In the Matter of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC., and Entergy Operations, Inc., River Bend Station, Unit 1; Order Approving Direct and Indirect Transfers of License, 28001-28002 [2013-11262]
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and maintenance of Waterford. The
license transfers are necessary to
support a proposed separation of the
Entergy transmission system in
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Missouri, and Texas. Currently, the
utility operating company subsidiaries
of Entergy (e.g., ELL) own the respective
transmission assets. Following the
proposed transactions, each of the
Entergy subsidiaries will become a new
limited liability company with the same
assets except that the transmission
assets will be owned by ITC Holdings
Corp. and operated by Midwest
Independent Transmission System
Operator, Inc.
No physical changes to the facilities
or operational changes are being
proposed in the application. The
interconnections that provide offsite
power to Waterford do not change as a
result of the proposed direct and
indirect license transfers.
Approval of the direct and indirect
transfers of the facility operating license
was requested by EOI, acting on behalf
of ELL, as well as their parent
companies and itself. A notice entitled,
‘‘Consideration of Approval of
Application Regarding Proposed
Creation of a Holding Company and
Transfer of Facility Operating License
and Opportunity for a Hearing,’’ was
published in the Federal Register on
January 3, 2013 (78 FR 323). 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 licensees’
application, and other information
before the Commission, the NRC staff
has determined that the proposed
indirect license transfer of control of the
subject license held by the licensees to
the extent such will result from the
proposed formation of the intermediary
holding company in conjunction with
the planned direct transfer of ELL to
New ELL to the extent effected in order
to support transfer of the Entergy
transmission assets as described in the
application, is otherwise consistent with
the applicable provisions of law,
regulations, and orders issued by the
NRC, pursuant thereto, subject to the
conditions set forth below. The findings
set forth above are supported by a safety
evaluation dated the same day as this
Order.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections
161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic
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Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 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 indirect and direct license transfers
related to the proposed corporate
restructuring in connection with the
separation of the Entergy transmission
system is approved, subject to the
following conditions:
1. Before completion of the proposed
transaction, EOI shall provide the
Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation satisfactory documentary
evidence that New ELL has obtained the
appropriate amount of insurance
required of the licensees under 10 CFR
part 140 of the Commission’s
regulations.
It is further ordered that after receipt
of all required regulatory approvals of
the proposed direct transfer action, EOI
shall inform the Director of the Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation in writing of
such receipt, and of the date of closing,
no later than 1 business day before the
closing of the direct transfer. Should the
proposed direct transfer not be
completed within 1 year of this Order’s
date of issuance, 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 27, 2012 (Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Accession No.
ML12275A013), as supplemented by
letters dated January 29 and April 16,
2013 (ADAMS Accession Nos.
ML13030A204 and ML13107A010,
respectively), and the safety evaluation
dated the same date as this Order
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13077A237),
which are available for public
inspection at the Commission’s Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, Public File Area 01
F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland 20852. 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 3rd day
of May 2013.
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For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Eric J. Leeds,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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[NRC–2012–0318; Docket Nos. 50–458;
License No. NPF–47]
In the Matter of Entergy Gulf States
Louisiana, LLC., and Entergy
Operations, Inc., River Bend Station,
Unit 1; Order Approving Direct and
Indirect Transfers of License
I
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC.
(EGS–LA) and Entergy Operations, Inc.
(EOI) (the licensees) are co-holders of
Facility Operating License No. NPF–47.
The EGS–LA is the owner and EOI is
authorized to possess, use, and operate
River Bend Station, Unit 1 (RBS). The
RBS is located in West Feliciana Parish,
Louisiana.
II
By application dated September 27,
2012, as supplemented by letters dated
January 29 and April 16, 2013, EOI
requested on behalf of itself, EGS–LA,
and their parent companies (together,
the applicants), pursuant to § 50.80 of
Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), that the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
consent to certain license transfers to
permit the direct transfer of RBS, and
associated Independent Spent Fuel
Storage Installation, to a new limited
liability company also named Entergy
Gulf States Louisiana, LLC. (New EGS–
LA). In addition, the applicants
requested the NRC’s consent to approve
associated indirect license transfers to
the extent such would be affected by the
formation of a new intermediary
holding company. Entergy Corporation
(Entergy) will remain as the ultimate
parent company, but a new intermediate
company, Entergy Utilities Holdings,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, will be created, which will be
the direct parent company of New EGS–
LA and EOI. Ultimately, New EGS–LA
will acquire ownership of the facility
and EOI will remain responsible for the
operation and maintenance of RBS. The
license transfers are necessary to
support a proposed separation of the
Entergy transmission system in
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Missouri, and Texas. Currently, the
utility operating company subsidiaries
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of Entergy (e.g., EGS–LA) own the
respective transmission assets.
