[Federal Register: May 27, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 102)]
[Notices]               
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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

 
Duke Energy Corporation, Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 
3; Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement to the Generic 
Environmental Impact Statement and Public Meeting for the License 
Renewal of Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3

    Notice is hereby given that the U. S. 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-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.
    The draft supplement to the GEIS is available for public inspection 
and duplication at the Commission's Public Document Room at the Gelman 
Building, 2120 L Street NW, Washington, D.C., and the Local Public 
Document Room located in the Oconee County Library, 501 West South 
Broad Street, Walhalla, South Carolina, 29691.
    Any interested party may submit written comments on the proposed 
action and on the draft supplement to the GEIS for consideration by the 
NRC staff. To be certain of consideration, comments must be received by 
August 16, 1999. 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: 
Chie, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, 
Mailstop T-6D 59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 
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. Submittal of electronic comments may be sent by the Internet 
to the NRC at oconeeis@nrc.gov. All comments received by the 
Commission, including

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those made by Federal, State, and local agencies, Indian tribes or 
other interested persons, will be made available for public inspection 
at the Commission's Public Document Room in Washington, D.C. and the 
Local Public Document Room for the ONS Units 1, 2, and 3, located in 
the Oconee County Library.
    The NRC staff will hold a public meeting to present an overview of 
the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS and to accept oral and 
written public comments it. The public meeting will be held at the 
Ramada Inn, Clemson, South Carolina, on July 8, 1999. 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 7:00 p.m. and will continue until 10:00 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 plant-specific 
supplement to the GEIS. Persons may pre-register to attend or present 
oral comments at the meeting by contacting Mr. James H. Wilson by 
telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension 1108, or by Internet to the NRC 
at oconeeis@nrc.gov no later than July 2, 1999. 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. 
Wilson's attention no later than July 2, 1999, to provide the NRC staff 
adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated.
    Upon consideration of the comments submitted, the NRC staff will 
prepare a final plant-specific supplement to the GEIS. Notice of the 
availability of the final plant-specific supplement to the GEIS will be 
published in the Federal Register.

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, 
D.C. 20555. Mr. Wilson can be contacted at the aforementioned telephone 
number or e-mail address.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of May, 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David B. Matthews,
 Director, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-13504 Filed 5-26-99; 8:45 am]
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