[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71516-71517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33022]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287]


Duke Power Company; Notice of Availability of the Final 
Supplement 2 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for the 
License Renewal of Oconee Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(the Commission) has published a final plant-specific Supplement 2 to 
the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants (GEIS) (NUREG-1437) regarding the renewal of operating 
licenses DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55 for an additional 20 years of 
operation at the Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS) Units 1, 2, and 3, 
respectively. ONS is located in Oconee County, South Carolina. Possible 
alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action 
and reasonable alternative energy sources.
    In Section 9.3 of the report, the staff concludes:

    Based on (1) the analysis and findings in the Generic 
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Power 
Plants, NUREG-1437, (2) the ER [Environmental Report] submitted by 
Duke, (3) consultation with other Federal, State, and local 
agencies, (4) the staff's own independent review, and (5) the 
staff's consideration of public comments, the staff recommends that 
the Commission determine that the adverse environmental impacts of 
license renewal for Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 are 
not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for 
energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.

    The final supplement to the GEIS for ONS is available for public 
inspection and copying at the Commission's Public Document Room at the 
Gelman Building, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr. James H. Wilson, Generic Issues, 
Environmental, Financial, and Rulemaking Branch, Division of Regulatory 
Improvement Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555. Mr. Wilson can be contacted at (301) 415-1108 or by writing 
to: James H. Wilson, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, MS 0-11 F1, 
Washington, DC 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of December 1999.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David B. Matthews,
Director, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-33022 Filed 12-20-99; 8:45 am]
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