Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 111 /Wednesday, June 10, 1998 / Notices 31813

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[Docket Nos. 50–317 and 50–318]

Baltimore Gas & Electric Company

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant,

Units 1 and 2 Notice of Intent To

Prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement and Conduct Scoping

Process

The Baltimore Gas & Electric

Company (BG&E) has submitted an

application for renewal of operating

licenses DPR–53 and DPR–69 for an

additional 20 years of operation at the

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant

(CCNPP), Units 1 and 2, respectively.

CCNPP is located in Calvert County,

Maryland. The application for renewal

was submitted on April 10, 1998, by

letter dated April 8, 1998, pursuant to

10 CFR Part 54. A notice of receipt of

application, including the

environmental report (ER), was

published in the Federal Register on

April 27, 1998 (63 FR 20664). A notice

of acceptance for docketing of the

application for renewal of the facility

operating licenses was published in the

Federal Register on May 19, 1998 (63

FR 27601). The purpose of this notice is

to inform the public that the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

will be preparing an environmental

impact statement in support of the

review of the license renewal

application and to provide the public an

opportunity to participate in the

environmental scoping process as

defined in 10 CFR 51.29.

In accordance with 10 CFR 54.23 and

10 CFR 51.53(c), BG&E submitted the ER

as part of the application. The ER was

prepared pursuant to 10 CFR Part 51

and is available for public inspection at

the Commission’s Public Document

Room in the Gelman Building, 2120 L

Street, NW., Washington, DC, and the

Local Public Document Room located in

the Calvert County Public Library, 30

Duke Street, Prince Frederick, MD

20678.

This notice advises the public that the

NRC intends to gather the information

necessary to prepare a plant-specific

supplement to the Commission’s

‘‘Generic Environmental Impact

Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of

Nuclear Plants’ (NUREG–1437) in

support of the review of the application

for renewal of the CCNPP operating

licenses for an additional 20 years.

Possible alternatives to the proposed

action (license renewal) include no

action and reasonable alternative energy

sources. 10 CFR 51.95 requires that the

NRC prepare a supplement to the GEIS

in connection with the renewal of an

operating license. This notice is being

published in accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) and the NRC’s regulations found

in 10 CFR Part 51.

The NRC will first conduct a scoping

process for the supplement to the GEIS

and, as soon as practicable thereafter,

will prepare a draft supplement to the

GEIS for public comment. Participation

in this scoping process by members of

the public and local, State, and Federal

government agencies is encouraged. The

draft supplement to the GEIS will be the

subject of separate notices and a

separate public meeting. Copies will be

available for public inspection at the

above-mentioned addresses, and one

copy per request will be provided free

of charge. After receipt and

consideration of the comments, the NRC

will prepare a final supplement to the

GEIS, which will also be available for

public inspection.

The scoping process for the

supplement to the GEIS will be used to

accomplish the following:

a. Define the proposed action, which

is to be the subject of the supplement to

the GEIS.

b. Determine the scope of the

supplement to the GEIS and identify the

significant issues to be analyzed in

depth.

c. Identify, and eliminate from

detailed study, those issues that are

peripheral or that are not significant.

d. Identify any environmental

assessments and other environmental

impact statements (EISs) that are being

or will be prepared that are related to

but are not part of the scope of the

supplement to the GEIS being

considered.

e. Identify other environmental

review and consultation requirements

related to the proposed action.

f. Indicate the relationship between

the timing of the preparation of

environmental analyses and the

Commission’s tentative planning and

decision making schedule.

g. Identify any cooperating agencies

and, as appropriate, allocate

assignments for preparation and

schedules for completion of the

supplement to the GEIS to the NRC and

any cooperating agencies.

h. Describe how the supplement to

the GEIS will be prepared, including

any contractor assistance to be used.

The NRC invites the following entities

to participate in the scoping process:

a. The applicant, Baltimore Gas &

Electric Company.

b. Any other Federal agency that has

jurisdiction by law or special expertise

with respect to any environmental

impact involved or that is authorized to

develop and enforce relevant

environmental standards.

c. Affected State and local

government agencies, including those

authorized to develop and enforce

relevant environmental standards.

d. Any affected Indian tribe.

e. Any person who requests or has

requested an opportunity to participate

in the scoping process.

