Central Vermont Public Service Corporation, Millstone Power Station, Unit 3; Notice of Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Facility Operating License, Conforming Amendment and Opportunity for a Hearing, 42768-42771 [2012-17729]

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Members of the public who wish to attend the meeting should telephone ONDCP’s Maternal, Fetal, and Infant Opioid Exposure and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome telephone line at (202) 395– 7454 to arrange building access. To Attend or For Further Information Contact: Cecelia Spitznas, Ph.D. at (202) 395–7454 or email rsvp@ondcp.eop.gov. Dated: July 16, 2012. Linda V. Priebe, Deputy General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2012–17679 Filed 7–19–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3180–W1–P Policy. ACTION: Notice. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION An ONDCP Leadership Meeting on Maternal, Fetal and Infant Opioid Exposure and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) will bring together leaders in the field of policy, opioid exposed infants, pain treatment during pregnancy, and addiction treatment during and after pregnancy. 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The specific conference objectives are: (1) To share research findings concerning the NAS epidemic and its costs; (2) to begin a national discussion concerning promising and best practices mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:18 Jul 19, 2012 Jkt 226001 Advisory Committee for Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Notice of Meeting In accordance with Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the following meeting: Name: Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee (MPSAC). #66. Date/Time: August 16, 2012 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Place: National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230, Room 1235. Type of Meeting: Open. Contact Person: Dr. Morris L. Aizenman, Senior Science Associate, Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Room 1005, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. (703) 292–8807. Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and recommendations concerning NSF science and education activities within the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences. PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Agenda: Report of the Portfolio Review subcommittee for the Division of Astronomical Science Report of the NSF Materials 2022 subcommittee for the Division of Materials Research. Summary Minutes: May be obtained from the contact person listed above. Dated: July 17, 2012. Susanne E. Bolton, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2012–17698 Filed 7–19–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–423; NRC–2012–0044] Central Vermont Public Service Corporation, Millstone Power Station, Unit 3; Notice of Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Facility Operating License, Conforming Amendment and Opportunity for a Hearing Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of request for license transfer and conforming license, opportunity to comment, opportunity to request a hearing. AGENCY: Comments must be filed by August 20, 2012. A request for a hearing must be filed by August 9, 2012. ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC–2012–0044 in the subject line of your comments. 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 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–2012–0044. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 301–492–3668; email Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. DATES: E:\FR\FM\20JYN1.SGM 20JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 140 / Friday, July 20, 2012 / Notices mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Mail comments to: 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. You can access publicly available documents related to this notice 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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The application dated September 9, 2011, as supplemented by letters dated November 4, 2011, April 6, 2012, May 4, 2012 and June 26, 2012 are available electronically under ADAMS Accession Nos. ML11256A051, ML11311A148, ML12100A017, ML12128A433 and ML12180A123, respectively. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Kim, Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I–1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone: 301–415–4125: fax number: 301–415– 2102; email: james.kim@nrc.gov. Background The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering the issuance of an order under 10 CFR 50.80 approving the transfer of control of Central Vermont Public Service Corporation (CVPS)’ interest in the Renewed Facility Operating License (No. NPF–49) for the Millstone Power Station, Unit 3 (MPS3) resulting from a subsequent restructuring in which CVPS will be ´ consolidated with Gaz Metro Limited ´ Partnership (Gaz Metro)’s existing U.S. subsidiary Green Mountain Power Corporation (GMP). The Commission is also considering amending the license for administrative purposes to reflect the proposed transfer. By Order dated VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:18 Jul 19, 2012 Jkt 226001 June 15, 2012, the Commission approved the indirect transfer of control of CVPS’ 1.7303% interest in the license for MPS3 resulting from the acquisition ´ of CVPS by Gaz Metro. The remaining co-owners are Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (4.7990%) and Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (93.4707%). Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. is the licensed operator. According to an application for approval filed by CVPS in connection with the consolidation of CVPS and GMP, GMP will be the surviving corporation resulting from the merger. GMP will continue to be a minority coowner and licensee of the facility. This application does not affect Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company’s ownership or Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.’s ownership and operation of the facility. No physical changes to the MPS3 facility or operational changes are being proposed in the application. The proposed amendment would replace references to Central Vermont Public Service Corporation with Green Mountain Power Corporation, to reflect the proposed transfer. Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any right thereunder, shall be transferred, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of the license, unless the Commission shall give its consent in writing. The Commission will approve an application for the direct transfer of a license, if the Commission determines that the proposed acquisition will not affect the qualifications of the licensee to hold the license, and that the transfer is otherwise consistent with applicable provisions of law, regulations, and orders issued by the Commission pursuant thereto. Before issuance of the proposed conforming 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. As provided in 10 CFR 2.1315, unless otherwise determined by the Commission with regard to a specific application, the Commission has determined that any amendment to the license of a utilization facility, which does no more than conform the license to reflect the transfer action, involves no significant hazards consideration. No contrary determination has been made with respect to this specific license amendment application. In light of the generic determination reflected in 10 CFR 2.1315, no public comments with respect to significant hazards considerations are being solicited, PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 42769 notwithstanding the general comment procedures contained in 10 CFR 50.91. The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene, and written comments with regard to the license transfer application, are discussed below. Hearing Request Within 20 days from the date of publication of this notice, any person(s) whose interest may be affected by the Commission’s action on the application may request a hearing and intervention via electronic submission through the NRC E-Filing system. Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene should be filed in accordance with the Commission’s rules of practice set forth in Subpart C, ‘‘Rules of General Applicability: Hearing Requests, Petitions to Intervene, Availability of Documents, Selection of Specific Hearing Procedures, Presiding Officer Powers, and General Hearing Management for NRC Adjudicatory Hearings,’’ of 10 CFR Part 2. In particular, such requests and petitions must comply with the requirements set forth in 10 CFR 2.309. Untimely requests and petitions may be denied, as provided in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1), unless good cause for failure to file on time is established. In addition, an untimely request or petition should address the factors that the Commission will also consider, in reviewing untimely requests or petitions, set forth in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii). NRC regulations are accessible electronically from the NRC Library on the NRC Web site at https:// www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/cfr/. 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 ten (10) days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the Office of the Secretary by email at E:\FR\FM\20JYN1.SGM 20JYN1 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 42770 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 140 / Friday, July 20, 2012 / Notices hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone at (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 (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 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 NRC’s ‘‘Guidance for Electronic Submission,’’ which is available on the agency’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 EIE, users will be required to install a Web browser plugin 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 (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 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 VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:18 Jul 19, 2012 Jkt 226001 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 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 (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 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 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. 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. PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in 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 20 days from the date of publication of this notice. Nontimely 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). The Commission will issue a notice or order granting or denying a hearing request or intervention petition, designating the issues for any hearing that will be held and designating the Presiding Officer. A notice granting a hearing will be published in the Federal Register and served on the parties to the hearing. Comments Within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice, persons may submit written comments regarding the license transfer application, as provided for in 10 CFR 2.1305. The Commission will consider and, if appropriate, respond to these comments, but such comments will not otherwise constitute part of the decisional record. Comments should be submitted to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, and should cite the publication date and page number of this Federal Register notice. For further details with respect to this license transfer application, see the application dated September 9, 2011, as supplemented by letters dated November 4, 2011, April 6, 2012, May 4, 2016, and June 26, 2012, available for public inspection at the Commission’s Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly E:\FR\FM\20JYN1.SGM 20JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 140 / Friday, July 20, 2012 / Notices available documents created or received at the NRC are accessible electronically through ADAMS in the NRC Library at 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 email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of July 2012. