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TIME: 10 a.m.–1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of 

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Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 20001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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Historically Black College and 

University Capital Financing (HBCU 

Capital Financing) Advisory Board, 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Recapitalization of Infrastructure 

Supporting Naval Spent Nuclear Fuel 

Handling and Examination at the Idaho 

National Laboratory 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement; 

Notice of Public Meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.), the Council on Environmental 

Quality regulations for implementing 

the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 

CFR part 1500–1508), and the 

Department of Energy (DOE) 

implementing procedures (10 CFR part 

1021), the DOE Naval Nuclear 

Propulsion Program (NNPP) announces 

its intent to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the 

Recapitalization of Naval Spent Nuclear 

Fuel Handling and Examination 

Facilities at the Idaho National 

Laboratory (INL). The NNPP intends to 

prepare an EIS for the recapitalization of 

infrastructure at the Expended Core 

Facility (ECF) at the INL in Idaho. This 

action supports the receipt, handling, 

examination, and packaging of naval 

spent nuclear fuel removed from 

nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and 

submarines, as well as from land-based 

prototype reactors, and the examination 

of other irradiated materials. 

Infrastructure recapitalization (e.g., new 

or improved facilities and equipment) is 

needed to ensure continued naval 

nuclear-powered operations and 

missions for at least the next 40 years. 

In addition, the recapitalized 

infrastructure will support the Navy’s 

commitments, as identified in the 1995 

Idaho Settlement Agreement (amended 

in June 2008), among the State of Idaho, 

the DOE, and the Navy. Three public 

scoping meetings will be held. 

DATES: NNPP invites interested parties 

to comment on the proposed scope of 

the EIS. NNPP will consider all 

comments received by September 3, 

2010, and to the extent practical 

comments received after that date, in 

the preparation of the EIS. 

The public meetings will address the 

scope of the planned EIS. For dates, 

times, and locations of public scoping 

meetings, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

scope of the EIS may be submitted by 

mailing to: Mr. Gregory F. Holden (08U– 

Naval Reactors), Naval Sea Systems 

Command, 1240 Isaac Hull Avenue, SE., 

Stop 8036, Washington Navy Yard, DC 

20376–8036. 

Comments provided by E–Mail 

should be submitted to 

ecfrecapitalization@unnpp.gov and 

comments provided via phone should 

be made by calling 1–866–369–4802. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information about this project, 

contact Mr. Gregory F. Holden, as 

described above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NNPP 

is responsible for all aspects of U.S. 

Navy nuclear power and propulsion. 

These responsibilities include design, 

maintenance, and safe operation of 

nuclear propulsion systems throughout 

their operational life cycles. A crucial 

component of this mission, naval spent 

nuclear fuel handling, occurs at the end 

of a nuclear propulsion system’s useful 

life. Once a naval nuclear core is 

depleted, the NNPP is responsible for 

removal of the spent nuclear fuel 


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through a defueling or refueling 

operation. Both operations remove the 

spent nuclear fuel from a reactor core, 

but a refueling operation also involves 

installing new fuel into the reactor core, 

allowing the nuclear-powered ship to be 

redeployed into the U.S. Navy fleet. 

After the naval spent nuclear fuel has 

been removed from an aircraft carrier or 

submarine, NNPP spent fuel handling 

includes the subsequent transfer, 

preparation, and packaging required for 

dry storage pending transportation of 

the fuel to a national geologic repository 

or interim storage site. 

A second component of the mission is 

to support the design and maintenance 

of nuclear propulsion systems by 

providing for the examination of naval 

spent nuclear fuel and irradiated 

materials. This examination includes 

the receipt and unloading of the spent 

nuclear fuel; preparation of irradiated 

materials for examination using various 

visual, microscopic, and metallurgical 

techniques; and preparation of small 

fuel and non-fuel test samples for 

insertion into test reactors, where they 

are irradiated. 

The NNPP ensures that naval spent 

nuclear fuel handling and examination 

are performed in a safe and 

environmentally responsible manner in 

accordance with 50 U.S.C. 2406, 2511 

(codifying Executive Order 12344). 

Nuclear fuel handling and examination 

are intricate and intensive processes 

requiring a complex infrastructure. 

Naval spent nuclear fuel handling 

includes the transfer of spent nuclear 

fuel removed from a reactor to the ECF 

at the Naval Reactors Facility (NRF) at 

the INL, where it is received, unloaded, 

prepared, and packaged for disposal. 

Currently, naval spent nuclear fuel 

examination and the examination of 

some irradiated specimens are 

performed at the ECF. Examination of 

spent naval fuel and irradiated materials 

is essential to the mission of the Navy 

for three reasons: to provide data on 

current reactor performance, to validate 

models used to predict future 

performance, and to support research to 

improve reactor design. 

The NNPP is proposing to recapitalize 

the existing ECF infrastructure at the 

INL. The purpose of the proposed action 

is to ensure the continued availability of 

the infrastructure needed to support the 

transfer, handling, examination, and 

packaging of naval spent nuclear fuel 

removed from nuclear-powered aircraft 

carriers and submarines, as well as from 

land-based prototype reactors, and the 

examination of other irradiated 

materials, for at least the next 40 years. 

