Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 72 / Friday, April 13, 2012 / Notices 22361 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) invites public 

comment about our intention to request 

the OMB’s approval for renewal of an 

existing information collection that is 

summarized below. We are required to 

publish this notice in the Federal 

Register under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Information pertaining to the 

requirement to be submitted: 

1. The title of the information 

collection: Generic Customer 

Satisfaction Surveys and NRC Form 671, 

Request for Review of a Customer 

Satisfaction Survey under Generic 

Clearance. 

2. Current OMB approval number: 

3150–0197. 

3. How often the collection is 

required: On occasion. 

4. Who is required or asked to report: 

NRC licensees and the public will be 

asked to report voluntarily. 

5. The number of annual respondents: 

3,384. 

6. The number of hours needed 

annually to complete the requirement or 

request: 1,529.5 hours. 

7. Abstract: Voluntary customer 

satisfaction surveys will be used to 

contact users of NRC services and 

products to determine how the 

Commission can improve its services 

and products to better meet their needs. 

In addition, focus groups will be 

conducted to discuss questions 

concerning those services and products. 

Results from the surveys will provide 

insight into how NRC can make its 

services and products cost effective, 

efficient and responsive to customer 

needs. Each survey will be submitted to 

OMB for its review. 

Submit, by June 12, 2012, comments 

that address the following questions: 

1. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the NRC to 

properly perform its functions? Does the 

information have practical utility? 

2. Is the burden estimate accurate? 

3. Is there a way to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected? 

4. How can the burden of the 

information collection be minimized, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology? 

The public may examine and have 

copied for a fee publicly available 

documents, including the draft 

supporting statement, at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room, Room O1–F21, 

One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. OMB 

clearance requests are available at the 

NRC’s Web site: http://www.nrc.gov/

public-involve/doc-comment/omb/. 

The document will be available on the 

NRC home page site for 60 days after the 

signature date of this notice. Comments 

submitted in writing or in electronic 

form will be made available for public 

inspection. 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. 

Comments submitted should reference 

Docket No. NRC–2012–0073. 

You may submit your comments by 

any of the following methods. Electronic 

comments: Go to http://www.

regulations.gov and search for Docket 

No. NRC–2012–0073. Mail comments to 

NRC Clearance Officer, Tremaine 

Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

Questions about the information 

collection requirements may be directed 

to the NRC Clearance Officer, Tremaine 

Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, by telephone at 301– 

415–6258, or by email to 

INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day 

of April 2012. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Tremaine Donnell, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information 

Services. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8909 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–247–LR and 50–286–LR; 

ASLBP No. 07–858–03–LR–BD01] 

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., 

(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 

2 and 3); Notice of Atomic Safety and 

Licensing Board Reconstitution 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.313(c) and 

2.321(b), the Atomic Safety and 

Licensing Board (Board) in the abovecaptioned Indian Point proceeding is 

hereby reconstituted by appointing 

Administrative Judge Michael F. 

Kennedy to serve on the Board in place 

of Administrative Judge Kaye D. 

Lathrop. 

All correspondence, documents, and 

other materials shall continue to be filed 

in accordance with the NRC E–Filing 

rule. See 10 CFR 2.302 et seq. 

Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day 

of April 2012. 

E. Roy Hawkens, 

Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety 

and Licensing Board Panel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8896 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2010–0029; Docket No. 50–397] 

Energy Northwest, Columbia 

Generating Station; Final Supplement 

47 to the Generic Environmental 

Impact Statement for License Renewal 

of Nuclear Plants 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final Supplement 47 to the 

Generic Environmental Impact 

Statement for License Renewal of 

Nuclear Plants; issuance. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or the Commission) 

has published the final plant-specific 

supplement 47 to the ‘‘Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

License Renewal of Nuclear Plants 

(GEIS),’’ NUREG–1437, regarding the 

renewal of operating license NPF–21 for 

an additional 20 years of operation for 

the Columbia Generating Station (CGS). 

The CGS site is located approximately 

12 miles north of Richland, WA. 

Possible alternatives to the proposed 

action (license renewal) include no 

action and reasonable alternative energy 

sources. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2010–0029 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may access information related to 

this document using the following 

methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2010–0029. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may access publicly 

available documents online in the NRC 

Library at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search, 

select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and 

then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS 

Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, 

please contact the NRC’s Public 

Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 

1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by 

email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 


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ADAMS accession number for each 

document referenced in this notice (if 

that document is available in ADAMS) 

is provided the first time that a 

document is referenced. Additional 

information regarding accessing 

materials related to this action is under 

the Document Availability heading in 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this document. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about the Final SEIS or the 

environmental review process, please 

contact Paula Cooper, telephone: 301– 

415–2323; email: 

Paula.Cooper@nrc.gov. Projects Branch 

2, Division of License Renewal, Office of 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion 

The NRC received an application, 

dated January 19, 2010, from Energy 

Northwest (EN), filed pursuant to 

Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 

1954, as amended, and Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 

CFR part 54), to renew the operating 

license for CGS. Renewal of the license 

would authorize the applicant to 

operate the facility for an additional 20- 

year period beyond the period specified 

in the current operating license. The 

current operating license for CGS (NPF– 

21), expires on December 20, 2023. 

