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CFR 51.22(c)(25)(i)–(v) are also satisfied.
In its review of the exemption request,
the NRC staff determined, as discussed
above, that, under 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25):
(i) Granting the exemption does not
involve a significant hazards
considerations because granting the
exemption neither reduces a margin of
safety, creates a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated, nor significantly increases
either the probability or consequences
of an accident previously evaluated; (ii)
granting the exemption would not
produce a significant change in either
the types or amounts of any effluents
that may be released offsite because the
radiological accidents such as a gross
leak from the closure welds, because the
exemption neither reduces the ability of
the closure welds to confine radioactive
material nor creates new accident
precursors at the MNGP ISFSI.
Accordingly, this exemption meets the
criteria for a categorical exclusion in 10
CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi)(C).
IV. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the
following table are available to
interested persons through one or more
of the following methods, as indicated.
Document
ADAMS
accession No.
Federal Register Notice Issuing Exemption from Nonconforming Dye Penetrant Examinations of Dry Shielded Canister
(DSC) 16, June 8, 2016.
Exemption Request for Nonconforming Dye Penetrant Examinations of Dry Shielded Canisters (DSCs) 11 through 15, October
18, 2017.
First Request for Additional Information for Review of Exemption Request for Five Nonconforming Dry Shielded Canisters 11
through 15 (CAC No. 001028, Docket No. 72–58, EPID L–2017–LLE–0029), March 6, 2018.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant—Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Exemption Request for Nonconforming Dye Penetrant Examinations of Dry Shielded Canisters (DSCs) 11 through 15, April 5, 2018.
Supplement to Exemption Request for Nonconforming Dye Penetrant Examinations of Dry Shielded Canisters (DSCs) 11
through 15 (CAC No. 001028, EPID L–2017–LLE–0029).
NUREG–1774, ‘‘A Survey of Crane Operating Experience at U.S. Nuclear Power Plants from 1968 through 2002’’ .....................
Risk-Informed Decisionmaking for Nuclear Material and Waste Applications, Revision 1 ................................................................
NUREG–1536, Revision 1 ‘‘Standard Review Plan for Spent Fuel Dry Storage Systems at a General License Facility’’ ...............
NUREG–1864, ‘‘A Pilot Probabilistic Risk Assessment of a Dry Cask Storage System at a Nuclear Power Plant’’ ........................
Attachment A, Technical Specifications, Transnuclear, Inc., Standardized NUHOMS® Horizontal Modular Storage System Certificate of Compliance No. 1004, Renewed Amendment No. 10, Revision 1.
ML16159A227
V. Conclusion
Based on the foregoing
considerations, the NRC staff has
determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR
72.7, the exemption is authorized by
law, will not endanger life or property
or the common defense and security,
and is otherwise in the public interest.
Therefore, the NRC grants the applicant
an exemption from the requirements of
10 CFR 72.212(a)(2), 72.212(b)(3),
72.212(b)(5)(i), 72.212(b)(11), and
72.214 only with regard to meeting TS
1.2.5 of Attachment A of CoC No. 1004
for DSCs 11–15.
This exemption is effective upon
issuance.
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requested exemption neither changes
the effluents nor produces additional
avenues of effluent release; (iii) granting
the exemption would not result in a
significant increase in either
occupational radiation exposure or
public radiation exposure, because the
requested exemption neither introduces
new radiological hazards nor increases
existing radiological hazards; (iv)
granting the exemption would not result
in a significant construction impact,
because there are no construction
activities associated with the requested
exemption; and; (v) granting the
exemption would not increase either the
potential or consequences from
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day
September 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John McKirgan,
Branch 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 No. 50–445; NRC–2018–0205]
Vistra Operations Company LLC;
Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant,
Unit No. 1
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application;
opportunity to comment, request a
hearing, and petition for leave to
intervene.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an amendment to Facility
Operating License No. NPF–87, issued
to Vistra Operations Company LLC (the
licensee), for operation of the Comanche
Peak Nuclear Power Plant (CPNPP),
Unit No. 1. The proposed exigent
amendment would revise CPNPP
Technical Specification (TS) 3.8.4, ‘‘DC
[Direct Current] Sources—Operating,’’ to
allow the licensee additional time to
replace two affected battery cells in the
safety-related batteries for CPNPP, Unit
No. 1. Specifically, the proposed onetime change would add a Required
SUMMARY:
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Action to TS 3.8.4, Condition B, to
extend the completion time from 2
hours to 18 hours to repair each affected
battery cell.
