67406 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 211 / Tuesday, November 2, 2010 / Notices 

Virginia Electric and Power Company, et 

al., Docket Nos. 50–280 and 50–281, 

Surry Power Station, Units 1 and 2, 

Surry County, Virginia 

Date of application for amendments: 

October 16, 2009, as supplemented by 

letter dated May 7, 2010. 

Brief Description of amendments: 

These amendments revised the 

Technical Specifications (TSs) to: 

(1) Implementation of WCAP–8745– 

P–A, ‘‘Design Bases for Thermal 

Overpower Delta-T and Thermal 

Overtemperature Delta-T Trip 

Function,’’ 

(2) Implementation of NRC-approved 

Dominion Fleet Report DOM–NAF–2–A, 

‘‘Reactor Core Thermal-Hydraulics 

Using the VIPRE–D Computer Code,’’ 

(3) Implementation of a Statistical 

Design Limit for the analytic code and 

critical heat flux correlations that are 

being used in DOM–NAF–2–A, and 

(4) Implementation of Dominion TR 

VEP–NE–2–A, ‘‘Statistical DNBR 

Evaluation Methodology.’’ 

The requested change also affects the 

facility TSs. Items 1 and 2 in the above 

list are methodologies that are used in 

the determination of core operating 

limits; hence, items were put into the 

reference list contained in TS 6.2.C, 

‘‘CORE OPERATING LIMITS REPORT.’’ 

Additional TS changes are being 

implemented to provide consistency 

with the Improved TS format in NURG– 

1431, Revision 3, ‘‘Standard Technical 

Specifications, Westinghouse Plants,’’ 

where practical, and to delete obsolete 

TS requirements. 

Date of issuance: October 19, 2010. 

Effective date: As of the date of 

issuance and shall be implemented 

within 60 days. 

Amendment Nos.: 270 and 269. 

Renewed Facility Operating License 

Nos. DPR–32 and DPR–37: Amendments 

changed the licenses and the technical 

specifications. 

Date of initial notice in Federal 

Register: December 1, 2009 (74 FR 

62838). The supplement provided 

clarifying information that did not 

change the scope of the original 

application and the initial proposed no 

significant hazards consideration 

determination. 

The Commission’s related evaluation 

of the amendments is contained in a 

Safety Evaluation dated October 19, 

2010. 

No significant hazards consideration 

comments received: No. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day 

of October 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Joseph G. Giitter, 

Director, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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Exelon Nuclear Texas Holdings, LLC; 

Victoria County Station Early Site 

Permit Application; Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement and Conduct Scoping 

Process 

Exelon Nuclear Texas Holdings, LLC 

(Exelon) has submitted an application 

for an early site permit (ESP) for 

Victoria County Station (VCS) site, 

located approximately 13.3 miles south 

of the city of Victoria, Texas. The 

application for the ESP was submitted 

by Exelon by letter dated March 25, 

2010, pursuant to title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR), parts 51 

and 52. 

A notice of receipt and availability of 

the application, including the 

environmental report (ER), was 

published in the Federal Register on 

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 (75 FR 

22434). A notice of acceptance for 

docketing of the application for the ESP 

was published in the Federal Register 

on June 14, 2010 (75 FR 33653). A 

notice of hearing and opportunity to 

petition for leave to intervene in the 

proceeding of the application 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) staff will 

be preparing an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) as part of the review of 

the application for the ESP 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 has invited the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston 

District, to participate in the preparation 

of the EIS as a cooperating agency. 

In addition, as outlined in 36 CFR 

800.8(c), ‘‘Coordination with the 

National Environmental Policy Act,’’ the 

NRC staff plans to coordinate 

compliance with Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act 

(NHPA) with steps taken to meet the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (NEPA). Pursuant to 36 CFR 

800.8(c), the NRC staff intends to use 

the process and documentation for the 

preparation of the EIS on the proposed 

action to comply with Section 106 of the 

NHPA in lieu of the procedures set forth 

in 36 CFR 800.3 through 800.6. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.45 and 

51.50, Exelon 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’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 accession number 

in ADAMS for the environmental report 

is ML101120186. 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 

1–800–397–4209/301–415–4737 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/victoria.html. In 

addition, the Victoria Public Library 

located at 302 North Main Street in 

Victoria, Texas, has 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’s Web site at 

http://www.nrc.gov: 

a. 10 CFR Part 51, Environmental 

Protection Regulations for Domestic 

Licensing and Related Regulatory 

Function; 

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 


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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 Electronic Reading 

Room 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 VCS site. Possible alternatives to 

the proposed action (issuance of the 

ESP) include no action and alternate 

sites. As set forth in 10 CFR 51.20(b)(1), 

issuance of an ESP under 10 CFR part 

52 is an action that requires an EIS. This 

notice is being published in accordance 

with NEPA and the NRC’s regulations in 

10 CFR part 51. 

The NRC will first conduct a scoping 

process for the EIS and, as soon as 

practicable 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 persons or entities to 

participate in the scoping process: 

a. The applicant, Exelon; 

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 Native American; 

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 the proceeding, 

or who has submitted such a petition, or 

who is admitted as a party. 

