In the Matter of Centro de Medicina Nuclear, 21303-21305 [2014-08531]
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day
of April, 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrew Persinko,
Deputy Director, Decommissioning and
Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate,
Division of Waste Management and
Environmental Protection, Office of Federal
and State Materials and Environmental
Management Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014–08546 Filed 4–14–14; 8:45 am]
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day
of April 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Roy P. Zimmerman,
Director, Office of Enforcement.
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In the Matter of Centro de Medicina Nuclear,
Santurce, Puerto Rico, Docket No.
03031963, License No. 52–25127–01, EA–
13–059
[EA–13–059; NRC–2014–0084]
In the Matter of Centro de Medicina
Nuclear
Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Order; issuance.
AGENCY:
I
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing an order
imposing civil monetary penalty of
$7,000 to Centro de Medicina Nuclear.
The order requires Centro de Medicina
Nuclear to pay the civil penalty or
request a hearing within 30 days of the
date of the Order.
DATES: Effective Date: See attachment.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2014–0084 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may access publicly-available
information related to this action by the
following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2014–0084. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
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SUMMARY:
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White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leelavathi Sreenivas, Office of
Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–1285, email:
Leelavathi.Sreenivas@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of
the Order is attached.
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Centro de Medicina Nuclear
(Licensee) is the former holder of
Materials License 52–25127–01, issued
by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) on November 30,
1990. The license had authorized the
Licensee to possess and use unsealed
byproduct material for medical uses and
sealed sources for instrument
calibration in accordance with the
conditions specified therein. The
Licensee was issued an NRC Order
Revoking License on August 7, 2012, for
non-payment of the NRC annual license
fee. The Order specified that if the fee
was not paid within 20 days, the license
was to be revoked and the Licensee was
to perform a number of actions. Because
the Licensee did not pay the fee within
the allotted timeframe, the license was,
in fact, revoked on August 28, 2012.
II
The Licensee was required to either
pay the fee or respond to the Order by
August 28, 2012, and to perform
specified actions toward initiating site
decommissioning which included: (1)
Arranging for disposal or transfer of any
licensed material possessed under the
license; (2) within 5 days after disposal,
providing the NRC written reports
describing how, where, and when such
disposition took place; (3) within 60
days from the date of revocation,
initiating site decommissioning; and (4)
no later than the date of revocation,
submitting to the NRC a written report
that includes: (a) A listing of all licensed
materials disposed of, transferred, or
still in possession; (b) a description of
the conditions of storage of retained
materials and actions being taken to
control access to the material; and (c) for
any licensed material not disposed of or
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transferred, a description of the actions
taken to attempt to dispose of or transfer
the licensed material and why those
actions were unsuccessful.
After the Licensee did not respond to
the Order, an NRC inspector visited the
site on January 17, 2013, and confirmed
that the Licensee’s radioactive sources
were secure. During that visit, the
Licensee representative informed the
inspector that the Licensee had no
specific timeframes planned to take the
actions required by the Order. In a May
16, 2013, letter, the NRC documented
the observations from the January site
visit, and provided the Licensee 30
additional days to take the actions
required by the Order (initiating site
decommissioning and submitting a
written report with the status of CDM’s
licensed materials and actions taken to
dispose of or transfer the materials).
Based on the Licensee’s subsequent
failure to respond to either the NRC
letter or to telephone messages left by
NRC staff, the NRC concluded that the
Licensee continued to be in violation of
NRC requirements.
III
The NRC served a written Notice of
Violation and Proposed Imposition of
Civil Penalty (Notice), stating the
violation and the amount of the civil
penalty proposed for the violation upon
the Licensee by letter dated November
5, 2013. A response to the Notice was
required within 60 days of the date of
the letter transmitting the Notice (i.e., by
January 4, 2014). However, the NRC also
informed the Licensee that if it
transferred or disposed of its licensed
material within those 60 days, the NRC
would forgo imposition of any civil
penalty.
After the Licensee did not respond to
the Notice, an NRC inspector visited the
facility on January 29, 2014, and again
ascertained that the licensed material
inventory was unchanged and verified
that the material was properly secured.
NRC staff also participated in a
telephone conversation with a Licensee
representative on January 29, 2014,
during which the Licensee
representative stated that he had been
granted power of attorney over the
affairs of the Licensee owner, and had
only recently been made aware of the
NRC enforcement action. The Licensee
representative agreed to obtain cost
estimates for disposal of the licensed
material. During subsequent
conversations on February 24, 2014, the
Licensee informed the NRC that it had
not disposed of the licensed material
because CDM did not have sufficient
funds to do so.
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The Licensee remained in possession
of the licensed material after January 4,
2014 and has also not paid the civil
penalty. Accordingly, the NRC staff has
determined that the proposed penalty
for the violation designated in the
Notice should be imposed, in the
amount of $7,000.
