82 FR 28538 - Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 119 (June 22, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 119 (Thursday, June 22, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 28538-28540] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-13053] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50-289 and 50-320; NRC-2017-0146] Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact; issuance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR- 50 held by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon, the licensee) for the operation of Three Mile Island Nuclear Station (TMI), Units 1 and 2, located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The proposed amendment would allow for changes to TMI's Radiological Emergency Plan Annex staffing levels to align with Exelon's standard fleet Emergency Response Organization (ERO) framework. In accordance with the Possession-Only License No. DPR-73 Post-Defueling Monitored Storage Safety Analysis Report for TMI, Unit 2, the emergency plan for Unit 1 is considered to encompass Unit 2. Therefore, an amendment to the Unit 2 license is not required. The NRC is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) associated with the proposed license amendment. DATES: The EA referenced in this document is available on June 22, 2017. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0146 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-2017-0146. 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 it is mentioned in this document. 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: Justin C. Poole, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2048; email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction The NRC is considering issuance of a license amendment pursuant to section 50.54 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Conditions of licenses,'' paragraph (q), ``Emergency plans,'' to Renewed Facility Operating License No DPR-50 held by Exelon for the operation of TMI, Units 1 and 2, located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In accordance with 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC performed the following EA that analyzes the environmental impacts of the proposed [[Page 28539]] licensing action. Based on the results of this EA, and in accordance with 10 CFR 51.31(a), the NRC has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed licensing action, and is issuing a FONSI. II. Environmental Assessment Description of the Proposed Action The proposed action would revise the Radiological Emergency Plan Annex for TMI in order to allow changes to staffing levels to align with Exelon's standard fleet ERO framework. The proposed changes would decrease the on-shift radiation protection technician staffing from three to two technicians. The proposed amendment would also make changes to the staffing of on-shift maintenance personnel. Specifically, the amendment would: (1) Revise the on-shift position of operations support center director (renamed repair team lead) to remove the requirement that the position be from the maintenance organization; (2) remove two dedicated maintenance technicians from the on-shift staffing total; and (3) remove two additional personnel from the repair and corrective actions major task and assign them to respond within 60 minutes, as well as one additional staff person to respond within 90 minutes. The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's application dated July 15, 2016 (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML16201A306), as supplemented by letter dated February 13, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17045A036). Need for the Proposed Action Nuclear power plant owners, government agencies, and state and local officials work together to create a system for emergency preparedness and response that will serve the public in the unlikely event of an emergency. An effective emergency preparedness program decreases the likelihood of an initiating event at a nuclear power reactor proceeding to a severe accident. Emergency preparedness cannot affect the probability of the initiating event, but a high level of emergency preparedness increases the probability of accident mitigation if the initiating event proceeds beyond the need for initial operator actions. Each licensee is required to establish emergency plans to be implemented in the event of an accident. These emergency plans, in part, cover preparations for evacuation, sheltering, and other actions to protect individuals near plants in the event of an accident. The NRC, as well as other Federal and state regulatory agencies, reviews emergency plans to ensure that the condition of emergency preparedness provides reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can and will be taken in the event of a radiological emergency. Separate from this environmental assessment, the NRC staff is performing a safety assessment of Exelon's proposed changes to the emergency plan for TMI. This safety review will be documented in a safety evaluation report. The safety evaluation report will determine whether, with the proposed changes to the emergency plan for TMI, there continues to be reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can and will be taken in the event of a radiological emergency at TMI, in accordance with the standards of 10 CFR 50.47(b) and the requirements in appendix E to 10 CFR part 50. The proposed action is needed to align TMI's Radiological Emergency Plan Annex staffing levels with Exelon's standard fleet ERO framework. This will improve consistency throughout the Exelon fleet regarding the application of operating experience and process improvements from other Exelon fleet sites and will provide flexibility in staffing ERO positions with qualified personnel from either the operations or maintenance organizations. Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action The NRC staff has completed its evaluation of the environmental impacts of the proposed action. The proposed action consists mainly of administrative changes related to the staffing levels and positions of the TMI emergency plan. These changes include (a) decreasing radiation protection technician staffing from three to two technicians, (b) renaming the on-shift ``operations support center director'' to ``repair team lead'' and removing the requirement that the position be filled by a ``maintenance team lead,'' (c) removing two dedicated maintenance technicians from the on-shift staffing total, (d) removing one Mechanical and one Electrical/Instrumentation and Control Maintenance Technician assigned concurrent duties, and (e) adding one Mechanical Maintenance Technician and one Electrical Maintenance Technician as 60-minute augmentation responders and one Maintenance Instrumentation and Control Technician as a 90-minute augmentation responder. With regard to potential non-radiological environmental impacts, the proposed changes would have no direct impacts on land use or water resources, including terrestrial and aquatic biota, as they involve no new construction or modification of plant operational systems. There would be no changes to the quality or quantity of non-radiological effluents and no changes to the plant's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit are needed. Changes in staffing levels could result in minor changes in vehicular traffic and associated air pollutant emissions, but no significant changes in ambient air quality would be expected from the proposed changes. In addition, there would be no noticeable effect on socioeconomic conditions in the region, no environment justice impacts, and no impacts to historic and cultural resources from the proposed changes. Therefore, there are no significant non-radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action. With regard to potential radiological environmental impacts, if the NRC staff's safety review of the proposed changes to the TMI emergency plan determines that, with the proposed changes, the emergency plan continues to meet the standards of 10 CFR 50.47(b) and the requirements in appendix E to 10 CFR part 50, then the proposed action would not increase the probability or consequences of radiological accidents. Additionally, the NRC staff has concluded that the proposed changes would have