Facility Operating License Amendment From Florida Power Corporation, Crystal River Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 3, 1743-1748 [2012-339]
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness
Analysis of Federal Programs
Office of Management and
Budget.
ACTION: Revisions to Appendix C of
OMB Circular A–94.
AGENCY:
The Office of Management
and Budget revised Circular A–94 in
1992. The revised Circular specified
certain discount rates to be updated
annually when the interest rate and
inflation assumptions used to prepare
the Budget of the United States
Government were changed. These
discount rates are found in Appendix C
of the revised Circular. The updated
discount rates are shown below. The
discount rates in Appendix C are to be
used for cost-effectiveness analysis,
SUMMARY:
including lease-purchase analysis, as
specified in the revised Circular. They
do not apply to regulatory analysis.
DATES: The revised discount rates will
be in effect through December 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert B. Anderson, Office of Economic
Policy, Office of Management and
Budget, (202) 395–3381.
Michael C. Falkenheim,
Acting Associate Director for Economic
Policy, Office of Management and Budget.
Attachment
OMB Circular No. A–94
Appendix C
(Revised December 2011)
Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness, Lease
Purchase, and Related Analyses
Effective Dates. This appendix is updated
annually. This version of the appendix is
valid for calendar year 2012. A copy of the
updated appendix can be obtained in
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circulars_a094/a94_appx-c/. The text of the
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and a table of past years’ rates is located at
https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/
files/omb/assets/a94/dischist.pdf. Updates of
the appendix are also available upon request
from OMB’s Office of Economic Policy (202)
395–3381.
Nominal Discount Rates. A forecast of
nominal or market interest rates for calendar
year 2012 based on the economic
assumptions for the 2013 Budget are
presented below. These nominal rates are to
be used for discounting nominal flows,
which are often encountered in leasepurchase analysis.
NOMINAL INTEREST RATES ON TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS OF SPECIFIED MATURITIES
[In percent]
3-Year
5-Year
7-Year
10-Year
20-Year
30-Year
1.6 ................................................................................................................................
2.1
2.5
2.8
3.5
3.8
Real Discount Rates. A forecast of real
interest rates from which the inflation
premium has been removed and based on the
economic assumptions from the 2013 Budget
is presented below. These real rates are to be
used for discounting constant-dollar flows, as
is often required in cost-effectiveness
analysis.
REAL INTEREST RATES ON TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS OF SPECIFIED MATURITIES
[In percent]
3-Year
5-Year
7-Year
10-Year
20-Year
30-Year
0.0 ................................................................................................................................
0.4
0.7
1.1
1.7
2.0
Analyses of programs with terms different
from those presented above may use a linear
interpolation. For example, a four-year
project can be evaluated with a rate equal to
the average of the three-year and five-year
rates. Programs with durations longer than 30
years may use the 30-year interest rate.
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[Docket No. 50–302; NRC–2011–0301]
Facility Operating License Amendment
From Florida Power Corporation,
Crystal River Nuclear Generating Plant,
Unit 3
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License amendment;
opportunity to request a hearing,
petition for leave to intervene, and
order.
AGENCY:
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Requests for a hearing or leave to
intervene must be filed by March 12,
2012. Any potential party as defined in
Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) 2.4 who believes
access to Sensitive Unclassified NonSafeguards Information (SUNSI) is
necessary to respond to this notice must
request document access by January 23,
2012.
ADDRESSES: You can access publicly
available documents related to this
action using the following methods:
• NRC’s Public Document Room
(PDR): The public may examine and
have copied, for a fee, publicly available
documents at the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–
F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
20852.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): Publicly available documents
created or received at the NRC are
available online in the NRC Library at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. From this page, the public
can gain entry into ADAMS, which
provides text and image files of the
NRC’s public documents. If you do not
have access to ADAMS or if there are
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s
PDR reference staff at 1–800–397–4209,
(301) 415–4737, or by email to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The application
for amendment, dated June 15, 2011,
contains proprietary information and,
accordingly, those portions are being
withheld from public disclosure. A
redacted version of the application for
amendment is available electronically
under ADAMS Accession No.
ML112070659.
• Federal Rulemaking Web Site:
Supporting materials related to this
action can be found at https://
www.regulations.gov by searching on
Docket ID NRC–2011–0301.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Siva
P. Lingam, Project Manager, Plant
Licensing Branch II–2, Division of
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301–
415–1564, email: Siva.Lingam@nrc.gov.
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DATES:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is considering issuance of an
amendment to Facility Operating
License No. DPR–72 issued to Florida
Power Corporation for operation of the
Crystal River Nuclear Generating Plant,
Unit 3.
The proposed amendment would
increase the licensed core power level
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for Crystal River Nuclear Generating
Plant, Unit 3 from 2609 megawatts
thermal (MWt) to 3014 MWt. The
increase in core thermal power will be
approximately 15.5 percent over the
current licensed core thermal power
level and is categorized as an extended
power uprate. The proposed
amendment would modify the renewed
facility operating license and the
technical specifications to support
operation at the increased core thermal
power level.
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 amendment will not be issued
prior to a hearing unless the staff makes
a determination that the amendment
involves no significant hazards
considerations. If a request for a hearing
is received, the Commission’s staff may
issue the amendment after it completes
its technical review and prior to the
completion of any required hearing if it
publishes a further notice for public
comment of its proposed finding of no
significant hazards consideration in
accordance with 10 CFR 50.91 and
50.92.
