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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 7 / Wednesday, January 11, 2012 / Notices relating to this proceeding. Although these statements do not constitute testimony or evidence, they nonetheless may assist the Board or the parties in their consideration of the issues in this proceeding. A written limited appearance statement may be submitted at any time and should be sent to the Office of the Secretary using one of the methods prescribed below: Mail: Office of the Secretary, Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20444–0001. Fax: (301) 415–1101. Email: hearingdocket@nrc.gov. In addition, using the same method of service, a copy of the written limited appearance statement should be sent to the Chairman of this Licensing Board as follows: Mail: Administrative Judge Ronald M. Spritzer, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, Mail Stop T–3F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Fax: (301) 415–5599. Email: ronald.spritzer@nrc.gov. VII. Availability of Documentary Information Regarding the Proceeding Applicants’ application, along with various NRC Staff documents relating to the application, are available on the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/ reactors/new-reactors/col/calvertcliffs.html. These and other documents relating to this proceeding are available for public inspection at the Commission’s Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, 20352, or electronically from the publiclyavailable records component of the NRC’s document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC web site at www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/ html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).4 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 (800) 397–4209 or (301) 415–4737 (available between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday except federal holiday), or by email to pdr@nrc.gov. pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES VIII. Conference Call The Board intends on holding a conference call with the parties in early 4 Some documents determined by the staff to contain ‘‘sensitive’’ information are publicly available only in redacted form; non-sensitive documents are publicly available in their complete form. In addition, some documents that may contain information proprietary to AES are publicly available only in redacted form. VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:02 Jan 10, 2012 Jkt 226001 January to discuss further administrative details regarding this evidentiary hearing. It is so ordered. Dated in Rockville, Maryland, November 9, 2011. For the Atomic Safety And Licensing Board.5 Ronald M. Spritzer, Chairman, Administrative Judge. [FR Doc. 2012–335 Filed 1–10–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2011–0288] Preliminary Amendment Request Review Process Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft interim staff guidance; request for comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is issuing for use of, and to solicit public comment on, draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) COL–ISG–025 ‘‘Interim Staff Guidance on Changes During Construction Under 10 CFR Part 52.’’ This ISG provides guidance to the NRC staff on the Preliminary Amendment Request (PAR) review process available to the initial combined license (COL) holders for use as an elective precursor to the license amendment process. DATES: Submit comments by March 26, 2012. Comments received after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC–2011–0288 in the subject line of your comments. For additional instructions on submitting comments and instructions on accessing documents related to this action, see ‘‘Submitting Comments and Accessing Information’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. You may submit comments by any one of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC–2011–0288. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, SUMMARY: 5 Copies of this order were sent on this date by the agency’s E-Filing system to the counsel/ representatives for: (1) Joint Intervenors Nuclear Information and Resource Services, Beyond Nuclear, Public Citizen Energy Program, and Southern Maryland Citizens Alliance for Renewable Energy Solutions; (2) UniStar Nuclear Operating Services, LLC and Calvert Cliffs-3 Nuclear Project, LLC; (3) NRC Staff; and (4) State of Maryland. PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 1749 telephone: (301) 492–3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. • Fax comments to: RADB at (301) 492–3446. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amy E. Cubbage, Chief, Policy Branch, Division of Advance Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: (301) 415–6332, email: Amy.Cubbage@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Submitting Comments and Accessing Information Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site, https:// www.regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against including any information in your submission that you do not want to be publicly disclosed. The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not include any information in their comments that they do not want publicly disclosed. You can access publicly available documents related to this document 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, 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 E:\FR\FM\11JAN1.SGM 11JAN1 1750 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 7 / Wednesday, January 11, 2012 / Notices pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The COL–ISG– 025 ‘‘Interim Staff Guidance on Changes During Construction Under 10 CFR Part 52’’ is available electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML111530026. • Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Public comments and supporting materials related to this notice can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC–2011– 0288. Background pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES The NRC staff is issuing this notice for use of, and to solicit public comments on, draft COL–ISG–025. This ISG provides guidance to the staff on the PAR review process available to the initial Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 