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require that, as a minimum, a licensed
senior operator be available to make
these decisions even though, after the
docketing of the certifications required
by § 50.82(a)(1)(i) and (ii) and as a
permanently shutdown and defueled
plant, Palisades would no longer
otherwise require licensed senior
operators.
This exemption is in the public
interest for two reasons. First, the
exemption would allow the licensee to
make decisions pursuant to
§ 73.55(p)(1)(i) and (ii) without having
to maintain a staff of licensed senior
operators at a nuclear power reactor that
has permanently ceased operations and
permanently removed fuel from the
reactor vessel. The exemption would
also allow the licensee to have an
established procedure in place to allow
a trained CFH to suspend security
measures in the event of an emergency
or severe weather after the certifications
required by § 50.82(a)(1)(i) and (ii) have
been submitted. Second, the consistent
and efficient regulation of nuclear
power plants serves the public interest.
This exemption would assure
consistency between the regulations in
§ 73.55(p) and § 50.54(y), and the
requirements concerning licensed
operators in 10 CFR part 55. The NRC
staff has determined that granting the
licensee’s proposed exemption would
allow the licensee to designate a CFH,
with qualifications appropriate for a
permanently shutdown and defueled
reactor, to approve the suspension of
security measures during an emergency
to protect the public health and safety,
and during severe weather to protect the
personal health and safety of the
security force, consistent with the
similar authority provided by § 50.54(y)
after the certifications required by
§ 50.82(a)(1)(i) and (ii) have been
submitted. For these reasons, the
exemption is in the public interest.
D. Environmental Considerations
The NRC’s approval of the requested
exemption belongs to a category of
actions that the Commission, by rule or
regulation, has declared to be a
categorical exclusion, after first finding
that the category of actions does not
individually or cumulatively have a
significant effect on the human
environment. Specifically, the NRC’s
approval of the requested exemption is
categorically excluded from further
environmental analysis under
§ 51.22(c)(25).
Under § 51.22(c)(25), the granting of
an exemption from the requirements of
any regulation of Chapter I to 10 CFR is
a categorical exclusion provided that: (i)
There is no significant hazards
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consideration; (ii) there is no significant
change in the types or significant
increase in the amounts of any effluents
that may be released offsite; (iii) there is
no significant increase in individual or
cumulative public or occupational
radiation exposure; (iv) there is no
significant construction impact; (v)
there is no significant increase in the
potential for or consequences from
radiological accidents; and (vi) the
requirements from which an exemption
is sought involve: Safeguard plans, and
materials control and accounting
inventory scheduling requirements; or
involve other requirements of an
administrative, managerial, or
organizational nature.
The NRC staff has determined that the
approval of the requested exemption
involves no significant hazards
consideration because allowing a CFH,
in addition to a licensed senior operator,
to approve the security suspension at a
permanently shutdown and defueled
power plant does 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. The requested
exemption is unrelated to any
operational restriction. Accordingly,
there is no significant change in the
types or significant increase in the
amounts of any effluents that may be
released offsite and no significant
increase in individual or cumulative
public or occupational radiation
exposure. The requested exemption is
not associated with construction, so
there is no significant construction
impact. The requested exemption does
not concern the source term (i.e.,
potential amount of radiation in an
accident), nor mitigation. Thus, there is
no significant increase in the potential
for, or consequences from, radiological
accidents. Finally, the requirement to
have a licensed senior operator approve
suspensions of security measures from
which the exemption is sought involves
either safeguards, materials control, or
managerial/organizational matters.
Therefore, pursuant to § 51.22(b) and
(c)(25), no environmental impact
statement or environmental assessment
need be prepared in connection with the
approval of this exemption request.
IV. Conclusions
Accordingly, the Commission has
determined that, pursuant to § 73.5, the
exemption is authorized by law and will
not endanger life or property or the
common defense and security, and is
otherwise in the public interest.
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Therefore, the Commission hereby
grants the licensee’s request for an
exemption from the requirements of
§ 73.55(p)(1)(i) and (ii), to authorize,
after the certifications required by
§ 50.82(a)(1)(i) and (ii) have been
submitted, that the suspension of
security measures for Palisades during
certain emergency conditions or during
severe weather must be approved as a
minimum by either a licensed senior
operator or a CFH before taking this
action.
The exemption is effective upon
receipt.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, on October
11, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kathryn M. Brock,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Weeks of October 16, 23, 30,
November 6, 13, 20, 2017.
DATE:
Commissioners’ Conference
Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland.
PLACE:
STATUS:
Public and Closed.
Week of October 16, 2017
Monday, October 16, 2017
10:30 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public
Meeting) (Tentative)
Final Rule: Modified Small Quantities
Protocol (RIN 3150–AJ70; NRC–
2015–0263) (Tentative)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION By a vote of
3–0 on October 10 and 11, 2017, the
Commission determined pursuant to
U.S.C. 552b(e) and § 9.107(a) of the
Commission’s rules that the above
referenced Affirmation Session be held
with less than one week notice to the
public. The meeting is scheduled on
October 16, 2017
Week of October 23, 2017—Tentative
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
10:00 a.m. Strategic Programmatic
Overview of the Operating Reactors
Business Line (Public) (Contact:
Trent Wertz: 301–415–1568)
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov/.
