4476 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 15 / Monday, January 26, 2009 / Notices 

Any interested party may submit 

comments on the draft SEIS for 

consideration by the NRC staff. 

Comments may be accompanied by 

additional relevant information or 

supporting data. Members of the public 

may send written comments on the draft 

SEIS for the North Anna COL, Unit 3, 

to the Chief, Rulemaking Directives and 

Editing 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. Electronic comments 

may be sent via the Internet to the NRC 

at NORTHANNA.COLAEIS@nrc.gov. To 

ensure that comments will be 

considered, comments should be 

received by the end of the comment 

period, on March 20, 2009. Written 

comments should be postmarked by 

March 20, 2009. Electronic Submissions 

should be sent no later than March 20, 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Alicia Williamson, Environmental 

Project Manager, at U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Mailstop T6– 

D32, Washington, DC 20555–0001, or by 

phone at (301) 415–1878 or via e-mail 

at Alicia.Williamson@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day 

of January 2009. 

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

Scott Flanders, 

Director, Division of Site and Environmental 

Reviews Office of New Reactors. 

[FR Doc. E9–1564 Filed 1–23–09; 8:45 am] 

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[Docket No. 50–298; NRC–2008–0617] 

Nebraska Public Power District: 

Cooper Nuclear Station; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement and Conduct 

Scoping Process 

Nebraska Public Power District 

(NPPD) has submitted an application for 

renewal of Facility Operating License 

No. DPR–46 for an additional 20 years 

of operation at the Cooper Nuclear 

Station (CNS). CNS is located near 

Brownville, NE. 

The operating license for CNS expires 

on January 18, 2014. The application for 

renewal, dated September 24, 2008, was 

submitted pursuant to Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 

Part 54. A notice of receipt and 

availability of the application, which 

included the environmental report (ER), 

was published in the Federal Register 

on November 17, 2008 (73 FR 67896). A 

notice of acceptance for docketing of the 

application for renewal of the facility 

operating license was also published in 

the Federal Register on December 30, 

2008 (73 FR 79921). The purpose of this 

notice is to inform the public that the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) will be preparing an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

related to the review of the license 

renewal application and to provide the 

public an opportunity to participate in 

the environmental scoping process, as 

defined in 10 CFR 51.29. In addition, as 

outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, ‘‘Coordination 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act,’’ the NRC plans to coordinate 

compliance with Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act in 

meeting the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA). 

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) 

and 10 CFR 54.23, NPPD submitted the 

ER as part of the application. The ER 

was prepared pursuant to 10 CFR Part 

51 and is publicly available at the NRC 

Public Document Room (PDR), located 

at One White Flint North, 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 

20852, or from the NRC’s Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS). The ADAMS Public 

Electronic Reading Room is accessible at 

http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/ 

dologin.htm. The Accession Number for 

the ER is ML083030246. 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 

by telephone at 1–800–397–4209, or 

301–415–4737, or by e-mail at 

pdr@nrc.gov. The ER may also be 

viewed on the Internet at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ 

licensing/renewal/applications/ 

cooper.html. In addition, the ER is 

available for public inspection near CNS 

at the Auburn Memorial Library, 1810 

Courthouse Ave., Auburn, NE 68305, 

telephone (402) 274–4023. 

This notice advises the public that the 

NRC intends to gather the information 

necessary to prepare a plant-specific 

supplement to the Commission’s 

‘‘Generic Environmental Impact 

Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of 

Nuclear Plants’’ (NUREG–1437), related 

to the review of the application for 

renewal of the CNS operating license for 

an additional 20 years. Possible 

alternatives to the proposed action 

(license renewal) include no action and 

reasonable alternative energy sources. 

The NRC is required by 10 CFR 51.95 

to prepare a supplement to the GEIS in 

connection with the renewal of an 

operating license. This notice is being 

published in accordance with NEPA 

and the NRC’s regulations found in 10 

CFR Part 51. 

The NRC will first conduct a scoping 

process for the supplement to the GEIS 

and, as soon as practicable thereafter, 

will prepare a draft supplement to the 

GEIS for public comment. Participation 

in the scoping process by members of 

the public and local, State, Tribal, and 

Federal government agencies is 

encouraged. The scoping process for the 

supplement to the GEIS will be used to 

accomplish the following: 

a. Define the proposed action which 

is to be the subject of the supplement to 

the GEIS. 

b. Determine the scope of the 

supplement to the GEIS 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 ElSs that are 

being or will be prepared that are 

related to, but are not part of, the scope 

of the supplement to the GEIS being 

considered. 

e. Identify other environmental 

review and consultation requirements 

related to the proposed action. 

f. Indicate the relationship between 

the timing of the preparation of the 

environmental analyses and the 

Commission’s tentative planning and 

decision-making schedule. 

g. Identify any cooperating agencies 

and, as appropriate, allocate 

assignments for preparation and 

schedules for completing the 

supplement to the GEIS to the NRC and 

any cooperating agencies. 

h. Describe how the supplement to 

the GEIS will be prepared, and include 

any contractor assistance to be used. 

The NRC invites the following entities 

to participate in scoping: 

a. The applicant, Nebraska Public 

Power District. 

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. 

