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CFR 830.2. If a respondent answers
‘‘yes’’ to any of those questions, the
information collection will conclude by
displaying an instruction for the
respondent to contact the NTSB
Response Operations Center at 844–
373–9922. The next set of questions on
the form will seek the following
information: Name of operator; date and
time of event (UTC); flight origin and
intended destination; aircraft
registration number and type;
approximate location of the incident;
number of pilots, crew, and passengers;
and a description of the nature of the
incident. At the conclusion of the form,
the form will seek the respondent’s
name, email address, and phone
number.
C. Use of Information on the Web-Based
Incident Report Form
The NTSB will use the information
provided on the electronic report form
for serious incidents to determine
whether to commence an investigation
into the incident. Everyone involved in
an NTSB investigation, including the
parties to the investigation (as defined at
49 CFR 831.11), depend on accurate
information the NTSB collects while
conducting the investigation and
determining which areas warrant focus
and attention. In this regard, if the
NTSB determines it will commence an
investigation into the incident the
operator has reported via the electronic
form, the NTSB will consider the form
to be critical to its statutory function to
investigate accidents and incidents. In
addition, the accuracy of the
information the NTSB collects on the
form will be used in issuing safety
recommendations following the
incident, in an effort to prevent future
accidents and incidents.
The NTSB has carefully considered
whether this collection of information
on the draft electronic form is
duplicative of any other agency’s
collections of information. The NTSB is
unaware of any form the FAA
disseminates that solicits the same
information the electronic form will
require. However, the NTSB notes some
operators may choose to provide a
voluntary report to the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) in accordance with the Aviation
Safety Reporting Program (ASRP).2
The NTSB notes informing the NTSB
of a serious incident listed at 49 CFR
2 Under the ASRP, the Administrator may waive
the imposition of a sanction, despite the finding of
a regulatory violation, as long as certain
requirements are satisfied. Aviation Safety
Reporting Program, Advisory Circular 00–46E (Dec.
16, 2011). To take advantage of the program, one
must voluntarily file a report with NASA.
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830.5 is not voluntary, but is required
by 49 CFR 830.5 and 830.10. The NTSB,
in general, will not accept partially
completed forms; NTSB investigators
will exercise their discretion in
requesting completion of an electronic
incident reporting form a respondent
submits that is partially completed.
Currently, the NTSB accepts phone
calls transmitting the information
described above. The NTSB seeks to
improve the efficiency of the receipt of
the necessary information by offering
respondents the option of submitting
the information online.
The NTSB has carefully reviewed the
form to ensure it has used plain,
coherent, and unambiguous terminology
in its request for information. While
some incidents listed in the form
contain terms specific to the aviation
industry, the NTSB believes
respondents completing the form will be
knowledgeable about the terminology
the NTSB uses in the form, and the
NTSB has remained mindful of its
choices of terms in the development of
the draft web-based form. The NTSB
estimates respondents will spend
approximately 10 minutes in
completing the form. The NTSB
estimates approximately 280
respondents per year will complete the
form, but notes this number may vary,
given the unpredictable nature of the
frequency of aviation incidents.
D. Request for Comments
In accordance with 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), the NTSB seeks feedback
from the public concerning this
proposed plan for information
collection. In particular, the NTSB asks
the public to evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary; to assess the accuracy of the
NTSB’s burden estimate; to comment on
how to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and to comment on how the
NTSB might minimize the burden of the
collection of information.
The NTSB will carefully consider all
feedback it receives in response to this
notice. As described above, obtaining
the information the NTSB seeks on
these electronic incident report forms in
a timely manner is important to the
NTSB’s mission in investigating
incidents and thereby improving
aviation safety. Therefore, obtaining
approval from the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs for this
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electronic collection of information is a
priority for the NTSB.
Christopher A. Hart,
Chairman.
