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82 FR 3028 - FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company; Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1

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FR Document2017-00263

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF- 3 for the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1 (Davis-Besse), as requested by FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC, the licensee).

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[Docket No. 50-346; NRC-2010-0298]


FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company; Davis-Besse Nuclear Power 
Station, Unit No. 1

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact; 
issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering 
issuance of an amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-
3 for the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1 (Davis-Besse), 
as requested by FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC, the 
licensee).

DATES: The environmental assessment (EA) referenced in this document is 
available on January 10, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2010-0298 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-2010-0298. 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

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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: Blake Purnell, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1380; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The NRC is considering issuance of an amendment to Renewed Facility 
Operating License No. NPF-3, issued to FENOC, for Davis-Besse, located 
on the south-western shore of Lake Erie in Ottawa County, Ohio, 
approximately 21 miles east of Toledo, Ohio. The proposed amendment 
would revise Davis-Besse Technical Specification (TS) 5.5.3, 
``Radioactive Effluent Controls Program,'' to allow an increase in the 
instantaneous concentrations of radioactive material released in liquid 
effluents and an increase in the instantaneous dose rates from 
radioactive material released in gaseous effluents. The licensee would 
continue to maintain the same TS and regulatory limitations on the 
overall level of effluent control at Davis-Besse, including limitations 
on the dose to a member of the public in an unrestricted area. In 
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and section 51.21 of title 10 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC performed an EA. Based on 
the results of the EA that follows, the NRC has concluded that the 
proposed action will have no significant environmental impact, and is 
issuing a finding of no significant impact.

II. Environmental Assessment

Description of the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would revise the radiological effluent controls 
program in Davis-Besse TS 5.5.3, specifically TS 5.5.3.b and TS 
5.5.3.g, to be consistent with TS 5.5.4.b and TS 5.5.4.g, respectively, 
in NUREG-1430, ``Standard Technical Specifications, Babcock and Wilcox 
Plants,'' Revision 4.0, published in April 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML12100A177). TS 5.5.4, ``Radiological Effluent Controls Program,'' of 
NUREG-1430, Revision 4.0, contains guidance on the standard format and 
content of the TSs for the implementation of certain 10 CFR 50.36a 
requirements applicable to Davis-Besse. In June 1999, the NRC approved 
Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-258, Revision 
4, ``Changes to Section 5.0, Administrative Controls'' (ADAMS Accession 
No. ML040620102), which included similar changes to the radioactive 
effluents control program to what the licensee has proposed. The 
changes in TSTF-258, Revision 4, were subsequently incorporated into 
NUREG-1430.
    Davis-Besse TS 5.5.3.b provides limitations on the instantaneous 
concentrations of radioactive material in liquid effluents released to 
unrestricted areas. Currently, the licensee may release liquid 
effluents with instantaneous radioactive material concentrations less 
than or equal to the average annual concentration values in 10 CFR part 
20, appendix B, Table 2, Column 2. The proposed change would allow the 
licensee to release liquid effluents with instantaneous radioactive 
material concentrations up to 10 times the annual average concentration 
values in 10 CFR part 20, appendix B, Table 2, Column 2. The current 
limits are equivalent to a dose rate limit of 50 millirem (mrem) per 
year (approximately 0.0057 mrem per hour). The revised limits are 
equivalent to a dose rate limit of 500 mrem per year (approximately 
0.057 mrem per hour).
    Davis-Besse TS 5.5.3.g provides limitations on the instantaneous 
dose rate resulting from radioactive material released in gaseous 
effluent from the site. The licensee proposes to change the 
instantaneous dose rate limits in TS 5.5.3.g such that they are no 
longer based on the average annual effluent concentrations in air that 
are tabulated in 10 CFR part 20, appendix B, Table 2, Column 1. The 
current limits correspond to a dose rate limit of 50 mrem 
(approximately 0.0057 mrem per hour) per year for inhalation of the 
gaseous effluent, or a dose rate limit of 100 mrem per year 
(approximately 0.011 mrem per hour) if submersion in the gaseous 
effluent (i.e., external dose) is more limiting.
    For noble gases, the revised Davis-Besse TS 5.5.3.g would allow an 
increase in the instantaneous whole body external dose rate limit to 
500 mrem per year (approximately 0.057 mrem per hour) and an increase 
in the instantaneous skin dose rate limit to 3000 mrem per year 
(approximately 0.34 mrem per hour). For iodine-131, iodine-133, 
tritium, and all radionuclides in particulate form with half-lives 
greater than 8 days, the revised Davis-Besse TS 5.5.3.g would establish 
an instantaneous organ dose rate limit of 1500 mrem per year 
(approximately 0.17 mrem per hour).
    The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's 
application dated February 9, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16041A115).

