80 FR 47532 - Southern California Edison;San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 152 (August 7, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-19407 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 152 (Friday, August 7, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 47532-47533] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-19407] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50-361 and 50-362; NRC-2013-0083] Southern California Edison;San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Director's decision under 10 CFR 2.206; issuance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a final director's decision with regard to a petition dated June 18, 2012, filed by Mr. Richard Ayres, Counsel for Friends of the Earth (the petitioner), requesting that the NRC take action with regard to Southern California Edison (SCE or the licensee) at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The petitioner's requests and the final director's decision are included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0083 when contacting the [[Page 47533]] 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-2013-0083. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415- 3463; 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 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 (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: Thomas Wengert, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-4037, email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, has issued a director's decision (ADAMS Accession No. ML15183A164) on a petition filed by the petitioner on June 18, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML12171A409). The petition was supplemented on November 16, 2012, January 16, 2013, and February 6, 2013 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML12325A748, ML13029A643, and ML13109A075, respectively). The petitioner requested that the NRC order SCE to submit a license amendment application for the design and installation of the SONGS, Units 2 and 3, replacement steam generators. As the basis of the request, the petitioner asserted that the licensee violated section 50.59 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Changes, Tests, and Experiments,'' when the steam generators for SONGS, Units 2 and 3, were replaced in 2010 and 2011, without a license amendment request. On January 16, 2013, the petitioner met with the NRC's Petition Review Board (PRB). The meeting provided the petitioner and the licensee an opportunity to provide additional information and to clarify issues cited in the petition. During the PRB meeting, the petitioner further requested that the NRC suspend SCE's licenses until they are amended. The transcript for that meeting was treated as a supplement to the petition and is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML13029A643. The NRC sent a copy of the proposed director's decision to the petitioner and the licensee for comment on February 27, 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML15020A121 and ML15020A165, respectively). The petitioner and the licensee were asked to provide comments within 30 days on any part of the proposed director's decision that was considered to be erroneous or any issues in the petition that were not addressed. Comments were received from the petitioner and are addressed in an attachment to the final director's decision. The licensee had no comments on the proposed director's decision; however, the licensee did provide a response to the petitioner's comments. The NRC staff reviewed the response from the licensee and determined that, because the licensee's comments are direct rebuttals to the petitioner's comments and raised no concerns with the director's decision, no changes to the director's decision are required as a result of these comments. The Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has determined that the requests for the NRC to order the licensee to submit a license amendment application for the design and installation of the SONGS, Units 2 and 3, replacement steam generators and to suspend SCE's licenses until they are amended be denied. The reasons for this decision are explained in the director's decision (DD-15-07) pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206, ``Requests for action under this subpart,'' of the Commission's regulations. The NRC will file a copy of the director's decision with the Secretary of the Commission for the Commission's review in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206. As provided by this regulation, the director's decision will constitute the final action of the Commission 25 days after the date of the decision unless the Commission, on its own motion, institutes a review of the director's decision in that time. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28 day of July 2015. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. William M. Dean, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2015-19407 Filed 8-6-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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participant, or its counsel or proceeding, so that the filer need not home phone numbers in their filings,
representative, already holds an NRC- serve the documents on those unless an NRC regulation or other law
issued digital ID certificate). Based upon participants separately. Therefore, requires submission of such
this information, the Secretary will applicants and other participants (or information. However, in some
establish an electronic docket for the their counsel or representative) must instances, a request to intervene will
hearing in this proceeding if the apply for and receive a digital ID require including information on local
Secretary has not already established an certificate before a hearing request/ residence in order to demonstrate a
electronic docket. petition to intervene is filed so that they proximity assertion of interest in the
Information about applying for a can obtain access to the document via proceeding. With respect to copyrighted
digital ID certificate is available on the the E-Filing system. works, except for limited excerpts that
NRC’s public Web site at http:// A person filing electronically using serve the purpose of the adjudicatory
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/ the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system filings and would constitute a Fair Use
getting-started.html. System may seek assistance by contacting the application, participants are requested
requirements for accessing the E- NRC Meta System Help Desk through not to include copyrighted materials in
Submittal server are detailed in the the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located on the their submission.