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. James Kim, Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I– 1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2012–17729 Filed 7–19–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–264; NRC–2012–0026] License Renewal for the Dow Chemical TRIGA Research Reactor Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact; availability. AGENCY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager, Research and Test Reactor Licensing Branch, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001; telephone: 301–415–0893; email: Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is considering issuance of a renewed Facility Operating License No. R–108, to be held by Dow Chemical (Dow, or the licensee), which would authorize continued operation of the Dow Training, Research, Isotope production, General Atomics (TRIGA) Research Reactor, located in Midland County, MI. Therefore, as required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 51.21, the NRC is issuing this Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact. The renewed license will be issued following the publication of this document. II. EA Summary Identification of the Proposed Action: The proposed action would renew VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:18 Jul 19, 2012 Jkt 226001 Facility Operating License No. R–108 for a period of 20 years from the date of issuance of the renewed license. The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee’s application dated April 1, 2009, as supplemented on September 24, 2010; January 12, February 11, April 20, May 12, May 27, August 12, August 31, October 12, November 10, and December 6, 2011; and January 13, January 20, February 7, and June 11, 2012. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.109, the existing license remains in effect until the NRC takes final action on the renewal application. Need for the Proposed Action: The proposed action is needed to allow the continued operation of the Dow TRIGA Research Reactor to routinely provide opportunities to conduct neutron activation analysis, isotope production, neutron radiography, and irradiation studies for a period of 20 years. Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action: The NRC completed its safety evaluation of the proposed action to issue a renewed Facility Operating License No. R–108 to allow continued operation of the Dow TRIGA Research Reactor for an additional 20 years and concluded there is reasonable assurance that the Dow TRIGA Research Reactor will continue to operate safely for the additional period of time. The details of the NRC staff’s safety evaluation will be provided with the renewed license that will be issued as part of the letter to the licensee approving its license renewal application. This document contains the environmental assessment of the proposed action. The Dow TRIGA Research Reactor is located on the Michigan Division of the Dow Chemical Company in Midland, MI and is a part of the Analytical Sciences Laboratory. The reactor is housed in a laboratory building constructed of concrete panel, concrete block walls, and steel frame. The reactor site comprises of the reactor building. Adjacent to the site are research buildings to the east and other industrial buildings in the outlying area. The nearest residence is located approximately 480 meters (530 yards) from the site boundary. The Dow TRIGA Research Reactor is a pool-type, light water moderated and cooled research reactor licensed to operate at a steady-state power level of 300 kilowatt (kW) thermal power. The fuel is located at the bottom of an aluminum lined concrete pool with a volume of approximately 19,000 liters (5,000 gallons) and a depth of 6.5 meters (21.5 feet). The reactor is fueled with standard low-enriched uranium TRIGA fuel. A detailed description of the PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 42771 reactor can be found in the Safety Analysis Report (SAR) for the Dow TRIGA Research Reactor dated April 1, 2009. There were two major modifications to the Facility Operating License No. R–108 since renewal of the license on May 8, 1989. License Amendment No. 6 dated December 13, 1990, approved installation of a microprocessor based instrument and control system. A heat exchanger upgrade was completed in 2005, and a review in accordance with 10 CFR 50.59 was completed by the licensee prior to return to operation. The licensee has not requested a change to the facility design or operating conditions as part of the renewal request. No changes are being made in the types or quantities of effluents that may be released off site. The licensee has systems in place to control the release of radiological effluents and implements a radiation protection program to monitor personnel exposures and releases of radioactive effluents. As discussed in the NRC staff’s safety evaluation, the systems and radiation protection program are appropriate for the types and quantities of effluents expected to be generated by continued operation of the reactor. There would be no increase in routine occupational or public radiation exposure as a result of license renewal. As discussed in the NRC staff’s safety evaluation, the proposed action will not significantly increase the probability or consequences of accidents. Therefore, the NRC staff finds that license renewal would not change the environmental impact of facility operation. The NRC staff evaluated information contained in the licensee’s application and data reported to the NRC by the licensee for the last six years of operation to determine the projected radiological impact of the facility on the environment during the period of the renewed license. The NRC staff finds that releases of radioactive material and personnel exposures were all well within applicable regulatory limits. Based on its evaluation, the NRC staff concludes that continued operation of the reactor would not have a significant environmental impact. A. Radiological Impact Environmental Effects of Reactor Operations Gaseous radioactive effluents are discharged by the facility exhaust system via an exhaust vent located 8 feet above ground on the side of the reactor room, at a volumetric flow rate of approximately 48 cubic meters per E:\FR\FM\20JYN1.SGM 20JYN1

