Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4; Clarification of Raceway and Raceway System Designations, 57302-57304 [2017-25966]
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letter
dated January 17, 2017 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15259A590), as
supplemented August 27, 2017
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17236A170),
SMUD submitted a license amendment
request (LAR) to the NRC in accordance
with section 72.56 of title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), to
allow the storage of byproduct nuclear
material in the form of a check source
which is used to check the functionality
of radiation detection instruments.
Currently, the source is licensed under
10 CFR part 30 which is incorporated
under the Rancho Seco Nuclear
Generating Station (RSNGS) 10 CFR part
50 license. Prior to terminating the 10
CFR part 50 license, SMUD requested
the NRC amend the 10 CFR part 72
ISFSI license to incorporate the 10 CFR
part 30 source. The NRC staff (staff)
docketed the application, and in
accordance with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(1), a
Notice of Proposed Action and a Notice
of Opportunity for Hearing was
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published in the Federal Register on
May 5, 2017 (82 FR 21270). No requests
for a hearing or leave to intervene were
submitted.
The NRC staff has completed its
review of the January 17, 2017 LAR, and
has determined that it complies with the
standards and requirements of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), as well as the NRC’s rules and
regulations. As required by the Act and
the NRC’s rules and regulations in 10
CFR chapter 1, the NRC staff made the
appropriate findings which are
contained in a safety evaluation report
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17290A010).
The NRC has thus granted the LAR and
has accordingly issued Amendment No.
4 to Materials License No. SNM–2510.
The NRC prepared a safety evaluation
report (SER) (ADAMS Accession No.
ML17290A010) to document its review
and evaluation of the amendment
request. As further explained in the
SER, the NRC has also determined that
the license amendment is administrative
in nature, and therefore satisfies the 10
CFR 51.22(c)(11) criteria for a
categorical exclusion from the
requirement to prepare an
environmental assessment. Under 10
CFR 51.22(c)(11), this action is eligible
for categorical exclusion, because it is
an amendment to a materials licenses
which is administrative, organizational,
or procedural in nature, or which results
in a change in process operations or
equipment, provided that (i) there is no
significant change in the types or
significant increase in the amounts of
any effluents that may be released
offsite, (ii) there is no significant
increase in individual or cumulative
occupational radiation exposure, (iii)
there is no significant construction
impact, and (iv) there is no significant
increase in the potential for or
consequences from radiological
accidents. Consequently, an
environmental assessment and finding
of no significant impact are not
required. This amendment was effective
upon issuance.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day
of November 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Acting Chief, Spent Fuel Licensing Branch,
Division of Spent Fuel Management, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 52–025 and 52–026; NRC–
2008–0252]
Southern Nuclear Operating Company,
Inc., Vogtle Electric Generating Plant,
Units 3 and 4; Clarification of Raceway
and Raceway System Designations
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 Nos.
97 and 96 to Combined Licenses (COL),
NPF–91 and NPF–92, respectively. The
COLs were issued to Southern Nuclear
Operating Company, Inc., 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 (the
licensee); for construction and operation
of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
(VEGP) Units 3 and 4, located in Burke
County, Georgia.
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.
SUMMARY:
The exemption and amendment
were issued on November 8, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2008–0252 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–2008–0252. 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.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
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‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
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Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (if it is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
it is mentioned in this document. The
request for the amendment and
exemption was submitted by letter
dated March 15, 2017 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML17074A597).
• 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:
Chandu Patel, Office of New Reactors,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–3025; email: Chandu.Patel@
nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC is granting an exemption
from paragraph B of section III, ‘‘Scope
and Contents,’’ of appendix D, ‘‘Design
Certification Rule for the AP1000,’’ to
part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), and issuing
License Amendment Nos. 92 and 91 to
COLs, NPF–91 and NPF–92,
respectively, to the licensee. The
exemption is required by paragraph A.4
of section VIII, ‘‘Processes for Changes
and Departures,’’ appendix D, to 10 CFR
part 52 to allow the licensee to depart
from Tier 1 information. With the
requested amendment, the licensee
sought proposed changes to the Updated
Final Safety Analysis Report in the form
of departures from the incorporated
plant-specific Design Control Document
Tier 2 information and involves changes
to COL Appendix C. The proposed
changes clarify that raceways or
raceway systems designated with an
electrical classification (i.e., Class 1E/
non-Class 1E) is instead referring to
raceways or raceway systems that route
Class 1E or non-Class 1E circuits.
