Duke Power Company LLC; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for a Hearing, 68595-68597 [E7-23542]
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conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506 (c)2)A)]. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. Currently, the
Employment and Training
Administration is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the report for the Interstate Arrangement
for Combining Employment and Wages,
Form ETA 586.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the office listed below in
the addressee section of this notice or by
accessing: https://www.doleta.gov/
OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
February 4, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Keith P.
Ribnick, Office of Workforce Security,
Employment and Training
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room S–4516, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,
telephone number (202) 693–3223 (this
is not a toll-free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Keith P. Ribnick, Office of Workforce
Security, Employment and Training
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room S–4516, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,
telephone number (202) 693–3223 (this
is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: Section 3304(a)(9)(B),
of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) of
1986, requires states to participate in an
arrangement for combining employment
and wages covered under the different
state laws for the purpose of
determining unemployed workers’
entitlement to unemployment
compensation. The Interstate
Arrangement for Combining
Employment and Wages for combined
wage claims (CWC), promulgated at 20
CFR part 616, requires the prompt
transfer of all relevant and available
employment and wage data between
states upon request. The Benefit
Payment Promptness Standard, 20 CFR
part 640, requires the prompt payment
of unemployment compensation
including benefits paid under the CWC
arrangement. The ETA 586 report
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provides the ETA/Office of Workforce
Security with information necessary to
measure the scope and effect of the
CWC program and monitor the
performance of each state in responding
to wage transfer data requests and the
payment of benefits.
II. Desired Focus of Comments:
Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the
proposed extension of the report for the
Interstate Arrangement for Combining
Employment and Wages, ETA 586. The
Department is particularly interested in
comments which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the CWC program,
including whether the information will
have practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the office listed above in
the addressee section of this notice.
III. Current Actions: This information
is necessary in order for ETA to analyze
program performance, know when
corrective action plans are needed and
to target technical assistance resources.
Without this report, it would be
impossible for the ETA to identify
claims and benefit activity under the
CWC program and carry out the
Secretary’s responsibility for program
oversight.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Title: Interstate Arrangement for
Combining Employment and Wages.
OMB Number: 1205–0029.
Agency Number: ETA 586.
Recordkeeping: 3 years.
Affected Public: State Government.
Cite/Reference/Form: ETA Handbook
No. 401, ETA 586.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 212.
Average Time per Response: 4 hours.
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 848.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
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Total Burden Cost: $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the information
collection request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Dated: November 28, 2007.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
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[Docket No. 50–370]
Duke Power Company LLC; Notice of
Consideration of Issuance of
Amendment to Facility Operating
License and Opportunity for a Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of an amendment
to Facility Operating License No. NPF–
17, issued to Duke Power Company LLC
(the licensee), for operation of the
McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit 2
(McGuire 2), located in Mecklenburg
County, North Carolina.
The proposed amendment would
allow the McGuire 2 auxiliary feedwater
system (AFW) ‘‘A’’ train to be declared
inoperable for an additional 72 hours
beyond the allowed 72 hours for piping
modifications and testing of the Nuclear
Service Water System. The evolution is
scheduled to be performed within the
allowed time (72 hours) for one train of
AFW to be inoperable. However,
implementation and schedule
uncertainty could lead to exceeding the
allowed 72 hours for the AFW system
Technical Specification (TS). Therefore,
in an effort to avoid an unnecessary
Unit 2 shutdown or submittal of a
request for enforcement discretion,
McGuire 2 is requesting a one-time
limited duration TS change.
Before issuance of the proposed
license amendment, the Commission
will have made findings required by the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the Commission’s
regulations.
The filing of requests for hearing and
petitions for leave to intervene is
discussed below.
