80 FR 21269 - UniStar Nuclear Energy; Combined License Application for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 74 (Friday, April 17, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 21269-21271] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-08934] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 52-016; NRC-2008-0250] UniStar Nuclear Energy; Combined License Application for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Exemption; issuance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an exemption in response to a December 31, 2014, letter from UniStar Nuclear Energy (UNE), on behalf of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Project, LLC, and UniStar Operating Services, LLC, co-applicants for the combined license (COL) application for the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 (CCNPP3), which requested an exemption to delay the submission of the annual update of the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) to be included in their COL application. The NRC staff reviewed this request and determined that it is appropriate to grant the exemption to delay the FSAR update submittal up to December 31, 2015. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0250 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access the publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods:Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0250. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415- 3463; email: [email protected]. For the 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 http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then 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 in this document (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Surinder Arora, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555- 0001; telephone: 301-415-1421, or email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background On March 14, 2008, UNE, on behalf of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Project, LLC and UniStar Operating services, LLC, submitted to the NRC a COL application, under subpart C of part 52 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) to construct and operate a single unit of AREVA NP's U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor (EPR), designated as Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3, at a site in Calvert County, Maryland. The UNE application was docketed on June 3, 2008 (Docket Number 52-016). UNE's COL application for CCNPP3 incorporates by reference AREVA NP's application for a standard design certification for the U.S. EPR. The NRC is currently performing concurrent reviews of the CCNPP3 COL application as well as AREVA NP's application for design certification of the U.S. EPR. UNE also had previously requested an exemption on November 19, 2013 (this request was later supplemented by UNE's follow up updated request on March 21, 2014), under 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) to submit the scheduled 2013 FSAR update, and proposed, for approval, a new submittal deadline of December 31, 2014. The NRC reviewed the bases for the exemption request and granted the exemption as described in Federal Register notice published on September 11, 2014 (79 FR 54303). By a letter dated December 16, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14351A301), UNE requested that after January 2015, the NRC defer its safety review portion of the Calvert Cliffs Unit 3 COL application until such time that UNE formally requests that the NRC resume its review. The letter also stated that UNE will monitor and evaluate progress of the technical issue resolution for the U.S. EPR FSAR and the development of guidance necessary to address Foreign Ownership Control and Domination (FOCD) prior to requesting the NRC to resume review. By letter dated February 27, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15062A050), UNE requested that after March 6, 2015, the NRC suspend the Calvert Cliffs Unit 3 COL application review until such time the UNE formally requests that the NRC [[Page 21270]] resume its review. The letter also stated that UNE will continue to monitor the U.S. EPR Design Certification efforts, as well as other project conditions such as foreign ownership guidance, loan guarantee availability and the electricity market, among others. II. Request/Action The regulations at 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) require that an applicant for a COL under 10 CFR part 52 shall, during the period from docketing of a COL application and until the Commission makes a finding under 10 CFR 52.103(g) pertaining to facility operation, submit an annual update to the application's FSAR, which is Part 2 of the COL application. Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii), the next annual update of the FSAR for the CCNPP3 COL application would have been due by December 31, 2014. On September 30, 2014, UNE submitted Revision 10 of the COL application, including updates to the FSAR. The FSAR updates in Revision 10 of the CCNPP3 COL application satisfied the applicant's requested exemption of November 19, 2013, and the supplement follow up request of March 21, 2014. By a letter dated December 31, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15002A245), UNE submitted a request to the NRC, for exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) for delaying the scheduled 2014 FSAR updates and proposed for approval a new submittal date of December 31, 2015. UNE's letter states that the requested exemption is a schedule change from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) to accommodate the incorporation of the U.S. EPR Design Certification application revisions in an orderly and efficient manner. The current requirements to submit an FSAR update could not be changed, absent the exemption request. III. Discussion Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the NRC may, upon application by any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR part 50, including 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii), when: (1) The exemptions are authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to public health or safety, and are consistent with the common defense and security; and (2) special circumstances are present. As relevant to the requested exemption, special circumstances exist if: (1) Application of the regulation in the particular circumstances would not serve the underlying purpose of the rule or is not necessary to achieve the underlying purpose of the rule (10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii)); or (2) the exemption would provide only temporary relief from the applicable regulation and the licensee or applicant has made good faith efforts to comply with the regulation (10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(v)). The purpose