52 COL holders for use as an elective precursor to the license amendment process. The PAR process will facilitate the installation and testing of plant changes during construction. The NRC staff intends to use and evaluate the PAR change process during the construction of the initial nuclear power plants licensed under 10 CFR part 52 and finalize this ISG for inclusion in the next major revision of Regulatory Guide 1.187, ‘‘Guidance for Implementation of 10 CFR 50.59, Changes, Tests, and Experiments,’’ November 2000 (ADAMS Accession No. ML003759710). Licensees may voluntarily follow the PAR process described in this draft ISG. Because the PAR process in this ISG is only in draft form, it does not represent a staff position under 10 CFR 50.109 or raise any issue finality concerns under 10 CFR part 52. For this reason, if the NRC staff makes any changes to this draft ISG when it finalizes the ISG, these changes would not constitute ‘‘new’’ or ‘‘different’’ staff positions within the meaning of the definition of ‘‘backfitting’’ in 10 CFR 50.109(a)(1) nor an action inconsistent with any of the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of December 2011. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Amy E. Cubbage, Chief, Policy Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. 2012–342 Filed 1–10–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:02 Jan 10, 2012 Jkt 226001 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. A2012–99; Order No. 1100] Post Office Closing Postal Regulatory Commission. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Elk River, Idaho post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, petitioners, and others to take appropriate action. DATES: January 24, 2012, 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time: Deadline for Petitioner’s Form 61; February 13, 2012, 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time: Deadline for answering brief in support of the Postal Service. See the Procedural Schedule in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for other dates of interest. ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically by accessing the ‘‘Filing Online’’ link in the banner at the top of the Commission’s Web site (https:// www.prc.gov) or by directly accessing the Commission’s Filing Online system at https://www.prc.gov/prc-pages/filingonline/login.aspx. Commenters who cannot submit their views electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section as the source for case-related information for advice on alternatives to electronic filing. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, at (202) 789–6820 (case-related information) or DocketAdmins@prc.gov (electronic filing assistance). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 404(d), the Commission received a petition for review of the Postal Service’s determination to close the Elk River post office in Elk River, Idaho. The petition for review received December 20, 2011, was filed by Dawn Tillson (Petitioner). The postmark date is December 13, 2011. The Commission hereby institutes a proceeding under 39 U.S.C. 404(d)(5) and establishes Docket No. A2012–99 to consider Petitioner’s appeal. If Petitioner would like to further explain her position with supplemental information or facts, Petitioner may either file a Participant Statement on PRC Form 61 or file a brief with the Commission no later than January 24, 2012. Notwithstanding the Postal Service’s determination to close this post office, on December 15, 2011, the Postal Service advised the Commission that it ‘‘will delay the closing or consolidation SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 of any Post Office until May 15, 2012.’’ 1 The Postal Service further indicated that it ‘‘will proceed with the discontinuance process for any Post Office in which a Final Determination was already posted as of December 12, 2011, including all pending appeals.’’ Id. It stated that the only ‘‘Post Offices’’ subject to closing prior to May 16, 2012, are those that were not in operation on, and for which a Final Determination was posted as of, December 12, 2011. It affirmed that it ‘‘will not close or consolidate any other Post Office prior to May 16, 2012.’’ Id. Lastly, the Postal Service requested the Commission ‘‘to continue adjudicating appeals as provided in the 120-day decisional schedule for each proceeding.’’ Id. The Postal Service’s Notice outlines the parameters of its newly announced discontinuance policy. Pursuant to the Postal Service’s request, the Commission will fulfill its appellate responsibilities under 39 U.S.C. 404(d)(5). Categories of issues apparently raised. Petitioner contends that the Postal Service failed to consider the effect of the closing on the community (see 39 U.S.C. 404(d)(2)(A)(i)). After the Postal Service files the administrative record and the Commission reviews it, the Commission may find that there are more legal issues than those set forth above, or that the Postal Service’s determination disposes of one or more of those issues. The deadline for the Postal Service to file the applicable administrative record is within 15 days after the date on which the petition for review was filed with the Commission. See 39 CFR 3001.113. In addition, the due date for any responsive pleading by the Postal Service is also within 15 days after the date on which the petition for review was filed with the Commission. Availability; Web site posting. The Commission has posted the appeal and supporting material on its Web site at https://www.prc.gov. Additional filings in this case and participant’s submissions also will be posted on the Web site, if provided in electronic format or amenable to conversion, and not subject to a valid protective order. Information on how to use the Commission’s Web site is available online or by contacting the Commission’s webmaster via telephone at (202) 789–6873 or via electronic mail at prc-webmaster@prc.gov. The appeal and all related documents are also available for public inspection 1 United States Postal Service Notice of Status of the Moratorium on Post Office Discontinuance Actions, December 15, 2011, (Notice). E:\FR\FM\11JAN1.SGM 11JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2012)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2011-0288]


