81 FR 58540 - South Carolina Electric & Gas Company and South Carolina Public Service Authority; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3; Piping Line Number Additions, Deletions and Functional Capability Re-Designation
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 165 (August 25, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 165 (August 25, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-20393 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 165 (Thursday, August 25, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 58540-58542] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-20393] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 52-027 and 52-028; NRC-2008-0441] South Carolina Electric & Gas Company and South Carolina Public Service Authority; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3; Piping Line Number Additions, Deletions and Functional Capability Re- Designation AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Exemption and combined license amendment; issuance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is granting an exemption to allow a departure from the certification information of Tier 1 of the generic design control document (DCD) and is issuing License Amendment No. 39 to Combined Licenses (COL), NPF-93 and NPF-94. The COLs were issued to South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), and South Carolina Public Service Authority (the licensee) in March 2012, for the construction and operation of the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS), Units 2 and 3, located in Fairfield County, South Carolina. The granting of the exemption allows the changes to Tier 1 information requested in the amendment. Because the acceptability of the exemption was determined in part by the acceptability of the amendment, the exemption and amendment are being issued concurrently. [[Page 58541]] DATES: The exemption and amendment were issued on January 20, 2016. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0441 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-2008-0441. 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 it 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. Specific information on NRC's PDR is available at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/pdr.html. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth C. Reyes, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3249; email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction In a letter dated December 18, 2014, the licensee requested a license amendment and exemption (ADAMS Accession No. ML14353A107), and supplemented this request by letters dated June 29 and October 16, 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML15180A248 and ML15292A075, respectively). The NRC is granting an exemption from Tier 1 information in the certified DCD incorporated by reference in part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), appendix D, ``Design Certification Rule for the AP1000 Design,'' and issuing License Amendment No. 39 to COLs, NPF-93 and NPF-94, to the licensee. The exemption is required by Paragraph A.4 of Section VIII, ``Processes for Changes and Departures,'' appendix D to 10 CFR part 52 to allow the licensee to depart from Tier 1 information. With the requested amendment, the licensee sought to add or delete line numbers of existing piping lines, as well as update the functional capability classification of existing process flow lines, to provide consistency with the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report Tier 2 information. Part of the justification for granting the exemption was provided by the review of the amendment. Because the exemption is necessary in order to issue the requested license amendment, the NRC granted the exemption and issued the amendment concurrently, rather than in sequence. This included issuing a combined safety evaluation containing the NRC staff's review of both the exemption request and the license amendment. The exemption met all applicable regulatory criteria set forth in 10 CFR 50.12, 10 CFR 52.7, and Section VIII.A.4 of appendix D to 10 CFR part 52. The license amendment was found to be acceptable as well. The combined safety evaluation is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15336A872. Identical exemption documents (except for referenced unit numbers and license numbers) were issued to the licensee for VCSNS Units 2 and 3 (COLs NPF-93 and NPF-94). These documents can be found in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML15336A867 and ML15336A866, respectively. The exemption is reproduced (with the exception of abbreviated titles and additional citations) in Section II of this document. The amendment documents for COLs NPF-93 and NPF-94 are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML15336A869 and ML15336A868, respectively. A summary of the amendment documents is provided in Section III of this document. II. Exemption Reproduced below is the exemption document issued to VCSNS, Units 2 and 3. It makes reference to the combined safety evaluation that provides the reasoning for the findings made by the NRC (and listed under Item 1) in order to grant the exemption: 1. In a letter dated December 18, 2014, and as supplemented by letters dated June 29 and October 16, 2015, the licensee requested from the NRC an exemption to allow departures from Tier 1 information in the certified DCD incorporated by reference in 10 CFR part 52, appendix D as part of license amendment request 13-28, ``Piping Line Number Additions, Deletions and Functional Capability Re Designation.'' For the reasons set forth in Section 3.1 of the NRC staff's Safety Evaluation that supports this license amendment, which can be found at ADAMS Accession No. ML15336A872, the Commission finds that: A. The exemption is authorized by law; B. The exemption presents no undue risk to public health and safety; C. The exemption is consistent with the common defense and security; D. Special circumstances are present in that the application of the rule in this circumstance is not necessary to serve the underlying purpose of the rule; E. The special circumstances outweigh any decrease in safety that may result from the reduction in standardization caused by the exemption, and F. The exemption will not result in a significant decrease in the level of safety otherwise provided by the design. 2. Accordingly, the licensee is granted an exemption to the provisions of 10 CFR part 52, appendix D, Section III.B, to allow deviations from the certified DCD Tier 1 Tables 2.1.2-2, 2.2.1-2, 2.2.2-2, 2.2.3-2, 2.3.6-2, 2.3.7-2, and 2.7.1-2, as described in the licensee's request dated December 18, 2014, and as supplemented by letters dated June 29 and October 16, 2015. This exemption is related to, and necessary for, the granting of License Amendment No. 39, which is being issued concurrently with this exemption. 3. As explained in Section 5 of the NRC staff's Safety Evaluation that supports this license amendment (ADAMS Accession No. ML15336A872), this exemption meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9). Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment needs to be prepared in connection with the issuance of the exemption. 4. This exemption is effective as of the date of its issuance. III. License Amendment Request The request for the amendment and exemption was submitted by the letter dated December 18, 2014. The licensee supplemented this request by the letters dated June 29 and October 16, 2015. The proposed amendment is described in Section I, of this Federal Register notice. The Commission has determined that the amendment requested by the licensee complies with the standards [[Page 58542]] and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment. A notice of consideration of issuance of amendment to facility operating license or combined license, as applicable, proposed no significant hazards consideration determination, and opportunity for a hearing in connection with these actions, was published in the Federal Register on April 28, 2015 (80 FR 23606). The June 29 and October 16, 2015, supplements had no effect on the no significant hazards consideration determination, and no comments were received during the 30-day comment period. The Commission has determined that these amendments satisfy the criteria for categorical exclusion in accordance with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared for these amendments. IV. Conclusion Using the reasons set forth in the combined safety evaluation, the staff granted the exemption and issued the amendment that the licensee requested on December 18, 2014, and supplemented by the letters dated June 29 and October 16, 2015. The exemption and amendment were issued on January 20, 2016, as part of a combined package to the licensee (ADAMS Accession No. ML15336A862). Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of August 2016. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jennifer Dixon-Herrity, Acting Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. 2016-20393 Filed 8-24-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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respond, including through the use of PREMs build intellectual and physical metrics as annual reports, but are
appropriate automated, electronic, infrastructure within and between retrospective.
