82_FR_14975 82 FR 14920 - Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4 Nuclear Instrumentation System Excore Detector Surface Material Inspection Clarification

82 FR 14920 - Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4 Nuclear Instrumentation System Excore Detector Surface Material Inspection Clarification

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Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 55 (March 23, 2017)

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FR Document2017-05778

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. 66 to Combined Licenses (COLs), NPF-91 and NPF- 92. The COLs were issued to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., and Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC, MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC, MEAG Power SPVP, LLC, Authority of Georgia, and the City of Dalton, Georgia (the licensee); for construction and operation of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP) Units 3 and 4, located in Burke County, Georgia. The granting of the exemption allows the changes to Tier 1 information asked for 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.

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[Docket Nos. 52-025 and 52-026; NRC-2008-0252]


Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Vogtle Electric 
Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4 Nuclear Instrumentation System Excore 
Detector Surface Material Inspection Clarification

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Exemption and combined license amendment; issuance.

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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. 66 to Combined Licenses (COLs), NPF-91 and NPF-
92. The COLs were issued to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., 
and Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG Power 
SPVM, LLC, MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC, MEAG Power SPVP, LLC, Authority of 
Georgia, and the City of Dalton, Georgia (the licensee); for 
construction and operation of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 
(VEGP) Units 3 and 4, located in Burke County, Georgia.
    The granting of the exemption allows the changes to Tier 1 
information asked for 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.

DATES: The exemption and amendment were issued on January 19, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0252 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-2008-0252. 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 it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this 
document. The request for the amendment and exemption was submitted by 
letter dated July 25, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16207A496), and 
supplemented by the letters dated September 23, 2016 (ADAMS Accession 
No. ML16267A429) and October 13, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML16287A662).
     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: Chandu Patel, Office of New Reactors, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; 
telephone: 301-415-3025; email: Chandu.Patel@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The NRC is granting an exemption from Paragraph B of Section III, 
``Scope and Contents,'' of appendix D, ``Design Certification Rule for 
the AP1000,'' to

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part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), and 
issuing License Amendment No. 66 to COLs, NPF-91 and NPF-92, 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 proposed changes to the VEGP 
Units 3 and 4 Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) in the form 
of departures from the incorporated plant-specific DCD Tier 2 
information. The proposed amendment also involves related changes to 
plant-specific Tier 1 information, with corresponding changes to the 
associated COL Appendix C information to clarify the Inspections, 
Tests, Analyses and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) related to the 
inspection of excore (source range, intermediate range, and power 
range) detectors. 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. ML16320A370.
    Identical exemption documents (except for referenced unit numbers 
and license numbers) were issued to the licensee for VEGP Units 3 and 4 
(COLs NPF-91 and NPF-92). The exemption documents for VEGP Units 3 and 
4 can be found in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML16320A277 and 
ML16320A282, 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-91 and NPF-92 
are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML16320A258 and 
ML16320A265, 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 VEGP Units 3 
and Unit 4. 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 July 25, 2016, as supplemented by letters 
dated September 23, 2016, and October 13, 2016, the licensee requested 
from the Commission 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 16-010, 
``Nuclear Instrumentation System Excore Detector Surface Material 
Inspection Clarification.''
    For the reasons set forth in Section 3.1 of the NRC staff's Safety 
Evaluation, which can be found at ADAMS Accession No. ML16320A370, 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 from the 
certified DCD Tier 1 information, with corresponding changes to 
Appendix C of the Facility Combined Licenses as described in the 
licensee's request dated July 25, 2016, as supplemented by letters 
dated September 23, 2016, and October 13, 2016. This exemption is 
related to, and necessary for the granting of License Amendment No. 66, 
which is being issued concurrently with this exemption.
    3. As explained in Section 5.0 of the NRC staff's Safety Evaluation 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML16320A370), 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

