Long Mott Energy, LLC.; Long Mott Generating Station; Construction Permit Application, 24428-24432 [2025-10505]

Download as PDF ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 24428 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 110 / Tuesday, June 10, 2025 / Notices • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2025–0087. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran; telephone: 301–415–1003; email: Bridget.Curran@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • 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, at 301–415–4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The FY 2024 AO report, NUREG–0090, Volume 47, ‘‘Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2024,’’ is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML25150A343. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rigel Flora, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001; telephone: 301–415–3890; email: Rigel.Flora@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 208 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended (Pub. L. 93–438), defines an ‘‘abnormal occurrence’’ as an unscheduled incident or event that the NRC determines to be significant from the standpoint of public health or safety. The FY 2024 AO report, NUREG–0090, Volume 47, ‘‘Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2024,’’ describes those events that the NRC identified as AOs during FY 2024. This report describes seven events involving Agreement State licensees and one event involving an NRC licensee. Seven of the AOs occurred at medical facilities, and one event involved security processes at an industrial licensee. The NRC identified no events at NRClicensed facilities during FY 2024 that met the guidelines for inclusion in Appendix B, ‘‘Other Events of Interest.’’ Two events met the guidelines for inclusion in Appendix C, ‘‘Updates of Previously Reported Abnormal Occurrences.’’ Agreement States are the 39 U.S. States that currently have entered into formal agreements with the NRC pursuant to Section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (AEA), to regulate certain quantities of AEA- VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:53 Jun 09, 2025 Jkt 265001 licensed material at facilities located within their borders. The Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–68) requires that AOs be reported to Congress annually. The full report, NUREG–0090, Volume 47, ‘‘Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2024,’’ is also available electronically at the NRC’s public website at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff. Dated: June 5, 2025. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Carrie Safford, Secretary of the Commission. [FR Doc. 2025–10506 Filed 6–9–25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–614; NRC–2025–0079] Long Mott Energy, LLC.; Long Mott Generating Station; Construction Permit Application Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Acceptance for docketing, opportunity to request a hearing and petition for leave to intervene; order imposing procedures. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted for review and docketed an application from Long Mott Energy, LLC (LME) for a construction permit for a four-unit reactor facility to be built in Calhoun County, Texas. In addition, the NRC is providing notice that an uncontested hearing will be held on the LME construction permit application at a time and place to be set in the future by the presiding officer for the uncontested hearing. This notice also provides the public an opportunity to request a hearing and petition for leave to intervene (i.e., contested hearing) with respect to that application. The NRC staff is currently conducting a detailed technical review of the construction permit application. If the NRC issues a construction permit, the applicant, LME, would be authorized to construct its proposed reactor facility in accordance with the provisions of the construction permit. Because the application contains Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI), this notice includes an order that imposes procedures to obtain access to SUNSI for contention preparation. DATES: The application was docketed on March 31, 2025. A request for a hearing SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 or petition for leave to intervene must be filed by August 11, 2025. Any potential party as defined in § 2.4 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) who believes access to SUNSI is necessary to respond to this notice must request document access by June 20, 2025. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2025–0079 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–2025–0079. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran; telephone: 301–415–1003; email: Bridget.Curran@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • 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, at 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: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. • NRC’s Public Website: The construction permit application is available under the NRC’s Long Mott Generating Station, Construction Permit Application public website at https:// www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/ advanced/who-were-working-with/ applicant-projects/long-mott.html. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrian Muñiz, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001; telephone: 301–415–4093; email: Adrian.Muniz@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\10JNN1.SGM 10JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 110 / Tuesday, June 10, 2025 / Notices ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 I. Discussion By letter dated March 31, 2025 (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML25090A057), LME, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company, submitted, pursuant to 10 CFR part 50, ‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,’’ a construction permit application that proposes to construct a four-unit nonlight water reactor facility (a ‘‘non-light water reactor’’ as defined in 10 CFR 50.2). A notice of receipt and availability of LME’s application was published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2025 (90 FR 18874). The information submitted by the applicant includes, among other things, the transmittal letter (ADAMS Accession No. ML25090A058), the preliminary safety analysis report (ADAMS Accession No. ML25090A061), the environmental report (ADAMS Accession No. ML25090A063), and certain financial qualification information (ADAMS Accession No. ML25090A059). The NRC is considering issuance of a construction permit to LME that would authorize the construction of the proposed reactor facility, identified as Long Mott Generating Station, to be located in Calhoun County, Texas. The facility would be a four-unit hightemperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR). The LME construction permit application consists of the following information: • The general information required by 10 CFR 50.33; • The Preliminary Safety Analysis Report required by 10 CFR 50.34(a); • The Environmental