Need for the Proposed Action

    The proposed action would provide the licensee with operational 
flexibility to temporarily increase the concentrations of radioactive 
material in gaseous and liquid effluents released from the site.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action

    The NRC has evaluated the proposed action and concludes that the 
proposed action will not significantly increase the probability or 
consequences of accidents. No changes are being made in the types of 
effluents that may be released offsite.
    The licensee would still be required by Davis-Besse TS 5.5.3 to 
monitor, sample, and analyze gaseous and liquid effluents, and to 
determine the cumulative and projected dose contributions from 
radioactive effluents for the current calendar quarter and current 
calendar year at least every 31 days. The licensee must continue to 
meet the criteria in 10 CFR part 50, appendix I, ``Numerical Guides for 
Design Objectives and Limiting Conditions for Operation to Meet the 
Criterion `As Low as is Reasonably Achievable' for Radioactive Material 
in Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Reactor Effluents,'' which: (1) 
Limit the annual public dose from liquid effluents to 3 mrem to the 
total body and 10 mrem to any organ, (2) limit the annual air dose due 
to gaseous effluents to 10 millirad for gamma radiation and 20 millirad 
for beta radiation, and (3) limit annual organ doses to members of the 
public to 15 mrem for iodines and particulates. The regulations in 10 
CFR 20.1301 require the licensee to limit the dose to members of the 
public to 100 mrem total effective dose equivalent annually and 2 mrem 
in any 1 hour from external sources. The regulations in 40 CFR part 190 
require the licensee to limit the annual dose to a member of the public 
to 25 mrem whole body, 75 mrem thyroid, and 25 mrem to any other organ. 
As stated above, the revised TSs would limit dose rates from 
instantaneous releases to substantially less than 1 mrem per hour.
    Thus, the proposed action would allow an increase in the 
instantaneous concentrations of radioactive material released in liquid 
effluents and an increase in the instantaneous dose rates

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from radioactive material released in gaseous effluents, without 
allowing an increase in the dose limits to members of the public in 
unrestricted areas specified in 10 CFR 20.1301, Appendix I to 10 CFR 
part 50, and 40 CFR 190.
    With regard to potential non-radiological impacts, the proposed 
action does not have any foreseeable impacts to land, air quality, or 
water resources, including impacts to biota. In addition, there are 
also no known socioeconomic or environmental justice impacts or impacts 
to historic and cultural resources associated with the proposed action. 
Therefore, there are no significant non-radiological environmental 
impacts associated with the proposed action.
    Accordingly, the NRC concludes that there are no significant 
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 TS amendment request would result in no change in current 
environmental impacts. The environmental impacts of the proposed TS 
amendment request and the ``no action'' alternative are similar.

Alternative Use of Resources

    The action does not involve the use of any different resources than 
those previously considered in the ``Generic Environmental Impact 
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants [NUREG-1437], 
Supplement 52, Regarding Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Final 
Report,'' Volumes 1 and 2, dated April 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. 
ML15112A098 and ML15113A187, respectively).

Agencies and Persons Consulted

    The staff did not enter into consultation with any other Federal 
agency or with the State of Ohio regarding the environmental impact of 
the proposed action.

