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[FR Doc No: 94-10663]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 51
Environmental Review for Renewal of Operating Licenses: Public
Meeting
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will meet with
the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and Yankee Atomic Electric Company
(YAEC) to discuss their written comments that are responsive to the
States' concerns regarding NRC's proposed rule on the environmental
review required for renewal of nuclear power plant operating licenses.
These concerns focus on provisions of the proposed rule that the States
see as being in conflict with the traditional authority of the States
to regulate electric utilities with respect to non-safety aspects of
nuclear power generation. The purpose of the meeting is to assure that
the NRC staff and the public understands the approaches proposed by NEI
and YAEC.
DATES: The date of the meeting is May 16, 1994. The meeting will begin
at 1 p.m. and will finish by 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738, room 1-S 7&9.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald P. Cleary, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555; Telephone: (301) 492-3936.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC published proposed amendments to its
environmental protection regulations, 10 CFR part 51, which would
establish new requirements for the environmental review of applications
to renew operating licenses for nuclear power plants (September 17,
1991; 56 FR 47016). Concurrently, the NRC published NUREG-1437, a draft
Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) that contained the
analyses which the NRC proposed to codify in Part 51. In commenting on
the proposed rule and the draft GEIS, a number of States expressed
dissatisfaction with the treatment of need for generating capacity, and
alternative energy sources. The States' concerns involve provisions of
the proposed rule that the States see as being in conflict with the
traditional authority of the States to regulate electric utilities with
respect to non-safety aspects of nuclear power generation. The
Commission instructed the NRC staff to develop options for responding
to these States' concerns and in doing so to solicit the views of the
States.
The NRC staff solicited the views of the States and others through
three regional meetings and a request for written comments (January 18,
1994; 59 FR 2542). To facilitate discussions with the States the NRC
staff prepared a paper, ``Addressing the Concerns of States and Others
Regarding the Role of Need for Generating Capacity, Alternative Energy
Sources, Utility Costs, and Cost-Benefit Analysis in NRC Environmental
Reviews for Relicensing Nuclear Power Plants: An NRC Staff Discussion
Paper.'' The regional meetings were held in Rockville, MD, February 9,
1994; Rosemont, IL, February 15, 1994; and Chicopee, MA, February 17,
1994. A number of parties, including NEI and YAEC, filed written
comments subsequent to the meetings. The discussion paper, meeting
transcripts, and written comments, including NEI's proposal dated March
23, 1994, and YAEC's proposal dated March 18, 1994, may be examined at
the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW. (Lower Level),
Washington, DC 20037.
The NEI and the YAEC proposals were not adequately developed for
discussion at the time of the regional meetings, and now the NRC staff
needs to be assured that it understands the two proposals before
reporting to the Commission on the options considered. All interested
persons are invited to attend as observers. After the NRC staff's
questions have been answered, time will be allowed to take questions
and comments from the floor on the NEI and YAEC proposals. The meeting
minutes will be transcribed by a court reporter.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22th day of April, 1994.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bill M. Morris,
Director, Division of Regulatory Applications, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 94-10663 Filed 5-3-94; 8:45 am]
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