[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 237 (Wednesday, December 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68955-68956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30589]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-237, 50-249]


Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Dresden Nuclear Power Station, 
Units 2 and 3; Notice of Availability of Draft Supplement 17 to Generic 
Environmental Impact Statement and Public Meeting for the License 
Renewal of Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3

    Notice is hereby given that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the 
Commission) has published a draft plant-specific supplement to the 
Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding 
the renewal of operating licenses DPR-19 and DPR-25 for an additional 
20 years of operation at Dresden Nuclear Power Station (DNPS). DNPS is 
located in Grundy County, Illinois, approximately 8 miles east of 
Morris, Illinois. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license 
renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources.
    The draft supplement to the GEIS is available for public inspection 
in the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) located at One White Flint 
North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, or, 
electronically, from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of 
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS 
is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html (the NRC's Electronic Reading Room). 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 at 1-
800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected]. In addition, 
the Morris Area Public Library, located at 604 West Liberty Street, 
Morris, Illinois; and the Coal City Public Library District, located at 
85 North Garfield Street, Coal City, Illinois, have agreed to make the 
draft supplement to the GEIS available for public inspection.
    Any interested party may submit comments on the draft supplement to 
the GEIS for consideration by the NRC staff. To be certain of 
consideration, comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS and the 
proposed action must be received by February 24, 2004. Comments 
received after the due date will be considered if it is practical to do 
so, but the NRC staff is able to assure consideration only for comments 
received on or before this date. Written comments on the draft 
supplement to the GEIS should be sent to: Chief, Rules and Directives 
Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, 
Mailstop T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.
    Comments may be hand-delivered to the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal 
workdays. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-mail at 
[email protected]. All comments received by the Commission, including 
those made by Federal, State, and local agencies, Native American 
Tribes, or other interested persons, will be made available 
electronically at the Commission's PDR in Rockville, Maryland, and from 
the PARS component of ADAMS.
    The NRC staff will hold a public meeting to present an overview of 
the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS and to accept public 
comments on the document. The public meeting will be held on January 
14, 2004, at Jennifer's Garden Banquet and Convention Center located at 
555 West Gore Road, Morris, Illinois. There will be two sessions to 
accommodate interested parties. The first session will commence at 1:30 
p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m. The second session will commence 
at 7 p.m. and will continue until 10 p.m. Both meetings will be 
transcribed and will include: (1) A presentation of the contents of the 
draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS, and (2) the opportunity 
for interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to 
provide comments on the draft report. Additionally, the NRC staff will 
host informal discussions one hour prior to the start of each session 
at the same location. No comments on the draft supplement to the GEIS 
will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, 
comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meeting or 
in writing, as discussed below. Persons may pre-register to attend or 
present oral comments at the meeting by contacting Mr. Louis L. Wheeler 
by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension 1444, or by e-mail at 
[email protected] no later than January 8, 2004. Members of the public may 
also register to provide oral comments 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. If special 
equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information 
at the public meeting, the need should be brought to Mr. Wheeler's 
attention no later than January 8, 2004, to provide the NRC staff 
adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Louis L. Wheeler, License Renewal 
and Environmental Impacts Program, Division of Regulatory Improvement 
Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop: O-11F1, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001. Mr. Wheeler may be contacted at the 
aforementioned telephone number or e-mail address.

    Dated in Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of December, 2003.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Pao-Tsin Kuo,
Program Director, License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program, 
Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 03-30589 Filed 12-9-03; 8:45 am]
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