III. Finding of No Significant Impact

    The licensee has requested an amendment to revise Davis-Besse TS 
5.5.3 to provide operational flexibility by allowing an increase in the 
instantaneous concentrations of radioactive material released in liquid 
effluents and an increase in the instantaneous dose rates from 
radioactive material released in gaseous effluents. The licensee would 
continue to maintain the TS and regulatory limitations on the overall 
level of effluent control at Davis-Besse, including limitations on the 
dose to a member of the public in an unrestricted area. Based on the 
environmental assessment, the NRC concludes that the proposed action 
will 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.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of January 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Blake A. Purnell,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III, Division of Operating 
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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                                               Arts, National Foundation on the Arts                   DATES: All meetings are Eastern time                   Station, Unit No. 1 (Davis-Besse), as
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                                               ACTION: Notice of meeting.                                 Music (review of applications): This                Operating Company (FENOC, the
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                                               ADAMS accession number for each                         implementation of certain 10 CFR                       organ dose rate limit of 1500 mrem per
                                               document referenced (if it is available in              50.36a requirements applicable to                      year (approximately 0.17 mrem per
                                               ADAMS) is provided the first time that                  Davis-Besse. In June 1999, the NRC                     hour).
                                               it is mentioned in this document.                       approved Technical Specification Task                    The proposed action is in accordance
                                                  • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and                     Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF–258,                        with the licensee’s application dated
                                               purchase copies of public documents at                  Revision 4, ‘‘Changes to Section 5.0,                  February 9, 2016 (ADAMS Accession
                                               the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One                         Administrative Controls’’ (ADAMS                       No. ML16041A115).
                                               White Flint North, 11555 Rockville                      Accession No. ML040620102), which                      Need for the Proposed Action
                                               Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.                        included similar changes to the
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        radioactive effluents control program to                  The proposed action would provide
                                               Blake Purnell, Office of Nuclear Reactor                what the licensee has proposed. The                    the licensee with operational flexibility
                                               Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                     changes in TSTF–258, Revision 4, were                  to temporarily increase the
                                               Commission, Washington, DC 20555–                       subsequently incorporated into                         concentrations of radioactive material in
                                               0001; telephone: 301–415–1380; email:                   NUREG–1430.                                            gaseous and liquid effluents released
                                               Blake.Purnell@nrc.gov.                                     Davis-Besse TS 5.5.3.b provides                     from the site.
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              limitations on the instantaneous                       Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
                                                                                                       concentrations of radioactive material in              Action
                                               I. Introduction                                         liquid effluents released to unrestricted
                                                                                                       areas. Currently, the licensee may                        The NRC has evaluated the proposed
                                                  The NRC is considering issuance of an
                                                                                                       release liquid effluents with                          action and concludes that the proposed
                                               amendment to Renewed Facility
                                                                                                       instantaneous radioactive material                     action will not significantly increase the
                                               Operating License No. NPF–3, issued to
                                                                                                       concentrations less than or equal to the               probability or consequences of
                                               FENOC, for Davis-Besse, located on the                                                                         accidents. No changes are being made in
                                               south-western shore of Lake Erie in                     average annual concentration values in
                                                                                                       10 CFR part 20, appendix B, Table 2,                   the types of effluents that may be
                                               Ottawa County, Ohio, approximately 21                                                                          released offsite.
                                               miles east of Toledo, Ohio. The                         Column 2. The proposed change would
                                                                                                       allow the licensee to release liquid                      The licensee would still be required
                                               proposed amendment would revise                                                                                by Davis-Besse TS 5.5.3 to monitor,
                                               Davis-Besse Technical Specification                     effluents with instantaneous radioactive
                                                                                                       material concentrations up to 10 times                 sample, and analyze gaseous and liquid
                                               (TS) 5.5.3, ‘‘Radioactive Effluent                                                                             effluents, and to determine the
                                               Controls Program,’’ to allow an increase                the annual average concentration values
                                                                                                       in 10 CFR part 20, appendix B, Table 2,                cumulative and projected dose
                                               in the instantaneous concentrations of                                                                         contributions from radioactive effluents
                                               radioactive material released in liquid                 Column 2. The current limits are
                                                                                                       equivalent to a dose rate limit of 50                  for the current calendar quarter and
                                               effluents and an increase in the                                                                               current calendar year at least every 31
                                               instantaneous dose rates from                           millirem (mrem) per year
                                                                                                       (approximately 0.0057 mrem per hour).                  days. The licensee must continue to
                                               radioactive material released in gaseous                                                                       meet the criteria in 10 CFR part 50,
                                               effluents. The licensee would continue                  The revised limits are equivalent to a
                                                                                                       dose rate limit of 500 mrem per year                   appendix I, ‘‘Numerical Guides for
