Byron Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, and Braidwood Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; Exelon Generation Company, LLC, 44603-44606 [2013-17809]
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[FR Doc. 2013–17818 Filed 7–23–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7545–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50–454, 50–455, 50–456, 50–
457; NRC–2013–0126]
Byron Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2,
and Braidwood Nuclear Station, Units
1 and 2; Exelon Generation Company,
LLC
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License renewal application;
notice of docketing and opportunity to
request a hearing and to petition for
leave to intervene.
AGENCY:
This is a notice of acceptance
for docketing and notice of opportunity
for hearing regarding the renewal of
operating licenses for the Byron Nuclear
Station (Byron), Units 1 and 2, and the
Braidwood Nuclear Station
(Braidwood), Units 1 and 2. The NRC is
considering an application for the
renewal of operating licenses NPF–37,
NPF–66, NPF–72, and NPF–77, which
authorize Exelon Generation Company,
LLC (Exelon), to operate Byron, Units 1
and 2, at 3586.6 megawatts thermal
each, and Braidwood, Units 1 and 2, at
3586.6 megawatts thermal each. Byron,
Units 1 and 2, are located near Byron,
IL; Braidwood, Units 1 and 2, are
located near Braidwood, IL. The
renewed licenses would authorize the
applicant to operate both Byron and
Braidwood for an additional 20 years
beyond the period specified in each of
the respective current licenses. The
current operating licenses for Byron
expire as follows: Unit 1 (NPF–37) on
October 31, 2024, and Unit 2 (NPF–66)
on November 6, 2026. The current
operating licenses for Braidwood expire
as follows: Unit 1 (NPF–72) on October
17, 2026, and Unit 2 (NPF–77) on
December 18, 2027.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2013–0126 when contacting the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) about the availability of
information regarding this document.
SUMMARY:
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You may access information related to
this document, which the NRC
possesses and is publicly available,
using any of the following methods:
• Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2013–0126. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly
available 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
ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced in this notice (if
that document is available in ADAMS)
is provided the first time that a
document is referenced.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Daily, Senior Project Manager, Projects
Branch 1, Division of License Renewal,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301–
415–3873; email: John.Daily@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exelon
submitted the application dated May 29,
2013, pursuant to Part 54 of Title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR
Part 54), to renew operating licenses
NPF–37, NPF–66, NPF–72, and NPF–77.
A notice of receipt and availability of
the license renewal application (LRA)
was published in the Federal Register
on June 13, 2013 (78 FR 35646).
The Commission’s staff has
determined that Exelon has submitted
sufficient information in accordance
with 10 CFR 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23,
51.45, and 51.53(c), to enable the staff
to undertake a review of the application,
and that the application is therefore
acceptable for docketing. The current
Docket numbers, 50–454, 50–455, 50–
456, and 50–457, for operating license
numbers NPF–37, NPF–66, NPF–72, and
NPF–77, respectively, will be retained.
The determination to accept the LRA for
docketing does not constitute a
determination that a renewed license
should be issued, and does not preclude
the NRC staff from requesting additional
information as the review proceeds.
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Before issuance of the requested
renewed licenses, the NRC will have
made the findings required by the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the Commission’s rules
and regulations. In accordance with 10
CFR 54.29, the NRC may issue a
renewed license on the basis of its
review if it finds that actions have been
identified and have been or will be
taken with respect to: (1) Managing the
effects of aging during the period of
extended operation on the functionality
of structures and components that have
been identified as requiring aging
management review; and (2) timelimited aging analyses that have been
identified as requiring review, such that
there is reasonable assurance that the
activities authorized by the renewed
license will continue to be conducted in
accordance with the current licensing
basis (CLB) and that any changes made
to the plant’s CLB will comply with the
Act and the Commission’s regulations.
