80_FR_34580 80 FR 34465 - Northern States Power Company-Minnesota; Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant

80 FR 34465 - Northern States Power Company-Minnesota; Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 115 (June 16, 2015)

Page Range34465-34466
FR Document2015-14794

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, doing business as Xcel Energy, to withdraw its application dated June 17, 2014, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-22, for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. The proposed amendment would have revised the required pressure for operability of the Alternate Nitrogen System as specified in Technical Specification Surveillance Requirement 3.5.1.3.b.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 2015)]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-14794]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-263; NRC-2014-0207]


Northern States Power Company--Minnesota; Monticello Nuclear 
Generating Plant

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the 
request of Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, 
doing business as Xcel Energy, to withdraw its application dated June 
17, 2014, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating 
License No. DPR-22, for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. The 
proposed amendment would have revised the required pressure for 
operability of the Alternate Nitrogen System as specified in Technical 
Specification Surveillance Requirement 3.5.1.3.b.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0207 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain 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-2014-0207. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@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 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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (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: Terry A. Beltz, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3049, email: Terry.Beltz@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of Northern 
States Power Company--Minnesota (the licensee) to withdraw its 
application dated June 17, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14168A486), for 
a proposed amendment to the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, 
located in Wright County, Minnesota.

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    The proposed amendment would have revised the required pressure for 
operability of the Alternate Nitrogen System as specified in Technical 
Specification Surveillance Requirement 3.5.1.3.b.
    The NRC published a Biweekly Notice in the Federal Register on 
September 30, 2014 (79 FR 58822), that gave notice that this proposed 
amendment was under consideration by the NRC. However, by letter dated 
May 29, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15149A405), the licensee requested 
to withdraw the proposed amendment.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of June 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Terry A. Beltz,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III-1, Division of 
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-14794 Filed 6-15-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 115 / Tuesday, June 16, 2015 / Notices 34465 charge by contacting the NRC’s CFR part 52, and licensees authorized to request of Northern States Power Clearance Officer, Tremaine Donnell, construct and operate a Uranium Company, a Minnesota corporation, Office of Information Services, U.S. enrichment facility in accordance with doing business as Xcel Energy, to Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 CFR parts 40 and 70. withdraw its application dated June 17, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 7. The estimated number of annual 2014, for a proposed amendment to 301–415–6258; email: responses: 102. Renewed Facility Operating License No. INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV. 8. The estimated number of annual DPR–22, for the Monticello Nuclear respondents: 101. Generating Plant. The proposed B. Submitting Comments 9. The estimated number of hours amendment would have revised the Please include Docket ID NRC–2015– needed annually to comply with the required pressure for operability of the 0119 in the subject line of your information collection requirement or Alternate Nitrogen System as specified comment submission, in order to ensure request: 803. in Technical Specification Surveillance that the NRC is able to make your 10. Abstract: Information submitted Requirement 3.5.1.3.b. comment submission available to the by licensees pursuant to 10 CFR part ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID public in this docket. 