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[Docket Nos.: 52–018 and 52–019; NRC– 

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Duke Energy Carolina, LLC; William 

States Lee III Combined License 

Application; Notice of Intent To 

Conduct a Supplemental Scoping 

Process for the Supplement to the 

Environmental Report 

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke) 

submitted an application for combined 

licenses (COL) for its William States Lee 

III Nuclear Station (Lee) site to build 

Units 1 and 2, located in the eastern 

portion of Cherokee County, South 

Carolina, approximately 7.5 miles 

southeast of Gaffney, South Carolina. 

The application for the COL, including 

an environmental report (ER), was 

submitted by letter dated December 12, 

2007, pursuant to the requirements of 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) part 52. A notice 

of intent to prepare an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) in support of the 

review of the COL application and to 

conduct scoping was published in the 

Federal Register on March 20, 2008 (73 

FR 15009). Duke submitted a 

supplement to its ER by letter dated 

September 24, 2009, which describes 

Duke’s plans to construct an additional 

source of supplemental water to be 

designated as Make-Up Pond C. 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is the lead agency in 

preparing the EIS and the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a 

cooperating agency, as described in the 

Memorandum of Understanding 

established with the NRC and USACE 

(ML082540354) and in NRC’s response 

to the USACE’s request to become a 

cooperating agency (ML090700384). 

The purpose of this notice is to inform 

the public that the NRC and the USACE 

are providing the public an additional 

opportunity to participate in the 

environmental scoping process, as 

described in 10 CFR 51.29, pertaining to 

the addition of Make-Up Pond C. The 

supplemental scoping opportunity 

affords the public an occasion to 

provide comments concerning the 

supplemental information that was not 

available during the initial scoping 

process in 2008 (73 FR 15009). 

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.45 and 

51.50, Duke submitted a supplement to 

its ER as part of its COL application. 

The supplement to the ER 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, or 

from the Publicly Available Records 

component of the NRC’s Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible 

at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html, which provides access 

through the NRC’s Electronic Reading 

Room (ERR) link. The ADAMS 

accession number for the supplement to 

the ER, submitted by letter dated 

September 24, 2009, is ML092810257. 

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 at 1–800–397–4209 or 

301–415–4737, or by sending an e-mail 

to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 

supplement to the ER may also be 

viewed on the Internet at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/ 

col/lee.html. In addition, the Cherokee 

County Public Library, 300 E. Rutledge 

Avenue, Gaffney, South Carolina 29340, 

has agreed to make the supplement to 

the ER available for public inspection. 

This notice advises the public that the 

NRC and USACE intend to gather 

information pertaining to the 

supplement to the ER and to include 

this information in the EIS to be 

prepared in support of the review of the 

Duke COL application. Possible 

alternatives to the proposed action 

(issuance of the COL at the Lee site) 

include no action and consideration of 

alternative sites. As set forth in 10 CFR 

51.20(b)(2), the issuance of a COL under 

Part 52 is an action that requires an EIS. 

This notice is being published in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, (NEPA) and NRC regulations 

found in 10 CFR Part 51. 

The NRC and USACE will first 

conduct a scoping process on the 

supplement to the ER, and, as soon as 

practicable thereafter, will prepare a 

draft EIS in support of the review of the 

Duke COL application for public 

comment. Participation in the 

supplemental scoping process by 

members of the public and local State, 

Tribal, and Federal government agencies 

is encouraged. The supplemental 

scoping opportunity will be used to 

accomplish the following: 

a. Determine how the supplemental 

information on Make-Up Pond C 

impacts the scope of the EIS and 

identify the significant issues regarding 

Make-Up Pond C to be analyzed in 

depth; 

b. Identify and eliminate from 

detailed study those issues that are 

peripheral or that are not significant as 

they pertain to Make-Up Pond C; 

c. Identify any environmental 

assessments and other EISs that are 

being or will be prepared that are 

related to the supplemental information 

on Make-Up Pond C, but are not part of 

the scope of the EIS being considered; 

d. Identify other environmental 

review and consultation requirements 

related to the supplemental information 

on Make-Up Pond C and the USACE; 

e. Identify parties consulting with the 

NRC and the USACE under the National 

Historic Preservation Act of 1966 

(NHPA), as set forth in 36 CFR 

800.8(c)(1)(i); 

f. Identify any additional cooperating 

agencies and, as appropriate, allocate 

assignments for preparation and 

schedules for completing the EIS to the 

NRC, USACE, and any additional 

cooperating agencies; and 

g. Describe how the EIS preparation 

will include the supplemental 

information on Make-Up Pond C and 

any contractor assistance to be used. 