This action is needed because, although 

the ECF at the NRF, where this work is 

currently supported, continues to be 

maintained and operated in a safe and 

environmentally responsible manner, a 

significant portion of the ECF 

infrastructure has been in service for 

over 50 years. Deterioration of the ECF 

infrastructure could immediately and 

profoundly impact the NNPP mission, 

including the NNPP’s ability to support 

refueling and defueling of nuclear 

powered submarines and aircraft 

carriers. The ECF capabilities to 

transfer, prepare, examine, and package 

naval spent nuclear fuel, and other 

irradiated materials are vital to the 

NNPP’s mission of maintaining the 

reliable operation of the naval nuclearpowered fleet and developing militarily 

effective nuclear propulsion plants. 

Consistent with the Record of 

Decision for the April 1995 DOE 

Programmatic EIS for Spent Nuclear 

Fuel Management (DOE/EIS–0203–F), 

naval spent nuclear fuel is shipped by 

rail from shipyards and prototype 

facilities to NRF for examination and 

processing. After processing, naval 

spent nuclear fuel is transferred into dry 

storage containers and placed into 

temporary storage at NRF, prior to offsite transfer consistent with the Record 

of Decision for the November 1996 Navy 

EIS for a Container System for 

Management of Naval Spent Nuclear 

Fuel (DOE/EIS–0251). Ongoing efforts to 

sustain the infrastructure needed to 

transfer, prepare, examine, and package 

naval spent nuclear fuel will preserve 

these essential capabilities and ensure 

that the NNPP high standards for 

protecting the public and the 

environment continue to be met. 

Facility age, however, is expected to 

cause a growing maintenance burden 

and increase the likelihood of 

unacceptable workflow interruptions 

that could adversely impact the fleet. 

The NNPP proposes to recapitalize 

the infrastructure for transferring, 

preparing, examining, and packaging 

naval spent nuclear fuel and other 

irradiated materials, to ensure these 

capabilities are maintained for the vital 

NNPP mission of supporting the naval 

nuclear-powered fleet. The 

recapitalization is expected to be carried 

out as two projects. The first project will 

be the Spent Fuel Handling 

Recapitalization Project; the second 

project will be the Examination 

Recapitalization Project. The Spent Fuel 

Handling Recapitalization Project will 

ensure that interfaces and exchanges 

between handling and examination are 

factored into detailed designs, to ensure 

that both projects can be carried out in 

an environmentally responsible and 

cost-effective manner. 

The proposed EIS will consider the 

environmental effects related to siting 

and construction of new facilities for 

both of the Recapitalization Projects. 

The NNPP proposes to evaluate three 

siting combinations, along with a NoAction Alternative. 

Alternative 1—Locate the Spent Fuel 

Handling Recapitalization Project and 

the Examination Recapitalization 

Project at the NRF at the INL. 

Alternative 2—Locate the Spent Fuel 

Handling Recapitalization Project at the 

NRF and the Examination 

Recapitalization Project at the Advanced 

Test Reactor Complex at the INL. 

Alternative 3—Locate the Spent Fuel 

Handling Recapitalization Project at the 

NRF and the Examination 

Recapitalization Project at the Materials 

and Fuels Complex at the INL. 

No-Action Alternative—Overhaul the 

ECF. Overhauling includes continuing 

to repair, maintain, refurbish, and 

upgrade the ECF as necessary to provide 

the needed long-term capabilities for 

transferring, examining, preparing, and 

packaging naval spent nuclear fuel. 

Within each of these alternative sites, 

there are a number of practical locations 

for facility placement. These location 

options will also be addressed in the 

EIS. NNPP proposes to address the 

issues listed below when considering 

the potential impacts of the proposed 

alternatives in the EIS. This list is 

presented to facilitate public comment 

during the scoping period and is not 

intended to be comprehensive, or to 

imply any predetermination of impacts. 

Issues include: 

• Potential impacts of emissions on 

air and water quality. 

• Potential impacts on plants, 

animals, and their habitats, including 

species that are listed by either State or 

Federal government as threatened, 

endangered, or of special concern. 

• Potential impacts from postulated 

accidents, as well as potential impacts 

from acts of terrorism or sabotage. 

• Potential effects on the public 

health from exposure to hazardous 

materials or radiological releases under 

routine operations. 

• Potential safety and health impacts 

to workers. 

• Impacts on cultural resources, such 

as historic, archeological, and Native 

American culturally important sites. 

• Socioeconomic impacts to the 

potentially affected communities. 

• Compliance with applicable Federal 

and state regulations. 

• Potential disproportionately high 

and adverse effects on low-income and 

minority populations (environmental 

justice). 

• Cumulative impacts. 