Additionally, in accordance with 10
CFR 51.95(c), the NRC will prepare an
environmental impact statement for
each site as supplements to the
Commission’s NUREG–1437, ‘‘Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for
License Renewal of Nuclear Power
Plants,’’ dated May 1996. In considering
the LRA, the Commission must find that
the applicable requirements of Subpart
A of 10 CFR part 51 have been satisfied,
and that matters raised under 10 CFR
2.335 have been addressed. Pursuant to
10 CFR 51.26, and as part of the
environmental scoping process, the staff
intends to hold public scoping
meetings. Detailed information
regarding the environmental scoping
meetings will be the subject of a
separate Federal Register notice.
Within 60 days after the date of
publication of this Federal Register
notice, any person whose interest may
be affected by this proceeding and who
wishes to participate as a party in the
proceeding must file a written request
for a hearing and a petition for leave to
intervene with respect to the renewal of
the licenses. Requests for a hearing or
petitions for leave to intervene must be
filed in accordance with the
Commission’s ‘‘Agency Rules of Practice
and Procedure’’ in 10 CFR part 2.
Interested persons should consult a
current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is
available at the NRC’s Public Document
Room (PDR), located at One White Flint
North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland 20852, and is
accessible from the NRC Library on the
Internet at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html.https://www.nrc.gov/
readingrm/adams.html Persons who do
not have access to the Internet or who
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encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS should
contact the NRC’s PDR reference staff by
telephone at 1–800–397–4209, or 301–
415–4737, or by email at
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. If a request for a
hearing/petition for leave to intervene is
filed within the 60-day period, the
Commission or a presiding officer
designated by the Commission or by the
Chief Administrative Judge of the
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Panel will rule on the request and/or
petition; and the Secretary of the
Commission (Secretary) or the Chief
Administrative Judge of the Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board Panel will
issue a notice of a hearing or an
appropriate order. In the event that no
request for a hearing or petition for
leave to intervene is filed within the 60day period, the NRC may, upon
completion of its evaluations and upon
making the findings required under 10
CFR parts 51 and 54, renew the license
without further notice.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a
petition for leave to intervene shall set
forth with particularity the interest of
the petitioner in the proceeding, and
how that interest may be affected by the
results of the proceeding, taking into
consideration the limited scope of
matters that may be considered
pursuant to 10 CFR parts 51 and 54.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.309(d), the
petition must provide the name,
address, and telephone number of the
petitioner; and specifically explain the
reasons why intervention should be
permitted with particular reference to
the following factors for the Byron and/
or Braidwood sites: (1) The nature of the
requestor’s/petitioner’s right under the
Act to be made a party to the
proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of
the requestor’s/petitioner’s property,
financial, or other interest in the
proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of
any decision or order which may be
entered in the proceeding on the
requestor’s/petitioner’s interest. The
petition must also set forth the specific
contentions which the petitioner/
requestor seeks to have litigated at the
proceeding.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f),
each contention must consist of a
specific statement of the issue of law or
fact to be raised or controverted. In
addition, the requestor/petitioner shall
provide a brief explanation of the basis
for each contention and a concise
statement of the alleged facts or the
expert opinion that supports the
contention on which the requestor/
petitioner intends to rely in proving the
contention at the hearing. The
requestor/petitioner must also provide
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references to those specific sources and
documents of which the requestor/
petitioner is aware and on which the
requestor/petitioner intends to rely to
establish those facts or expert opinion.
The requestor/petitioner must provide
sufficient information to show that a
genuine dispute exists with the
applicant on a material issue of law or
fact. Contentions shall be limited to
matters within the scope of the action
under consideration. The contention
must be one that, if proven, would
entitle the requestor/petitioner to relief.
A requestor/petitioner who fails to
satisfy these requirements with respect
to at least one contention will not be
permitted to participate as a party.
Petitions filed after the deadline,
amended petitions, and supplemental
petitions will not be entertained absent
a determination by the Commission, the
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Panel or a Presiding Officer that the
filing demonstrates good cause by
satisfying the following three factors in
10 CFR 2.309(c)(1): (i) The information
upon which the filing is based was not
previously available; (ii) The
information upon which the filing is
based is materially different from
information previously available; and
(iii) The filing has been submitted in a
timely fashion based on the availability
of the subsequent information.