Report required by 10 CFR 51.50; and • Exemption requests to support issuance of a construction permit. The NRC staff determined that the LME application is complete and acceptable for docketing in accordance with 10 CFR 2.101(a) and 10 CFR part 50 and assigned the Docket No. 50–614. The NRC staff provided LME notice of the acceptance and docketing determination by letter dated May 12, 2025 (ADAMS Accession No. ML25115A247). The NRC staff will perform a detailed technical review of the construction permit application and document its safety findings in a safety evaluation report. Also, in accordance with 10 CFR part 51, ‘‘Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions,’’ the NRC staff will complete an environmental review for the proposed action. Docketing of the application does not preclude the NRC staff from requesting VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:53 Jun 09, 2025 Jkt 265001 additional information from the applicant as the review proceeds, nor does it predict whether the Commission will grant or deny the application. The construction permit application will be referred to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards for review and report consistent with 10 CFR 50.58, ‘‘Hearings and report of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards.’’ If the Commission finds that the construction permit application meets the applicable standards of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended and the Commission’s regulations, and that any required notifications to other agencies and bodies have been made, the Commission will issue a construction permit, in the form and containing conditions and limitations that the Commission finds appropriate and necessary. II. Hearing Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 10 CFR part 2, ‘‘Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure,’’ and 10 CFR part 50, notice is hereby given that an uncontested (i.e., mandatory) hearing will be held, at a time and place to be set in the future by the presiding officer for the uncontested hearing. III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition of Leave To Intervene Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any person (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by this action may file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to intervene (petition) with respect to the action. Petitions shall be filed in accordance with the Commission’s ‘‘Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure’’ in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult 10 CFR 2.309. If a petition is filed, the 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 60day 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 government body, Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or designated agency thereof, may submit a petition to the Commission to participate as a party under 10 CFR PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 24429 2.309(h) no later than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice. Alternatively, a State, local government 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?Accession Number=ML20340A053) and on the NRC’s public website at https:// www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/ adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate. IV. Electronic Submittals (E-Filing) All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including documents filed by an interested State, local government 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/ getting-started.html. After a digital ID E:\FR\FM\10JNN1.SGM 10JNN1 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 24430 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 110 / Tuesday, June 10, 2025 / Notices 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 timestamps 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, excluding government 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:// VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:53 Jun 09, 2025 Jkt 265001 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 described above, click ‘‘cancel’’ when the link requests certificates and you will be automatically directed to the NRC’s electronic hearing dockets where you will be able to access any publicly available documents in a particular hearing docket. Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone numbers in their filings unless an NRC regulation or other law requires submission of such 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. Order Imposing Procedures for Access To Sensitive Unclassified NonSafeguards Information for Contention Preparation A. This Order contains instructions regarding how potential parties to this proceeding may request access to documents containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI). B. Within 10 days after publication of this notice of hearing and opportunity to petition for leave to intervene, any potential party who believes access to SUNSI is necessary to respond to this notice may request access to SUNSI. A ‘‘potential party’’ is any person who intends to participate as a party by demonstrating standing and filing an admissible contention under 10 CFR 2.309. Requests for access to SUNSI submitted later than 10 days after publication of this notice will not be considered absent a showing of good cause for the late filing, addressing why the request could not have been filed earlier. C. The requestor shall submit a letter requesting permission to access SUNSI to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, and provide a copy to the Deputy General Counsel for Licensing, Hearings, and Enforcement, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. The expedited delivery or courier mail address for both offices is: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The email addresses PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 for the Office of the Secretary and the Office of the General Counsel are Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov and RidsOgcMailCenter.Resource@nrc.gov,1 respectively. The request must include the following information: (1) A description of the licensing action with a citation to this Federal Register notice; (2) The name and address of the potential party and a description of the potential party’s particularized interest that could be harmed by the action identified in C.(1); and (3) The identity of the individual or entity requesting access to SUNSI and the requestor’s basis for the need for the information in order to meaningfully participate in this adjudicatory proceeding. In particular, the request must explain why publicly available versions of the information requested would not be sufficient to provide the basis and specificity for a proffered contention. D. Based on an evaluation of the information submitted under paragraph C, the NRC staff will determine within 10 days of receipt of the request whether: (1) There is a reasonable basis to believe the petitioner is likely to establish standing to participate in this NRC proceeding; and (2) The requestor has established a legitimate need for access to SUNSI. E. If the NRC staff determines that the requestor satisfies both D.