IV
In view of the foregoing and pursuant
to Section 234 of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended (Act), 42 U.S.C.
2282, and 10 CFR 2.205, it is hereby
ordered that:
The Licensee pay a civil penalty in
the amount of $7,000 within 30 days of
the date of this Order, in accordance
with NUREG/BR–0254. In addition, at
the time payment is made, the Licensee
shall submit a statement indicating
when and by what method payment was
made, to the Director, Office of
Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD
20852–2738.
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.202, the
Licensee must, and any other person
adversely affected by this Order may,
submit an answer to this Order within
30 days of the date of this Order. In
addition, the Licensee may demand a
hearing on all or part of this Order. Any
other person adversely affected by this
Order may request a hearing on this
Order within 30 days of the date of the
Order. Where good cause is shown,
consideration will be given to extending
the time to answer or request a hearing.
A request for extension of time must be
directed to the Director, Office of
Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, and include a statement of
good cause for the extension.
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’s E-Filing rule
(72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007, as
amended by 77 FR 46562; August 3,
2012), codified in pertinent part at 10
CFR Part 2, Subpart C. 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
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To comply with the procedural
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participant should contact the Office of
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hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone
at 301–415–1677, to request (1) a digital
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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
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‘‘Guidance for Electronic Submission,’’
which is available on the NRC’s public
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may attempt to use other software not
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that the NRC’s E-Filing system does not
support unlisted software, and the NRC
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to offer assistance in using unlisted
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If a participant is electronically
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(EIE) system. In order to serve
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digital ID certificate and a docket has
been created, the participant can then
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Document Format (PDF) in accordance
with NRC guidance available on the
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others who wish to participate in the
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representative) must apply for and
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filed so that they can obtain access to
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the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system
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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. With respect to
copyrighted works, participants are
requested not to include copyrighted
materials in their submission, except for
limited excerpts that serve the purpose
of the adjudicatory filings and would
constitute a Fair Use application.
If a person other than the Licensee
requests a hearing, that person shall set
forth with particularity the manner in
which his interest is adversely affected
by this Order and shall address the
criteria set forth in 10 CFR 2.309(d) and
(f).
If a hearing is requested by a Licensee
or an adversely affected person that
meets the criteria above, the
Commission will issue an Order
designating the time and place of any
hearings. If a hearing is held, the issue
to be considered at such hearing shall be
whether this Order should be sustained.
In the absence of any request for a
hearing, or written approval of an
extension of time in which to request a
hearing, the provisions specified in
Section IV above shall be final 30 days
from the date of issuance without
further order or proceedings. If an
extension of time for requesting a
hearing has been approved, the
provisions specified in Section IV shall
be final when the extension expires if a
hearing request has not been received. If
payment has not been made by the time
specified above, the matter may be
referred to the Attorney General for
further action, including collection.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th
day of April 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
Roy P. Zimmerman
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Director, Office of Enforcement.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
[FR Doc. 2014–08531 Filed 4–14–14; 8:45 am]
Deepak T. Pai, Senior Counsel, at (202)
551–6876 or Mary Kay Frech, Branch
Chief, at (202) 551–6821 (Division of
Investment Management, Chief
Counsel’s Office).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following is a summary of the
application. The complete application
may be obtained via the Commission’s
Web site by searching for the file
number, or an applicant using the
Company name box, at https://
www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by
calling (202) 551–8090.
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Investment Company Act Release No.
31013; File No. 812–14210]
Ivy Funds, et al.; Notice of Application
April 10, 2014.
Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’).
ACTION: Notice of an application under
section 6(c) of the Investment Company
Act of 1940 (‘‘Act’’) for an exemption
from section 15(a) of the Act and rule
18f–2 under the Act, as well as from
certain disclosure requirements.
AGENCY:
Applicants’ Representations
1. Ivy Trust, WR Trust, and Ivy VIP
Trust are organized as Delaware
statutory trusts and are registered under
the Act as open-end management
investment companies. Each Trust offers
Summary of Application: Applicants
multiple series (each a ‘‘Fund’’ and
request an order that would permit them together the ‘‘Funds’’), each with its
to enter into and materially amend
own investment objectives, policies, and
subadvisory agreements without
restrictions.1
shareholder approval and would grant
2. IICO and WRIMCO, wholly owned
relief from certain disclosure
subsidiaries of Waddell & Reed
requirements.