Following the proposed transactions,
each of the Entergy subsidiaries will
become a new limited liability company
with the same assets except that the
transmission assets will be owned by
ITC Holdings Corp. and operated by
Midwest Independent Transmission
System Operator, Inc.
No physical changes to the facilities
or operational changes are being
proposed in the application. The
interconnections that provide offsite
power to RBS do not change as a result
of the proposed direct and indirect
license transfers.
Approval of the direct and indirect
transfers of the facility operating license
was requested by EOI, acting on behalf
of EGS–LA, as well as their parent
companies and itself. A notice entitled,
‘‘Consideration of Approval of
Application Regarding Proposed
Creation of a Holding Company and
Transfer of Facility Operating License
and Opportunity for a Hearing,’’ was
published in the Federal Register on
January 3, 2013 (78 FR 320). 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 licensees’
application, and other information
before the Commission, the NRC staff
has determined that the proposed
indirect license transfer of control of the
subject license held by the licensees to
the extent such will result from the
proposed formation of the intermediary
holding company in conjunction with
the planned direct transfer of EGS–LA
to New EGS–LA to the extent affected in
order to support transfer of the Entergy
transmission assets as described in the
application, is otherwise consistent with
the applicable provisions of law,
regulations, and orders issued by the
NRC, pursuant thereto, subject to the
conditions set forth below. The findings
set forth above are supported by a safety
evaluation dated the same day as this
Order.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections
161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 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 indirect and direct license transfers
related to the proposed corporate
restructuring in connection with the
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separation of the Entergy transmission
system is approved, subject to the
following conditions:
1. Before completion of the proposed
transaction, EOI shall provide the
Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation satisfactory documentary
evidence that New EGS–LA has
obtained the appropriate amount of
insurance required of the licensees
under 10 CFR part 140 of the
Commission’s regulations.
It is further ordered that after receipt
of all required regulatory approvals of
the proposed direct transfer action, EOI
shall inform the Director of the Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation in writing of
such receipt, and of the date of closing,
no later than 1 business day before the
closing of the direct transfer. Should the
proposed direct transfer not be
completed within 1 year of this Order’s
date of issuance, 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 27, 2012 (Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Accession No.
ML12275A013), as supplemented by
letters dated January 29 and April 16,
2013 (ADAMS Accession Nos.
ML13030A204 and ML13107A010,
respectively), and the safety evaluation
dated the same date as this Order
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13077A237),
which are available for public
inspection at the Commission’s Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, Public File Area 01
F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland 20852. 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 3rd day
of May 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Eric J. Leeds,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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[NRC–2012–0319; Docket No. 50–416;
License No. NPF–29]
In the Matter of South Mississippi
Electric Power Association, System
Energy Resources, Inc., Grand Gulf
Nuclear Station, Units No. 1; Order
Approving Direct and Indirect
Transfers of License and Approving
Conforming Amendment
I
South Mississippi Electric Power
Association, System Energy Resources,
Inc. (SERI), Entergy Mississippi, Inc.
(EMI), and Entergy Operations, Inc.
(EOI) (the licensees), are co-holders of
Facility Operating License No. NPF–29.
South Mississippi Electric Power
Association and SERI are the owners
and EOI is authorized to possess, use,
and operate Grand Gulf Nuclear Station,
Unit No. 1 (GGNS). The EMI has antitrust responsibilities imposed in the
license. The GGNS is located in
Claiborne County, Mississippi.
II
By application dated September 27,
2012, as supplemented by letters dated
January 29 and April 16, 2013, EOI
requested on behalf of itself, SERI, and
their parent companies (together, the
applicants), pursuant to § 50.80 of Title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR), that the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) consent
to certain license transfers to permit the
direct transfer of GGNS, and associated
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation, to a new limited liability
company, System Energy Resource, LLC
(SERL). The applicants also requested
approval of a conforming license
amendment that would replace
references to SERI in the license with
references to SERL to reflect the transfer
of ownership. The EMI has anti-trust
responsibilities in the license and the
application requested references to EMI
in the license be replaced with the new
limited liability company, Entergy
Mississippi, LLC (EML). In addition, the
applicants requested the NRC’s consent
to approve associated indirect license
transfers to the extent such would be
affected by the formation of a new
intermediary holding company. Entergy
Corporation (Entergy) will remain as the
ultimate parent company, but a new
intermediate company, Entergy Utilities
Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, will be created,
which will be the direct parent
company of SERL, EML, and EOI.
