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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Siva P. Lingam,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV,
Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
Attachment—Order Approving Indirect
Transfer of Licenses
United States of America
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In the Matter of: Arizona Public Service
Company, El Paso Electric Company; Palo
Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2,
3, and Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation.
Docket Nos. STN 50–528, STN 50–529, STN
50–530, and 72–44. License Nos. NPF–41,
NPF–51, and NPF–74.
Order Approving Indirect Transfer of
Licenses
I
Arizona Public Service Company (APS) is
the licensed operator and a licensed coowner of Renewed Facility Operating License
Nos. NPF–41, NPF–51, and NPF–74 for the
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (Palo
Verde), Units 1, 2, and 3, respectively, and
the general license for the Palo Verde
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
(ISFSI). Palo Verde is located in Maricopa
County, Arizona. The other licensed coowners (tenants-in-common), Salt River
Project Agricultural Improvement and Power
District; Southern California Edison
Company; El Paso Electric Company; Public
Service Company of New Mexico; Southern
California Public Power Authority; and Los
Angeles Department of Water and Power,
hold possession-only rights for these licenses
(i.e., they are not licensed to operate the
facility).
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II
By application dated August 13, 2019
(Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) Accession
No. ML19225D197), El Paso Electric
Company (EPE) requested, pursuant to Title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR) Sections 50.80 and 72.50, that the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the
Commission) consent to the indirect transfer
of EPE’s possession-only non-operating
interests in Renewed Facility Operating
License Nos. NPF–41, NPF–51, and NPF–74
for Palo Verde Units 1, 2, and 3, respectively,
and the general license for the Palo Verde
ISFSI to IIF US Holding 2 LP.
According to the application, EPE
currently owns a 15.8 percent tenant-incommon interest and holds possession-only
rights in the NRC licenses. The proposed
indirect license transfer would result from IIF
US Holding 2 LP indirectly acquiring 100
percent of the shares in EPE. APS would
continue to operate each of the Palo Verde
units and the ISFSI. APS owns a 29.1 percent
tenant-in-common interest and holds both
operating and possession rights in the NRC
licenses. Further, APS operates each of the
Palo Verde units and the ISFSI pursuant to
the operating rights granted to it under the
license of each Palo Verde unit. The
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remaining tenant-in-common co-owners that
hold possession-only rights in the NRC
licenses are: Salt River Project Agricultural
Improvement and Power District (17.49
percent); Southern California Edison
Company (15.8 percent); Public Service
Company of New Mexico (10.2 percent);
Southern California Public Power Authority
(5.91 percent); and Los Angeles Department
of Water and Power (5.7 percent). The
proposed transaction implicates only an
indirect change in control over EPE’s
possession-only rights in the NRC licenses.
The proposed transaction would not involve
or implicate any change in EPE’s rights and
obligations under any of the NRC licenses,
nor would it implicate APS’s or any
possession-only co-owners’ rights and
obligations under any of the NRC licenses.
No physical changes or operational
changes are being proposed in the
application.
A notice of the application and
opportunity to comment, request a hearing,
and petition for leave to intervene on the
application was published in the Federal
Register on October 28, 2019 (84 FR 57774).
In response, on November 18, 2019, Public
Citizen, Inc. filed a hearing request. The
hearing request is currently pending before
the Commission. The NRC did not receive
any comments on the application.
Under 10 CFR 50.80 and 10 CFR 72.50, no
license for a production or utilization facility
or ISFSI, or any right thereunder, shall be
transferred, either voluntarily or
involuntarily, directly or indirectly, through
transfer of control of the license to any
person, unless the Commission gives its
consent in writing. Upon review of the
information in the application, and other
information before the Commission, the NRC
staff has determined that EPE can indirectly
transfer its 15.8 percent tenant-in-common
interest and possession-only rights in the
NRC licenses to IIF US Holding 2 LP. The
proposed transferee is qualified to be the
indirect holder of the licenses and the
indirect transfer of the licenses is otherwise
consistent with applicable provisions of law,
regulations, and orders issued by the
Commission pursuant thereto, subject to the
condition set forth below.
