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the Internet from the NRC’s Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS) Public Electronic 

Reading Room under Accession Number 

ML100250668. The ADAMS Public 

Electronic Reading Room is accessible 

from the NRC Web site at http:// 

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

In addition, the application is available 

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

operating/licensing/renewal/ 

applications.html. Persons who do not 

have access to the Internet or who 

encounter problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS should 

contact the NRC’s PDR reference staff at 

1–800–397–4209, extension 4737, or by 

e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

A copy of the license renewal 

application for CGS is also available to 

local residents near the site at the 

Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate 

Drive, Richland, WA 99352 and at the 

Kennewick Branch of Mid-Columbia 

Libraries, 1620 South Union Street, 

Kennewick, WA 99338. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day 

of January 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Brian E. Holian, 

Director, Division of License Renewal, Office 

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

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Tennessee Valley Authority; Browns 

Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 

Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of an Exemption, pursuant to 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) Section 73.5, 

‘‘Specific exemptions,’’ from the 

implementation date for certain new 

requirements of 10 CFR Part 73, 

‘‘Physical protection of plants and 

materials,’’ for Facility Operating 

License Nos. DPR–33, DPR–52, and 

DPR–68, issued to Tennessee Valley 

Authority (TVA, the licensee), for 

operation of the Browns Ferry Nuclear 

Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 (BFN), located 

in Limestone County, Alabama. In 

accordance with 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC 

prepared an environmental assessment 

documenting its finding. The NRC 

concluded that the proposed actions 

will have no significant environmental 

impact. 

Environmental Assessment 

Identification of the Proposed Action: 

The proposed action would exempt 

the TVA from the required 

implementation date of March 31, 2010, 

for several new requirements of 10 CFR 

part 73. Specifically, BFN would be 

granted an exemption from being in full 

compliance with certain new 

requirements contained in 10 CFR 73.55 

by the March 31, 2010, deadline. TVA 

has proposed an alternate full 

compliance implementation date of 

December 20, 2012, approximately two 

and three-quarter years beyond the date 

required by 10 CFR part 73. The 

proposed action, an extension of the 

schedule for completion of certain 

actions required by the revised 10 CFR 

part 73, does not involve any physical 

changes to the reactor, fuel, plant 

structures, support structures, water, or 

land at the BFN site. 

The proposed action is in accordance 

with the licensee’s application dated 

November 6, 2009, as supplemented by 

letter dated January 11, 2010. 

The Need for the Proposed Action: 

The proposed action is needed to 

provide the licensee with additional 

time to perform the required upgrades to 

the BFN security system because they 

involve new components and 

engineering that cannot be obtained or 

completed by the March 31, 2010, 

implementation date. 

Environmental Impacts of the 

Proposed Action: 

The NRC has completed its 

environmental assessment of the 

proposed exemption. The staff has 

concluded that the proposed action to 

extend the implementation deadline 

would not significantly affect plant 

safety and would not have a significant 

adverse effect on the probability of an 

accident occurring. 

The proposed action would not result 

in an increased radiological hazard 

beyond those previously analyzed in the 

environmental assessment and finding 

of no significant impact made by the 

Commission in promulgating its 

revisions to 10 CFR part 73 as discussed 

in a Federal Register notice dated 

March 27, 2009 (74 FR 13967). There 

will be no change to radioactive 

effluents that affect radiation exposures 

to plant workers and members of the 

public. Therefore, no changes or 

different types of radiological impacts 

are expected as a result of the proposed 

exemption. 

The proposed action does not result 

in changes to land use or water use, or 

result in changes to the quality or 

quantity of non-radiological effluents. 

No changes to the National Pollution 

Discharge Elimination System permit 

are needed. No effects on the aquatic or 

terrestrial habitat in the vicinity of the 

plant, or to threatened, endangered, or 

protected species under the Endangered 

Species Act, or impacts to essential fish 

habitat covered by the MagnusonStevens Act are expected. There are no 

impacts to the air or ambient air quality. 

There are no impacts to historical and 

cultural resources. There would be no 

impact to socioeconomic resources. 

Therefore, no changes to or different 

types of non-radiological environmental 

impacts are expected as a result of the 

proposed exemption. 

Accordingly, the NRC concludes that 

there are no significant environmental 

impacts associated with the proposed 

action. In addition, in promulgating its 

revisions to 10 CFR part 73, the 

Commission prepared an environmental 

assessment and published a finding of 

no significant impact [Part 73, Power 

Reactor Security Requirements, 74 FR 

13926, 13967 (March 27, 2009)]. 

The licensee currently maintains a 

security system acceptable to the NRC 

and will continue to provide acceptable 

physical protection of the BFN as TVA 

implements certain new requirements in 

10 CFR part 73. Therefore, the extension 

of the implementation date of the new 

requirements of 10 CFR part 73 to 

December 20, 2012, would not have any 

significant environmental impacts. 

