80 FR 53340 - Vogtle Electric Generating Station, Units 3 and 4
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 171 (September 3, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 171 (Thursday, September 3, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 53340-53343] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-21818] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 052-00025 and 052-00026; NRC-2008-0252] Vogtle Electric Generating Station, Units 3 and 4 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: License amendment application; opportunity to comment, request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an amendment to Combined Licenses (NPF-91 and NPF-92), issued to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC), Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC., MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC., MEAG POWER SPVP, LLC., and the City of Dalton, Georgia (together ``the licensees''), for construction and operation of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 3 and 4, located in Burke County, Georgia. DATES: Submit comments by October 5, 2015. Requests for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene must be filed by November 2, 2015. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0252. 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. Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chandu Patel, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3025; email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0252 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this action by any of the following methods: Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0252. NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at 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 application for amendment, dated August 21, 2015, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15233A588. 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. B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC-2008-0252 in your comment submission. The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information. If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for [[Page 53341]] submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. II. Introduction The NRC is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-91 and NPF-92, issued to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC), Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC, MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC., MEAG POWER SPVP, LLC., and the City of Dalton, Georgia for operation of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Units 3 and 4, located in Burke County, Georgia. The proposed amendment departs from Tier 2* and associated Tier 2 information in the VEGP Units 3 and 4 UFSAR (which includes the plant specific Design Control Document Tier 2 information) to demonstrate that the mechanical weldable couplers to structural steel weld capacity required by American Concrete Institute (ACI) 349-01, ``Code Requirements for Nuclear Safety Related Concrete Structure,'' is satisfied using American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) N690- 1994, ``Specifications for Design, Fabrication, and Erection of Steel Safety-Related Structures for Nuclear Facilities,'' analysis and testing provisions. Before any issuance of the proposed license amendment, the NRC will need to make the findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and NRC's regulations. The NRC has made a proposed determination that the license amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the NRC's regulations in Sec. 50.92 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment 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. As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which is presented below: 1. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated? Response: No. The proposed change does not affect the operation of any systems or equipment that initiate an analyzed accident or alter any structures, systems, and components (SSC) accident initiator or initiating sequence of events. The change revises how analysis and testing are used to demonstrate the capacity of partial joint penetration (PJP) welds with fillet weld reinforcement joining weldable rebar couplers to structural steel to meet the strength requirements of American Concrete Institute (ACI) 349-01, ``Code Requirements for Nuclear Safety Related Concrete Structures,'' and to establish a minimum fillet reinforcement size for the C2/C3J couplers. The change has no adverse effect on the design function of the mechanical couplers or the SSCs to which the mechanical couplers are welded. The probabilities of the accidents evaluated in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) are not affected. The change does not impact the support, design, or operation of mechanical and fluid systems. There is no change to plant systems or the response of systems to postulated accident conditions. There is no change to the predicted radioactive releases due to normal operation or postulated accident conditions. The plant response to previously evaluated accidents or external events is not adversely affected, nor does the proposed change create any new accident precursors. Therefore, the proposed amendment does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated. 2. Does the proposed amendment create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated? Response: No. The proposed change does not affect the operation of any systems or equipment that may initiate a new or different kind of accident, or alter any SSC such that a new accident initiator or initiating sequence of events is created. The proposed change specifies how the analysis and testing requirements of ACI 349-01 are applied to demonstrate the capacity of combined PJP welds with fillet weld reinforcement joining rebar couplers to structural steel and to establish a minimum fillet reinforcement size for the C2/C3J couplers. The proposed change does not adversely affect the design function of the mechanical couplers, the structures in which the couplers are used, or any other SSC design functions or methods of operation in a manner that results in a new failure mode, malfunction, or sequence of events that affect safety-related or non-safety-related equipment. This activity does not allow for a new fission product release path, result in a new fission product barrier failure mode, or create a new sequence of events that result in significant fuel cladding failures. Therefore, the proposed amendment does not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated. 3. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety? Response: No. The proposed change maintains existing safety margin and provides adequate protection through continued application of the existing requirements in the UFSAR and clarifying the existing requirements in ACI 349-01 for welds of mechanical couplers joining rebar to structural steel. The proposed change satisfies the same design functions in accordance with the same codes and standards as stated in the UFSAR. This change does not adversely affect any design code, function, design analysis, safety analysis input or result, or design/safety margin. No safety analysis or design basis acceptance limit/criterion is challenged or exceeded by the proposed change. Because no safety analysis or design basis acceptance limit/ criterion is challenged or exceeded by this change, no significant margin of safety is reduced. Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the license amendment request involves a No Significant Hazards Consideration. The NRC is seeking public comments on this proposed determination that the license amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination. Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The Commission may issue the license amendment before expiration of the 60- day notice period if the Commission concludes the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration. In addition, the Commission may issue the amendment prior to the expiration of the 30-day comment period should circumstances change during the 30-day comment period such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility. Should the Commission take action prior to the expiration of either the comment period or the notice period, it will publish in the Federal Register a notice of issuance. Should the Commission make a final No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, any hearing will take place after issuance. The Commission expects that [[Page 53342]] the need to take this action will occur very infrequently. III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To Intervene Within 60 days after the date of publication of this Federal Register notice, any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who desires to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written request for hearing or a petition for leave to intervene specifying the contentions which the person seeks to have litigated in the hearing with respect to the license amendment request. Requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the NRC's ``Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested person(s) should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is available at the NRC's PDR. The NRC's regulations are accessible electronically from the NRC Library on the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene must set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding. The hearing request or petition must specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted, with particular reference to the following general requirements: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the requestor or petitioner; (2) the nature of the requestor's/petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of the requestor's/petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (4) the possible effect of any decision or order which may be entered in the proceeding on the requestor's/petitioner's interest. The hearing request or petition must also include the specific contentions that the requestor/petitioner seeks to have litigated at the proceeding. For each contention, the requestor/petitioner must provide a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted, as well as a brief explanation of the basis for the contention. Additionally, the requestor/petitioner must demonstrate that the issue raised by each contention is within the scope of the proceeding and is material to the findings that the NRC must make to support the granting of a license amendment in response to the application. The hearing request or petition must also include a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion that support the contention and on which the requestor/petitioner intends to rely at the hearing, together with references to those specific sources and documents. The hearing request or petition must provide sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact, including references to specific portions of the application for amendment that the petitioner disputes and the supporting reasons for each dispute. If the requestor/ petitioner believes that the application for amendment fails to contain information on a relevant matter as required by law, the requestor/ petitioner must identify each failure and the supporting reasons for the requestor's/petitioner's belief. Each contention must be one which, if proven, would entitle the requestor/petitioner to relief. A requestor/petitioner who does not satisfy these requirements for at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party. Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing with respect to resolution of that person's admitted contentions, including the opportunity to present evidence and to submit a cross-examination plan for cross-examination of witnesses, consistent with NRC's regulations, policies, and procedures. The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will set the time and place for any prehearing conferences and evidentiary hearings, and the appropriate notices will be provided. Hearing requests or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice. Requests for hearing, petitions for leave to intervene, 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)-(iii). If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held. If the final determination is that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendment. If the final determination is that the amendment request involves a significant hazards consideration, then any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment unless the Commission finds an imminent danger to the health or safety of the public, in which case it will issue an appropriate order or rule under 10 CFR part 2. IV. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing) All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a request for hearing, a petition for leave to intervene, any motion or other document filed in the proceeding prior to the submission of a request for hearing or petition to intervene, and documents filed by interested governmental entities participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in accordance with the NRC's E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007). 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. Participants may not submit paper copies of their filings unless they seek an exemption in accordance with the procedures described below. 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 request (1) a digital identification (ID) certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or representative) to digitally sign documents and access the E-Submittal server for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a request or petition for hearing (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 hearing in this 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 Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html. System requirements for accessing the E-Submittal server are detailed in the NRC's ``Guidance for Electronic Submission,'' which is available on the agency's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e- [[Page 53343]] submittals.html. Participants may attempt to use other software not listed on the Web site, but should note that the NRC's E-Filing system does not support unlisted software, and the NRC Meta System Help Desk will not be able to offer assistance in using unlisted software. If a participant is electronically submitting a document to the NRC in accordance with the E-Filing rule, the participant must file the document using the NRC's online, Web-based submission form. In order to serve documents through the Electronic Information Exchange System, users will be required to install a Web browser plug-in from the NRC's Web site. Further information on the Web-based submission form, including the installation of the Web browser plug-in, is available on the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. Once a participant has obtained a digital ID certificate and a docket has been created, the participant can then submit a request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene. Submissions should be in Portable Document Format (PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance available on the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the documents are 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. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends the submitter an email notice confirming receipt of the document. The E-Filing system also distributes an email notice 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 documents on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for and receive a digital ID certificate before a hearing request/petition to intervene is filed so that they can obtain access to the document via the E-Filing system. A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E- Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC Meta System Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's public Web site at http://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 Meta System Help Desk is available between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, excluding government holidays. Participants who believe that they have a 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 requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) First class mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Participants filing a document in this manner are responsible for serving the document on all other participants. Filing is considered complete by first-class mail as of the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service upon depositing the document with the provider of the service. A presiding officer, having granted an exemption request from using E-Filing, may require a participant or party to use E-Filing if the presiding officer subsequently determines that the reason for granting the exemption from use of E-Filing no longer exists. Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at http://ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the Commission, or the presiding officer. Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information, such as social security numbers, home addresses, or home phone numbers in their filings, unless an NRC regulation or other law requires submission of such information. However, in some instances, a request to intervene will require including information on local residence in order to demonstrate a proximity assertion of interest in the proceeding. 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 are requested not to include copyrighted materials in their submission. For further details with respect to this action, see the application for license amendment dated August 21, 2015. Attorney for licensee: Ms. Kathryn M. Sutton, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLC, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004-2514. NRC Branch Chief: Lawrence Burkhart. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of August 2015. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Chandu Patel, Senior Project Manager, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. 2015-21818 Filed 9-2-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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electronically is available on the NRC’s calling (301) 415–1677, to request a notice in the Federal Register to Office
public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/ digital ID certificate and allow for the of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear
site-help/e-submittals.html. To ensure creation of an electronic docket. Regulatory Commission, Washington,
timely electronic filing, at least five days In addition to a request for hearing or DC 20555, Attention: Rulemaking and
prior to the filing deadline, the petition for leave to intervene, written Adjudications.
petitioner/requestor should contact the comments, in accordance with 10 CFR The information concerning this
Office of the Secretary by email at 110.81, should be submitted within application for an export license
HEARINGDOCKET@NRC.GOV, or by thirty days after publication of this follows.
NRC EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATION
[Description of Material]
Name of applicant
date of application
date received Material type Total quantity End use Destination
application No.
docket No.
Cambridge Isotope Labora- Non-radioactive Deuterium 10,000 kilograms .................. Non-nuclear end use in the Qatar.
tories Inc. gas, Deuterium oxide, medical, pharmaceutical,
June 15, 2015 ........................ Deuterium compounds. chemical, and industrial
June 24, 2015 ........................ markets.
XMAT435 ................................
11006205 ................................
Dated this 27th day of March 2015 at DATES: Submit comments by October 5, available information related to this
Rockville, Maryland. 2015. Requests for a hearing or petition action by any of the following methods:
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory for leave to intervene must be filed by • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
Commission. November 2, 2015. http://www.regulations.gov and search
David L. Skeen, for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
Deputy Director, Office of International
by any of the following methods: • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Programs. Access and Management System
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
Editorial Note: This document was http://www.regulations.gov and search (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
received for publication by the Office of for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252. Address available documents online in the
Federal Register on August 28, 2015. questions about NRC dockets to Carol ADAMS Public Documents collection at
[FR Doc. 2015–21802 Filed 9–2–15; 8:45 am] Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For adams.html. To begin the search, select
technical questions, contact the ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
NUCLEAR REGULATORY INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
COMMISSION document. please contact the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
[Docket Nos. 052–00025 and 052–00026; • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
NRC–2008–0252] Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear
Vogtle Electric Generating Station, application for amendment, dated
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
Units 3 and 4 August 21, 2015, is available in ADAMS
DC 20555–0001.
under Accession No. ML15233A588.
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory For additional direction on obtaining • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
Commission. information and submitting comments, purchase copies of public documents at
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
ACTION: License amendment application;
Submitting Comments’’ in the White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
opportunity to comment, request a
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
hearing, and petition for leave to Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
this document.
intervene. B. Submitting Comments
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Chandu Patel, Office of New Reactors, Please include Docket ID NRC–2008–
Commission (NRC) is considering U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 0252 in your comment submission.
issuance of an amendment to Combined Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: The NRC cautions you not to include
Licenses (NPF–91 and NPF–92), issued 301–415–3025; email: identifying or contact information that
to Southern Nuclear Operating Chandu.Patel@nrc.gov. you do not want to be publicly
Company, Inc. (SNC), Georgia Power disclosed in your comment submission.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Company, Oglethorpe Power The NRC posts all comment
Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC., I. Obtaining Information and submissions at http://
tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC., MEAG Submitting Comments www.regulations.gov as well as entering
POWER SPVP, LLC., and the City of the comment submissions into ADAMS.