Ultimately, SERL and South Mississippi
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[NRC-2012-0318; Docket Nos. 50-458; License No. NPF-47]
In the Matter of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC., and Entergy
Operations, Inc., River Bend Station, Unit 1; Order Approving Direct
and Indirect Transfers of License
I
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC. (EGS-LA) and Entergy
Operations, Inc. (EOI) (the licensees) are co-holders of Facility
Operating License No. NPF-47. The EGS-LA is the owner and EOI is
authorized to possess, use, and operate River Bend Station, Unit 1
(RBS). The RBS is located in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
II
By application dated September 27, 2012, as supplemented by letters
dated January 29 and April 16, 2013, EOI requested on behalf of itself,
EGS-LA, and their parent companies (together, the applicants), pursuant
to Sec. 50.80 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) consent to certain
license transfers to permit the direct transfer of RBS, and associated
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, to a new limited liability
company also named Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC. (New EGS-LA). In
addition, the applicants requested the NRC's consent to approve
associated indirect license transfers to the extent such would be
affected by the formation of a new intermediary holding company.
Entergy Corporation (Entergy) will remain as the ultimate parent
company, but a new intermediate company, Entergy Utilities Holdings,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, will be created, which will
be the direct parent company of New EGS-LA and EOI. Ultimately, New
EGS-LA will acquire ownership of the facility and EOI will remain
responsible for the operation and maintenance of RBS. The license
transfers are necessary to support a proposed separation of the Entergy
transmission system in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and
Texas. Currently, the utility operating company subsidiaries
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of Entergy (e.g., EGS-LA) own the respective transmission assets.
Following the proposed transactions, each of the Entergy subsidiaries
will become a new limited liability company with the same assets except
that the transmission assets will be owned by ITC Holdings Corp. and
operated by Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
No physical changes to the facilities or operational changes are
being proposed in the application. The interconnections that provide
offsite power to RBS do not change as a result of the proposed direct
and indirect license transfers.
Approval of the direct and indirect transfers of the facility
operating license was requested by EOI, acting on behalf of EGS-LA, as
well as their parent companies and itself. A notice entitled,
``Consideration of Approval of Application Regarding Proposed Creation
of a Holding Company and Transfer of Facility Operating License and
Opportunity for a Hearing,'' was published in the Federal Register on
January 3, 2013 (78 FR 320). 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 licensees' application, and other information
before the Commission, the NRC staff has determined that the proposed
indirect license transfer of control of the subject license held by the
licensees to the extent such will result from the proposed formation of
the intermediary holding company in conjunction with the planned direct
transfer of EGS-LA to New EGS-LA to the extent affected in order to
support transfer of the Entergy transmission assets as described in the
application, is otherwise consistent with the applicable provisions of
law, regulations, and orders issued by the NRC, pursuant thereto,
subject to the conditions set forth below. The findings set forth above
are supported by a safety evaluation dated the same day as this Order.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 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 indirect and direct license transfers related
to the proposed corporate restructuring in connection with the
separation of the Entergy transmission system is approved, subject to
the following conditions:
1. Before completion of the proposed transaction, EOI shall provide
the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation satisfactory
documentary evidence that New EGS-LA has obtained the appropriate
amount of insurance required of the licensees under 10 CFR part 140 of
the Commission's regulations.
It is further ordered that after receipt of all required regulatory
approvals of the proposed direct transfer action, EOI shall inform the
Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in writing of such
receipt, and of the date of closing, no later than 1 business day
before the closing of the direct transfer. Should the proposed direct
transfer not be completed within 1 year of this Order's date of
issuance, 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 27, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML12275A013), as supplemented
by letters dated January 29 and April 16, 2013 (ADAMS Accession Nos.
ML13030A204 and ML13107A010, respectively), and the safety evaluation
dated the same date as this Order (ADAMS Accession No. ML13077A237),
which are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area
01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852.
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 3rd day of May 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Eric J. Leeds,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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