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supports the NRC’s decision to issue
Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating
License Nos. DPR–31 and DPR–41 is
available in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML19309F859.
As discussed in the ROD and the final
supplemental environmental impact
statement (FSEIS) for Turkey Point,
entitled Supplement 5, Second
Renewal, to NUREG–1437, ‘‘Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants
Regarding Subsequent License Renewal
for Turkey Point Nuclear Generating
Unit Nos. 3 and 4, Final Report,’’ dated
October 2019 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML19290H346), the NRC has considered
the reasonably foreseeable impacts of
subsequent license renewal for Turkey
Point Units 3 and 4, as well as a range
of reasonable alternatives that included
natural gas combined-cycle (NGCC);
NGCC and solar photovoltaic
combination; new nuclear; and the noaction alternative. In addition, the staff
evaluated the use of mechanical draft
cooling towers as a cooling water system
alternative to the existing Cooling Canal
System (CCS). This analysis compared
the environmental impacts of the
closed-cycle cooling system approach
with the existing CCS. The FSEIS
documents the environmental review,
including the determination that the
adverse environmental impacts of
subsequent license renewal for Turkey
Point are not so great that preserving the
option of subsequent license renewal for
energy-planning decisionmakers would
be unreasonable.
The Turkey Point nuclear units are
located in Miami-Dade County, east of
Florida City, Florida. Each unit consists
of a Westinghouse pressurized-water
reactor nuclear steam supply system.
The application for the subsequent
renewed licenses dated January 30, 2018
(ADAMS Package Accession No.
ML18037A812), as supplemented by
letters dated February 9, 2018 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML18044A653); February
16, 2018 (ADAMS Package Accession
No. ML18053A123); March 1, 2018
(ADAMS Package Accession No.
ML18072A224); and April 10, 2018
(ADAMS Accession No. ML18102A521
and ADAMS Package Accession No.
ML18113A132). The NRC staff has
determined that the application, as
supplemented, complies with the
standards and requirements of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the NRC’s regulations. As
required by the Act and the NRC’s
regulations in chapter 1 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
the NRC has made appropriate findings,
which are set forth in the license.
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A public notice of the NRC’s
consideration of the subsequent
renewed license application and an
opportunity for a hearing was published
in the Federal Register on May 2, 2018
(83 FR 19304). Requests for hearing
were filed, and an adjudicatory
proceeding was then initiated. All
contested issues were subsequently
decided by an NRC Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board (Board) and
proceedings before the Board have
terminated; appeals from the Board’s
decisions are pending before the
Commission. The ASLB’s decisions
have not been stayed pending
Commission review, and issuance of the
subsequent renewed licenses is
therefore permissible. The NRC staff has
determined that issuance of the
subsequent renewed licenses prior to
Commission action on the pending
appeals would not foreclose or
prejudice any action by the
Commission.
For further details with respect to this
action, see: (1) FPL’s subsequent license
renewal application for Turkey Point
Units 3 and 4, dated January 30, 2018
(ADAMS Package Accession No.
ML18037A812), and the above cited
supplements; (2) the NRC’s safety
evaluation report published on July 22,
2019 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML19191A057); (3) the NRC’s final
environmental impact statement
(NUREG–1437, Supplement 5, Second
Renewal) for Turkey Point Units 3 and
4, dated on October 2019 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML19290H346); and (4)
the NRC’s ROD, issued on December 4,
2019 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML19309F859).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day
of December 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Anna H. Bradford,
Director, Division of New and Renewed
Licenses, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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Sunshine Act Meetings
Weeks of December 9,
16, 23, 30, 2019, January 6, 13, 2020.
TIME AND DATE:
Commissioners’ Conference
Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland.
PLACE:
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Week of December 9, 2019
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of December 9, 2019.
Week of December 16, 2019—Tentative
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
10:00 a.m. Briefing on Equal
Employment Opportunity,
Affirmative Employment, and Small
Business (Public Meeting); (Contact:
Larniece McKoy Moore: 301–415–
1942).
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—https://www.nrc.
gov/.
Week of December 23, 2019—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of December 23, 2019.
Week of December 30, 2019—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of December 30, 2019.
Week of January 6, 2020—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of January 6, 2020.
Week of January 13, 2020—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of January 13, 2020.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
For more information or to verify the
status of meetings, contact Denise
McGovern at 301–415–0681 or via email
at Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov. The
schedule for Commission meetings is
subject to change on short notice.
