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• LARGE—environmental effects are 

clearly noticeable and are sufficient to 

destabilize important attributes of the 

resource. 

SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

Resource area Proposed action 

(40-Year Renewal) 10-Year renewal No-action 

Land Use ....................................... SMALL .......................................... SMALL .......................................... MODERATE. 

Transportation ................................ SMALL (overall), MODERATE 

(local).

SMALL (overall), MODERATE 

(local).

SMALL (overall), MODERATE 

(local). 

Socioeconomics ............................. SMALL .......................................... SMALL .......................................... SMALL to MODERATE. 

Air Quality ...................................... SMALL .......................................... SMALL .......................................... SMALL. 

Water Resources—Surface Water SMALL .......................................... SMALL .......................................... SMALL to MODERATE. 

Water Resources—Groundwater ... SMALL to MODERATE ................ SMALL to MODERATE ................ SMALL to MODERATE. 

Geology & Soils ............................. SMALL (geology), SMALL to 

MODERATE (soils).

SMALL (geology), SMALL to 

MODERATE (soils).

SMALL (geology), MODERATE 

(soils). 

Ecology .......................................... SMALL .......................................... SMALL .......................................... SMALL to MODERATE. 

Noise .............................................. SMALL .......................................... SMALL .......................................... SMALL to MODERATE. 

Historic & Cultural .......................... SMALL .......................................... SMALL .......................................... SMALL. 

Scenic & Visual .............................. SMALL .......................................... SMALL .......................................... MODERATE. 

Public & Occupational Health ........ SMALL .......................................... SMALL .......................................... SMALL. 

Public & Occupational Health—Accidents.SMALL to MODERATE ................ SMALL to MODERATE ................ SMALL. 

Waste Management ....................... SMALL .......................................... SMALL .......................................... MODERATE. 

Based on its review of the proposed 

action relative to the requirements set 

forth in 10 CFR part 51, the NRC staff 

has preliminarily determined that 

renewal of License SNM–124, which 

would authorize operations at NFS’s 

nuclear fuel fabrication facility in 

Erwin, Tennessee to continue for a 

period of 40 years would not 

significantly affect the quality of the 

human environment. The facility 

already exists, and no changes to the 

site or to facility operations are 

associated with the proposed license 

renewal. As such, the proposed action 

can be considered a continuation of 

impacts and was evaluated based on 

impacts from past operations. Gaseous 

emissions and liquid effluents are 

controlled and monitored by permit and 

are within regulatory limits for nonradiological and radiological 

components. Public and occupational 

radiological dose exposures are below 

10 CFR part 20 regulatory limits. 

Therefore, based on this preliminary 

assessment, an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) is not warranted, and 

pursuant to 10 CFR 51.31, a Finding of 

No Significant Impact is appropriate. 

The Draft FONSI and supporting Draft 

EA are a preliminary analysis of the 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

action and its alternatives. Based on 

comments received on the Draft FONSI 

and Draft EA, the staff may publish a 

Final FONSI and Final EA, or instead 

may find that preparation of an EIS is 

warranted should significant impacts 

resulting from the proposed action be 

identified. Should an EIS be warranted, 

a Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS will 

be published in the Federal Register. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.33(a), the NRC 

staff is making the Draft FONSI and 

Draft EA available for public review and 

comment. The public comment period 

begins with publication of this Notice 

and continues until November 13, 2010. 

Written comments should be submitted 

as described in the ADDRESSES section of 

this notice. The NRC will consider 

comments received or postmarked after 

that date to the extent practical. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day 

of October, 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

David Skeen, 

Acting Deputy Director, Environmental 

Protection and Performance Assessment 

Directorate, Division of Waste Management 

and Environmental Protection, Office of 

Federal and State Materials and 

Environmental Management Programs. 

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[Docket No. 52–043; NRC–2010–0215] 

PSEG Power, LLC and PSEG Nuclear, 

LLC; PSEG Site Early Site Permit 

Application, Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement and Conduct Scoping 

Process 

PSEG Power, LLC and PSEG Nuclear, 

LLC have submitted an application for 

an early site permit (ESP) for the PSEG 

Site, which is located on the southern 

part of Artificial Island on the east bank 

of the Delaware River in Lower 

Alloways Creek Township, Salem 

County, New Jersey. The application for 

the ESP was submitted by PSEG Power, 

LLC and PSEG Nuclear, LLC by letter 

dated May 25, 2010, pursuant to Title 10 

of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR), Part 52. 

A notice of receipt and availability of 

the application including the 

environmental report (ER) was 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 18, 2010 (75 FR 34794). A notice 

of acceptance for docketing of the 

application for the ESP was published 

in the Federal Register on August 13, 

2010 (75 FR 49539). A notice of hearing 

and opportunity to petition for leave to 

intervene will be published at a later 

date. 