(1) and D.(2), the NRC staff will notify the requestor in writing that access to SUNSI has been granted. The written notification will contain instructions on how the requestor may obtain copies of the requested documents, and any other conditions that may apply to access to those documents. These conditions may include, but are not limited to, the signing of a Non-Disclosure Agreement or Affidavit, or Protective Order,2 setting forth terms and conditions to prevent the unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of SUNSI by each individual who will be granted access to SUNSI. F. Filing of Contentions. Any contentions in these proceedings that are based upon the information received as a result of the request made for SUNSI must be filed by the requestor no 1 While a request for hearing or petition to intervene in this proceeding must comply with the filing requirements of the NRC’s ‘‘E-Filing Rule,’’ the initial request to access SUNSI under these procedures should be submitted as described in this paragraph. 2 Any motion for Protective Order or draft NonDisclosure Affidavit or Agreement for SUNSI must be filed with the presiding officer or the Chief Administrative Judge if the presiding officer has not yet been designated, within 30 days of the deadline for the receipt of the written access request. E:\FR\FM\10JNN1.SGM 10JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 110 / Tuesday, June 10, 2025 / Notices later than 25 days after receipt of (or access to) that information. However, if more than 25 days remain between the petitioner’s receipt of (or access to) the information and the deadline for filing all other contentions (as established in the notice of hearing or opportunity for hearing), the petitioner may file its SUNSI contentions by that later deadline. G. Review of Denials of Access. (1) If the request for access to SUNSI is denied by the NRC staff after a determination on standing and requisite need, the NRC staff shall immediately notify the requestor in writing, briefly stating the reason or reasons for the denial. (2) The requestor may challenge the NRC staff’s adverse determination by filing a challenge within 5 days of receipt of that determination with: (a) the presiding officer designated in this proceeding; (b) if no presiding officer has been appointed, the Chief Administrative Judge, or if this individual is unavailable, another administrative judge, or an Administrative Law Judge with jurisdiction pursuant to 10 CFR 2.318(a); or (c) if another officer has been designated to rule on information access issues, with that officer. (3) Further appeals of decisions under this paragraph must be made pursuant to 10 CFR 2.311. H. Review of Grants of Access. A party other than the requestor may challenge an NRC staff determination granting access to SUNSI whose release would harm that party’s interest independent of the proceeding. Such a challenge must be filed within 5 days of the notification by the NRC staff of its grant of access and must be filed with: (a) the presiding officer designated in this proceeding; (b) if no presiding officer has been appointed, the Chief Administrative Judge, or if he or she is unavailable, another administrative judge, or an Administrative Law Judge with jurisdiction pursuant to 10 CFR 2.318(a) if another officer has been designated to rule on information access issues, with that officer. If challenges to the NRC staff determinations are filed, these procedures give way to the normal 24431 process for litigating disputes concerning access to information. The availability of interlocutory review by the Commission of orders ruling on such NRC staff determinations (whether granting or denying access) is governed by 10 CFR 2.311.3 I. The Commission expects that the NRC staff and presiding officers (and any other reviewing officers) will consider and resolve requests for access to SUNSI, and motions for protective orders, in a timely fashion in order to minimize any unnecessary delays in identifying those petitioners who have standing and who have propounded contentions meeting the specificity and basis requirements in 10 CFR part 2. The attachment to this Order summarizes the general target schedule for processing and resolving requests under these procedures. It is so ordered. Dated: June 5, 2025. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Carrie Safford, Secretary of the Commission. ATTACHMENT 1—GENERAL TARGET SCHEDULE FOR PROCESSING AND RESOLVING REQUESTS FOR ACCESS TO SENSITIVE UNCLASSIFIED NON-SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION IN THIS PROCEEDING Day Event/activity 0 ........................ Publication of Federal Register notice of hearing or opportunity for hearing, including order with instructions for access requests. Deadline for submitting requests for access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI) which contains information: (i) supporting the standing of a potential party identified by name and address; and (ii) describing the need for the information in order for the potential party to participate meaningfully in an adjudicatory proceeding. Deadline for submitting petition for intervention which contains: (i) demonstration of standing; and (ii) all contentions whose formulation does not require access to SUNSI (+25 Answers to petition for intervention; +7 petitioner/requestor reply). U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff informs the requestor of the staff’s determination whether the request for access provides a reasonable basis to believe standing can be established and demonstrates the need for SUNSI. (NRC staff also informs any party to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information.) If NRC staff makes the finding of need for SUNSI and likelihood of standing, NRC staff begins document processing (i.e., preparation of redactions or review of redacted documents). If NRC staff finds no ‘‘need’’ or no likelihood of standing, the deadline for petitioner/requestor to file a motion seeking a ruling to reverse the NRC staff’s denial of access; NRC staff files copy of access determination with the presiding officer (or Chief Administrative Judge or other designated officer, as appropriate). If NRC staff finds ‘‘need’’ for SUNSI, the deadline for any party to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information to file a motion seeking a ruling to reverse the NRC staff’s grant of access. Deadline for NRC staff’s reply to motions to reverse NRC staff determination(s). (Receipt +30) If NRC staff finds standing and need for SUNSI, deadline for NRC staff to complete information processing and file motion for Protective Order and draft Non-Disclosure Agreement or Affidavit. Deadline for applicant/licensee to file NonDisclosure Agreement or Affidavit for SUNSI. If access is granted: issuance of presiding officer or other designated officer decision on motion for protective order for access to SUNSI (including schedule for providing access and submission of contentions) or decision reversing a final adverse determination by the NRC staff. Deadline for filing executed Non-Disclosure Agreements or Affidavits. Access provided to SUNSI consistent with decision issuing the Protective Order. Deadline for submission of contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI. However, if more than 25 days remain between the petitioner’s receipt of (or access to) the information and the deadline for filing all other contentions (as established in the notice of hearing or notice of opportunity for hearing), the petitioner may file its SUNSI contentions by that later deadline. (Contention receipt +25) Answers to contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI. (Answer receipt +7) Petitioner/Intervenor reply to answers. Decision on contention admission. 