81 FR 90875 - Combined License Application for Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, Units 6 and 7
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 241 (December 15, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-30154 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 241 (Thursday, December 15, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 90875-90876] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-30154] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 52-040 and 52-041; NRC-2009-0337] Combined License Application for Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, Units 6 and 7 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Supplemental environmental impact statement; issuance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, are issuing a supplement to the final environmental impact statement (EIS), NUREG-2176, ``Environmental Impact Statement for Combined Licenses (COL) for Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, Units 6 and 7.'' Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) submitted an application for COLs to construct and operate two new nuclear power plants at its Turkey Point site near Homestead, Florida. This supplement to the final EIS considers and responds to 59 comment letters that were inadvertently not included in the final EIS. DATES: The supplement to the final EIS is available as of December 2, 2016. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2009-0337, when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this action by the following methods:Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2009-0337. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415- 3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The supplement to the final EIS is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16335A219. 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. Project Web site: The final EIS can be accessed online at the Turkey Point COL specific Web page at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/turkey-point.html. South Dade Regional Library and Homestead Branch Library: The supplement final EIS is available for public inspection at 10750 SW 211th St., Cutler Bay, Florida 33189; and 700 N. Homestead Blvd., Homestead, Florida 33030. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alicia Williamson Dickerson, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555- 0001, telephone: 301-415-1878, email: Alicia.Williamson@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC issued NUREG-2176, ``Environmental Impact Statement for Combined Licenses (COLs) for Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, Units 6 and 7,'' on October 28, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16335A219). On November 2, 2016, the NRC published a Federal Register notice (81 FR 76392) to announce the availability of the final EIS. After publication of the final EIS on October 28, 2016, however, the NRC identified 59 comment letters that were received before the draft EIS comment period closed but which were inadvertently not included in Appendix E to the final EIS. The NRC staff considered all 59 comment letters and determined that none of them provides new and significant information regarding the project or its environmental impacts. In evaluating the comments in the letters, the staff determined that it had already addressed the majority of comments by responding to other similar comments in Appendix E to the final EIS. In developing a document to respond to the comments in the letters not included in the final EIS, the staff concluded that, for public access and readability, the most effective method for documenting the staff responses would include reprinting the applicable existing responses in Appendix E. The staff also recognized that responses drawn from the final EIS (including existing responses in Appendix E) would be [[Page 90876]] warranted if an existing response did not explicitly address a comment. Accordingly, the NRC staff is of the opinion that issuance of a supplement under the unique circumstances present here--primarily the length of the document due to the repetition of existing text from the final EIS for clarity and readability--will enhance the transparency of the NRC process for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA) and will further the purposes of NEPA. Therefore, the NRC staff has prepared Supplement 1 to NUREG-2176 in accordance with section 51.92(c) of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). This supplement solely responds to comments previously submitted on the draft EIS. Because there are no changes to the proposed action and the comments do not provide new and significant information relevant to environmental concerns bearing on the proposed action or its impacts, 10 CFR 51.92(f) does not require the NRC to solicit comments on the supplement. The final EIS summarizes the results of the review team's environmental analysis of the FPL COL application for compliance with the requirements of 10 CFR part 51. On the basis of the information contained in the final EIS and this supplement, the review team finds that the comment letters not included in the final EIS did not provide information that would change the analysis in the final EIS or the NRC staff's recommendation to the Commission that the COLs be issued as proposed. This recommendation is based on (1) the application, including the Environmental Report (ER), submitted by FPL; (2) consultation with Federal, State, Tribal, and local agencies; (3) the review team's independent review; (4) consideration of public comments received on the environmental review; and (5) the assessments summarized in the EIS and this supplement, including the potential mitigation measures identified in the ER and the EIS. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of December, 2016. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Francis Akstulewicz, Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. 2016-30154 Filed 12-14-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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authorization to continue to submit For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. please contact the NRC’s Public
documents in paper format. Such filings Jennifer Dixon-Herrity, Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
must be submitted by: (1) First class Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
mail addressed to the Office of the Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
Secretary of the Commission, U.S. [FR Doc. 2016–30152 Filed 12–14–16; 8:45 am] supplement to the final EIS is available
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, BILLING CODE 7590–01–P in ADAMS under Accession No.
Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: ML16335A219.
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
(2) courier, express mail, or expedited NUCLEAR REGULATORY purchase copies of public documents at
delivery service to the Office of the COMMISSION the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
Secretary, 11555 Rockville Pike, White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
[Docket Nos. 52–040 and 52–041; NRC– Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention: 2009–0337]
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. • Project Web site: The final EIS can
Combined License Application for be accessed online at the Turkey Point
Participants filing a document in this
Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, Units 6 and COL specific Web page at http://
manner are responsible for serving the
7 www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/
document on all other participants.
turkey-point.html.
Filing is considered complete by first- AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory • South Dade Regional Library and
class mail as of the time of deposit in Commission. Homestead Branch Library: The
the mail, or by courier, express mail, or supplement final EIS is available for
ACTION: Supplemental environmental
expedited delivery service upon public inspection at 10750 SW 211th
impact statement; issuance.
depositing the document with the St., Cutler Bay, Florida 33189; and 700
provider of the service. A presiding SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory N. Homestead Blvd., Homestead,
officer, having granted an exemption Commission (NRC) and the U.S. Army Florida 33030.
request from using E-Filing, may require Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
a participant or party to use E-Filing if are issuing a supplement to the final Alicia Williamson Dickerson, Office of
the presiding officer subsequently environmental impact statement (EIS), New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
determines that the reason for granting NUREG–2176, ‘‘Environmental Impact Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
the exemption from use of E-Filing no Statement for Combined Licenses (COL) 0001, telephone: 301–415–1878, email:
longer exists. for Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, Units 6 Alicia.Williamson@nrc.gov.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory and 7.’’ Florida Power and Light SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC
proceedings will appear in the NRC’s Company (FPL) submitted an issued NUREG–2176, ‘‘Environmental
electronic hearing docket which is application for COLs to construct and Impact Statement for Combined
available to the public at http:// operate two new nuclear power plants Licenses (COLs) for Turkey Point
at its Turkey Point site near Homestead, Nuclear Plant, Units 6 and 7,’’ on
ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded
Florida. This supplement to the final October 28, 2016 (ADAMS Accession
pursuant to an order of the Commission,
EIS considers and responds to 59 No. ML16335A219). On November 2,
or the presiding officer. Participants are
comment letters that were inadvertently 2016, the NRC published a Federal
requested not to include personal not included in the final EIS.
privacy information, such as social Register notice (81 FR 76392) to
DATES: The supplement to the final EIS announce the availability of the final
security numbers, home addresses, or
home phone numbers in their filings, is available as of December 2, 2016. EIS. After publication of the final EIS on
unless an NRC regulation or other law ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID October 28, 2016, however, the NRC
requires submission of such NRC–2009–0337, when contacting the identified 59 comment letters that were
information. However, in some NRC about the availability of received before the draft EIS comment
instances, a request to intervene will information regarding this document. period closed but which were
require including information on local You may obtain publicly-available inadvertently not included in Appendix
residence in order to demonstrate a information related to this action by the E to the final EIS.
proximity assertion of interest in the following methods: The NRC staff considered all 59
proceeding. With respect to copyrighted • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to comment letters and determined that
works, except for limited excerpts that http://www.regulations.gov and search none of them provides new and
for Docket ID NRC–2009–0337. Address significant information regarding the
serve the purpose of the adjudicatory
questions about NRC dockets to Carol project or its environmental impacts. In
filings and would constitute a Fair Use
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; evaluating the comments in the letters,
application, participants are requested
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For the staff determined that it had already
not to include copyrighted materials in
technical questions, contact the addressed the majority of comments by
their submission.