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Tennessee Valley Authority, Watts Bar
Nuclear Plant, Unit 1
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application;
opportunity to request a hearing and to
petition for leave to intervene.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has received an
application from Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA), for amendment of
Facility Operating License No. NPF–90,
issued for the operation of Watts Bar
Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, located in Rhea
County, Tennessee. The proposed
amendment would allow a change to the
Technical Specifications (TSs) to revise
the number of tritium producing
burnable absorber rods (TPBARs) in the
core.
DATES: A request for a hearing or
petition for leave to intervene must be
filed by September 8, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2015–0162 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain publicly-available
information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0162. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly
available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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
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ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (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:
Jeanne Dion, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington DC 20555–
001, telephone 301–415–1349, email:
Jeannie.Dion@gmail.com.
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I. Introduction
The NRC is considering issuance of an
amendment to Facility Operating
License No. NPF–90, issued to the TVA,
for operation of the WBN, Unit 1,
located in Rhea County, Tennessee.
The NRC has received an application
from the TVA for amendment of Facility
Operating License No. NFP–90, which
authorizes the operation of WBN, Unit
1. The amendment would allow a
change to the WBN, Unit 1 Technical
Specification (TS) 4.2.1, ‘‘Fuel
Assemblies,’’ to revise the maximum
number of tritium producing burnable
absorber rods (TPBARs) in the core. The
proposed amendment would also revise
TS 3.5.1, ‘‘Accumulators,’’ Surveillance
Requirement (SR) 3.5.1.4 and TS 3.5.4,
‘‘Refueling Water Storage Tank
(RWST),’’ SR 3.5.4.3 to delete outdated
information related to the tritium
production program. These proposed
changes will support a planned increase
in the TPBAR inventory in the WBN,
Unit 1 reactor core to support national
security needs.
Before issuance of the proposed
license amendment, the Commission
will have made findings required by the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the Commission’s
regulations.
The amendment will not be issued
prior to a hearing unless the staff makes
a determination that the amendment
involves no significant hazards
considerations. If a request for a hearing
is received, the Commission’s staff may
issue the amendment after it completes
its technical review and prior to the
completion of any required hearing if it
publishes a further notice for public
comment of its proposed finding of no
significant hazards consideration in
accordance with 10 CFR 50.91 and 10
CFR 50.92.
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II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing
and Petition for Leave To Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of
publication of this Federal Register
notice, any persons whose interest may
be affected by this proceeding and who
desires to participate as a party in the
proceeding must file a written request
for a hearing or a petition for leave to
intervene specifying the contentions
which the person seeks to have litigated
in the hearing with respect to the
license amendment request. Requests
for a hearing and petitions for leave to
intervene shall be filed in accordance
with the NRC’s ‘‘Agency Rules of
Practice and Procedure,’’ in 10 CFR part
2. Interested person(s) should consult a
current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is
available at the NRC’s PDR. The NRC’s
regulations are accessible electronically
from the NRC Library on the NRC’s
public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a
request for hearing or petition for leave
to intervene must 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. The hearing
request or petition must specifically
explain the reasons why intervention
should be permitted, with particular
reference to the following general
requirements: (1) The name, address,
and telephone number of the requestor
or petitioner; (2) the nature of the
requestor’s/petitioner’s right under the
Act to be made a party to the
proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of
the requestor’s/petitioner’s property,
financial, or other interest in the
proceeding; and (4) the possible effect of
any decision or order which may be
entered in the proceeding on the
requestor’s/petitioner’s interest. The
hearing request or petition must also
include the specific contentions that the
requestor/petitioner seeks to have
litigated at the proceeding.
For each contention, the requestor/
petitioner must provide a specific
statement of the issue of law or fact to
be raised or controverted, as well as a
brief explanation of the basis for the
contention. Additionally, the requestor/
petitioner must demonstrate that the
issue raised by each contention is
within the scope of the proceeding and
is material to the findings that the NRC
must make to support the granting of a
license amendment in response to the
application. The hearing request or
petition must also include a concise
statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinion that support the contention and
on which the requestor/petitioner
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intends to rely at the hearing, together
with references to those specific sources
and documents. The hearing request or
petition must provide sufficient
information to show that a genuine
dispute exists with the applicant on a
material issue of law or fact, including
references to specific portions of the
application for amendment that the
petitioner disputes and the supporting
reasons for each dispute. If the
requestor/petitioner believes that the
application for amendment fails to
contain information on a relevant matter
as required by law, the requestor/
petitioner must identify each failure and
the supporting reasons for the
requestor’s/petitioner’s belief. Each
contention must be one which, if
proven, would entitle the requestor/
petitioner to relief. A requestor/
petitioner who does not satisfy these
requirements for at least one contention
will not be permitted to participate as a
party.
