In the Matter of Entergy Louisiana, LLC; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, 51326-51328 [2015-20869]
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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
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[Docket No. 50–382; License No. NPF–38;
NRC–2014–0258]
In the Matter of Entergy Louisiana,
LLC; Waterford Steam Electric Station,
Unit 3
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Direct and indirect transfer of
license; order.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing an order to
permit the direct transfer of Facility
Operating License No. NPF–38 for
Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3
(Waterford), to a newly formed limited
liability company named Entergy
Louisiana, LLC. The new owner licensee
has the same name as the previous
owner licensee. In addition, the
applicants requested the NRC’s consent
to approve an associated indirect license
transfer of Waterford to the extent that
such indirect transfer would be affected
by a new intermediary holding
company. Entergy Corporation will
remain as the ultimate parent company,
but a new intermediate company,
Entergy Utility Holding Company, LLC,
a Texas limited liability company, will
be the direct parent company of the
newly formed Entergy Louisiana, LLC.
DATES: The Order was issued on August
14, 2015, and is effective for one year.
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NRC–2014–0258 when contacting the
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 14 day
of August, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
A. Louise Lund,
Acting Director, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
Attachment—Order Approving Direct
and Indirect Transfers of License
United States of America Nuclear
Regulatory CommissionIn the Matter of
Entergy Louisiana, LLC; Waterford
Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 Docket
No. 50–382, License No. NPF–38Order
Approving Direct and Indirect
Transfers of License
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Entergy Louisiana, LLC (ELL) and
Entergy Operations, Inc. (EOI) (the
licensees), are co-holders of Facility
Operating License (FOL) No. NPF–38 for
the Waterford Steam Electric Station,
Unit 3 (Waterford). ELL is the licensed
owner, and EOI is licensed operator and
is authorized to possess, use, and
operate Waterford, which is located in
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C.
(EGSL) and EOI (the licensees), are coholders of FOL No. NPF–47 for the
River Bend Station, Unit No. 1 (RBS).
EGSL is the licensed owner, and EOI is
the licensed operator and is authorized
to possess, use, and operate RBS which
is located in West Feliciana Parish,
Louisiana.
II
By application dated June 10, 2014, as
supplemented by letters dated October
9, 2014, December 31, 2014, and January
30, 2015, EOI requested on behalf of
itself, ELL, EGSL, and their parent
companies (together, the Applicants),
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under Section 50.80, ‘‘Transfer of
licenses,’’ of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), that the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) consent to the direct transfers of
the operating licenses for Waterford and
RBS to a new limited liability company
named Entergy Louisiana, LLC. The
newly formed company has maintained
the same name as the current owner of
Waterford; Entergy Louisiana, LLC. (To
distinguish between the two companies,
‘‘ELL’’ will only be used when
referencing the current owner of
Waterford.) In addition, the Applicants
requested the NRC’s consent to the
associated indirect license transfers of
RBS and Waterford due to the creation
of a new intermediary holding
company. The license transfers are
necessary to support the corporate
reorganization to permit the
combination of the assets and liabilities
of two utility operating companies,
which are subsidiaries of Entergy
Corporation (Entergy). Entergy will
remain as the ultimate parent company,
but a new intermediate company,
Entergy Utility Holding Company, LLC,
a Texas limited liability company, will
become the direct parent company of
the newly formed Entergy Louisiana,
LLC. When the transactions are
completed, the newly formed Entergy
Louisiana, LLC will acquire 100 percent
ownership of RBS and Waterford. EOI
will remain responsible for the
operation and maintenance of RBS and
Waterford. The transaction will also
result in the transfer of the general
license for the Waterford independent
spent fuel storage installation held by
the Applicants under 10 CFR Part 50.
No physical changes to the Waterford
facility or operational changes are being
proposed in the application.
Approval of the direct and indirect
license transfers of the FOLs was
requested by EOI, acting on behalf of
ELL, as well as their parent companies
and itself. A notice entitled, ‘‘River
Bend Station, Unit 1, and Waterford
Steam Electric Station, Unit 3;
Consideration of Approval of Transfer of
License and Conforming Amendment,’’
was published in the Federal Register
on December 3, 2014 (79 FR 71803). The
NRC has received two comments from
the public. No hearing requests or
petitions to intervene were received.
Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or
any right thereunder, shall be
transferred, directly or indirectly,
through transfer of control of the
license, unless the Commission gives its
consent in writing. Upon review of the
information in the licensees’
application, and other information
before the Commission, relying upon
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the representations and agreements
contained in the application, the NRC
staff has determined that the newly
formed Entergy Louisiana, LLC, is
qualified to acquire and directly hold
the ownership interest under FOL No.
NPF–38 for Waterford as described in
the application, and has further
determined that both the direct and
indirect transfers of control of the
subject license, as described in the
application, are otherwise consistent
with the applicable provisions of law,
regulations, and orders issued by the
NRC, pursuant thereto, subject to the
conditions set forth below.
The findings set forth above are
supported by a safety evaluation dated
August 14, 2015.
III
Accordingly, under Sections 161b,
161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42
U.S.C. Sections 2201(b), 2201(i),
2201(o), and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, it
is hereby ordered that the application
for the direct and indirect license
transfers related to the proposed
corporate restructuring, in connection
with the merger of EGSL and ELL is
approved, subject to the following
condition:
1. Before completion of the proposed
transaction, Entergy Operations, Inc.
shall provide the Director of the Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
satisfactory documentary evidence that
the newly formed Entergy Louisiana,
LLC has obtained the appropriate
amount of insurance required of the
licensees under 10 CFR Part 140,
‘‘Financial Protection Requirements and
Indemnity Agreements,’’ of the
Commission’s regulations.
It is further ordered that after receipt
of all required regulatory approvals of
the proposed direct transfer action, EOI
shall inform the Director of the Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation in writing of
such receipt, and of the date of closing,
no later than 1 business day before the
closing of the direct transfer. Should the
proposed direct transfer not be
completed within 1 year of this Order’s
date of issuance, this Order shall
become null and void. However, upon
written application and good cause
shown, such date may be extended by
Order.
This Order is effective upon issuance.
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Order, see the initial application dated
June 10, 2014 (Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS) Accession No.
ML14161A698), as supplemented by
letters dated October 9, 2014, December
31, 2014, and January 30, 2015 (ADAMS
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respectively), and the safety evaluation
dated the same date as this Order
(ADAMS Accession No. ML15138A440),
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 14 day
of August 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William M. Dean,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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[NRC–2015–0081]
Information Collection: NRC Form 790
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-382; License No. NPF-38; NRC-2014-0258]
In the Matter of Entergy Louisiana, LLC; Waterford Steam Electric
Station, Unit 3
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Direct and indirect transfer of license; order.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an
order to permit the direct transfer of Facility Operating License No.
NPF-38 for Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 (Waterford), to a
newly formed limited liability company named Entergy Louisiana, LLC.
The new owner licensee has the same name as the previous owner
licensee. In addition, the applicants requested the NRC's consent to
approve an associated indirect license transfer of Waterford to the
extent that such indirect transfer would be affected by a new
intermediary holding company. Entergy Corporation will remain as the
ultimate parent company, but a new intermediate company, Entergy
Utility Holding Company, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, will
be the direct parent company of the newly formed Entergy Louisiana,
LLC.
DATES: The Order was issued on August 14, 2015, and is effective for
one year.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0258 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-2014-0258. 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
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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 (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: Alan B. Wang, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1445; email: Alan.Wang@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the Order is attached.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 14 day of August, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
A. Louise Lund,
Acting Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
Attachment--Order Approving Direct and Indirect Transfers of License
United States of America Nuclear Regulatory CommissionIn the Matter of
Entergy Louisiana, LLC; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 Docket
No. 50-382, License No. NPF-38Order Approving Direct and Indirect
Transfers of License
I
Entergy Louisiana, LLC (ELL) and Entergy Operations, Inc. (EOI)
(the licensees), are co-holders of Facility Operating License (FOL) No.
NPF-38 for the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 (Waterford).