140 enables the NRC to assess (a) the NRC–2014–0207 when contacting the The NRC cautions you not to include financial protection required of NRC about the availability of identifying or contact information that licensees and for the indemnification information regarding this document. you do not want to be publicly and limitation of liability of certain You may obtain publicly-available disclosed in your comment submission. licensees and other persons pursuant to information related to this document The NRC posts all comment Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of using any of the following methods: submissions at http:// 1954, as amended, and (b) the liability • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to www.regulations.gov as well as entering insurance required of Uranium http://www.regulations.gov and search the comment submissions into ADAMS. enrichment facility licensees pursuant for Docket ID NRC–2014–0207. Address The NRC does not routinely edit to Section 193 of the Atomic Energy Act questions about NRC dockets to Carol comment submissions to remove of 1954, as amended. Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; identifying or contact information. email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For If you are requesting or aggregating lll. Specific Requests for Comments technical questions, contact the comments from other persons for The NRC is seeking comments that individual listed in the FOR FURTHER submission to the NRC, then you should address the following questions: INFORMATION CONTACT section of this inform those persons not to include 1. Is the proposed collection of document. identifying or contact information that information necessary for the NRC to • NRC’s Agencywide Documents they do not want to be publicly properly perform its functions? Does the Access and Management System disclosed in their comment submission. information have practical utility? (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- Your request should state that the NRC 2. Is the estimate of the burden of the available documents online in the does not routinely edit comment information collection accurate? ADAMS Public Documents collection at submissions to remove such information 3. Is there a way to enhance the http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ before making the comment quality, utility, and clarity of the adams.html. To begin the search, select submissions available to the public or information to be collected? ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then entering the comment submissions into 4. How can the burden of the select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS ADAMS. information collection on respondents Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, ll. Background be minimized, including the use of please contact the NRC’s Public automated collection techniques or Document Room (PDR) reference staff at In accordance with the Paperwork other forms of information technology? 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The Chapter 35), the NRC is requesting Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of June, 2015. ADAMS accession number for each public comment on its intention to document referenced (if that document request approval from OMB on the For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Tremaine Donnell, is available in ADAMS) is provided the information collection summarized first time that a document is referenced. below. NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 1. The title of the information purchase copies of public documents at collection: 10 CFR part 140, ‘‘Financial [FR Doc. 2015–14716 Filed 6–15–15; 8:45 am] the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One Protection Requirements and Indemnity BILLING CODE 7590–01–P White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Agreements.’’ Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 2. OMB approval number: 3150–0039. 3. Type of submission: Extension. NUCLEAR REGULATORY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 4. The form number, if applicable: N/ COMMISSION Terry A. Beltz, Office of Nuclear Reactor A. Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 5. How often the collection is required [Docket No. 50–263; NRC–2014–0207] Commission, Washington DC 20555– or requested: On occasion, as needed for 0001; telephone: 301–415–3049, email: Northern States Power Company— Terry.Beltz@nrc.gov. the licensees to meet their Minnesota; Monticello Nuclear responsibilities called for in Sections SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Generating Plant 170 and 193 of the Atomic Energy Act has granted the request of Northern of 1954. AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory States Power Company—Minnesota (the 6. Who will be required or asked to Commission. licensee) to withdraw its application respond: Licensees authorized to ACTION: License amendment application; dated June 17, 2014 (ADAMS Accession operate reactor facilities in accordance withdrawal by applicant. No. ML14168A486), for a proposed with part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of amendment to the Monticello Nuclear Federal Regulations (10 CFR), or a SUMMARY:The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Generating Plant, located in Wright holder of a combined license under 10 Commission (NRC) has granted the County, Minnesota. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:18 Jun 15, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16JNN1.SGM 16JNN1