Those permitted to intervene become
parties to the proceeding, subject to any
limitations in the order granting leave to
intervene, and have the opportunity to
participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing with respect to resolution of
that person’s admitted contentions,
including the opportunity to present
evidence and to submit a crossexamination plan for cross-examination
of witnesses, consistent with NRC
regulations, policies, and procedures.
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
will set the time and place for any
prehearing conferences and evidentiary
hearings, and the appropriate notices
will be provided.
Hearing requests or petitions for leave
to intervene must be filed no later than
60 days from the date of publication of
this notice.
If a hearing is requested, the
Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration. The
final determination will serve to decide
when the hearing is held. If the final
determination is that the amendment
request involves no significant hazards
consideration, the Commission may
issue the amendment and make it
immediately effective, notwithstanding
the request for a hearing. Any hearing
held would take place after issuance of
the amendment. If the final
determination is that the amendment
request involves a significant hazards
consideration, then any hearing held
would take place before the issuance of
any amendment unless the Commission
finds an imminent danger to the health
or safety of the public, in which case it
will issue an appropriate order or rule
under 10 CFR part 2.
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III. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
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). 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 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
NRC’s public Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/
getting-started.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
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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.
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 1–866–672–7640. 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
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continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted
by: (1) First class mail addressed to the
Office of the Secretary of the
Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier,
express mail, or expedited delivery
service to the Office of the Secretary,
Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland, 20852, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.
Participants filing a document in this
manner are responsible for serving the
document on all other participants.
Filing is considered complete by firstclass mail as of the time of deposit in
the mail, or by courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service upon
depositing the document with the
provider of the service. A presiding
officer, having granted an exemption
request from using E-Filing, may require
a participant or party to use E-Filing if
the presiding officer subsequently
determines that the reason for granting
the exemption from use of E-Filing no
longer exists.
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, in some
instances, 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.
Petitions for leave to intervene must
be filed no later than 60 days from the
date of publication of this notice.
Requests for hearing, petitions for leave
to intervene, and motions for leave to
file new or amended contentions that
are filed after the 60-day deadline will
not be entertained absent a
determination by the presiding officer
that the filing demonstrates good cause
by satisfying the following three factors
in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(iii).
For further details with respect to this
action, see the application for license
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amendment dated March 31, 2015, as
supplemented on May 27 and June 15,
2015 (available in ADAMS under
Accession Nos. ML15098A446,
ML15147A611, and ML15167A359,
respectively).
Attorney for licensee: General
Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, ET 11A,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.
NRC Branch Chief: Jessie Quichocho.
Week of August 3, 2015—Tentative
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day
of June 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert F. Kuntz,
Senior Project Manager, Watts Bar Special
Projects Branch, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
Week of August 10, 2015—Tentative
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Sunshine Act Meeting
DATE:
July 6, 13, 20, 27, August 3, 10,
2015.
Commissioners’ Conference
Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland.
STATUS: Public and Closed.
PLACE:
Week of July 6, 2015
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
9:00 a.m. Briefing on Inspections,
Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance
Criteria (Public Meeting); (Contact:
James Beardsley, 301–415–5998).
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov/.
Thursday, July 9, 2015
9:00 a.m. Briefing on the Mitigation of
Beyond Design Basis Events
Rulemaking (Public Meeting);
(Contact: Tara Inverso, 301–415–
1024).
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov/.
1:30–3:00 p.m. Discussion of
Management and Personnel Issues
(Closed—Ex. 2 & 6)
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Week of July 13, 2015—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of July 13, 2015.
