[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55435-55436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28262]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-155]


Consumers Energy Company, Big Rock Point Nuclear Plant; Notice of 
Public Meeting

    The NRC will conduct a public meeting in the Charlevoix Township 
Hall (Stroud Hall), 12491 Waller Road, Charlevoix, Michigan, on 
November 13, 1997, to discuss Consumers Energy plans to immediately 
dismantle and decontaminate the Big Rock Point (BRP) nuclear plant, 
Charlevoix, Michigan. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m and be chaired 
by Mr. Philip Johnson, Chairman, Charlevoix County Board of 
Commissioners. This meeting will include a short presentation by the 
NRC staff on the decommissioning process, and a presentation by 
Consumers Energy on changes to their planned decommissioning 
activities. There will be an opportunity for members of the public to 
make comments and question the NRC staff and/or Consumers Energy 
representatives. This public meeting will be transcribed.
    On September 19, 1997, Consumers Energy provided revision 1 to 
their Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) to the 
NRC staff. This revision (NUDOCS microfiche accession number 
9709240373) describes the licensee's plans to forego the 27-year long-
term storage (SAFSTOR) decommissioning option (as described in BRP 
decommissioning Plan/PSDAR, NUDOCS microfiche accession number 
9506210181) in lieu of plans to immediately dismantle and decontaminate 
(DECON) BRP. The previous public meetings, held on May 11, 1995, and 
March 4, 1997, discussed Consumer Energy plans to place the power plant 
in SAFSTOR following permanent plant shutdown and described, in brief, 
the possibility that they may elect DECON, if a low-level radioactive 
waste depository were available. However, the NRC staff believes that 
neither meeting provided specific information or opportunity for the 
public to ask questions or make comments on the Consumers Energy 
decision to immediately dismantle and decontaminate the BRP plant.
    The BRP PSDAR is available for public inspection at the BRP local 
public document room (LPDR), located at the North Central Michigan 
College, 1515 Howard Street, Petosky, Michigan 49770, and at the 
Commission's Public Document Room located at the Gelman Building, 2120 
L Street, NW., Washington, DC, 20037.

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    For more information, contact Mr. Paul W. Harris, Project Manger, 
Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate, Division of 
Reactor Program Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC, 20555-0001, telephone 
number at (301) 415-1169.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of October 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Marvin M. Mendonca,
Acting Director Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project 
Directorate, Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-28262 Filed 10-23-97; 8:45 am]
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