II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing;
Petitions for Leave To Intervene
Requirements for hearing requests and
petitions for leave to intervene are
found in 10 CFR 2.309, ‘‘Hearing
requests, Petitions to intervene,
Requirements for standing, and
Contentions.’’ Interested persons should
consult 10 CFR 2.309, which is available
at the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852 (or call
the PDR at 1–(800) 397–4209 or (301)
415–4737). The NRC regulations are also
accessible online in the NRC’s Library at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html.
Any person whose interest may be
affected by this proceeding and who
wishes to participate as a party in the
proceeding must file a written petition
for leave to intervene. As required by 10
CFR 2.309, a petition for leave to
intervene shall set forth with
particularity the interest of the
requestor/petitioner in the proceeding
and how that interest may be affected by
the results of the proceeding. The
petition must provide the name,
address, and telephone number of the
requestor or petitioner and specifically
explain the reasons why the
intervention should be permitted with
particular reference to the following
factors: (1) The nature of the requestor’s/
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petitioner’s right under the Act to be
made a party to the proceeding; (2) the
nature and extent of the requestor’s/
petitioner’s property, financial, or other
interest in the proceeding; and (3) the
possible effect of any decision or order
which may be entered in the proceeding
on the requestor’s/petitioner’s interest.
A petition for leave to intervene must
also include a specification of the
contentions that the petitioner seeks to
have litigated in the hearing. For each
contention, the requestor/petitioner
must provide a specific statement of the
issue of law or fact to be raised or
controverted, as well as a brief
explanation of the basis for the
contention. Additionally, the requestor/
petitioner must demonstrate that the
issue raised by each contention is
within the scope of the proceeding and
is material to the findings the NRC must
make to support the granting of a license
amendment in response to the
application. The petition must include a
concise statement of the alleged facts or
expert opinions which support the
position of the requestor/petitioner and
on which the requestor/petitioner
intends to rely at hearing, together with
references to the specific sources and
documents on which the requestor/
petitioner intends to rely. Finally, the
petition must provide sufficient
information to show that a genuine
dispute exists with the applicant on a
material issue of law or fact, including
references to specific portions of the
application for amendment that the
requestor/petitioner disputes and the
supporting reasons for each dispute, or,
if the requestor/petitioner believes that
the application for amendment fails to
contain information on a relevant matter
as required by law, the identification of
each failure and the supporting reasons
for the requestor’s/petitioner’s belief.
Each contention must be one which, if
proven, would entitle the requestor/
petitioner to relief.
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 with respect to resolution of
that person’s admitted contentions,
including the opportunity to present
evidence and to submit a crossexamination plan for cross-examination
of witnesses, consistent with NRC
regulations, policies, and procedures.
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
(the Licensing Board) will set the time
and place for any prehearing
conferences and evidentiary hearings,
and the appropriate notices will be
provided.
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Non-timely petitions for leave to
intervene and contentions, amended
petitions, and supplemental petitions
will not be entertained absent a
determination by the Commission, the
Licensing Board or a presiding officer
that the petition should be granted and/
or the contentions should be admitted
based upon a balancing of the factors
specified in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii).
A State, county, municipality,
Federally-recognized Indian tribe, or
agencies thereof, may submit a petition
to the Commission to participate as a
party under 10 CFR 2.309(d)(2). The
petition should state the nature and
extent of the petitioner’s interest in the
proceeding. The petition should be
submitted to the Commission by March
12, 2012. The petition must be filed in
accordance with the filing instructions
in Section III of this document, and
should meet the requirements for
petitions for leave to intervene set forth
in this section, except that State and
Federally-recognized Indian tribes do
not need to address the standing
requirements in 10 CFR 2.309(d)(1) if
the facility is located within its
boundaries. The entities listed above
could also seek to participate in a
hearing as a nonparty pursuant to 10
CFR 2.315(c).
Any person who does not wish, or is
not qualified, to become a party to this
proceeding may request permission to
make a limited appearance pursuant to
the provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A
person making a limited appearance
may make an oral or written statement
of position on the issues, but may not
otherwise participate in the proceeding.
A limited appearance may be made at
any session of the hearing or at any
prehearing conference, subject to such
limits and conditions as may be
imposed by the Licensing Board.
Persons desiring to make a limited
appearance are requested to inform the
Secretary of the Commission by March
12, 2012.
If a hearing is requested, the
Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration. The
final determination will serve to decide
when the hearing is held. If the final
determination is that the amendment
request involves no significant hazards
consideration, the Commission may
issue the amendment and make it
immediately effective, notwithstanding
the request for a hearing. Any hearing
held would take place after issuance of
the amendment. If the final
determination is that the amendment
request involves a significant hazards
consideration, then any hearing held
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would take place before the issuance of
any amendment.
III. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC
adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing, a petition for leave
to intervene, any motion or other
document filed in the proceeding prior
to the submission of a request for
hearing or petition to intervene, and
documents filed by interested
governmental entities participating
under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule
(72 FR 49139, August 28, 2007). The EFiling process requires participants to
submit and serve all adjudicatory
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 an exemption in
accordance with the procedures
described below.
To comply with the procedural
requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the
participant should contact the Office of
the Secretary by email at
hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone
at (301) 415–1677, to request (1) a
digital identification (ID) certificate,
which allows the participant (or its
counsel or representative) to digitally
sign documents and access the ESubmittal server for any proceeding in
which it is participating; and (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be
submitting a request or petition for
hearing (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or
representative, already holds an NRCissued digital ID certificate). Based upon
this information, the Secretary will
establish an electronic docket for the
hearing in this proceeding if the
Secretary has not already established an
electronic docket.
