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Central Vermont Public Service
Corporation (Millstone Power Station,
Unit 3); Order Approving Application
Regarding Corporate Restructuring
and Conforming Amendment
I
Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
(DNC), Central Vermont Public Service
Corporation (CVPS) and Massachusetts
Municipal Wholesale Electric Company
(MMWE) (collectively ‘‘the licensees’’ or
‘‘DNC, Inc., et al.’’) are the co-holders of
the Renewed Facility Operating License
No. NPF–49, which authorizes the
possession, use and operation of
Millstone Power Station, Unit 3 (MPS3).
CVPS is a non-operating owner of a
1.7303% interest in MPS3. DNC is the
majority owner and the licensed
operator. MPS3 is located in the town of
Waterford, Connecticut.
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II
By letter dated September 9, 2011, as
supplemented on November 4, 2011,
April 6, 2012, May 4, 2012, June 26,
2012, and July 19, 2012 (collectively,
´
‘‘the application’’), CVPS and Gaz Metro
´
Limited Partnership (Gaz Metro),
(collectively, ‘‘the Applicants’’),
requested that the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC), pursuant
to section 50.80 of Title 10 of the Code
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of Federal Regulation (10 CFR), consent
to the direct transfer of CVPS’s 1.7303%
interest in the operating license for
MPS3 that would result from the merger
of CVPS with Green Mountain Power
Corporation (GMP).
Both GMP and CVPS are wholly
´
owned subsidiaries of Gaz Metro, as a
result of the indirect transfer of CVPSs
1.7303% interest in the license for
MPS3, due to the acquisition of CVPS
´
by Gaz Metro approved by the
Commission on June 15, 2012.
According to the application for
approval filed by CVPS in connection
with the merger of CVPS and GMP,
CVPS will merge with and into GMP,
with GMP being the surviving company
called Green Mountain Power
Corporation. The GMP will continue as
a minority co-owner and licensee of
MPS3.
This application does not affect
MMWEs ownership or DNCs ownership
and operation of the facility.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.90, the
Applicants also requested approval of a
conforming license amendment for
administrative purposes to reflect the
change of name for the co-owner
licensee on the MSP3 license from
‘‘Central Vermont Public Service
Corporation’’ to ‘‘Green Mountain
Power Corporation.’’
No physical changes to the MPS3
facility or operational changes are being
proposed in the application.
Notice of the request for approval and
opportunity for a hearing was published
in the Federal Register on July 20, 2012
(77 FR 42768). No comments or hearing
requests were received.
Under 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 NRC shall give its
consent in writing. Upon review of the
information in the application as
supplemented and other information
before the Commission and relying
upon the representations and
agreements in the application as
supplemented, the NRC staff has
determined that the proposed direct
transfer of control from CVPS to GMP,
as described in the application, will not
affect the qualifications of the holders of
the Renewed Facility Operating License
No. NPF–49, and that the transfer of the
license, to the extent affected by the
proposed merger, is otherwise
consistent with applicable provisions of
law, regulations, and Orders issued by
the Commission, pursuant thereto,
subject to the conditions set forth below.
The NRC staff has further found that the
application for the proposed license
amendment complies with the
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standards and requirements of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the Commission’s rules
and regulations set forth in 10 CFR
chapter I; the facilities will operate in
conformity with the application, the
provisions of the Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission; there is
reasonable assurance that the activities
authorized by the proposed license
amendment can be conducted without
endangering the health and safety of the
public and that such activities will be
conducted in compliance with the
Commission’s regulations; the issuance
of the proposed license amendment will
not be inimical to the common defense
and security or to the health and safety
of the public; and the issuance of the
proposed amendment will be in
accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the
Commission’s regulations and all
applicable requirements have been
satisfied. The findings set forth above
are supported by a safety evaluation
(SE) dated September 21, 2012.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections
161b, 161i, 161.o, and 184 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the
Act), 42 U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o),
and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, it is hereby
ordered that the application regarding
the proposed direct license transfer is
approved, subject to the following
conditions:
1. The Negation Action Plan provided
to the NRC for review may not be
modified in any respect concerning
decision-making authority over ‘‘safety
issues’’ as defined therein without the
prior written consent of the Director,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
2. At least half the members of GMPs
Board of Directors shall be U.S. citizens.
3. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
of GMP shall be a U.S. citizen. This
individual shall have the responsibility
and exclusive authority to ensure and
shall ensure that the business and
activities of GMP with respect to the
MPS3 license is at all times conducted
in a manner consistent with the public
health and safety and common defense
and security of the United States.
4. The GMP Board of Directors will
establish a Special Nuclear Committee
(SNC) composed only of U.S. citizens, a
majority of who are not officers or
´
employees of GMP, Gaz Metro, or any
´
other Gaz Metro subsidiaries. The SNC
will report to the GMPC Board of
Directors on a quarterly basis for
informational purposes. The SNC will
make available to the NRC for review
these and any other reports regarding
foreign ownership and control of
nuclear operations.
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5. Should the proposed corporate
merger not be completed within 1 year
from the date of this Order, this Order
shall become null and void, provided,
however, upon written application and
good cause shown, such date may be
extended by Order.
This Order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this
Order, see the initial application dated
September 9, 2011 (Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Accession No.
ML11256A051), as supplemented by
letters dated November 4, 2011, April 6,
2012, May 4, 2012, June 26, 2012, and
July 19, 2012 (ADAMS Accession Nos.
(ML11311A148, Ml12100A017,
ML12128A433, ML12180A123 and
ML12205A030, respectively), and the
SE dated September 21, 2012, which are
available for public inspection at the
NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR),
located at One White Flint North, Room
O1- F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first
floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly
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 21st day
of September 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Eric J. Leeds,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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[Docket No. 40–8838; NRC–2012–0221]
Request To Extend Time To Submit
Decommissioning Plan; U.S.
Department of the Army, Jefferson
Proving Ground, Madison, IN
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License amendment request;
opportunity to provide comments,
request a hearing and to petition for
leave to intervene.
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AGENCY:
Submit comments by October 29,
2012. Requests for a hearing or leave to
intervene must be filed by November 27,
2012.
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You may access information
and comment submissions related to
this document, which the NRC
possesses and is publicly available, by
searching on https://www.regulations.gov
under Docket ID NRC–2012–0221. You
may submit comments by any of the
following methods
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2012–0221. 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 additional direction on accessing
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas McLaughlin, Office of Federal
and State Materials and Environmental
Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555; telephone: 301–415–5869;
email: Thomas.McLaughlin@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2012–
0221 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information regarding
this document. You may access
information related to this document,
which the NRC possesses and are
publicly-available, by any of the
following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
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for Docket ID NRC–2012–0221.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publiclyavailable documents online in the NRC
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search,
select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and
then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The U.S.
Department of the Army License
Amendment request is available
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Number ML12138A174.
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B. Submitting Comments
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submissions into ADAMS.
II. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or the Commission)
has received, by letter dated May 2,
2012, a license amendment application
from the U.S. Department of the Army
(the licensee) for their Jefferson Proving
Ground site located in Madison,
Indiana, requesting to extend the time
for submitting a decommissioning plan
by 20 months. License No. SUB–1435
authorizes the licensee to possess
depleted uranium resulting from past
testing operations. The proposed change
is to modify License Condition No. 13
which states that a decommissioning
plan will be submitted to the NRC no
later than December 31, 2011.
An NRC administrative review,
documented in a letter to the U.S.
Department of the Army dated August
17, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML12214A238), found the application
acceptable to begin a technical review.
If the NRC approves the amendment, the
approval will be documented in an
amendment to NRC License No. SUB–
1435. However, before approving the
proposed amendment, the NRC will
need to make the findings required by
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2012-0044; Docket No. 50-423]
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation (Millstone Power
Station, Unit 3); Order Approving Application Regarding Corporate
Restructuring and Conforming Amendment
I
Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (DNC), Central Vermont Public
Service Corporation (CVPS) and Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale
Electric Company (MMWE) (collectively ``the licensees'' or ``DNC, Inc.,
et al.'') are the co-holders of the Renewed Facility Operating License
No. NPF-49, which authorizes the possession, use and operation of
Millstone Power Station, Unit 3 (MPS3). CVPS is a non-operating owner
of a 1.7303% interest in MPS3. DNC is the majority owner and the
licensed operator. MPS3 is located in the town of Waterford,
Connecticut.