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER responding to other similar comments
For further details with respect to this INFORMATION CONTACT section of this in Appendix E to the final EIS. In
action, see the application for license document. developing a document to respond to
amendment dated November 18, 2016. • NRC’S Agencywide Documents the comments in the letters not included
Attorney for licensee: Ms. Kathryn M. Access and Management System in the final EIS, the staff concluded that,
Sutton, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLC, (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- for public access and readability, the
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1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., available documents online in the most effective method for documenting
Washington, DC 20004–2514. ADAMS Public Documents collection at the staff responses would include
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ reprinting the applicable existing
NRC Branch Chief: Jennifer Dixon- adams.html. To begin the search, select responses in Appendix E. The staff also
Herrity. ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents,’’ and then recognized that responses drawn from
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS the final EIS (including existing
of December 2016. Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, responses in Appendix E) would be
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warranted if an existing response did SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE the Exchange filed Amendment No. 2 to
not explicitly address a comment. COMMISSION the proposed rule change, which
Accordingly, the NRC staff is of the replaced and superseded the proposed
[Release No. 34–79518; File No. SR–
opinion that issuance of a supplement NYSEArca–2016–84] rule change as modified by Amendment
under the unique circumstances present No. 1.6 On September 16, 2016, the
here—primarily the length of the Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Commission noticed the filing of
document due to the repetition of Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 2, and instituted
existing text from the final EIS for Amendment No. 3, and Order Granting proceedings under Section 19(b)(2)(B) of
clarity and readability—will enhance Accelerated Approval of Proposed the Exchange Act 7 to determine
the transparency of the NRC process for Rule Change, as Modified by whether to approve or disapprove the
implementing the National Amendment No. 3, Relating to the proposed rule change, as modified by
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as Listing and Trading of Shares of the Amendment No. 2.8 On November 22,
amended (NEPA) and will further the Long Dollar Gold Trust Under NYSE 2016, the Exchange filed Amendment
purposes of NEPA. Therefore, the NRC Arca Equities Rule 8.201 No. 3, which replaced the proposed rule
staff has prepared Supplement 1 to December 9, 2016. change as modified by Amendment No.
NUREG–2176 in accordance with 2.9 The Commission has not received
section 51.92(c) of title 10 of the Code I. Introduction any comments on the proposed rule
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). This On June 1, 2016, NYSE Arca, Inc. change. The Commission is publishing
supplement solely responds to (‘‘NYSE Arca’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed this notice to solicit comments on
comments previously submitted on the with the Securities and Exchange Amendment No. 3 from interested
draft EIS. Because there are no changes Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant persons, and is approving the proposed
to the proposed action and the to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities rule change, as modified by Amendment
comments do not provide new and Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Exchange No. 3, on an accelerated basis.
significant information relevant to Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 a
environmental concerns bearing on the proposed rule change to list and trade 6 In Amendment No. 2, the Exchange: (1) Changed
proposed action or its impacts, 10 CFR shares (‘‘Shares’’) of the Long Dollar the names of the Fund and the Trust; (2) stated that
51.92(f) does not require the NRC to Gold Trust (‘‘Fund’’) under NYSE Arca the methodology of the underlying index is
Equities Rule 8.201. The proposed rule transparent; (3) explained how market makers in
solicit comments on the supplement. the Shares could calculate an approximate value for
change was published for comment in
The final EIS summarizes the results the underlying index during the Exchange’s Core
the Federal Register on June 21, 2016.3 Trading Session, which is ordinarily between 9:30
of the review team’s environmental On July 27, 2016, the Commission a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time (‘‘ET’’); (4) made
analysis of the FPL COL application for extended the time period within which further modifications to its description of when and
compliance with the requirements of 10 to approve the proposed rule change, how NAV would be calculated, and when it would
CFR part 51. On the basis of the disapprove the proposed rule change, or be disseminated; (5) disclosed more information
regarding the availability of the value of the
information contained in the final EIS institute proceedings to determine underlying index; (6) provided information about
and this supplement, the review team whether to approve or disapprove the its ability to obtain information from Exchange
finds that the comment letters not proposed rule change to September 19, Trading Permit Holders (‘‘ETP Holders’’) regarding
included in the final EIS did not 2016.4 On July 29, 2016, the Exchange their trading in currencies and currency derivatives;
filed Amendment No. 1 to the proposed and (7) represented that it (a) may halt trading in
provide information that would change
the Shares during the trading day if an interruption
the analysis in the final EIS or the NRC rule change, which replaced and occurs in the dissemination of the value of the
staff’s recommendation to the superseded the proposed rule change as underlying index, and (b) would halt trading in the
Commission that the COLs be issued as originally filed.5 On September 8, 2016, Shares no later than the beginning of the trading
proposed. This recommendation is day following the interruption if the interruption in
1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). the dissemination of the value of the underlying
based on (1) the application, including 2 17 index persists past the trading day in which it
CFR 240.19b–4.