Within 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice, the person(s)
may file a request for a hearing with
respect to issuance of the amendment to
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the subject facility operating license and
any person(s) whose interest may be
affected by this proceeding and who
wishes to participate as a party in the
proceeding must file a written request
via electronic submission through the
NRC E-filing system for a hearing and a
petition for leave to intervene. Requests
for a hearing and a petition for leave to
intervene shall be filed in accordance
with the Commission’s ‘‘Rules of
Practice for Domestic Licensing
Proceedings’’ in 10 CFR part 2.
Interested person(s) should consult a
current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is
available at the Commission’s PDR,
located at One White Flint North, Public
File Area O1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
Publicly available records will be
accessible from the Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System’s (ADAMS) Public Electronic
Reading Room on the Internet at the
NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. If a
request for a hearing or petition for
leave to intervene is filed by the above
date, the Commission or a presiding
officer designated by the Commission or
by the Chief Administrative Judge of the
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Panel, will rule on the request and/or
petition; and the Secretary or the Chief
Administrative Judge of the Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board will issue a
notice of a hearing or an appropriate
order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a
petition for leave to intervene shall set
forth with particularity the interest of
the petitioner/requestor in the
proceeding, and how that interest may
be affected by the results of the
proceeding. The petition should
specifically explain the reasons why
intervention should be permitted with
particular reference to the following
general requirements: (1) The name,
address and telephone number of the
requestor or petitioner; (2) the nature of
the requestor’s/petitioner’s right under
the Act to be made a party to the
proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of
the requestor’s/petitioner’s property,
financial, or other interest in the
proceeding; and (4) the possible effect of
any decision or order which may be
entered in the proceeding on the
requestor’s/petitioner’s interest. The
petition must also identify the specific
contentions which the petitioner/
requestor seeks to have litigated at the
proceeding.
Each contention must consist of a
specific statement of the issue of law or
fact to be raised or controverted. In
addition, the petitioner/requestor shall
provide a brief explanation of the bases
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for the contention and a concise
statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinion which support the contention
and on which the petitioner intends to
rely in proving the contention at the
hearing. The petitioner must also
provide references to those specific
sources and documents of which the
petitioner is aware and on which the
petitioner intends to rely to establish
those facts or expert opinion. The
petition must include sufficient
information to show that a genuine
dispute exists with the applicant on a
material issue of law or fact.
Contentions shall be limited to matters
within the scope of the amendment
under consideration. The contention
must be one which, if proven, would
entitle the petitioner/requestor to relief.
A petitioner/requestor who fails to
satisfy these requirements with respect
to at least one contention will not be
permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become
parties to the proceeding, subject to any
limitations in the order granting leave to
intervene, and have the opportunity to
participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing.
A request for hearing or a petition for
leave to intervene must be filed in
accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule,
which the NRC promulgated on August
28, 2007 (72 FR 49139). The E-Filing
process requires participants to submit
and serve documents over the internet
or in some cases to mail copies on
electronic storage media. Participants
may not submit paper copies of their
filings unless they seek a waiver in
accordance with the procedures
described below.
To comply with the procedural
requirements of E-Filing, at least five (5)
days prior to the filing deadline, the
petitioner/requestor must contact the
Office of the Secretary by e-mail at
HEARINGDOCKET@NRC.GOV, or by
calling (301) 415–1677, to request (1) a
digital ID certificate, which allows the
participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign
documents and access the E-Submittal
server for any proceeding in which it is
participating; and/or (2) creation of an
electronic docket for the proceeding
(even in instances in which the
petitioner/requestor (or its counsel or
representative) already holds an NRCissued digital ID certificate). Each
petitioner/requestor will need to
download the Workplace Forms
Viewer TM to access the Electronic
Information Exchange (EIE), a
component of the E-Filing system. The
Workplace Forms Viewer TM is free and
is available at https://www.nrc.gov/sitehelp/e-submittals/install-viewer.html.
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Information about applying for a digital
ID certificate is available on NRC’s
public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/
site-help/e-submittals/apply-certificates.
html.
