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receipt no later than 2 business days prior to
the date of the closing of the indirect transfer.
Should the proposed indirect transfer not be
completed within 1 year of this Order’s date
of issue, this Order shall become null and
void, provided, however, upon written
application and good cause shown, such date
may be extended by order.
This Order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this
Order, see the initial application dated
January 25, 2018 (Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML18025C035), and the Safety
Evaluation dated August 30, 2018 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML18129A076), which are
available for public inspection at the
Commission’s Public Document Room (PDR),
located at One White Flint North, Public File
Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first
floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly
available documents created or received at
the NRC are accessible electronically through
ADAMS in the NRC Library at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Persons who do not have access to ADAMS
or who encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, should
contact the NRC PDR reference staff by
telephone at 1–800–397–4209, or 301–415–
4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 30th day
of August 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph G. Giitter,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation
United States of America
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In the Matter of: SCANA Corporation,
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company,
Dominion Energy, Inc., Virgil C. Summer
Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3
Docket Nos. 52–027, 52–028
Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and NPF–94
ORDER APPROVING INDIRECT TRANSFER
OF LICENSES
I.
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South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
(SCE&G) and the South Carolina Public
Service Authority (Santee Cooper) are the
holders of Combined License (COL) Nos.
NPF–93 and NPF–94 for the Virgil C.
Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS), Unit Nos.
2 and 3. SCE&G is a wholly owned subsidiary
of SCANA Corporation (SCANA). VCSNS is
located in Fairfield County, South Carolina.
II.
By application dated January 25, 2018,
SCE&G, acting for itself and its parent
company, SCANA, and Dominion Energy,
Inc. (Dominion Energy) (together, the
Applicants) requested, pursuant to Title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
Section 50.80 (10 CFR 50.80), that the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
consent to the indirect transfer of SCE&G’s
two-thirds ownership interest in Renewed
Facility Operating License No. NPF–12,
Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and NPF–94,
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and the general license for the associated
ISFSI. The proposed indirect transfer does
not involve Santee Cooper’s one-third
ownership interest in VCSNS, Units 2 and 3.
The Renewed Facility Operating License No.
NPF–12 and the general license for the ISFSI
indirect license transfer is addressed in a
separate Order.
The proposed indirect license transfer
would facilitate a merger between Dominion
Energy and SCANA, the parent company of
SCE&G. The merger would be effected
through the merger of SCANA and Sedona
Corp. (Sedona), which is a South Carolina
corporation and subsidiary of Dominion
Energy formed for the sole purpose of
merging with SCANA. Sedona would be
merged with and into SCANA, with SCANA
remaining as the surviving corporation which
will be a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of
Dominion Energy.
Approval of the indirect transfer of the
Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and NPF–94
was requested by SCE&G and Dominion
Energy. A notice entitled, ‘‘Virgil C. Summer
Nuclear Station, Unit 1, 2, and 3, and
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation;
Consideration of Approval of Transfer of
License,’’ was published in the FEDERAL
REGISTER on March 8, 2018 (83 FR 9876). No
comments or hearing requests were received.
Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any
right thereunder, shall be transferred, directly
or indirectly, through transfer of control of
the license, unless the NRC gives its consent
in writing. After the indirect transfer, SCE&G
would remain a wholly owned subsidiary of
SCANA, which in turn would become a
wholly owned subsidiary of Dominion
Energy. SCE&G would remain the licensed
two-thirds owner and operator of VCSNS,
Units 2 and 3. Upon review of the
information in the licensee’s application, and
other information before the Commission, the
NRC staff has determined that the Applicants
are qualified to hold the license to the extent
proposed to permit the indirect transfer. The
NRC staff has also determined that indirect
transfer of the licenses, as described in the
application, is otherwise consistent with the
applicable provisions of law, regulations, and
orders issued by the NRC, pursuant thereto,
subject to the conditions set forth below. The
findings set forth above are supported by a
safety evaluation dated August 30, 2018.
