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staff has determined not to prepare an
EIS for the Jane Dough amendment and
is issuing a FONSI.
Under the NRC’s environmental
protection regulations in 10 CFR part
51, an EA was prepared.
In May 2009, the NRC staff issued
NUREG–1910, ‘‘Generic Environmental
Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach
Uranium Milling Facilities’’ (herein
referred to as the GEIS). In the GEIS, the
NRC assessed the potential
environmental impacts from
construction, operation, aquifer
restoration, and decommissioning of an
in situ leach uranium milling facility
(also known as an ISR facility) located
in four specific geographic regions of
the western United States. In January
2011, the NRC staff prepared
Supplement 2 to the GEIS for the
Nichols Ranch ISR facility, the Jane
Dough amendment is an expansion to
that facility.
This EA incorporates by reference
relevant portions from the Nichols
Ranch Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement (SEIS) and GEIS, and
uses site-specific information from
Uranerz license application and
independent sources to fulfill the
requirements in 10 CFR 51.20(b)(8).
The final EA was prepared by the
NRC and its contractor, the Center for
Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, in
compliance with NEPA (as amended),
and the NRC’s regulations for
implementing NEPA (10 CFR part 51).
The proposed Jane Dough Unit would
be located in Johnson and Campbell
Counties, Wyoming, and would
encompass approximately 1489 hectares
(3,680 acres).
In this final EA, the NRC staff has
assessed the potential environmental
impacts from the construction,
operation, aquifer restoration, and
decommissioning of the proposed Jane
Dough Unit. The NRC staff assessed the
impacts of the proposed action on land
use; historical and cultural resources;
visual and scenic resources;
climatology, meteorology and air
quality; geology, minerals, and soils;
water resources; ecological resources;
socioeconomics; noise; traffic and
transportation; public and occupational
health and safety; and waste
management.
In doing so, the NRC staff evaluated
site-specific data and information from
the Jane Dough Unit to determine if
Uranerz proposed activities and the site
characteristics were consistent with
those evaluated in the Nichols Ranch
SEIS. The NRC then determined which
relevant sections of, and impact
conclusions in, the SEIS could be
incorporated by reference. The NRC
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staff also determined if additional data
or analysis was needed to assess the
potential environmental impacts for a
specific environmental resource area.
The NRC documented its assessments
and conclusions in the final EA.
In addition to the action proposed by
the licensee, the NRC staff addressed the
no-action alternative which serves as a
baseline for comparison of the potential
environmental impacts of the proposed
action.
After weighing the impacts of the
proposed license amendment and
comparing to the No-Action Alternative,
the NRC staff, in accordance with 10
CFR 51.91(d), sets forth its NEPA
recommendation regarding the proposed
action (granting the request for an NRC
license amendment for the proposed
Jane Dough Unit). Unless safety issues
mandate otherwise, the NRC staff
recommendation related to the
environmental aspects of the proposed
action is that an NRC license
amendment be issued.
The final EA for the proposed Jane
Dough Unit is available in ADAMS
under Accession No. ML17047A666.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
Based on its review of the proposed
action, and in accordance with the
requirements in 10 CFR part 51, the
NRC staff has determined that license
amendment for the Nichols Ranch ISR
project license authorizing the
construction and operation of the Jane
Dough Unit would not significantly
affect the quality of the human health,
safety, and environment. In its license
amendment request, Uranerz has
proposed the addition of two
production units on the Jane Dough
Unit, which is contiguous with the
Nichols Ranch Unit. No significant
changes in Uranerz’s authorized
operations for the Nichols Ranch ISR
Project were requested. Approval of the
proposed action would not result in an
increased radiological risk to public
health or the environment. The NRC
staff has determined that pursuant to 10
CFR 51.31, preparation of an EIS is not
required for the proposed action and,
pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, a FONSI is
appropriate.
On the basis of the EA, the NRC
concludes that the proposed action will
not have a significant effect on the
quality of the human environment.
Accordingly, the NRC has determined
not to prepare an EIS for the proposed
action.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day
of March 2017.