The final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 

is being issued as part of the NRC’s 

process to decide whether to issue a 

renewed license to CGS, pursuant to 10 

CFR part 54. The final SEIS was 

prepared in compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

NRC’s regulations for implementing 

NEPA in 10 CFR part 51. In the final 

SEIS, the NRC staff assessed the 

potential environmental impacts from 

the operation, refurbishment, and 

decommissioning of the proposed CGS 

project. The NRC staff assessed the 

impacts of the proposed action on land 

use, historic and cultural resources, air 

quality, geology and soils, water 

resources, ecological resources, 

transportation, public and occupational 

health, waste management, 

socioeconomics, and environmental 

justice. In preparing this final SEIS, the 

NRC staff also reviewed, considered, 

evaluated, and addressed the public 

comments received during the scoping 

process and on the draft SEIS. 

In addition to the proposed action, the 

NRC staff considered a reasonable range 

of alternatives, including the no-action 

alternative. Under the no-action 

alternative, the NRC would deny EN’s 

request for a renewed operating license 

for the CGS site. The no-action 

alternative serves as a baseline for 

comparison of the potential 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

action. Other alternatives the NRC staff 

considered include: (1) Natural gas-fired 

combined cycle (NGCC); (2) new 

nuclear; (3) combination alternative 

(NGCC, hydroelectric, wind, and 

conservation and efficiency); (4) Offsite 

new nuclear and NGCC; (5) coal-fired 

power; (6) energy conservation and 

energy efficiency; (7) purchased power; 

(8) solar power; (9) wind power; (10) 

biomass waste; (11) hydroelectric 

power; (12) ocean wave and current 

energy; (13) geothermal power; (14) 

municipal solid waste; (15) biofuels; 

(16) oil-fired power; (17) fuel cells; and 

(18) delayed retirement. These 

alternatives, except for the NGCC, new 

nuclear, and combination alternative, 

were eliminated from further analysis 

because they do not meet future system 

needs and do not have costs or benefits 

that justify inclusion in the range of 

reasonable alternatives. 

As discussed in Section 9.4 of the 

final supplement, the staff determined 

that the adverse environmental impacts 

of license renewal for CGS are not great 

enough to deny the option of license 

renewal for energy planning decisionmakers. This recommendation is based 

on: (1) The analysis and findings in the 

GEIS; (2) information provided in the 

environmental report and other 

documents submitted by EN; (3) 

consultation with Federal, State, local, 

and tribal government agencies; (4) the 

staff’s own independent environmental 

review; and (5) consideration of public 

comments received during the scoping 

process and on the draft Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

Document Availability 

Documents related to this notice are 

available on the NRC’s plant application 

for license renewal Web site at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/

licensing/renewal/applications/

columbia.html. The final SEIS for the 

proposed CGS project may also be 

accessed on the Internet at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/nuregs/staff/sr1437/ by 

selecting ‘‘Supplement-47.’’ 

The CGS’s license application, the 

CGS’s Environmental Report, and 

Volumes 1 and 2 of the NRC’s final SEIS 

are available in ADAMS under 

Accession Numbers ML100250668, 

ML100250666, ML12096A334, and 

ML12096A336, respectively. 

A copy of the final SEIS will be 

available at the Richland Public Library, 

955 Northgate Drive, Richland, 

Washington 99352, and at the 

Kennewick Branch of Mid-Columbia 

Libraries, 1620 South Union Street, 

Kennewick, Washington 99338. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day 

of April, 2012. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Dennis Morey, 

Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 1, Division 

of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8809 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

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COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 70–0398; NRC–2012–0091] 

Exemption Requests for Special 

Nuclear Material License SNM–362, 

Department of Commerce, 

Gaithersburg, MD 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Availability of environmental 

assessment and finding of no significant 

impact. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary T. Adams, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–492–3113; email: 

Mary.Adams@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) is considering the issuance of 

exemptions from Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 36.27(b) 

and 36.31(a), to be included in the 

renewal of Special Nuclear Material 

(SNM) License SNM–362 for the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, National 

Institutes of Standards and Technology 

(NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. NIST 

requested renewal of SNM–362 in an 

application dated June 29, 2007 

(ML072140750). NIST revised the 

license renewal application on March 

23, 2011 (ML110940239) to include 

three requests for exemption from NRC 

regulations in 10 CFR 36.27(b), 36.31(a), 

and 70.24. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(c)(14)(v), 

renewal of materials licenses issued 

under 10 CFR Part 70 for research and 


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