Florida Power and Light Company; Turkey Point, Units 6 and 7, 89995-89997 [2016-29777]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 239 / Tuesday, December 13, 2016 / Notices information that is proprietary pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4). The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows: pmangrum on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES Tuesday, December 13, 2016—8:30 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. The Subcommittee will discuss the NRC staff’s progress regarding the level 3 Probabilistic Risk Assessment Project. The Subcommittee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with the NRC staff, the industry, and interested persons regarding this matter. The Subcommittee will gather information, analyze relevant issues and facts, and formulate proposed positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the Full Committee. Members of the public desiring to provide oral statements and/or written comments should notify the Designated Federal Official (DFO), John Lai (Telephone 301–415–5197 or Email: John.Lai@nrc.gov) five days prior to the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Thirty-five hard copies of each presentation or handout should be provided to the DFO thirty minutes before the meeting. In addition, one electronic copy of each presentation should be emailed to the DFO one day before the meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be provided within this timeframe, presenters should provide the DFO with a CD containing each presentation at least thirty minutes before the meeting. Electronic recordings will be permitted only during those portions of the meeting that are open to the public. Detailed procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings were published in the Federal Register on October 17, 2015 (81 FR 71543). Detailed meeting agendas and meeting transcripts are available on the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/acrs. Information regarding topics to be discussed, changes to the agenda, whether the meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, and the time allotted to present oral statements can be obtained from the Web site cited above or by contacting the identified DFO. Moreover, in view of the possibility that the schedule for ACRS meetings may be adjusted by the Chairman as necessary to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, persons planning to attend should check with these references if such rescheduling would result in a major inconvenience. If attending this meeting, please enter through the One White Flint North building, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. After registering with security, please contact Mr. Theron VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:08 Dec 12, 2016 Jkt 241001 Brown (Telephone 240–888–9835) to be escorted to the meeting room. Dated: November 29, 2016. Mark L. Banks, Chief, Technical Support Branch, Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. [FR Doc. 2016–29857 Filed 12–12–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Metallurgy & Reactor Fuels; Notice of Meeting The ACRS Subcommittee on Metallurgy & Reactor Fuels will hold a meeting on December 15, 2016, Room T–2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The meeting will be open to public attendance. The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows: Thursday, December 15, 2016–1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. The Subcommittee will review and discuss Draft NUREG–2195, ‘‘Consequential Steam Generator Tube Rupture Analysis for Westinghouse and Combustion Engineering Plants with Thermally Treated Alloy 600 and 690 Steam Generator Tubes.’’ The Subcommittee will gather information, analyze relevant issues and facts, and formulate proposed positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the Full Committee. Members of the public desiring to provide oral statements and/or written comments should notify the Designated Federal Official (DFO), Christopher Brown (Telephone 301–415–7111 or Email: Christopher.Brown@nrc.gov) five days prior to the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Thirty-five hard copies of each presentation or handout should be provided to the DFO thirty minutes before the meeting. In addition, one electronic copy of each presentation should be emailed to the DFO one day before the meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be provided within this timeframe, presenters should provide the DFO with a CD containing each presentation at least thirty minutes before the meeting. Electronic recordings will be permitted only during those portions of the meeting that are open to the public. Detailed procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings were published in the Federal Register on October 17, 2016 (81 FR 71543). PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 89995 Detailed meeting agendas and meeting transcripts are available on the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/acrs. Information regarding topics to be discussed, changes to the agenda, whether the meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, and the time allotted to present oral statements can be obtained from the Web site cited above or by contacting the identified DFO. Moreover, in view of the possibility that the schedule for ACRS meetings may be adjusted by the Chairman as necessary to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, persons planning to attend should check with these references if such rescheduling would result in a major inconvenience. If attending this meeting, please enter through the One White Flint North building, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. After registering with security, please contact Mr. Theron Brown (Telephone 240–888–9835) to be escorted to the meeting room. Dated: December 6, 2016. Mark Banks, Chief, Technical Support Branch, Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. [FR Doc. 2016–29855 Filed 12–12–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 52–040 and 52–041; NRC– 2009–0337] Florida Power and Light Company; Turkey Point, Units 6 and 7 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Combined license application; hearing. