82_FR_21655 82 FR 21567 - Biweekly Notice: Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations; Correction

82 FR 21567 - Biweekly Notice: Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations; Correction

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 88 (May 9, 2017)

Page Range21567-21568
FR Document2017-09367

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a notice that was published in the Federal Register (FR) on April 25, 2017, regarding notice of issuance of amendments to facility operating licenses and combined licenses. This action is necessary to correct an administrative error.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 88 (Tuesday, May 9, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 9, 2017)]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-09367]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2017-0104]


Biweekly Notice: Applications and Amendments to Facility 
Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant 
Hazards Considerations; Correction

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Biweekly notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a 
notice that was published in the Federal Register (FR) on April 25, 
2017, regarding notice of issuance of amendments to facility operating 
licenses and combined licenses. This action is necessary to correct an 
administrative error.

DATES: The correction is effective May 9, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0104 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-2017-0104. 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].
     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: V. Sreenivas, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2597, email: [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the FR on April 25, 2017 (82 FR 19095), 
FR Doc. 2017-08115, on page 19108, under Exelon Generation Company, 
LLC, Docket No. 50-353, Limerick Generating Station, Unit 2, Montgomery 
County, Pennsylvania, in the third column, paragraph 4, line 11, 
``Amendment No.: 186'' is corrected to read ``Amendment No.: 187.''

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of April 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
V. Sreenivas,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I, Division of Operating 
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2017-09367 Filed 5-8-17; 8:45 am]
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                                                  mail addressed to the Office of the                     standby seismically qualified ultimate                NUCLEAR REGULATORY
                                                  Secretary of the Commission, U.S.                       heat sink for Seabrook Station, Unit No.              COMMISSION
                                                  Nuclear Regulatory Commission,                          1, to be removed from service for
                                                  Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:                   maintenance on the cooling tower basin                [NRC–2017–0104]
                                                  Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or                  with the reactor plant in operational
                                                  (2) courier, express mail, or expedited                 Modes 5 or 6, cold shutdown or                        Biweekly Notice: Applications and
                                                  delivery service to the Office of the                   refueling, respectively, during the April             Amendments to Facility Operating
                                                  Secretary, 11555 Rockville Pike,                        2017 refueling outage. During the                     Licenses and Combined Licenses
                                                  Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention:                  maintenance period, the normal heat                   Involving No Significant Hazards
                                                  Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.                                                                           Considerations; Correction
                                                                                                          sink provided by the non-seismic tunnel
                                                  Participants filing adjudicatory
                                                                                                          access to the Atlantic Ocean would                    AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory
                                                  documents in this manner are
                                                  responsible for serving the document on                 remain in service.                                    Commission.
                                                  all other participants. Filing is                          Date of issuance: April 13, 2017.                  ACTION: Biweekly notice; correction.
                                                  considered complete by first-class mail                    Effective date: This license
                                                  as of the time of deposit in the mail, or                                                                     SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
                                                                                                          amendment is effective as of its date of
                                                  by courier, express mail, or expedited                                                                        Commission (NRC) is correcting a notice
                                                                                                          issuance and shall be implemented                     that was published in the Federal
                                                  delivery service upon depositing the                    immediately for the period that
                                                  document with the provider of the                                                                             Register (FR) on April 25, 2017,
                                                                                                          Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1, is in                   regarding notice of issuance of
                                                  service. A presiding officer, having
                                                                                                          Modes 5 and 6 during the April 2017                   amendments to facility operating
                                                  granted an exemption request from
                                                                                                          refueling outage.                                     licenses and combined licenses. This
                                                  using E-Filing, may require a participant
                                                  or party to use E-Filing if the presiding                  Amendment No.: 155. A publicly-                    action is necessary to correct an
                                                  officer subsequently determines that the                available version is in ADAMS under                   administrative error.
                                                  reason for granting the exemption from                  Accession No. ML17102A889;                            DATES: The correction is effective May 9,
                                                  use of E-Filing no longer exists.                       documents related to this amendment                   2017.
                                                     Documents submitted in adjudicatory                  are listed in the Safety Evaluation                   ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
                                                  proceedings will appear in the NRC’s                    enclosed with the amendment.                          NRC–2017–0104 when contacting the
                                                  electronic hearing docket which is                                                                            NRC about the availability of
                                                                                                             Facility Operating License No. NPF–
                                                  available to the public at https://                                                                           information regarding this document.
                                                  adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded                      86: Amendment revised the Facility
