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Report Amendment No. 2 to the SNM–

2509 License, October 23, 2002), the 

staff found that there are no credible 

scenarios by which liquid or gaseous 

effluents could be released from the dry 

shielded canister. The licensee further 

stated that any concerns over small 

quantities of gaseous or liquid effluent 

that may be produced during cask 

loading and transfer decontamination 

activities are no longer relevant, since 

all the spent fuel has been transferred to 

the ISFSI, and that the Holtec 

International (Holtec) Multi-Purpose 

Canister (MPC) used at the Trojan ISFSI 

is a passive system which, by design, 

produces no gaseous or liquid effluent. 

The staff has determined that the 

proposed action would not endanger life 

or property. Further, the staff concludes 

that there is reasonable assurance that 

the proposed exemption will have no 

impact on off-site doses. 

The proposed action would not 

increase the probability or consequences 

of accidents, no changes would be made 

to the passive system design resulting in 

the generation of effluents during fuel 

storage, and there would be no increase 

in occupational or public radiation 

exposure. Therefore, there are no 

significant radiological environmental 

impacts associated with the proposed 

action. Additionally, the proposed 

action would have no significant nonradiological impacts. 

IV. Alternative to the Proposed Action 

As an alternative to the proposed 

action, the staff considered denial of the 

exemption (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’

alternative). Approval or denial of the 

exemption would result in no change in 

the environmental impacts. Therefore, 

the environmental impacts of the 

proposed action and the alternative 

action are similar. 

V. Agencies and Persons Consulted 

The NRC staff prepared this 

environmental assessment (EA); no 

other sources were used. On August 29, 

2005, the staff discussed the EA by 

phone call with Mr. Adam Bless of the 

State of Oregon Department of Energy. 

The State of Oregon stated to the NRC 

that they had no comments related to 

the EA or the Finding of no Significant 

Impact. The NRC staff has determined 

that consultation under Section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act is not required 

for this specific exemption, which will 

not affect listed species or critical 

habitat. The NRC staff has also 

determined that the proposed action is 

not a type of activity having the 

potential to cause effects on historic 

properties. Therefore, no consultation is 

required under Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act. 

VI. Conclusions 

The staff has reviewed the exemption 

request submitted by PGE and has 

determined that relieving the licensee 

from the requirement to submit an 

annual radioactive effluent release 

report pursuant to 10 CFR 72.44(d)(3) 

would have no significant impact on the 

environment. 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

The environmental impacts of the 

proposed action have been reviewed in 

accordance with the requirements set 

forth in 10 CFR part 51. Based upon the 

foregoing EA, the NRC finds that the 

proposed action of granting the 

exemption will not significantly impact 

the quality of the human environment. 

Accordingly, the NRC has determined 

that an environmental impact statement 

for the proposed exemption is not 

warranted. 

Further Information 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of 

NRC’s ‘‘Rules of Practice,’’ final NRC 

records and documents regarding this 

proposed action, including the 

exemption request dated July 6, 2005, 

are publically available in the records 

component of NRC’s Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS). These documents 

may be inspected at NRC’s Public 

Electronic Reading Room at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 

These documents may also be viewed 

electronically on the public computers 

located at the NRC’s Public Document 

Room (PDR), O1F21, One White Flint 

North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

MD 20852. The PDR reproduction 

contractor will copy documents for a 

fee. Persons who do not have access to 

ADAMS or who encounter problems in 

accessing the documents located in 

ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR 

Reference staff by telephone at 1–800–

397–4209 or (301) 415–4737, or by email to pdr@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day 

of September 2005. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Robert J. Lewis, 

Chief, Licensing Section, Spent Fuel Project 

Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards. 

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AmerGen Energy Company, LLC, 

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating 

Station; Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Conduct Scoping Process 

AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 

(AmerGen) has submitted an application 

for renewal of Facility Operating 

License DPR–16 for an additional 20 

years of operation at the Oyster Creek 

Nuclear Generating Station (OCNGS). 