10 ...................... 60 ...................... 20 ...................... 25 ...................... 30 ...................... 40 ...................... A ....................... A + 3 ................. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 A + 28 ............... A + 53 ............... A + 60 ............... >A + 60 ............. 3 Requestors should note that the filing requirements of the NRC’s E-Filing Rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 77 FR VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:53 Jun 09, 2025 Jkt 265001 46562; August 3, 2012) apply to appeals of NRC staff determinations (because they must be served on a presiding officer or the Commission, as PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 applicable), but not to the initial SUNSI request submitted to the NRC staff under these procedures. E:\FR\FM\10JNN1.SGM 10JNN1 24432 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 110 / Tuesday, June 10, 2025 / Notices [FR Doc. 2025–10505 Filed 6–9–25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Submission for Review: Generic Clearance for Collection of Feedback on Agency Service Delivery Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: 30-Day notice of proposed collection and request for comments. AGENCY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed collection of information by the Agency. This process is conducted in accordance with agency regulations and is part of OPM’s effort to streamline the process to collect feedback from the public to support ongoing customer experience improvement efforts. OPM will seek feedback from users or possible users of OPM’s various customer services. DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until July 10, 2025. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed information collection requests should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection request by selecting ‘‘Office of Personnel Management’’ under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ checkbox. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of this information collection request, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by contacting the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415, Attention: David Long, via phone at 202–606–1918 or via electronic mail to evidence@ opm.gov. SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests or requirements that members of the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires Federal Agencies to provide a ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:53 Jun 09, 2025 Jkt 265001 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. A 60day notice for this collection was published in the Federal Register on December 17, 2024. 89 FR 102171. One comment was received for this information collection; but, as it dealt with foreign missions, it is out of scope for this collection. The proposed information collection will seek customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient manner to enable continued, timely customer experience improvements. This feedback will provide insights into customer and/or stakeholder experiences, expectations, and perceptions of interactions with OPM services. The feedback will also serve to highlight areas that may require immediate changes. These collections will streamline OPM’s customer experience improvement efforts by allowing for ongoing, actionable communication between OPM and its customers. If this information is not collected, timely, vital feedback will continue to be very difficult to obtain and will impact the success of OPM’s ongoing customer service improvements. These data collection efforts will solicit feedback on a variety of focus areas for OPM’s customer services, including topics such as, accuracy, ease of access/use of a particular service mechanism, understanding and success of utilizing a tool or service provided by OPM, effectiveness, efficiency of services accessed, and whether or not a service met expectations. Responses will be analyzed to inform quality improvements or to maintain highquality, effective services. Collections may be either qualitative or quantitative in nature. Collections will provide information on perceptions and opinions but will not collect information that will yield quantitative results that can be generalized to the population of study. Additionally, data may be collected via a variety of means, including but not limited to, questionnaires, surveys, interviews, and focus groups. OPM will collect this information by electronic means when possible, as well as by mail and telephone. OPM will limit its inquiries to data collections that solicit strictly voluntary opinions or responses. Steps will be taken to ensure anonymity of respondents in each activity covered by this request. As a general matter, information collections under this clearance will not result in any new PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 system of records containing privacy information. Types of collections included in this generic clearance include, but are not limited to, —Program/event/training surveys; —Focus groups or interviews with customers, potential customers, or OPM partners; —Call center surveys; —Post-transaction satisfaction surveys; —Collection of test and pilot data; and —Web-based opt-in and opt-out pop-up surveys. OPM will submit collections for approval under this generic clearance only if the collections meet the following conditions: —The collections are voluntary; —The collections are low-burden (based on considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or burden-hours per respondent) and are low-cost for both the respondents and the Federal Government; —Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected only to the extent necessary and is not retained; —The collections are noncontroversial; —Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions; and —The collections will not be designed or expected to yield results that are generalizable to the population of study. Analysis Agency: Office of Personnel Management. Title: Generic Clearance for Collection of Feedback on Agency Service Delivery. OMB Number: 3206–NEW. Frequency: Annual, once per respondent. Affected Public: Individuals. Number of Respondents Annually: 283,250. Estimated Time per Respondent: 2.756 minutes. Total Annual Burden Hours: 13,010. Office of Personnel Management Alexy Stanley, Federal Register Liaison. [FR Doc. 2025–10402 Filed 6–9–25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6325–43–P E:\FR\FM\10JNN1.SGM 10JNN1