III.
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b,
161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended (the Act), 42 U.S.C.
§ 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234; and 10
CFR 50.80 and 52.105, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that the application regarding the
proposed indirect license transfer is
approved for Virgil C. Summer Nuclear
Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3.
IT IS ORDERED that after receipt of all
required regulatory approvals of the
proposed indirect transfer action, SCG&E
shall inform the Director of the Office of New
Reactors in writing of such receipt no later
than 2 business days prior to the date of the
closing of the indirect transfer. Should the
proposed indirect transfer not be completed
within 1 year of this Order’s date of issue,
this Order shall become null and void,
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provided, however, upon written application
and good cause shown, such date may be
extended by order.
This Order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this
Order, see the initial application dated
January 25, 2018, (Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML18025C035), and the Safety
Evaluation dated August 30, 2018 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML18129A076), which are
available for public inspection at the
Commission’s Public Document Room (PDR),
located at One White Flint North, Public File
Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first
floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly
available documents created or received at
the NRC are accessible electronically through
ADAMS in the NRC Library at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Persons who do not have access to ADAMS
or who encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, should
contact the NRC PDR reference staff by
telephone at 1–800–397–4209, or 301–415–
4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 30th day
of August, 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert M. Taylor,
Director Division of Licensing, Siting, and
Environmental Analysis Office of New
Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2018–19578 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50–395; NRC–2018–0198]
Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit
No. 1
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License amendment request;
opportunity to comment, request a
hearing, and petition for leave to
intervene.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is proposing to
determine that no significant hazards
consideration is involved with the
issuance of an amendment to Facility
Operating License No. NPF–12 for the
Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station
(Summer), Unit No. 1. By letter dated
August 24, 2018, as supplemented by
letter dated August 31, 2018, South
Caroline Electric and Gas Company
(SCE&G) requested a one-time extension
to surveillance requirement (SR) 4.3.3.6
to allow a one-time extension of the
frequency of the Core Exit Temperature
Instrumentation channel calibrations
from ‘‘every refueling outage’’ to ‘‘every
19 months.’’
DATES: Submit comments by September
24, 2018. Requests for a hearing or
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petition for leave to intervene must be
filed by November 9, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0198. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer
Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127;
email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• Mail comments to: May Ma, Office
of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7–
A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Mahoney, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
3867; email: Michael.Mahoney@nrc.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
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A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018–
0198 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 Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0198.
• 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
‘‘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.
• 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.
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B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2018–
0198 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information that
you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission.
The NRC will post all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
identifying or contact information that
they do not want to be publicly
disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.
I. Introduction
The NRC is considering issuance of an
amendment to Facility Operating
License Nos. NPF–12 for Summer, Unit
No. 1, located in Fairfield County, South
Carolina.
The proposed amendment would
amend the Summer, Unit No. 1,
Technical Specifications (TS) SR 4.3.3.6
to allow a one-time extension of the
frequency of the Core Exit Temperature
Instrumentation channel calibrations
from ‘‘every refueling outage’’ to ‘‘every
19 months.’’
SR 4.3.3.6 is required to be performed
on an every refueling outage frequency,
the grace period for the surveillance test
ends on September 28, 2018. The
licensee was unable to complete SR
4.3.3.6 on June 19, 2018 due to
inadequate fire watch resources. Before
the test could be rescheduled,
unidentified leakage was noted to be
elevated on June 21, 2018. Reactor
building entries were made on June 21,
2018, and determined that incore
thimble B–7 was leaking around the ‘A’
10-path, and the leak was isolated. From
the time the leak was isolated on June
21, 2018, to August 2, 2018, the station
made ten reactor building entries to
determine the status of the incore
detector system and attempt to restore
the system to operable status.