A State, county, municipality,
Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or
agencies thereof, may submit a petition
to the Commission to participate as a
party under 10 CFR 2.309(d)(2). The
petition should state the nature and
extent of the petitioner’s interest in the
proceeding. The petition should be
submitted to the Commission by
September 23, 2013. The petition must
be filed in accordance with the filing
instructions described above in this
notice, and should meet the
requirements for petitions for leave to
intervene set forth in this section,
except that State and Federallyrecognized Indian tribes do not need to
address the standing requirements in 10
CFR 2.309(d)(1) if the facility is located
within its boundaries. The entities listed
above could also seek to participate in
a hearing as a nonparty pursuant to 10
CFR 2.315(c).
Any person who does not wish, or is
not qualified, to become a party to this
proceeding may request permission to
make a limited appearance pursuant to
the provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A
person making a limited appearance
may make an oral or written statement
of position on the issues, but may not
otherwise participate in the proceeding.
A limited appearance may be made at
any session of the hearing or at any
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prehearing conference, subject to such
limits and conditions as may be
imposed by the Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board. Persons desiring to
make a limited appearance are
requested to inform the Secretary of the
Commission by September 23, 2013.
The Commission requests that each
contention be given a separate numeric
or alpha designation within one of the
following groups: (1) Technical
(primarily related to safety concerns);
(2) environmental; or (3) miscellaneous.
As specified in 10 CFR 2.309, if two
or more requestors/petitioners seek to
co-sponsor a contention or propose
substantially the same contention, the
requestors/petitioners will be required
to jointly designate a representative who
shall have the authority to act for the
requestors/petitioners with respect to
that contention.
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
hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone
at 301–415–1677, to request (1) a digital
identification (ID) certificate, which
allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign
documents and access the E-Submittal
server for any proceeding in which it is
participating; and (2) advise the
Secretary that the participant will be
submitting a request or petition for
hearing (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or
representative, already holds an NRCissued digital ID certificate). Based upon
this information, the Secretary will
establish an electronic docket for the
hearing in this proceeding if the
Secretary has not already established an
electronic docket.
Information about applying for a
digital ID certificate is available on the
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NRC’s public Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/
apply-certificates.html. System
requirements for accessing the ESubmittal server are detailed in the
NRC’s ‘‘Guidance for Electronic
Submission,’’ which is available on the
agency’s public Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. Participants may
attempt to use other software not listed
on the Web site, but should note that the
NRC’s E-Filing system does not support
unlisted software, and the NRC Meta
System Help Desk will not be able to
offer assistance in using unlisted
software.
If a participant is electronically
submitting a document to the NRC in
accordance with the E-Filing rule, the
participant must file the document
using the NRC’s online, Web-based
submission form. In order to serve
documents through the Electronic
Information Exchange System, users
will be required to install a Web
browser plug-in from the NRC’s Web
site. Further information on the Webbased 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’s public Web site
at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. A filing is considered
complete at the time the documents are
submitted through the NRC’s E-Filing
system. To be timely, an electronic
filing must be submitted to the E-Filing
system no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern
Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system
time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an email notice
confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email
notice that provides access to the
document to the NRC’s Office of the
General Counsel and any others who
have advised the Office of the Secretary
that they wish to participate in the
proceeding, so that the filer need not
serve the documents on those
participants separately. Therefore,
applicants and other participants (or
their counsel or representative) must
apply for and receive a digital ID
certificate before a hearing request/
petition to intervene is filed so that they
can obtain access to the document via
the E-Filing system.
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A person filing electronically using
the NRC’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’s public Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html, by email to
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 first-class mail
as of the time of deposit in the mail, or
by courier, express mail, or expedited
delivery service upon depositing the
document with the provider of the
service. A presiding officer, having
granted an exemption request from
using E-Filing, may require a participant
or party to use E-Filing if the presiding
officer subsequently determines that the
reason for granting the exemption from
use of E-Filing no longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory
proceedings will appear in the NRC’s
electronic hearing docket which is
available to the public at https://
ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded
pursuant to an order of the Commission,
or the presiding officer. Participants are
requested not to include personal
privacy information, such as social
security numbers, home addresses, or
home phone numbers in their filings,
unless an NRC regulation or other law
requires submission of such
information. However, a request to
intervene will require including
information on local residence in order
to demonstrate a proximity assertion of
interest in the proceeding. With respect
to copyrighted works, except for limited
excerpts that serve the purpose of the
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adjudicatory filings and would
constitute a Fair Use application,
participants are requested not to include
copyrighted materials in their
submission.