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[FR Doc No: 2025-10505]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-614; NRC-2025-0079]


Long Mott Energy, LLC.; Long Mott Generating Station; 
Construction Permit Application

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Acceptance for docketing, opportunity to request a hearing and 
petition for leave to intervene; order imposing procedures.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted for 
review and docketed an application from Long Mott Energy, LLC (LME) for 
a construction permit for a four-unit reactor facility to be built in 
Calhoun County, Texas. In addition, the NRC is providing notice that an 
uncontested hearing will be held on the LME construction permit 
application at a time and place to be set in the future by the 
presiding officer for the uncontested hearing. This notice also 
provides the public an opportunity to request a hearing and petition 
for leave to intervene (i.e., contested hearing) with respect to that 
application. The NRC staff is currently conducting a detailed technical 
review of the construction permit application. If the NRC issues a 
construction permit, the applicant, LME, would be authorized to 
construct its proposed reactor facility in accordance with the 
provisions of the construction permit. Because the application contains 
Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI), this notice 
includes an order that imposes procedures to obtain access to SUNSI for 
contention preparation.

DATES: The application was docketed on March 31, 2025. A request for a 
hearing or petition for leave to intervene must be filed by August 11, 
2025. Any potential party as defined in Sec.  2.4 of title 10 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) who believes access to SUNSI is 
necessary to respond to this notice must request document access by 
June 20, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0079 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-2025-0079. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran; 
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this document.
     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, at 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: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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, Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.
     NRC's Public Website: The construction permit application 
is available under the NRC's Long Mott Generating Station, Construction 
Permit Application public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/advanced/who-were-working-with/applicant-projects/long-mott.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrian Mu[ntilde]iz, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-4093; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Discussion