On August 7, 2018, the licensee
decided not to perform dewatering of
the thimbles online due to the
radiological and industrial risk
associated with the task. Preparations to
restore the system during the upcoming
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refueling outage RF24, which is
scheduled to begin on October 6, 2018,
are ongoing. The licensee submitted this
amendment request on August 24, 2018,
however, due to the impracticality of
restoring the surveillance capability
described above the licensee revised its
request to preclude a plant shutdown
and submitted a supplement on the
basis of exigent circumstances. By letter
dated August 31, 2018, the licensee
requested approval by September 24,
2018.
Compliance with the TS SR 4.3.3.6
could increase the probability of a TS
required plant shutdown before the start
of refueling outage RF24. If TS SR
4.3.3.6 is performed and any
thermocouple strings were found out of
tolerance and needed adjustment, they
would be required to be removed from
the Power Distribution Monitoring
System (PDMS). If more than TS
allowable thermocouples are removed,
the requirements of TS 3.3.3.11.b.2
would no longer be satisfied and PDMS
would become inoperable. With an
inoperable PDMS, plant maneuvers
during the performance of planned preoutage surveillances and testing would
be performed without power
distribution monitoring capability and
increase the probability of a TS required
plant shutdown.
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.
Pursuant to 50.91(a)(6) of title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR) for amendments to be granted
under exigent circumstances, 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 is a short duration,
one-time extension to the surveillance
frequency requirement of channel
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calibrations of the Core Exit Temperature
Instrumentation. The performance of the
surveillance, or the failure to perform the
surveillance, is not a precursor to an
accident. An extension in performing the
surveillance does not result in the system
being unable to perform its function. The
systems required to mitigate accidents will
remain capable of performing their required
functions. No new failure modes have been
introduced because of this action and the
consequences remain consistent with
previously evaluated accidents.
Therefore, the proposed change 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 change only affects the
surveillance frequency requirement for the
channel calibrations of the Core Exit
Temperature Instrumentation. This proposed
change does not involve a change to any
physical features of the plant, or the manner
in which these functions are utilized. No few
failure mechanisms will be introduced by the
one-time surveillance extension being
requested.
Therefore, the proposed change 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.
The proposed change does not alter any
plant setpoints or functions that are assumed
to actuate in the event of postulated
accidents. The proposed change does not
alter any plant feature and only alters the
frequency which the surveillance tests must
be performed.
Therefore, the proposed change 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 a 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 14 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 the 14-day notice period.
However, if circumstances change
during the notice period, such that
failure to act in a timely way would
result, for example, in prevention of
either resumption of operation or of
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increase in power output up to the
plant’s licensed power level, the
Commission may issue the license
amendment before the expiration of the
14-day notice period, provided that its
final determination is that the
amendment involves no significant
hazards consideration. The final
determination will consider all public
and State comments received. If the
Commission takes this action, it will
publish in the Federal Register a notice
of issuance. The Commission expects
that the need to take this action will
occur very infrequently.
II. 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 website 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.
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
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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,
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
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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 no later than 60 days from
the date of publication of this notice.
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. Alternatively, a
State, local governmental body,
Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or
agency thereof may participate as a nonparty 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.
III. 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 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
website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/
e-submittals.html. Participants may not
submit paper copies of their filings
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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 website 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 website 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
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
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may seek assistance by contacting the
NRC’s Electronic Filing Help Desk
through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located
on the NRC’s public website 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://
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
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information. For example, in some
instances, individuals provide home
addresses in order to demonstrate
proximity to a facility or site. 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 August 24, 2018, as
supplemented August 31, 2018
(ADAMS Accession Nos. ML18236A383
and ML18243A392, respectively).
Attorney for licensee: Ms. Kathryn M.
Sutton, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP,
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20004.
NRC Branch Chief: Michael Markley.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day
of September 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael Mahoney,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II–
1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50–277 and 50–278; NRC–
2018–0130]
Exelon Generation Company, LLC;
Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station,
Units 2 and 3
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Intent to conduct scoping
process and prepare environmental
impact statement; public meeting and
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission will conduct a scoping
process to gather information necessary
to prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) to evaluate the
environmental impacts for the
subsequent license renewal of the
operating licenses for Peach Bottom
Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3
(Peach Bottom). The NRC is seeking
stakeholder input on this action and has
scheduled a public meeting.