The NRC staff’s safety evaluation will 

be provided in the exemption that will 

be issued as part of the letter to the 

licensee approving the exemption to the 

regulation, if granted. 

Environmental Impacts of the 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action: 

As an alternative to the proposed 

action, the NRC staff considered denial 

of the proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘noaction’’ alternative). Denial of the 

exemption request would result in no 

change in current environmental 

impacts. If the proposed action was 

denied, the licensee would have to 

comply with the March 31, 2010, 

implementation deadline. The 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

exemption and the ‘‘no action’’ 

alternative are similar. 

Alternative Use of Resources: 

The action does not involve the use of 

any different resources than those 

considered in the Final Environmental 

Statement for the BFN dated September 

1, 1972. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted: 

In accordance with its stated policy, 

on December 24, 2009, the NRC staff 

consulted with the Alabama State 

official, Kirk Whatley of the Office of 

Radiological Control, regarding the 

environmental impact of the proposed 

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action. The State official had no 

comments. 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

On the basis of the environmental 

assessment, the NRC concludes that the 

proposed action will not have a 

significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment. Accordingly, the 

NRC has determined not to prepare an 

environmental impact statement for the 

proposed action. 

For further details with respect to the 

proposed action, see the licensee’s letter 

dated November 6, 2009, as 

supplemented by letter dated January 

11, 2010. Portions of the November 6, 

2009, submittal contain safeguards and 

security sensitive information and, 

accordingly, are not available to the 

public. Other parts of these documents 

may be examined, and/or copied for a 

fee, at the NRC’s Public Document 

Room (PDR), located at One White Flint 

North, Public File Area O–1F21, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. Publicly available 

records will be accessible electronically 

from the Agencywide Document Access 

and Management System (ADAMS) 

Public Electronic Reading Room on the 

Internet at the NRC Web site: http:// 

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

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 send an 

e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day 

of January 2010. 

For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Stewart N. Bailey, 

Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing 

Branch II–2, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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Sunshine Act; Meeting Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS: Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission. 

DATES: Weeks of February 1, 8, 15, 22, 

March 1, 8, 2010. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

Week of February 1, 2010 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of February 1, 2010. 

Week of February 8, 2010—Tentative 

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 

9:30 a.m. 

Briefing on Regional Programs— 

Programs, Performance, and Future 

Plans (Public Meeting). (Contact: 

Richard Barkley, 610–337–5065.) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address, http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of February 15, 2010—Tentative 

Thursday, February 18, 2010 

9:30 a.m. 

Briefing on Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research—Programs, 

Performance, and Future Plans 

(Public Meeting). (Contact: Patricia 

Santiago, 301–251–7982.) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address, http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of February 22, 2010—Tentative 

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 

9:30 a.m. 

Briefing on Decommissioning 

Funding (Public Meeting). (Contact: 

Thomas Fredrichs, 301–415–5971.) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address, http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of March 1, 2010—Tentative 

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 

9:30 a.m. 

Briefing on Uranium Recovery (Public 

Meeting). (Contact: Dominick 

Orlando, 301–415–6749.) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address, http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of March 8, 2010—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of March 8, 2010. 

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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. 

* * * * * 

The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in these public meetings, or 

need this meeting notice or the 

transcript or other information from the 

public meetings in another format (e.g. 

braille, large print), please notify Angela 

Bolduc, Chief, Employee/Labor 

Relations and Work Life Branch, at 301– 

492–2230, TDD: 301–415–2100, or by email at angela.bolduc@nrc.gov. 

Determinations on requests for 

reasonable accommodation will be 

made on a case-by-case basis. 

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This notice is distributed 

electronically to subscribers. If you no 

longer wish to receive it, or would like 

to be added to the distribution, please 

contact the Office of the Secretary, 

Washington, DC 20555 (301–415–1969), 

or send an e-mail to 

darlene.wright@nrc.gov. 

Dated: January 28, 2010. 

Rochelle C. Bavol, 

Office of the Secretary. 

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Notice of Extension of Comment 

Period for NUREG–1934, Nuclear 

Power Plant Fire Modeling Application 

Guide (NPP FIRE MAG), Draft Report 

for Comment 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) published a notice 

of opportunity for public comment on 

‘‘NUREG–1934 (EPRI 1019195), Nuclear 

Power Plant Fire Modeling Application 

Guide (NPP FIRE MAG), Draft Report for 

Comment’’ in the Federal Register (74 

FR 68873) on December 29, 2009. Issues 

encountered during the holiday season 

delayed publication of NUREG–1934. In 

addition, the final document has been 

revised to correct some editorial issues 

resulting from the conversion to a pdf 

file. 

DATES: The public comment period was 

to end on March 10, 2010. This notice 

announces an extension of the public 

comment period until April 30, 2010. 

Comments received after this date will 

be considered if it is practical to do so, 

but the NRC staff is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of the following methods. 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2009– 

0568 in the subject line of your 

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