NRC’s ‘‘Guidance for Electronic NRC’s public Web site at http:// For further details with respect to this
Submission,’’ which is available on the www.nrc.gov/site-help/e- action, see the application for license
agency’s public Web site at http:// submittals.html, by email to amendment dated July 23, 2015
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e- MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll- (ADAMS Accession No. ML15204A843),
submittals.html. free call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC as supplemented by letter dated July 28,
Participants may attempt to use other Meta System Help Desk is available 2015 (ADAMS Accession No.
software not listed on the Web site, but between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern ML15209A960).
should note that the NRC’s E-Filing Time, Monday through Friday, Attorney for licensee: J. Bradley
system does not support unlisted excluding government holidays. Fewell, Assistant General Counsel,
software, and the NRC Meta System Participants who believe that they Exelon Generation Company, LLC, 200
Help Desk will not be able to offer have a good cause for not submitting Exelon Way, Kennett Square, PA 19348.
assistance in using unlisted software. documents electronically must file an NRC Branch Chief: Douglas A.
If a participant is electronically exemption request, in accordance with Broaddus.
submitting a document to the NRC in 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day
accordance with the E-Filing rule, the filing requesting authorization to of July, 2015.
participant must file the document continue to submit documents in paper For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
using the NRC’s online, Web-based format. Such filings must be submitted Robert L. Gladney,
submission form. In order to serve by: (1) First class mail addressed to the Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I–
documents through the Electronic Office of the Secretary of the 2, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Information Exchange System, users Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
will be required to install a Web Commission, Washington, DC 20555– [FR Doc. 2015–19409 Filed 8–6–15; 8:45 am]
browser plug-in from the NRC’s Web 0001, Attention: Rulemaking and BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
site. Further information on the Web- Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier,
based submission form, including the express mail, or expedited delivery
installation of the Web browser plug-in, service to the Office of the Secretary, NUCLEAR REGULATORY
is available on the NRC’s public Web Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, COMMISSION
site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e- 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
submittals.html. Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking [Docket Nos. 50–361 and 50–362; NRC–
Once a participant has obtained a and Adjudications Staff. Participants 2013–0083]
digital ID certificate and a docket has filing a document in this manner are Southern California Edison;San Onofre
been created, the participant can then responsible for serving the document on
submit a request for hearing or petition Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2
all other participants. Filing is and 3
for leave to intervene. Submissions considered complete by first-class mail
should be in Portable Document Format as of the time of deposit in the mail, or AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
(PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance by courier, express mail, or expedited Commission.
available on the NRC’s public Web site delivery service upon depositing the ACTION: Director’s decision under 10
at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e- document with the provider of the CFR 2.206; issuance.
submittals.html. A filing is considered service. A presiding officer, having
complete at the time the documents are granted an exemption request from SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
submitted through the NRC’s E-Filing using E-Filing, may require a participant Commission (NRC) has issued a final
system. To be timely, an electronic or party to use E-Filing if the presiding director’s decision with regard to a
filing must be submitted to the E-Filing officer subsequently determines that the petition dated June 18, 2012, filed by
system no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern reason for granting the exemption from Mr. Richard Ayres, Counsel for Friends
Time on the due date. Upon receipt of use of E-Filing no longer exists. of the Earth (the petitioner), requesting
a transmission, the E-Filing system Documents submitted in adjudicatory that the NRC take action with regard to
time-stamps the document and sends proceedings will appear in the NRC’s Southern California Edison (SCE or the
the submitter an email notice electronic hearing docket which is licensee) at the San Onofre Nuclear
tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
confirming receipt of the document. The available to the public at http:// Generating Station (SONGS). The
E-Filing system also distributes an email ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded petitioner’s requests and the final
notice that provides access to the pursuant to an order of the Commission, director’s decision are included in the
document to the NRC’s Office of the or the presiding officer. Participants are SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
General Counsel and any others who requested not to include personal this document.
have advised the Office of the Secretary privacy information, such as social ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
that they wish to participate in the security numbers, home addresses, or NRC–2013–0083 when contacting the
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NRC about the availability of Units 2 and 3, were replaced in 2010 Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28 day
information regarding this document. and 2011, without a license amendment of July 2015.