no direct radiological environmental impacts. There would be no change to the types or amounts of radioactive effluents that may be released and, therefore, no change in occupational or public radiation exposure from the proposed changes. Moreover, no changes would be made to plant buildings or the site property from the proposed changes. Therefore, there are no significant radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action. Environmental Impacts of the Alternatives to the Proposed Action As an alternative to the proposed action, the NRC staff considered denial of the proposed action (i.e., the ``no-action'' alternative). Denial of the license amendment request would result in no change in current environmental impacts. Accordingly, the environmental impacts of the proposed action and the no-action alternative are similar. Alternative Use of Resources The proposed action does not involve the use of any different resources than those previously considered. Agencies and Persons Consulted No additional agencies or persons were consulted regarding the [[Page 28540]] environmental impact of the proposed action. III. Finding of No Significant Impact Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(q), the licensee has requested a license amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-50 for the operation of TMI to allow staffing changes to the Radiological Emergency Plan Annex for TMI. The NRC is considering issuing the requested amendment. On the basis of the EA included in Section II of this document and incorporated by reference into this finding, the NRC concludes that the proposed action would not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the NRC has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action. The related environmental document is NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 37, Regarding Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Final Report,'' and is available for public inspection at ADAMS Accession No. ML091751063. NUREG-1437, Supplement 37, provides the latest environmental review of current operations and a description of environmental conditions at TMI. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of June 2017. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Booma Venkataraman, Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2017-13053 Filed 6-21-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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0001, Attention: Rulemaking and by this Confirmatory Order and shall issuing an environmental assessment
Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, address the criteria set forth in 10 CFR (EA) and finding of no significant
express mail, or expedited delivery 2.309(d) and (f). impact (FONSI) associated with the
service to the Office of the Secretary, If a hearing is requested by a person proposed license amendment.
Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, whose interest is adversely affected, the DATES: The EA referenced in this
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Commission will issue an Order document is available on June 22, 2017.
Maryland, 20852, Attention: designating the time and place of any ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. hearings. If a hearing is held, the issue NRC–2017–0146 when contacting the
Participants filing a document in this to be considered at such hearing shall be NRC about the availability of
manner are responsible for serving the whether this Confirmatory Order should information regarding this document.
document on all other participants. be sustained. You may obtain publicly-available
Filing is considered complete by first- In the absence of any request for information related to this document
class mail as of the time of deposit in hearing, or written approval of an using any of the following methods:
the mail, or by courier, express mail, or extension of time in which to request a • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
expedited delivery service upon hearing, the provisions specified in http://www.regulations.gov and search
depositing the document with the Section V above shall be final 30 days for Docket ID NRC–2017–0146. Address
provider of the service. A presiding from the date of this Confirmatory Order questions about NRC dockets to Carol
officer, having granted an exemption without further order or proceedings. If Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
request from using E-Filing, may require an extension of time for requesting a email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
a participant or party to use E-Filing if hearing has been approved, the technical questions, contact the
the presiding officer subsequently provisions specified in Section V shall individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
determines that the reason for granting be final when the extension expires if a INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
the exemption from use of E-Filing no hearing request has not been received. document.
longer exists. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Documents submitted in adjudicatory Access and Management System
proceedings will appear in NRC’s Dated this 14th day of June 2017.
Cynthia D. Pederson (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
electronic hearing docket, which is
Regional Administrator, NRC Region III. available documents online in the
available to the public at http://
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded [FR Doc. 2017–13000 Filed 6–21–17; 8:45 am]
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
pursuant to an order of the Commission BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
adams.html. To begin the search, select
or the presiding officer. If you do not
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
as described above, click cancel when NUCLEAR REGULATORY
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the link requests certificates and you COMMISSION
please contact the NRC’s Public
will be automatically directed to the
NRC’s electronic hearing dockets where
[Docket Nos. 50–289 and 50–320; NRC– Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
2017–0146] 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
you will be able to access any publicly
available documents in a particular email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
Exelon Generation Company, LLC; ADAMS accession number for each
hearing docket. Participants are Three Mile Island Nuclear Station,
requested not to include personal document referenced (if it is available in
Units 1 and 2 ADAMS) is provided the first time that
privacy information, such as social
security numbers, home addresses, or AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory it is mentioned in this document.
home phone numbers in their filings, Commission. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
unless an NRC regulation or other law ACTION: Environmental assessment and
purchase copies of public documents at
requires submission of such finding of no significant impact; the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
information. For example, in some issuance. White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
instances, individuals provide home Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
addresses in order to demonstrate SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
proximity to a facility or site. With Commission (NRC) is considering Justin C. Poole, Office of Nuclear
respect to copyrighted works, except for issuance of an amendment to Renewed Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
limited excerpts that serve the purpose Facility Operating License No. DPR–50 Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
of the adjudicatory filings and would held by Exelon Generation Company, 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–2048;
constitute a Fair Use application, LLC (Exelon, the licensee) for the email: Justin.Poole@nrc.gov.
participants are requested not to include operation of Three Mile Island Nuclear SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
copyrighted materials in their Station (TMI), Units 1 and 2, located in
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The I. Introduction
submission.