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will convene an evidentiary session to receive testimony and exhibits in the uncontested portion of this proceeding regarding the application of Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) for combined licenses (COLs) to construct and operate two additional units (Units 6 and 7) at the Turkey Point site in Miami-Dade County, Florida. This mandatory hearing will concern safety and environmental matters relating to the requested COLs. DATES: The hearing will be held on February 9, 2017, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. For the schedule for submitting pre-filed documents and deadlines affecting Interested Government Participants, see SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\13DEN1.SGM 13DEN1 89996 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 239 / Tuesday, December 13, 2016 / Notices pmangrum on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES Section V of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 52–040 and 52–041 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: NRC’s Electronic Hearing Docket: You may obtain publicly available documents related to this hearing online at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/ regulatory/adjudicatory.html. • 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 ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it 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: Denise McGovern, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001, telephone: 301–415–0681; email: Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: II. Evidentiary Uncontested Hearing I. Background The Commission hereby gives notice that, pursuant to Section 189a of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), it will convene an evidentiary session to receive testimony and exhibits in the uncontested portion of this proceeding regarding FPL’s June 30, 2009, application for COLs under part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), to construct and operate two additional units (Units 6 and 7) at the Turkey Point site in Miami-Dade County, Florida (https:// www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/ turkey-point.html). This mandatory hearing will concern safety and environmental matters relating to the requested COLs, as more fully described below. Participants in the hearing are not to address any contested issues in their written filings or oral presentations. Issues Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as Amended VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:08 Dec 12, 2016 Jkt 241001 The Commission will conduct this hearing beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on February 9, 2017, at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The hearing on these issues will continue on subsequent days, if necessary. III. Presiding Officer The Commission is the presiding officer for this proceeding. IV. Matters To Be Considered The matter at issue in this proceeding is whether the review of the application by the Commission’s staff has been adequate to support the findings found in 10 CFR 52.97 and 10 CFR 51.107. Those findings that must be made for each COL are as follows: Issues Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Amended The Commission will determine whether (1) the applicable standards and requirements of the Act and the Commission’s regulations have been met; (2) any required notifications to other agencies or bodies have been duly made; (3) there is reasonable assurance that the facility will be constructed and will operate in conformity with the license, the provisions of the Act, and the Commission’s regulations; (4) the applicant is technically and financially qualified to engage in the activities authorized; and (5) issuance of the license will not be inimical to the common defense and security or the health and safety of the public. The Commission will (1) determine whether the requirements of Sections 102(2)(A), (C), and (E) of NEPA and the applicable regulations in 10 CFR part 51 have been met; (2) independently consider the final balance among conflicting factors contained in the record of the proceeding with a view to determining the appropriate action to be taken; (3) determine, after weighing the environmental, economic, technical, and other benefits against environmental and other costs, and considering reasonable alternatives, whether the combined licenses should be issued, denied, or appropriately conditioned to protect environmental values; and (4) determine whether the NEPA review conducted by the NRC staff has been adequate. PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 V. Schedule for Submittal of Pre-Filed Documents No later than January 19, 2017, unless the Commission directs otherwise, the NRC staff and the applicant shall submit a list of its anticipated witnesses for the hearing. No later than January 19, 2017, unless the Commission directs otherwise, the applicant shall submit its pre-filed written testimony. The NRC staff previously submitted its testimony on December 2, 2016. The Commission may issue written questions to the applicant or the NRC staff before the hearing. If such questions are issued, an order containing such questions will be issued no later than January 6, 2017. Responses to such questions are due January 19, 2017, unless the Commission directs otherwise. VI. Interested Government Participants No later than January 4, 2017, any interested State, local government body, or affected, Federally-recognized Indian Tribe may file with the Commission a statement of any issues or questions to which the State, local government body, or Indian Tribe wishes the Commission to give particular attention as part of the uncontested hearing process. Such statement may be accompanied by any supporting documentation that the State, local government body, or Indian Tribe sees fit to provide. Any statements and supporting documentation (if any) received by the Commission using the agency’s E-filing system 1 by the deadline indicated above will be made part of the record of the proceeding. The Commission will use such statements and documents as appropriate to inform its pre-hearing questions to the NRC staff and applicant, its inquiries at the oral hearing and its decision following the hearing. The Commission may also request, prior to January 26, 2017, that one or more particular States, local government bodies, or Indian Tribes send one representative each to the evidentiary hearing to answer Commission questions and/or make a 1 The process for accessing and using the agency’s E-filing system is described in the June 18, 2010, notice of hearing that was issued by the Commission for this proceeding. See Florida Power and Light Company; Combined License Application for the Turkey Point Units 6 and 7; Notice of Hearing, Opportunity To Petition for Leave To Intervene and Associated Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Safeguards Information for Contention Preparation (75 FR 34777). Participants who are unable to use the electronic information exchange (EIE), or who will have difficulty complying with EIE requirements in the time frame provided for submission of written statements, may provide their statements by electronic mail to hearingdocket@nrc.gov. E:\FR\FM\13DEN1.SGM 13DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 239 / Tuesday, December 