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For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
Brian W. Smith,
Deputy Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety,
Safeguards, and Environmental Review,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2017–05691 Filed 3–21–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 052–00025 and 052–00026;
NRC–2008–0252]
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units
3 and 4
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application;
opportunity to comment, request a
hearing, and petition for leave to
intervene.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an amendment and
exemption to Combined Licenses (NPF–
91 and NPF–92), issued to Southern
Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC),
and Georgia Power Company,
Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG
Power SPVM, LLC, MEAG Power SPVJ,
LLC, MEAG Power SPVP, LLC,
Authority of Georgia, and the City of
Dalton, Georgia (together ‘‘the
licensees’’), for construction and
operation of the Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 3 and 4,
located in Burke County, Georgia.
DATES: Submit comments by April 21,
2017. Requests for a hearing or petition
for leave to intervene must be filed by
May 22, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252. 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.
SUMMARY:
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Paul
Kallan, Office of New Reactors, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–2809, email: Paul.Kallan@
nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
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A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2008–
0252 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
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252.
• 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
application for amendment, dated
February 17, 2017, is available in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML17048A533.
• 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–
0252 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 posts all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as entering
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
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before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment submissions into
ADAMS.
II. Introduction
The NRC is considering issuance of an
amendment to Facility Operating
License Nos. NPF–91 and NPF–92,
issued to SNC and Georgia Power
Company for operation of the VEGP
Units 3 and 4, located in Burke County,
Georgia.
The proposed changes would revise
the Combined Licenses concerning the
design details of the Protection and
Safety Monitoring System (PMS)
including the reactor trip system (RTS)
and the engineered safety feature
actuation system (ESFAS), the passive
core cooling system (PXS), the steam
generator blowdown system, and the
spent fuel pool cooling system (SFS). In
addition, revisions are proposed to
combined license, Appendix A,
Technical Specifications. This proposed
change requires a departure from Tier 1
information in the Westinghouse
AP1000 Design Control Document
(DCD), therefore the licensee also
requested an exemption from the
requirements of the Generic DCD Tier 1
in accordance with § 52.63(b)(1) of title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR).
Before any issuance of the proposed
license amendment, the NRC will need
to make the findings required by the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and NRC’s regulations.
The NRC has made a proposed
determination that the license
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration. Under
the NRC’s regulations in 10 CFR 50.92,
this means that operation of the facility
in accordance with the proposed
amendment would not (1) involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of
a new or different kind of accident from
any accident previously evaluated; or
(3) involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR
50.91(a), the licensee has provided its
analysis of the issue of no significant
hazards consideration, which is
presented below:
1. Does the proposed amendment involve
a significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change to add IRWST [incontainment refueling water storage tank]
lower narrow range level instruments
addresses the accuracy required to initiate
IRWST containment recirculation following a
design basis accident in order to mitigate the
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consequences of the accident. The proposed
change to add the new defense-in-depth
refueling cavity and SFS isolation of Low
IRWST wide range level addresses a seismic
or other event resulting in a pipe rupture in
the nonsafety-related, nonseismic SFS when
connected to the IRWST that could
potentially result in a loss of IRWST
inventory. Isolation of the SFS from IRWST
to mitigate the consequences of a design basis
accident continues to be implemented by the
existing containment isolation function, and
does not rely on the new defense-in-depth
refueling cavity and SFS isolation on Low
IRWST wide range level. The addition of RTS
and ESFAS P–9 interlocks and blocks does
not affect the availability of the actuated
equipment to perform their design functions
to mitigate the consequences of an accident.
The proposed changes do not involve any
accident initiating component/system failure
or event, thus the probabilities of the
accidents previously evaluated are not
affected.
The affected equipment does not adversely
affect or interact with safety-related
equipment or a radioactive material barrier,
and this activity does not involve the
containment of radioactive material. Thus,
the proposed changes would not adversely
affect any safety-related accident mitigating
function. The radioactive material source
terms and release paths used in the safety
analyses are unchanged, thus the radiological
releases in the UFSAR accident analyses are
not affected.