Information about applying for a
digital ID certificate is available on the
NRC’s public Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/
apply-certificates.html. System
requirements for accessing the ESubmittal server are detailed in the
NRC’s ‘‘Guidance for Electronic
Submission,’’ which is available on the
NRC’s public Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. Participants may
attempt to use other software not listed
on the Web site, but should note that the
NRC’s E-Filing system does not support
unlisted software, and the NRC Meta
System Help Desk will not be able to
offer assistance in using unlisted
software.
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If a participant is electronically
submitting a document to the NRC in
accordance with the E-Filing rule, the
participant must file the document
using the NRC’s online, Web-based
submission form. In order to serve
documents through the Electronic
Information Exchange System, users
will be required to install a Web
browser plug-in from the NRC Web site.
Further information on the Web-based
submission form, including the
installation of the Web browser plug-in,
is available on the NRC’s public Web
site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html.
Once a participant has obtained a
digital ID certificate and a docket has
been created, the participant can then
submit a request for hearing or petition
for leave to intervene. Submissions
should be in Portable Document Format
in accordance with the 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 documents are
submitted through the NRC’s E-Filing
system. To be timely, an electronic
filing must be submitted to the E-Filing
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 email notice
confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email
notice that provides access to the
document to the NRC’s 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 using
the agency’s adjudicatory E-Filing
system may seek assistance by
contacting the NRC Meta System Help
Desk through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link
located on the NRC Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html, by email at
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at 1–(866) 672–7640. The NRC
Meta System Help Desk is available
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday,
excluding government holidays.
Participants who believe that they
have a good cause for not submitting
documents electronically must file an
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exemption request, 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: 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. A presiding officer, having
granted an exemption request from
using E-Filing, may require a participant
or party to use E-Filing if the presiding
officer subsequently determines that the
reason for granting the exemption from
use of E-Filing no longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory
proceedings will appear in the NRC’s
electronic hearing docket which is
available to the public at https://
ehd1.nrc.gov/EHD/, unless excluded
pursuant to an order of the Commission,
or the 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,
unless an NRC regulation or other law
requires submission of such
information. 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
submission.
Petitions for leave to intervene must
be filed no later than 60 days from
January 11, 2012. Non-timely filings
will not be entertained absent a
determination by the presiding officer
that the petition or request should be
granted or the contentions should be
admitted, based on a balancing of the
factors specified in 10 CFR
2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii).
Attorney for licensee: David T.
Conley, Associate General Counsel II—
Legal Dept., Progress Energy Service
Company, LLC, Post Office Box 1551,
Raleigh, North Carolina 27602–1551.
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Order Imposing Procedures for Access
to Sensitive Unclassified NonSafeguards Information for Contention
Preparation
A. This Order contains instructions
regarding how potential parties to this
proceeding may request access to
documents containing Sensitive
Unclassified Non-Safeguards
Information (SUNSI).
B. Within 10 days after publication of
this notice of hearing and opportunity to
petition for leave to intervene, any
potential party who believes access to
SUNSI is necessary to respond to this
notice may request such access. A
‘‘potential party’’ is any person who
intends to participate as a party by
demonstrating standing and filing an
admissible contention under 10 CFR
2.309. Requests for access to SUNSI
submitted later than 10 days after
publication will not be considered
absent a showing of good cause for the
late filing, addressing why the request
could not have been filed earlier.
C. The requestor shall submit a letter
requesting permission to access SUNSI
to the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff,
and provide a copy to the Associate
General Counsel for Hearings,
Enforcement and Administration, Office
of the General Counsel, Washington, DC
20555–0001. The expedited delivery or
courier mail address for both offices is:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. The email address for
the Office of the Secretary and the
Office of the General Counsel are
Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov and
OGCmailcenter@nrc.gov, respectively.1
The request must include the following
information:
(1) A description of the licensing
action with a citation to this Federal
Register notice;
(2) The name and address of the
potential party and a description of the
potential party’s particularized interest
that could be harmed by the action
identified in C.(1); and
(3) The identity of the individual or
entity requesting access to SUNSI and
the requestor’s basis for the need for the
information in order to meaningfully
participate in this adjudicatory
proceeding. In particular, the request
must explain why publicly-available
versions of the information requested
would not be sufficient to provide the
basis and specificity for a proffered
contention.
D. Based on an evaluation of the
information submitted under paragraph
C.(3) the NRC staff will determine
within 10 days of receipt of the request
whether:
(1) There is a reasonable basis to
believe the petitioner is likely to
establish standing to participate in this
NRC proceeding; and
(2) The requestor has established a
legitimate need for access to SUNSI.
E. If the NRC staff determines that the
requestor satisfies both D.(1) and D.(2)
above, the NRC staff will notify the
requestor in writing that access to
SUNSI has been granted. The written
notification will contain instructions on
how the requestor may obtain copies of
the requested documents, and any other
conditions that may apply to access to
those documents. These conditions may
include, but are not limited to, the
signing of a Non-Disclosure Agreement
or Affidavit, or Protective Order 2 setting
forth terms and conditions to prevent
the unauthorized or inadvertent
disclosure of SUNSI by each individual
who will be granted access to SUNSI.
F. Filing of Contentions. Any
contentions in these proceedings that
are based upon the information received
as a result of the request made for
SUNSI must be filed by the requestor no
later than 25 days after the requestor is
granted access to that information.