The NRC Commission Meeting
Schedule can be found on the internet
at: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/
public-meetings/schedule.html.
The NRC provides reasonable
accommodation to individuals with
disabilities where appropriate. If you
need a reasonable accommodation to
participate in these public meetings or
need this meeting notice or the
transcript or other information from the
public meetings in another format (e.g.,
braille, large print), please notify Anne
Silk, NRC Disability Program Specialist,
at 301–287–0745, by videophone at
240–428–3217, or by email at
Anne.Silk@nrc.gov. Determinations on
requests for reasonable accommodation
will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Members of the public may request to
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If you would like to be added to the
distribution, please contact the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Office of the
Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301–
415–1969), or by email at
Wendy.Moore@nrc.gov or Tyesha.Bush@
nrc.gov.
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The NRC is holding the meetings
under the authority of the Government
in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day
of December 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Denise L. McGovern,
Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–26681 Filed 12–6–19; 4:15 pm]
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Notice of Approval of Alternative
Arbitration Procedure; American
Arbitration Association
Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
ACTION: Notice of approval.
AGENCY:
This notice advises interested
persons that the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has
approved a request from the American
Arbitration Association (AAA) for
approval of an alternative arbitration
procedure.
DATES: PBGC’s approval of the AAA’s
alternative arbitration procedure is
effective January 1, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bruce Perlin (Perlin.Bruce@PBGC.gov),
202–326–4020, ext. 6818, Office of the
General Counsel, Suite 340, 1200 K
Street NW, Washington, DC 20005–
4026; (TTY users may call the Federal
relay service toll-free at 1–800–877–
8339 and ask to be connected to 202–
326–4020, extension 6818 or 6757.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Background
Section 4221(a)(1) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA), as amended by the
Multiemployer Pension Plan
Amendments Act of 1980 (MPPAA),
requires ‘‘any dispute’’ between an
employer and a multiemployer pension
plan concerning a withdrawal liability
determination to be ‘‘resolved through
arbitration.’’ Under the MPPAA, an
employer has 90 days after receipt of
notice of a withdrawal liability
assessment to request review of that
assessment. ERISA § 4219(b)(2)(A). If
there remains a dispute about the
assessment of withdrawal liability, the
employer may ‘‘initiate’’ arbitration of
the dispute within a 60-day period after
the earlier of (i) the date the employer
was notified of the plan’s response to
the employer’s request for review, or (ii)
120 days after the date that the
employer requested review of the
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withdrawal liability. ERISA § 4221(a)(1).
If the employer fails to timely initiate
arbitration, the assessment becomes due
and owing and the plan sponsor may
bring an action in a state or federal court
to collect the assessment. ERISA
§ 4221(b).
The MPPAA directed PBGC to
promulgate fair and equitable
procedures for the conduct of an
arbitration under section 4221 of ERISA.
PBGC’s implementing regulation,
‘‘Arbitration of Disputes in
Multiemployer Plans’’ (29 CFR part
4221), was designed to provide
procedures to facilitate prompt
resolution of disputes by an impartial
arbitrator, facilitating expeditious
resolutions of disputes concerning an
employer’s withdrawal liability. PBGC’s
default arbitration procedures provide
rules for the appointment and powers of
the arbitrator, rules for discovery and
hearings, and rules for awards, costs,
filing and service (§§ 4221.4–4221.13).
Scope of Alternative Arbitration
Procedures
In lieu of the default procedures,
under § 4221.14 of PBGC’s arbitration
regulation, an arbitration may be
conducted in accordance with an
alternative arbitration procedure
approved by PBGC in accordance with
§ 4221.14(c). Certain rules applicable to
the default procedures cannot be varied
in any alternative procedure. 29 CFR
4221.14(b). If an arbitration is
conducted under a PBGC-approved
alternative procedure, the alternative
procedure governs all aspects of the
arbitration, with the following
exceptions provided in § 4221.14(b):
The time limits for initiating arbitration
may not differ from the time limits
provided § 4221.3; the arbitrator must be
selected after the initiation of
arbitration; the arbitrator must give the
parties an opportunity for prehearing
discovery that is substantially
equivalent to that required by
§ 4221.5(a)(2); copies of the award must
be made available to the public at least
to the extent mandated by § 4221.8(g);
and the arbitration costs must be
allocated in accordance with § 4221.10.