These proposed changes to the PMS design
do not have an adverse effect on any of the
design functions of the affected actuated
systems. The proposed changes do not affect
the support, design, or operation of
mechanical and fluid systems required to
mitigate the consequences of an accident.
There is no change to plant systems or the
response of systems to postulated accident
conditions. There is no change to the
predicted radioactive releases due to
postulated accident conditions. The plant
response to previously evaluated accidents or
external events is not adversely affected, nor
do the proposed changes create any new
accident precursors.
Therefore, the requested amendment does
not involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed amendment create
the possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes to add IRWST lower
narrow range level instruments include
requirements similar in function and
qualification to many safety-related
instruments already performing the affected
safety functions as described in the current
licensing basis to enable the RTS and ESFAS
to perform required design functions, and are
consistent with other Updated Final Safety
Analysis Report (UFSAR) information. The
proposed change to add the new defense-indepth refueling cavity and SFS isolation on
Low IRWST wide range level addresses a
seismic or other event resulting in a
postulated pipe rupture in the nonsafety-
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related, nonseismic SFS when connected to
the IRWST that could potentially result in a
loss of IRWST inventory. Isolation of the SFS
from IRWST to mitigate the consequences of
a design basis accident continues to be
implemented by the existing containment
isolation function, and does not rely on the
new defense-in-depth refueling cavity and
SFS isolation of Low IRWST wide range
level. The addition of RTS and ESFAS P–9
interlocks and blocks does not affect the
availability of the actuated equipment to
perform their design functions to mitigate the
consequences of an accident. This activity
does not allow for a new radioactive material
release path, result in a new radioactive
material barrier failure mode, or create a new
sequence of events that would result in
significant fuel cladding failures.
The proposed changes revise the PMS
design. The proposed changes do not
adversely affect the design requirements for
the PMS, or the design requirements of
associated actuated systems. The proposed
changes do not adversely affect the design
function, support design, or operation of
mechanical and fluid systems.
The proposed changes to the PMS do not
result in a new failure mechanism or
introduce any new accident precursors. No
design function described in the UFSAR is
adversely affected by the proposed changes.
Therefore, the requested amendment does
not create the possibility of a new or different
kind of accident from any accident
previously evaluated.
3. Does the proposed amendment involve
a significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
No safety analysis or design basis
acceptance limit or acceptance criterion is
challenged or exceeded by the proposed
changes, and no margin of safety is reduced.
The proposed change to add the new
defense-in-depth refueling cavity and SFS
isolation on Low IRWST wide range level
addresses a seismic or other event resulting
in a postulated pipe rupture in the nonsafetyrelated, nonseismic SFS when connected to
the IRWST, maintaining the required IRWST
inventory and preserving the original margin
of safety assumed for the PXS and SFS.
Therefore, the requested amendment does
not involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the three
standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the license
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration.
The NRC is seeking public comments
on this proposed determination that the
license amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration. Any
comments received within 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice
will be considered in making any final
determination.
Normally, the Commission will not
issue the amendment until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of
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publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue the license
amendment before expiration of the 60day notice period if the Commission
concludes the amendment involves no
significant hazards consideration. In
addition, the Commission may issue the
amendment prior to the expiration of
the 30-day comment period should
circumstances change during the 30-day
comment period such that failure to act
in a timely way would result, for
example, in derating or shutdown of the
facility. Should the Commission take
action prior to the expiration of either
the comment period or the notice
period, the Commission will publish a
notice of issuance in the Federal
Register. Should the Commission make
a final no significant hazards
consideration determination, any
hearing will take place after issuance.
The Commission expects that the need
to take this action will occur very
infrequently.