However, if more than 25 days remain
between the date the petitioner is
granted access to the information and
the deadline for filing all other
contentions (as established in the notice
of hearing or opportunity for hearing),
the petitioner may file its SUNSI
contentions by that later deadline.
G. Review of Denials of Access.
(1) If the request for access to SUNSI
is denied by the NRC staff either after
a determination on standing and need
for access, or after a determination on
trustworthiness and reliability, the NRC
staff shall immediately notify the
requestor in writing, briefly stating the
reason or reasons for the denial.
(2) The requestor may challenge the
NRC staff’s adverse determination by
filing a challenge within 5 days of
receipt of that determination with: (a)
The presiding officer designated in this
proceeding; (b) if no presiding officer
has been appointed, the Chief
1 While a request for hearing or petition to
intervene in this proceeding must comply with the
filing requirements of the NRC’s ‘‘E-Filing Rule,’’
the initial request to access SUNSI under these
procedures should be submitted as described in this
paragraph.
2 Any motion for Protective Order or draft NonDisclosure Affidavit or Agreement for SUNSI must
be filed with the presiding officer or the Chief
Administrative Judge if the presiding officer has not
yet been designated, within 30 days of the deadline
for the receipt of the written access request.
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Administrative Judge, or if he or she is
unavailable, another administrative
judge, or an administrative law judge
with jurisdiction pursuant to 10 CFR
2.318(a); or (c) if another officer has
been designated to rule on information
access issues, with that officer.
H. Review of Grants of Access. A
party other than the requestor may
challenge an NRC staff determination
granting access to SUNSI whose release
would harm that party’s interest
independent of the proceeding. Such a
challenge must be filed with the Chief
Administrative Judge within 5 days of
the notification by the NRC staff of its
grant of access.
If challenges to the NRC staff
determinations are filed, these
procedures give way to the normal
process for litigating disputes
concerning access to information. The
availability of interlocutory review by
the Commission of orders ruling on
such NRC staff determinations (whether
granting or denying access) is governed
by 10 CFR 2.311.3
I. The Commission expects that the
NRC staff and presiding officers (and
any other reviewing officers) will
consider and resolve requests for access
to SUNSI, and motions for protective
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orders, in a timely fashion in order to
minimize any unnecessary delays in
identifying those petitioners who have
standing and who have propounded
contentions meeting the specificity and
basis requirements in 10 CFR Part 2.
Attachment 1 to this Order summarizes
the general target schedule for
processing and resolving requests under
these procedures.
It is so ordered.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day
of January 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
ATTACHMENT 1—GENERAL TARGET SCHEDULE FOR PROCESSING AND RESOLVING REQUESTS FOR ACCESS TO SENSITIVE
UNCLASSIFIED NON-SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION IN THIS PROCEEDING
Day
Event/Activity
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Publication of Federal Register notice of hearing and opportunity to petition for leave to intervene, including order with instructions for access requests.
Deadline for submitting requests for access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI) with information:
supporting the standing of a potential party identified by name and address; describing the need for the information in order
for the potential party to participate meaningfully in an adjudicatory proceeding.
Deadline for submitting petition for intervention containing: (i) Demonstration of standing; (ii) all contentions whose formulation
does not require access to SUNSI (+25 Answers to petition for intervention; +7 requestor/petitioner reply).
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff informs the requestor of the staff’s determination whether the request for access
provides a reasonable basis to believe standing can be established and shows need for SUNSI. (NRC staff also informs
any party to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information.) If NRC staff makes the finding of need for SUNSI and likelihood of standing, NRC staff begins document processing
(preparation of redactions or review of redacted documents).
If NRC staff finds no ‘‘need’’ or no likelihood of standing, the deadline for requestor/petitioner to file a motion seeking a ruling
to reverse the NRC staff’s denial of access; NRC staff files copy of access determination with the presiding officer (or Chief
Administrative Judge or other designated officer, as appropriate). If NRC staff finds ‘‘need’’ for SUNSI, the deadline for any
party to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information to
file a motion seeking a ruling to reverse the NRC staff’s grant of access.
Deadline for NRC staff reply to motions to reverse NRC staff determination(s).
(Receipt +30) If NRC staff finds standing and need for SUNSI, deadline for NRC staff to complete information processing and
file motion for Protective Order and draft Non-Disclosure Affidavit. Deadline for applicant/licensee to file Non-Disclosure
Agreement for SUNSI.
If access granted: Issuance of presiding officer or other designated officer decision on motion for protective order for access
to sensitive information (including schedule for providing access and submission of contentions) or decision reversing a
final adverse determination by the NRC staff.
Deadline for filing executed Non-Disclosure Affidavits. Access provided to SUNSI consistent with decision issuing the protective order.
Deadline for submission of contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI. However, if more than 25 days
remain between the petitioner’s receipt of (or access to) the information and the deadline for filing all other contentions (as
established in the notice of hearing or opportunity for hearing), the petitioner may file its SUNSI contentions by that later
deadline.
(Contention receipt +25) Answers to contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI.
(Answer receipt +7) Petitioner/Intervenor reply to answers.
Decision on contention admission.
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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 52–016–COL; ASLBP No. 09–
874–02–COL–BD01]
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board;
Calvert Cliffs 3 Nuclear Project, LLC,
and UniStar Nuclear Operating
Services, LLC; Combined License
Application for Calvert Cliffs Unit 3
November 9, 2011.
Before Administrative Judges: Ronald M.