The findings set forth above are supported
by an NRC staff safety evaluation dated the
same date as this Order, which is available
at ADAMS Accession No. ML20038A235.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b,
161i, and 184 of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(i),
and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80 and 10 CFR
72.50, it is hereby ordered that the
application regarding the proposed indirect
license transfer is approved for Palo Verde
Units 1, 2, and 3, and the ISFSI, subject to
the following condition.
1. The NRC staff’s approval of this license
transfer is subject to the Commission’s
authority to rescind, modify, or condition the
approved transfer based on the outcome of
any post-effectiveness hearing on the license
transfer application.
It is further ordered that after receipt of all
required regulatory approvals of the
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proposed indirect transfer action, the
applicant shall inform the Director of the
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 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 from the date of this Order, this Order
shall become null and void, provided,
however, upon written application and for
good cause shown, such date may be
extended by order. The condition of this
Order may be amended upon application by
the applicants and approval by the Director
of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
This Order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this
Order, see the application dated August 13,
2019, and the NRC safety evaluation dated
the same date of this Order, which are
available for public inspection at the NRC’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
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 5th day
of March, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Craig G. Erlanger,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 052–00025; NRC–2008–0252]
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 3
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 and
exemption to Combined License (NPF–
91), issued to Southern Nuclear
Operating Company, Inc. (SNC), and
Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe
Power Corporation, MEAG Power
SPVM, LLC, MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC,
MEAG Power SPVP, LLC, Authority of
Georgia, and the City of Dalton, Georgia
(collectively, SNC), for construction and
SUMMARY:
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operation of the Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant (VEGP), Unit 3, located
in Burke County, Georgia.
DATES: Submit comments by April 9,
2020. Comments received after this date
will be considered if it is practical to do
so, but the Commission is able to ensure
consideration only for comments
received before this date. A request for
a hearing or petition for leave to
intervene must be filed by May 11,
2020.
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–2008–0252. Address
questions about NRC 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: Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7–
A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, ATTN: Program Management,
Announcements and Editing Staff.
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:
Cayetano Santos, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–000; telephone: 301–415–
7270; email: Cayetano.Santos@
NRC.GOV.
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
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A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2008–
0252 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–2008–0252.
• 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)
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reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@
nrc.gov. The application for
amendment, dated February 7, 2020 is
available in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML20038A939.
• 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–2008–
0252 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 submissions into
ADAMS.
II. Introduction
The NRC is considering issuance of an
amendment to facility Operating
License No. NPF–91, issued to SNC for
operation of the VEGP Unit 3, located in
Burke County, Georgia.
The proposed amendment would
revise combined license (COL)
Appendix C (and plant-specific Tier 1)
and corresponding Tier 2* and Tier 2
information in the Updated Final Safety
Analyses Report (UFSAR). Specifically,
the request proposes to modify the
north-south minimum seismic gap
requirements above grade between the
nuclear island and the annex building
west of Column Line I from elevation
141 feet through 154 feet to
accommodate as-built localized
nonconformances. Because, this
proposed change requires a departure
from Tier 1 information in the
Westinghouse Electric Company’s
AP1000 Design Control Document
(DCD), the licensee also requested an
exemption from the requirements of the
Generic DCD Tier 1 in accordance with
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section 52.63(b)(1) of title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR).
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.
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 would revise the
COL and licensing basis for VEGP Unit 3 to
locally modify the seismic gap requirement
above grade between the nuclear island and
portions of the annex building adjacent to the
nuclear island.
The proposed change to the gap
requirement does not affect the structural
integrity requirements on seismic Category I
structures. The safety functions of the
seismic Category I structures are not
impacted. The performance of the seismic
Category II structures is not impacted and
will not degrade the function of a seismic
Category I structure, system, or component
(SSC). The proposed change does not involve
a change to the design of the nuclear island
or annex building, and no SSC design or
function is affected. No design or safety
analysis is affected. The proposed change
does not affect any accident initiating event
or component failure, thus the probabilities
of the accidents previously evaluated are not
affected. No function used to mitigate a
radioactive material release and no
radioactive material release source term is
involved, thus the radiological releases in the
accident analyses are not affected.
Therefore, the proposed amendment 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 would revise the
COL and licensing basis for VEGP Unit 3 to
locally modify the seismic gap requirement
above grade between the nuclear island and
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portions of the annex building adjacent to the
nuclear island.