    By letter dated March 31, 2025 (ADAMS Package Accession No. 
ML25090A057), LME, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dow Chemical 
Company, submitted, pursuant to 10 CFR part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of 
Production and Utilization Facilities,'' a construction permit 
application that proposes to construct a four-unit non-light water 
reactor facility (a ``non-light water reactor'' as defined in 10 CFR 
50.2). A notice of receipt and availability of LME's application was 
published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2025 (90 FR 18874). The 
information submitted by the applicant includes, among other things, 
the transmittal letter (ADAMS Accession No. ML25090A058), the 
preliminary safety analysis report (ADAMS Accession No. ML25090A061), 
the environmental report (ADAMS Accession No. ML25090A063), and certain 
financial qualification information (ADAMS Accession No. ML25090A059).
    The NRC is considering issuance of a construction permit to LME 
that would authorize the construction of the proposed reactor facility, 
identified as Long Mott Generating Station, to be located in Calhoun 
County, Texas. The facility would be a four-unit high-temperature gas-
cooled reactor (HTGR).
    The LME construction permit application consists of the following 
information:
     The general information required by 10 CFR 50.33;
     The Preliminary Safety Analysis Report required by 10 CFR 
50.34(a);
     The Environmental Report required by 10 CFR 51.50; and
     Exemption requests to support issuance of a construction 
permit.
    The NRC staff determined that the LME application is complete and 
acceptable for docketing in accordance with 10 CFR 2.101(a) and 10 CFR 
part 50 and assigned the Docket No. 50-614. The NRC staff provided LME 
notice of the acceptance and docketing determination by letter dated 
May 12, 2025 (ADAMS Accession No. ML25115A247).
    The NRC staff will perform a detailed technical review of the 
construction permit application and document its safety findings in a 
safety evaluation report. Also, in accordance with 10 CFR part 51, 
``Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and 
Related Regulatory Functions,'' the NRC staff will complete an 
environmental review for the proposed action.
    Docketing of the application does not preclude the NRC staff from 
requesting additional information from the applicant as the review 
proceeds, nor does it predict whether the Commission will grant or deny 
the application. The construction permit application will be referred 
to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards for review and report 
consistent with 10 CFR 50.58, ``Hearings and report of the Advisory 
Committee on Reactor Safeguards.'' If the Commission finds that the 
construction permit application meets the applicable standards of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended and the Commission's regulations, 
and that any required notifications to other agencies and bodies have 
been made, the Commission will issue a construction permit, in the form 
and containing conditions and limitations that the Commission finds 
appropriate and necessary.

II. Hearing

    Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 10 CFR part 
2, ``Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure,'' and 10 CFR part 50, 
notice is hereby given that an uncontested (i.e., mandatory) hearing 
will be held, at a time and place to be set in the future by the 
presiding officer for the uncontested hearing.

III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition of Leave To 
Intervene

    Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any 
person (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by this action may 
file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to intervene 
(petition) with respect to the action. Petitions shall be filed in 
accordance with the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice and 
Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult 10 CFR 
2.309. If a petition is filed, the 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 60-day 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 government 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 government 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 on the NRC's public website 
at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate.

IV. Electronic Submittals (E-Filing)

    All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including 
documents filed by an interested State, local government 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/getting-started.html. After a digital ID

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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 timestamps 
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, excluding government 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 described above, click ``cancel'' when the link requests 
certificates and you will be automatically directed to the NRC's 
electronic hearing dockets where you will be able to access any 
publicly available documents in a particular hearing docket. 
Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information 
such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone 
numbers in their filings unless an NRC regulation or other law requires 
submission of such 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.

Order Imposing Procedures for Access To Sensitive Unclassified Non-
Safeguards Information for Contention Preparation