The purposes of this notice are (1) to 

inform the public that the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC) will be 

preparing an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) as part of the review of 

the ESP application and (2) to provide 

the public with an opportunity to 

participate in the environmental 

scoping process as defined in 10 CFR 

51.29. The NRC intends to invite the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Philadelphia District, to participate in 

the preparation of the EIS as a 

cooperating agency. The purpose of 

cooperation with the Corps is to develop 

an environmental impact statement that 

serves the needs of the NRC license 

decision process and the Corps’ permit 

decision process. Also, to comply with 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act, the NRC staff intends 

to use the procedures outlined in 36 

CFR 800.8(c) for the preparation of the 

EIS on the proposed action, in lieu of 

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the procedures set forth at 36 CFR 800.3 

through 800.6. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.45 and 

51.50, PSEG Power, LLC and PSEG 

Nuclear, LLC submitted the ER as part 

of the ESP application. The ER was 

prepared pursuant to 10 CFR parts 51 

and 52 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 (PAR) 

component of NRC 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 Electronic Reading 

Room (ERR) link. The accession number 

in ADAMS for the environmental report 

is ML101480763. 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 at 

1–800–397–4209/301–415–4737 or via 

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

application may also be viewed on the 

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

new-reactors/esp/pseg.html. In addition, 

the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Public 

Library, Penns Grove, New Jersey, the 

Pennsville Public Library, Pennsville, 

New Jersey and the Salem Free Public 

Library, Salem, New Jersey, have each 

agreed to maintain a copy of the ER and 

make it available for public inspection. 

The following key reference 

documents related to the application 

and the NRC staff’s review processes are 

available through the NRC Web site at 

http://www.nrc.gov: 

a. 10 CFR part 51, Environmental 

Protection Regulations for Domestic 

Licensing and Related Regulatory 

Functions, 

b. 10 CFR part 52, Licenses, 

Certifications, and Approvals for 

Nuclear Power Plants, 

c. 10 CFR part 100, Reactor Site 

Criteria, 

d. NUREG–1555, Standard Review 

Plans for Environmental Reviews for 

Nuclear Power Plants, 

e. NUREG/BR–0298, Brochure on 

Nuclear Power Plant Licensing Process, 

f. Regulatory Guide 4.2, Preparation of 

Environmental Reports for Nuclear 

Power Stations, 

g. Regulatory Guide 4.7, General Site 

Suitability Criteria for Nuclear Power 

Stations, 

h. Fact Sheet on Nuclear Power Plant 

Licensing Process, 

i. Regulatory Guide 1.206, Combined 

License Applications for Nuclear Power 

Plants, and 

j. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

Policy Statement on the Treatment of 

Environmental Justice Matters in NRC 

Regulatory and Licensing Actions. 

The regulations, NUREG-series 

documents, regulatory guides, and the 

fact sheet can be found under Document 

Collections in the ERR on the NRC 

webpage. The environmental justice 

policy statement can be found in the 

Federal Register, 69 FR 52040, August 

24, 2004. 

This notice advises the public that the 

NRC intends to gather the information 

necessary to prepare an EIS as part of 

the review of the application for the ESP 

at the PSEG Site. Possible alternatives to 

the proposed action (issuance of the ESP 

for the PSEG site) include no action and 

alternative sites. This notice is being 

published in accordance with NEPA 

and the NRC regulations found in 10 

CFR part 51. As set forth in 10 CFR 

51.20(b)(1), issuance of a ESP under 10 

CFR part 52 is an action that requires an 

EIS. 

The NRC will first conduct a scoping 

process for the EIS and thereafter will 

prepare a draft EIS for public comment. 

Participation in this scoping process by 

members of the public and local, State, 

Tribal, and Federal government agencies 

is encouraged. The scoping process for 

the draft EIS will be used to accomplish 

the following: 

a. Define the proposed action that is 

to be the subject of the EIS, 

b. Determine the scope of the EIS 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 EIS being considered, 

e. Identify other environmental 

review and consultation requirements 

related to the proposed action, 

f. Identify parties consulting with the 

NRC under the NHPA, as set forth in 36 

CFR 800.8(c)(1)(i), 

g. Indicate the relationship between 

the timing of the preparation of the 

environmental analyses and the 

Commission’s tentative planning and 

decision-making schedule, 

h. Identify any cooperating agencies 

and, as appropriate, allocate 

assignments for preparation and 

schedules for completing the EIS to the 

NRC and any cooperating agencies; and 

i. Describe how the EIS 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, PSEG Power, LLC 

and PSEG Nuclear, 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; and 

f. Any person who 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 staff has elected to hold 

two identical public scoping meetings at 

the Performing Arts Theater (Davidow 

Hall), on the campus of Salem 

Community College (460 Hollywood 

Avenue, Carneys Point, New Jersey) on 

Thursday, November 4, 2010. The first 

meeting will convene at 1 p.m., and will 

continue until approximately 4 p.m. 

The second meeting will convene at 7 

p.m. and will continue until 

approximately 10 p.m. The meetings 

will be transcribed and will include the 

following: (1) An overview by the NRC 

staff of the environmental review 

process, the proposed scope of the EIS, 

and the proposed review schedule; (2) 

an opportunity for interested 

government agencies, organizations, and 

individuals to submit comments on the 

environmental issues or the proposed 

scope of the EIS. Additionally, the NRC 

staff will host informal discussions for 

one hour prior to the start of each public 

meeting. No formal comments on the 

proposed scope of the EIS 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 EIS by contacting Mr. Allen H. 