Financial Inc., are registered as
Applicants: Ivy Funds (‘‘Ivy Trust’’),
investment advisers under the
Waddell & Reed Advisors Funds (‘‘WR
Investment Advisers Act of 1940
Trust’’), and Ivy Funds Variable
(‘‘Advisers Act’’). IICO serves as the
Insurance Portfolios (‘‘Ivy VIP Trust’’)
investment adviser to each Fund of Ivy
(each, a ‘‘Trust,’’ and collectively, the
Trust and WRIMCO serves as
‘‘Trusts’’); Ivy Investment Management
investment adviser to each Fund of WR
Company (‘‘IICO’’), and Waddell & Reed Trust and Ivy VIP Trust. Each Adviser
Investment Management Company
serves as investment adviser to the
(‘‘WRIMCO’’) (each, an ‘‘Adviser,’’ and
Funds pursuant to an investment
collectively, the ‘‘Advisers’’).
advisory agreement between the Adviser
DATES: Filing Dates: The application was and the applicable Trust (the ‘‘Advisory
filed on September 10, 2013 and
Agreements’’), approved by the board of
amended on January 24, 2014 and April trustees of the applicable Trust (each a
3, 2014.
‘‘Board’’),2 including a majority of the
Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An trustees who are not ‘‘interested
order granting the application will be
persons,’’ as defined in section 2(a)(19)
issued unless the Commission orders a
of the Act, of the Trust, the Adviser, or
hearing. Interested persons may request any Subadviser (as defined below) (the
a hearing by writing to the
Commission’s Secretary and serving
1 Applicants also request relief with respect to
applicants with a copy of the request,
any future series of each Trust and any other
existing or future registered open-end management
personally or by mail. Hearing requests
investment company or series thereof that: (a) Is
should be received by the Commission
advised by either of the Advisers, including any
by 5:30 p.m. on May 5, 2014, and
entity controlling, controlled by or under common
control with either of the Advisers or their
should be accompanied by proof of
service on the applicants, in the form of successors (included in the term ‘‘Adviser’’); (b)
uses the manager of managers structure (‘‘Manager
an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate
of Managers Structure’’) described in the
of service. Hearing requests should state application; and (c) complies with the terms and
conditions of the application. The only existing
the nature of the writer’s interest, the
registered open-end management investment
reason for the request, and the issues
companies that currently may rely on the requested
contested. Persons who wish to be
order are named as applicants. For purposes of the
notified of a hearing may request
requested order, ‘‘successor’’ is limited to any entity
that results from a reorganization into another
notification by writing to the
jurisdiction or a change in the type of business
Commission’s Secretary.
organization. If the name of any Fund contains the
ADDRESSES: Secretary, U.S. Securities
name of a Subadviser (as defined below), the name
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street of the Adviser, or a trademark or trade name that
is owned by the Adviser, will precede the name of
NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090.
the Subadviser.
Applicants: Waddell & Reed Investment
2 The term ‘‘Board’’ also includes the board of
Management Company, 6300 Lamar
trustees or directors of a future Trust and future
Fund, if different.
Avenue, Overland Park, Kansas 66202.
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[EA-13-059; NRC-2014-0084]
In the Matter of Centro de Medicina Nuclear
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Order; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an
order imposing civil monetary penalty of $7,000 to Centro de Medicina
Nuclear. The order requires Centro de Medicina Nuclear to pay the civil
penalty or request a hearing within 30 days of the date of the Order.
DATES: Effective Date: See attachment.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0084 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may access publicly-available information related to this action by the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0084. 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 document (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: Leelavathi Sreenivas, Office of
Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-1285, email: Leelavathi.Sreenivas@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the Order is attached.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of April 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Roy P. Zimmerman,
Director, Office of Enforcement.
In the Matter of Centro de Medicina Nuclear, Santurce, Puerto Rico,
Docket No. 03031963, License No. 52-25127-01, EA-13-059
Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty
I
Centro de Medicina Nuclear (Licensee) is the former holder of
Materials License 52-25127-01, issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) on November 30, 1990. The license had authorized the
Licensee to possess and use unsealed byproduct material for medical
uses and sealed sources for instrument calibration in accordance with
the conditions specified therein. The Licensee was issued an NRC Order
Revoking License on August 7, 2012, for non-payment of the NRC annual
license fee. The Order specified that if the fee was not paid within 20
days, the license was to be revoked and the Licensee was to perform a
number of actions. Because the Licensee did not pay the fee within the
allotted timeframe, the license was, in fact, revoked on August 28,
2012.
II
The Licensee was required to either pay the fee or respond to the
Order by August 28, 2012, and to perform specified actions toward
initiating site decommissioning which included: (1) Arranging for
disposal or transfer of any licensed material possessed under the
license; (2) within 5 days after disposal, providing the NRC written
reports describing how, where, and when such disposition took place;
(3) within 60 days from the date of revocation, initiating site
decommissioning; and (4) no later than the date of revocation,
submitting to the NRC a written report that includes: (a) A listing of
all licensed materials disposed of, transferred, or still in
possession; (b) a description of the conditions of storage of retained
materials and actions being taken to control access to the material;
and (c) for any licensed material not disposed of or transferred, a
description of the actions taken to attempt to dispose of or transfer
the licensed material and why those actions were unsuccessful.
