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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 52–025; NRC–2008–0252]
Southern Nuclear Operating Company,
Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant,
Unit 3
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Combined license amendment;
issuance and opportunity to comment,
request a hearing, and petition for leave
to intervene.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has issued License
Amendment No. 189 to Combined
License (COL) NPF–91. The COL
amendment involved changes to Vogtle
Electric Generating Plant (VEGP), Unit
3, COL appendix A, Technical
Specifications. Specifically, the
amendment involved changes necessary
to facilitate rework of two piping
supports to address elevated piping line
vibration located on the ‘‘B’’ and ‘‘D’’
Automatic Depressurization System
(ADS) stage 4 lines that discharge to the
No. 2 steam generator compartment.
Southern Nuclear Operating Company,
Inc., (SNC) is licensed to construct and
operate VEGP, Unit 3, located in Burke
County, Georgia.
DATES: The amendment was issued on
January 13, 2023. Submit comments by
March 6, 2023. A request for a hearing
or petition for leave to intervene must
be filed by April 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website:
• Federal rulemaking website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252. Address
questions about Docket IDs in
Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301–415–0624; email:
Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed
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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:
William (Billy) Gleaves, Vogtle Project
Office, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–5848; email:
Bill.Gleaves@nrc.gov.
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
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS
accession number for each document
referenced (if it is available in ADAMS)
is provided the first time that it is
mentioned in this document.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents,
by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR,
Room P1 B35, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please
send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov
or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–
4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern
time (ET), Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
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Federal rulemaking website (https://
www.regulations.gov). 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 into ADAMS.
II. Introduction
The NRC is issuing License
Amendment No. 189 to COL NPF–91.
With the requested amendment, SNC
sought proposed changes to COL,
Appendix A, Technical Specifications
(TS) in an application dated January 12,
2023, titled, ‘‘Emergency License
Amendment Request: Technical
Specification (TS) Limiting Conditions
for Operation (LCO) 3.4.11, 3.4.12, and
3.4.13 Operability Requirements for
Automatic Depressurization System
(ADS) Stage 4 Flow Paths Prior to Initial
Criticality,’’ designated as license
amendment request (LAR) 23–002.
Specifically, the changes add Notes to
the TS that details the specific
conditions under which the specified
LCOs would not apply to ADS stage 4
flow paths. The licensee requested the
changes to facilitate rework of two
piping supports on the ‘‘B’’ and ‘‘D’’
ADS stage 4 lines. If the rework was
performed under the current TS, it
would require shutdown and cooldown
actions that may take additional time,
require reduction in operating mode,
and possibly require additional actions.
The letter to SNC, the NRC safety
evaluation, and the amendment
document are available in ADAMS
under Package Accession No.
ML23013A214.
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III. Notice of Issuance of Amendment
To Combined License, Final
Determination of No Significant
Hazards Consideration, Opportunity To
Comment, and Opportunity for a
Hearing (Emergency Situation)
By letter dated January 12, 2023
(ADAMS Accession No. ML23012A238),
SNC requested that the NRC amend COL
NPF–91 for VEGP, Unit 3. The
Commission has issued the proposed
amendment, which is described in
section II of this Federal Register notice.
The Commission has determined for
this amendment that the application for
the amendment complies with the
standards and requirements of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the Commission’s rules
and regulations. The Commission has
made appropriate findings as required
by the Act and the Commission’s rules
and regulations in Chapter 1 of title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR), which are set forth in the license
amendment.
Because of the emergency situation
associated with the date the amendment
was needed, there was not time for the
Commission to publish before issuance
its usual notice of consideration of
issuance of amendment, proposed no
significant hazards consideration
(NSHC) determination and opportunity
for public comment, and opportunity for
a hearing. The Commission was able to
consult the State official before
issuance. The State of Georgia had no
comment.
Where the Commission finds that an
emergency situation exists, in that
failure to act in a timely way would
have resulted, for example, in derating
or shutdown of a nuclear power plant or
in prevention of either resumption of
operation or of increase in power output
up to the plant’s licensed power level,
the Commission may issue a license
amendment involving no significant
hazards consideration without prior
notice and opportunity for a hearing or
for public comment. Also, under its
regulations, the Commission may issue
and make an amendment immediately
effective, notwithstanding the pendency
before it of a request for a hearing from
any person, in advance of the holding
and completion of any required hearing,
where it has determined that NSHC is
involved.
The Commission has applied the
standards of 10 CFR 50.92, ‘‘Issuance of
amendment,’’ and has made a final
determination that the amendment
involves NSHC. The basis for this
determination is contained in the NRC
documents listed in section II of this
notice. Accordingly, the amendment has
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been issued and made effective as
indicated. Because the amendment was
issued in an emergency situation, the
Commission is with this notice
providing an opportunity for public
comment on the NSHC determination
and an opportunity for hearing on the
amendment. Please provide comments
by March 6, 2023. A request for a
hearing or petition for leave to intervene
must be filed by April 3, 2023, as
discussed later in this notice.
