[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 152 (Friday, August 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47533-47534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19408]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-443; NRC-2010-0206]


NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; Seabrook Station, Unit 1

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Supplemental environmental impact statement; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a 
final plant-specific supplement, Supplement 46, to NUREG-1437, 
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear 
Plants'' (GEIS), regarding the renewal of NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC 
(NextEra) operating license NPF-86 for an additional 20 years of 
operation for Seabrook Station, Unit 1 (Seabrook).

DATES: The final Supplement 46 to the GEIS is available as of August 7, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2010-0206 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2010-0206. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The 
final Supplement 46 to the GEIS is in ADAMS under Accession No.

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ML15209A575 (Volume 1) and ML15209A270 (Volume 2).
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois James, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-3306; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In accordance with Sec.  51.118 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, the NRC is making available final Supplement 46 to the 
GEIS regarding the renewal of NextEra operating license NPF-86 for an 
additional 20 years of operation for Seabrook. Draft Supplement 46 to 
the GEIS was noticed by the NRC in the Federal Register on August 5, 
2011 (76 FR 47612), and noticed by the Environmental Protection Agency 
on August 12, 2011 (76 FR 50214). The public comment period on draft 
Supplement 46 to the GEIS ended on October 26, 2011. In April 2013, a 
supplement to draft Supplement 46 was published. The supplement to 
draft Supplement 46 was noticed by the Environmental Protection Agency 
on May 3, 2013 (78 FR 26027). The end of the comment period for the 
supplement to draft Supplement 46 was on June 30, 2013. The comments 
received on the draft Supplement 46 published in 2011 and supplement to 
the draft Supplement in 2013 are addressed in final Supplement 46 to 
the GEIS. Final Supplement 46 to the GEIS is available as indicated in 
the ADDRESSES section of this document.

II. Discussion

    As discussed in Section 9.4 of the final Supplement 46 to the GEIS, 
the NRC determined that the adverse environmental impacts of license 
renewal for Seabrook are not so great that preserving the option of 
license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers would be 
unreasonable. This recommendation is based on: (1) the analysis and 
findings in the GEIS; (2) information provided in the environmental 
report and other documents submitted by NextEra; (3) consultation with 
Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies; (4) the NRC staff's 
independent environmental review; and (5) consideration of public 
comments received during the scoping process and on the draft 
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of July 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James G. Danna,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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