Part of the justification for granting
the exemption was provided by the
review of the amendment. Because the
exemption is necessary in order to issue
the requested license amendment, the
NRC granted the exemption and issued
the amendment concurrently, rather
than in sequence. This included issuing
a combined safety evaluation containing
the NRC staff’s review of both the
exemption request and the license
amendment. The exemption met all
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applicable regulatory criteria set forth in
§§ 50.12, 52.7, and section VIII.A.4 of
appendix D to 10 CFR part 52. The
license amendment was found to be
acceptable as well. The combined safety
evaluation is available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML17272A131.
Identical exemption documents
(except for referenced unit numbers and
license numbers) were issued to the
licensee for VEGP Units 3 and 4 (COLs
NPF–91 and NPF–92). The exemption
documents for VEGP Units 3 and 4 can
be found in ADAMS under Accession
Nos. ML17272A125 and ML17272A126,
respectively. The exemption is
reproduced (with the exception of
abbreviated titles and additional
citations) in Section II of this document.
The amendment documents for COLs
NPF–91 and NPF–92 are available in
ADAMS under Accession Nos.
ML17272A127 and ML17272A129,
respectively. A summary of the
amendment documents is provided in
Section III of this document.
II. Exemption
Reproduced below is the exemption
document issued to VEGP Units 3 and
Unit 4. It makes reference to the
combined safety evaluation that
provides the reasoning for the findings
made by the NRC (and listed under Item
1) in order to grant the exemption:
1. In a letter dated March 15, 2017,
the licensee requested from the
Commission an exemption to allow
departures from Tier 1 information in
the certified DCD incorporated by
reference in 10 CFR part 52, Appendix
D, as part of license amendment request
17–008, ‘‘Clarification of Raceway and
Raceway System Designations.’’
For the reasons set forth in Section 3.1
of the NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation,
which can be found in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML17272A131, the
Commission finds that:
A. the exemption is authorized by
law;
B. the exemption presents no undue
risk to public health and safety;
C. the exemption is consistent with
the common defense and security;
D. special circumstances are present
in that the application of the rule in this
circumstance is not necessary to serve
the underlying purpose of the rule;
E. the special circumstances outweigh
any decrease in safety that may result
from the reduction in standardization
caused by the exemption; and
F. the exemption will not result in a
significant decrease in the level of safety
otherwise provided by the design.
2. Accordingly, the licensee is granted
an exemption from the certified DCD
Tier 1 information, with corresponding
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changes to Appendix C of the Facility
Combined License as described in the
request dated March 15, 2017. This
exemption is related to, and necessary
for the granting of License Amendment
No. 97 (Unit 3) and 96 (Unit 4), which
is being issued concurrently with this
exemption.
3. As explained in Section 5.0 of the
NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation (ADAMS
Accession No. ML17272A131), this
exemption meets the eligibility criteria
for categorical exclusion set forth in 10
CFR 51.22(c)(9). Therefore, pursuant to
10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental
impact statement or environmental
assessment needs to be prepared in
connection with the issuance of the
exemption.
4. This exemption is effective as of the
date of its issuance.
III. License Amendment Request
By letter dated March 15, 2017
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17074A597),
the licensee requested that the NRC
amend the COLs for VEGP, Units 3 and
4, COLs NPF–91 and NPF–92. The
proposed amendment is described in
Section I of this Federal Register notice.
The Commission has determined for
these amendments that the application
complies with the standards and
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the
Commission’s rules and regulations.
The Commission has made appropriate
findings as required by the Act and the
Commission’s rules and regulations in
10 CFR chapter I, which are set forth in
the license amendment.
A notice of consideration of issuance
of amendment to facility operating
license or COL, as applicable, proposed
no significant hazards consideration
determination, and opportunity for a
hearing in connection with these
actions, was published in the Federal
Register on April 25, 2017 (82 FR
19104). No comments were received
during the 30-day comment period.
The Commission has determined that
these amendments satisfy the criteria for
categorical exclusion in accordance
with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant
to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental
impact statement or environmental
assessment need be prepared for these
amendments.
IV. Conclusion
Using the reasons set forth in the
combined safety evaluation, the staff
granted the exemption and issued the
amendment that the licensee requested
on March 15, 2017.
The exemption and amendment were
issued on November 8, 2017, as part of
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a combined package to the licensee
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17272A123).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day
of November 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity,
Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New
Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
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[Docket Nos. MC2018–34 and CP2018–64;
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New Postal Products
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Commission is noticing
recent Postal Service filings for the
Commission’s consideration concerning
negotiated service agreements. This
notice informs the public of the filing,
invites public comment, and takes other
administrative steps.
DATES: Comments are due: December 6,
2017.