                                                                                                          Operating License licensing basis.                    You may obtain publicly-available
                                                  pursuant to an order of the Commission                                                                        information related to this document
                                                  or the presiding officer. If you do not                    Public comments requested as to                    using any of the following methods:
                                                  have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate               proposed no significant hazards                          • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
                                                  as described above, click cancel when                   consideration (NSHC): Yes. The                        http://www.regulations.gov and search
                                                  the link requests certificates and you                  Portsmouth Herald and The Boston                      for Docket ID NRC–2017–0104. Address
                                                  will be automatically directed to the                   Globe on April 10, 2017, and April 11,                questions about NRC dockets to Carol
                                                  NRC’s electronic hearing dockets where                  2017. The notice provided an                          Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
                                                  you will be able to access any publicly                 opportunity to submit comments on the                 email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
                                                  available documents in a particular                     Commission’s proposed NSHC                            technical questions, contact the
                                                  hearing docket. Participants are                        determination. A public comment was                   individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
                                                  requested not to include personal                       received and addressed in the Safety                  INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
                                                  privacy information, such as social
                                                                                                          Evaluation.                                           document.
                                                  security numbers, home addresses, or
                                                                                                             The Commission’s related evaluation                   • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
                                                  personal phone numbers in their filings,
                                                                                                          of the amendment, finding of exigent                  Access and Management System
                                                  unless an NRC regulation or other law
                                                                                                          circumstances, state consultation, and                (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly
                                                  requires submission of such
                                                                                                          final NSHC determination are contained                available documents online in the
                                                  information. For example, in some
                                                                                                                                                                ADAMS Public Documents collection at
                                                  instances, individuals provide home                     in a Safety Evaluation dated April 13,
                                                                                                                                                                http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
                                                  addresses in order to demonstrate                       2017.
                                                                                                                                                                adams.html. To begin the search, select
                                                  proximity to a facility or site. With                      Attorney for licensee: William Blair,              ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
                                                  respect to copyrighted works, except for                Managing Attorney—Nuclear Florida                     select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
                                                  limited excerpts that serve the purpose                 Power & Light Company, P.O. Box                       Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
                                                  of the adjudicatory filings and would
                                                                                                          14000, Juno Beach, FL 33408–0420.                     please contact the NRC’s Public
                                                  constitute a Fair Use application,
                                                                                                             NRC Branch Chief: James G. Danna.                  Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
                                                  participants are requested not to include
                                                                                                                                                                1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
                                                  copyrighted materials in their                            Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day         email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
                                                  submission.                                             of April 2017.                                           • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
                                                  NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC, Docket                      For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.              purchase copies of public documents at
                                                  No. 50–443, Seabrook Station, Unit No.                  Kathryn M. Brock,                                     the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
                                                  1, Rockingham County, New Hampshire                     Deputy Director, Division of Operating                White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
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                                                     Date of amendment request: April 4,                  Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor          Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
                                                  2017, as supplemented by letter dated                   Regulation.                                           FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: V.
                                                  April 8, 2017.                                          [FR Doc. 2017–09345 Filed 5–8–17; 8:45 am]            Sreenivas, Office of Nuclear Reactor
                                                     Description of amendment request:                    BILLING CODE 7590–01–P                                Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
                                                  The amendment is a one-time change to                                                                         Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
                                                  the licensing basis for the service water                                                                     0001; telephone: 301–415–2597, email:
                                                  cooling tower, which provides the                                                                             V.Sreenivas@nrc.gov.