DATES: Submit comments by October 2,
2018. Requests for a hearing or petition
for leave to intervene must be filed by
November 19, 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–2018–0205. Address
questions about Docket IDs in
regulations.gov 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.
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before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Margaret O’Banion, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
1233, email: Margaret.O’Banion@
nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
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A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018–
0205 or Docket No. 50–445 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–2018–0205.
• 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 license amendment request
dated September 5, 2018, is available in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML18250A186.
• 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–
0205 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
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II. Introduction
The NRC is considering issuance of an
amendment to Facility Operating
License No. NPF–87 issued to Vistra
Operations Company LLC (the licensee),
for operation of the CPNPP, Unit No. 1,
located in Somervell County, Texas.
The proposed exigent amendment
would revise CPNPP TS 3.8.4, ‘‘DC
Sources—Operating,’’ to allow the
licensee additional time to replace two
affected battery cells in the Train B
safety-related batteries for CPNPP, Unit
No. 1. Specifically, the proposed onetime change would add a new Required
Action to TS 3.8.4, Condition B, to
extend the completion time from 2
hours to 18 hours to repair each affected
battery cell. On November 8, 2017, the
licensee experienced cell jar cracking on
cell 41 in battery BT1ED4. On July 2,
2018, the licensee experienced cell jar
cracking on cell 27 in battery BT1ED2.
Both affected battery cells have been
jumpered out to restore operability of
Unit No. 1, Train B batteries BT1ED4
and BT1ED2. The licensee stated that by
replacing the affected battery cells, the
licensee would regain margin on its
safety-related batteries.
In accordance with the requirements
of paragraph 50.91(a)(6) of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
the licensee requested approval of the
amendment under exigent
circumstances. The licensee stated that
exigent approval was needed to avoid a
potential shutdown in the event of an
unanticipated second battery cell failure
on either of the CPNPP, Unit No. 1,
Train B batteries. In addition, the
licensee stated that it had made a good
faith effort to submit the license
amendment request in a timely manner
following the failure of one of the
affected battery cells in July 2018. The
licensee requested an issuance date of
October 3, 2018, to support replacement
of the two Unit No. 1, Train B battery
cells during CPNPP, Unit 1, Cycle 20.
Based on its evaluation of the licensee’s
request, the NRC staff finds that exigent
circumstances exist. Therefore, in
accordance with 10 CFR
50.91(a)(6)(i)(A), the NRC staff is
providing a 14-day notice period for
public comment.
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 10 CFR 50.91(a)(6), for
amendments to be granted under
exigent circumstances, the NRC has
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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. Do the proposed changes involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes add provisions to
increase the COMPLETION TIME (CT) from
two hours to eighteen hours, on a one-time
basis for Comanche Peak Nuclear Power
Plant Class 1E Batteries BT1ED2 and
BT1ED4. This one-time increase will only be
used once per battery during Unit 1 Cycle 20
(not at the same time). An additional
REQUIRED ACTION, new Note, and
associated COMPLETION TIME is specified
when batteries BT1ED2 and BT1ED4,
associated with the plant Class 1 E Direct
Current (DC) electrical power subsystem, are
declared inoperable to replace a jumpered
cell. The proposed changes do not physically
alter any plant structures, systems, or
components, and are not accident initiators:
therefore, there is no effect on the probability
of accidents previously evaluated. As part of
the single failure design feature, loss of any
one DC electrical power subsystem does not
prevent the minimum safety function from
being performed. Also, the proposed changes
do not affect the type or amounts of
radionuclides release following an accident,
or affect the initiation and duration of their
release. Therefore, the consequences of
accidents previously evaluated, which rely
on the safety related Class 1E battery to
mitigate, are not significantly increased.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Do the proposed changes create the
possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes do not involve a
change in design, configuration, or method of
operation of the plant. The proposed changes
will not alter the manner in which
equipment is operated, nor will the
functional demands on credited equipment
be changed. The proposed changes do not
impact the interaction of any systems whose
failure or malfunction can initiate an
accident. There are no identified redundant
components affected by these changes and
thus there are no new common cause failures
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or any existing common cause failures that
are affected by extending the CT. The
proposed changes do not create any new
failure modes.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
create the possibility of a new or different
kind of accident from any previously
evaluated.
3. Does the proposed change involve a
significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed changes are based upon a
deterministic evaluation. This evaluation is
supplemented by risk information.