III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing
and Petition for Leave To Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice, any persons
(petitioner) whose interest may be
affected by this action may file a request
for a hearing and petition for leave to
intervene (petition) with respect to the
action. Petitions shall be filed in
accordance with the Commission’s
‘‘Agency Rules of Practice and
Procedure’’ in 10 CFR part 2. Interested
persons should consult a current copy
of 10 CFR 2.309. The NRC’s regulations
are accessible electronically from the
NRC Library on the NRC’s Web site at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/cfr/. Alternatively, a copy of
the regulations is available at the NRC’s
Public Document Room, located at One
White Flint North, Room O1–F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland 20852. If a petition is filed,
the Commission or a presiding officer
will rule on the petition and, if
appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be
issued.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d) the
petition should specifically explain the
reasons why intervention should be
permitted with particular reference to
the following general requirements for
standing: (1) The name, address, and
telephone number of the petitioner; (2)
the nature of the petitioner’s right under
the Act to be made a party to the
proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of
the 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 petitioner’s interest.
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f),
the petition must also set forth the
specific contentions which the
petitioner seeks to have litigated in the
proceeding. Each contention must
consist of a specific statement of the
issue of law or fact to be raised or
controverted. In addition, the petitioner
must provide a brief explanation of the
bases for the contention and a concise
statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinion which support the contention
and on which the petitioner intends to
rely in proving the contention at the
hearing. The petitioner must also
provide references to the specific
sources and documents on which the
petitioner intends to rely to support its
position on the issue. The petition must
include sufficient information to show
that a genuine dispute exists with the
applicant or licensee on a material issue
of law or fact. Contentions must be
limited to matters within the scope of
the proceeding. The contention must be
one which, if proven, would entitle the
petitioner to relief. A petitioner who
fails to satisfy the requirements at 10
CFR 2.309(f) with respect to 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. Parties have the opportunity
to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing with respect to resolution of
that party’s admitted contentions,
including the opportunity to present
evidence, consistent with the NRC’s
regulations, policies, and procedures.
Petitions must be filed no later than
60 days from the date of publication of
this notice. Petitions and motions for
leave to file new or amended
contentions that are filed after the
deadline will not be entertained absent
a determination by the presiding officer
that the filing demonstrates good cause
by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR
2.309(c)(1)(i) through (iii). The petition
must be filed in accordance with the
filing instructions in the ‘‘Electronic
Submissions (E-Filing)’’ section of this
document.
If a hearing is requested, and the
Commission has not made a final
determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration, the
Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration. The
final determination will serve to
establish 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,
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notwithstanding the request for a
hearing. Any hearing 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 the 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.
A State, local governmental body,
Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or
agency thereof, may submit a petition to
the Commission to participate as a party
under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition
should state the nature and extent of the
petitioner’s interest in the proceeding.
The petition should be submitted to the
Commission by May 22, 2017. The
petition must be filed in accordance
with the filing instructions in the
‘‘Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)’’
section of this document, and should
meet the requirements for petitions set
forth in this section, except that under
10 CFR 2.309(h)(2) a State, local
governmental body, or federally
recognized Indian Tribe, or agency
thereof does not need to address the
standing requirements in 10 CFR
2.309(d) if the facility is located within
its boundaries. Alternatively, a State,
local governmental body, Federallyrecognized Indian Tribe, or agency
thereof may participate as a non-party
under 10 CFR 2.315(c).
If a hearing is granted, any person
who is not a party to the proceeding and
is not affiliated with or represented by
a party may, at the discretion of the
presiding officer, be permitted to make
a limited appearance pursuant to the
provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person
making a limited appearance may make
an oral or written statement of his or her
position on the issues but may not
otherwise participate in the proceeding.
A limited appearance may be made at
any session of the hearing or at any
prehearing conference, subject to the
limits and conditions as may be
imposed by the presiding officer. Details
regarding the opportunity to make a
limited appearance will be provided by
the presiding officer if such sessions are
scheduled.