The proposed change does not involve a
change to the design of the nuclear island or
annex building, and no SSC design or
function is affected. The performance of the
seismic Category II structures is not impacted
and will not degrade the function of a
seismic Category I SSC. The proposed change
would not introduce a new failure mode,
fault or sequence of events that could result
in a radioactive material release.
Therefore, the proposed amendment 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 would revise the
COL and licensing basis for VEGP Unit 3 to
locally modify the seismic gap requirement
above grade between the nuclear island and
portions of the annex building adjacent to the
nuclear island.
The proposed change does not involve a
change to the design of the nuclear island or
annex building, and no SSC design or
function is affected. The performance of the
seismic Category II structures is not impacted
and will not degrade the function of a
seismic Category I SSC, and would not affect
any design parameter, function or analysis.
There would be no change to an existing
design basis, design function, regulatory
criterion, or analysis. No safety analysis or
design basis acceptance limit/criterion is
involved.
Therefore, the proposed amendment 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 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 30 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 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue the license
amendment before expiration of the 60day notice period if the Commission
concludes the amendment involves no
significant hazards consideration. In
addition, the Commission may issue the
amendment prior to the expiration of
the 30-day comment period should
circumstances change during the 30-day
comment period such that failure to act
in a timely way would result, for
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example, in derating or shutdown of the
facility. Should the Commission take
action prior to the expiration of either
the comment period or the notice
period, the Commission will publish a
notice of issuance in the Federal
Register. Should the Commission make
a final no significant hazards
consideration determination, any
hearing will take place after 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 a petition 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 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
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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, and have the opportunity to
participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing with respect to resolution of
that person’s admitted contentions
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 decide
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
held 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
any 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
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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, 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
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website at https://www.nrc.gov/sitehelp/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
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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/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
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security numbers, home addresses, or
personal phone numbers in their filings,
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 February 7, 2020.
Attorney for licensee: Mr. M. Stanford
Blanton, Balch & Bingham LLP, 1710
Sixth Avenue North, Birmingham, AL
35203–2015.
NRC Branch Chief: Victor E. Hall.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day
of March 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Victor E. Hall,
Chief, Vogtle Project Office, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[NRC–2020–0063]
Biweekly Notice; Applications and
Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses
Involving No Significant Hazards
Considerations
Comments must be filed by April
9, 2020. A request for a hearing or
petitions for leave to intervene must be
filed by May 11, 2020.
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–2020–0063. Address
questions about NRC 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: Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7–
A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, ATTN: Program Management,
Announcements and Editing Staff.
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:
Janet C. Burkhardt, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301–
415–1384, email: Janet.Burkhardt@
nrc.gov, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington DC 20555–
0001.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
AGENCY:
A. Obtaining Information
Pursuant to section 189.a.(2)
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) is
publishing this regular biweekly notice.
The Act requires the Commission to
publish notice of any amendments
issued, or proposed to be issued, and
grants the Commission the authority to
issue and make immediately effective
any amendment to an operating license
or combined license, as applicable,
upon a determination by the
Commission that such amendment
involves no significant hazards
consideration, notwithstanding the
pendency before the Commission of a
request for a hearing from any person.
This biweekly notice includes all
amendments issued, or proposed to be
issued, from February 11, 2020, to
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2020–
0063, facility name, unit number(s),
docket number(s), application date, and
subject 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–2020–0063.
• 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
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Biweekly notice.
SUMMARY:
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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–2020–
0063, facility name, unit number(s),
docket number(s), application date, and
subject 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. Notice of Consideration of Issuance
of Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses and
Proposed No Significant Hazards
Consideration Determination
For the facility-specific amendment
requests shown below, the Commission
finds that the licensee’s analyses
provided, consistent with title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
section 50.91 is sufficient to support the
proposed determination that these
amendment requests involve NSHC.
Under the Commission’s regulations in
10 CFR 50.92, 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.
The Commission is seeking public
comments on this proposed
determination. Any comments received
within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 052-00025; NRC-2008-0252]
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 3
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 and exemption to Combined License (NPF-91),
issued to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC), and Georgia
Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC, MEAG
Power SPVJ, LLC, MEAG Power SPVP, LLC, Authority of Georgia, and the
City of Dalton, Georgia (collectively, SNC), for construction and
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operation of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP), Unit 3,
located in Burke County, Georgia.