Week of July 20, 2015—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of July 20, 2015.
Week of July 27, 2015—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of July 27, 2015.
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Thursday, August 6, 2015
9:30 a.m. Strategic Programmatic
Overview of the Operating Reactors
Business Line (Public Meeting);
(Contact: Nathan Sanfilippo: 301–
415–8744).
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov/.
Thursday, August 13, 2015
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[NRC–2015–0112]
Determining the Effectiveness,
Limitations, and Operator Response
for Very Early Warning Fire Detection
Systems in Nuclear Facilities
(DELORES–VEWFIRE)
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
AGENCY:
Draft NUREG; request for
comment.
ACTION:
9:00 a.m. Briefing on Greater-ThanClass-C Low-Level Radioactive
Waste (Public Meeting); (Contact:
Gregory Suber—301–415–8087).
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meetings is subject to change on short
notice. For more information or to verify
the status of meetings, contact Glenn
Ellmers at 301–415–0442 or via email at
Glenn.Ellmers@nrc.gov.
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Schedule can be found on the Internet
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public-meetings/schedule.html.
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disabilities where appropriate. If you
need a reasonable accommodation to
participate in these public meetings, or
need this meeting notice or the
transcript or other information from the
public meetings in another format (e.g.
braille, large print), please notify
Kimberly Meyer, NRC Disability
Program Manager, at 301–287–0727, by
videophone at 240–428–3217, or by
email at Kimberly.Meyer-Chambers@
nrc.gov. Determinations on requests for
reasonable accommodation will be
made on a case-by-case basis.
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Members of the public may request to
receive this information electronically.
If you would like to be added to the
distribution, please contact the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Office of the
Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301–
415–1969), or email
Brenda.Akstulewicz@nrc.gov or
Patricia.Jimenez@nrc.gov.
The NRC is making the
proposed draft, NUREG–2180,
‘‘Determining the Effectiveness,
Limitations, and Operator Response for
Very Early Warning Fire Detection
Systems in Nuclear Facilities
(DELORES–VEWFIRE), Draft Report for
Comment,’’ available for public
comment.
SUMMARY:
Submit comments by September
8, 2015. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical
to do so, but the Commission is able to
ensure consideration only for comments
received before this date.
DATES:
You may submit comments
by any of the following methods (unless
this document describes a different
method for submitting comments on a
specific subject):
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0112. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Gabriel Taylor, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
0781, email: gabriel.taylor@nrc.gov.
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Dated: July 2, 2015.
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38752-38755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16541]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-390; NRC-2015-0162]
Tennessee Valley Authority, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application; opportunity to request a hearing
and to petition for leave to intervene.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received an
application from Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), for amendment of
Facility Operating License No. NPF-90, issued for the operation of
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, located in Rhea County, Tennessee. The
proposed amendment would allow a change to the Technical Specifications
(TSs) to revise the number of tritium producing burnable absorber rods
(TPBARs) in the core.
DATES: A request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene must
be filed by September 8, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0162 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0162. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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
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email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (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: Jeanne Dion, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-
001, telephone 301-415-1349, email: Jeannie.Dion@gmail.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility
Operating License No. NPF-90, issued to the TVA, for operation of the
WBN, Unit 1, located in Rhea County, Tennessee.
The NRC has received an application from the TVA for amendment of
Facility Operating License No. NFP-90, which authorizes the operation
of WBN, Unit 1. The amendment would allow a change to the WBN, Unit 1
Technical Specification (TS) 4.2.1, ``Fuel Assemblies,'' to revise the
maximum number of tritium producing burnable absorber rods (TPBARs) in
the core. The proposed amendment would also revise TS 3.5.1,
``Accumulators,'' Surveillance Requirement (SR) 3.5.1.4 and TS 3.5.4,
``Refueling Water Storage Tank (RWST),'' SR 3.5.4.3 to delete outdated
information related to the tritium production program. These proposed
changes will support a planned increase in the TPBAR inventory in the
WBN, Unit 1 reactor core to support national security needs.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission
will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations.