    By letter dated July 25, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16207A496), 
and supplemented by the letters dated September 23, 2016 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML16267A429), and October 13, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML16287A662), the licensee requested that the NRC amend the COLs for 
VEGP, Units 3 and 4, COLs NPF-91 and NPF-92. The proposed amendment is 
described in Section I of this document.
    The Commission has determined for these amendments that the 
application complies with the standards 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 COL, 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 
September 13, 2016 (81 FR 62926). 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 July 25, 2016, as supplemented by letters dated September 
23, 2016, and October 13, 2016. The exemption and amendment were issued 
on January 19, 2017, as part of a combined package to the licensee 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML16320A230).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of March 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennifer Dixon-Herrity,
Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of 
New Reactors.
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                                                comment submissions to remove                           issuing agencies to perform the                       acceptability of the exemption was
                                                identifying or contact information.                     verification on behalf of the licensee                determined in part by the acceptability
                                                  If you are requesting or aggregating                  transferring the radioactive materials.               of the amendment, the exemption and
                                                comments from other persons for                                                                               amendment are being issued
                                                                                                        III. Specific Requests for Comments
                                                submission to the NRC, then you should                                                                        concurrently.
                                                inform those persons not to include                        The NRC is seeking comments that
                                                                                                                                                              DATES: The exemption and amendment
                                                identifying or contact information that                 address the following questions:
                                                                                                                                                              were issued on January 19, 2017.
                                                they do not want to be publicly                            1. Is the proposed collection of
                                                                                                        information necessary for the NRC to                  ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
                                                disclosed in their comment submission.                                                                        NRC–2008–0252 when contacting the
                                                Your request should state that the NRC                  properly perform its functions? Does the
                                                                                                        information have practical utility?                   NRC about the availability of
                                                does not routinely edit comment                                                                               information regarding this document.
                                                submissions to remove such information                     2. Is the estimate of the burden of the
                                                                                                        information collection accurate?                      You may obtain publicly-available
                                                before making the comment                                                                                     information related to this document
                                                submissions available to the public or                     3. Is there a way to enhance the
                                                                                                        quality, utility, and clarity of the                  using any of the following methods:
                                                entering the comment into ADAMS.                                                                                 • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
                                                                                                        information to be collected?
                                                II. Background                                             4. How can the burden of the                       http://www.regulations.gov and search
                                                                                                        information collection on respondents                 for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252. Address
                                                   In accordance with the Paperwork                                                                           questions about NRC dockets to Carol
                                                Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.                        be minimized, including the use of
                                                                                                        automated collection techniques or                    Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
                                                Chapter 35), the NRC is requesting                                                                            email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
                                                public comment on its intention to                      other forms of information technology?
                                                                                                                                                              technical questions, contact the
                                                request the OMB’s approval for the                        Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day         individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
                                                information collection summarized                       of March 2017.
                                                                                                                                                              INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
                                                below.                                                    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
                                                                                                                                                              document.
                                                   1. The title of the information                      David Cullison,                                          • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
                                                collection: NRC Form 749, ‘‘Manual                      NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief            Access and Management System
                                                License Verification Report.’’                          Information Officer.                                  (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
                                                   2. OMB approval number: 3150–0223.                   [FR Doc. 2017–05749 Filed 3–22–17; 8:45 am]           available documents online in the
                                                   3. Type of submission: Extension.                    BILLING CODE 7590–01–P                                ADAMS Public Documents collection at
                                                   4. The form number, if applicable:
                                                                                                                                                              http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
                                                NRC Form 749.
                                                   5. How often the collection is required                                                                    adams.html. To begin the search, select
                                                                                                        NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                    ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
                                                or requested: On occasion. Licensees                    COMMISSION
                                                subject to 10 CFR part 37, ‘‘Physical                                                                         select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
                                                Protection of Byproduct Material’’                      [Docket Nos. 52–025 and 52–026; NRC–                  Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
                                                license verification requirements must                  2008–0252]                                            please contact the NRC’s Public
                                                verify the legitimacy of the license with                                                                     Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
                                                                                                        Southern Nuclear Operating Company,                   1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
                                                the issuing agency prior to transferring
                                                                                                        Inc., Vogtle Electric Generating Plant,               email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
                                                radioactive materials in quantities of
                                                                                                        Units 3 and 4 Nuclear Instrumentation                 ADAMS accession number for each
                                                concern.
                                                   6. Who will be required or asked to                  System Excore Detector Surface                        document referenced (if it is available in
                                                respond: Licensees are required to                      Material Inspection Clarification                     ADAMS) is provided the first time that
                                                complete a license verification under                                                                         it is mentioned in this document. The
                                                                                                        AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory
                                                the circumstances noted in 4 above. A                                                                         request for the amendment and
                                                                                                        Commission.
                                                License Verification System (LVS) is                                                                          exemption was submitted by letter
                                                                                                        ACTION: Exemption and combined
                                                available to provide an electronic                                                                            dated July 25, 2016 (ADAMS Accession
                                                                                                        license amendment; issuance.                          No. ML16207A496), and supplemented
                                                method for fulfilling this requirement.
                                                In cases where a licensee is unable to                  SUMMARY:    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory               by the letters dated September 23, 2016
                                                use the LVS to perform a verification,                  Commission (NRC) is granting an                       (ADAMS Accession No. ML16267A429)
                                                they will provide NRC Form 749 for                      exemption to allow a departure from the               and October 13, 2016 (ADAMS
                                                manual license verification.                            certification information of Tier 1 of the            Accession No. ML16287A662).
                                                   7. The estimated number of annual                    generic design control document (DCD)                    • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
                                                responses: 456.                                         and is issuing License Amendment No.                  purchase copies of public documents at
                                                   8. The estimated number of annual                    66 to Combined Licenses (COLs), NPF–                  the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
                                                respondents: 456.                                       91 and NPF–92. The COLs were issued                   White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
                                                   9. The estimated number of hours                     to Southern Nuclear Operating                         Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
                                                needed annually to comply with the                      Company, Inc., and Georgia Power                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                information collection requirement or                   Company, Oglethorpe Power                             Chandu Patel, Office of New Reactors,
                                                request: 46 hours.                                      Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC,                    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
                                                   10. Abstract: When a licensee is                     MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC, MEAG Power                      Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
                                                unable to use the License Verification                  SPVP, LLC, Authority of Georgia, and                  301–415–3025; email: Chandu.Patel@
                                                System to perform their license                                                                               nrc.gov.
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                                                                                                        the City of Dalton, Georgia (the
                                                verification prior to transferring                      licensee); for construction and operation             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                radioactive materials in quantities of                  of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
                                                concern, a manual process is available,                 (VEGP) Units 3 and 4, located in Burke                I. Introduction
                                                in which licensees submit the NRC                       County, Georgia.                                         The NRC is granting an exemption
                                                Form 749, ‘‘Manual License Verification                    The granting of the exemption allows               from Paragraph B of Section III, ‘‘Scope
                                                Report.’’ The form provides the                         the changes to Tier 1 information asked               and Contents,’’ of appendix D, ‘‘Design
                                                information necessary for the license                   for in the amendment. Because the                     Certification Rule for the AP1000,’’ to