of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) is to ensure that the NRC has the most up-to-date information regarding the COL application, in order to perform an efficient and effective review. The rule targeted those applications that are being actively reviewed by the NRC. As requested by UNE in the above referenced letter dated February 27, 2015, the NRC suspended the CCNPP3 COL application review until further notification by UNE. Therefore, updating the CCNPP3 FSAR would only cause undue hardship on UNE, and the purpose of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) would still be achieved so long as the next update is submitted by December 31, 2015, as committed to in UNE's exemption request letter. The requested exemption to defer submittal of the next update to the FSAR included in the CCNPP3 COL application would provide only temporary relief from the regulations of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii). Authorized by Law The exemption is a one-time schedule exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii). The exemption would allow UNE to submit the next CCNPP3 COL application FSAR update on or before December 31, 2015. Per 10 CFR 50.12, the NRC staff has determined that granting UNE the requested one-time exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) will provide only temporary relief from this regulation and will not result in a violation of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or the NRC's regulations. Therefore, the exemption is authorized by law. No Undue Risk to Public Health and Safety The underlying purpose of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) is to provide for a timely and comprehensive update of the FSAR associated with a COL application in order to support an effective and efficient review by the NRC staff and issuance of the NRC staff's safety evaluation report. The requested exemption is solely administrative in nature, in that it pertains to the schedule for submittal to the NRC of revisions to an application under 10 CFR part 52, for which a license has not been granted. Based on the nature of the requested exemption as described above, no new accident precursors are created by the exemption; therefore, neither the probability, nor the consequences, of postulated accidents are increased. Therefore, the requested exemption does not result in any undue risk to public health and safety. Consistent With Common Defense and Security The requested exemption would allow UNE to submit the next FSAR update on or before December 31, 2015. This schedule change has no relation to security issues. Therefore, the common defense and security is not impacted by the exemption. Special Circumstances Special circumstances, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2), are present whenever: (1) Application of the regulation in the particular circumstances would not serve the underlying purpose of the rule or is not necessary to achieve the underlying purpose of the rule (10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii)); or (2) The exemption would provide only temporary relief from the applicable regulation and the licensee or applicant has made good faith efforts to comply with the regulation (10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(v)). As discussed above, the requested one-time exemption is solely administrative in nature, in that it pertains to a one-time schedule change for submittal of revisions to an application under 10 CFR part 52, for which a license has not been granted. This one-time exemption will support the NRC staff's effective and efficient review of the CCNPP3 COL application, when resumed, as well as issuance of the NRC staff's safety evaluation report. For this reason, application of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) in the particular circumstances is not necessary to achieve the underlying purpose of that rule. Therefore, special circumstances exist under 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii). In addition, special circumstances are also present under 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(v) because granting a one-time exemption from 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii), would provide only temporary relief. For the above reasons, the special circumstances required by 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2) for the granting of an exemption from 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) exist. Eligibility for Categorical Exclusion From Environmental Review With respect to the exemption's impact on the quality of the human environment, the NRC has determined that this specific exemption request is eligible for categorical exclusion as identified in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25). Under [[Page 21271]] 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25), granting of an exemption from the requirements of any regulation of 10 CFR Chapter 1 (which includes 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii)) is an action that is a categorical exclusion, provided that: (i) There is no significant hazards consideration; (ii) There is no significant change in the types or significant increase in the amounts of any effluents that may be released offsite; (iii) There is no significant increase in individual or cumulative public or occupational radiation exposure; (iv) There is no significant construction impact; (v) There is no significant increase in the potential for or consequences from radiological accidents; and (vi) The requirements from which an exemption is sought involve: (A) Recordkeeping requirements; (B) Reporting requirements; (C) Inspection or surveillance requirements; (D) Equipment servicing or maintenance scheduling requirements; (E) Education, training, experience, qualification, requalification or other employment suitability requirements; (F) Safeguard plans, and materials control and accounting inventory scheduling requirements; (G) Scheduling requirements; (H) Surety, insurance or indemnity requirements; or (I) Other requirements of an administrative, managerial, or organizational nature. The requirements from which this exemption is sought involve only ``(B) Reporting requirements'' or ``(G) Scheduling requirements'' of those required by 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi). The NRC staff's determination that each of the applicable criteria for this categorical exclusion is met as follows: I. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(i): There is no significant hazards consideration. Staff Analysis: The criteria for determining if an exemption involves a significant hazards consideration are found in 10 CFR 50.92. The proposed action involves only a schedule change regarding the submission of an update to the application for which the licensing review is currently suspended. Therefore, there are no significant hazard considerations because granting the proposed exemption would not: (1) Involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) Create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) Involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. II. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(ii): There is no significant change in the types or significant increase in the amounts of any effluents that may be released offsite. Staff Analysis: The proposed action involves only a schedule change, which is administrative in nature, and does not involve any changes in the types or significant increase in the amounts of effluents that may be released offsite. III. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(iii): There is no significant increase in individual or cumulative public or occupational radiation exposure. Staff Analysis: Since the proposed action involves only a schedule change, which is administrative in nature, it does not contribute to any significant increase in occupational or public radiation exposure. IV. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(iv): There is no significant construction impact. Staff Analysis: The proposed action involves only a schedule change which is administrative in nature. While the environmental portion of the application review is complete in that the final environmental impact statement is already issued, the safety portion of the COL application review has been suspended and no license will be issued prior to the NRC resuming the review and receipt of the aforementioned application's December 31, 2015, submittal of the revised FSAR; therefore, the proposed action does not involve any construction impact. V. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(v): There is no significant increase in the potential for or consequences from radiological accidents. Staff Analysis: The proposed action involves only a schedule change which is administrative in nature and does not impact the probability or consequences of accidents. VI. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi): The requirements from which this exemption is sought involve only ``(B) Reporting requirements'' or ``(G) Scheduling requirements.'' Staff Analysis: The exemption request involves requirements in both of these categories because it involves submitting an updated COL FSAR by December 31, 2015, and also relates to the schedule for submitting COL FSAR updates to the NRC. IV. Conclusion The NRC has determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the exemption is authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety, and is consistent with the common defense and security. Also, special circumstances exist under 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii). This one-time exemption will support the NRC staff's effective and efficient review of the COL application, when resumed, as well as issuance of the NRC staff's safety evaluation report. Therefore, the NRC hereby grants UNE a one-time exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) pertaining to the BBNPP COL application to allow submittal of the next FSAR update on or before December 31, 2015. Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22, the Commission has determined that the exemption request meets the applicable categorical exclusion criteria set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25), and the granting of this exemption will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. This exemption is effective upon issuance. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of April 2015. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Frank Akstulewicz, Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. 2015-08934 Filed 4-16-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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Gallium-68 subcommittee report. NUCLEAR REGULATORY the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
Meeting information, including a copy COMMISSION White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
of the agenda and handouts, will be Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
[Docket No. 52–016; NRC–2008–0250]
available at http://www.nrc.gov/reading- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
rm/doc-collections/acmui/meetings/ UniStar Nuclear Energy; Combined Surinder Arora, Office of New Reactors,
2015.html. The agenda and handouts License Application for Calvert Cliffs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
may also be obtained by contacting Ms. Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3 Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
Sophie Holiday using the information 301–415–1421, or email:
below. AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Surinder.Arora@nrc.gov.
Commission.
DATES: The teleconference meeting will SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ACTION: Exemption; issuance.
be held on Wednesday, August 12, I. Background
2015, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Standard Time. Commission (NRC) is issuing an On March 14, 2008, UNE, on behalf of
exemption in response to a December Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Project, LLC and
Public Participation: Any member of
31, 2014, letter from UniStar Nuclear UniStar Operating services, LLC,
the public who wishes to participate in
Energy (UNE), on behalf of Calvert Cliffs submitted to the NRC a COL
the teleconference should contact Ms.
Nuclear Project, LLC, and UniStar application, under subpart C of part 52
Holiday using the contact information
Operating Services, LLC, co-applicants of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
below.
for the combined license (COL) Regulations (10 CFR) to construct and
Contact Information: Ms. Sophie operate a single unit of AREVA NP’s
Holiday, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory application for the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear
Power Plant Unit 3 (CCNPP3), which U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor (EPR),
Commission, Office of Nuclear Material designated as Calvert Cliffs Nuclear
Safety and Safeguards; by telephone: requested an exemption to delay the
submission of the annual update of the Power Plant Unit 3, at a site in Calvert
(404) 997–4691; or by email: County, Maryland. The UNE application
sophie.holiday@nrc.gov. Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) to
be included in their COL application. was docketed on June 3, 2008 (Docket
Conduct of the Meeting The NRC staff reviewed this request and Number 52–016). UNE’s COL
determined that it is appropriate to application for CCNPP3 incorporates by
Dr. Bruce Thomadsen, ACMUI reference AREVA NP’s application for a
grant the exemption to delay the FSAR
Chairman, will preside over the standard design certification for the U.S.