The deterministic evaluation concluded
with one inoperable battery associated with
the Class 1E DC electrical power subsystem,
the redundant OPERABLE Class 1E DC
electrical power subsystems will be able to
perform the safety function as described in
the accident analysis.
Supplemental risk information supporting
this license amendment request concluded
that the additional REQUIRED ACTION, new
Note, and associated COMPLETION TIME
have a negligible impact on overall plant risk
and is consistent with the NRC Safety Goal
Policy statement and the thresholds in
Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.174, ‘‘An Approach
for Using Probabilistic Risk Assessment in
Risk-Informed Decisions on Plant-Specific
Changes to the Licensing Basis,’’ and RG
1.177, ‘‘An Approach for Plant-Specific, RiskInformed Decisionmaking: Technical
Specifications.’’
The deterministic evaluation and the
supplemental risk information provide
assurance that the plant Class 1E DC
electrical power subsystem will be able to
perform its design function with a longer
COMPLETION TIME for inoperable batteries
BT1ED2 and BT1ED4 during Unit 1 Cycle 20,
and risk is not significantly impacted by the
change.
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 shutdown of the
facility, the Commission may issue the
license amendment before the
expiration of the 14-day notice period,
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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.
III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing
and Petition for Leave To Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice, any persons
(petitioner) whose interest may be
affected by this action may file a request
for a hearing and petition for leave to
intervene (petition) with respect to the
action. Petitions shall be filed in
accordance with the Commission’s
‘‘Agency Rules of Practice and
Procedure’’ in 10 CFR part 2. Interested
persons should consult a current copy
of 10 CFR 2.309. The NRC’s regulations
are accessible electronically from the
NRC Library on the NRC’s 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
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
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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
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
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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, except that under
10 CFR 2.309(h)(2) a State, local
governmental body, or Federallyrecognized Indian Tribe, or agency
thereof does not need to address the
standing requirements in 10 CFR
2.309(d) if the facility is located within
its boundaries. Alternatively, a State,
local governmental body, Federallyrecognized Indian Tribe, or agency
thereof may participate as a non-party
under 10 CFR 2.315(c).
If a hearing is granted, any person
who is not a party to the proceeding and
is not affiliated with or represented by
a party may, at the discretion of the
presiding officer, be permitted to make
a limited appearance pursuant to the
provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person
making a limited appearance may make
an oral or written statement of his or her
position on the issues but may not
otherwise participate in the proceeding.
A limited appearance may be made at
any session of the hearing or at any
prehearing conference, subject to the
limits and conditions as may be
imposed by the presiding officer. Details
regarding the opportunity to make a
limited appearance will be provided by
the presiding officer if such sessions are
scheduled.
IV. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC
adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing and petition for
leave to intervene (petition), any motion
or other document filed in the
proceeding prior to the submission of a
request for hearing or petition to
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/
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e-submittals.html. Participants may not
submit paper copies of their filings
unless they seek an exemption in
accordance with the procedures
described below.
To comply with the procedural
requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the
participant should contact the Office of
the Secretary by email at
hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone
at 301–415–1677, to (1) request a digital
identification (ID) certificate, which
allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign
submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it
is participating; and (2) advise the
Secretary that the participant will be
submitting a petition or other
adjudicatory document (even in
instances in which the participant, or its
counsel or representative, already holds
an NRC-issued digital ID certificate).
Based upon this information, the
Secretary will establish an electronic
docket for the hearing in this proceeding
if the Secretary has not already
established an electronic docket.
Information about applying for a
digital ID certificate is available on the
NRC’s public 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.
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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/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,
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requires submission of such
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 September 5, 2018.
Attorney for Licensee: Timothy P.
Matthews, Esq., Morgan, Lewis and
Bockius, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20004.
NRC Acting Branch Chief: Thomas J.
Wengert.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day
of September 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret W. O’Banion,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV,
Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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240.14c–1 through 240.14c–7 and
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for the dissemination, content and filing
of the information statement. We
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response and will be filed by
approximately 569 issuers annually. In
addition, we estimate that 75% of the
130.9197 hours per response (98.1898
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clarity of the information collected; and
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collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
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Consideration will be given to
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publication.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
control number.
Please direct your written comments
to Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o Candace
Kenner, 100 F Street NE, Washington,
DC 20549 or send an email to: PRA_
Mailbox@sec.gov.