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DATES: Comments regarding these
underrepresented in science and COMMISSION
information collections are best assured
engineering. [Docket Nos. 52–027 and 52–028; NRC–
of having their full effect if received PREMs will be required to submit
within 30 days of this notification. 2008–0441]
annual reports on progress and plans,
Copies of the submission(s) may be which will be used as a basis for
obtained by calling 703–292–7556. South Carolina Electric & Gas
performance review and determining Company and South Carolina Public
NSF may not conduct or sponsor a the level of continued funding. To
collection of information unless the Service Authority; Virgil C. Summer
support this review and the Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3; Piping
collection of information displays a management of the award PREMs will
currently valid OMB control number Line Number Additions, Deletions and
be required to develop a set of Functional Capability Re-Designation
and the agency informs potential management and performance
persons who are to respond to the indicators for submission annually to AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
collection of information that such NSF via the Research Performance Commission.
persons are not required to respond to Project Reporting module in ACTION: Exemption and combined
the collection of information unless it Research.gov and an external technical license amendment; issuance.
displays a currently valid OMB control assistance contractor that collects
number. programmatic data electronically. These SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: indicators are both quantitative and Commission (NRC) is granting an
Title of Collection: Grantee Reporting descriptive and may include, for exemption to allow a departure from the
Requirements for Partnerships for example, the characteristics of certification information of Tier 1 of the
Research and Education in Materials personnel and students; sources of generic design control document (DCD)
(PREM). financial support and in-kind support; and is issuing License Amendment No.
OMB Number: 3145–0232. expenditures by operational component; 39 to Combined Licenses (COL), NPF–
Type of Request: Intent to seek research activities; education activities; 93 and NPF–94. The COLs were issued
approval to renew an information patents, licenses; publications; degrees to South Carolina Electric & Gas
collection. granted to students involved in PREM Company (SCE&G), and South Carolina
Overview of This Information activities; descriptions of significant Public Service Authority (the licensee)
Collection: NSF has standing authority advances and other outcomes of the in March 2012, for the construction and
to support activities to improve the PREM effort. operation of the Virgil C. Summer
participation of women and minorities Each PREM’s annual report will Nuclear Station (VCSNS), Units 2 and 3,
in science and engineering under the address the following categories of located in Fairfield County, South
Science and Engineering Equal activities: (1) Research, (2) education, Carolina.
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Opportunities Act (Public Law 96–516), (3) knowledge transfer, (4) partnerships, The granting of the exemption allows
and authority to collect data on those (5) diversity, (6) management, and (7) the changes to Tier 1 information
issues. budget issues. requested in the amendment. Because
The Partnerships for Research and For each of the categories the report the acceptability of the exemption was
Education in Materials (PREM) aims to will describe overall objectives for the determined in part by the acceptability
enhance diversity in materials research year, problems the PREM has of the amendment, the exemption and
and education by stimulating the encountered in making progress towards amendment are being issued
development of formal, long-term, goals, anticipated problems in the concurrently.
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the license amendment. communication channel for consumers,
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April 28, 2015 (80 FR 23606). The June remaining portions of the SOR on the take action before important pieces
29 and October 16, 2015, supplements stated effective date, and will provide reach their mailbox, revolutionizing the
had no effect on the no significant notice of that action. customer experience with mail. In some
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these amendments satisfy the criteria for
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categorical exclusion in accordance
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to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental at this address for public inspection and the previous six days.
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combined safety evaluation, the staff
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to the licensee (ADAMS Accession No. Postal Service is establishing a new
ML15336A862). Washington, DC, Baltimore, and
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of August 2016. notification service. expansion planned for 2017. To achieve
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
I. Background this goal, the Postal Service has
Jennifer Dixon-Herrity, developed a comprehensive user
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of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New direct mail referral campaign, email
Reactors.
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Exemption and combined license amendment; issuance. | |
| Dates | The exemption and amendment were issued on January 20, 2016. | |
| Contact | Ruth C. Reyes, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3249; email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 58540 |
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