update submittal up to December 31,
meeting. Dr. Thomadsen will conduct EPR. The NRC is currently performing
2015.
the meeting in a manner that will concurrent reviews of the CCNPP3 COL
facilitate the orderly conduct of ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
application as well as AREVA NP’s
business. The following procedures NRC–2008–0250 when contacting the
application for design certification of
apply to public participation in the NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document. the U.S. EPR. UNE also had previously
meeting: requested an exemption on November
1. Persons who wish to provide a You may access the publicly-available
information related to this document 19, 2013 (this request was later
written statement should submit an supplemented by UNE’s follow up
electronic copy to Ms. Holiday at the using any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to updated request on March 21, 2014),
contact information listed above. All under 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) to submit
http://www.regulations.gov and search
submittals must be received by August the scheduled 2013 FSAR update, and
for Docket ID NRC–2008–0250. Address
07, 2015, three business days prior to proposed, for approval, a new submittal
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
the meeting, and must pertain to the deadline of December 31, 2014. The
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
topic on the agenda for the meeting. NRC reviewed the bases for the
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For the
2. Questions and comments from technical questions, contact the exemption request and granted the
members of the public will be permitted individual listed in the FOR FURTHER exemption as described in Federal
during the meetings, at the discretion of INFORMATION CONTACT section of this Register notice published on September
the Chairman. document. 11, 2014 (79 FR 54303).
3. The draft transcript and meeting • NRC’s Agencywide Documents By a letter dated December 16, 2014
summary will be available on ACMUI’s Access and Management System (ADAMS Accession No. ML14351A301),
Web site http://www.nrc.gov/reading- (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- UNE requested that after January 2015,
rm/doc-collections/acmui/meetings/ available documents online in the the NRC defer its safety review portion
2015.html on or about September 24, ADAMS Public Documents collection at of the Calvert Cliffs Unit 3 COL
2015. http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ application until such time that UNE
This meeting will be held in adams.html. To begin the search, select formally requests that the NRC resume
accordance with the Atomic Energy Act ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then its review. The letter also stated that
of 1954, as amended (primarily section select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS UNE will monitor and evaluate progress
161a); the Federal Advisory Committee Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, of the technical issue resolution for the
Act (5 U.S.C. App); and the please contact the NRC’s Public U.S. EPR FSAR and the development of
Commission’s regulations in title 10 of Document Room (PDR) reference staff at guidance necessary to address Foreign
the Code of Federal Regulations part 7. 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by Ownership Control and Domination
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The (FOCD) prior to requesting the NRC to
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day
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ADAMS accession number for each resume review. By letter dated February
of April 2015.
document referenced in this document 27, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ML15062A050), UNE requested that
(if that document is available in
Andrew L. Bates, ADAMS) is provided the first time that after March 6, 2015, the NRC suspend
Advisory Committee Management Officer. a document is referenced. the Calvert Cliffs Unit 3 COL
[FR Doc. 2015–08935 Filed 4–16–15; 8:45 am] • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and application review until such time the
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P purchase copies of public documents at UNE formally requests that the NRC
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10 CFR 51.22(c)(25), granting of an II. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(ii): There is no exemption will support the NRC staff’s
exemption from the requirements of any significant change in the types or effective and efficient review of the COL
regulation of 10 CFR Chapter 1 (which significant increase in the amounts of application, when resumed, as well as
includes 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii)) is an any effluents that may be released issuance of the NRC staff’s safety
action that is a categorical exclusion, offsite. evaluation report. Therefore, the NRC
provided that: Staff Analysis: The proposed action hereby grants UNE a one-time
(i) There is no significant hazards involves only a schedule change, which exemption from the requirements of 10
consideration; is administrative in nature, and does not CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) pertaining to the
(ii) There is no significant change in involve any changes in the types or BBNPP COL application to allow
the types or significant increase in the significant increase in the amounts of submittal of the next FSAR update on or
amounts of any effluents that may be effluents that may be released offsite. before December 31, 2015.