Once a petitioner/requestor has
obtained a digital ID certificate, had a
docket created, and downloaded the EIE
viewer, it can then submit a request for
hearing or petition for leave to
intervene. Submissions should be in
Portable Document Format (PDF) in
accordance with NRC guidance
available on the NRC public Web site at
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. A filing is considered
complete at the time the filer submits its
documents through EIE. To be timely,
an electronic filing must be submitted to
the EIE system no later than 11:59 p.m.
Eastern Time on the due date. Upon
receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing
system time-stamps the document and
sends the submitter an e-mail notice
confirming receipt of the document. The
EIE system also distributes an e-mail
notice that provides access to the
document to the NRC Office of the
General Counsel and any others who
have advised the Office of the Secretary
that they wish to participate in the
proceeding, so that the filer need not
serve the documents on those
participants separately. Therefore,
applicants and other participants (or
their counsel or representative) must
apply for and receive a digital ID
certificate before a hearing request/
petition to intervene is filed so that they
can obtain access to the document via
the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically may
seek assistance through the ‘‘Contact
Us’’ link located on the NRC Web site
at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html or by calling the NRC
technical help line, which is available
between 8:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
The help line number is (800) 397–4209
or locally, (301) 415–4737. Participants
who believe that they have a good cause
for not submitting documents
electronically must file a motion, in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with
their initial paper filing requesting
authorization to continue to submit
documents in paper format. Such filings
must be submitted by: (1) First class
mail addressed to the Office of the
Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or
(2) courier, express mail, or expedited
delivery service to the Office of the
Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville, Pike,
Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention:
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Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.
Participants filing a document in this
manner are responsible for serving the
document on all other participants.
Filing is considered complete by firstclass mail as of the time of deposit in
the mail, or by courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service upon
depositing the document with the
provider of the service.
Non-timely requests and/or petitions
and contentions will not be entertained
absent a determination by the
Commission, the presiding officer, or
the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
that the petition and/or request should
be granted and/or the contentions
should be admitted, based on a
balancing of the factors specified in 10
CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii). To be timely,
filings must be submitted no later than
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due
date.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory
proceedings will appear in NRC’s
electronic hearing docket which is
available to the public at https://
ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp,
unless excluded pursuant to an order of
the Commission, an Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board, or a Presiding Officer.
Participants are requested not to include
personal privacy information, such as
social security numbers, home
addresses, or home phone numbers in
their filings. With respect to copyrighted
works, except for limited excerpts that
serve the purpose of the adjudicatory
filings and would constitute a Fair Use
application, Participants are requested
not to include copyrighted materials in
their submissions.
For further details with respect to this
license amendment application, see the
application for amendment dated
November 7, 2007, which is/are
available for public inspection at the
Commission’s PDR, located at One
White Flint North, Public File Area O1
F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available
records will be accessible electronically
from the ADAMS Public Electronic
Reading Room on the Internet at the
NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who
do not have access to ADAMS or who
encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS should
contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by
telephone at 1–800–397–4209, or 301–
415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day
of November 2007.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John Stang,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II–
1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E7–23542 Filed 12–4–07; 8:45 am]
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[Docket Nos. 52–012 And 52–013]
South Texas Project Nuclear Operating
Company; Acceptance for Docketing
of an Application for Combined
License for South Texas Project Units
3 and 4
On September 27, 2007, the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC,
the Commission) received a combined
license (COL) application from South
Texas Project Nuclear Operating
Company (STPNOC), dated September
20, 2007, as supplemented by letters
dated September 26, 2007, October 15,
2007, October 18, 2007, November 8,
2007, November 12, 2007, November 13,
2007, and November 21, 2007, filed
pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic
Energy Act and Subpart C, ‘‘Combined
Licenses,’’ of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 52,
‘‘License Certifications and Approvals
for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ The site
location is in Matagorda County, Texas
and is identified as the South Texas
Project Electrical Generating Station
site. A notice of receipt and availability
of this application was previously
published in the Federal Register (72
FR 60394) on October 24, 2007.