You may obtain publicly-available request. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
information related to this document On January 16, 2013, the petitioner William M. Dean,
using any of the following methods: met with the NRC’s Petition Review Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to Board (PRB). The meeting provided the Regulation.
http://www.regulations.gov and search petitioner and the licensee an [FR Doc. 2015–19407 Filed 8–6–15; 8:45 am]
for Docket ID NRC–2013–0083. Address opportunity to provide additional BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
questions about NRC dockets to Carol information and to clarify issues cited in
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; the petition. During the PRB meeting,
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For the petitioner further requested that the NUCLEAR REGULATORY
technical questions, contact the NRC suspend SCE’s licenses until they COMMISSION
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER are amended. The transcript for that [Docket No. 50–443; NRC–2010–0206]
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this meeting was treated as a supplement to
document. the petition and is available in ADAMS NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC;
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents under Accession No. ML13029A643. Seabrook Station, Unit 1
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- The NRC sent a copy of the proposed AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
available documents online in the director’s decision to the petitioner and Commission.
ADAMS Public Documents collection at the licensee for comment on February
ACTION: Supplemental environmental
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 27, 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos.
impact statement; issuance.
adams.html. To begin the search, select ML15020A121 and ML15020A165,
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then respectively). The petitioner and the SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS licensee were asked to provide Commission (NRC) is issuing a final
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, comments within 30 days on any part of plant-specific supplement, Supplement
please contact the NRC’s Public the proposed director’s decision that 46, to NUREG–1437, ‘‘Generic
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at was considered to be erroneous or any Environmental Impact Statement for
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by issues in the petition that were not License Renewal of Nuclear Plants’’
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The addressed. Comments were received (GEIS), regarding the renewal of NextEra
ADAMS accession number for each from the petitioner and are addressed in Energy Seabrook, LLC (NextEra)
document referenced (if that document an attachment to the final director’s operating license NPF–86 for an
is available in ADAMS) is provided the decision. The licensee had no comments additional 20 years of operation for
first time that a document is referenced. on the proposed director’s decision; Seabrook Station, Unit 1 (Seabrook).
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and however, the licensee did provide a DATES: The final Supplement 46 to the
purchase copies of public documents at response to the petitioner’s comments. GEIS is available as of August 7, 2015.
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One The NRC staff reviewed the response
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville from the licensee and determined that,
because the licensee’s comments are NRC–2010–0206 when contacting the
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. NRC about the availability of
direct rebuttals to the petitioner’s
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: information regarding this document.
comments and raised no concerns with
Thomas Wengert, Office of Nuclear You may obtain publicly-available
the director’s decision, no changes to
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear information related to this document
the director’s decision are required as a
Regulatory Commission, Washington DC using any of the following methods:
result of these comments.
20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–4037, • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
email: Thomas.Wengert@nrc.gov. The Director of the Office of Nuclear http://www.regulations.gov and search
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Reactor Regulation has determined that for Docket ID NRC–2010–0206. Address
hereby given that the Director, Office of the requests for the NRC to order the questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, has issued licensee to submit a license amendment Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
a director’s decision (ADAMS Accession application for the design and email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
No. ML15183A164) on a petition filed installation of the SONGS, Units 2 and technical questions, contact the
by the petitioner on June 18, 2012 3, replacement steam generators and to individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
(ADAMS Accession No. ML12171A409). suspend SCE’s licenses until they are INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
The petition was supplemented on amended be denied. The reasons for this document.
November 16, 2012, January 16, 2013, decision are explained in the director’s • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
and February 6, 2013 (ADAMS decision (DD–15–07) pursuant to 10 Access and Management System
Accession Nos. ML12325A748, CFR 2.206, ‘‘Requests for action under (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
ML13029A643, and ML13109A075, this subpart,’’ of the Commission’s available documents online in the
respectively). regulations. ADAMS Public Documents collection at
The petitioner requested that the NRC The NRC will file a copy of the http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
order SCE to submit a license director’s decision with the Secretary of adams.html. To begin the search, select
amendment application for the design the Commission for the Commission’s ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
and installation of the SONGS, Units 2 review in accordance with 10 CFR select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
and 3, replacement steam generators. 2.206. As provided by this regulation, Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
As the basis of the request, the the director’s decision will constitute please contact the NRC’s Public
petitioner asserted that the licensee the final action of the Commission 25 Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
violated section 50.59 of Title 10 of the days after the date of the decision unless 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the Commission, on its own motion, email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The final
‘‘Changes, Tests, and Experiments,’’ institutes a review of the director’s Supplement 46 to the GEIS is in
when the steam generators for SONGS, decision in that time. ADAMS under Accession No.
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| FR Citation | 80 FR 47532 |
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