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                                                part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal              provides the reasoning for the findings               No. ML16267A429), and October 13,
                                                Regulations (10 CFR), and issuing                       made by the NRC (and listed under Item                2016 (ADAMS Accession No.
                                                License Amendment No. 66 to COLs,                       1) in order to grant the exemption:                   ML16287A662), the licensee requested
                                                NPF–91 and NPF–92, to the licensee.                        1. In a letter dated July 25, 2016, as             that the NRC amend the COLs for VEGP,
                                                The exemption is required by Paragraph                  supplemented by letters dated                         Units 3 and 4, COLs NPF–91 and NPF–
                                                A.4 of Section VIII, ‘‘Processes for                    September 23, 2016, and October 13,                   92. The proposed amendment is
                                                Changes and Departures,’’ appendix D,                   2016, the licensee requested from the                 described in Section I of this document.
                                                to 10 CFR part 52 to allow the licensee                 Commission an exemption to allow
                                                to depart from Tier 1 information. With                 departures from Tier 1 information in                    The Commission has determined for
                                                the requested amendment, the licensee                   the certified DCD incorporated by                     these amendments that the application
                                                sought proposed changes to the VEGP                     reference in 10 CFR part 52, Appendix                 complies with the standards and
                                                Units 3 and 4 Updated Final Safety                      D, as part of license amendment request               requirements of the Atomic Energy Act
                                                Analysis Report (UFSAR) in the form of                  16–010, ‘‘Nuclear Instrumentation                     of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the
                                                departures from the incorporated plant-                 System Excore Detector Surface Material               Commission’s rules and regulations.
                                                specific DCD Tier 2 information. The                    Inspection Clarification.’’                           The Commission has made appropriate
                                                proposed amendment also involves                           For the reasons set forth in Section 3.1           findings as required by the Act and the
                                                related changes to plant-specific Tier 1                of the NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation,                 Commission’s rules and regulations in
                                                information, with corresponding                         which can be found at ADAMS                           10 CFR chapter I, which are set forth in
                                                changes to the associated COL                           Accession No. ML16320A370, the                        the license amendment.
                                                Appendix C information to clarify the                   Commission finds that:                                   A notice of consideration of issuance
                                                Inspections, Tests, Analyses and                           A. The exemption is authorized by
                                                                                                                                                              of amendment to facility operating
                                                Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) related to                  law;
                                                the inspection of excore (source range,                    B. the exemption presents no undue                 license or COL, as applicable, proposed
                                                intermediate range, and power range)                    risk to public health and safety;                     no significant hazards consideration
                                                detectors. Part of the justification for                   C. the exemption is consistent with                determination, and opportunity for a
                                                granting the exemption was provided by                  the common defense and security;                      hearing in connection with these
                                                the review of the amendment. Because                       D. special circumstances are present               actions, was published in the Federal
                                                the exemption is necessary in order to                  in that the application of the rule in this           Register on September 13, 2016 (81 FR
                                                issue the requested license amendment,                  circumstance is not necessary to serve                62926). No comments were received
                                                the NRC granted the exemption and                       the underlying purpose of the rule;                   during the 30-day comment period.
                                                issued the amendment concurrently,                         E. the special circumstances outweigh                 The Commission has determined that
                                                rather than in sequence. This included                  any decrease in safety that may result                these amendments satisfy the criteria for
                                                issuing a combined safety evaluation                    from the reduction in standardization
                                                                                                                                                              categorical exclusion in accordance
                                                containing the NRC staff’s review of                    caused by the exemption; and
                                                                                                           F. the exemption will not result in a              with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant
                                                both the exemption request and the
                                                                                                        significant decrease in the level of safety           to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental
                                                license amendment. The exemption met
                                                                                                        otherwise provided by the design.                     impact statement or environmental
                                                all applicable regulatory criteria set
                                                forth in 10 CFR 50.12, 10 CFR 52.7, and                    2. Accordingly, the licensee is granted            assessment need be prepared for these
                                                Section VIII.A.4 of appendix D to 10                    an exemption from the certified DCD                   amendments.
                                                CFR part 52. The license amendment                      Tier 1 information, with corresponding                IV. Conclusion
                                                was found to be acceptable as well. The                 changes to Appendix C of the Facility
                                                combined safety evaluation is available                 Combined Licenses as described in the                    Using the reasons set forth in the
                                                in ADAMS under Accession No.                            licensee’s request dated July 25, 2016, as            combined safety evaluation, the staff
                                                ML16320A370.                                            supplemented by letters dated                         granted the exemption and issued the
                                                   Identical exemption documents                        September 23, 2016, and October 13,                   amendment that the licensee requested
                                                (except for referenced unit numbers and                 2016. This exemption is related to, and               on July 25, 2016, as supplemented by
                                                license numbers) were issued to the                     necessary for the granting of License                 letters dated September 23, 2016, and
                                                licensee for VEGP Units 3 and 4 (COLs                   Amendment No. 66, which is being                      October 13, 2016. The exemption and
                                                NPF–91 and NPF–92). The exemption                       issued concurrently with this                         amendment were issued on January 19,
                                                documents for VEGP Units 3 and 4 can                    exemption.                                            2017, as part of a combined package to
                                                be found in ADAMS under Accession                          3. As explained in Section 5.0 of the
                                                                                                                                                              the licensee (ADAMS Accession No.
                                                Nos. ML16320A277 and ML16320A282,                       NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation (ADAMS
                                                                                                        Accession No. ML16320A370), this                      ML16320A230).
                                                respectively. The exemption is
                                                reproduced (with the exception of                       exemption meets the eligibility criteria                Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day
                                                abbreviated titles and additional                       for categorical exclusion set forth in 10             of March 2017.
                                                citations) in Section II of this document.              CFR 51.22(c)(9). Therefore, pursuant to                 For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
                                                The amendment documents for COLs                        10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental                     Jennifer Dixon-Herrity,
                                                NPF–91 and NPF–92 are available in                      impact statement or environmental
                                                                                                                                                              Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New
                                                ADAMS under Accession Nos.                              assessment needs to be prepared in                    Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
                                                ML16320A258 and ML16320A265,                            connection with the issuance of the
                                                                                                                                                              [FR Doc. 2017–05778 Filed 3–22–17; 8:45 am]
                                                respectively. A summary of the                          exemption.
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                                                                                                           4. This exemption is effective as of the           BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
                                                amendment documents is provided in
                                                Section III of this document.                           date of its issuance.
                                                II. Exemption                                           III. License Amendment Request
                                                   Reproduced below is the exemption                       By letter dated July 25, 2016 (ADAMS
                                                document issued to VEGP Units 3 and                     Accession No. ML16207A496), and
                                                Unit 4. It makes reference to the                       supplemented by the letters dated
                                                combined safety evaluation that                         September 23, 2016 (ADAMS Accession


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Document Created: 2017-03-23 02:45:37
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionExemption and combined license amendment; issuance.
DatesThe exemption and amendment were issued on January 19, 2017.
ContactChandu Patel, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3025; email: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 14920 

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