DATES: Submit comments by October 10,
2018. Comments received after this date
will be considered if it is practical to do
so, but assurance of consideration
cannot be given to comments received
after this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods (unless
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this document describes a different
method for submitting comments on a
specific subject):
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0130. Address
questions about regulations.gov docket
IDs to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301–
287–9127; email: Jennifer.Borges@
nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• Mail Comments to: May Ma, Office
of Administration, Mail Stop TWFN–7–
A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001. For additional direction on
obtaining information and submitting
comments, see Obtaining Information
and Submitting Comments in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Drucker, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–6223,
email: David.Drucker@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018–
0130 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information regarding
this document. You may obtain
publicly-available information related to
this document by any of the following
methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0130.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the NRC
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search,
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 in this document
(if that document is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
a document is referenced. Exelon’s
application for subsequent renewal of
the Peach Bottom licenses can be found
in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML18193A689.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
PO 00000
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White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2018–
0130 in the subject line of your
comment submission in order to ensure
that the NRC is able to make your
comment submission available to the
public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information that
you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission.
The NRC will post all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
identifying or contact information that
they do not want to be publicly
disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment submissions into
ADAMS.
II. Discussion
By letter dated July 10, 2018 (ADAMS
Package Accession No. ML18193A689),
Exelon submitted to the NRC an
application for subsequent license
renewal of Facility Operating License
Nos. DPR–44 and DPR–56 for an
additional 20 years of operation at
Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station,
Units 2 and 3. The Peach Bottom units
are boiling water reactors designed by
General Electric Company and are
located in Delta, PA (17.9 miles south of
Lancaster, PA). The current renewed
operating license for Unit 2 expires at
midnight on August 8, 2033, and the
current renewed operating license for
Unit 3 expires at midnight on July 2,
2034. The application for subsequent
license renewal was submitted pursuant
to part 54 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) and
included an environmental report (ER).
A notice of receipt and availability of
the application was published in the
Federal Register on August 1, 2018 (83
FR 37529). A separate notice of
acceptance for docketing of the
application and opportunity for hearing
regarding subsequent license renewal of
the facility operating licenses will be
published in the Federal Register.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-395; NRC-2018-0198]
Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License amendment request; 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 proposing to
determine that no significant hazards consideration is involved with
the issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-12
for the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station (Summer), Unit No. 1. By
letter dated August 24, 2018, as supplemented by letter dated August
31, 2018, South Caroline Electric and Gas Company (SCE&G) requested a
one-time extension to surveillance requirement (SR) 4.3.3.6 to allow a
one-time extension of the frequency of the Core Exit Temperature
Instrumentation channel calibrations from ``every refueling outage'' to
``every 19 months.''
DATES: Submit comments by September 24, 2018. Requests for a hearing or
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petition for leave to intervene must be filed by November 9, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0198. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
Mail comments to: May Ma, Office of Administration, Mail
Stop: TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Mahoney, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3867; email: [email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0198 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0198.
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 ``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 [email protected]. 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.
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-2018-0198 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
I. Introduction
The NRC is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility
Operating License Nos. NPF-12 for Summer, Unit No. 1, located in
Fairfield County, South Carolina.
The proposed amendment would amend the Summer, Unit No. 1,
Technical Specifications (TS) SR 4.3.3.6 to allow a one-time extension
of the frequency of the Core Exit Temperature Instrumentation channel
calibrations from ``every refueling outage'' to ``every 19 months.''
