This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Part 51 

[NRC–2008–0608] 

RIN 3150–AI42 

Revisions to Environmental Review for 

Renewal of Nuclear Power Plant 

Operating Licenses 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule: Extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: On July 31, 2009, the Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC) 

published a proposed rule for public 

comment that would amend its 

environmental protection regulations by 

updating the NRC’s 1996 findings on the 

environmental impacts related to the 

renewal of operating licenses for nuclear 

power plants. The NRC stated that it 

intends to review the assessment of 

impacts and update it on a 10-year 

cycle, if necessary. The proposed rule 

redefines the number and scope of the 

environmental impact issues that must 

be addressed by the NRC in conjunction 

with the review of applications for 

nuclear power facility license renewal. 

As part of this 10-year update, the NRC 

revised the 1996 Generic Environmental 

Impact Statement (GEIS) for License 

Renewal of Nuclear Plants. Concurrent 

with the amendments described in this 

proposed rule, the NRC published for 

comment the revised GEIS and a revised 

Environmental Standard Review Plan 

(ESRP), Standard Review Plans for 

Environmental Reviews for Nuclear 

Power Plants, Supplement 1: Operating 

License Renewal, (74 FR 38239), and a 

revised Regulatory Guide (RG) 4.2, 

Supplement 1 Preparation of 

Environmental Reports for Nuclear 

Power Plant License Renewal 

Applications (74 FR 38238). A 75-day 

comment period was provided for the 

proposed rule, associated guidance 

documents, and information collection 

analysis that would have expired on 

October 14, 2009. 

The proposed rule, regulatory 

analysis, related guidance documents 

(including the GEIS, ESRP, and 

Regulatory Guide), and the information 

collection analysis comment submittal 

deadline is extended from the original 

October 14, 2009 deadline to January 12, 

2010. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule, regulatory analysis, 

related guidance documents, and 

information collection analysis has been 

extended by 90 days and now expires 

on January 12, 2010. 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 before this date. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by letter or electronic mail 

and will be made available for public 

inspection. Because comments will not 

be edited to remove any identification 

or contact information, such as name, 

addresses, telephone number, e-mail 

address, etc., the NRC cautions against 

including any personal information in 

your submissions that you do not want 

to be publicly disclosed. The NRC 

requests that any party soliciting on 

aggregating comments received from 

other persons for submission to the NRC 

inform these persons that the NRC will 

not edit their comments to remove any 

identifying or comment information, 

and therefore, they should not include 

any information in their comments that 

they do not want publicly disclosed. 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

[NRC–2008–0608]. Address questions 

about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 

(301)–492–3668; e-mail 

Carol.Gallager@nrc.gov. 

Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. 

E-mail comments to: 

Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you 

do not receive a reply e-mail confirming 

that we have received your comments; 

contact us directly at (301)–415–1677. 

Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 

(301)–415–1101. 

Publicly available documents related 

to this rulemaking may be accessed 

using the following methods: 

NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR): 

Publicly available documents may be 

examined at the NRC’s PDR, Public File 

Area O1–F21, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. The PDR reproduction 

contractor will copy documents for a 

fee. 

NRC’s Agencywide Document 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 link, 

the public can gain entry into ADAMS, 

which provides text and image files of 

NRC’s public documents. If problems 

are encountered accessing documents in 

ADAMS, contact the NRC’s PDR 

reference staff at (800)–397–4209, or 

(301)-415–4737, or by e-mail to 

PDR.resource@nrc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jason Lising, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone (301)–415–3220; e-mail: 

Jason.Lising@nrc.gov; or Mr. Jeffrey 

Rikhoff, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone (301)-415–1090; e-mail: 

Jeffrey.Rikhoff@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During the 

period of July 31–September 11, 2009, 

the NRC received three letters 

requesting that the comment period for 

the proposed rulemaking be extended. 

One of the requests was for an extension 

of 61 days for a total of 136 days. The 

other two requests were for an extension 

of 90 days for a total of 165 days. The 

requestors stated various reasons to 

support their request (listed below): 

(1) The related documents are 

voluminous (over 1,400 pages). 

Stakeholders should be given a more 

reasonable amount of time to properly 

analyze and develop meaningful 

comments. 

(2) The proposed amendments and 

guidance documents cover many 

significant legal, regulatory, and policy 

issues related to a well-established 

licensing process that will require 

extensive review. 

(3) The proposed rule attempts to 

update 13-year old findings related to 


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environmental reviews for nuclear 

power plant license renewals. 

Therefore, ample time is needed to 

thoroughly review the NRC’s update to 

determine whether the proposed 

modifications accurately reflect the new 

environmental landscape that has 

developed over the last 13 years. 