34466 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 115 / Tuesday, June 16, 2015 / Notices The proposed amendment would • Mail comments to: Tremaine that the NRC is able to make your have revised the required pressure for Donnell, Office of Information Services, comment submission available to the operability of the Alternate Nitrogen Mail Stop: T–5 F53, U.S. Nuclear public in this docket. System as specified in Technical Regulatory Commission, Washington, The NRC cautions you not to include Specification Surveillance Requirement DC 20555–0001. identifying or contact information that 3.5.1.3.b. For additional direction on obtaining you do not want to be publicly The NRC published a Biweekly Notice information and submitting comments, disclosed in your comment submission. in the Federal Register on September see ‘‘Obtaining Information and The NRC posts all comment 30, 2014 (79 FR 58822), that gave notice Submitting Comments’’ in the submissions at http:// that this proposed amendment was SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of www.regulations.gov as well as entering under consideration by the NRC. this document. the comment submissions into ADAMS. However, by letter dated May 29, 2015 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The NRC does not routinely edit (ADAMS Accession No. ML15149A405), Tremaine Donnell, Office of Information comment submissions to remove the licensee requested to withdraw the Services, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory identifying or contact information. proposed amendment. Commission, Washington, DC 20555– If you are requesting or aggregating Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day 0001; telephone: 301–415–6258; email: comments from other persons for of June 2015. INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV. submission to the NRC, then you should For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: inform those persons not to include Terry A. Beltz, identifying or contact information that I. Obtaining Information and they do not want to be publicly Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Submitting Comments Branch III–1, Division of Operating Reactor disclosed in their comment submission. Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor A. Obtaining Information Your request should state that the NRC Regulation. does not routinely edit comment Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015– [FR Doc. 2015–14794 Filed 6–15–15; 8:45 am] submissions to remove such information 0116 when contacting the NRC about before making the comment BILLING CODE 7590–01–P the availability of information for this submissions available to the public or action. You may obtain publicly- entering the comment submissions into available information related to this NUCLEAR REGULATORY ADAMS. action by any of the following methods: COMMISSION • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to II. Background [NRC–2015–0116] http://www.regulations.gov and search In accordance with the Paperwork for Docket ID NRC–2015–0116. Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Information Collection: NRC Form 244, • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Chapter 35), the NRC is requesting Registration Certificate—Use of Access and Management System public comment on its intention to Depleted Uranium Under General (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- request the OMB’s approval for the License available documents online in the information collection summarized ADAMS Public Documents collection at AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory below. http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ Commission. adams.html. To begin the search, select 1. The title of the information ACTION: Renewal of existing information ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then collection: NRC Form 244, ‘‘Registration collection; request for comment. select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Certificate—Use of Depleted Uranium Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, Under General License.’’ SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 2. OMB approval number: 3150–0031. Commission (NRC) invites public please contact the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 3. Type of submission: Extension. comment on the renewal of Office of 4. The form number, if applicable: Management and Budget (OMB) 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The NRC Form 244. approval for an existing collection of 5. How often the collection is required information. The information collection supporting statement and is available in ADAMS under Accession No. or requested: Within 30 days after the is entitled, ‘‘NRC Form 244, Registration first receipt or acquisition of depleted Certificate—Use of Depleted Uranium ML15075A299. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and uranium. Any changes in information Under General License.’’ furnished by the registrant in the NRC purchase copies of public documents at DATES: Submit comments by August 17, the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One Form 244 shall be reported in writing to 2015. Comments received after this date White Flint North, 11555 Rockville the Director, Office of Nuclear Material will be considered if it is practical to do Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Safety and Safeguards, with a copy to so, but the Commission is able to ensure • NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of the Regional Administrator of the consideration only for comments the collection of information and related appropriate U.S. Nuclear Regulatory received on or before this date. instructions may be obtained without Commission Regional Office listed in ADDRESSES: You may submit comments charge by contacting the NRC’s appendix D of 10 CFR part 20; this by any of the following methods: Clearance Officer, Tremaine Donnell, report shall be submitted within 30 days • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to Office of Information Services, U.S. after the effective date of such change. http://www.regulations.gov and search 6. Who will be required or asked to asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Nuclear Regulatory Commission, for Docket ID NRC–2015–0116. Address Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: respond: Persons who receive, acquire, questions about NRC dockets to Carol 301–415–6258; email: possess, or use depleted uranium Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV. pursuant to the general license email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For established in 10 CFR 40.25(a). technical questions, contact the B. Submitting Comments 7. The estimated number of annual individual listed in the FOR FURTHER Please include Docket ID NRC–2015– responses: 9.4 responses (1.3 NRC INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 0116 in the subject line of your licensee responses and 8.1 Agreement document. comment submission, in order to ensure State licensee responses). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:18 Jun 15, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16JNN1.SGM 16JNN1


Document Created: 2018-02-22 10:22:47
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionLicense amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.
ContactTerry A. Beltz, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3049, email: [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 34465 
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