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include the name of the individual/ 

organization and the time (i.e., between 

6 and 9 p.m.) the oral comment will be 

provided. Individuals/organizations 

may also register to provide oral 

comments during the open-house 

meeting. Individual oral comments may 

be limited by the time available, 

depending on the number of persons 

who register. 

Please note that if special equipment 

or accommodations are needed to attend 

or present information at either public 

meeting, the need should be brought to 

Mr. Michalak’s attention no later than 

June 5, 2009, so that the NRC staff can 

determine whether the request can be 

accommodated. 

Members of the public may send 

written comments on the scope of the 

Nine Mile Point 3 Nuclear Power Plant 

COL environmental review to the Chief, 

Rulemaking 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 July 20, 2009. 

Electronic comments may be sent by email to the NRC at 

NMP3.COLEIS@nrc.gov. Electronic 

submissions must be sent no later than 

July 20, 2009. Comments will be made 

available electronically and will be 

accessible through the NRC’s Electronic 

Reading Room link http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html. The NRC staff 

may, at its discretion, consider 

comments submitted 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 intervene in the proceeding on the 

application for the COL 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 

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 Mr. Paul 

Michalak at U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Mail Stop T6–D32, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, by phone 

at 301–415–7612, or by e-mail at 

Paul.Michalak@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day 

of May 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Scott C. Flanders, 

Director, Division of Site and Environmental 

Reviews, Office of New Reactors. 

[FR Doc. E9–11878 Filed 5–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 72–04; NRC–2008–0333] 

Notice of Availability of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for the Renewal of 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

License No. SNM–2503 for Oconee 

Nuclear Station Independent Spent 

Fuel Storage Installation 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Haimanot Yilma, Environmental Project 

Manager, Environmental Review 

Branch, Division of Waste Management 

and Environmental Protection, Office of 

Federal and State Materials and 

Environmental Management Programs, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. Telephone: 

(301) 415–8029; fax number: (301) 415– 

3502; e-mail: haimanot.yilma@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering an 

application dated January 30, 2008, 

from Duke Power Company LLC d/b/a 

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, (Duke) for 

the renewal of its Special Nuclear 

Material (SNM) License SNM–2503, 

under the provisions of 10 CFR part 72, 

for the receipt, possession, storage and 

transfer of spent fuel and other 

radioactive materials associated with 

spent fuel storage at the Oconee Nuclear 

Station (ONS) Independent Spent Fuel 

Storage Installation (ISFSI), located at 

the ONS site in Oconee County, South 

Carolina. If granted, the renewed license 

will authorize Duke to continue to store 

spent fuel in a dry cask storage system 

at the ISFSI. Pursuant to the provisions 

of 10 CFR 72.42, the renewal term of the 

license for an ISFSI is limited to 20 

years. Duke, however, has also 

submitted an exemption request with its 

license renewal application, pursuant to 

10 CFR 72.7, seeking a license renewal 

term of 40 years. In accordance with 10 

CFR 72.34, Duke’s renewal application 

included an Environmental Report 

(which is attached as Enclosure 3, 

Appendix E of Duke’s application). 

SNM–2503 expires on January 31, 

2010. This renewal and exemption 

request, if granted, will extend the term 

of SNM–2503 to January 31, 2050. 

The NRC has prepared an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) in 

support of this action in accordance 

with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 

51. Based on the EA, the NRC has 

determined that a Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) is 

appropriate. If Duke’s request is 

approved, the NRC will issue the 

renewed license following the 

publication of this EA and FONSI. 

II. EA Summary 

Description of the Proposed Action 

Duke requests approval to renew 

SNM–2503 for an additional 40 years at 

the ONS, South Carolina facility. If 

approved, Duke will be allowed to 

receive, possess, store and transfer the 

power reactor spent fuel and other 

radioactive materials associated with 

spent fuel storage at the ISFSI until 

January 31, 2050. 

Need for the Proposed Action 

Duke owns and operates three nuclear 

power reactor units on the ONS site, 

Oconee Units 1, 2, and 3, which began 

commercial operation on July 15, 1973, 

September 9, 1974, and December 16, 

1974, respectively. The current Facility 

Operating licenses (FOLs) for Oconee 

Units 1, 2, and 3 will expire on February 

6, 2033; October 6, 2033; and July 19, 

2034, respectively. The ONS ISFSI is 

needed to provide continued spent fuel 

storage capacity so that the ONS can 

continue to generate electricity. SNM– 

2503, if renewed for only the 20 year 

term provided by the applicable 

regulation, 10 CFR 72.42, will expire on 

January 31, 2030, which is 

approximately 4 years before the FOLs 

expire. During that time, Duke 

anticipates that the ISFSI will continue 

to be required for spent fuel storage in 

concert with the ONS spent fuel pools 

and the additional independent spent 


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fuel installation on the ONS site, 

constructed and operated under the 10 

CFR part 72 general license (10 CFR 

72.210). 