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; Miami
International Securities Exchange,
LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate
Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule
Change To Amend Exchange Rule
404A, Select Provisions of Options
Listing Procedures Plan, Rule 406,
Long-Term Option Contracts, and Rule
1809, Terms of Index Options
Contracts
September 12, 2018.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section
19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4
thereunder,2 notice is hereby given that
on August 30, 2018, Miami International
Securities Exchange, LLC (‘‘MIAX
Options’’ or the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with
the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) a
proposed rule change as described in
Items I and II below, which Items have
been prepared by the Exchange. The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule
change from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange is filing a proposal to
amend Rule 404A, Select Provisions of
Options Listing Procedures Plan, Rule
406, Long-Term Option Contracts, and
Rule 1809, Terms of Index Options
Contracts.
The text of the proposed rule change
is available on the Exchange’s website at
https://www.miaxoptions.com/rulefilings/ at MIAX Options’ principal
office, and at the Commission’s Public
Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for
the proposed rule change and discussed
any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of these
statements may be examined at the
places specified in Item IV below. The
Exchange has prepared summaries, set
forth in sections A, B, and C below, of
the most significant aspects of such
statements.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-445; NRC-2018-0205]
Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant,
Unit No. 1
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application; opportunity to comment, request
a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-87,
issued to Vistra Operations Company LLC (the licensee), for operation
of the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant (CPNPP), Unit No. 1. The
proposed exigent amendment would revise CPNPP Technical Specification
(TS) 3.8.4, ``DC [Direct Current] Sources--Operating,'' to allow the
licensee additional time to replace two affected battery cells in the
safety-related batteries for CPNPP, Unit No. 1. Specifically, the
proposed one-time change would add a Required Action to TS 3.8.4,
Condition B, to extend the completion time from 2 hours to 18 hours to
repair each affected battery cell.
DATES: Submit comments by October 2, 2018. Requests for a hearing or
petition for leave to intervene must be filed by November 19, 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-2018-0205. Address
questions about Docket IDs in regulations.gov 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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret O'Banion, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1233, email: Margaret.O'[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0205 or Docket No. 50-445 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-2018-0205.
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 license amendment request dated
September 5, 2018, is available in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML18250A186.
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-2018-0205 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.
II. Introduction
The NRC is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility
Operating License No. NPF-87 issued to Vistra Operations Company LLC
(the licensee), for operation of the CPNPP, Unit No. 1, located in
Somervell County, Texas.
The proposed exigent amendment would revise CPNPP TS 3.8.4, ``DC
Sources--Operating,'' to allow the licensee additional time to replace
two affected battery cells in the Train B safety-related batteries for
CPNPP, Unit No. 1. Specifically, the proposed one-time change would add
a new Required Action to TS 3.8.4, Condition B, to extend the
completion time from 2 hours to 18 hours to repair each affected
battery cell. On November 8, 2017, the licensee experienced cell jar
cracking on cell 41 in battery BT1ED4. On July 2, 2018, the licensee
experienced cell jar cracking on cell 27 in battery BT1ED2. Both
affected battery cells have been jumpered out to restore operability of
Unit No. 1, Train B batteries BT1ED4 and BT1ED2. The licensee stated
that by replacing the affected battery cells, the licensee would regain
margin on its safety-related batteries.
In accordance with the requirements of paragraph 50.91(a)(6) of
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the licensee
requested approval of the amendment under exigent circumstances. The
licensee stated that exigent approval was needed to avoid a potential
shutdown in the event of an unanticipated second battery cell failure
on either of the CPNPP, Unit No. 1, Train B batteries. In addition, the
licensee stated that it had made a good faith effort to submit the
license amendment request in a timely manner following the failure of
one of the affected battery cells in July 2018. The licensee requested
an issuance date of October 3, 2018, to support replacement of the two
Unit No. 1, Train B battery cells during CPNPP, Unit 1, Cycle 20. Based
on its evaluation of the licensee's request, the NRC staff finds that
exigent circumstances exist. Therefore, in accordance with 10 CFR
50.91(a)(6)(i)(A), the NRC staff is providing a 14-day notice period
for public comment.