Spritzer, Chairman, Dr. Gary S. Arnold, Dr.
William W. Sager.
Notice
Notice of Evidentiary Hearing and
Opportunity To Provide Oral and
Written Limited Appearance Statements
The Atomic Safety and Licensing
Board hereby gives notice that it will
convene an evidentiary session to
receive testimony and exhibits in the
contested portion of this proceeding
regarding the application (COLA) by
Calvert Cliffs 3 Nuclear Project, L.L.C.,
and UniStar Nuclear Operating Services,
L.L.C. (Applicants) for a combined
license (COL) to construct and operate
one U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor
(U.S. EPR) to be located adjacent to the
existing Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power
Plant (CCNPP), Units 1 and 2, near
Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland. In
addition, the Board gives notice that, in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.315(a), it will
entertain oral and written limited
appearance statements from members of
the public in connection with this
proceeding.
I. Matter To Be Considered
This evidentiary hearing will consider
one environmental contention,
Contention 10C. Contention 10C, as
restated by the Board, alleges that:
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The DEIS discussion of a combination of
alternatives is inadequate and faulty. By
selecting a single alternative that under
represents potential contributions of wind
and solar power, the combination alternative
depends excessively on the natural gas
supplement, thus unnecessarily burdening
this alternative with excessive environmental
impacts.1
II. Date, Time, and Location of
Environmental Portion of the Contested
Hearing
The evidentiary hearing will
commence at 9:30 a.m., Eastern
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Standard Time (EST) on Thursday,
January 26, 2012, at the Albright
Building, 205 Main Street, Prince
Frederick, Maryland 20678. The hearing
will resume at 9:30 a.m. EST on Friday,
January 27, 2012, if necessary. Parties
and members of the public are requested
to park in the offsite parking lot, which
is within walking distance of the
hearing venue, located at 200 Duke
Street, Prince Frederick, Maryland
20678.
Members of the public and
representatives of the media are
welcome to attend and observe this
evidentiary hearing. However, all signs,
banners, posters, demonstrations, and
displays are prohibited in accordance
with NRC policy.2
All individuals attending the
evidentiary hearing are advised that
security measures will be employed at
the entrance to the facility. As such, all
individuals attending the evidentiary
hearing should bring at least one form
of government issued photo
identification, refrain from bringing any
unnecessary hand-carried items that
might need to be examined
individually, and allow sufficient time
for security screening.
III. Date, Time, and Location of Oral
Limited Appearance Statement Session
An oral limited appearance statement
session regarding this Calvert Cliffs
evidentiary hearing proceeding will be
held on Wednesday, January 25, 2012,
from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST and from
7 to 8:30 p.m. EST at the Calvert Marine
Museum, 14150 Solomons Island Road,
Solomons, MD 20688.
Members of the public and
representatives of the media are
welcome to attend, observe, and
participate in this oral limited
appearance statement session, as
outlined below. As required by NRC
policy, signs, banners, posters, and
displays not larger than 18″ x 18″ will
be permitted at the oral limited
appearance statement session, but may
not be waved or held over one’s head.
Any sign, banner, poster or display
affixed to a stick, or similar device, will
not be permitted at the oral limited
appearance statement session.3
All individuals attending the oral
limited appearance statement session
are advised that security measures will
be employed at the entrance to the
facility. As such, all individuals
attending the oral limited appearance
statement session should bring at least
2 See Procedures for Providing Security Support
for NRC Public Meetings/Hearings, 66 FR 31,719
(June 12, 2001) [hereinafter Meeting Security
Guidelines].
3 See Meeting Security Guidelines.
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one form of government issued photo
identification, refrain from bringing any
unnecessary hand-carried items that
might need to be examined
individually, and allow sufficient time
for security screening.
IV. Participation Guidelines for Oral
Limited Appearance Statements
Any person not a party, or the
representative of a party, to this
mandatory hearing proceeding will be
permitted to make an oral statement
setting forth his or her position on
matter of concern relating to the
proceeding. Though these statements do
not constitute testimony or evidence,
they nonetheless may aid the Board
and/or the parties in their consideration
of the issues involved in this
evidentiary hearing.
Oral limited appearance statements
will be entertained during the hours
specified above. In the event that all
scheduled and unscheduled speakers
present at the session have made a
presentation, the Board reserves the
right to terminate the session prior to
the ending time listed above.
The time allotted for each limited
appearance statement will be five
minutes, but may be further limited
depending on the number of written
requests to make an oral statement that
are submitted in accordance with
section V below and/or the number or
persons present at the designated time,
so as to ensure that everyone will have
an opportunity to speak.
V. Submitting a Request to Make an
Oral Limited Appearance Statement
A person wishing to make an oral
statement who has submitted a timely
written request to do so will be given
priority over those who have not filed
such a request. To be considered timely,
a written request to make an oral
statement must either be mailed, faxed,
or sent by email so as to be received by
5 p.m. EST on Friday, January 13, 2012.
Written requests to make an oral
statement should be submitted to:
Mail: Administrative Judge Ronald M.
Spritzer, Atomic Safety and Licensing
Board Panel, Mail Stop T–3F23, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001.
Fax: (301) 415–5599.
Email: kirsten.stoddard@nrc.gov and
ronald.spritzer@nrc.gov.
