 

will be, prepared which are related to, 

but are not part of, the scope of the 

supplement. 

5. Identify other environmental 

review and consultation requirements 

related to the proposed action so that 

other required analyses may be prepared 

concurrently and integrated with the 

supplement. 

6. Indicate the relationship between 

the timing of the preparation of the 

environmental analyses and the 

Commission’s tentative planning and 

decision-making schedule. 

7. Identify any cooperating agencies 

and, as appropriate, allocate 

assignments for preparation and 

schedules for completing the 

supplement to the FES. 

8. Describe how the supplement to the 

FES will be prepared, including any 

contractor assistance to be used. 


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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://adams

websearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. The 

NRC may revise the determinations in 

the summary as appropriate. The staff 

will then prepare and issue for comment 

the draft supplement to the FES, which 

will be the subject of separate notices 

and separate public meetings. Copies 

will be available for public inspection at 

the above-mentioned addresses. After 

receipt and consideration of the 

comments, the NRC will prepare a final 

supplement to the FES, which will also 

be available for public inspection. 

The NRC is inviting the following to 

participate in scoping: 

a. The applicant, Tennessee Valley 

Authority. 

b. Other Federal agencies that have 

jurisdiction by law or special expertise 

with respect to any environmental 

impact involved, or that are authorized 

to develop and enforce relevant 

environmental standards. 

c. Affected State and local agencies, 

including those authorized to develop 

and enforce relevant environmental 

standards. 

d. Affected Native American Tribes. 

e. Persons who requested an 

opportunity to participate in the scoping 

process. 

f. Person who petitioned for leave to 

intervene in the proceeding. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26, the 

scoping process for an EIS, which in 

this case is equivalent to the FES, 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 

the FES. The NRC has decided to hold 

public meetings for the WBN2 operating 

license supplement to the FES. The 

scoping meetings will be held at the 

Magnuson Hotel at 1421 Murrays 

Chapel Road in Sweetwater, Tennessee, 

on Tuesday, October 6, 2009. There will 

be two sessions to accommodate 

interested persons. The first session will 

be at 1:30 p.m. and the second at 6:30 

p.m. Both sessions will be transcribed 

and will include: An overview by the 

NRC staff of the NEPA environmental 

review process, the proposed scope of 

the supplement to the FES, and the 

proposed review schedule; and 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 

FES. 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 FES 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 Project Manager, Mr. Joel Wiebe, 

by telephone at 301–415–6606, or by email to Joel.Wiebe@nrc.gov no later than 

September 30, 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 FES. 

Members of the public may send 

written comments on the environmental 

scope of the WBN2 operating license 

review to: Chief, Rulemaking and 

Directives Branch, Division of 

Administrative Services, Office of 

Administration, Mailstop TWB–05B01, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, and 

should cite the publication date and 

page number of this Federal Register 

notice. Electronic comments may be 

sent by e-mail to the NRC at RidsNrrPM

WattsBar2.Resource@nrc.gov, and 

should be sent no later than October 30, 

2009, to be considered in the scoping 

process. Comments will be available 

electronically and accessible through 

ADAMS at http://adamswebsearch.

nrc.gov/dologin.htm. 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. 

Participation in the scoping process 

for the supplement to the FES does not 

entitle participants to become parties to 

the proceeding to which the supplement 

to the FES relates. Notice of opportunity 

for a hearing regarding the updated 

license application was the subject of 

the aforementioned Federal Register 

notice 74 FR 20350. Matters related to 

participation in any hearing are outside 

the scope of matters to be discussed at 

this public meeting. 

Information about the proposed 

action, the supplement to the FES, and 

the scoping process may be obtained 

from Mr. Wiebe at the aforementioned 

telephone number or e-mail address. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day 

of September 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

L. Raghavan, 

Chief, Watts Bar Special Projects Branch, 

Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

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[NRC–2008–0465] 

Notice of Issuance of Guidelines on 

Use of Firearms by Security Personnel; 

Notice of Effective Date of Statute 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance; Notice of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (Commission or NRC) is 

issuing, with the approval of the U.S. 

Attorney General, guidelines on the use 

of firearms by security personnel whose 

official duties include the protection of 

NRC-regulated facilities, radioactive 

material, or other property. On August 

8, 2005, President Bush signed into law 

the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (the Act). 

Section 653 of the Act amended the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (AEA) by 

adding new section 161A., regarding the 

use of firearms by security personnel. 

Under the provisions of section 161A.d., 

section 161A. takes effect on the date 

that these guidelines are issued by the 

Commission, with the approval of the 

Attorney General. 

DATES: Section 161A. of the AEA takes 

effect on September 11, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Philip Brochman, Office of Nuclear 

Security and Incident Response, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone 

(301) 415–6557, e-mail 

Phil.Brochman@nrc.gov or Susan 

Fonner, Office of the General Counsel, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone 


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