The Commission has determined that
the amendment satisfies the criteria for
categorical exclusion in accordance
with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant
to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental
impact statement or environmental
assessment need be prepared for this
amendment.
For further details with respect to this
action, including the Commission’s final
NSHC determination or discussion of
emergency circumstances, see the
amendment and associated documents
such as the Commission’s letter and
safety evaluation, which are referenced
in section II of this notice.
IV. 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 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 public
website at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/cfr. 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.
Petitions must be filed no later than
60 days from the date of publication of
this notice in accordance with the filing
instructions in the ‘‘Electronic
Submissions (E-Filing)’’ section of this
document. 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).
A State, local governmental body,
Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or
designated agency thereof, may submit
a petition to the Commission to
participate as a party under 10 CFR
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2.309(h) no later than 60 days from the
date of publication of this notice.
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).
For information about filing a petition
and about participation by a person not
a party under 10 CFR 2.315, see ADAMS
Accession No. ML20340A053 (https://
adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/
main.jsp?AccessionNumber=
ML20340A053) and the NRC’s public
website at https://www.nrc.gov/aboutnrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.
html#participate.
V. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC
adjudicatory proceedings including
documents filed by an interested State,
local governmental body, Federally
recognized Indian Tribe, or designated
agency thereof that requests to
participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must
be filed in accordance with 10 CFR
2.302. 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, unless an
exemption permitting an alternative
filing method, as further discussed, is
granted. Detailed guidance on electronic
submissions is located in the ‘‘Guidance
for Electronic Submissions to the NRC’’
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13031A056)
and on the NRC’s public website at
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html.
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 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/
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getting-started.html. After a digital ID
certificate is obtained and a docket
created, the participant must submit
adjudicatory documents in Portable
Document Format. Guidance on
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. ET on the due date. Upon receipt
of a transmission, the E-Filing system
time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an email confirming
receipt of the document. The E-Filing
system also distributes an email 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 to 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., ET, Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Participants who believe that they
have 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 in accordance with
10 CFR 2.302(b)–(d). Participants filing
adjudicatory documents in this manner
are responsible for serving their
documents on all other participants.
Participants granted an exemption
under 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) must still meet
the electronic formatting requirement in
10 CFR 2.302(g)(1), unless the
participant also seeks and is granted an
exemption from 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1).
Documents submitted in adjudicatory
proceedings will appear in the NRC’s
electronic hearing docket, which is
publicly available at https://
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adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded
pursuant to an order of the presiding
officer. If you do not have an NRCissued digital ID certificate as
previously described, click ‘‘cancel’’
when the link requests certificates and
you will be automatically directed to the
NRC’s electronic hearing dockets where
you will be able to access any publicly
available documents in a particular
hearing docket. Participants are
requested not to include personal
privacy information such as social
security numbers, home addresses, or
personal phone numbers in their filings
unless an NRC regulation or other law
requires submission of such
information. 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 should not include
copyrighted materials in their
submission.
VI. Conclusion
For the reasons set forth in the safety
evaluation, the staff issued the
amendment that SNC requested on
January 13, 2023, as part of a package
to SNC (ADAMS Package Accession No.
ML23013A214).
Dated: January 30, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Victor E. Hall,
Director, Vogtle Project Office, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 52-025; NRC-2008-0252]
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant, Unit 3
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Combined license amendment; issuance and opportunity to
comment, request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued
License Amendment No. 189 to Combined License (COL) NPF-91. The COL
amendment involved changes to Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP),
Unit 3, COL appendix A, Technical Specifications. Specifically, the
amendment involved changes necessary to facilitate rework of two piping
supports to address elevated piping line vibration located on the ``B''
and ``D'' Automatic Depressurization System (ADS) stage 4 lines that
discharge to the No. 2 steam generator compartment. Southern Nuclear
Operating Company, Inc., (SNC) is licensed to construct and operate
VEGP, Unit 3, located in Burke County, Georgia.
DATES: The amendment was issued on January 13, 2023. Submit comments by
March 6, 2023. A request for a hearing or petition for leave to
intervene must be filed by April 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website:
Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0252. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; 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: William (Billy) Gleaves, Vogtle
Project Office, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5848; 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 ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first
time that it is mentioned in this document.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). 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 into ADAMS.
II. Introduction
The NRC is issuing License Amendment No. 189 to COL NPF-91. With
the requested amendment, SNC sought proposed changes to COL, Appendix
A, Technical Specifications (TS) in an application dated January 12,
2023, titled, ``Emergency License Amendment Request: Technical
Specification (TS) Limiting Conditions for Operation (LCO) 3.4.11,
3.4.12, and 3.4.13 Operability Requirements for Automatic
Depressurization System (ADS) Stage 4 Flow Paths Prior to Initial
Criticality,'' designated as license amendment request (LAR) 23-002.