OCNGS is located along the western 

shore of Barnegat Bay between the 

South Branch of Forked River and 

Oyster Creek, in Ocean County, New 

Jersey. The operating license for OCNGS 

expires April 9, 2009. The application 

for renewal, submitted pursuant to Title 

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54), was received 

on July 22, 2005. A notice of receipt and 

availability of the application, which 

included the environmental report (ER), 

was published in the Federal Register 

on August 4, 2005 (70 FR 44940). A 

notice of acceptance for docketing of the 

application for renewal of the facility 

operating licenses was published in the 

Federal Register on September 15, 2005, 

(70 FR 54585). 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) 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 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, AmerGen 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 NRC Public Document Room 

(PDR), located at One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 

Rockville, Maryland 20852, or from the 

Publicly Available Records component 

of NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from 

the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html, which 

provides access through the Public 

Electronic Reading Room link. Persons 

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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 at 1–800–397–4209, or 301–415–

4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. The 

application may also be viewed on the 

Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/ 

operating/licensing/renewal/ 

applications/oystercreek.html. In 

addition, the Lacey Public Library, 10 

East Lacey Road, Forked River, NJ 08731 

has made the ER available for public 

inspection. 

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 OCNGS 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 the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (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 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 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 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, AmerGen Energy 

Company, 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 OCNGS license 

renewal supplement to the GEIS. The 

scoping meetings will be held at the 

Quality Inn located at 815 Route 37 in 

Toms River, New Jersey, on Tuesday, 

November 1, 2005. There will be two 

sessions to accommodate interested 

parties. 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 before 

the start of each session at the Quality 

Inn in Toms River. 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 

NRC Senior Environmental Project 

Manager, Dr. Michael Masnik, at 1–800–

368–5642, extension 1191, or by e-mail 

to the NRC at OysterCreekEIS@nrc.gov 

no later than October 24, 2005. 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. Dr. Masnik 

will need to be contacted no later than 

October 24, 2005, 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 OCNGS license renewal 

review to the Chief, Rules and 

Directives Branch, Division of 

Administrative Services, Office of 

Administration, Mailstop T–6D59, 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 20852–2738, 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 November 25, 

2005. Electronic comments may be sent 

by e-mail to the NRC at 

OysterCreekEIS@nrc.gov and should be 

sent no later than November 25, 2005, 

to be considered in the scoping process. 

Comments will be available 

electronically and accessible through 

ADAMS at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. 

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 was the subject of 

the aforementioned Federal Register 

notice (70 FR 54585). Matters related to 

participation in any hearing are outside 

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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:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 

The NRC 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 at a later time. 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. 

Information about the proposed 

action, the supplement to the GEIS, and 

the scoping process may be obtained 

from Dr. Masnik at the aforementioned 

telephone number or e-mail address. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day 

of September 2005. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Samson S. Lee, 

Acting Program Director, License Renewal 

and Environmental Impacts Program, 

Division of Regulatory Improvement 

Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards; Meeting Notice 

In accordance with the purposes of 

Sections 29 and 182b. of the Atomic 

Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232b), the 

Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS) will hold a meeting 

on October 6–8, 2005, 11545 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of 

this meeting was previously published 

in the Federal Register on Wednesday, 

November 24, 2004 (69 FR 68412). 

Thursday, October 6, 2005, Conference 

Room T–2B3, Two White Flint North, 

Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening 

Remarks by the ACRS Chairman 

(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the conduct 

of the meeting. 

8:35 a.m.–10 a.m.: Interim Review of 

the License Renewal Application for the 

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, 

and 3 (Open)—The Committee will hear 

presentations by and hold discussions 

with representatives of the Tennessee 

Valley Authority and the NRC staff 

regarding the license renewal 

application for the Browns Ferry 

Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 and the 

NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation Report 

with Open Items. 

10:15 a.m.–11:45 a.m.: Proposed 

Recommendations for Resolving Generic 

Safety Issue (GSI)–80, ‘‘Pipe Break 

Effects on Control Rod Drive Hydraulic 

Lines in the Drywells of Boiling Water 

Reactor Mark I and II Containments’’

(Open)—The Committee will hear 

presentations by and hold discussions 

with representatives of the NRC staff 

regarding the recommendations 

proposed by the NRC Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research for resolving GSI–

80. 