It is unclear when DOE will begin to 

accept spent nuclear fuel at the Federal 

geological repository mandated by the 

Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. 

Development of the repository 

continues to experience delays and it is 

not projected to commence operation 

until 2017, at the earliest. Even if DOE 

does begin taking spent fuel in 2017, it 

is unlikely that the ISFSI could be 

emptied of spent fuel before 2030. 

Duke’s most recent decommissioning 

analyses, which assume DOE accepts 

ONS spent fuel beginning in 2015, 

project operation of the ISFSI licensed 

under SNM–2503, the subject of this 

proposed action, and the ISFSI operated 

under the general license, through 2044. 

Offsite shipment of the spent fuel 

from the ISFSI prior to a 2030 expiration 

of the renewed license would not be 

practical for a variety of reasons. 

Currently, there are no commercial or 

federal facilities available to accept 

spent fuel. If such a facility becomes 

available, shipment would require 

repackaging of the spent fuel since the 

ISFSI canisters are not licensed for 

transport. Spent fuel shipping 

containers would have to be either 

leased or purchased. Also, this would 

result in considerable occupational 

exposure for both ONS personnel and 

personnel at the receiving facility. 

Finally, the spent fuel would still have 

to be shipped to the repository once it 

becomes available. 

Transfer of the spent fuel from the 

SNM–2503 ISFSI into the ONS general 

license ISFSI, prior to a 2030 expiration 

of SNM–2503, would also not be 

practical. As the ISFSI storage units are 

not approved for use under the general 

license, this would require repackaging 

the spent fuel assemblies from the ISFSI 

into general license storage units. The 

cost of an additional 40 storage units 

coupled with the additional 

occupational exposure and the potential 

for fuel handling incidents, render this 

option impractical. 

Therefore, Duke, under 10 CFR 72.7, 

requests an exemption from the 20 year 

renewal term specified in 10 CFR 72.42, 

and seeks a 40 year renewal term for 

SNM–2503, which would allow the 

ISFSI to continue to store spent fuel 

until January 31, 2050. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC has prepared an EA that 

analyzed the impact of renewing SNM– 

2503 on 12 environmental categories: 

land use; transportation; 

socioeconomics; air quality; water 

quality; geology and soils; endangered 

and threatened species; noise; historic 

and cultural; scenic and visual; public 

and occupational health; and waste 

management as a result of the proposed 

action. Based on this assessment, the 

NRC staff has determined that no 

significant radiological or nonradiological impact from normal 

operations of the ISFSI during the 40 

year renewal period are expected. The 

ISFSI is a passive facility that produces 

no liquid or gaseous effluents and 

requires no power or regular 

maintenance. The license renewal 

request does not require altering the site 

footprint nor does it change the 

operating processes of the existing 

facility; therefore there are no 

anticipated impacts in any of the above 

listed environmental categories. 

The radiological dose rates from the 

ISFSI will be limited by the design of 

the horizontal storage module. 

Occupational dose estimates from 

routine monitoring activities and 

transfer of spent fuel for disposal must 

be maintained ‘‘as low as is reasonably 

achievable’’ (ALARA) and must be 

within the limits of 10 CFR 20.1201 per 

the ONS radiation protection program. 

The annual dose to the nearest potential 

member of the public from ISFSI 

activities remains significantly below 

the annual dose limits specified in10 

CFR 72.104 and 10 CFR 20.1301(a). The 

cumulative dose to an individual offsite 

from all site activities will be less than 

the limits specified in 10 CFR 72.104 

and 10 CFR 20.1301. These doses are 

also a small fraction of the doses 

resulting from naturally occurring 

terrestrial and cosmic radiation of about 

300 mrem/yr in the vicinity of the ONS 

ISFSI. 

Therefore, the NRC staff concludes 

that the proposed action will not result 

in a significant impact to human health 

or the environment. 

Agencies and Persons Contacted 

NRC staff consulted with other 

agencies regarding the proposed action, 

including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, the South Carolina State 

Historic Preservation Office, the 

Economic Development Commission of 

Oconee County, the Oconee County 

Planning Office, the Oconee Soil and 

Water Conservation District Office, the 

Oconee County Park, Recreation and 

Tourism office, and the School District 

of Oconee County. The consultations 

ensured that the requirements of Section 

7 of the Endangered Species Act and 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act were met and provided 

the designated liaison agency the 

opportunity to comment on the 

proposed action. The conclusions by all 

agencies consulted were consistent with 

the staff’s conclusions. 