    A. This Order contains instructions regarding how potential parties 
to this proceeding may request access to documents containing Sensitive 
Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI).
    B. Within 10 days after publication of this notice of hearing and 
opportunity to petition for leave to intervene, any potential party who 
believes access to SUNSI is necessary to respond to this notice may 
request access to SUNSI. A ``potential party'' is any person who 
intends to participate as a party by demonstrating standing and filing 
an admissible contention under 10 CFR 2.309. Requests for access to 
SUNSI submitted later than 10 days after publication of this notice 
will not be considered absent a showing of good cause for the late 
filing, addressing why the request could not have been filed earlier.
    C. The requestor shall submit a letter requesting permission to 
access SUNSI to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff, and provide a copy to the Deputy General Counsel 
for Licensing, Hearings, and Enforcement, Office of the General 
Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. 
The expedited delivery or courier mail address for both offices is: 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852. The email addresses for the Office of the Secretary and 
the Office of the General Counsel are [email protected] and 
[email protected],\1\ respectively. The request must 
include the following information:
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    \1\ While a request for hearing or petition to intervene in this 
proceeding must comply with the filing requirements of the NRC's 
``E-Filing Rule,'' the initial request to access SUNSI under these 
procedures should be submitted as described in this paragraph.
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    (1) A description of the licensing action with a citation to this 
Federal Register notice;
    (2) The name and address of the potential party and a description 
of the potential party's particularized interest that could be harmed 
by the action identified in C.(1); and
    (3) The identity of the individual or entity requesting access to 
SUNSI and the requestor's basis for the need for the information in 
order to meaningfully participate in this adjudicatory proceeding. In 
particular, the request must explain why publicly available versions of 
the information requested would not be sufficient to provide the basis 
and specificity for a proffered contention.
    D. Based on an evaluation of the information submitted under 
paragraph C, the NRC staff will determine within 10 days of receipt of 
the request whether:
    (1) There is a reasonable basis to believe the petitioner is likely 
to establish standing to participate in this NRC proceeding; and
    (2) The requestor has established a legitimate need for access to 
SUNSI.
    E. If the NRC staff determines that the requestor satisfies both 
D.(1) and D.(2), the NRC staff will notify the requestor in writing 
that access to SUNSI has been granted. The written notification will 
contain instructions on how the requestor may obtain copies of the 
requested documents, and any other conditions that may apply to access 
to those documents. These conditions may include, but are not limited 
to, the signing of a Non-Disclosure Agreement or Affidavit, or 
Protective Order,\2\ setting forth terms and conditions to prevent the 
unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of SUNSI by each individual who 
will be granted access to SUNSI.
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    \2\ Any motion for Protective Order or draft Non-Disclosure 
Affidavit or Agreement for SUNSI must be filed with the presiding 
officer or the Chief Administrative Judge if the presiding officer 
has not yet been designated, within 30 days of the deadline for the 
receipt of the written access request.
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    F. Filing of Contentions. Any contentions in these proceedings that 
are based upon the information received as a result of the request made 
for SUNSI must be filed by the requestor no

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later than 25 days after receipt of (or access to) that information. 
However, if more than 25 days remain between the petitioner's receipt 
of (or access to) the information and the deadline for filing all other 
contentions (as established in the notice of hearing or opportunity for 
hearing), the petitioner may file its SUNSI contentions by that later 
deadline.
    G. Review of Denials of Access.
    (1) If the request for access to SUNSI is denied by the NRC staff 
after a determination on standing and requisite need, the NRC staff 
shall immediately notify the requestor in writing, briefly stating the 
reason or reasons for the denial.
    (2) The requestor may challenge the NRC staff's adverse 
determination by filing a challenge within 5 days of receipt of that 
determination with: (a) the presiding officer designated in this 
proceeding; (b) if no presiding officer has been appointed, the Chief 
Administrative Judge, or if this individual is unavailable, another 
administrative judge, or an Administrative Law Judge with jurisdiction 
pursuant to 10 CFR 2.318(a); or (c) if another officer has been 
designated to rule on information access issues, with that officer.
    (3) Further appeals of decisions under this paragraph must be made 
pursuant to 10 CFR 2.311.
    H. Review of Grants of Access. A party other than the requestor may 
challenge an NRC staff determination granting access to SUNSI whose 
release would harm that party's interest independent of the proceeding. 
Such a challenge must be filed within 5 days of the notification by the 
NRC staff of its grant of access and must be filed with: (a) the 
presiding officer designated in this proceeding; (b) if no presiding 
officer has been appointed, the Chief Administrative Judge, or if he or 
she is unavailable, another administrative judge, or an Administrative 
Law Judge with jurisdiction pursuant to 10 CFR 2.318(a) if another 
officer has been designated to rule on information access issues, with 
that officer.
    If challenges to the NRC staff determinations are filed, these 
procedures give way to the normal process for litigating disputes 
concerning access to information. The availability of interlocutory 
review by the Commission of orders ruling on such NRC staff 
determinations (whether granting or denying access) is governed by 10 
CFR 2.311.\3\
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    \3\ Requestors should note that the filing requirements of the 
NRC's E-Filing Rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 77 
FR 46562; August 3, 2012) apply to appeals of NRC staff 
determinations (because they must be served on a presiding officer 
or the Commission, as applicable), but not to the initial SUNSI 
request submitted to the NRC staff under these procedures.
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    I. The Commission expects that the NRC staff and presiding officers 
(and any other reviewing officers) will consider and resolve requests 
for access to SUNSI, and motions for protective orders, in a timely 
fashion in order to minimize any unnecessary delays in identifying 
those petitioners who have standing and who have propounded contentions 
meeting the specificity and basis requirements in 10 CFR part 2. The 
attachment to this Order summarizes the general target schedule for 
processing and resolving requests under these procedures.
    It is so ordered.