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 will hold two public 

scoping meetings for the EIS regarding 

the ESP application. Both scoping 

meetings will be held at the Victoria 

Community Center Dome located at 

2905 E. North Street, Victoria, Texas 

77901, on Thursday, December 2, 2010. 

The first meeting will convene at 1 p.m. 

and will continue until approximately 4 

p.m., and the second meeting will 

convene at 7 p.m. and will continue 

until approximately 10 p.m. Both 

meetings will be transcribed and will 

include the following: (1) An overview 

by the NRC staff of the NEPA 

environmental review process, the 

proposed scope of the EIS, 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 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 on the scope of the EIS by 

contacting Ms. Tomeka L. Terry or Ms. 

Alicia Williamson by telephone at 1– 

800–368–5642, extension 1488 or 1878, 

respectively. In addition, persons can 

register via e-mail to the NRC at 

Victoria.ESPEIS@nrc.gov no later than 

November 29, 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 

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 either public 

meeting, such requests should be 

brought to Ms. Terry’s or Ms. 

Williamson’s attention no later than 

November 29, 2010, so that the NRC 

staff can make arrangements to 

accommodate the request. 

Members of the public may send 

written comments on the scope of the 

VCS ESP environmental review 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 will be considered in the 

scoping process, written comments 

must be postmarked by January 3, 2011. 

Electronic comments may be sent by email to the NRC at 

Victoria.ESPEIS@nrc.gov. Electronic 

submissions must be sent no later than 

January 3, 2011. Comments will be 

made available electronically and will 

be accessible through the NRC’s 

Electronic Reading Room link at 

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

adams.html. The NRC staff may, at its 

discretion, consider comments received 

after the end of the comment period. 

Participation in the scoping process 

for the EIS does not entitle participants 

to become parties to the proceeding to 

which the EIS relates. A notice of 

hearing and opportunity to petition for 

leave to intervene in the proceeding on 

the application for the ESP will be 

published in a future Federal Register 

notice. 

At the conclusion of the scoping 

process, the NRC staff will prepare a 

concise summary of the determinations 

and conclusions reached on the scope of 

the environmental review including the 

significant issues identified, and will 

send this summary to each participant 

in the scoping process for whom the 

staff has an address. 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 


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of comments on the draft EIS, 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 Ms. Tomeka L. 

Terry or Ms. Alicia Williamson at U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Mailstop T–7E30, Washington, DC 

20555–0001, by phone at 1–800–368– 

5642, extension 1488 or 1878, 

respectively, or via e-mail at 

Tomeka.Terry@nrc.gov or 

Alicia.Williamson@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day 

of October 2010. 

For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Scott C. Flanders, 

Director, Division of Site and Environmental 

Reviews, Office of New Reactors. 

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AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS: Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission. 

DATE: Weeks of November 1, 8, 15, 22, 

29, December 6, 2010. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

Week of November 1, 2010 

Tuesday, November 2, 2010 

9:30 a.m. Briefing on Equal 

Employment Opportunity (EEO) 

and Small Business Programs 

(Public Meeting). (Contact: Barbara 

Williams, 301–415–7388) 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Friday, November 5, 2010 

9:30 a.m. Meeting with the Advisory 

Committee on Reactor Safeguards 

and Briefing on Design Acceptance 

Criteria (Public Meeting). (Contact: 

Cayetano Santos, 301–415–7270) 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of November 8, 2010—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of November 8, 2010. 

Week of November 15, 2010—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of November 15, 2010. 

Week of November 22, 2010—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of November 22, 2010. 

Week of November 29, 2010—Tentative 

Tuesday, November 30, 2010 

1 p.m. Briefing on Security Issues 

(Closed—Ex. 1). 

Week of December 6, 2010—Tentative 

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the week of December 6, 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. 

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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 

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need this meeting notice or the 

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made on a case-by-case basis. 

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contact the Office of the Secretary, 

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or send an e-mail to 

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Dated: October 28, 2010. 

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appointments under Schedules A, B, 

and C in the excepted service as 

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Department of the Treasury 

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