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Download as PDF tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 152 / Friday, August 7, 2015 / Notices 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–2013–0083. 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 publiclyavailable documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. 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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, has issued a director’s decision (ADAMS Accession No. ML15183A164) on a petition filed by the petitioner on June 18, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML12171A409). The petition was supplemented on November 16, 2012, January 16, 2013, and February 6, 2013 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML12325A748, ML13029A643, and ML13109A075, respectively). The petitioner requested that the NRC order SCE to submit a license amendment application for the design and installation of the SONGS, Units 2 and 3, replacement steam generators. As the basis of the request, the petitioner asserted that the licensee violated section 50.59 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Changes, Tests, and Experiments,’’ when the steam generators for SONGS, VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:24 Aug 06, 2015 Jkt 235001 Units 2 and 3, were replaced in 2010 and 2011, without a license amendment request. On January 16, 2013, the petitioner met with the NRC’s Petition Review Board (PRB). The meeting provided the petitioner and the licensee an opportunity to provide additional information and to clarify issues cited in the petition. During the PRB meeting, the petitioner further requested that the NRC suspend SCE’s licenses until they are amended. The transcript for that meeting was treated as a supplement to the petition and is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML13029A643. The NRC sent a copy of the proposed director’s decision to the petitioner and the licensee for comment on February 27, 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML15020A121 and ML15020A165, respectively). The petitioner and the licensee were asked to provide comments within 30 days on any part of the proposed director’s decision that was considered to be erroneous or any issues in the petition that were not addressed. Comments were received from the petitioner and are addressed in an attachment to the final director’s decision. The licensee had no comments on the proposed director’s decision; however, the licensee did provide a response to the petitioner’s comments. The NRC staff reviewed the response from the licensee and determined that, because the licensee’s comments are direct rebuttals to the petitioner’s comments and raised no concerns with the director’s decision, no changes to the director’s decision are required as a result of these comments. The Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has determined that the requests for the NRC to order the licensee to submit a license amendment application for the design and installation of the SONGS, Units 2 and 3, replacement steam generators and to suspend SCE’s licenses until they are amended be denied. The reasons for this decision are explained in the director’s decision (DD–15–07) pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206, ‘‘Requests for action under this subpart,’’ of the Commission’s regulations. The NRC will file a copy of the director’s decision with the Secretary of the Commission for the Commission’s review in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206. As provided by this regulation, the director’s decision will constitute the final action of the Commission 25 days after the date of the decision unless the Commission, on its own motion, institutes a review of the director’s decision in that time. PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 47533 Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28 day of July 2015. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. William M. Dean, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2015–19407 Filed 8–6–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–443; NRC–2010–0206] NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; Seabrook Station, Unit 1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Supplemental environmental impact statement; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a final plant-specific supplement, Supplement 46, to NUREG–1437, ‘‘Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants’’ (GEIS), regarding the renewal of NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC (NextEra) operating license NPF–86 for an additional 20 years of operation for Seabrook Station, Unit 1 (Seabrook). DATES: The final Supplement 46 to the GEIS is available as of August 7, 2015. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2010–0206 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–2010–0206. 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 publiclyavailable 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 email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The final Supplement 46 to the GEIS is in ADAMS under Accession No. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\07AUN1.SGM 07AUN1 47534 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 152 / Friday, August 7, 2015 / Notices ML15209A575 (Volume 1) and ML15209A270 (Volume 2). • 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: Lois James, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001; telephone: 301–415–3306; email: Lois.James@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of July 2015. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. James G. Danna, Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I. Background Special Nuclear Material Doorway Monitors In accordance with § 51.118 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the NRC is making available final Supplement 46 to the GEIS regarding the renewal of NextEra operating license NPF–86 for an additional 20 years of operation for Seabrook. Draft Supplement 46 to the GEIS was noticed by the NRC in the Federal Register on August 5, 2011 (76 FR 47612), and noticed by the Environmental Protection Agency on August 12, 2011 (76 FR 50214). The public comment period on draft Supplement 46 to the GEIS ended on October 26, 2011. In April 2013, a supplement to draft Supplement 46 was published. The supplement to draft Supplement 46 was noticed by the Environmental Protection Agency on May 3, 2013 (78 FR 26027). The end of the comment period for the supplement to draft Supplement 46 was on June 30, 2013. The comments received on the draft Supplement 46 published in 2011 and supplement to the draft Supplement in 2013 are addressed in final Supplement 46 to the GEIS. Final Supplement 46 to the GEIS is available as indicated in the ADDRESSES section of this document. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES II. Discussion As discussed in Section 9.4 of the final Supplement 46 to the GEIS, the NRC determined that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Seabrook are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is based on: (1) the analysis and findings in the GEIS; (2) information provided in the environmental report and other documents submitted by NextEra; (3) consultation with Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies; (4) the NRC staff’s independent environmental review; and (5) consideration of public comments received during the scoping process and on the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:24 Aug 06, 2015 Jkt 235001 [FR Doc. 2015–19408 Filed 8–6–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2014–0062] Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a revised regulatory guide, (RG) 5.27, Revision 1, ‘‘Special Nuclear Material Doorway Monitors.’’ This guidance addresses NRC requirements that individuals must be searched as they leave a material access area (MAA) for facilities that contain special nuclear material (SNM) of a type and quantity that require an MAA. SUMMARY: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2014–0062 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses and is publicly available, using the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2014–0062. 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 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 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. Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 5.27 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ML14290A268. The regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML12237A124. • 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. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not required to reproduce them. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al Tardiff, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, telephone: 301–415– 7015, email: Al.Tardiff@nrc.gov or, Richard Jervey, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: telephone: 301–251–7404, email: Richard.Jervey@nrc.gov; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction The NRC is issuing a new guide in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series was developed to describe and make available to the public information such as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. Regulatory Guide 5.27, Revision 1 was issued for comment as Draft Regulatory Guide (DG) 5038. The NRC developed this regulatory guide to describe a method that the NRC staff considers acceptable to implement the search requirement for concealed SNM applied to personnel exiting a material access area MAA. For holders of a reactor license under part 50 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) (Ref. 1), ‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,’’ a combined license under 10 CFR part 52, ‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ or a fuel cycle facility license under 10 CFR part 76, ‘‘Certification of Gaseous Diffusion Plants,’’ having the need to possess or use SNM within their facility, the NRC typically has included in their license a condition granting a general license to use SNM under 10 CFR part 70, ‘‘Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material.’’ The RG applies to facilities that contain SNM of a type and quantity to require an MAA. An MAA is any location which contains special nuclear material, within a vault or a building, the roof, walls, and floor of which each constitute a physical barrier. This RG is being revised because it was out-of-date with current, related E:\FR\FM\07AUN1.SGM 07AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 152 (Friday, August 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47533-47534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19408]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-443; NRC-2010-0206]


NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; Seabrook Station, Unit 1

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Supplemental environmental impact statement; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a 
final plant-specific supplement, Supplement 46, to NUREG-1437, 
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear 
Plants'' (GEIS), regarding the renewal of NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC 
(NextEra) operating license NPF-86 for an additional 20 years of 
operation for Seabrook Station, Unit 1 (Seabrook).

DATES: The final Supplement 46 to the GEIS is available as of August 7, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2010-0206 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-2010-0206. 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 email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 
final Supplement 46 to the GEIS is in ADAMS under Accession No.

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ML15209A575 (Volume 1) and ML15209A270 (Volume 2).
     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: Lois James, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-3306; email: Lois.James@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In accordance with Sec.  51.118 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, the NRC is making available final Supplement 46 to the 
GEIS regarding the renewal of NextEra operating license NPF-86 for an 
additional 20 years of operation for Seabrook. Draft Supplement 46 to 
the GEIS was noticed by the NRC in the Federal Register on August 5, 
2011 (76 FR 47612), and noticed by the Environmental Protection Agency 
on August 12, 2011 (76 FR 50214). The public comment period on draft 
Supplement 46 to the GEIS ended on October 26, 2011. In April 2013, a 
supplement to draft Supplement 46 was published. The supplement to 
draft Supplement 46 was noticed by the Environmental Protection Agency 
on May 3, 2013 (78 FR 26027). The end of the comment period for the 
supplement to draft Supplement 46 was on June 30, 2013. The comments 
received on the draft Supplement 46 published in 2011 and supplement to 
the draft Supplement in 2013 are addressed in final Supplement 46 to 
the GEIS. Final Supplement 46 to the GEIS is available as indicated in 
the ADDRESSES section of this document.

II. Discussion

    As discussed in Section 9.4 of the final Supplement 46 to the GEIS, 
the NRC determined that the adverse environmental impacts of license 
renewal for Seabrook are not so great that preserving the option of 
license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers would be 
unreasonable. This recommendation is based on: (1) the analysis and 
findings in the GEIS; (2) information provided in the environmental 
report and other documents submitted by NextEra; (3) consultation with 
Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies; (4) the NRC staff's 
independent environmental review; and (5) consideration of public 
comments received during the scoping process and on the draft 
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of July 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James G. Danna,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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