IV. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC
adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing and petition for
leave to intervene (petition), any motion
or other document filed in the
proceeding prior to the submission of a
request for hearing or petition to
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interested governmental entities that
request to participate under 10 CFR
2.315(c), must be filed in accordance
with the NRC’s E-Filing rule (72 FR
49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at
77 FR 46562, August 3, 2012). 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. Detailed guidance on
making electronic submissions may be
found in the Guidance for Electronic
Submissions to the NRC and on the
NRC’s Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/
site-help/e-submittals.html. 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 (1) request a digital
identification (ID) certificate, which
allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign
submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it
is participating; and (2) advise the
Secretary that the participant will be
submitting a petition or other
adjudicatory document (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. Once a participant
has obtained a digital ID certificate and
a docket has been created, the
participant can then submit
adjudicatory documents. Submissions
must be in Portable Document Format
(PDF). Additional guidance on PDF
submissions is available on the NRC’s
public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/
site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A
filing is considered complete at the time
the document is 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 EFiling 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
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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 document on those
participants separately. Therefore,
applicants and other participants (or
their counsel or representative) must
apply for and receive a digital ID
certificate before adjudicatory
documents are filed so that they can
obtain access to the documents via the
E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using
the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system
may seek assistance by contacting the
NRC’s Electronic Filing 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
Electronic Filing Help Desk is available
between 9 a.m. and 6 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 stating why there is good cause for
not filing electronically and 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, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.
Participants filing adjudicatory
documents 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://
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adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded
pursuant to an order of the Commission
or the presiding officer. If you do not
have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate
as described above, click cancel when
the link requests certificates and you
will be automatically directed to the
NRC’s electronic hearing dockets where
you will be able to access any publicly
available documents in a particular
hearing docket. Participants are
requested not to include personal
privacy information, such as social
security numbers, home addresses, or
personal 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.
For further details with respect to this
action, see the application for license
amendment dated February 17, 2017.
Attorney for licensee: Mr. M. Stanford
Blanton, Balch & Bingham LLP, 1710
Sixth Avenue North, Birmingham, AL
35203–2015.
NRC Branch Chief: Jennifer DixonHerrity.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day
of March 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennifer Dixon-Herrity,
Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New
Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50–341; NRC–2017–0072]
DTE Electric Company; Fermi, Unit 2;
Withdrawal
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Withdrawal.
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AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is withdrawing a
notice that was published in the Federal
Register (FR) on March 15, 2017,
regarding the consideration of issuance
of an amendment to Renewed Facility
Operating License No. NPF–43, issued
to DTE Electric Company for the
operation of Fermi, Unit 2. This action
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is necessary because the notice was
published in error.
DATES: The withdrawal is effective
March 22, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2017–0072 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–2017–0072. 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.
• 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:
Sujata Goetz, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–8004; email:
Sujata.Goetz@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March
15, 2017, the NRC published FR Doc.
2017–05120, regarding a license
amendment application for Fermi, Unit
2. This publication was made in error,
as an identical notice was published on
March 13, 2017 (82 FR 13512); that
document stated that comments on the
license amendment application should
be submitted by April 12, 2017, and a
request for hearing or petition for leave
to intervene to be filed by May 12, 2017.
The NRC’s March 15, 2017, notice is
hereby withdrawn, because it duplicates
the notice published on March 13, 2017.
Comments should be submitted by April
12, 2017, and a request for a hearing or
petition for leave to intervene should be
filed by May 12, 2017.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day
of March 2017.
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Leslie S. Terry,
Acting Chief, Rules, Announcements, and
Directives Branch, Division of Administrative
Services, Office of Administration.
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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 52–027 and 52–028; NRC–
2008–0441]
South Carolina Electric & Gas
Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear
Station, Units 2 and 3; Fire Pump Head
and Diesel Fuel Day Tank Changes
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Exemption and combined
license amendment; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is granting an
exemption to allow a departure from the
certification information of Tier 1 of the
generic design control document (DCD)
and is issuing License Amendment No.
58 to Combined Licenses (COL), NPF–
93 and NPF–94. The COLs were issued
to South Carolina Electric & Gas
Company on behalf of itself and the
South Carolina Public Service Authority
(both hereafter called the licensee); for
construction and operation of the Virgil
C. Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS)
Units 2 and 3, located in Fairfield
County, South Carolina.