Detailed information about the license
renewal process can be found under the
Nuclear Reactors icon at https://
www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/
licensing/renewal.html on the NRC’s
Web site. Copies of the application to
renew the operating licenses for Byron
and Braidwood 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 20852–
2738, and at https://www.nrc.gov/
reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/
applications.html, the NRC’s Web site
while the application is under review.
The application may be accessed in
ADAMS through the NRC Library on the
Internet at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html under ADAMS
Accession No. ML131550528. As stated
above, persons who do not have access
to ADAMS or who encounter problems
in accessing the documents located in
ADAMS may contact the NRC PDR
reference staff by telephone at 1–800–
397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or by email
to pdr.resources@nrc.gov.
The NRC staff has verified that a copy
of the license renewal application is
also available to local residents near
Byron at the Byron Public Library, 100
S. Washington Street, Byron, IL 61010,
and near Braidwood at the Fossil Ridge
(Braidwood) Public Library, 386 W.
Kennedy Road, Braidwood, IL 60408.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day
of July, 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David L. Pelton,
Acting Deputy Director, Division of License
Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-454, 50-455, 50-456, 50-457; NRC-2013-0126]
Byron Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, and Braidwood Nuclear
Station, Units 1 and 2; Exelon Generation Company, LLC
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License renewal application; notice of docketing and
opportunity to request a hearing and to petition for leave to
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SUMMARY: This is a notice of acceptance for docketing and notice of
opportunity for hearing regarding the renewal of operating licenses for
the Byron Nuclear Station (Byron), Units 1 and 2, and the Braidwood
Nuclear Station (Braidwood), Units 1 and 2. The NRC is considering an
application for the renewal of operating licenses NPF-37, NPF-66, NPF-
72, and NPF-77, which authorize Exelon Generation Company, LLC
(Exelon), to operate Byron, Units 1 and 2, at 3586.6 megawatts thermal
each, and Braidwood, Units 1 and 2, at 3586.6 megawatts thermal each.
Byron, Units 1 and 2, are located near Byron, IL; Braidwood, Units 1
and 2, are located near Braidwood, IL. The renewed licenses would
authorize the applicant to operate both Byron and Braidwood for an
additional 20 years beyond the period specified in each of the
respective current licenses. The current operating licenses for Byron
expire as follows: Unit 1 (NPF-37) on October 31, 2024, and Unit 2
(NPF-66) on November 6, 2026. The current operating licenses for
Braidwood expire as follows: Unit 1 (NPF-72) on October 17, 2026, and
Unit 2 (NPF-77) on December 18, 2027.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0126 when contacting the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) about the availability of
information regarding this document.
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You may access information related to this document, which the NRC
possesses and is publicly available, using any of the following
methods:
Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0126. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/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 ADAMS accession number
for each document referenced in this notice (if that document is
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is
referenced.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Daily, Senior Project Manager,
Projects Branch 1, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555; telephone: 301-415-3873; email: John.Daily@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exelon submitted the application dated May
29, 2013, pursuant to Part 54 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR Part 54), to renew operating licenses NPF-37, NPF-
66, NPF-72, and NPF-77. A notice of receipt and availability of the
license renewal application (LRA) was published in the Federal Register
on June 13, 2013 (78 FR 35646).