The NRC and the USACE invite the 

following entities to participate in the 

supplemental scoping process: 

a. The applicant, Duke Energy; 

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; and 

e. Any person who requests or has 

requested an opportunity to participate 

in the supplemental scoping process. 

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 and the USACE will hold 

an additional public scoping meeting for 

the EIS to gather comments on the 

supplement to the ER submitted for the 

Duke COL application. The scoping 

meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 

17, 2010, at Restoration Church 

International, 1905 N. Limestone Street, 

Gaffney, South Carolina 29340. The 

meeting will convene at 7:00 p.m. and 

will continue until approximately 10 

p.m. The meeting will be transcribed 

and will include: (1) An overview by the 

NRC and USACE staff of the NEPA 

environmental review process, 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 EIS as it 

pertains to the additional source of 

make-up water described in the 

supplement to the ER. Additionally, the 

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NRC and USACE staff will host informal 

discussions from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. before 

the start of the meeting at Restoration 

Church International. No formal 

comments will be accepted during the 

informal discussions. To be considered, 

comments must be provided either at 

the transcribed public meeting or in 

writing, as discussed below. 

Persons may register to attend or 

present oral comments at the meeting on 

the scope of the NEPA review by 

contacting Ms. Sarah Lopas at 1–800– 

368–5642, extension 1147, or via e-mail 

to the NRC at Lee.COLAEIS@nrc.gov, no 

later than June 14, 2010. 

Members of the public may also 

register to speak at the open house prior 

to the start of the meeting. 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 on the supplement to the ER 

will be considered in the supplemental 

scoping process for the EIS. Ms. Sarah 

Lopas will need to be contacted no later 

than June 4, 2010, 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 supplement to 

the ER to the Chief, Rules, 

Announcements, and Directives 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. To ensure 

that comments are considered in the 

supplemental scoping process, written 

comments must be post-marked or 

delivered by the end of the 

supplemental scoping comment period, 

which is July 2, 2010. Electronic 

comments may be sent via the Internet 

to the NRC at Lee.COLAEIS@nrc.gov. 

Electronic submissions must be sent no 

later than July 2, 2010, to ensure that 

they will be considered in the 

supplemental scoping process. 

Comments will be available 

electronically and accessible through 

the NRC’s ERR link at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. 

The NRC staff may consider comments 

submitted after the end of the comment 

period, as time and resources permit. 

Participation in the supplemental 

scoping process does not entitle 

participants to become parties to the 

proceeding to which the EIS relates. 

Because your comments will not be 

edited to remove any identifying or 

contact information, the NRC cautions 

you against including any information 

in your submission that you do not want 

to be publicly disclosed. 

The NRC requests that any party 

soliciting or aggregating comments 

received from other persons for 

submission to the NRC inform those 

persons that the NRC will not edit their 

comments to remove any identifying or 

contact information, and therefore, they 

should not include any information in 

their comments that they do not want 

publicly disclosed. 

At the conclusion of the supplemental 

scoping process, the NRC staff will 

prepare a concise summary of the 

determination and conclusions reached 

on the scope of the environmental 

review for the supplemental information 

on Make-Up Pond C, including the 

significant issues identified, and will 

send a copy of the summary to each 

participant in the supplemental scoping 

process for whom the staff has an 

address. The summary will also be 

available for inspection through the 

NRC’s ERR link. The staff will then 

prepare and issue for comment the draft 

EIS, which will be the subject of 

separate Federal Register notices and a 

separate public meeting. Copies of the 

draft EIS will be available for public 

inspection at the above-mentioned 

address, and one copy per request will 

be provided free of charge. After receipt 

and consideration of the comments on 

the draft EIS, the NRC staff will prepare 

a final EIS, which will also be available 

for public inspection. 

Information about the proposed EIS 

and the scoping process may be 

obtained from Ms. Sarah Lopas at 

1–800–368–5642, extension 1147. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day 

of May 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Barry Zalcman, 

Acting Director, Division of Site and 

Environmental Reviews, Office of New 

Reactors. 

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and Procedures will hold a meeting on 

June 8, 2010, in Room T–2B1, at 11545 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 

The entire meeting will be open to 

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The agenda for the subject meeting 

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. 

The Subcommittee will discuss 

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facts, and formulate proposed positions 

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October 14, 2009 (74 FR 58268–58269). 

Detailed meeting agendas and meeting 

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regarding topics to be discussed, 

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Moreover, in view of the possibility that 

the schedule for ACRS meetings may be 

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to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, 

persons planning to attend should check 

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