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                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     In the FR                information related to this document                  regulatory actions requiring
                                                  on April 25, 2017 (82 FR 19095), FR                     using any of the following methods:                   environmental assessments,’’ the NRC
                                                  Doc. 2017–08115, on page 19108, under                      • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to               has prepared an EA summarizing the
                                                  Exelon Generation Company, LLC,                         http://www.regulations.gov and search                 findings of its NEPA review of the
                                                  Docket No. 50–353, Limerick Generating                  for Docket ID NRC–2016–0092. Address                  proposed action. The NRC concluded
                                                  Station, Unit 2, Montgomery County,                     questions about NRC dockets to Carol                  that the proposed action will have no
                                                  Pennsylvania, in the third column,                      Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;                   significant environmental impact.
                                                  paragraph 4, line 11, ‘‘Amendment No.:                  email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For                      The NRC published a draft EA on the
                                                  186’’ is corrected to read ‘‘Amendment                  technical questions, contact the                      proposed action for public comment in
                                                  No.: 187.’’                                             individual listed in the FOR FURTHER                  the Federal Register on May 4, 2016
                                                                                                          INFORMATION CONTACT section of this                   (81 FR 26838) (ADAMS Accession No.
                                                    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day
                                                  of April 2017.                                          document.                                             ML16032A387). No comments were
                                                    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.                   • NRC’s Agencywide Documents                       received.
                                                  V. Sreenivas,
                                                                                                          Access and Management System                          Background
                                                                                                          (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
                                                  Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I,                                                                       The NRC established GSI–191 to
                                                  Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
                                                                                                          available documents online in the
                                                                                                          ADAMS Public Documents collection at                  determine whether the transport and
                                                  Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.                                                                         accumulation of debris from a loss-of-
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–09367 Filed 5–8–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
                                                                                                          adams.html. To begin the search, select               coolant accident in the PWR
                                                  BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
                                                                                                          ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then                   containment structure would impede
                                                                                                          select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS                        the operation of the emergency core
                                                                                                          Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,                    cooling system (ECCS) or containment
                                                  NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                                                                            spray system (CSS). A loss-of-coolant
                                                  COMMISSION                                              please contact the NRC’s Public
                                                                                                          Document Room (PDR) reference staff at                accident within the containment
                                                                                                          1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by                   structure is assumed to be caused by a
                                                  [Docket Nos. 50–498 and 50–499; NRC–                                                                          break in the primary coolant loop
                                                                                                          email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the
                                                  2016–0092]                                                                                                    piping. Water discharged from the pipe
                                                                                                          convenience of the reader, the ADAMS
                                                                                                                                                                break would collect on the containment
                                                  STP Nuclear Operating Company,                          accession numbers are provided in a
                                                                                                                                                                structure floor and within the
                                                  South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2                      table in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’
                                                                                                                                                                containment emergency sump. During
                                                                                                          section of this document.
                                                                                                                                                                this type of accident, the ECCS and CSS
                                                  AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory                                • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
                                                  Commission.                                                                                                   would initially draw cooling water from
                                                                                                          purchase copies of public documents at
                                                                                                                                                                the refueling water storage tank.
                                                  ACTION: Environmental assessment and                    the NRC’s PDR, Room 01–F21, One
                                                                                                                                                                However, realigning the ECCS pumps to
                                                  finding of no significant impact;                       White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
                                                                                                                                                                the containment structure emergency
                                                  issuance.                                               Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
                                                                                                                                                                sump would provide long-term cooling
                                                                                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa                 of the reactor core. Therefore, successful
                                                  SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                  Regner, Office of Nuclear Reactor
                                                  Commission (NRC) is issuing an                                                                                long-term cooling depends on the ability
                                                                                                          Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                   of the containment structure emergency
                                                  environmental assessment (EA)                           Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
                                                  prepared under the National                                                                                   sump to provide adequate flow to the
                                                                                                          0001; telephone: 301–415–1906, email:                 residual heat removal recirculation
                                                  Environmental Policy Act of 1969                        Lisa.Regner@nrc.gov.
                                                  (NEPA) and NRC’s regulations. This EA                                                                         pumps for extended periods of time.
                                                                                                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                               One of the concerns addressed by the
                                                  summarizes the results of the NRC
                                                                                                                                                                implementation of GSI–191 is that
                                                  staff’s environmental review, which                     I. Introduction and Background
                                                                                                                                                                debris, such as insulation installed on
                                                  evaluates the potential environmental                      The NRC is considering a request to                piping and components, within the
                                                  impacts of granting exemptions from                     grant certain regulatory exemptions for               containment structure could be
                                                  NRC regulations in response to a request                Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–76                dislodged by a jet of water and steam
                                                  from STP Nuclear Operating Company                      and NPF–80, issued to STPNOC for                      from a loss-of-coolant accident. Water,
                                                  (STPNOC, the licensee) for Facility                     operation of STP, Units 1 and 2, located              along with debris, would accumulate at
                                                  Operating License Nos. NPF–76 and                       in Matagorda County, Texas, in                        the bottom of the containment structure
                                                  NPF–80, for South Texas Project (STP),                  accordance with section 50.12,                        and flow towards the emergency sump
                                                  Units 1 and 2, respectively, located in                 ‘‘Specific exemptions,’’ of title 10 of the           pumps. Insulation and other fibrous
                                                  Matagorda County, Texas. The                            Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),                 material could block the emergency
                                                  regulatory exemptions, if granted, allow                ‘‘Application for amendment of license,               sump screens and suction strainers,
                                                  STPNOC to change the licensing basis                    construction permit, or early site                    which in turn could prevent the ability
                                                  loss-of-coolant accident analysis                       permit.’’ The regulatory exemptions                   of the containment emergency sump to
                                                  identified in the Updated Final Safety                  would allow STPNOC to resolve                         provide adequate flow to the residual
                                                  Analysis Report to use a risk-informed                  concerns associated with GSI–191,                     heat removal recirculation pumps (for
                                                  approach to address safety issues                       ‘‘Assessment of Debris Accumulation on                more information, see NUREG–0897,
                                                  discussed in Generic Safety Issue (GSI)–                PWR [Pressurized-Water Reactor] Sump                  ‘‘Containment Emergency Sump
                                                  191 and to close Generic Letter (GL)                    Performance,’’ and the associated GL                  Performance’’).
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                                                  2004–02.                                                2004–02, ‘‘Potential Impact of Debris                    The NRC issued GL 2004–02 to
                                                  DATES: May 9, 2017.                                     Blockage on Emergency Recirculation                   address this safety concern by
                                                  ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID                    during Design Basis Accidents at                      requesting PWR licensees, pursuant to
                                                  NRC–2016–0092 when contacting the                       Pressurized-Water Reactors,’’ issued on               10 CFR 50.54(f), to use an NRC-
                                                  NRC about the availability of                           September 13, 2004.                                   approved methodology to perform a
                                                  information regarding this document.                       Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.21, ‘‘Criteria               ‘‘mechanistic evaluation of the potential
                                                  You may obtain publicly-available                       for and identification of licensing and               for the adverse effects of post-accident


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Document Created: 2018-11-08 08:41:17
Document Modified: 2018-11-08 08:41:17
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionBiweekly notice; correction.
DatesThe correction is effective May 9, 2017.
ContactV. Sreenivas, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2597, email: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 21567 

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