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Date of Issuance: February 26, 2009. 

Effective Date: February 26, 2009. 

Amendment No.: 230. 

Facility Operating License No. NPF– 

22: This amendment revised the License 

and Technical Specifications. 

Date of Initial Notice in Federal 

Register: January 23, 2009 (74 FR 

4254). The supplements dated 

November 21, 2008, and January 23, 

2009, provided additional information 

that clarified the application, did not 

expand the scope of the application as 

originally noticed, and did not change 

the staff’s original proposed no 

significant hazards consideration 

determination as published in the 

Federal Register on January 23, 2009 

(74 FR 4254). 

The Commission’s related evaluation 

of the amendment is contained in a 

Safety Evaluation dated February 26, 

2009. 

No Significant Hazards Consideration 

Comments Received: No. 

PSEG Nuclear LLC, Docket No. 50–354, 

Hope Creek Generating Station, Salem 

County, New Jersey 

Date of Application for Amendment: 

April 25, 2008, as supplemented by 

letter dated January 7, 2009. 

Brief Description of Amendment: The 

amendment revises the Technical 

Specifications (TSs) to remove the 

restriction on operation of the hydrogen 

water chemistry system at low power 

levels. 

Date of Issuance: March 4, 2009. 

Effective Date: As of the date of 

issuance, to be implemented within 30 

days. 

Amendment No.: 176. 

Facility Operating License No. NPF– 

57: The amendment revised the TSs and 

the License. 

Date of Initial Notice in Federal 

Register: July 29, 2008 (73 FR 43957). 

The letter dated January 7, 2009, 

provided clarifying information that did 

not change the initial proposed no 

significant hazards consideration 

determination or expand the application 

beyond the scope of the original Federal 

Register notice. 

The Commission’s related evaluation 

of the amendment is contained in a 

Safety Evaluation dated March 4, 2009. 

No Significant Hazards Consideration 

Comments Received: No. 

Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket No. 

50–390, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, 

Rhea County, Tennessee 

Date of Application for Amendment: 

September 18, 2008, as supplemented 

February 11, 2009. 

Brief Description of Amendment: The 

amendment revised requirements for the 

auxiliary feedwater system auto-start 

function associated with the trip of 

main feedwater pumps. 

Date of Issuance: March 4, 2009. 

Effective Date: As of the date of 

issuance and shall be implemented 

within 270 days of issuance. 

Amendment No.: 75. 

Facility Operating License No. NPF– 

90: Amendment revises the Technical 

Specifications. 

Date of Initial Notice in Federal 

Register: November 4, 2008 (73 FR 

65698). The supplement dated February 

11, 2009, provided additional 

information that clarified the 

application, did not expand the scope of 

the application as originally noticed, 

and did not change the staff’s original 

proposed no significant hazards 

consideration determination as 

published in Federal Register. 

The Commission’s related evaluation 

of the amendment is contained in a 

Safety Evaluation dated March 4, 2009. 

No Significant Hazards Consideration 

Comments Received: No. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day 

of March 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Joseph G. Giitter, 

Director, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLC; Duane 

Arnold Energy Center; Notice of Intent 

To Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement and Conduct Scoping 

Process 

FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLC has 

submitted an application for renewal of 

Facility Operating License No. DPR–49 

for an additional 20 years of operation 

at Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC). 

DAEC is located near Cedar Rapids, IA. 

The operating license for DAEC expires 

on February 21, 2014. The application 

for renewal, dated September 30, 2008, 

was submitted pursuant to Title 10 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR) Part 54. A notice of receipt and 

availability of the application, which 

included the environmental report (ER), 

was published in the Federal Register 

on November 17, 2008 (73 FR 67895). A 

notice of acceptance for docketing of the 

application for renewal of the facility 

operating license was also published in 

the Federal Register on February 17, 

2009 (74 FR 7489). 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 (EIS) 

related to the license renewal 

application and to provide the public 

with an opportunity to participate in the 

environmental scoping process, as 

defined in 10 CFR 51.29. In addition, as 

outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, ‘‘Coordination 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act,’’ the NRC plans to coordinate 

compliance with Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act in 

meeting the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA). 

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) 

and 10 CFR 54.23, FPL Energy Duane 

Arnold, LLC submitted the ER as part of 

the application. The ER was prepared 

pursuant to 10 CFR Part 51 and is 

publicly available at the NRC Public 

Document Room (PDR), located at One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, or 

from the NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS). The ADAMS Public 

Electronic Reading Room is accessible at 

http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/ 

dologin.htm. The Accession Number for 

the ER is ML082980483. Persons who 

do not have access to ADAMS, or who 

encounter problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS, should 

contact the NRC’s PDR reference staff by 

telephone at 1–800–397–4209, or 301– 

415–4737, or by e-mail at 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ER may also 

be viewed on the Internet at: http://

www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/

licensing/renewal/applications/duanearnold-energy-center.html. In addition, 

the ER is available for public inspection 

near DAEC at the following public 

library: Hiawatha Public Library, 150 

West Willman Street, Hiawatha, Iowa. 