released offsite; III. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(iii): There is Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22, the
(iii) There is no significant increase in no significant increase in individual or Commission has determined that the
individual or cumulative public or cumulative public or occupational exemption request meets the applicable
occupational radiation exposure; radiation exposure. categorical exclusion criteria set forth in
(iv) There is no significant Staff Analysis: Since the proposed 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25), and the granting of
construction impact; action involves only a schedule change, this exemption will not have a
(v) There is no significant increase in which is administrative in nature, it significant effect on the quality of the
the potential for or consequences from does not contribute to any significant human environment.
radiological accidents; and increase in occupational or public This exemption is effective upon
(vi) The requirements from which an radiation exposure. issuance.
exemption is sought involve: IV. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(iv): There is
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day
(A) Recordkeeping requirements; no significant construction impact.
of April 2015.
(B) Reporting requirements; Staff Analysis: The proposed action
(C) Inspection or surveillance involves only a schedule change which For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
requirements; is administrative in nature. While the Frank Akstulewicz,
(D) Equipment servicing or environmental portion of the Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing,
maintenance scheduling requirements; application review is complete in that Office of New Reactors.
(E) Education, training, experience, the final environmental impact [FR Doc. 2015–08934 Filed 4–16–15; 8:45 am]
qualification, requalification or other statement is already issued, the safety BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
employment suitability requirements; portion of the COL application review
(F) Safeguard plans, and materials has been suspended and no license will
control and accounting inventory be issued prior to the NRC resuming the NUCLEAR REGULATORY
scheduling requirements; review and receipt of the COMMISSION
(G) Scheduling requirements; aforementioned application’s December [Docket Nos. 50–206, 50–361, 50–362, and
(H) Surety, insurance or indemnity 31, 2015, submittal of the revised FSAR; 72–41; NRC–2015–0093]
requirements; or therefore, the proposed action does not
(I) Other requirements of an involve any construction impact. Southern California Edison Company
administrative, managerial, or V. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(v): There is no San Onofre Nuclear Generating
organizational nature. significant increase in the potential for Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, and
The requirements from which this or consequences from radiological Independent Spent Fuel Storage
exemption is sought involve only ‘‘(B) accidents. Installation
Reporting requirements’’ or ‘‘(G) Staff Analysis: The proposed action
Scheduling requirements’’ of those involves only a schedule change which AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
required by 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi). is administrative in nature and does not Commission.
The NRC staff’s determination that impact the probability or consequences ACTION: Environmental assessment and
each of the applicable criteria for this of accidents. finding of no significant impact;
categorical exclusion is met as follows: VI. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi): The issuance.
I. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(i): There is no requirements from which this
significant hazards consideration. exemption is sought involve only ‘‘(B) SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Staff Analysis: The criteria for Reporting requirements’’ or ‘‘(G) Commission (NRC) is considering
determining if an exemption involves a Scheduling requirements.’’ issuance of exemptions in response to a
significant hazards consideration are Staff Analysis: The exemption request request from Southern California Edison
found in 10 CFR 50.92. The proposed involves requirements in both of these Company (SCE or the licensee) that
action involves only a schedule change categories because it involves would permit the licensee to reduce its
regarding the submission of an update submitting an updated COL FSAR by emergency planning (EP) activities at
to the application for which the December 31, 2015, and also relates to the San Onofre Nuclear Generating
licensing review is currently suspended. the schedule for submitting COL FSAR Station (SONGS), Units 1, 2, and 3, and
Therefore, there are no significant updates to the NRC. the Independent Spent Fuel Storage
hazard considerations because granting Installation (ISFSI). The licensee is
the proposed exemption would not: IV. Conclusion seeking exemptions that would
(1) Involve a significant increase in The NRC has determined that, eliminate the requirements to maintain
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the probability or consequences of an pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the offsite radiological emergency plans and
accident previously evaluated; or exemption is authorized by law, will not reduce some of the onsite EP activities
(2) Create the possibility of a new or present an undue risk to the public based on the reduced risks at the
different kind of accident from any health and safety, and is consistent with permanently shutdown and defueled
accident previously evaluated; or the common defense and security. Also, reactors. Offsite emergency planning
(3) Involve a significant reduction in special circumstances exist under 10 provisions would still exist using a
a margin of safety. CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii). This one-time comprehensive emergency management
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