The amendment will not be issued prior to a hearing unless the
staff makes a determination that the amendment involves no significant
hazards considerations. If a request for a hearing is received, the
Commission's staff may issue the amendment after it completes its
technical review and prior to the completion of any required hearing if
it publishes a further notice for public comment of its proposed
finding of no significant hazards consideration in accordance with 10
CFR 50.91 and 10 CFR 50.92.
II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To
Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this Federal
Register notice, any persons whose interest may be affected by this
proceeding and who desires to participate as a party in the proceeding
must file a written request for a hearing or a petition for leave to
intervene specifying the contentions which the person seeks to have
litigated in the hearing with respect to the license amendment request.
Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be
filed in accordance with the NRC's ``Agency Rules of Practice and
Procedure,'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested person(s) should consult a
current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is available at the NRC's PDR. The
NRC's regulations are accessible electronically from the NRC Library on
the NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a request for hearing or petition for
leave to intervene must 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. The hearing request or petition must
specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted,
with particular reference to the following general requirements: (1)
The name, address, and telephone number of the requestor or petitioner;
(2) the nature of the requestor's/petitioner's right under the Act to
be made a party to the proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of the
requestor's/petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the
proceeding; and (4) the possible effect of any decision or order which
may be entered in the proceeding on the requestor's/petitioner's
interest. The hearing request or petition must also include the
specific contentions that the requestor/petitioner seeks to have
litigated at the proceeding.
For each contention, the requestor/petitioner must provide a
specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or
controverted, as well as a brief explanation of the basis for the
contention. Additionally, the requestor/petitioner must demonstrate
that the issue raised by each contention is within the scope of the
proceeding and is material to the findings that the NRC must make to
support the granting of a license amendment in response to the
application. The hearing request or petition must also include a
concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion that support
the contention and on which the requestor/petitioner intends to rely at
the hearing, together with references to those specific sources and
documents. The hearing request or petition must provide sufficient
information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant on
a material issue of law or fact, including references to specific
portions of the application for amendment that the petitioner disputes
and the supporting reasons for each dispute. If the requestor/
petitioner believes that the application for amendment fails to contain
information on a relevant matter as required by law, the requestor/
petitioner must identify each failure and the supporting reasons for
the requestor's/petitioner's belief. Each contention must be one which,
if proven, would entitle the requestor/petitioner to relief. A
requestor/petitioner who does not satisfy these requirements for at
least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding,
subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene,
and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing with respect to resolution of that person's admitted
contentions, including the opportunity to present evidence and to
submit a cross-examination plan for cross-examination of witnesses,
consistent with NRC regulations, policies, and procedures. The Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board will set the time and place for any
prehearing conferences and evidentiary hearings, and the appropriate
notices will be provided.
Hearing requests or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed
no later than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The
final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held. If
the final determination is that the amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the
amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the
request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance
of the amendment. If the final determination is that the amendment
request involves a significant hazards consideration, then any hearing
held would take place before the issuance of any amendment unless the
Commission finds an imminent danger to the health or safety of the
public, in which case it will issue an appropriate order or rule under
10 CFR part 2.
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III. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
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). 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 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/getting-started.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.
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 1-866-672-7640. 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, in some instances, 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.
Petitions for leave to intervene must be filed no later than 60
days from the date of publication of this notice. Requests for hearing,
petitions for leave to intervene, and motions for leave to file new or
amended contentions that are filed after the 60-day deadline will not
be entertained absent a determination by the presiding officer that the
filing demonstrates good cause by satisfying the following three
factors in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)-(iii).
For further details with respect to this action, see the
application for license
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amendment dated March 31, 2015, as supplemented on May 27 and June 15,
2015 (available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML15098A446, ML15147A611,
and ML15167A359, respectively).
Attorney for licensee: General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, ET 11A, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.
NRC Branch Chief: Jessie Quichocho.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of June 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert F. Kuntz,
Senior Project Manager, Watts Bar Special Projects Branch, Division of
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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