Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3, 81377-81378 [2015-32777]
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evaluating specific issues or postulated
events, and data that the staff needs in
its review of applications for permits
and licenses.
The DG, entitled, ‘‘Training and
Qualification of Security Personnel at
Nuclear Power Reactor Facilities,’’ is a
proposed revision guide temporarily
identified by its task number, DG–5043.
DG–5043 is proposed revision 1 of RG
5.75, ‘‘Training and Qualification of
Security Personnel at Nuclear Power
Reactor Facilities.’’ The guide proposes
revised guidance for methodologies that
licensees and applicants should use to
select, train, equip, test, qualify, and requalify armed and unarmed security
personnel, watchpersons, and members
of the licensee staff that support the
licensee’s security organization, to
ensure that these individuals possess
and maintain the knowledge, skills, and
abilities required to carry out their
assigned duties and responsibilities
effectively.
III. Backfitting and Issue Finality
DG–5043 describes a method that the
NRC staff considers acceptable for use
by nuclear power plant licensees in
meeting the requirements for training
and qualification of security personnel
as set forth in Section VI of Appendix
B to title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations Part 73 (10 CFR part 73),
‘‘Physical Protection of Plants and
Materials.’’ Issuance of this DG, if
finalized, would not constitute
backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109
(the Backfit Rule) and would not
otherwise be inconsistent with the issue
finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. As
discussed in the ‘‘Implementation’’
section of this DG, the NRC has no
current intention to impose this guide,
if finalized, on holders of current
operating licenses or combined licenses.
This DG may be applied to
applications for operating licenses and
combined licenses docketed by the NRC
as of the date of issuance of the final
regulatory guide, as well as future
applications submitted after the
issuance of the regulatory guide. Such
action would not constitute backfitting
as defined in the Backfit Rule or be
otherwise inconsistent with the
applicable issue finality provision in 10
CFR part 52, inasmuch as such
applicants or potential applicants are
not within the scope of entities
protected by the Backfit Rule or the
relevant issue finality provisions in part
52. Neither section 50.109 nor the issue
finality provisions under 10 CFR part
52—with certain exceptions—were
intended to apply to every NRC action
that substantially changes the
expectations of current and future
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applicants. The exceptions to the
general principle are whenever an
applicant references a part 52 license
(e.g., an early site permit) and/or NRC
regulatory approval (e.g., a design
certification rule, a standard design
approval) with specified issue finality
provisions. However, the scope of issue
finality provided extends only to the
matters resolved in the license or
regulatory approval. Early site permits,
design certification rules, and standard
design approvals typically do not
address or resolve compliance with
operational programs such as the
security personnel requirements in 10
CFR part 73.
Therefore, no applicant referencing an
early site permit, design certification
rule, or standard design approval would
be protected by relevant issue finality
provisions with respect to the security
matters addressed in this draft
regulatory guide.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd
day of December 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kurt O. Cozens,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guidance and
Generic Issues Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research.
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[Docket Nos. 50–247 and 50–286; NRC–
2008–0672]
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.;
Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit
Nos. 2 and 3
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Draft supplemental
environmental impact statement;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing for public
comment a draft supplement to
Supplement 38 to the Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for
License Renewal of Nuclear Power
Plants (GEIS), NUREG–1437, regarding
the renewal of operating licenses DPR–
26 and DPR–64, held by Entergy
Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy), for
the operation of Indian Point Nuclear
Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (IP2 and
IP3), for an additional 20 years of
operation. Units IP2 and IP3 are located
in Westchester County in the Village of
Buchanan, New York, approximately 24
miles north of New York City.
SUMMARY:
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2016. Comments received after this date
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• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
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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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Wentzel, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–6459,
email: michael.wentzel@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2008–
0672 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
• Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to
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for Docket ID NRC–2008–0672.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
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ADAMS Public Documents collection at
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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
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email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
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White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2008–
0672 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information that
you do not want to be publicly
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The NRC will post all comment
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The NRC does not routinely edit
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does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
The NRC is issuing for public
comment a draft supplement to
Supplement 38 to the GEIS, NUREG–
1437 (ADAMS No. ML15351A422),
regarding the renewal of operating
licenses DPR–26 and DPR–64, held by
Entergy for the operation of IP2 and IP3,
for an additional 20 years of operation.