Participation in the scoping process

for the supplement to the GEIS does not,

in of itself, entitle participants to

become parties to the proceeding to

which the supplement to the GEIS

relates. Participation in the adjudicatory

proceeding is governed by the

procedures specified in 10 CFR 2.714

and 2.715 and will be the subject of a

separate Federal Register notice.

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26, the

scoping process for an EIS may include

a public scoping meeting to help

identify significant issues related to a

proposed activity and to determine the

scope of issues to be addressed in an

EIS. The NRC has decided to hold a

public meeting for the CCNPP license

renewal supplement to the GEIS. The

scoping meeting will be held at the

Holiday Inn Select, Solomons,

Maryland, on Thursday, July 9, 1998.

There will be two sessions to

accommodate interested parties. The

first session will convene at 2:00 p.m.

and will continue until 5:00 p.m. The

second session will convene at 7:00

p.m. with a repeat of the overview

portions of the meeting and will

continue until 10:00 p.m. Both meetings

will be transcribed and will include (1)

an overview by the NRC staff of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) environmental review process,

the proposed scope of the supplement to

the GEIS, and the proposed review

schedule; (2) an overview by BG&E of

the proposed action, CCNPP license

renewal, and the environmental impacts

as outlined in the ER; and (3) the

opportunity for interested Government

agencies, organizations, and individuals

to submit comments or suggestions on

the environmental issues or the

proposed scope of the supplement to the

GEIS. Persons may register to attend or

present oral comments at the meeting on

the NEPA scoping process by contacting

Ms. Claudia M. Craig by telephone at 1–

800–368–5642, extension 1053, or by

Internet to the NRC at cceis@nrc.gov no

later than July 2, 1998. Members of the

public may also register to provide oral

comments within 15 minutes of the start

of each session. Individual oral

comments may be limited by the time

available, depending on the number of

persons who register. Public comments

will be considered in the scoping
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process for the supplement to the GEIS.

If special equipment or accomodations

are needed to attend or present

information at the public meeting, the

need should be brought to Ms. Craig’s

attention no later than July 2, 1998, so

that the NRC staff can determine

whether the request can be

accommodated.

Members of the public may provide

written comments on the environmental

scoping process for the supplement to

the GEIS to—Chief, Rules and Directives

Branch, Division of Administrative

Services, Mailstop T–6 D 59, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001.

Comments may be hand-delivered to

the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, Maryland, between 7:45 a.m.

and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.

Submittal of written comments should

be postmarked by August 7, 1998, to be

considered in the scoping process.

Submittal of electronic comments may

be sent by the Internet to the NRC at

cceis@nrc.gov. Electronic submittals

should be sent no later than August 7,

1998, to be considered in the scoping

process and will be available for

inspection at the NRC and Local Public

Document Rooms.

At the conclusion of the scoping

process, the NRC will prepare a concise

summary of the determination and

conclusions reached, including the

significant issues identified, and will

send a copy of the summary to each

participant in the scoping process. The

summary will also be available for

inspection at the NRC and Local Public

Document Rooms.

Information about the proposed

action, the supplement to the GEIS, and

the scoping process may be obtained

from Ms. Craig at the aforementioned

telephone number or e-mail address.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day

of June 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

David B. Matthews,

Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Program

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

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AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Nuclear

Regulatory Commission.

DATE: Weeks of June 8, 15, 22, and 29,

1998.

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

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STATUS: Public and Closed.

MATTERS OF BE CONSIDERED:

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Thursday, June 11

11:30 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public

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2:00 p.m. Meeting with Advisory

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(Contact: Larry Camper, 301–415–

7231)

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9:30 a.m. Briefing by IG on Results of

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and Climate Survey (Public

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11:30 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public

Meeting) (if needed)

2:00 p.m. Briefing on EEO Program

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SUMMARY: On June 30, 1997 (62 FR

35278), the Office of Management and

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revision to Circular A–133, ‘‘Audits of

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