Dalton, Georgia (together ‘‘the A. Obtaining Information
The NRC does not routinely edit
licensees’’), for construction and Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2008– comment submissions to remove
operation of the Vogtle Electric 0252 when contacting the NRC about identifying or contact information.
Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 3 and 4, the availability of information for this If you are requesting or aggregating
located in Burke County, Georgia. action. You may obtain publicly- comments from other persons for
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submittals.html. Participants may free call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC Attorney for licensee: Ms. Kathryn M.
attempt to use other software not listed Meta System Help Desk is available Sutton, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLC,
on the Web site, but should note that the between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
NRC’s E-Filing system does not support Time, Monday through Friday, Washington, DC 20004–2514.
unlisted software, and the NRC Meta excluding government holidays. NRC Branch Chief: Lawrence
System Help Desk will not be able to Participants who believe that they Burkhart.
offer assistance in using unlisted have a good cause for not submitting Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day
software. documents electronically must file an of August 2015.
If a participant is electronically exemption request, in accordance with For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
submitting a document to the NRC in 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper Chandu Patel,
accordance with the E-Filing rule, the filing requesting authorization to
participant must file the document Senior Project Manager, Licensing Branch 4,
continue to submit documents in paper Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of
using the NRC’s online, Web-based format. Such filings must be submitted New Reactors.
submission form. In order to serve by: (1) First class mail addressed to the [FR Doc. 2015–21818 Filed 9–2–15; 8:45 am]
documents through the Electronic Office of the Secretary of the BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
Information Exchange System, users Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
will be required to install a Web Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
browser plug-in from the NRC’s Web 0001, Attention: Rulemaking and NUCLEAR REGULATORY
site. Further information on the Web- Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, COMMISSION
based submission form, including the express mail, or expedited delivery
installation of the Web browser plug-in, service to the Office of the Secretary, [Docket No. 50–128; NRC–2015–0210]
is available on the NRC’s public Web Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North,
site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e- Texas Engineering Experiment Station/
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Texas A&M University System Nuclear
submittals.html. Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking
Once a participant has obtained a Science Center Reactor
and Adjudications Staff. Participants
digital ID certificate and a docket has AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
filing a document in this manner are
been created, the participant can then Commission.
responsible for serving the document on
submit a request for hearing or petition
all other participants. Filing is ACTION: Environmental assessment and
for leave to intervene. Submissions
considered complete by first-class mail finding of no significant impact;
should be in Portable Document Format
as of the time of deposit in the mail, or issuance.
(PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance
by courier, express mail, or expedited
available on the NRC’s public Web site SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
delivery service upon depositing the
at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e- Commission (NRC) is considering
document with the provider of the
submittals.html. A filing is considered renewal of Facility Operating License
service. A presiding officer, having
complete at the time the documents are No. R–83, held by the Texas Engineering
submitted through the NRC’s E-Filing granted an exemption request from
using E-Filing, may require a participant Experiment Station/Texas A&M
system. To be timely, an electronic University System (TEES/TAMUS or the
filing must be submitted to the E-Filing or party to use E-Filing if the presiding
officer subsequently determines that the licensee) for the continued operation of
system no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern its Nuclear Science Center (NSC or the
Time on the due date. Upon receipt of reason for granting the exemption from
use of E-Filing no longer exists. facility) Training, Research, Isotope
a transmission, the E-Filing system Production, General Atomics (TRIGA)
time-stamps the document and sends Documents submitted in adjudicatory
proceedings will appear in the NRC’s reactor (NSCR or the reactor). The NRC
the submitter an email notice is issuing an environmental assessment
confirming receipt of the document. The electronic hearing docket which is
available to the public at http:// and finding of no significant impact
E-Filing system also distributes an email associated with the renewal of the
notice that provides access to the ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded
pursuant to an order of the Commission, license.
document to the NRC’s Office of the
General Counsel and any others who or the presiding officer. Participants are DATES: The environmental assessment
have advised the Office of the Secretary requested not to include personal and finding of no significant impact are
that they wish to participate in the privacy information, such as social available as of September 3, 2015.
proceeding, so that the filer need not security numbers, home addresses, or ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
serve the documents on those home phone numbers in their filings, NRC–2015–0210 when contacting the
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