II
By letter dated September 9, 2011, as supplemented on November 4,
2011, April 6, 2012, May 4, 2012, June 26, 2012, and July 19, 2012
(collectively, ``the application''), CVPS and Gaz M[eacute]tro Limited
Partnership (Gaz M[eacute]tro), (collectively, ``the Applicants''),
requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), pursuant
to section 50.80 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulation (10
CFR), consent to the direct transfer of CVPS's 1.7303% interest in the
operating license for MPS3 that would result from the merger of CVPS
with Green Mountain Power Corporation (GMP).
Both GMP and CVPS are wholly owned subsidiaries of Gaz
M[eacute]tro, as a result of the indirect transfer of CVPSs 1.7303%
interest in the license for MPS3, due to the acquisition of CVPS by Gaz
M[eacute]tro approved by the Commission on June 15, 2012.
According to the application for approval filed by CVPS in
connection with the merger of CVPS and GMP, CVPS will merge with and
into GMP, with GMP being the surviving company called Green Mountain
Power Corporation. The GMP will continue as a minority co-owner and
licensee of MPS3.
This application does not affect MMWEs ownership or DNCs ownership
and operation of the facility.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.90, the Applicants also requested approval of
a conforming license amendment for administrative purposes to reflect
the change of name for the co-owner licensee on the MSP3 license from
``Central Vermont Public Service Corporation'' to ``Green Mountain
Power Corporation.''
No physical changes to the MPS3 facility or operational changes are
being proposed in the application.
Notice of the request for approval and opportunity for a hearing
was published in the Federal Register on July 20, 2012 (77 FR 42768).
No comments or hearing requests were received.
Under 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 NRC shall give its consent in writing. Upon review
of the information in the application as supplemented and other
information before the Commission and relying upon the representations
and agreements in the application as supplemented, the NRC staff has
determined that the proposed direct transfer of control from CVPS to
GMP, as described in the application, will not affect the
qualifications of the holders of the Renewed Facility Operating License
No. NPF-49, and that the transfer of the license, to the extent
affected by the proposed merger, is otherwise consistent with
applicable provisions of law, regulations, and Orders issued by the
Commission, pursuant thereto, subject to the conditions set forth
below. The NRC staff has further found that the application for the
proposed license amendment complies with the standards and requirements
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the
Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR chapter I; the
facilities will operate in conformity with the application, the
provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission;
there is reasonable assurance that the activities authorized by the
proposed license amendment can be conducted without endangering the
health and safety of the public and that such activities will be
conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations; the issuance
of the proposed license amendment will not be inimical to the common
defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and the
issuance of the proposed amendment will be in accordance with 10 CFR
Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements
have been satisfied. The findings set forth above are supported by a
safety evaluation (SE) dated September 21, 2012.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 161i, 161.o, and 184 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), 42 U.S.C. 2201(b),
2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, it is hereby ordered that
the application regarding the proposed direct license transfer is
approved, subject to the following conditions:
1. The Negation Action Plan provided to the NRC for review may not
be modified in any respect concerning decision-making authority over
``safety issues'' as defined therein without the prior written consent
of the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
2. At least half the members of GMPs Board of Directors shall be
U.S. citizens.
3. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GMP shall be a U.S.
citizen. This individual shall have the responsibility and exclusive
authority to ensure and shall ensure that the business and activities
of GMP with respect to the MPS3 license is at all times conducted in a
manner consistent with the public health and safety and common defense
and security of the United States.
4. The GMP Board of Directors will establish a Special Nuclear
Committee (SNC) composed only of U.S. citizens, a majority of who are
not officers or employees of GMP, Gaz M[eacute]tro, or any other Gaz
M[eacute]tro subsidiaries. The SNC will report to the GMPC Board of
Directors on a quarterly basis for informational purposes. The SNC will
make available to the NRC for review these and any other reports
regarding foreign ownership and control of nuclear operations.
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5. Should the proposed corporate merger not be completed within 1
year from the date of this Order, this Order shall become null and
void, provided, however, upon written application and good cause shown,
such date may be extended by Order.
This Order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this Order, see the initial
application dated September 9, 2011 (Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML11256A051), as supplemented
by letters dated November 4, 2011, April 6, 2012, May 4, 2012, June 26,
2012, and July 19, 2012 (ADAMS Accession Nos. (ML11311A148,
Ml12100A017, ML12128A433, ML12180A123 and ML12205A030, respectively),
and the SE dated September 21, 2012, which are available for public
inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, Room O1- F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly 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 21st day of September 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Eric J. Leeds,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2012-23888 Filed 9-27-12; 8:45 am]
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