13, 2016 / Notices pmangrum on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES statement for the purpose of assisting the Commission’s exploration of one or more of the issues raised by the State, local government body, or Indian Tribe in the pre-hearing filings described above. The decision of whether to request the presence of a representative of a State, local government body, or Indian Tribe at the evidentiary hearing to make a statement and/or answer Commission questions is solely at the Commission’s discretion. The Commission’s request will specify the issue or issues that the representative should be prepared to address. States, local governments, or Indian Tribes should be aware that this evidentiary hearing is separate and distinct from the NRC’s contested hearing process. Issues within the scope of contentions that have been admitted or contested issues pending before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board or the Commission in a contested proceeding for a COL application are outside the scope of the uncontested proceeding for that COL application. In addition, although States, local governments, or Indian Tribes participating as described above may take any position they wish, or no position at all, with respect to issues regarding the COL application or the NRC staff’s associated environmental review that do fall within the scope of the uncontested proceeding (i.e., issues that are not within the scope of admitted contentions or pending contested issues), they should be aware that many of the procedures and rights applicable to the NRC’s contested hearing process due to the inherently adversarial nature of such proceedings are not available with respect to this uncontested hearing. Participation in the NRC’s contested hearing process is governed by 10 CFR 2.309 (for persons or entities, including States, local governments, or Indian Tribes, seeking to file contentions of their own) and 10 CFR 2.315(c) (for interested States, local governments, and Indian Tribes seeking to participate with respect to contentions filed by others). Participation in this uncontested hearing does not affect the right of a State, local government, or Indian Tribe to participate in the separate contested hearing process. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION Cancellation of Submission for Review: Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Application, 3206–0082 Market Dominant Price Adjustment [Docket No. R2017–1; Order No. 3648] U.S. Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is cancelling its proposal to reinstate, with revisions, an expired information collection, the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Application. OPM has determined that this application is not an information collection subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act. OPM will not publish a 30-day notice or submit the PMF Application for clearance by the Office of Management and Budget before administering the application as part of the PMF examination. ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, PMF Program Office, 1900 E St. NW., Room 6500, Washington, DC 20415, or send via electronic mail to pmf@opm.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Send via electronic mail to pmf@ opm.gov. SUMMARY: OPM originally posted a 60-day notice to solicit comment on its proposal to reinstate, with revisions, an expired information collection, the PMF Application. This notice was published in the Federal Register (81 FR 4405) on July 6, 2016, and no comments were received. OPM has determined that the annual PMF application and assessment process falls within the exception of 5 CFR 1320.3(h)(7), which establishes that ‘‘[e]xaminations designed to test the aptitude, abilities, or knowledge of the persons tested and the collection of information for identification or classification in connection with such examinations’’ do not constitute information collections subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act. Therefore, OPM will not publish a 30-day notice or submit the PMF Application for clearance by the Office of Management and Budget before administering the application. The original ICR approval (3206– 0082) expired in 02/2016 and is now cancelled. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of December, 2016. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary of the Commission. Beth F. Cobert, Acting Director. [FR Doc. 2016–29777 Filed 12–12–16; 8:45 am] [FR Doc. 2016–29768 Filed 12–12–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P BILLING CODE 6325–38–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:08 Dec 12, 2016 Jkt 241001 89997 PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Postal Regulatory Commission. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The Commission is noticing a recently filed Postal Service notice revising one of its inflation-based rate adjustments affecting market dominant products. The adjustment and other changes are scheduled to take effect January 22, 2017. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps. DATES: Comments are due: December 14, 2016. ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission’s Filing Online system at https:// www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit comments electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section by telephone for advice on filing alternatives. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 202–789–6820. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Table of Contents I. Introduction and Overview II. Procedural Schedule III. Administrative Actions IV. Ordering Paragraphs I. Introduction and Overview On December 6, 2016, the Postal Service filed a notice 1 revising its Notice of Market Dominant Price adjustment,2 previously filed in this docket. The Notice of Revision reduces the Postal Service’s proposed price increase for Certified Mail with Restricted Delivery and/or Adult Signature from $8.35 to $8.30. Notice of Revision at 1. The Notice of Revision does not alter the proposed implementation date for the increased Special Services prices of January 22, 2017. Notice of Revision at 1. Contents of filing. The Postal Service’s filing consists of the Notice of Revision, 1 Notice of Revision to United States Postal Service Notice of Market-Dominant Price Adjustment, Attachment A, December 6, 2016 (Notice of Revision). 2 United States Postal Service Notice of Market Dominant Price Adjustment, October 12, 2016. See also Notice of Revisions to United States Postal Service Notice of Market-Dominant Price Adjustment, Attachment A, and Attachment B— Errata, October 28, 2016; Notice of Revisions to United States Postal Service Notice of MarketDominant Price Adjustment, Attachment A, and Attachment B—Errata, November 8, 2016. E:\FR\FM\13DEN1.SGM 13DEN1