The NRC staff has determined that
STPNOC has submitted information in
accordance with 10 CFR part 2, ‘‘Rules
of Practice for Domestic Licensing
Proceedings and Issuance of Orders,’’
and 10 CFR part 52 that is acceptable for
docketing. The docket numbers
established for Units 3 and 4 are 52–012
and 52–013, respectively.
The NRC staff will perform a detailed
technical review of the COL application.
Docketing of the COL application does
not preclude the NRC from requesting
additional information from the
applicant as the review proceeds, nor
does it predict whether the Commission
will grant or deny the application. The
Commission will conduct a hearing in
accordance with subpart L, ‘‘Informal
Hearing Procedures for NRC
Adjudications,’’ of 10 CFR part 2 and
will receive a report on the COL
application from the Advisory
Committee on Reactor Safeguards in
accordance with 10 CFR 52.87, ‘‘Referral
to the Advisory Committee on Reactor
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Safeguards (ACRS).’’ If the Commission
finds that the COL application meets the
applicable standards of the Atomic
Energy Act and the Commission’s
regulations, and that required
notifications to other agencies and
bodies have been made, the Commission
will issue a COL, in the form and
containing conditions and limitations
that the Commission finds appropriate
and necessary.
In accordance with 10 CFR part 51,
the Commission will also prepare an
environmental impact statement for the
proposed action. Pursuant to 10 CFR
51.26, and as part of the environmental
scoping process, the staff intends to
hold a public scoping meeting. Detailed
information regarding this meeting will
be included in a future Federal Register
notice.
Finally, the Commission will
announce in a future Federal Register
notice, the opportunity to petition for
leave to intervene in the hearing
required for this application by 10 CFR
52.85.
Documents may be examined, and/or
copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, Public File Area O1
F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland 20852, and will be
accessible electronically through the
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room link at the
NRC Web site https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who
do not have access to ADAMS, or who
encounter problems in accessing
documents located in ADAMS should
contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by
telephone at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
The application is also available at
https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/newlicensing/col.html.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 29th day
of November 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas A. Bergman,
Deputy Director, Division of New Reactor
Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-370]
Duke Power Company LLC; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of
Amendment to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for a Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No.
NPF-17, issued to Duke Power Company LLC (the licensee), for operation
of the McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit 2 (McGuire 2), located in
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
The proposed amendment would allow the McGuire 2 auxiliary
feedwater system (AFW) ``A'' train to be declared inoperable for an
additional 72 hours beyond the allowed 72 hours for piping
modifications and testing of the Nuclear Service Water System. The
evolution is scheduled to be performed within the allowed time (72
hours) for one train of AFW to be inoperable. However, implementation
and schedule uncertainty could lead to exceeding the allowed 72 hours
for the AFW system Technical Specification (TS). Therefore, in an
effort to avoid an unnecessary Unit 2 shutdown or submittal of a
request for enforcement discretion, McGuire 2 is requesting a one-time
limited duration TS change.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission
will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations.
The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to
intervene is discussed below.
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, the
person(s) may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of
the amendment to
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the subject facility operating license and any person(s) whose interest
may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a
party in the proceeding must file a written request via electronic
submission through the NRC E-filing system for a hearing and a petition
for leave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and a petition for leave
to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's ``Rules
of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings'' in 10 CFR part 2.
Interested person(s) should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309,
which is available at the Commission's PDR, located at One White Flint
North, Public File Area O1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible from
the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System's (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. If a request for a hearing
or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the
Commission or a presiding officer designated by the Commission or by
the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition; and the Secretary or
the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
will issue a notice of a hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a petition for leave to intervene
shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner/
requestor in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by
the results of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain
the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular
reference to the following general requirements: (1) The name, address
and telephone number of the requestor or petitioner; (2) the nature of
the requestor's/petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to
the proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of the requestor's/
petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding;
and (4) the possible effect of any decision or order which may be
entered in the proceeding on the requestor's/petitioner's interest. The
petition must also identify the specific contentions which the
petitioner/requestor seeks to have litigated at the proceeding.
Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue
of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In addition, the
petitioner/requestor shall provide a brief explanation of the bases for
the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner
intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The
petitioner must also provide references to those specific sources and
documents of which the petitioner is aware and on which the petitioner
intends to rely to establish those facts or expert opinion. The
petition must include sufficient information to show that a genuine
dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact.
Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the
amendment under consideration. The contention must be one which, if
proven, would entitle the petitioner/requestor to relief. A petitioner/
requestor who fails to satisfy these requirements with respect to at
least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding,
subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene,
and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing.
A request for hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be
filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule, which the NRC
promulgated on August 28, 2007 (72 FR 49139). The E-Filing process
requires participants to submit and serve documents over the internet
or in some cases to mail copies on electronic storage media.
Participants may not submit paper copies of their filings unless they
seek a waiver in accordance with the procedures described below.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least
five (5) days prior to the filing deadline, the petitioner/requestor
must contact the Office of the Secretary by e-mail at
HEARINGDOCKET@NRC.GOV, or by calling (301) 415-1677, to request (1) a
digital ID certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign documents and access the E-Submittal
server for any proceeding in which it is participating; and/or (2)
creation of an electronic docket for the proceeding (even in instances
in which the petitioner/requestor (or its counsel or representative)
already holds an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). Each petitioner/
requestor will need to download the Workplace Forms Viewer \TM\ to
access the Electronic Information Exchange (EIE), a component of the E-
Filing system. The Workplace Forms Viewer \TM\ is free and is available
at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/install-viewer.html.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is available on
NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/
apply-certificates.html.
Once a petitioner/requestor has obtained a digital ID certificate,
had a docket created, and downloaded the EIE viewer, it can then submit
a request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene. Submissions
should be in Portable Document Format (PDF) in accordance with NRC
guidance available on the NRC public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/
site-help/e-submittals.html. A filing is considered complete at the
time the filer submits its documents through EIE. To be timely, an
electronic filing must be submitted to the EIE system no later than
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of a
transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an e-mail notice confirming receipt of the document. The
EIE system also distributes an e-mail notice that provides access to
the document to the NRC Office of the General Counsel and any others
who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to
participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the
documents on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for
and receive a digital ID certificate before a hearing request/petition
to intervene is filed so that they can obtain access to the document
via the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically may seek assistance through the
``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/
site-help/e-submittals.html or by calling the NRC technical help line,
which is available between 8:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., Eastern Time,
Monday through Friday. The help line number is (800) 397-4209 or
locally, (301) 415-4737. Participants who believe that they have a good
cause for not submitting documents electronically must file a motion,
in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) First class mail
addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth
Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville, Pike, Rockville,
Maryland, 20852, Attention:
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Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Participants filing a document in
this manner are responsible for serving the document on all other
participants. Filing is considered complete by first-class mail as of
the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service upon depositing the document with the
provider of the service.
Non-timely requests and/or petitions and contentions will not be
entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding
officer, or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition
and/or request should be granted and/or the contentions should be
admitted, based on a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR
2.309(c)(1)(i)-(viii). To be timely, filings must be submitted no later
than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in
NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at
https://ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp, unless excluded pursuant
to an order of the Commission, an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, or
a Presiding Officer. Participants are requested not to include personal
privacy information, such as social security numbers, home addresses,
or home phone numbers in their filings. With respect to copyrighted
works, except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the
adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use application,
Participants are requested not to include copyrighted materials in
their submissions.
For further details with respect to this license amendment
application, see the application for amendment dated November 7, 2007,
which is/are available for public inspection at the Commission's PDR,
located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available
records will be accessible electronically from the ADAMS Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to
ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in
ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-
397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of November 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John Stang,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II-1, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E7-23542 Filed 12-4-07; 8:45 am]
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