Specifically, the changes add Notes to the TS that details the specific
conditions under which the specified LCOs would not apply to ADS stage
4 flow paths. The licensee requested the changes to facilitate rework
of two piping supports on the ``B'' and ``D'' ADS stage 4 lines. If the
rework was performed under the current TS, it would require shutdown
and cooldown actions that may take additional time, require reduction
in operating mode, and possibly require additional actions. The letter
to SNC, the NRC safety evaluation, and the amendment document are
available in ADAMS under Package Accession No. ML23013A214.
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III. Notice of Issuance of Amendment To Combined License, Final
Determination of No Significant Hazards Consideration, Opportunity To
Comment, and Opportunity for a Hearing (Emergency Situation)
By letter dated January 12, 2023 (ADAMS Accession No. ML23012A238),
SNC requested that the NRC amend COL NPF-91 for VEGP, Unit 3. The
Commission has issued the proposed amendment, which is described in
section II of this Federal Register notice.
The Commission has determined for this amendment that the
application for the amendment complies with the standards and
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act),
and the Commission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made
appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules
and regulations in Chapter 1 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), which are set forth in the license amendment.
Because of the emergency situation associated with the date the
amendment was needed, there was not time for the Commission to publish
before issuance its usual notice of consideration of issuance of
amendment, proposed no significant hazards consideration (NSHC)
determination and opportunity for public comment, and opportunity for a
hearing. The Commission was able to consult the State official before
issuance. The State of Georgia had no comment.
Where the Commission finds that an emergency situation exists, in
that failure to act in a timely way would have resulted, for example,
in derating or shutdown of a nuclear power plant or in prevention of
either resumption of operation or of increase in power output up to the
plant's licensed power level, the Commission may issue a license
amendment involving no significant hazards consideration without prior
notice and opportunity for a hearing or for public comment. Also, under
its regulations, the Commission may issue and make an amendment
immediately effective, notwithstanding the pendency before it of a
request for a hearing from any person, in advance of the holding and
completion of any required hearing, where it has determined that NSHC
is involved.
The Commission has applied the standards of 10 CFR 50.92,
``Issuance of amendment,'' and has made a final determination that the
amendment involves NSHC. The basis for this determination is contained
in the NRC documents listed in section II of this notice. Accordingly,
the amendment has been issued and made effective as indicated. Because
the amendment was issued in an emergency situation, the Commission is
with this notice providing an opportunity for public comment on the
NSHC determination and an opportunity for hearing on the amendment.
Please provide comments by March 6, 2023. A request for a hearing or
petition for leave to intervene must be filed by April 3, 2023, as
discussed later in this notice.
The Commission has determined that the amendment satisfies the
criteria for categorical exclusion in accordance with 10 CFR 51.22.
Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact
statement or environmental assessment need be prepared for this
amendment.
For further details with respect to this action, including the
Commission's final NSHC determination or discussion of emergency
circumstances, see the amendment and associated documents such as the
Commission's letter and safety evaluation, which are referenced in
section II of this notice.
IV. 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 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 public website at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr. 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.
Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of
publication of this notice in accordance with the filing instructions
in the ``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)'' section of this document.
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).
A State, local governmental body, Federally recognized Indian
Tribe, or designated agency thereof, may submit a petition to the
Commission to participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(h) no later
than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice.
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).
For information about filing a petition and about participation by
a person not a party under 10 CFR 2.315, see ADAMS Accession No.
ML20340A053 (https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML20340A053) and the NRC's public website at
https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate.
V. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings including
documents filed by an interested State, local governmental body,
Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or designated agency thereof that
requests to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302. 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,
unless an exemption permitting an alternative filing method, as further
discussed, is granted. Detailed guidance on electronic submissions is
located in the ``Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC''
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13031A056) and on the NRC's public website at
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
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 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/
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getting-started.html. After a digital ID certificate is obtained and a
docket created, the participant must submit adjudicatory documents in
Portable Document Format. Guidance on 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. ET on the due date. Upon receipt of a transmission, the
E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends the submitter an
email confirming receipt of the document. The E-Filing system also
distributes an email 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 to
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., ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Participants who believe that they have 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 in accordance with 10 CFR
2.302(b)-(d). Participants filing adjudicatory documents in this manner
are responsible for serving their documents on all other participants.
Participants granted an exemption under 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) must still
meet the electronic formatting requirement in 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1),
unless the participant also seeks and is granted an exemption from 10
CFR 2.302(g)(1).
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the
NRC's electronic hearing docket, which is publicly available at https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
presiding officer. If you do not have an NRC-issued digital ID
certificate as previously described, click ``cancel'' when the link
requests certificates and you will be automatically directed to the
NRC's electronic hearing dockets where you will be able to access any
publicly available documents in a particular hearing docket.
Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information
such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone
numbers in their filings unless an NRC regulation or other law requires
submission of such information. 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
should not include copyrighted materials in their submission.
VI. Conclusion
For the reasons set forth in the safety evaluation, the staff
issued the amendment that SNC requested on January 13, 2023, as part of
a package to SNC (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML23013A214).
Dated: January 30, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Victor E. Hall,
Director, Vogtle Project Office, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2023-02204 Filed 2-1-23; 8:45 am]
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