VI. Submitting Written Limited
Appearance Statements
As provided in 10 CFR 2.315(a), any
person not a party, or a representative
of a party, to the proceeding may submit
a written statement setting forth his or
her position on matters of concern
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-302; NRC-2011-0301]
Facility Operating License Amendment From Florida Power
Corporation, Crystal River Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 3
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License amendment; opportunity to request a hearing, petition
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DATES: Requests for a hearing or leave to intervene must be filed by
March 12, 2012. Any potential party as defined in Title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.4 who believes access to Sensitive
Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI) is necessary to respond
to this notice must request document access by January 23, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You can access publicly available documents related to this
action using the following methods:
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine
and have copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's
PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC
are available online in the NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain entry into ADAMS,
which provides text and image files of the NRC's public documents. If
you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing
the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR reference staff
at 1-800-397-4209, (301) 415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
The application for amendment, dated June 15, 2011, contains
proprietary information and, accordingly, those portions are being
withheld from public disclosure. A redacted version of the application
for amendment is available electronically under ADAMS Accession No.
ML112070659.
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Supporting materials related
to this action can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching
on Docket ID NRC-2011-0301.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Siva P. Lingam, Project Manager, Plant
Licensing Branch II-2, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301-415-1564, email:
Siva.Lingam@nrc.gov.
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is
considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No.
DPR-72 issued to Florida Power Corporation for operation of the Crystal
River Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 3.
The proposed amendment would increase the licensed core power level
for Crystal River Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 3 from 2609 megawatts
thermal (MWt) to 3014 MWt. The increase in core thermal power will be
approximately 15.5 percent over the current licensed core thermal power
level and is categorized as an extended power uprate. The proposed
amendment would modify the renewed facility operating license and the
technical specifications to support operation at the increased core
thermal power level.
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 amendment will not be issued prior to a hearing unless the
staff makes a determination that the amendment involves no significant
hazards considerations. If a request for a hearing is received, the
Commission's staff may issue the amendment after it completes its
technical review and prior to the completion of any required hearing if
it publishes a further notice for public comment of its proposed
finding of no significant hazards consideration in accordance with 10
CFR 50.91 and 50.92.
II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing; Petitions for Leave To Intervene
Requirements for hearing requests and petitions for leave to
intervene are found in 10 CFR 2.309, ``Hearing requests, Petitions to
intervene, Requirements for standing, and Contentions.'' Interested
persons should consult 10 CFR 2.309, which is available at the NRC's
PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852 (or call the PDR at 1-(800) 397-4209 or (301)
415-4737). The NRC regulations are also accessible online in the NRC's
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and
who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a
written petition for leave to intervene. As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a
petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the
interest of the requestor/petitioner in the proceeding and how that
interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding. The petition
must provide the name, address, and telephone number of the requestor
or petitioner and specifically explain the reasons why the intervention
should be permitted with particular reference to the following factors:
(1) The nature of the requestor's/petitioner's right under the Act to
be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of the
requestor's/petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the
proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any decision or order which
may be entered in the proceeding on the requestor's/petitioner's
interest.
A petition for leave to intervene must also include a specification
of the contentions that the petitioner seeks to have litigated in the
hearing. For each contention, the requestor/petitioner must provide a
specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or
controverted, as well as a brief explanation of the basis for the
contention. Additionally, the requestor/petitioner must demonstrate
that the issue raised by each contention is within the scope of the
proceeding and is material to the findings the NRC must make to support
the granting of a license amendment in response to the application. The
petition must include a concise statement of the alleged facts or
expert opinions which support the position of the requestor/petitioner
and on which the requestor/petitioner intends to rely at hearing,
together with references to the specific sources and documents on which
the requestor/petitioner intends to rely. Finally, the petition must
provide sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists
with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact, including
references to specific portions of the application for amendment that
the requestor/petitioner disputes and the supporting reasons for each
dispute, or, if the requestor/petitioner believes that the application
for amendment fails to contain information on a relevant matter as
required by law, the identification of each failure and the supporting
reasons for the requestor's/petitioner's belief. Each contention must
be one which, if proven, would entitle the requestor/petitioner to
relief.
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 with respect to resolution of that person's admitted
contentions, including the opportunity to present evidence and to
submit a cross-examination plan for cross-examination of witnesses,
consistent with NRC regulations, policies, and procedures. The Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board (the Licensing Board) will set the time and
place for any prehearing conferences and evidentiary hearings, and the
appropriate notices will be provided.
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Non-timely petitions for leave to intervene and contentions,
amended petitions, and supplemental petitions will not be entertained
absent a determination by the Commission, the Licensing Board or a
presiding officer that the petition should be granted and/or the
contentions should be admitted based upon a balancing of the factors
specified in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)-(viii).
A State, county, municipality, Federally-recognized Indian tribe,
or agencies thereof, may submit a petition to the Commission to
participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(d)(2). The petition should
state the nature and extent of the petitioner's interest in the
proceeding. The petition should be submitted to the Commission by March
12, 2012. The petition must be filed in accordance with the filing
instructions in Section III of this document, and should meet the
requirements for petitions for leave to intervene set forth in this
section, except that State and Federally-recognized Indian tribes do
not need to address the standing requirements in 10 CFR 2.309(d)(1) if
the facility is located within its boundaries. The entities listed
above could also seek to participate in a hearing as a nonparty
pursuant to 10 CFR 2.315(c).