12:45 p.m.–2:15 p.m.: Resolution of 

ACRS Comments on the Draft Final 

Regulatory Guide, ‘‘Risk-Informed, 

Performance-Based Fire Protection for 

Existing Light Water Nuclear Power 

Plants’’ (Open)—The Committee will 

hear presentations by and hold 

discussions with representatives of the 

NRC staff and Nuclear Energy Institute 

(NEI) regarding the changes made to this 

Guide and to NEI 04–02, ‘‘Guidance for 

Implementing a Risk-Informed, 

Performance-Based Fire Protection 

Program Under 10 CFR 50.48(c),’’ in 

response to the ACRS comments and 

recommendations included in its June 

14, 2005 letter. 

2:30 p.m.–4 p.m.: Davis-Besse Reactor 

Pressure Vessel Head Integrity 

Calculations (Open)—The Committee 

will hear presentations by and hold 

discussions with representatives of the 

NRC staff regarding the expert 

elicitation and calculations performed 

for the reactor pressure vessel head 

integrity of the Davis-Besse Nuclear 

Power Plant. 

4:15 p.m.–5:15 p.m.: Quality 

Assessment of the Selected NRC 

Research Program (Open)—The 

Committee will discuss the results of 

the cognizant ACRS panel’s assessment 

of the quality of the NRC research 

projects on: Standardized Plant Analysis 

Risk (SPAR) Models Development 

Program; Steam Generator Tube 

Integrity Program at the Argonne 

National Laboratory; and the ThermalHydraulic Test Program at the Penn 

State University. 

5:30 p.m.–7 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will discuss proposed ACRS reports on 

matters considered during this meeting. 

Friday, October 7, 2005, Conference 

Room T–2B3, Two White Flint North, 

Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening 

Remarks by the ACRS Chairman 

(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the conduct 

of the meeting. 

8:35 a.m.–10 a.m.: Licensees’

Responses to the Bulletin on, 

‘‘Emergency Preparedness and Response 

Actions for Security-Based Events’’

(Open/Closed)—The Committee will 

hear presentations by and hold 

discussions with representatives of the 

NRC staff regarding licensees’ responses 

to the Bulletin related to Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Actions for 

Security-Based Events. 

10:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m.: NRC Staff’s 

Response to the ACRS Letter on the 

Proposed Revision 4 to Regulatory 

Guide 1.82, ‘‘Water Sources for LongTerm Recirculation Cooling Following a 

Loss-of-Coolant Accident’’ (Open)—The 

Committee will hear presentations by 

and hold discussions with 

representatives of the NRC staff 

regarding the staff’s response to the 

ACRS letter on the Proposed Revision 4 

to Regulatory Guide 1.82. 

11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.: Format and 

Content of the NRC Safety Research 

Program Report to the Commission 

(Open)—The Committee will hear a 

report by and hold discussions with the 

Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee 

on Safety Research Program regarding 

the format and content of the ACRS 

report to the Commission on the NRC 

Safety Research Program as well as 

assignments for the ACRS members. 

1:15 p.m.–2:15 p.m.: Future ACRS 

Activities/Report of the Planning and 

Procedures Subcommittee (Open)—The 

Committee will discuss the 

recommendations of the Planning and 

Procedures Subcommittee regarding 

items proposed for consideration by the 

full Committee during future meetings. 

Also, it will hear a report of the 

Planning and Procedures Subcommittee 

on matters related to the conduct of 

ACRS business, including anticipated 

workload and member assignments. 

2:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.: Reconciliation of 

ACRS Comments and 

Recommendations (Open)—The 

Committee will discuss the responses 

from the NRC Executive Director for 

Operations to comments and 

recommendations included in recent 

ACRS reports and letters. 

2:30 p.m.–3 p.m.: Subcommittee 

Report (Open)—The Committee will 

hear a report by and hold discussions 

with the Chairmen of the ACRS 

Subcommittees on Plant Operations and