the Environmental Report (ER), 3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 78075 occurs.
submitted by FPL; (2) consultation with (June 15, 2016), 81 FR 40381. 7 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
Federal, State, Tribal, and local 4 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 78425 8 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 78859,
agencies; (3) the review team’s (July 27, 2016), 81 FR 50759 (August 2, 2016). 81 FR 65431 (September 22, 2016) (‘‘OIP’’). The
5 In Amendment No. 1, the Exchange: (1) Commission instituted proceedings to allow for
independent review; (4) consideration Provided additional information about WM/ additional analysis of the proposed rule change’s
of public comments received on the Reuters, which calculates the ‘‘Spot Rate’’ consistency with Section 6(b)(5) of the Exchange
environmental review; and (5) the (discussed below); (2) provided additional Act, which requires, among other things, that the
assessments summarized in the EIS and information about calculation of the Spot Rate; (3) rules of a national securities exchange be ‘‘designed
provided additional information about to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and
this supplement, including the potential dissemination of the value of the underlying index; practices, to promote just and equitable principles
mitigation measures identified in the ER (4) corrected a statement that the net asset value of trade,’’ and ‘‘to protect investors and the public
and the EIS. (‘‘NAV’’) of the Shares would not be calculated interest.’’ Id., 81 FR at 65441.
during the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event 9 In Amendment No. 3, the Exchange: (1)
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day (discussed below) or Extraordinary Event
Proposes to expand NYSE Arca Equities Rule
of December, 2016. (discussed below), and instead stated that, if the
8.201(g), which governs market maker accounts, to
LBMA Gold Price AM is unavailable during such
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. circumstances, the Fund would calculate NAV include non-U.S. currencies; (2) states that the
using the last published LBMA Gold Price AM; (5) administrator of the WM/Reuters currency
Francis Akstulewicz,
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identified circumstances in which the Fund may benchmarks complies with the International
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, reject a purchase order; (6) modified the Organization of Securities Commissions (‘‘IOSCO’’)
Office of New Reactors. circumstances in which the Fund may reject a Principles for Financial Benchmarks; and (3) states
[FR Doc. 2016–30154 Filed 12–14–16; 8:45 am] redemption order; and (7) explained how market that: (a) The Commission has previously approved
makers in the Shares would be able to hedge their the listing and trading of other issues of securities
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P positions. All amendments to the proposed rule based on a WM/Reuters exchange rate or an index
change are available at: https://www.sec.gov/ that uses such a rate, and (b) WM/Reuters utilizes
comments/sr-nysearca-2016-84/ the same methodology in calculating the ‘‘Closing
nysearca201684.shtml. Spot Rate’’ (discussed below) and the Spot Rate.
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Supplemental environmental impact statement; issuance. | |
| Dates | The supplement to the final EIS is available as of December 2, 2016. | |
| Contact | Alicia Williamson Dickerson, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555- 0001, telephone: 301-415-1878, email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 90875 |
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