The granting of the exemption allows
the changes to Tier 1 information asked
for in the amendment. Because the
acceptability of the exemption was
determined in part by the acceptability
of the amendment, the exemption and
amendment are being issued
concurrently.
DATES: The exemption and amendment
were issued January 27, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2008–0441 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–2008–0441. 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
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 052-00025 and 052-00026; NRC-2008-0252]
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application; opportunity to comment, request
a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an amendment and exemption to Combined Licenses (NPF-91 and
NPF-92), issued to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC), and
Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM,
LLC, MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC, MEAG Power SPVP, LLC, Authority of Georgia,
and the City of Dalton, Georgia (together ``the licensees''), for
construction and operation of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
(VEGP), Units 3 and 4, located in Burke County, Georgia.
DATES: Submit comments by April 21, 2017. Requests for a hearing or
petition for leave to intervene must be filed by May 22, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0252. 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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Kallan, Office of New Reactors,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-2809, email: Paul.Kallan@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0252 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-2008-0252.
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
application for amendment, dated February 17, 2017, is available in
ADAMS under Accession No. ML17048A533.
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-2008-0252 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 posts all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as entering 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 submissions into ADAMS.
II. Introduction
The NRC is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility
Operating License Nos. NPF-91 and NPF-92, issued to SNC and Georgia
Power Company for operation of the VEGP Units 3 and 4, located in Burke
County, Georgia.
The proposed changes would revise the Combined Licenses concerning
the design details of the Protection and Safety Monitoring System (PMS)
including the reactor trip system (RTS) and the engineered safety
feature actuation system (ESFAS), the passive core cooling system
(PXS), the steam generator blowdown system, and the spent fuel pool
cooling system (SFS). In addition, revisions are proposed to combined
license, Appendix A, Technical Specifications. This proposed change
requires a departure from Tier 1 information in the Westinghouse AP1000
Design Control Document (DCD), therefore the licensee also requested an
exemption from the requirements of the Generic DCD Tier 1 in accordance
with Sec. 52.63(b)(1) of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR).
Before any issuance of the proposed license amendment, the NRC will
need to make the findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (the Act), and NRC's regulations.
The NRC has made a proposed determination that the license
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Under
the NRC's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the
facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1)
involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an
accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new
or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated;
or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. As
required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has provided its analysis of
the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which is presented
below:
1. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change to add IRWST [in-containment refueling water
storage tank] lower narrow range level instruments addresses the
accuracy required to initiate IRWST containment recirculation
following a design basis accident in order to mitigate the
consequences of the accident. The proposed change to add the new
defense-in-depth refueling cavity and SFS isolation of Low IRWST
wide range level addresses a seismic or other event resulting in a
pipe rupture in the nonsafety-related, nonseismic SFS when connected
to the IRWST that could potentially result in a loss of IRWST
inventory. Isolation of the SFS from IRWST to mitigate the
consequences of a design basis accident continues to be implemented
by the existing containment isolation function, and does not rely on
the new defense-in-depth refueling cavity and SFS isolation on Low
IRWST wide range level. The addition of RTS and ESFAS P-9 interlocks
and blocks does not affect the availability of the actuated
equipment to perform their design functions to mitigate the
consequences of an accident. The proposed changes do not involve any
accident initiating component/system failure or event, thus the
probabilities of the accidents previously evaluated are not
affected.
The affected equipment does not adversely affect or interact
with safety-related equipment or a radioactive material barrier, and
this activity does not involve the containment of radioactive
material. Thus, the proposed changes would not adversely affect any
safety-related accident mitigating function. The radioactive
material source terms and release paths used in the safety analyses
are unchanged, thus the radiological releases in the UFSAR accident
analyses are not affected.