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), related 

to the review of the application for 

renewal of the DAEC operating license 

for an additional 20 years. Possible 

alternatives to the proposed action 

(license renewal) include no action and 

reasonable alternative energy sources. 

The NRC is required by 10 CFR 51.95 

to prepare a supplement to the GEIS in 

connection with the renewal of an 

operating license. This notice is being 

published in accordance with NEPA 

and the NRC’s regulations found in 10 

CFR Part 51. 

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12400 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 55 / Tuesday, March 24, 2009 / Notices 

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 the scoping process by members of 

the public and local, State, Tribal, and 

Federal Government agencies is 

encouraged. 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 ElSs 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 the 

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 completing the 

supplement to the GEIS to the NRC and 

any cooperating agencies. 

h. Describe how the supplement to 

the GEIS will be prepared, and include 

any contractor assistance to be used. 

The NRC invites the following entities 

to participate in scoping: 

a. The applicant, FPL Energy Duane 

Arnold, LLC. 

b. Any 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. 

f. Any person who has petitioned or 

intends to petition for leave to 

intervene. 

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 

public meetings for the DAEC license 

renewal supplement to the GEIS. The 

scoping meetings will be held at the 

Hiawatha City Hall, 101 Emmons St., 

Hiawatha Iowa 52233. There will be two 

sessions to accommodate interested 

parties, which will be held on April 22, 

2009. The first session will convene at 

1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 

p.m., as necessary. The second session 

will convene at 7 p.m. with a repeat of 

the overview portions of the meeting 

and will continue until 10 p.m., as 

necessary. Both meetings will be 

transcribed and will include: (1) An 

overview by the NRC staff of the NEPA 

environmental review process, the 

proposed scope of the supplement to the 

GEIS, and the proposed review 

schedule; and (2) 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. 

Additionally, the NRC staff will host 

informal discussions one hour prior to 

the start of each session at the same 

location. No formal comments on the 

proposed scope of the supplement to the 

GEIS will be accepted during the 

informal discussions. To be considered, 

comments must be provided either at 

the transcribed public meetings or in 

writing, as discussed below. Persons 

may register to attend or present oral 

comments at the meetings on the scope 

of the NEPA review by contacting the 

NRC Environmental Project Manager, 

Mr. Charles H. Eccleston, by telephone 

at 1–800–368–5642, extension 8537, or 

by e-mail to the NRC at 

charles.eccleston@nrc.gov no later than 

April 15, 2009. Members of the public 

may also register to speak at the meeting 

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. Members of the public 

who have not registered may also have 

an opportunity to speak, if time permits. 

Public comments will be considered in 

the scoping process for the supplement 

to the GEIS. Mr. Eccleston will need to 

be contacted no later than April 15, 

2009, if special equipment or 

accommodations are needed to attend or 

present information at the public 

meeting, so that the NRC staff can 

determine whether the request can be 

accommodated. 

Members of the public may send 

written comments on the environmental 

scope of the DAEC license renewal 

review to: Chief, Rulemaking, Directives 

and Editing Branch, Division of 

Administrative Services, Office of 

Administration, Mailstop TWB–05– 

B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington DC 20555– 

0001, and should cite the publication 

date and page number of this Federal 

Register notice. Comments may also be 

delivered to the NRC, Room T–6D59, 

Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, from 

7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. during Federal 

workdays. To be considered in the 

scoping process, written comments 

should be postmarked by May 25, 2009. 

Electronic comments may be sent by 

e-mail to the NRC at 

DuaneArnoldEIS@nrc.gov, and should 

be sent no later than May 25, 2009, to 

be considered in the scoping process. 

Address questions about NRC dockets to 

Carol Gallagher 301–492–3668; e-mail 

carol.gallagher@nrc.gov. Comments will 

be available electronically and 

accessible through ADAMS at http:// 

adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. 

Participation in the scoping process 

for the supplement to the GEIS does not 

entitle participants to become parties to 

the proceeding to which the supplement 

to the GEIS relates. Notice of 

opportunity for a hearing regarding the 

renewal application is included in the 

Federal Register dated February 17, 

2009 (74 FR 7489). Matters related to 

participation in any hearing are outside 

the scope of matters to be discussed at 

this public meeting. 