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 10 CFR 50.91(a)(6), 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. Do the proposed changes involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes add provisions to increase the COMPLETION
TIME (CT) from two hours to eighteen hours, on a one-time basis for
Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Class 1E Batteries BT1ED2 and
BT1ED4. This one-time increase will only be used once per battery
during Unit 1 Cycle 20 (not at the same time). An additional
REQUIRED ACTION, new Note, and associated COMPLETION TIME is
specified when batteries BT1ED2 and BT1ED4, associated with the
plant Class 1 E Direct Current (DC) electrical power subsystem, are
declared inoperable to replace a jumpered cell. The proposed changes
do not physically alter any plant structures, systems, or
components, and are not accident initiators: therefore, there is no
effect on the probability of accidents previously evaluated. As part
of the single failure design feature, loss of any one DC electrical
power subsystem does not prevent the minimum safety function from
being performed. Also, the proposed changes do not affect the type
or amounts of radionuclides release following an accident, or affect
the initiation and duration of their release. Therefore, the
consequences of accidents previously evaluated, which rely on the
safety related Class 1E battery to mitigate, are not significantly
increased.
Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Do the proposed changes create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes do not involve a change in design,
configuration, or method of operation of the plant. The proposed
changes will not alter the manner in which equipment is operated,
nor will the functional demands on credited equipment be changed.
The proposed changes do not impact the interaction of any systems
whose failure or malfunction can initiate an accident. There are no
identified redundant components affected by these changes and thus
there are no new common cause failures
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or any existing common cause failures that are affected by extending
the CT. The proposed changes do not create any new failure modes.
Therefore, the proposed change does not create the possibility
of a new or different kind of accident from any previously
evaluated.
3. Does the proposed change involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed changes are based upon a deterministic evaluation.
This evaluation is supplemented by risk information.
The deterministic evaluation concluded with one inoperable
battery associated with the Class 1E DC electrical power subsystem,
the redundant OPERABLE Class 1E DC electrical power subsystems will
be able to perform the safety function as described in the accident
analysis.
Supplemental risk information supporting this license amendment
request concluded that the additional REQUIRED ACTION, new Note, and
associated COMPLETION TIME have a negligible impact on overall plant
risk and is consistent with the NRC Safety Goal Policy statement and
the thresholds in Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.174, ``An Approach for
Using Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Risk-Informed Decisions on
Plant-Specific Changes to the Licensing Basis,'' and RG 1.177, ``An
Approach for Plant-Specific, Risk-Informed Decisionmaking: Technical
Specifications.''
The deterministic evaluation and the supplemental risk
information provide assurance that the plant Class 1E DC electrical
power subsystem will be able to perform its design function with a
longer COMPLETION TIME for inoperable batteries BT1ED2 and BT1ED4
during Unit 1 Cycle 20, and risk is not significantly impacted by
the change.
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 shutdown of the facility, 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.
III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To
Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any
persons (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by this action may
file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to intervene
(petition) with respect to the action. Petitions shall be filed in
accordance with the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice and
Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult a
current copy of 10 CFR 2.309. The NRC's regulations are accessible
electronically from the NRC Library on the NRC's 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 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
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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, except that under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(2) a State, local
governmental body, or Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or agency
thereof does not need to address the standing requirements in 10 CFR
2.309(d) if the facility is located within its boundaries.
Alternatively, a State, local governmental body, Federally-recognized
Indian Tribe, or agency thereof may participate as a non-party under 10
CFR 2.315(c).
If a hearing is granted, any person who is not a party to the
proceeding and is not affiliated with or represented by a party may, at
the discretion of the presiding officer, be permitted to make a limited
appearance pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person
making a limited appearance may make an oral or written statement of
his or her position on the issues but may not otherwise participate in
the proceeding. A limited appearance may be made at any session of the
hearing or at any prehearing conference, subject to the limits and
conditions as may be imposed by the presiding officer. Details
regarding the opportunity to make a limited appearance will be provided
by the presiding officer if such sessions are scheduled.
IV. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing and petition for leave to intervene (petition), any
motion or other document filed in the proceeding prior to the
submission of a request for hearing or petition to intervene, and
documents filed by interested governmental entities that request to
participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in accordance with the
NRC's E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 77 FR
46562; August 3, 2012). The E-Filing process requires participants to
submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the internet, or in
some cases to mail copies on electronic storage media. Detailed
guidance on making electronic submissions may be found in the Guidance
for Electronic Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC 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,
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unless an NRC regulation or other law requires submission of such
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 September 5, 2018.
Attorney for Licensee: Timothy P. Matthews, Esq., Morgan, Lewis and
Bockius, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004.
NRC Acting Branch Chief: Thomas J. Wengert.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of September 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret W. O'Banion,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2018-20211 Filed 9-17-18; 8:45 am]
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