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 52-040 and 52-041; NRC-2009-0337]


Florida Power and Light Company; Turkey Point, Units 6 and 7

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Combined license application; hearing.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will convene an 
evidentiary session to receive testimony and exhibits in the 
uncontested portion of this proceeding regarding the application of 
Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) for combined licenses (COLs) to 
construct and operate two additional units (Units 6 and 7) at the 
Turkey Point site in Miami-Dade County, Florida. This mandatory hearing 
will concern safety and environmental matters relating to the requested 
COLs.

DATES: The hearing will be held on February 9, 2017, beginning at 9:00 
a.m. Eastern Standard Time. For the schedule for submitting pre-filed 
documents and deadlines affecting Interested Government Participants, 
see

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Section V of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 52-040 and 52-041 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: NRC's Electronic Hearing Docket: 
You may obtain publicly available documents related to this hearing 
online at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory.html.
     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 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: Denise McGovern, Office of the 
Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, telephone: 301-415-0681; email: Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The Commission hereby gives notice that, pursuant to Section 189a 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), it will convene 
an evidentiary session to receive testimony and exhibits in the 
uncontested portion of this proceeding regarding FPL's June 30, 2009, 
application for COLs under part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), to construct and operate two additional units 
(Units 6 and 7) at the Turkey Point site in Miami-Dade County, Florida 
(https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/turkey-point.html). This 
mandatory hearing will concern safety and environmental matters 
relating to the requested COLs, as more fully described below. 
Participants in the hearing are not to address any contested issues in 
their written filings or oral presentations.

II. Evidentiary Uncontested Hearing

    The Commission will conduct this hearing beginning at 9:00 a.m. 
Eastern Standard Time on February 9, 2017, at the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland 20852. The hearing on these issues will continue on 
subsequent days, if necessary.

III. Presiding Officer

    The Commission is the presiding officer for this proceeding.

IV. Matters To Be Considered

    The matter at issue in this proceeding is whether the review of the 
application by the Commission's staff has been adequate to support the 
findings found in 10 CFR 52.97 and 10 CFR 51.107. Those findings that 
must be made for each COL are as follows:

Issues Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Amended

    The Commission will determine whether (1) the applicable standards 
and requirements of the Act and the Commission's regulations have been 
met; (2) any required notifications to other agencies or bodies have 
been duly made; (3) there is reasonable assurance that the facility 
will be constructed and will operate in conformity with the license, 
the provisions of the Act, and the Commission's regulations; (4) the 
applicant is technically and financially qualified to engage in the 
activities authorized; and (5) issuance of the license will not be 
inimical to the common defense and security or the health and safety of 
the public.

Issues Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 
1969, as Amended

    The Commission will (1) determine whether the requirements of 
Sections 102(2)(A), (C), and (E) of NEPA and the applicable regulations 
in 10 CFR part 51 have been met; (2) independently consider the final 
balance among conflicting factors contained in the record of the 
proceeding with a view to determining the appropriate action to be 
taken; (3) determine, after weighing the environmental, economic, 
technical, and other benefits against environmental and other costs, 
and considering reasonable alternatives, whether the combined licenses 
should be issued, denied, or appropriately conditioned to protect 
environmental values; and (4) determine whether the NEPA review 
conducted by the NRC staff has been adequate.