Preliminary Amendment Request Review Process

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft interim staff guidance; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) 
is issuing for use of, and to solicit public comment on, draft Interim 
Staff Guidance (ISG) COL-ISG-025 ``Interim Staff Guidance on Changes 
During Construction Under 10 CFR Part 52.'' This ISG provides guidance 
to the NRC staff on the Preliminary Amendment Request (PAR) review 
process available to the initial combined license (COL) holders for use 
as an elective precursor to the license amendment process.

DATES: Submit comments by March 26, 2012. Comments received after this 
date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the 
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received 
on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC-2011-0288 in the subject line 
of your comments. For additional instructions on submitting comments 
and instructions on accessing documents related to this action, see 
``Submitting Comments and Accessing Information'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document. You may submit comments by any 
one of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-
2011-0288. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 
telephone: (301) 492-3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, 
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.
     Fax comments to: RADB at (301) 492-3446.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amy E. Cubbage, Chief, Policy 
Branch, Division of Advance Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New 
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: (301) 415-6332, email: Amy.Cubbage@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Submitting Comments and Accessing Information

    Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be posted 
on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site, https://www.regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to remove 
any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against 
including any information in your submission that you do not want to be 
publicly disclosed.
    The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments 
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those 
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any 
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not 
include any information in their comments that they do not want 
publicly disclosed.
    You can access publicly available documents related to this 
document 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, 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

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pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The COL-ISG-025 ``Interim Staff Guidance on 
Changes During Construction Under 10 CFR Part 52'' is available 
electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML111530026.
     Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Public comments and 
supporting materials related to this notice can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC-2011-0288.

Background

    The NRC staff is issuing this notice for use of, and to solicit 
public comments on, draft COL-ISG-025. This ISG provides guidance to 
the staff on the PAR review process available to the initial Title 10 
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 52 COL holders for use 
as an elective precursor to the license amendment process. The PAR 
process will facilitate the installation and testing of plant changes 
during construction. The NRC staff intends to use and evaluate the PAR 
change process during the construction of the initial nuclear power 
plants licensed under 10 CFR part 52 and finalize this ISG for 
inclusion in the next major revision of Regulatory Guide 1.187, 
``Guidance for Implementation of 10 CFR 50.59, Changes, Tests, and 
Experiments,'' November 2000 (ADAMS Accession No. ML003759710).
    Licensees may voluntarily follow the PAR process described in this 
draft ISG. Because the PAR process in this ISG is only in draft form, 
it does not represent a staff position under 10 CFR 50.109 or raise any 
issue finality concerns under 10 CFR part 52. For this reason, if the 
NRC staff makes any changes to this draft ISG when it finalizes the 
ISG, these changes would not constitute ``new'' or ``different'' staff 
positions within the meaning of the definition of ``backfitting'' in 10 
CFR 50.109(a)(1) nor an action inconsistent with any of the issue 
finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of December 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Amy E. Cubbage,
Chief, Policy Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking, 
Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2012-342 Filed 1-10-12; 8:45 am]
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