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 in ADAMS at http:// 

adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. 

The staff will then prepare and issue for 

comment the draft supplement to the 

GEIS, which will be the subject of 

separate notices and separate public 

meetings. Copies will be available for 

public inspection at the abovementioned 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. 

Information about the proposed 

action, the supplement to the GEIS, and 

the scoping process may be obtained 

from Mr. Eccleston at the 

aforementioned telephone number or 

e-mail address. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 55 / Tuesday, March 24, 2009 / Notices 12401 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day 

of March, 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

David L. Pelton, 

Branch Chief, Project Branch 1, Division of 

License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E9–6413 Filed 3–23–09; 8:45 am] 

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Notice of Issuance of Regulatory Guide 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and 

Availability of Regulatory Guide 1.125, 

Revision 2. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Orr, Regulatory Guide 

Development Branch, Division of 

Engineering, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, telephone (301) 251– 

7495 or e-mail to Mark.Orr@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing a revision 

to an existing guide in the agency’s 

‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series 

was developed to describe and make 

available to the public information such 

as methods that are acceptable to the 

NRC staff for implementing specific 

parts of the agency’s regulations, 

techniques that the staff uses in 

evaluating specific problems or 

postulated accidents, and data that the 

staff needs in its review of applications 

for permits and licenses. 

Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.125, 

‘‘Physical Models for Design, and 

Operation of Hydraulic Structures and 

Systems for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ was 

issued with a temporary identification 

as Draft Regulatory Guide, DG–1198. 

This guide describes the detail and 

documentation of data and studies that 

an applicant should include in the 

preliminary and/or final safety analysis 

report (PSAR/FSAR) to support the use 

of physical hydraulic model testing for 

predicting the performance of hydraulic 

structures and systems for nuclear 

power plants. Hydraulic structures are 

defined as anything that can be used to 

divert, restrict, stop, or otherwise 

manage the natural flow of water. The 

regulatory position of this guide is 

applicable only to physical models used 

to predict the action or interaction of 

surface waters with features located 

outside the containment. The 

recommendations of this guide do not 

apply to internal plant systems or 

structures. 

II. Further Information 

In July 2008, DG–1198 was published 

with a public comment period of 60 

days from the issuance of the guide. The 

public comment period closed on 

September 5, 2008. The staff’s responses 

to the public comments are located in 

the NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS), Accession Number 

ML082810214. 

Electronic copies of Regulatory Guide 

1.125, Revision 2 are available through 

the NRC’s public Web site under 

‘‘Regulatory Guides’’ at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. In addition, regulatory 

guides are available for inspection at the 

NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), 

which is located at Room O–1F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852–2738. 

The PDR’s mailing address is USNRC 

PDR, Washington, DC 20555–0001. The 

PDR can also be reached by telephone 

at (301) 415–4737 or (800) 397–4209, by 

fax at (301) 415–3548, and by e-mail to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 

required to reproduce them. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day 

of March, 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Andrea D. Valentin, 

Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, 

Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research. 

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Sunshine Federal Register Notice 

DATE: Weeks of March 23, 30, April 6, 

13, 20, 27, 2009. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

Week of March 23, 2009 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of March 23, 2009. 

Week of March 30, 2009—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of March 30, 2009. 

Week of April 6, 2009—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of April 6, 2009. 

Week of April 13, 2009—Tentative 

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 

9:30 a.m. 

Briefing on NRC Corporate Support 

(Public Meeting). (Contact: Karen 

Olive, 301–415–2276) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Thursday, April 16, 2009 

1:30 p.m. 

Briefing on Human Capital and EEO 

(Public Meeting) (Contact: Kristin 

Davis, 301–492–2266) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Friday, April 17, 2009 

9:30 a.m. 

Briefing on Low Level Radioactive 

Waste—Part 1 (Public Meeting) 

(Contact: Patricia Swain, 301–415– 

5405) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Friday, April 17, 2009 

1:30 p.m. 

Briefing on Low Level Radioactive 

Waste—Part 2 (Public Meeting) 

(Contact: Patricia Swain, 301–415– 

5405) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address— http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of April 20, 2009—Tentative 

Thursday, April 23, 2009 

2:00 p.m. 

Briefing on Radioactive Source 

Security (Public Meeting) (Contact: 

Kim Lukes, 301–415–6701). 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of April 27, 2009—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of April 27, 2009. 

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*The schedule for Commission 

meetings is subject to change on short 

notice. To verify the status of meetings, 

call (recording)—(301) 415–1292. 

Contact person for more information: 

Rochelle Bavol, (301) 415–1651. 

* * * * * 

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/policymaking/schedule.html. 

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The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

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