V. Schedule for Submittal of Pre-Filed Documents

    No later than January 19, 2017, unless the Commission directs 
otherwise, the NRC staff and the applicant shall submit a list of its 
anticipated witnesses for the hearing.
    No later than January 19, 2017, unless the Commission directs 
otherwise, the applicant shall submit its pre-filed written testimony. 
The NRC staff previously submitted its testimony on December 2, 2016.
    The Commission may issue written questions to the applicant or the 
NRC staff before the hearing. If such questions are issued, an order 
containing such questions will be issued no later than January 6, 2017. 
Responses to such questions are due January 19, 2017, unless the 
Commission directs otherwise.

VI. Interested Government Participants

    No later than January 4, 2017, any interested State, local 
government body, or affected, Federally-recognized Indian Tribe may 
file with the Commission a statement of any issues or questions to 
which the State, local government body, or Indian Tribe wishes the 
Commission to give particular attention as part of the uncontested 
hearing process. Such statement may be accompanied by any supporting 
documentation that the State, local government body, or Indian Tribe 
sees fit to provide. Any statements and supporting documentation (if 
any) received by the Commission using the agency's E-filing system \1\ 
by the deadline indicated above will be made part of the record of the 
proceeding. The Commission will use such statements and documents as 
appropriate to inform its pre-hearing questions to the NRC staff and 
applicant, its inquiries at the oral hearing and its decision following 
the hearing. The Commission may also request, prior to January 26, 
2017, that one or more particular States, local government bodies, or 
Indian Tribes send one representative each to the evidentiary hearing 
to answer Commission questions and/or make a

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statement for the purpose of assisting the Commission's exploration of 
one or more of the issues raised by the State, local government body, 
or Indian Tribe in the pre-hearing filings described above. The 
decision of whether to request the presence of a representative of a 
State, local government body, or Indian Tribe at the evidentiary 
hearing to make a statement and/or answer Commission questions is 
solely at the Commission's discretion. The Commission's request will 
specify the issue or issues that the representative should be prepared 
to address.
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    \1\ The process for accessing and using the agency's E-filing 
system is described in the June 18, 2010, notice of hearing that was 
issued by the Commission for this proceeding. See Florida Power and 
Light Company; Combined License Application for the Turkey Point 
Units 6 and 7; Notice of Hearing, Opportunity To Petition for Leave 
To Intervene and Associated Order Imposing Procedures for Access to 
Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Safeguards 
Information for Contention Preparation (75 FR 34777). Participants 
who are unable to use the electronic information exchange (EIE), or 
who will have difficulty complying with EIE requirements in the time 
frame provided for submission of written statements, may provide 
their statements by electronic mail to hearingdocket@nrc.gov.
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    States, local governments, or Indian Tribes should be aware that 
this evidentiary hearing is separate and distinct from the NRC's 
contested hearing process. Issues within the scope of contentions that 
have been admitted or contested issues pending before the Atomic Safety 
and Licensing Board or the Commission in a contested proceeding for a 
COL application are outside the scope of the uncontested proceeding for 
that COL application. In addition, although States, local governments, 
or Indian Tribes participating as described above may take any position 
they wish, or no position at all, with respect to issues regarding the 
COL application or the NRC staff's associated environmental review that 
do fall within the scope of the uncontested proceeding (i.e., issues 
that are not within the scope of admitted contentions or pending 
contested issues), they should be aware that many of the procedures and 
rights applicable to the NRC's contested hearing process due to the 
inherently adversarial nature of such proceedings are not available 
with respect to this uncontested hearing. Participation in the NRC's 
contested hearing process is governed by 10 CFR 2.309 (for persons or 
entities, including States, local governments, or Indian Tribes, 
seeking to file contentions of their own) and 10 CFR 2.315(c) (for 
interested States, local governments, and Indian Tribes seeking to 
participate with respect to contentions filed by others). Participation 
in this uncontested hearing does not affect the right of a State, local 
government, or Indian Tribe to participate in the separate contested 
hearing process.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of December, 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2016-29777 Filed 12-12-16; 8:45 am]
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