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f. Any person who has petitioned or 

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 has decided to hold 

public meetings for the CNS license 

renewal supplement to the GEIS. The 

scoping meetings will be held on 

February 25, 2009. There will be two 

sessions, an afternoon and evening 

session, to accommodate interested 

parties. The first session will be held at 

the Brownville Concert Hall at 126 

Atlantic St., Brownville, NE 68321, 

telephone (402) 825–3331, and will 

convene at 1:30 p.m. and will continue 

until 4:30 p.m., as necessary. The 

second session will be held at the 

Auburn Senior Center at 1101 J St., 

Auburn, NE 68305, telephone, (402) 

274–3420, and will convene at 7 p.m., 

with a repeat of the overview portions 

of the meeting and will continue until 

10 p.m., as necessary. Both meetings 

will be transcribed and will include: (1) 

An overview by the NRC staff of the 

NEPA environmental review process, 

the proposed scope of the supplement to 

the GEIS, 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 supplement to the GEIS. 

Additionally, the NRC staff will host 

informal discussions one hour prior to 

the start of each session at the same 

location. No formal comments on the 

proposed scope of the supplement to the 

GEIS will be accepted during the 

informal discussions. 

To be considered, comments must be 

provided either at the transcribed public 

meetings or in writing, as discussed 

below. Persons may register to attend or 

present oral comments at the meetings 

on the scope of the NEPA review by 

contacting the NRC Project Managers, 

Mr. Tam Tran, telephone at 1–800–368– 

5642, extension 3617, or by e-mail to the 

NRC at tam.tran@nrc.gov or Mr. 

Emmanuel Sayoc, by telephone at 1– 

800–368–5642, extension 1924, or by email to the NRC at 

emmanuel.sayoc@nrc.gov, no later than 

February 18, 2009. Members of the 

public may also register to speak at the 

meeting within 15 minutes of 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 supplement to the GEIS. Mr. Tam 

Tran or Mr. Sayoc will need to be 

contacted no later than February 18, 

2009, 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 environmental 

scope of the KPS license renewal review 

to: Chief, Rulemaking, Directives and 

Editing 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 be considered in the 

scoping process, written comments 

should be postmarked by March 23, 

2009. Electronic comments may be sent 

by e-mail to the NRC at 

CooperEIS@nrc.gov, and should be sent 

no later than March 23, 2009, to be 

considered in the scoping process. 

Comments will be available 

electronically and accessible through 

ADAMS at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.

gov/dologin.htm. 

Participation in the scoping process 

for the supplement to the GEIS does not 

entitle participants to become parties to 

the proceeding to which the supplement 

to the GEIS relates. Notice of 

opportunity for a hearing regarding the 

renewal application was previously 

included in the Federal Register dated 

December 30, 2008 (73 FR 79921). 

Matters related to participation in any 

hearing are outside the scope of matters 

to be discussed at this public meeting. 

At the conclusion of the scoping 

process, the NRC will prepare a concise 

summary of the determination and 

conclusions reached, including the 

significant issues identified, and will 

send a copy of the summary to each 

participant in the scoping process. The 

summary will also be available for 

inspection in ADAMS at http:// 

adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm. 

The staff will then prepare and issue for 

comment the draft supplement to the 

GEIS, which will be the subject of 

separate notices and separate public 

meetings. Copies will be available for 

public inspection at the abovementioned addresses, and one copy per 

request will be provided free of charge. 

After receipt and consideration of the 

comments, the NRC will prepare a final 

supplement to the GEIS, which will also 

be available for public inspection. 

Information about the proposed 

action, the supplement to the GEIS, and 

the scoping process may be obtained 

from the Project Managers Mr. Sayoc 

and Mr. Tran at the aforementioned 

telephone number or e-mail addresses. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day 

of January 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

David L. Pelton, 

Chief, Projects Branch 1, Division of License 

Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E9–1563 Filed 1–23–09; 8:45 am] 

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[Docket No. 63–001–HLW; ASLBP Nos. 09– 

876–HLW–CAB01, 09–877–HLW–CAB02, 

09–878–HLW–CAB03] 

Department of Energy; Establishment 

of Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards 

Pursuant to delegation by the 

Commission dated December 29, 1972, 

published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 

28,710 (1972), and the Commission’s 

regulations, see 10 CFR 2.300 et seq., 

2.1000 et seq., notice is hereby given 

that Atomic Safety and Licensing 

Boards are being established to preside 

over the Petitions to Intervene and the 

Requests to Participate in the following 

proceeding, and to perform all other 

duties as the Chief Administrative Judge 

may assign: U.S. Department of Energy, 

High-Level Waste Repository, 

Construction Authorization 

Application. 

This proceeding concerns Petitions to 

Intervene from (1) Caliente Hot Springs 

Resort LLC; (2) State of California; (3) 

Clark County, Nevada; (4) Churchill, 

Esmeralda, Lander and Mineral 

Counties, Nevada; (5) Inyo County, 

California; (6) Native Community 

Action Council; (7) State of Nevada; (8) 

Nuclear Energy Institute; (9) Nye 

County, Nevada; (10) Timbisha 

Shoshone Tribe; (11) Timbisha 

Shoshone Yucca Mountain Oversight 

Program Non-Profit; and (12) White Pine 

County, Nevada. Additionally, Requests 

to Participate as an Interested 

Government Body have been received 

from: (1) Eureka County, Nevada; and 

(2) Lincoln County, Nevada. The 

Petitions and Requests, which were 

submitted in response to an October 22, 

2008 Notice of Hearing and Opportunity 

To Petition for Leave To Intervene (73 

FR 63,029), challenge the June 3, 2008 

application filed by the Department of 

Energy seeking authorization to 

construct a geologic repository at Yucca 

Mountain in Nye County, Nevada.