(4) After the first 10-year review cycle 

ended in 2006, the NRC has had three 

years to formulate the proposed 

changes. A 75-day comment period is 

not sufficient to review and comment on 

these proposed amendments to 

regulations and voluminous associated 

guidance documents. 

(5) The NRC has scheduled a series of 

four public meetings that will occur 

throughout the second half of 

September, as well as an additional 

public meeting on October 1, 2009. 

Extending the comment period will 

allow stakeholders to use information 

presented at these public meetings to 

provide the agency with more 

comprehensive and meaningful 

comments. 

(6) Additional meetings are requested 

for the public to provide comments. 

The NRC wants the public to have 

sufficient time to provide the agency 

with constructive comments that will 

improve the quality of these regulations 

as well as the license renewal process. 

The NRC recognizes the quantity of 

information to be reviewed and is 

extending the comment period for the 

proposed rulemaking, related guidance 

documents, and information collection 

analysis for an additional 90 days. 

Based on feedback from stakeholders, 

the NRC believes that a 90-day 

extension will allow sufficient time for 

all stakeholders to develop and provide 

meaningful comments on these 

documents. 

The proposed rule, regulatory 

analysis, related guidance documents 

(including the GEIS, ESRP, and 

Regulatory Guide), and information 

collection analysis comment submittal 

deadline is extended from the original 

October 14, 2009, deadline to January 

12, 2010. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day 

of October 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Annette L. Vietti-Cook, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–24153 Filed 10–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2009–0457; Airspace 

Docket No. 09–AAL–10] 

Proposed Establishment of Class E 

Airspace; Point Thompson, AK 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

establish Class E airspace at Point (Pt.) 

Thompson Airport at Pt. Thompson, 

AK. The privately funded Special 

Instrument Approach Procedures (IAPs) 

serving Pt. Thompson, AK have been 

drafted. The FAA’s policy is to provide 

controlled airspace at airports serviced 

by instrument procedures for the safe 

and efficient use of Instrument Flight 

Rules (IFR) operations at Pt. Thompson 

Airport. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 23, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the 

proposal to the Docket Management 

Facility, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. You must identify the 

docket number FAA–2009–0457/ 

Airspace Docket No. 09–AAL–10, at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. You may 

review the public docket containing the 

proposal, any comments received, and 

any final disposition in person in the 

Dockets Office between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The Docket Office 

(telephone 1–800–647–5527) is on the 

plaza level of the Department of 

Transportation NASSIF Building at the 

above address. 

An informal docket may also be 

examined during normal business hours 

at the office of the Manager, Safety, 

Alaska Flight Service Operations, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 222 

West 7th Avenue, Box 14, Anchorage, 

AK 99513–7587. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Rolf, Federal Aviation Administration, 

222 West 7th Avenue, Box 14, 

Anchorage, AK 99513–7587; telephone 

number (907) 271–5898; fax: (907) 271– 

2850; e-mail: gary.ctr.rolf@faa.gov. 

Internet address: http://www.faa.gov/ 

about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ 

ato/service_units/systemops/fs/alaskan/ 

rulemaking/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in this proposed rulemaking 

by submitting such written data, views, 

or arguments as they may desire. 

Comments that provide the factual basis 

supporting the views and suggestions 

presented are particularly helpful in 

developing reasoned regulatory 

decisions on the proposal. Comments 

are specifically invited on the overall 

regulatory, aeronautical, economic, 

environmental, and energy-related 

aspects of the proposal. 

Communications should identify both 

docket numbers and be submitted in 

triplicate to the address listed above. 

Commenters wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

on this notice must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed, stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to 

Docket No. FAA–2009–0457/Airspace 

Docket No. 09–AAL–10.’’ The postcard 

will be date/time stamped and returned 

to the commenter. 

All communications received on or 

before the specified closing date for 

comments will be considered before 

taking action on the proposed rule. The 

proposal contained in this notice may 

be changed in light of comments 

received. All comments submitted will 

be available for examination in the 

public docket both before and after the 

closing date for comments. A report 

summarizing each substantive public 

contact with FAA personnel concerned 

with this rulemaking will be filed in the 

docket. 

Availability of Notice of Proposed 

Rulemakings (NPRMs) 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded through the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Recently published rulemaking 

documents can also be accessed through 

the FAA’s Web page at http:// 

www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/ 

air_traffic/publications/ 

airspace_amendments/. 

Additionally, any person may obtain 

a copy of this notice by submitting a 

request to the Federal Aviation 

Administration, Office of Air Traffic 

Airspace Management, ATA–400, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591 or by calling 

(202) 267–8783. Communications must 

identify both docket numbers for this 

notice. Persons interested in being 

placed on a mailing list for future 

NPRM’s should contact the FAA’s 

Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267–9677, 

to request a copy of Advisory Circular 


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