[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79975-79976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22478]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-395; NRC-2023-0152]


Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear 
Station, Unit No. 1; Notice of Intent To Prepare Environmental Impact 
Statement

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will prepare a 
supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to evaluate the 
environmental impacts for the subsequent license renewal (SLR) of 
Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-12 for Virgil C. Summer 
Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1 (V.C. Summer).

DATES: October 1, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0152 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may 
obtain publicly available information related to this action by any of 
the following methods:

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    <bullet> Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0152. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8ebccd9dbc196ebdbd0cdd5d9d6d6f8d6cadb96dfd7ce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b381f0a0812453808031e060a05052b051908450c041d">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical 
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this document.
    <bullet> NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b6e6f2e498e4d3c5d9c3c4d5d3f6d8c4d598d1d9c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8dddc9dfa3dfe8fee2f8ffeee8cde3ffeea3eae2fb">[email protected]</span></a>. The ADAMS accession number for each 
document referenced in this document (if it is available in ADAMS) is 
provided the first time that it is referenced.
    <bullet> NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an 
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1c4c584e324e796f73696e7f795c726e7f327b736a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="59091d0b770b3c2a362c2b3a3c19372b3a773e362f">[email protected]</span></a> or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.
    <bullet> Public Library: A copy of the SLR application for V.C. 
Summer, including the environmental report (ER), is available for 
public review at the following public library location: Fairfield 
County Library, 300 West Washington St., Winnsboro, SC 29180.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Conway, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1335; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#347f5d59565146584d1a775b5a43554d745a46571a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="773c1e1a1512051b0e5934181900160e3719051459101801">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    On August 17, 2023, Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. submitted 
to the NRC an application for SLR of Renewed Facility Operating License 
No. NPF-12 for V.C. Summer, for an additional 20 years of operation 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML23233A172). This submission initiated the NRC's 
proposed action of determining whether to grant the SLR application. 
The V.C. Summer unit is a pressurized-water reactor designed by 
Westinghouse and is located near Jenkinsville, South Carolina. The 
current renewed operating license for V.C. Summer expires August 6, 
2042. The SLR application was submitted pursuant to part 54 of title 10 
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Requirements for Renewal 
of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants,'' and seeks to extend 
the renewed facility operating license for V.C. Summer to midnight on 
August 6, 2062.
    On November 3, 2023, the NRC published a notice of intent to 
conduct a scoping process and prepare a site-specific environmental 
impact statement (EIS) (88 FR 75627). Consistent with Commission Legal 
Issuance (CLI)-22-03, the SLR application contained an ER in which the 
impacts of all environmental issues were evaluated on a site-specific 
basis, and the NRC staff initiated a review to address the impacts for 
all such issues during the SLR period in a site-specific EIS. The NRC 
staff stated in the original notice of intent that it would first 
conduct a scoping process for the site-specific EIS and then prepare a 
draft site-specific EIS for public comment. During the 30-day scoping 
period, the NRC received comments through written correspondence and 
two public meetings.

II. Discussion

    On August 6, 2024, the NRC published a final rule in the Federal 
Register (89 FR 64166) revising its environmental protection 
regulations in 10 CFR part 51, ``Environmental protection regulations 
for domestic licensing and related regulatory functions.'' The final 
rule updates the potential environmental impacts associated with the 
renewal of an operating license for a nuclear power plant for up to an 
additional 20 years for either an initial license renewal or one period 
of SLR. Revision 2 to NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact 
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants'' (LR GEIS) (ADAMS 
Package Accession No. ML24087A133) provides the technical basis for the 
final rule. The revised LR GEIS supports the updated list of 
environmental issues and associated environmental impact findings 
contained in table B-1 in appendix B to subpart A of the revised 10 CFR 
part 51 for both initial license renewals and one period of SLR.
    The final rule became effective on September 5, 2024, 30 days after 
its publication in the Federal Register, and staff must now consider 
the new and modified issues, as applicable, in its license renewal 
EISs. Accordingly, the NRC staff intends to prepare a plant-specific 
supplement to the LR GEIS for the V.C. Summer SLR application. In 
contrast to the previously planned site-specific EIS, the SEIS will 
rely on the LR GEIS determinations for Category 1 (generic) issues that 
apply to all or a distinct subset of nuclear power plants. Site-
specific information will be considered only on Category 2 (site-
specific) issues and will be screened for new and significant 
information on Category 1 issues.
    The NRC staff has determined that the original scoping period 
conducted for a site-specific EIS review is sufficient to include any 
comments that would have been submitted for a SEIS that relies on site-
specific determinations for Category 2 issues and on the LR GEIS 
generic determinations for Category 1 issues; therefore, an additional 
scoping period will not be conducted. All information submitted during 
the 30-day scoping period that began November 3, 2023, will be 
considered and evaluated as appropriate during the development of the 
staff's SEIS for the V.C. Summer SLR. When issued, the draft SEIS will 
be made available for public comment in accordance with 10 CFR 51.73.

    Dated: September 26, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stephen Koenick,
Chief, Environmental Project Management Branch 1, Division of 
Rulemaking, Environment, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2024-22478 Filed 9-30-24; 8:45 am]
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