    Dated: June 5, 2025.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Carrie Safford,
Secretary of the Commission.

   Attachment 1--General Target Schedule for Processing and Resolving
Requests for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information
                           in This Proceeding
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           Day                             Event/activity
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0........................  Publication of Federal Register notice of
                            hearing or opportunity for hearing,
                            including order with instructions for access
                            requests.
10.......................  Deadline for submitting requests for access
                            to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards
                            Information (SUNSI) which contains
                            information: (i) supporting the standing of
                            a potential party identified by name and
                            address; and (ii) describing the need for
                            the information in order for the potential
                            party to participate meaningfully in an
                            adjudicatory proceeding.
60.......................  Deadline for submitting petition for
                            intervention which contains: (i)
                            demonstration of standing; and (ii) all
                            contentions whose formulation does not
                            require access to SUNSI (+25 Answers to
                            petition for intervention; +7 petitioner/
                            requestor reply).
20.......................  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
                            staff informs the requestor of the staff's
                            determination whether the request for access
                            provides a reasonable basis to believe
                            standing can be established and demonstrates
                            the need for SUNSI. (NRC staff also informs
                            any party to the proceeding whose interest
                            independent of the proceeding would be
                            harmed by the release of the information.)
                            If NRC staff makes the finding of need for
                            SUNSI and likelihood of standing, NRC staff
                            begins document processing (i.e.,
                            preparation of redactions or review of
                            redacted documents).
25.......................  If NRC staff finds no ``need'' or no
                            likelihood of standing, the deadline for
                            petitioner/requestor to file a motion
                            seeking a ruling to reverse the NRC staff's
                            denial of access; NRC staff files copy of
                            access determination with the presiding
                            officer (or Chief Administrative Judge or
                            other designated officer, as appropriate).
                            If NRC staff finds ``need'' for SUNSI, the
                            deadline for any party to the proceeding
                            whose interest independent of the proceeding
                            would be harmed by the release of the
                            information to file a motion seeking a
                            ruling to reverse the NRC staff's grant of
                            access.
30.......................  Deadline for NRC staff's reply to motions to
                            reverse NRC staff determination(s).
40.......................  (Receipt +30) If NRC staff finds standing and
                            need for SUNSI, deadline for NRC staff to
                            complete information processing and file
                            motion for Protective Order and draft Non-
                            Disclosure Agreement or Affidavit. Deadline
                            for applicant/licensee to file Non-
                            Disclosure Agreement or Affidavit for SUNSI.
A........................  If access is granted: issuance of presiding
                            officer or other designated officer decision
                            on motion for protective order for access to
                            SUNSI (including schedule for providing
                            access and submission of contentions) or
                            decision reversing a final adverse
                            determination by the NRC staff.
A + 3....................  Deadline for filing executed Non-Disclosure
                            Agreements or Affidavits. Access provided to
                            SUNSI consistent with decision issuing the
                            Protective Order.
A + 28...................  Deadline for submission of contentions whose
                            development depends upon access to SUNSI.
                            However, if more than 25 days remain between
                            the petitioner's receipt of (or access to)
                            the information and the deadline for filing
                            all other contentions (as established in the
                            notice of hearing or notice of opportunity
                            for hearing), the petitioner may file its
                            SUNSI contentions by that later deadline.
A + 53...................  (Contention receipt +25) Answers to
                            contentions whose development depends upon
                            access to SUNSI.
A + 60...................  (Answer receipt +7) Petitioner/Intervenor
                            reply to answers.
>A + 60..................  Decision on contention admission.
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