The Commission's staff has determined that Exelon has submitted
sufficient information in accordance with 10 CFR 54.19, 54.21, 54.22,
54.23, 51.45, and 51.53(c), to enable the staff to undertake a review
of the application, and that the application is therefore acceptable
for docketing. The current Docket numbers, 50-454, 50-455, 50-456, and
50-457, for operating license numbers NPF-37, NPF-66, NPF-72, and NPF-
77, respectively, will be retained. The determination to accept the LRA
for docketing does not constitute a determination that a renewed
license should be issued, and does not preclude the NRC staff from
requesting additional information as the review proceeds.
Before issuance of the requested renewed licenses, the NRC will
have made the findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. In
accordance with 10 CFR 54.29, the NRC may issue a renewed license on
the basis of its review if it finds that actions have been identified
and have been or will be taken with respect to: (1) Managing the
effects of aging during the period of extended operation on the
functionality of structures and components that have been identified as
requiring aging management review; and (2) time-limited aging analyses
that have been identified as requiring review, such that there is
reasonable assurance that the activities authorized by the renewed
license will continue to be conducted in accordance with the current
licensing basis (CLB) and that any changes made to the plant's CLB will
comply with the Act and the Commission's regulations.
Additionally, in accordance with 10 CFR 51.95(c), the NRC will
prepare an environmental impact statement for each site as supplements
to the Commission's NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Power Plants,'' dated May
1996. In considering the LRA, the Commission must find that the
applicable requirements of Subpart A of 10 CFR part 51 have been
satisfied, and that matters raised under 10 CFR 2.335 have been
addressed. Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.26, and as part of the environmental
scoping process, the staff intends to hold public scoping meetings.
Detailed information regarding the environmental scoping meetings will
be the subject of a separate Federal Register notice.
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this Federal
Register notice, any person whose interest may be affected by this
proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding
must file a written request for a hearing and a petition for leave to
intervene with respect to the renewal of the licenses. Requests for a
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed in accordance
with the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure'' in 10
CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR
2.309, which is available at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR),
located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland 20852, and is accessible from the NRC Library on
the Internet at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.https://
www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html Persons who do not have access to the
Internet or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located
in ADAMS should contact the NRC's PDR reference staff by telephone at
1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by email at PDR.Resource@nrc.gov.
If a request for a hearing/petition for leave to intervene is filed
within the 60-day period, the Commission or a presiding officer
designated by the Commission or by the Chief Administrative Judge of
the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel will rule on the request
and/or petition; and the Secretary of the Commission (Secretary) or the
Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Panel will issue a notice of a hearing or an appropriate order. In the
event that no request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene
is filed within the 60-day period, the NRC may, upon completion of its
evaluations and upon making the findings required under 10 CFR parts 51
and 54, renew the license without further notice.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a petition for leave to intervene
shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in
the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of
the proceeding, taking into consideration the limited scope of matters
that may be considered pursuant to 10 CFR parts 51 and 54. Pursuant to
10 CFR 2.309(d), the petition must provide the name, address, and
telephone number of the petitioner; and specifically explain the
reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference
to the following factors for the Byron and/or Braidwood sites: (1) The
nature of the requestor's/petitioner's right under the Act to be made a
party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of the requestor's/
petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding;
and (3) the possible effect of any decision or order which may be
entered in the proceeding on the requestor's/petitioner's interest. The
petition must also set forth the specific contentions which the
petitioner/requestor seeks to have litigated at the proceeding.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f), each contention must consist of
a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or
controverted. In addition, the requestor/petitioner shall provide a
brief explanation of the basis for each contention and a concise
statement of the alleged facts or the expert opinion that supports the
contention on which the requestor/petitioner intends to rely in proving
the contention at the hearing. The requestor/petitioner must also
provide
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references to those specific sources and documents of which the
requestor/petitioner is aware and on which the requestor/petitioner
intends to rely to establish those facts or expert opinion. The
requestor/petitioner must provide sufficient information to show that a
genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or
fact. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the
action under consideration. The contention must be one that, if proven,
would entitle the requestor/petitioner to relief. A requestor/
petitioner who fails to satisfy these requirements with respect to at
least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Petitions filed after the deadline, amended petitions, and
supplemental petitions will not be entertained absent a determination
by the Commission, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel or a
Presiding Officer that the filing demonstrates good cause by satisfying
the following three factors in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1): (i) The information
upon which the filing is based was not previously available; (ii) The
information upon which the filing is based is materially different from
information previously available; and (iii) The filing has been
submitted in a timely fashion based on the availability of the
subsequent information.