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.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
202–789–6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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II. Docketed Proceeding(s)
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I. Introduction
The Commission gives notice that the
Postal Service filed request(s) for the
Commission to consider matters related
to negotiated service agreement(s). The
request(s) may propose the addition or
removal of a negotiated service
agreement from the market dominant or
the competitive product list, or the
modification of an existing product
currently appearing on the market
dominant or the competitive product
list.
Section II identifies the docket
number(s) associated with each Postal
Service request, the title of each Postal
Service request, the request’s acceptance
date, and the authority cited by the
Postal Service for each request. For each
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request, the Commission appoints an
officer of the Commission to represent
the interests of the general public in the
proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505
(Public Representative). Section II also
establishes comment deadline(s)
pertaining to each request.
The public portions of the Postal
Service’s request(s) can be accessed via
the Commission’s Web site (https://
www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of
the Postal Service’s request(s), if any,
can be accessed through compliance
with the requirements of 39 CFR
3007.40.
The Commission invites comments on
whether the Postal Service’s request(s)
in the captioned docket(s) are consistent
with the policies of title 39. For
request(s) that the Postal Service states
concern market dominant product(s),
applicable statutory and regulatory
requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39
U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3010, and 39
CFR part 3020, subpart B. For request(s)
that the Postal Service states concern
competitive product(s), applicable
statutory and regulatory requirements
include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 U.S.C. 3633,
39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3015, and
39 CFR part 3020, subpart B. Comment
deadline(s) for each request appear in
section II.
II. Docketed Proceeding(s)
1. Docket No(s).: MC2018–34 and
CP2018–64; Filing Title: USPS Request
to Add Priority Mail Contract 378 to
Competitive Product List and Notice of
Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing
Acceptance Date: November 28, 2017;
Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39
CFR 3020.30 et seq.; Public
Representative: Jennaca D. Upperman;
Comments Due: December 6, 2017.
2. Docket No(s).: MC2018–35 and
CP2018–65; Filing Title: USPS Request
to Add Parcel Select Contract 25 to
Competitive Product List and Notice of
Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing
Acceptance Date: November 28, 2017;
Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39
CFR 3020.30 et seq.; Public
Representative: Christopher C. Mohr;
Comments Due: December 6, 2017.
This notice will be published in the
Federal Register.
Ruth Ann Abrams,
Acting Secretary.
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domestic shipping services contract to
the list of Negotiated Service
Agreements in the Mail Classification
Schedule’s Competitive Products List.
SUMMARY:
Date of notice required under 39
U.S.C. 3642(d)(1): December 4, 2017.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth A. Reed, 202–268–3179.
The
United States Postal Service® hereby
gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C.
3642 and 3632(b)(3), on November 28,
2017, it filed with the Postal Regulatory
Commission a Request of the United
States Postal Service to Add Parcel
Select Contract 25 to Competitive
Product List. Documents are available at
www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2018–35,
CP2018–65.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Elizabeth A. Reed,
Attorney, Corporate and Postal Business Law.
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The Postal Service gives
notice of filing a request with the Postal
Regulatory Commission to add a
domestic shipping services contract to
the list of Negotiated Service
Agreements in the Mail Classification
Schedule’s Competitive Products List.
SUMMARY:
Date of notice required under 39
U.S.C. 3642(d)(1): December 4, 2017.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth A. Reed, 202–268–3179.
The
United States Postal Service® hereby
gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C.
3642 and 3632(b)(3), on November 28,
2017, it filed with the Postal Regulatory
Commission a USPS Request to Add
Priority Mail Contract 378 to
Competitive Product List. Documents
are available at www.prc.gov, Docket
Nos. MC2018–34, CP2018–64.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Elizabeth A. Reed,
Attorney, Corporate and Postal Business Law.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 52-025 and 52-026; NRC-2008-0252]
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4; Clarification of Raceway and Raceway
System Designations
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Exemption and combined license amendment; issuance.
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SUMMARY: 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 Nos. 97 and 96 to Combined Licenses (COL), NPF-91 and
NPF-92, respectively. The COLs were issued to Southern Nuclear
Operating Company, Inc., 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 (the
licensee); for construction and operation of the Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant (VEGP) Units 3 and 4, located in Burke County,
Georgia.
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 on November 8, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0252 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-2008-0252. 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.
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
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``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or
by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first
time that it is mentioned in this document. The request for the
amendment and exemption was submitted by letter dated March 15, 2017
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17074A597).