These proposed changes to the PMS design do not have an adverse
effect on any of the design functions of the affected actuated
systems. The proposed changes do not affect the support, design, or
operation of mechanical and fluid systems required to mitigate the
consequences of an accident. There is no change to plant systems or
the response of systems to postulated accident conditions. There is
no change to the predicted radioactive releases due to postulated
accident conditions. The plant response to previously evaluated
accidents or external events is not adversely affected, nor do the
proposed changes create any new accident precursors.
Therefore, the requested amendment does not involve a
significant increase in the probability or consequences of an
accident previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed amendment create the possibility of a new
or different kind of accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes to add IRWST lower narrow range level
instruments include requirements similar in function and
qualification to many safety-related instruments already performing
the affected safety functions as described in the current licensing
basis to enable the RTS and ESFAS to perform required design
functions, and are consistent with other Updated Final Safety
Analysis Report (UFSAR) information. The proposed change to add the
new defense-in-depth refueling cavity and SFS isolation on Low IRWST
wide range level addresses a seismic or other event resulting in a
postulated pipe rupture in the nonsafety-
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related, nonseismic SFS when connected to the IRWST that could
potentially result in a loss of IRWST inventory. Isolation of the
SFS from IRWST to mitigate the consequences of a design basis
accident continues to be implemented by the existing containment
isolation function, and does not rely on the new defense-in-depth
refueling cavity and SFS isolation of Low IRWST wide range level.
The addition of RTS and ESFAS P-9 interlocks and blocks does not
affect the availability of the actuated equipment to perform their
design functions to mitigate the consequences of an accident. This
activity does not allow for a new radioactive material release path,
result in a new radioactive material barrier failure mode, or create
a new sequence of events that would result in significant fuel
cladding failures.
The proposed changes revise the PMS design. The proposed changes
do not adversely affect the design requirements for the PMS, or the
design requirements of associated actuated systems. The proposed
changes do not adversely affect the design function, support design,
or operation of mechanical and fluid systems.
The proposed changes to the PMS do not result in a new failure
mechanism or introduce any new accident precursors. No design
function described in the UFSAR is adversely affected by the
proposed changes.
Therefore, the requested amendment does not create the
possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident
previously evaluated.
3. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant reduction
in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
No safety analysis or design basis acceptance limit or
acceptance criterion is challenged or exceeded by the proposed
changes, and no margin of safety is reduced. The proposed change to
add the new defense-in-depth refueling cavity and SFS isolation on
Low IRWST wide range level addresses a seismic or other event
resulting in a postulated pipe rupture in the nonsafety-related,
nonseismic SFS when connected to the IRWST, maintaining the required
IRWST inventory and preserving the original margin of safety assumed
for the PXS and SFS.
Therefore, the requested amendment does not involve a
significant reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
license amendment request involves no significant hazards
consideration.
The NRC is seeking public comments on this proposed determination
that the license amendment request involves no significant hazards
consideration. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be considered in making any final
determination.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue the license amendment before expiration of the 60-
day notice period if the Commission concludes the amendment involves no
significant hazards consideration. In addition, the Commission may
issue the amendment prior to the expiration of the 30-day comment
period should circumstances change during the 30-day comment period
such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in
derating or shutdown of the facility. Should the Commission take action
prior to the expiration of either the comment period or the notice
period, the Commission will publish a notice of issuance in the Federal
Register. Should the Commission make a final no significant hazards
consideration determination, any hearing will take place after
issuance. The Commission expects that the need to take this action will
occur very infrequently.
III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To
Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any
persons (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by this action may
file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to intervene
(petition) with respect to the action. Petitions shall be filed in
accordance with the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice and
Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult a
current copy of 10 CFR 2.309. The NRC's regulations are accessible
electronically from the NRC Library on the NRC's Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. Alternatively, a copy of
the regulations is available at the NRC's Public Document Room, located
at One White Flint North, Room O1-F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first
floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. If a petition is filed, the
Commission or a presiding officer will rule on the petition and, if
appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be issued.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d) the petition should specifically
explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with
particular reference to the following general requirements for
standing: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the
petitioner; (2) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to
be made a party to the proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of the
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 petitioner's interest.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f), the petition must also set
forth the specific contentions which the petitioner seeks to have
litigated in the proceeding. Each contention must consist of a specific
statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In
addition, the petitioner must provide a brief explanation of the bases
for the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or
expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner
intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The
petitioner must also provide references to the specific sources and
documents on which the petitioner intends to rely to support its
position on the issue. The petition must include sufficient information
to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant or licensee on
a material issue of law or fact. Contentions must be limited to matters
within the scope of the proceeding. The contention must be one which,
if proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief. A petitioner who
fails to satisfy the requirements at 10 CFR 2.309(f) with respect to 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.