III. Finding of No Significant Impact 

On the basis of the EA, the NRC staff 

concludes that there are no significant 

radiological or non-radiological impacts 

associated with the proposed action and 

that issuance of renewal of the license 

for the interim storage of spent nuclear 

fuel at the ONS ISFSI for a renewal term 

of 40 years will have no significant 

impact on the quality of the human 

environment. Therefore, pursuant to 10 

CFR 51.31 and 51.32, a finding of no 

significant impact is appropriate and an 

EIS need not be prepared for the 

renewal of SNM–2503. 

IV. Further Information 

Documents related to this action, 

including the application for renewal of 

SNM–2503 and supporting 

documentation, are available 

electronically at the NRC’s Electronic 

Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, 

you can access the NRC’s Agency-wide 

Document Access and Management 

System (ADAMS), which provides text 

and image files of NRC’s public 

documents. The ADAMS accession 

numbers for the documents related to 

this notice are: 

DOCUMENT ADAMS ACCESSION

NUMBER

ONS ISFSI License Renewal 

Application (Duke’s environmental report is at Enclosure 3, Appendix E of 

the application).

ML081280084 

Consultation Letters: Section 

106 and Section 7.

ML081410669 

FWS Response Letter to 

Section 7 Request.

ML081850455 

SHPO Response e-mail to 

section 106 Request.

ML091271071 

RAI for EA Review ................ ML083110387 

Environmental Assessment ... ML091340557 

If you do not have access to ADAMS 

or if there are problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS, contact 

the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) 

Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 

415–4737 or by e-mail to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

These documents may also be viewed 

electronically on the public computers 

located at the NRC’s PDR, O1F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR 

reproduction contractor will copy 

documents for a fee. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day 

of May 2009. 


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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Andrea Kock, 

Chief, Environmental Review Branch, 

Environmental Protection and Performance 

Assessment Directorate, Division of Waste 

Management and Environmental Protection, 

Office of Federal and State Materials and 

Environmental Management Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–11860 Filed 5–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #11707 and #11708] 

North Dakota Disaster Number ND– 

00016 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Amendment 2. 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of North Dakota 

(FEMA–1829–DR), dated 04/10/2009. 

Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. 

Incident Period: 03/13/2009 and 

continuing. 

Effective Date: 05/13/2009. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 06/09/2009. 

EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 

01/11/2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the Presidential disaster declaration 

for the State of North Dakota, dated 04/ 

10/2009 is hereby amended to include 

the following areas as adversely affected 

by the disaster: 

Primary Counties: (Physical Damage 

and Economic Injury Loans): 

Ramsey, The Turtle Mountain Band 

of Chippewa Indian Reservation. 

All other counties contiguous to the 

above named primary counties have 

previously been declared. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–11879 Filed 5–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #11720 and #11721] 

Indiana Disaster Number IN–00030 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Amendment 1. 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Indiana (FEMA– 

1832–DR), dated 04/22/2009. 

Incident: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, 

and Flooding. 

Incident Period: 03/08/2009 through 

03/14/2009. 

DATES: Effective Date: 05/13/2009. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 06/22/2009. 

EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 

01/22/2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the Presidential disaster declaration 

for the State of Indiana, dated 04/22/ 

2009 is hereby amended to include the 

following areas as adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: (Physical Damage and 

Economic Injury Loans): Daviess, 

Lawrence, St Joseph. 

Contiguous Counties: (Economic Injury 

Loans Only): 

Indiana: Dubois, Greene, Jackson, 

Knox, Martin, Monroe, Orange, 

Pike, Washington. 

Michigan: Cass. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–11880 Filed 5–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #11746 and #11747] 

Mississippi Disaster #MS–00030 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of Mississippi (FEMA–1837– 

DR), dated 05/12/2009. 

Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, 

and Tornadoes. 

Incident Period: 03/25/2009 through 

03/28/2009. 

DATES: Effective Date: 05/12/2009. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 07/13/2009. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 02/12/2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to : U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

05/12/2009, Private Non-Profit 

organizations that provide essential 

services of governmental nature may file 

disaster loan applications at the address 

listed above or other locally announced 

locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: Amite, Greene, 

Jackson, Lawrence, Lincoln, 

Simpson, Stone, Walthall, Wayne, 

Wilkinson. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

Other (Including Non-Profit Organizations) With Credit Available 

Elsewhere ................................. 4.500 

Businesses and Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ......................... 4.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 11746B and for 

economic injury is 11747B. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–11882 Filed 5–20–09; 8:45 am] 

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