DATES: Submit comments by April 9, 2020. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received before this
date. A request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene must
be filed by May 11, 2020.
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-2008-0252. Address
questions about NRC 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: Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
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: Cayetano Santos, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-000; telephone: 301-415-7270; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0252 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-2008-0252.
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 application for amendment, dated
February 7, 2020 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20038A939.
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-2008-0252 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 submissions into ADAMS.
II. Introduction
The NRC is considering issuance of an amendment to facility
Operating License No. NPF-91, issued to SNC for operation of the VEGP
Unit 3, located in Burke County, Georgia.
The proposed amendment would revise combined license (COL) Appendix
C (and plant-specific Tier 1) and corresponding Tier 2* and Tier 2
information in the Updated Final Safety Analyses Report (UFSAR).
Specifically, the request proposes to modify the north-south minimum
seismic gap requirements above grade between the nuclear island and the
annex building west of Column Line I from elevation 141 feet through
154 feet to accommodate as-built localized nonconformances. Because,
this proposed change requires a departure from Tier 1 information in
the Westinghouse Electric Company's AP1000 Design Control Document
(DCD), the licensee also requested an exemption from the requirements
of the Generic DCD Tier 1 in accordance with section 52.63(b)(1) of
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR).
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.
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 would revise the COL and licensing basis for
VEGP Unit 3 to locally modify the seismic gap requirement above
grade between the nuclear island and portions of the annex building
adjacent to the nuclear island.
The proposed change to the gap requirement does not affect the
structural integrity requirements on seismic Category I structures.
The safety functions of the seismic Category I structures are not
impacted. The performance of the seismic Category II structures is
not impacted and will not degrade the function of a seismic Category
I structure, system, or component (SSC). The proposed change does
not involve a change to the design of the nuclear island or annex
building, and no SSC design or function is affected. No design or
safety analysis is affected. The proposed change does not affect any
accident initiating event or component failure, thus the
probabilities of the accidents previously evaluated are not
affected. No function used to mitigate a radioactive material
release and no radioactive material release source term is involved,
thus the radiological releases in the accident analyses are not
affected.
Therefore, the proposed amendment 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 would revise the COL and licensing basis for
VEGP Unit 3 to locally modify the seismic gap requirement above
grade between the nuclear island and
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portions of the annex building adjacent to the nuclear island.
The proposed change does not involve a change to the design of
the nuclear island or annex building, and no SSC design or function
is affected. The performance of the seismic Category II structures
is not impacted and will not degrade the function of a seismic
Category I SSC. The proposed change would not introduce a new
failure mode, fault or sequence of events that could result in a
radioactive material release.
Therefore, the proposed amendment 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 would revise the COL and licensing basis for
VEGP Unit 3 to locally modify the seismic gap requirement above
grade between the nuclear island and portions of the annex building
adjacent to the nuclear island.
The proposed change does not involve a change to the design of
the nuclear island or annex building, and no SSC design or function
is affected. The performance of the seismic Category II structures
is not impacted and will not degrade the function of a seismic
Category I SSC, and would not affect any design parameter, function
or analysis. There would be no change to an existing design basis,
design function, regulatory criterion, or analysis. No safety
analysis or design basis acceptance limit/criterion is involved.
Therefore, the proposed amendment 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 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 30 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 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue the license amendment before expiration of the 60-
day notice period if the Commission concludes the amendment involves no
significant hazards consideration. In addition, the Commission may
issue the amendment prior to the expiration of the 30-day comment
period should circumstances change during the 30-day comment period
such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in
derating or shutdown of the facility. Should the Commission take action
prior to the expiration of either the comment period or the notice
period, the Commission will publish a notice of issuance in the Federal
Register. Should the Commission make a final no significant hazards
consideration determination, any hearing will take place after
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 a petition 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 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,
and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing with respect to resolution of that person's admitted
contentions 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 decide 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 held
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 any 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
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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, 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
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security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone numbers in their
filings, 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 February 7, 2020.
Attorney for licensee: Mr. M. Stanford Blanton, Balch & Bingham
LLP, 1710 Sixth Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203-2015.
NRC Branch Chief: Victor E. Hall.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of March 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Victor E. Hall,
Chief, Vogtle Project Office, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2020-04801 Filed 3-9-20; 8:45 am]
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