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[FR Doc No: 2012-17729]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-423; NRC-2012-0044]


Central Vermont Public Service Corporation, Millstone Power 
Station, Unit 3; Notice of Consideration of Approval of Transfer of 
Facility Operating License, Conforming Amendment and Opportunity for a 
Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of request for license transfer and conforming license, 
opportunity to comment, opportunity to request a hearing.

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DATES: Comments must be filed by August 20, 2012. A request for a 
hearing must be filed by August 9, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0044 in the subject line 
of your comments. 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 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-2012-0044. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 301-492-3668; email 
Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.

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    Mail comments to: 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. You can access publicly 
available documents related to this notice 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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 
application dated September 9, 2011, as supplemented by letters dated 
November 4, 2011, April 6, 2012, May 4, 2012 and June 26, 2012 are 
available electronically under ADAMS Accession Nos. ML11256A051, 
ML11311A148, ML12100A017, ML12128A433 and ML12180A123, respectively.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Kim, Project Manager, Plant 
Licensing Branch I-1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555. Telephone: 301-415-4125: fax number: 301-415-
2102; email: james.kim@nrc.gov.

Background

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is 
considering the issuance of an order under 10 CFR 50.80 approving the 
transfer of control of Central Vermont Public Service Corporation 
(CVPS)' interest in the Renewed Facility Operating License (No. NPF-49) 
for the Millstone Power Station, Unit 3 (MPS3) resulting from a 
subsequent restructuring in which CVPS will be consolidated with Gaz 
M[eacute]tro Limited Partnership (Gaz M[eacute]tro)'s existing U.S. 
subsidiary Green Mountain Power Corporation (GMP). The Commission is 
also considering amending the license for administrative purposes to 
reflect the proposed transfer. By Order dated June 15, 2012, the 
Commission approved the indirect transfer of control of CVPS' 1.7303% 
interest in the license for MPS3 resulting from the acquisition of CVPS 
by Gaz M[eacute]tro. The remaining co-owners are Massachusetts 
Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (4.7990%) and Dominion Nuclear 
Connecticut, Inc. (93.4707%). Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. is the 
licensed operator.
    According to an application for approval filed by CVPS in 
connection with the consolidation of CVPS and GMP, GMP will be the 
surviving corporation resulting from the merger. GMP will continue to 
be a minority co-owner and licensee of the facility. This application 
does not affect Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company's 
ownership or Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.'s ownership and 
operation of the facility.
    No physical changes to the MPS3 facility or operational changes are 
being proposed in the application.
    The proposed amendment would replace references to Central Vermont 
Public Service Corporation with Green Mountain Power Corporation, to 
reflect the proposed transfer.
    Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any right thereunder, 
shall be transferred, directly or indirectly, through transfer of 
control of the license, unless the Commission shall give its consent in 
writing. The Commission will approve an application for the direct 
transfer of a license, if the Commission determines that the proposed 
acquisition will not affect the qualifications of the licensee to hold 
the license, and that the transfer is otherwise consistent with 
applicable provisions of law, regulations, and orders issued by the 
Commission pursuant thereto.
    Before issuance of the proposed conforming 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.
    As provided in 10 CFR 2.1315, unless otherwise determined by the 
Commission with regard to a specific application, the Commission has 
determined that any amendment to the license of a utilization facility, 
which does no more than conform the license to reflect the transfer 
action, involves no significant hazards consideration. No contrary 
determination has been made with respect to this specific license 
amendment application. In light of the generic determination reflected 
in 10 CFR 2.1315, no public comments with respect to significant 
hazards considerations are being solicited, notwithstanding the general 
comment procedures contained in 10 CFR 50.91.
    The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to 
intervene, and written comments with regard to the license transfer 
application, are discussed below.

Hearing Request

    Within 20 days from the date of publication of this notice, any 
person(s) whose interest may be affected by the Commission's action on 
the application may request a hearing and intervention via electronic 
submission through the NRC E-Filing system. Requests for a hearing and 
petitions for leave to intervene should be filed in accordance with the 
Commission's rules of practice set forth in Subpart C, ``Rules of 
General Applicability: Hearing Requests, Petitions to Intervene, 
Availability of Documents, Selection of Specific Hearing Procedures, 
Presiding Officer Powers, and General Hearing Management for NRC 
Adjudicatory Hearings,'' of 10 CFR Part 2. In particular, such requests 
and petitions must comply with the requirements set forth in 10 CFR 
2.309. Untimely requests and petitions may be denied, as provided in 10 
CFR 2.309(c)(1), unless good cause for failure to file on time is 
established. In addition, an untimely request or petition should 
address the factors that the Commission will also consider, in 
reviewing untimely requests or petitions, set forth in 10 CFR 
2.309(c)(1)(i)-(viii). NRC regulations are accessible electronically 
from the NRC Library on the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/.
    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 
ten (10) days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should 
contact the Office of the Secretary by email at

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hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone at (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 
(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 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 NRC's ``Guidance for Electronic 
Submission,'' which is available on the agency'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 EIE, 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 (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 
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 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 (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 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 
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 20 
days from the date of publication of this notice. 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).
    The Commission will issue a notice or order granting or denying a 
hearing request or intervention petition, designating the issues for 
any hearing that will be held and designating the Presiding Officer. A 
notice granting a hearing will be published in the Federal Register and 
served on the parties to the hearing.

Comments

    Within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice, persons 
may submit written comments regarding the license transfer application, 
as provided for in 10 CFR 2.1305. The Commission will consider and, if 
appropriate, respond to these comments, but such comments will not 
otherwise constitute part of the decisional record. Comments should be 
submitted to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications 
Staff, and should cite the publication date and page number of this 
Federal Register notice.
    For further details with respect to this license transfer 
application, see the application dated September 9, 2011, as 
supplemented by letters dated November 4, 2011, April 6, 2012, May 4, 
2016, and June 26, 2012, available for public inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint 
North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly

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available documents created or received at the NRC are accessible 
electronically through ADAMS in the NRC Library at 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 email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of July 2012.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James Kim,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I-1, Division of Operating 
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2012-17729 Filed 7-19-12; 8:45 am]
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