Fetter or Ms. Alicia Williamson at 1– 

800–368–5642, extensions 8556 or 1878, 

respectively. In addition, persons can 

register via e-mail to the NRC at 

PSEGSite.ESPEIS@nrc.gov no later than 

November 1, 2010. 

Members of the public may also 

register to speak at the meetings prior to 

the start of each session. Individual oral 

comments may be limited by the time 

available, depending on the number of 

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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 EIS. If special equipment or 

accommodations are needed to attend or 

present information at the public 

meeting, such requests should be 

brought to Mr. Fetter’s or Ms. 

Williamson’s attention no later than 

October 27, 2010, so that the NRC staff 

can determine whether the request can 

be accommodated. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of the following methods. 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2010– 

0215 in the subject line of your 

comments. 

Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

NRC–2010–0215. Comments may be 

submitted electronically through this 

Web site. Address questions about NRC 

dockets to Carol Gallagher at 301–492– 

3668, or e-mail at 

Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

Mail comments to: Members of the 

public may send written comments on 

the scope of the PSEG Site ESP 

environmental review to Cindy Bladey, 

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and 

Directives Branch (RADB), Division of 

Administrative Services, Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– 

B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, or by fax to RADB at (301) 492– 

3446. To be considered in the scoping 

process, written comments must be 

postmarked or delivered by the 

comment period end date of December 

14, 2010. Electronic comments may be 

sent by e-mail to the NRC at 

PSEGSite.ESPEIS@nrc.gov. Electronic 

submissions must be received no later 

than the comment period end date of 

December 14, 2010, to be considered in 

the scoping process. 

Comments submitted in writing or in 

electronic form will be posted on the 

NRC Web site and on the Federal 

rulemaking Web site http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Unless your 

comments contain sensitive information 

typically not released to the public by 

NRC policy, the NRC will make all 

comments publically available. Because 

your comments will not be edited to 

remove any identifying 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. 

Document Availability: Publicly 

available documents related to this 

notice can be accessed using any of the 

methods described in this section. 

Participation in the scoping process 

for the EIS does not entitle participants 

to become parties to the proceeding to 

which the EIS relates. Notice of a 

hearing regarding the application for 

COLs will be noticed separately in the 

Federal Register. 

At the conclusion of the scoping 

process, the NRC will prepare a concise 

summary of the determination and 

conclusions on the scope of the 

environmental review including the 

significant issues identified and will 

make this summary publicly available. 

The staff will then prepare and issue for 

comment the draft EIS which will be the 

subject of a separate Federal Register 

notice and a separate public meeting. 

Copies of the draft EIS will be available 

for public inspection at the PDR through 

the above-mentioned address and one 

copy per request will be provided free 

of charge. After receipt and 

consideration of the comments, the NRC 

will prepare a final EIS, which will also 

be available to the public. Information 

about the proposed action, the EIS, and 

the scoping process may be obtained 

from Mr. Allen Fetter or Ms. Alicia 

Williamson at the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T7– 

E18, Washington, DC 20555–0001, by 

phone at 1–800–368–5642, extensions 

8556 or 1878, respectively or via e-mail 

to Allen.Fetter@nrc.gov or 

Alicia.Williamson@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day 

of October 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Scott Flanders, 

Director, Division of Site and Environmental 

Reviews, Office of New Reactors. 

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AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This gives notice of OPM 

decisions granting authority to make 

appointments under Schedules A, B, 

and C in the excepted service as 

required by 5 CFR 213.103. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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Executive Resource Services, Employee 

Services, 202–606–2246. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Appearing 

in the listing below are the individual 

authorities established under Schedules 

A, B, and C between August 1, 2010, 

and August 31, 2010. These notices are 

published monthly in the Federal 

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authorities as of June 30 is also 

published each year. The following 

Schedules are not codified in the Code 

of Federal Regulations. These are 

agency-specific exceptions. 

Schedule A 

Schedule A authorities to report 

during August 2010. 

Department of Treasury (Section 

213.3105) 

(a)(2) Covering no more than 100 

positions supplementing permanent 

staff studying domestic economic and 

financial policy, with employment not 

to exceed 4 years. 

Schedule B 

No Schedule B authorities to report 

during August 2010. 

Schedule C 

The following Schedule C 

appointments were approved during 

August 2010. 

Office of National Drug Control Policy 

QQGS90006 Outreach and Events 

Coordinator for Intergovernmental 

Affairs. Effective August 19, 2010. 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative 

TNGS00036 Confidential Assistant to 

the Chief of Staff. Effective August 2, 

2010. 

TNGS00037 Director of Scheduling 

and Advance to the United States 

Trade Representative. Effective 

August 2, 2010. 

Department of State 

DSGS70094 Protocol Assistant to the 

Chief of Protocol. Effective August 16, 

2010. 

DSGS70117 Legislative Management 

Officer for Legislative and 

Intergovernmental Affairs. Effective 

August 16, 2010. 

Department of the Treasury 

DYGS00518 Spokesperson for the 

Public Affairs Operations. Effective 

August 10, 2010. 

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