Any person who does not wish, or is not qualified, to become a
party to this proceeding may request permission to make a limited
appearance pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person
making a limited appearance may make an oral or written statement of
position on the issues, but may not otherwise participate in the
proceeding. A limited appearance may be made at any session of the
hearing or at any prehearing conference, subject to such limits and
conditions as may be imposed by the Licensing Board. Persons desiring
to make a limited appearance are requested to inform the Secretary of
the Commission by March 12, 2012.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The
final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held. If
the final determination is that the amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the
amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the
request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance
of the amendment. If the final determination is that the amendment
request involves a significant hazards consideration, then any hearing
held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
III. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing, a petition for leave to intervene, any motion or
other document filed in the proceeding prior to the submission of a
request for hearing or petition to intervene, and documents filed by
interested governmental entities participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c),
must be filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139,
August 28, 2007). The E-Filing process requires participants to submit
and serve all adjudicatory 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 an exemption in
accordance with the procedures described below.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email at hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by
telephone at (301) 415-1677, to request (1) a digital identification
(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 (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a request or
petition for hearing (even in instances in which the participant, or
its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-issued digital ID
certificate). Based upon this information, the Secretary will establish
an electronic docket for the hearing in this proceeding if the
Secretary has not already established an electronic docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on the NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/apply-certificates.html. System requirements for accessing
the E-Submittal server are detailed in the NRC's ``Guidance for
Electronic Submission,'' which is available on the NRC's public Web
site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. Participants
may attempt to use other software not listed on the Web site, but
should note that the NRC's E-Filing system does not support unlisted
software, and the NRC Meta System Help Desk will not be able to offer
assistance in using unlisted software.
If a participant is electronically submitting a document to the NRC
in accordance with the E-Filing rule, the participant must file the
document using the NRC's online, Web-based submission form. In order to
serve documents through the Electronic Information Exchange System,
users will be required to install a Web browser plug-in from the NRC
Web site. Further information on the Web-based submission form,
including the installation of the Web browser plug-in, is available on
the NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
Once a participant has obtained a digital ID certificate and a
docket has been created, the participant can then submit a request for
hearing or petition for leave to intervene. Submissions should be in
Portable Document Format in accordance with the 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
documents are submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be
timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing 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 email notice confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email notice that provides access
to the document to the NRC's 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 using the agency's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC Meta System
Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC Web site
at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by email at
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll-free call at 1-(866) 672-7640. The
NRC Meta System Help Desk is available between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, excluding government holidays.
Participants who believe that they have a good cause for not
submitting documents electronically must file an
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exemption request, 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: 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. A
presiding officer, having granted an exemption request from using E-
Filing, may require a participant or party to use E-Filing if the
presiding officer subsequently determines that the reason for granting
the exemption from use of E-Filing no longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the
NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at
https://ehd1.nrc.gov/EHD/, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
Commission, or the 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, unless an NRC
regulation or other law requires submission of such information. 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 submission.
Petitions for leave to intervene must be filed no later than 60
days from January 11, 2012. Non-timely filings will not be entertained
absent a determination by the presiding officer that the petition or
request should be granted or the contentions should be admitted, based
on a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)-
(viii).
Attorney for licensee: David T. Conley, Associate General Counsel
II--Legal Dept., Progress Energy Service Company, LLC, Post Office Box
1551, Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551.
Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-
Safeguards Information for Contention Preparation
A. This Order contains instructions regarding how potential parties
to this proceeding may request access to documents containing Sensitive
Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI).
B. Within 10 days after publication of this notice of hearing and
opportunity to petition for leave to intervene, any potential party who
believes access to SUNSI is necessary to respond to this notice may
request such access. A ``potential party'' is any person who intends to
participate as a party by demonstrating standing and filing an
admissible contention under 10 CFR 2.309. Requests for access to SUNSI
submitted later than 10 days after publication will not be considered
absent a showing of good cause for the late filing, addressing why the
request could not have been filed earlier.
C. The requestor shall submit a letter requesting permission to
access SUNSI to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff, and provide a copy to the Associate General
Counsel for Hearings, Enforcement and Administration, Office of the
General Counsel, Washington, DC 20555-0001. The expedited delivery or
courier mail address for both offices is: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The email
address for the Office of the Secretary and the Office of the General
Counsel are Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov and OGCmailcenter@nrc.gov,
respectively.\1\ The request must include the following information:
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(1) A description of the licensing action with a citation to this
Federal Register notice;
(2) The name and address of the potential party and a description
of the potential party's particularized interest that could be harmed
by the action identified in C.(1); and
(3) The identity of the individual or entity requesting access to
SUNSI and the requestor's basis for the need for the information in
order to meaningfully participate in this adjudicatory proceeding. In
particular, the request must explain why publicly-available versions of
the information requested would not be sufficient to provide the basis
and specificity for a proffered contention.
D. Based on an evaluation of the information submitted under
paragraph C.(3) the NRC staff will determine within 10 days of receipt
of the request whether:
(1) There is a reasonable basis to believe the petitioner is likely
to establish standing to participate in this NRC proceeding; and
(2) The requestor has established a legitimate need for access to
SUNSI.
E. If the NRC staff determines that the requestor satisfies both
D.(1) and D.(2) above, the NRC staff will notify the requestor in
writing that access to SUNSI has been granted. The written notification
will contain instructions on how the requestor may obtain copies of the
requested documents, and any other conditions that may apply to access
to those documents. These conditions may include, but are not limited
to, the signing of a Non-Disclosure Agreement or Affidavit, or
Protective Order \2\ setting forth terms and conditions to prevent the
unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of SUNSI by each individual who
will be granted access to SUNSI.
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\2\ Any motion for Protective Order or draft Non-Disclosure
Affidavit or Agreement for SUNSI must be filed with the presiding
officer or the Chief Administrative Judge if the presiding officer
has not yet been designated, within 30 days of the deadline for the
receipt of the written access request.