Units IP2 and IP3 are located in
Westchester County in the Village of
Buchanan, New York, approximately 24
miles north of New York City. The NRC
staff published final plant-specific
Supplement 38 to NUREG–1437 (final
supplemental environmental impact
statement (FSEIS)), Volumes 1–3
(ADAMS No. ML103360205), in
December 2010 (75 FR 77920). The
FSEIS documented the NRC staff’s
findings relative to the environmental
impacts of the license renewal of IP2
and IP3. In June 2013 (78 FR 39018), the
NRC staff published a final supplement
to 2010 FSEIS as NUREG–1437,
Supplement 38, Volume 4 (ADAMS No.
ML13170A028). The June 2013
supplement updated the NRC staff’s
final analysis to include corrections to
impingement and entrainment data
presented in the FSEIS; revised
conclusions on thermal impacts based
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on newly available thermal plume
studies; and provided an update of the
status of the NRC’s consultation, under
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended, with the National
Marine Fisheries Service regarding the
shortnose sturgeon and Atlantic
sturgeon.
On September 2, 2014 (79 FR 52059),
the NRC notified the public of its intent
to prepare a second supplement to the
FSEIS to evaluate new information
identified subsequent to the publication
of the June 2013 supplement, including
new aquatic impact data, refined cost
estimates associated with the licensee’s
severe accident mitigation alternatives
analysis, and other matters. This draft
supplement, published as Volume 5 of
the FSEIS, documents the NRC staff’s
evaluation of the new information.
Documents related to this notice are
available on the NRC’s Plant
Application for License Renewal Web
site at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/
operating/licensing/renewal/
applications/indian-point.html. A copy
of documents related to this notice also
will be available to local residents near
the site at the White Plains Public
Library located at 100 Martine Avenue,
White Plains, NY 10601; at the Hendrick
Hudson Free Library located at 185
Kings Ferry Road, Montrose, NY 10548;
and at the Field Library located at 4
Nelson Avenue, Peekskill, NY 10566.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day
of December 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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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286; NRC-2008-0672]
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Indian Point Nuclear Generating
Unit Nos. 2 and 3
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft supplemental environmental impact statement; request for
comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for
public comment a draft supplement to Supplement 38 to the Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Power
Plants (GEIS), NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of operating licenses
DPR-26 and DPR-64, held by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy),
for the operation of Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3
(IP2 and IP3), for an additional 20 years of operation. Units IP2 and
IP3 are located in Westchester County in the Village of Buchanan, New
York, approximately 24 miles north of New York City.
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DATES: Submit comments by March 4, 2016. 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.
ADDRESSES: 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-2008-0672. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Wentzel, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6459, email: michael.wentzel@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0672 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0672.
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
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
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.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2008-0672 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
The NRC is issuing for public comment a draft supplement to
Supplement 38 to the GEIS, NUREG-1437 (ADAMS No. ML15351A422),
regarding the renewal of operating licenses DPR-26 and DPR-64, held by
Entergy for the operation of IP2 and IP3, for an additional 20 years of
operation. Units IP2 and IP3 are located in Westchester County in the
Village of Buchanan, New York, approximately 24 miles north of New York
City. The NRC staff published final plant-specific Supplement 38 to
NUREG-1437 (final supplemental environmental impact statement (FSEIS)),
Volumes 1-3 (ADAMS No. ML103360205), in December 2010 (75 FR 77920).
The FSEIS documented the NRC staff's findings relative to the
environmental impacts of the license renewal of IP2 and IP3. In June
2013 (78 FR 39018), the NRC staff published a final supplement to 2010
FSEIS as NUREG-1437, Supplement 38, Volume 4 (ADAMS No. ML13170A028).
The June 2013 supplement updated the NRC staff's final analysis to
include corrections to impingement and entrainment data presented in
the FSEIS; revised conclusions on thermal impacts based on newly
available thermal plume studies; and provided an update of the status
of the NRC's consultation, under section 7 of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended, with the National Marine Fisheries Service
regarding the shortnose sturgeon and Atlantic sturgeon.
On September 2, 2014 (79 FR 52059), the NRC notified the public of
its intent to prepare a second supplement to the FSEIS to evaluate new
information identified subsequent to the publication of the June 2013
supplement, including new aquatic impact data, refined cost estimates
associated with the licensee's severe accident mitigation alternatives
analysis, and other matters. This draft supplement, published as Volume
5 of the FSEIS, documents the NRC staff's evaluation of the new
information.
Documents related to this notice are available on the NRC's Plant
Application for License Renewal Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/indian-point.html. A
copy of documents related to this notice also will be available to
local residents near the site at the White Plains Public Library
located at 100 Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601; at the Hendrick
Hudson Free Library located at 185 Kings Ferry Road, Montrose, NY
10548; and at the Field Library located at 4 Nelson Avenue, Peekskill,
NY 10566.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of December 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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