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Week of October 30, 2017—Tentative
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Week of November 6, 2017—Tentative
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Week of November 13, 2017—Tentative
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meetings is subject to change on short
notice. For more information or to verify
the status of meetings, contact Denise
McGovern at 301–415–0681 or via email
at Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov.
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The NRC Commission Meeting
Schedule can be found on the Internet
at: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/
public-meetings/schedule.html.
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The NRC provides reasonable
accommodation to individuals with
disabilities where appropriate. If you
need a reasonable accommodation to
participate in these public meetings, or
need this meeting notice or the
transcript or other information from the
public meetings in another format (e.g.,
braille, large print), please notify
Kimberly Meyer, NRC Disability
Program Manager, at 301–287–0739, by
videophone at 240–428–3217, or by
email at Kimberly.Meyer-Chambers@
nrc.gov. Determinations on requests for
reasonable accommodation will be
made on a case-by-case basis.
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If you would like to be added to the
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Patricia.Jimenez@nrc.gov.
Dated: October 13, 2017.
Denise L. McGovern,
Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary.
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[NRC–2016–0263]
Information Collection: Material
Control and Accounting of Special
Nuclear Material
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the
Office of Management and Budget;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has recently
submitted a request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review. The information
collection is entitled, ‘‘Material Control
and Accounting of Special Nuclear
Material.’’
SUMMARY:
Submit comments by December
18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly
to the OMB reviewer at: Aaron Szabo,
Desk Officer, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OMB approval
number 3150–0123), NEOB–10202,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503; telephone: 202–
395–3621, email: oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–2084; email:
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016–
0263 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–2016–0263.
• 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
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email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
supporting statement and burden
spreadsheet for ‘‘Material Control and
Accounting of Special Nuclear
Material,’’ is available in ADAMS under
Accession Nos. ML17249A549 and
ML17249A580, respectively.
• 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.
• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of
the collection of information and related
instructions may be obtained without
charge by contacting NRC’s Clearance
Officer, David Cullison, Office of the
Chief Information Office, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
2084; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@
nrc.gov.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information in
comment submissions that you do not
want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. All comment
submissions are posted at https://
www.regulations.gov and entered into
ADAMS. Comment submissions are not
routinely edited 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. Background
Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently
submitted a request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to
OMB for review entitled, ‘‘Material
Control and Accounting of Special
Nuclear Material.’’ The NRC hereby
informs potential respondents that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
that a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
The NRC published a Federal
Register notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on
June 21, 2017 (82 FR 28361).
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Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
DATE: Weeks of October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, 20, 2017.
PLACE: Commissioners' Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland.
STATUS: Public and Closed.
Week of October 16, 2017
Monday, October 16, 2017
10:30 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public Meeting) (Tentative)
Final Rule: Modified Small Quantities Protocol (RIN 3150-AJ70; NRC-
2015-0263) (Tentative)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION By a vote of 3-0 on October 10 and 11, 2017, the
Commission determined pursuant to U.S.C. 552b(e) and Sec. 9.107(a) of
the Commission's rules that the above referenced Affirmation Session be
held with less than one week notice to the public. The meeting is
scheduled on October 16, 2017
Week of October 23, 2017--Tentative
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
10:00 a.m. Strategic Programmatic Overview of the Operating Reactors
Business Line (Public) (Contact: Trent Wertz: 301-415-1568)
This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address--https://www.nrc.gov/.
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Week of October 30, 2017--Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for the week of October 30, 2017.
Week of November 6, 2017--Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for the week of November 6, 2017.
Week of November 13, 2017--Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for the week of November 13, 2017.
Week of November 20, 2017--Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for the week of November 20, 2017.
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The schedule for Commission meetings is subject to change on short
notice. For more information or to verify the status of meetings,
contact Denise McGovern at 301-415-0681 or via email at
Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov.
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The NRC Commission Meeting Schedule can be found on the Internet
at: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/schedule.html.
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The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with
disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation
to participate in these public meetings, or need this meeting notice or
the transcript or other information from the public meetings in another
format (e.g., braille, large print), please notify Kimberly Meyer, NRC
Disability Program Manager, at 301-287-0739, by videophone at 240-428-
3217, or by email at Kimberly.Meyer-Chambers@nrc.gov. Determinations on
requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case
basis.
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Members of the public may request to receive this information
electronically. If you would like to be added to the distribution,
please contact the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of the
Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301-415-1969), or email
Brenda.Akstulewicz@nrc.gov or Patricia.Jimenez@nrc.gov.
Dated: October 13, 2017.
Denise L. McGovern,
Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary.
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