SR 4.3.3.6 is required to be performed on an every refueling outage
frequency, the grace period for the surveillance test ends on September
28, 2018. The licensee was unable to complete SR 4.3.3.6 on June 19,
2018 due to inadequate fire watch resources. Before the test could be
rescheduled, unidentified leakage was noted to be elevated on June 21,
2018. Reactor building entries were made on June 21, 2018, and
determined that incore thimble B-7 was leaking around the `A' 10-path,
and the leak was isolated. From the time the leak was isolated on June
21, 2018, to August 2, 2018, the station made ten reactor building
entries to determine the status of the incore detector system and
attempt to restore the system to operable status.
On August 7, 2018, the licensee decided not to perform dewatering
of the thimbles online due to the radiological and industrial risk
associated with the task. Preparations to restore the system during the
upcoming refueling outage RF24, which is scheduled to begin on October
6, 2018, are ongoing. The licensee submitted this amendment request on
August 24, 2018, however, due to the impracticality of restoring the
surveillance capability described above the licensee revised its
request to preclude a plant shutdown and submitted a supplement on the
basis of exigent circumstances. By letter dated August 31, 2018, the
licensee requested approval by September 24, 2018.
Compliance with the TS SR 4.3.3.6 could increase the probability of
a TS required plant shutdown before the start of refueling outage RF24.
If TS SR 4.3.3.6 is performed and any thermocouple strings were found
out of tolerance and needed adjustment, they would be required to be
removed from the Power Distribution Monitoring System (PDMS). If more
than TS allowable thermocouples are removed, the requirements of TS
3.3.3.11.b.2 would no longer be satisfied and PDMS would become
inoperable. With an inoperable PDMS, plant maneuvers during the
performance of planned pre-outage surveillances and testing would be
performed without power distribution monitoring capability and increase
the probability of a TS required plant shutdown.
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.
Pursuant to 50.91(a)(6) of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) for amendments to be granted under exigent
circumstances, 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 is a short duration, one-time extension to
the surveillance frequency requirement of channel
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calibrations of the Core Exit Temperature Instrumentation. The
performance of the surveillance, or the failure to perform the
surveillance, is not a precursor to an accident. An extension in
performing the surveillance does not result in the system being
unable to perform its function. The systems required to mitigate
accidents will remain capable of performing their required
functions. No new failure modes have been introduced because of this
action and the consequences remain consistent with previously
evaluated accidents.
Therefore, the proposed change 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 change only affects the surveillance frequency
requirement for the channel calibrations of the Core Exit
Temperature Instrumentation. This proposed change does not involve a
change to any physical features of the plant, or the manner in which
these functions are utilized. No few failure mechanisms will be
introduced by the one-time surveillance extension being requested.
Therefore, the proposed change 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.
The proposed change does not alter any plant setpoints or
functions that are assumed to actuate in the event of postulated
accidents. The proposed change does not alter any plant feature and
only alters the frequency which the surveillance tests must be
performed.
Therefore, the proposed change 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 a 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 14 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 the 14-day notice period. However, if circumstances
change during the notice period, such that failure to act in a timely
way would result, for example, in prevention of either resumption of
operation or of increase in power output up to the plant's licensed
power level, the Commission may issue the license amendment before the
expiration of the 14-day notice period, provided that its final
determination is that the amendment involves no significant hazards
consideration. The final determination will consider all public and
State comments received. If the Commission takes this action, it will
publish in the Federal Register a notice of issuance. The Commission
expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.
II. 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 website 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, 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
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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 no later
than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice. 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.
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.
III. 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 website 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 [email protected], 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 website 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 website 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 website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by
email to [email protected], 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://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
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information. For example, in some instances, individuals provide home
addresses in order to demonstrate proximity to a facility or site. 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 August 24, 2018, as
supplemented August 31, 2018 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML18236A383 and
ML18243A392, respectively).
Attorney for licensee: Ms. Kathryn M. Sutton, Morgan, Lewis &
Bockius LLP, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004.
NRC Branch Chief: Michael Markley.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of September 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael Mahoney,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II-1, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2018-19583 Filed 9-7-18; 8:45 am]
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