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: Chandu Patel, Office of New Reactors,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-3025; email: Chandu.Patel@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC is granting an exemption from paragraph B of section III,
``Scope and Contents,'' of appendix D, ``Design Certification Rule for
the AP1000,'' to part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR), and issuing License Amendment Nos. 92 and 91 to COLs, NPF-91
and NPF-92, respectively, to the licensee. The exemption is required by
paragraph A.4 of section VIII, ``Processes for Changes and
Departures,'' appendix D, to 10 CFR part 52 to allow the licensee to
depart from Tier 1 information. With the requested amendment, the
licensee sought proposed changes to the Updated Final Safety Analysis
Report in the form of departures from the incorporated plant-specific
Design Control Document Tier 2 information and involves changes to COL
Appendix C. The proposed changes clarify that raceways or raceway
systems designated with an electrical classification (i.e., Class 1E/
non-Class 1E) is instead referring to raceways or raceway systems that
route Class 1E or non-Class 1E circuits.
Part of the justification for granting the exemption was provided
by the review of the amendment. Because the exemption is necessary in
order to issue the requested license amendment, the NRC granted the
exemption and issued the amendment concurrently, rather than in
sequence. This included issuing a combined safety evaluation containing
the NRC staff's review of both the exemption request and the license
amendment. The exemption met all applicable regulatory criteria set
forth in Sec. Sec. 50.12, 52.7, and section VIII.A.4 of appendix D to
10 CFR part 52. The license amendment was found to be acceptable as
well. The combined safety evaluation is available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML17272A131.
Identical exemption documents (except for referenced unit numbers
and license numbers) were issued to the licensee for VEGP Units 3 and 4
(COLs NPF-91 and NPF-92). The exemption documents for VEGP Units 3 and
4 can be found in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML17272A125 and
ML17272A126, respectively. The exemption is reproduced (with the
exception of abbreviated titles and additional citations) in Section II
of this document. The amendment documents for COLs NPF-91 and NPF-92
are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML17272A127 and
ML17272A129, respectively. A summary of the amendment documents is
provided in Section III of this document.
II. Exemption
Reproduced below is the exemption document issued to VEGP Units 3
and Unit 4. It makes reference to the combined safety evaluation that
provides the reasoning for the findings made by the NRC (and listed
under Item 1) in order to grant the exemption:
1. In a letter dated March 15, 2017, the licensee requested from
the Commission an exemption to allow departures from Tier 1 information
in the certified DCD incorporated by reference in 10 CFR part 52,
Appendix D, as part of license amendment request 17-008,
``Clarification of Raceway and Raceway System Designations.''
For the reasons set forth in Section 3.1 of the NRC staff's Safety
Evaluation, which can be found in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML17272A131, the Commission finds that:
A. the exemption is authorized by law;
B. the exemption presents no undue risk to public health and
safety;
C. the exemption is consistent with the common defense and
security;
D. special circumstances are present in that the application of the
rule in this circumstance is not necessary to serve the underlying
purpose of the rule;
E. the special circumstances outweigh any decrease in safety that
may result from the reduction in standardization caused by the
exemption; and
F. the exemption will not result in a significant decrease in the
level of safety otherwise provided by the design.
2. Accordingly, the licensee is granted an exemption from the
certified DCD Tier 1 information, with corresponding changes to
Appendix C of the Facility Combined License as described in the request
dated March 15, 2017. This exemption is related to, and necessary for
the granting of License Amendment No. 97 (Unit 3) and 96 (Unit 4),
which is being issued concurrently with this exemption.
3. As explained in Section 5.0 of the NRC staff's Safety Evaluation
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17272A131), this exemption meets the eligibility
criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9).
Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact
statement or environmental assessment needs to be prepared in
connection with the issuance of the exemption.
4. This exemption is effective as of the date of its issuance.
III. License Amendment Request
By letter dated March 15, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17074A597),
the licensee requested that the NRC amend the COLs for VEGP, Units 3
and 4, COLs NPF-91 and NPF-92. The proposed amendment is described in
Section I of this Federal Register notice.
The Commission has determined for these amendments that the
application complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules
and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as
required by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulations in 10
CFR chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment.
A notice of consideration of issuance of amendment to facility
operating license or COL, as applicable, proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination, and opportunity for a hearing in
connection with these actions, was published in the Federal Register on
April 25, 2017 (82 FR 19104). No comments were received during the 30-
day comment period.
The Commission has determined that these amendments satisfy the
criteria for categorical exclusion in accordance with 10 CFR 51.22.
Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact
statement or environmental assessment need be prepared for these
amendments.
IV. Conclusion
Using the reasons set forth in the combined safety evaluation, the
staff granted the exemption and issued the amendment that the licensee
requested on March 15, 2017.
The exemption and amendment were issued on November 8, 2017, as
part of
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a combined package to the licensee (ADAMS Accession No. ML17272A123).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of November 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity,
Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of
New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2017-25966 Filed 12-1-17; 8:45 am]
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