The Commission will issue a Notice proposed amendment would allow for The NRC is considering issuance of a
or Order granting or denying a hearing changes to TMI’s Radiological license amendment pursuant to section
request or intervention petition, Emergency Plan Annex staffing levels to 50.54 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
designating the issues for any hearing align with Exelon’s standard fleet Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Conditions of
that will be held and designating the Emergency Response Organization licenses,’’ paragraph (q), ‘‘Emergency
(ERO) framework. In accordance with plans,’’ to Renewed Facility Operating
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Presiding Officer. A notice granting a
hearing will be published in the Federal the Possession-Only License No. DPR– License No DPR–50 held by Exelon for
Register and served on the parties to the 73 Post-Defueling Monitored Storage the operation of TMI, Units 1 and 2,
hearing. Safety Analysis Report for TMI, Unit 2, located in Dauphin County,
If a person (other than Tilden Mining) the emergency plan for Unit 1 is Pennsylvania. In accordance with 10
requests a hearing, that person shall set considered to encompass Unit 2. CFR 51.21, the NRC performed the
forth with particularity the manner in Therefore, an amendment to the Unit 2 following EA that analyzes the
which his interest is adversely affected license is not required. The NRC is environmental impacts of the proposed
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environmental impact of the proposed www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit Application for Non-Public Treatment;
action. comments electronically should contact Filing Acceptance Date: June 16, 2017;
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3633 and 39
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
INFORMATION CONTACT section by CFR 3015.5; Public Representative:
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(q), the telephone for advice on filing Katalin K. Clendenin; Comments Due:
licensee has requested a license alternatives. June 26, 2017.
amendment to Renewed Facility This Notice will be published in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Operating License No. DPR–50 for the Federal Register.
operation of TMI to allow staffing David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
changes to the Radiological Emergency 202–789–6820. Stacy L. Ruble,
Plan Annex for TMI. The NRC is SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Secretary.
considering issuing the requested Table of Contents [FR Doc. 2017–13069 Filed 6–21–17; 8:45 am]
amendment. On the basis of the EA BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P
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II. Docketed Proceeding(s)
and incorporated by reference into this
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proposed action would not have a SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
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significant effect on the quality of the COMMISSION
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human environment. Accordingly, the
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Section II identifies the docket Self-Regulatory Organizations; The
is NUREG–1437, ‘‘Generic NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of
Environmental Impact Statement for number(s) associated with each Postal
Service request, the title of each Postal Filing of a Proposed Rule Change To
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Adopt Rule 6896 and Chapter IX,
Supplement 37, Regarding Three Mile Service request, the request’s acceptance
date, and the authority cited by the Section 9
Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Final
Report,’’ and is available for public Postal Service for each request. For each June 16, 2017.
inspection at ADAMS Accession No. request, the Commission appoints an
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
ML091751063. NUREG–1437, officer of the Commission to represent
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’
Supplement 37, provides the latest the interests of the general public in the
or ‘‘Exchange Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4
environmental review of current proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505
thereunder,2 notice is hereby given that
operations and a description of (Public Representative). Section II also
on June 8, 2017, The NASDAQ Stock
environmental conditions at TMI. establishes comment deadline(s)
Market LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’)
pertaining to each request.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day filed with the Securities and Exchange
The public portions of the Postal
of June 2017. Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’)
Service’s request(s) can be accessed via
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. the proposed rule change as described
the Commission’s Web site (http://
Booma Venkataraman, in Items I and II, below, which Items
www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I,
have been prepared by the Exchange.
the Postal Service’s request(s), if any,
Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, The Commission is publishing this
can be accessed through compliance
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. notice to solicit comments on the
with the requirements of 39 CFR
[FR Doc. 2017–13053 Filed 6–21–17; 8:45 am] proposed rule change from interested
3007.40.
persons.
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whether the Postal Service’s request(s) I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
in the captioned docket(s) are consistent Statement of the Terms of Substance of
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION with the policies of title 39. For the Proposed Rule Change
[Docket No. CP2017–214] request(s) that the Postal Service states
concern market dominant product(s), The Exchange proposes to adopt Rule
applicable statutory and regulatory 6896 and Chapter IX, Section 9
New Postal Products (Consolidated Audit Trail—Fee Dispute
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| Action | Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact; issuance. | |
| Dates | The EA referenced in this document is available on June 22, 2017. | |
| Contact | Justin C. Poole, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2048; email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 28538 |
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