Parties have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing with respect to resolution of that party's admitted
contentions, including the opportunity to present evidence, consistent
with the NRC's regulations, policies, and procedures.
Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of
publication of this notice. Petitions and motions for leave to file new
or amended contentions that are filed after the deadline will not be
entertained absent a determination by the presiding officer that the
filing demonstrates good cause by satisfying the three factors in 10
CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i) through (iii). The petition must be filed in
accordance with the filing instructions in the ``Electronic Submissions
(E-Filing)'' section of this document.
If a hearing is requested, and the Commission has not made a final
determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration, the
Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve
to establish 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,
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notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing 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 the 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.
A State, local governmental body, Federally-recognized Indian
Tribe, or agency thereof, may submit a petition to the Commission to
participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition should
state the nature and extent of the petitioner's interest in the
proceeding. The petition should be submitted to the Commission by May
22, 2017. The petition must be filed in accordance with the filing
instructions in the ``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)'' section of
this document, and should meet the requirements for petitions set forth
in this section, except that under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(2) a State, local
governmental body, or federally recognized Indian Tribe, or agency
thereof does not need to address the standing requirements in 10 CFR
2.309(d) if the facility is located within its boundaries.
Alternatively, a State, local governmental body, Federally-recognized
Indian Tribe, or agency thereof may participate as a non-party under 10
CFR 2.315(c).
If a hearing is granted, any person who is not a party to the
proceeding and is not affiliated with or represented by a party may, at
the discretion of the presiding officer, be permitted to make a limited
appearance pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person
making a limited appearance may make an oral or written statement of
his or her position on the issues but may not otherwise participate in
the proceeding. A limited appearance may be made at any session of the
hearing or at any prehearing conference, subject to the limits and
conditions as may be imposed by the presiding officer. Details
regarding the opportunity to make a limited appearance will be provided
by the presiding officer if such sessions are scheduled.
IV. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing and petition for leave to intervene (petition), 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 that request to
participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in accordance with the
NRC's E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 77 FR
46562, August 3, 2012). 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. Detailed
guidance on making electronic submissions may be found in the Guidance
for Electronic Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC's Web site at
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. 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 (1) request a digital identification (ID)
certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition or
other adjudicatory document (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. Once a participant has obtained a
digital ID certificate and a docket has been created, the participant
can then submit adjudicatory documents. Submissions must be in Portable
Document Format (PDF). Additional guidance on PDF submissions is
available on the NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A filing is considered complete at the
time the document is 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
document on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for
and receive a digital ID certificate before adjudicatory documents are
filed so that they can obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing
system.
A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC's Electronic
Filing 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 Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m.
and 6 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
stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and
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, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff. Participants filing adjudicatory documents 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://
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adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
Commission or the presiding officer. If you do not have an NRC-issued
digital ID certificate as described above, click cancel when the link
requests certificates and you will be automatically directed to the
NRC's electronic hearing dockets where you will be able to access any
publicly available documents in a particular hearing docket.
Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information,
such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal 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.
For further details with respect to this action, see the
application for license amendment dated February 17, 2017.
Attorney for licensee: Mr. M. Stanford Blanton, Balch & Bingham
LLP, 1710 Sixth Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203-2015.
NRC Branch Chief: Jennifer Dixon-Herrity.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of March 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennifer Dixon-Herrity,
Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of
New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2017-05690 Filed 3-21-17; 8:45 am]
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