After the Licensee did not respond to the Order, an NRC inspector
visited the site on January 17, 2013, and confirmed that the Licensee's
radioactive sources were secure. During that visit, the Licensee
representative informed the inspector that the Licensee had no specific
timeframes planned to take the actions required by the Order. In a May
16, 2013, letter, the NRC documented the observations from the January
site visit, and provided the Licensee 30 additional days to take the
actions required by the Order (initiating site decommissioning and
submitting a written report with the status of CDM's licensed materials
and actions taken to dispose of or transfer the materials). Based on
the Licensee's subsequent failure to respond to either the NRC letter
or to telephone messages left by NRC staff, the NRC concluded that the
Licensee continued to be in violation of NRC requirements.
III
The NRC served a written Notice of Violation and Proposed
Imposition of Civil Penalty (Notice), stating the violation and the
amount of the civil penalty proposed for the violation upon the
Licensee by letter dated November 5, 2013. A response to the Notice was
required within 60 days of the date of the letter transmitting the
Notice (i.e., by January 4, 2014). However, the NRC also informed the
Licensee that if it transferred or disposed of its licensed material
within those 60 days, the NRC would forgo imposition of any civil
penalty.
After the Licensee did not respond to the Notice, an NRC inspector
visited the facility on January 29, 2014, and again ascertained that
the licensed material inventory was unchanged and verified that the
material was properly secured. NRC staff also participated in a
telephone conversation with a Licensee representative on January 29,
2014, during which the Licensee representative stated that he had been
granted power of attorney over the affairs of the Licensee owner, and
had only recently been made aware of the NRC enforcement action. The
Licensee representative agreed to obtain cost estimates for disposal of
the licensed material. During subsequent conversations on February 24,
2014, the Licensee informed the NRC that it had not disposed of the
licensed material because CDM did not have sufficient funds to do so.
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The Licensee remained in possession of the licensed material after
January 4, 2014 and has also not paid the civil penalty. Accordingly,
the NRC staff has determined that the proposed penalty for the
violation designated in the Notice should be imposed, in the amount of
$7,000.
IV
In view of the foregoing and pursuant to Section 234 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (Act), 42 U.S.C. 2282, and 10 CFR 2.205,
it is hereby ordered that:
The Licensee pay a civil penalty in the amount of $7,000 within 30
days of the date of this Order, in accordance with NUREG/BR-0254. In
addition, at the time payment is made, the Licensee shall submit a
statement indicating when and by what method payment was made, to the
Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738.
V
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.202, the Licensee must, and any other
person adversely affected by this Order may, submit an answer to this
Order within 30 days of the date of this Order. In addition, the
Licensee may demand a hearing on all or part of this Order. Any other
person adversely affected by this Order may request a hearing on this
Order within 30 days of the date of the Order. Where good cause is
shown, consideration will be given to extending the time to answer or
request a hearing. A request for extension of time must be directed to
the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, and include a statement of good cause for the extension.
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's E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139;
August 28, 2007, as amended by 77 FR 46562; August 3, 2012), codified
in pertinent part at 10 CFR Part 2, Subpart C. 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 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 (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 NRC'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 available
from the NRC's Electronic Information Exchange (EIE) system. 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 through the EIE. 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 (ET) 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,
any others who wish to participate in the proceeding (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 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 at
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672-7640. The
NRC Meta System Help Desk is available between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., ET,
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
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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. With
respect to copyrighted works, participants are requested not to include
copyrighted materials in their submission, except for limited excerpts
that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory filings and would constitute
a Fair Use application.
If a person other than the Licensee requests a hearing, that person
shall set forth with particularity the manner in which his interest is
adversely affected by this Order and shall address the criteria set
forth in 10 CFR 2.309(d) and (f).
If a hearing is requested by a Licensee or an adversely affected
person that meets the criteria above, the Commission will issue an
Order designating the time and place of any hearings. If a hearing is
held, the issue to be considered at such hearing shall be whether this
Order should be sustained. In the absence of any request for a hearing,
or written approval of an extension of time in which to request a
hearing, the provisions specified in Section IV above shall be final 30
days from the date of issuance without further order or proceedings. If
an extension of time for requesting a hearing has been approved, the
provisions specified in Section IV shall be final when the extension
expires if a hearing request has not been received. If payment has not
been made by the time specified above, the matter may be referred to
the Attorney General for further action, including collection.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of April 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Roy P. Zimmerman
Director, Office of Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2014-08531 Filed 4-14-14; 8:45 am]
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