ELL is the licensed owner, and EOI is licensed operator and is
authorized to possess, use, and operate Waterford, which is located in
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. (EGSL) and EOI (the
licensees), are co-holders of FOL No. NPF-47 for the River Bend
Station, Unit No. 1 (RBS). EGSL is the licensed owner, and EOI is the
licensed operator and is authorized to possess, use, and operate RBS
which is located in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
II
By application dated June 10, 2014, as supplemented by letters
dated October 9, 2014, December 31, 2014, and January 30, 2015, EOI
requested on behalf of itself, ELL, EGSL, and their parent companies
(together, the Applicants), under Section 50.80, ``Transfer of
licenses,'' of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) consent to the direct
transfers of the operating licenses for Waterford and RBS to a new
limited liability company named Entergy Louisiana, LLC. The newly
formed company has maintained the same name as the current owner of
Waterford; Entergy Louisiana, LLC. (To distinguish between the two
companies, ``ELL'' will only be used when referencing the current owner
of Waterford.) In addition, the Applicants requested the NRC's consent
to the associated indirect license transfers of RBS and Waterford due
to the creation of a new intermediary holding company. The license
transfers are necessary to support the corporate reorganization to
permit the combination of the assets and liabilities of two utility
operating companies, which are subsidiaries of Entergy Corporation
(Entergy). Entergy will remain as the ultimate parent company, but a
new intermediate company, Entergy Utility Holding Company, LLC, a Texas
limited liability company, will become the direct parent company of the
newly formed Entergy Louisiana, LLC. When the transactions are
completed, the newly formed Entergy Louisiana, LLC will acquire 100
percent ownership of RBS and Waterford. EOI will remain responsible for
the operation and maintenance of RBS and Waterford. The transaction
will also result in the transfer of the general license for the
Waterford independent spent fuel storage installation held by the
Applicants under 10 CFR Part 50.
No physical changes to the Waterford facility or operational
changes are being proposed in the application.
Approval of the direct and indirect license transfers of the FOLs
was requested by EOI, acting on behalf of ELL, as well as their parent
companies and itself. A notice entitled, ``River Bend Station, Unit 1,
and Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; Consideration of Approval
of Transfer of License and Conforming Amendment,'' was published in the
Federal Register on December 3, 2014 (79 FR 71803). The NRC has
received two comments from the public. No hearing requests or petitions
to intervene were received.
Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any right thereunder, shall be
transferred, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of the
license, unless the Commission gives its consent in writing. Upon
review of the information in the licensees' application, and other
information before the Commission, relying upon the representations and
agreements contained in the application, the NRC staff has determined
that the newly formed Entergy Louisiana, LLC, is qualified to acquire
and directly hold the ownership interest under FOL No. NPF-38 for
Waterford as described in the application, and has further determined
that both the direct and indirect transfers of control of the subject
license, as described in the application, are otherwise consistent with
the applicable provisions of law, regulations, and orders issued by the
NRC, pursuant thereto, subject to the conditions set forth below.
The findings set forth above are supported by a safety evaluation
dated August 14, 2015.
III
Accordingly, under Sections 161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Sections 2201(b), 2201(i),
2201(o), and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, it is hereby ordered that the
application for the direct and indirect license transfers related to
the proposed corporate restructuring, in connection with the merger of
EGSL and ELL is approved, subject to the following condition:
1. Before completion of the proposed transaction, Entergy
Operations, Inc. shall provide the Director of the Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation satisfactory documentary evidence that the newly
formed Entergy Louisiana, LLC has obtained the appropriate amount of
insurance required of the licensees under 10 CFR Part 140, ``Financial
Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements,'' of the Commission's
regulations.
It is further ordered that after receipt of all required regulatory
approvals of the proposed direct transfer action, EOI shall inform the
Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in writing of such
receipt, and of the date of closing, no later than 1 business day
before the closing of the direct transfer. Should the proposed direct
transfer not be completed within 1 year of this Order's date of
issuance, this Order shall become null and void. However, upon written
application and good cause shown, such date may be extended by Order.
This Order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this Order, see the initial
application dated June 10, 2014 (Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML14161A698), as supplemented
by letters dated October 9, 2014, December 31, 2014, and January 30,
2015 (ADAMS
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Accession Nos. ML15154B588, ML14365A404, and ML15030A495,
respectively), and the safety evaluation dated the same date as this
Order (ADAMS Accession No. ML15138A440), which are available for public
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at
One White Flint North, Public File Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. Publicly available documents
created or received at the NRC are accessible electronically through
ADAMS in the NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in
accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR
reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by
email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 14 day of August 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William M. Dean,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-20869 Filed 8-21-15; 8:45 am]
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