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F. Filing of Contentions. Any contentions in these proceedings that
are based upon the information received as a result of the request made
for SUNSI must be filed by the requestor no later than 25 days after
the requestor is granted access to that information. However, if more
than 25 days remain between the date the petitioner is granted access
to the information and the deadline for filing all other contentions
(as established in the notice of hearing or opportunity for hearing),
the petitioner may file its SUNSI contentions by that later deadline.
G. Review of Denials of Access.
(1) If the request for access to SUNSI is denied by the NRC staff
either after a determination on standing and need for access, or after
a determination on trustworthiness and reliability, the NRC staff shall
immediately notify the requestor in writing, briefly stating the reason
or reasons for the denial.
(2) The requestor may challenge the NRC staff's adverse
determination by filing a challenge within 5 days of receipt of that
determination with: (a) The presiding officer designated in this
proceeding; (b) if no presiding officer has been appointed, the Chief
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Administrative Judge, or if he or she is unavailable, another
administrative judge, or an administrative law judge with jurisdiction
pursuant to 10 CFR 2.318(a); or (c) if another officer has been
designated to rule on information access issues, with that officer.
H. Review of Grants of Access. A party other than the requestor may
challenge an NRC staff determination granting access to SUNSI whose
release would harm that party's interest independent of the proceeding.
Such a challenge must be filed with the Chief Administrative Judge
within 5 days of the notification by the NRC staff of its grant of
access.
If challenges to the NRC staff determinations are filed, these
procedures give way to the normal process for litigating disputes
concerning access to information. The availability of interlocutory
review by the Commission of orders ruling on such NRC staff
determinations (whether granting or denying access) is governed by 10
CFR 2.311.\3\
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\3\ Requestors should note that the filing requirements of the
NRC's E-Filing Rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007) apply to appeals
of NRC staff determinations (because they must be served on a
presiding officer or the Commission, as applicable), but not to the
initial SUNSI request submitted to the NRC staff under these
procedures.
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I. The Commission expects that the NRC staff and presiding officers
(and any other reviewing officers) will consider and resolve requests
for access to SUNSI, and motions for protective orders, in a timely
fashion in order to minimize any unnecessary delays in identifying
those petitioners who have standing and who have propounded contentions
meeting the specificity and basis requirements in 10 CFR Part 2.
Attachment 1 to this Order summarizes the general target schedule for
processing and resolving requests under these procedures.
It is so ordered.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of January 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
Attachment 1--General Target Schedule for Processing and Resolving
Requests for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information
in This Proceeding
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Day Event/Activity
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0........................ Publication of Federal Register notice of
hearing and opportunity to petition for
leave to intervene, including order with
instructions for access requests.
10....................... Deadline for submitting requests for access
to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards
Information (SUNSI) with information:
supporting the standing of a potential party
identified by name and address; describing
the need for the information in order for
the potential party to participate
meaningfully in an adjudicatory proceeding.
60....................... Deadline for submitting petition for
intervention containing: (i) Demonstration
of standing; (ii) all contentions whose
formulation does not require access to SUNSI
(+25 Answers to petition for intervention;
+7 requestor/petitioner reply).
20....................... Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff
informs the requestor of the staff's
determination whether the request for access
provides a reasonable basis to believe
standing can be established and shows need
for SUNSI. (NRC staff also informs any party
to the proceeding whose interest independent
of the proceeding would be harmed by the
release of the information.) If NRC staff
makes the finding of need for SUNSI and
likelihood of standing, NRC staff begins
document processing (preparation of
redactions or review of redacted documents).
25....................... If NRC staff finds no ``need'' or no
likelihood of standing, the deadline for
requestor/petitioner to file a motion
seeking a ruling to reverse the NRC staff's
denial of access; NRC staff files copy of
access determination with the presiding
officer (or Chief Administrative Judge or
other designated officer, as appropriate).
If NRC staff finds ``need'' for SUNSI, the
deadline for any party to the proceeding
whose interest independent of the proceeding
would be harmed by the release of the
information to file a motion seeking a
ruling to reverse the NRC staff's grant of
access.
30....................... Deadline for NRC staff reply to motions to
reverse NRC staff determination(s).
40....................... (Receipt +30) If NRC staff finds standing and
need for SUNSI, deadline for NRC staff to
complete information processing and file
motion for Protective Order and draft Non-
Disclosure Affidavit. Deadline for applicant/
licensee to file Non-Disclosure Agreement
for SUNSI.
A........................ If access granted: Issuance of presiding
officer or other designated officer decision
on motion for protective order for access to
sensitive information (including schedule
for providing access and submission of
contentions) or decision reversing a final
adverse determination by the NRC staff.
A + 3.................... Deadline for filing executed Non-Disclosure
Affidavits. Access provided to SUNSI
consistent with decision issuing the
protective order.
A + 28................... Deadline for submission of contentions whose
development depends upon access to SUNSI.
However, if more than 25 days remain between
the petitioner's receipt of (or access to)
the information and the deadline for filing
all other contentions (as established in the
notice of hearing or opportunity for
hearing), the petitioner may file its SUNSI
contentions by that later deadline.
A + 53................... (Contention receipt +25) Answers to
contentions whose development depends upon
access to SUNSI.
A + 60................... (Answer receipt +7) Petitioner/Intervenor
reply to answers.
>A + 60.................. Decision on contention admission.
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