A State, county, municipality, Federally-recognized Indian Tribe,
or agencies thereof, may submit a petition to the Commission to
participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(d)(2). The petition should
state the nature and extent of the petitioner's interest in the
proceeding. The petition should be submitted to the Commission by
September 23, 2013. The petition must be filed in accordance with the
filing instructions described above in this notice, and should meet the
requirements for petitions for leave to intervene set forth in this
section, except that State and Federally-recognized Indian tribes do
not need to address the standing requirements in 10 CFR 2.309(d)(1) if
the facility is located within its boundaries. The entities listed
above could also seek to participate in a hearing as a nonparty
pursuant to 10 CFR 2.315(c).
Any person who does not wish, or is not qualified, to become a
party to this proceeding may request permission to make a limited
appearance pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person
making a limited appearance may make an oral or written statement of
position on the issues, but may not otherwise participate in the
proceeding. A limited appearance may be made at any session of the
hearing or at any prehearing conference, subject to such limits and
conditions as may be imposed by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
Persons desiring to make a limited appearance are requested to inform
the Secretary of the Commission by September 23, 2013.
The Commission requests that each contention be given a separate
numeric or alpha designation within one of the following groups: (1)
Technical (primarily related to safety concerns); (2) environmental; or
(3) miscellaneous.
As specified in 10 CFR 2.309, if two or more requestors/petitioners
seek to co-sponsor a contention or propose substantially the same
contention, the requestors/petitioners will be required to jointly
designate a representative who shall have the authority to act for the
requestors/petitioners with respect to that contention.
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 hearing.docket@nrc.gov,
or by telephone at 301-415-1677, to request (1) a digital
identification (ID) certificate, which allows the participant (or its
counsel or representative) to digitally sign documents and access the
E-Submittal server for any proceeding in which it is participating; and
(2) advise the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a
request or petition for hearing (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-
issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the
Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the hearing in this
proceeding if the Secretary has not already established an electronic
docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on the NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/apply-certificates.html. System requirements for accessing
the E-Submittal server are detailed in the NRC's ``Guidance for
Electronic Submission,'' which is available on the 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 the Electronic Information Exchange System,
users will be required to install a Web browser plug-in from the NRC's
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's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the
documents are submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be
timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system
no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an email notice confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email notice that provides access
to the document to the NRC's Office of the General Counsel and any
others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to
participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the
documents on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for
and receive a digital ID certificate before a hearing request/petition
to intervene is filed so that they can obtain access to the document
via the E-Filing system.
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A person filing electronically using the NRC'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's public
Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by email to
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 the
NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at
https://ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
Commission, or the presiding officer. Participants are requested not to
include personal privacy information, such as social security numbers,
home addresses, or home phone numbers in their filings, unless an NRC
regulation or other law requires submission of such information.
However, a request to intervene will require including information on
local residence in order to demonstrate a proximity assertion of
interest in the proceeding. 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.
Detailed information about the license renewal process can be found
under the Nuclear Reactors icon at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal.html on the NRC's Web site. Copies of the
application to renew the operating licenses for Byron and Braidwood 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 20852-2738, and at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html, the
NRC's Web site while the application is under review. The application
may be accessed in ADAMS through the NRC Library on the Internet at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html under ADAMS Accession No.
ML131550528. As stated above, persons who do not have access to ADAMS
or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS
may contact the NRC PDR reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209
or 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr.resources@nrc.gov.
The NRC staff has verified that a copy of the license renewal
application is also available to local residents near Byron at the
Byron Public Library, 100 S. Washington Street, Byron, IL 61010, and
near Braidwood at the Fossil Ridge (Braidwood) Public Library, 386 W.
Kennedy Road, Braidwood, IL 60408.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of July, 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David L. Pelton,
Acting Deputy Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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