Process for Approval of Alternative
Arbitration Procedures
Under § 4221.14(c) PBGC may
approve arbitration procedures on its
own initiative by publishing an
appropriate notice in the Federal
Register. Additionally, the sponsor of an
arbitration procedure may request PBGC
approval of its procedures by submitting
an application to PBGC. The application
must include: (1) A copy of the
procedures for which approval is
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sought; (2) a description of the history,
structure and membership of the
organization that sponsors the
procedures; and (3) a description of the
reasons why, in the sponsoring
organization’s opinion, the procedures
satisfy the criteria for approval set forth
in this section.
Criteria for Approval of Alternative
Procedures
Under § 4221.21(d), PBGC shall
approve an application if it determines
that the proposed procedures will be
substantially fair to all parties involved
in the arbitration of a withdrawal
liability dispute and that the sponsoring
organization is neutral and able to carry
out its role under the procedures. PBGC
may request comments on the
application by publishing an
appropriate notice in the Federal
Register and notice of PBGC’s decision
on the application shall be published in
the Federal Register. Unless the notice
of approval specifies otherwise,
approval will remain effective until
revoked by PBGC through a Federal
Register notice.
AAA’s Alternative Arbitration Rules—
1981 & 1986 MPPAR
In 1985, on its own initiative, PBGC
approved the 1981 Multiemployer
Pension Plan Arbitration Rules for
Withdrawal Liability Disputes (the
‘‘1981 MPPAR’’), an alternative
arbitration procedure sponsored by the
International Foundation of Employee
Benefit Plans and administered by the
American Arbitration Association
(AAA). 50 FR 38046 (Sept. 19, 1985). In
1986, PBGC approved AAA’s request to
use an amended MPPAR (the ‘‘1986
MPPAR’’) which eliminated certain
procedural differences from the 1981
MPPAR and PBGC’s final arbitration
regulation. 51 FR 22585 (June 20, 1986).
The administrative fee schedule for
handling arbitrations in the 1986
MPPAR was applicable until 2013, at
which point AAA adopted an updated
2013 Fee Schedule, creating a revised
MPPAR, effective February 1, 2013
(‘‘2013 MPPAR’’). The new
Administrative Fee Schedule provides
for increases to the Initial Filing Fee,
establishes two different fee
arrangements—the Standard and
Flexible Fee Schedules, and adds a
‘‘Final Fee’’ under each schedule and a
‘‘Proceed Fee’’ in the flexible schedule
context. Other than significant changes
to the Administrative Fee Schedule and
the removal of language regarding the
apportionment of fees, the 2013 MPPAR
are identical to the 1986 MPPAR that
PBGC previously approved. Under
§ 4221.14, AAA has requested PBGC
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2019-0001]
Sunshine Act Meetings
TIME AND DATE: Weeks of December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2019, January 6, 13,
2020.
PLACE: Commissioners' Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland.
STATUS: Public.
Week of December 9, 2019
There are no meetings scheduled for the week of December 9, 2019.
Week of December 16, 2019--Tentative
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
10:00 a.m. Briefing on Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative
Employment, and Small Business (Public Meeting); (Contact: Larniece
McKoy Moore: 301-415-1942).
This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address--https://www.nrc.gov/ gov/.
Week of December 23, 2019--Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for the week of December 23, 2019.
Week of December 30, 2019--Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for the week of December 30, 2019.
Week of January 6, 2020--Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for the week of January 6, 2020.
Week of January 13, 2020--Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for the week of January 13, 2020.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more information or to verify
the status of meetings, contact Denise McGovern at 301-415-0681 or via
email at [email protected]. The schedule for Commission meetings
is subject to change on short notice.
The NRC Commission Meeting Schedule can be found on the internet
at: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/schedule.html.
The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with
disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation
to participate in these public meetings or need this meeting notice or
the transcript or other information from the public meetings in another
format (e.g., braille, large print), please notify Anne Silk, NRC
Disability Program Specialist, at 301-287-0745, by videophone at 240-
428-3217, or by email at [email protected]. Determinations on requests
for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Members of the public may request to receive this information
electronically. If you would like to be added to the distribution,
please contact the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of the
Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301-415-1969), or by email at
[email protected] or [email protected].
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The NRC is holding the meetings under the authority of the
Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of December 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Denise L. McGovern,
Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-26681 Filed 12-6-19; 4:15 pm]
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