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NEPA implementing regulations 

require an early and open process for 

determining the scope of an EIS and for 

identifying the significant issues related 

to the proposed action. Accordingly, 

NNPP invites Federal agencies; Tribal, 

State, and local governments; and the 

general public to comment on the scope 

of the planned EIS including 

identification of reasonable alternatives 

and specific issues that should be 

addressed. NNPP will hold three public 

scoping meetings to provide information 

on the Spent Nuclear Fuel Handling and 

Examination Recapitalization Projects 

and to solicit public concerns and 

comments. Dates, times, and locations 

for these meetings are as follows: 

August 24, 2010 

6 p.m.–9 p.m. 

Shilo Inn, 780 Lindsay Blvd., Idaho 

Falls, ID 83404. 

August 25, 2010 

6 p.m.–9 p.m. 

Red Lion, 1555 Pocatello Creek Road, 

Pocatello, ID 83201. 

August 26, 2010 

6 p.m.–9 p.m. 

Canyon Springs Red Lion, 1357 Blue 

Lakes Blvd. North, Twin Falls, ID 

83301. 

Persons unable to attend these 

meetings may view meeting information 

by visiting the NNPP Web site http:// 

www.ecfrecapitalization.us. NNPP will 

provide additional notification of the 

meeting times and locations through 

newspaper advertisements and other 

appropriate media. 

At each scoping meeting, NNPP plans 

to hold an open house for the first hour 

prior to beginning the formal portion of 

the meeting to allow participants to 

register to provide oral comments and 

view informational materials. The 

registration table will have an oral 

comment registration form as well as a 

sign-up sheet for those who do not wish 

to give oral comments but who would 

like to be included on the mailing list 

to receive either printed or electronic 

information about the project in the 

future. The public may provide written 

and/or oral comments at the scoping 

meetings. 

All public comments received during 

the scoping meetings, as well as those 

submitted as described above, will be 

considered during the development of 

the EIS. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 12, 

2010. 

John M. McKenzie, 

Director, Regulatory Affairs, Naval Nuclear 

Propulsion Program. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[Regional Docket Nos. V–2009–1, FRL– 

9176–5] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program; Petition for Objection to 

State Operating Permit for JP Pulliam 

Power Plant 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final order on petition 

to object to Clean Air Act (Act) 

operating permit. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

that the EPA Administrator has granted 

a petition from the Sierra Club asking 

EPA to object to a Title V operating 

permit for the Wisconsin Public Service 

Corporation’s, JP Pulliam Power Plant 

(JP Pulliam) issued by the Wisconsin 

Department of Natural Resources 

(WDNR). 

Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the 

Act provide that a petitioner may ask for 

judicial review of those portions of the 

petition which EPA denies in the 

United States Court of Appeals for the 

appropriate circuit. Any petition for 

review shall be filed within 60 days 

from the date this notice appears in the 

Federal Register, pursuant to section 

307 of the Act. However, EPA did not 

deny any portion of the petition that is 

the subject of the response announced 

today. 

ADDRESSES: You may review copies of 

the final order, the petition, and other 

supporting information at the EPA 

Region 5 Office, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. If 

you wish to examine these documents, 

you should make an appointment at 

least 24 hours before visiting day. 

Additionally, the final order for the JP 

Pulliam Power Plant petition is 

available electronically at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/region07/programs/artd/ 

air/title5/petitiondb/petitiondb.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Blakley, Chief, Air Permits 

Section, Air Programs Branch, Air and 

Radiation Division, EPA, Region 5, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604, telephone (312) 886– 

4447. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act 

affords EPA a 45-day period to review, 

and object, as appropriate, to Title V 

operating permits proposed by state 

permitting authorities. Section 505(b)(2) 

of the Act authorizes any person to 

petition the EPA Administrator within 

60 days after the expiration of the EPA 

review period to object to a Title V 

operating permit if EPA has not done so. 

A petition must be based only on 

objections to the permit that were raised 

with reasonable specificity during the 

public comment period provided by the 

state, unless the petitioner demonstrates 

that it was impracticable to raise issues 

during the comment period, or the 

grounds for the issues arose after this 

period. 

On June 25, 2009, EPA received a 

petition from the Sierra Club requesting 

that EPA object to the Title V operating 

permit for JP Pulliam. The Petitioner 

alleged that the permit is not in 

compliance with the requirements of the 

Act. Specifically, the Petitioner alleged 

that: (1) The permit omits more 

stringent applicable particulate matter 

(PM) emission limits for certain boilers 

because the units are: (a) Subject to the 

lower limits established in a 

preconstruction permit issued on 

October 15, 2008, and/or (b) subject to 

a State Implementation Plan provision 

providing for a lower PM limit for units 

modified after April 1972 because these 

units were modified in the late 1980s; 

(2) the permit omits the maximum 

hourly heat input limits that are 

applicable because they were contained 

in a preconstruction permit application 

submitted by the permittee and relied 

upon by WDNR to issue a New Source 

Review synthetic minor permit; and (3) 

the permit’s PM monitoring for the 

boilers and PM and visible emissions 

monitoring for certain material handling 

sources are deficient. 

On June 28, 2010, the Administrator 

issued an order granting the JP Pulliam 

petition. The Order explains the reasons 

behind EPA’s conclusion. 

Date: July 9, 2010. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

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