                                               to maintain the same TS and regulatory                                                                         Design Objectives and Limiting
                                               limitations on the overall level of                     (approximately 0.057 mrem per hour).
                                                                                                          Davis-Besse TS 5.5.3.g provides                     Conditions for Operation to Meet the
                                               effluent control at Davis-Besse,                                                                               Criterion ‘As Low as is Reasonably
                                               including limitations on the dose to a                  limitations on the instantaneous dose
                                                                                                       rate resulting from radioactive material               Achievable’ for Radioactive Material in
                                               member of the public in an unrestricted                                                                        Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power
                                                                                                       released in gaseous effluent from the
                                               area. In accordance with the National                                                                          Reactor Effluents,’’ which: (1) Limit the
                                                                                                       site. The licensee proposes to change
                                               Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as                                                                           annual public dose from liquid effluents
                                                                                                       the instantaneous dose rate limits in TS
                                               amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and                                                                           to 3 mrem to the total body and 10
                                                                                                       5.5.3.g such that they are no longer
                                               section 51.21 of title 10 of the Code of                                                                       mrem to any organ, (2) limit the annual
                                                                                                       based on the average annual effluent
                                               Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC                                                                          air dose due to gaseous effluents to 10
                                                                                                       concentrations in air that are tabulated
                                               performed an EA. Based on the results                                                                          millirad for gamma radiation and 20
                                                                                                       in 10 CFR part 20, appendix B, Table 2,
                                               of the EA that follows, the NRC has                                                                            millirad for beta radiation, and (3) limit
                                                                                                       Column 1. The current limits
                                               concluded that the proposed action will                                                                        annual organ doses to members of the
                                                                                                       correspond to a dose rate limit of 50
                                               have no significant environmental                       mrem (approximately 0.0057 mrem per                    public to 15 mrem for iodines and
                                               impact, and is issuing a finding of no                  hour) per year for inhalation of the                   particulates. The regulations in 10 CFR
                                               significant impact.                                     gaseous effluent, or a dose rate limit of              20.1301 require the licensee to limit the
                                               II. Environmental Assessment                            100 mrem per year (approximately 0.011                 dose to members of the public to 100
                                                                                                       mrem per hour) if submersion in the                    mrem total effective dose equivalent
                                               Description of the Proposed Action                      gaseous effluent (i.e., external dose) is              annually and 2 mrem in any 1 hour
                                                  The proposed action would revise the                 more limiting.                                         from external sources. The regulations
                                               radiological effluent controls program in                  For noble gases, the revised Davis-                 in 40 CFR part 190 require the licensee
                                               Davis-Besse TS 5.5.3, specifically TS                   Besse TS 5.5.3.g would allow an                        to limit the annual dose to a member of
                                               5.5.3.b and TS 5.5.3.g, to be consistent                increase in the instantaneous whole                    the public to 25 mrem whole body, 75
                                               with TS 5.5.4.b and TS 5.5.4.g,                         body external dose rate limit to 500                   mrem thyroid, and 25 mrem to any
                                               respectively, in NUREG–1430,                            mrem per year (approximately 0.057                     other organ. As stated above, the revised
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                                               ‘‘Standard Technical Specifications,                    mrem per hour) and an increase in the                  TSs would limit dose rates from
                                               Babcock and Wilcox Plants,’’ Revision                   instantaneous skin dose rate limit to                  instantaneous releases to substantially
                                               4.0, published in April 2012 (ADAMS                     3000 mrem per year (approximately 0.34                 less than 1 mrem per hour.
                                               Accession No. ML12100A177). TS 5.5.4,                   mrem per hour). For iodine-131, iodine-                   Thus, the proposed action would
                                               ‘‘Radiological Effluent Controls                        133, tritium, and all radionuclides in                 allow an increase in the instantaneous
                                               Program,’’ of NUREG–1430, Revision                      particulate form with half-lives greater               concentrations of radioactive material
                                               4.0, contains guidance on the standard                  than 8 days, the revised Davis-Besse TS                released in liquid effluents and an
                                               format and content of the TSs for the                   5.5.3.g would establish an instantaneous               increase in the instantaneous dose rates


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                                               from radioactive material released in                   limitations on the overall level of                      Dated: January 5, 2017.
                                               gaseous effluents, without allowing an                  effluent control at Davis-Besse,                       Brent J. Fields,
                                               increase in the dose limits to members                  including limitations on the dose to a                 Secretary.
                                               of the public in unrestricted areas                     member of the public in an unrestricted                [FR Doc. 2017–00376 Filed 1–6–17; 11:15 am]
                                               specified in 10 CFR 20.1301, Appendix                   area. Based on the environmental                       BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                               I to 10 CFR part 50, and 40 CFR 190.                    assessment, the NRC concludes that the
                                                  With regard to potential non-                        proposed action will not have a
                                               radiological impacts, the proposed                      significant effect on the quality of the               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                               action does not have any foreseeable                    human environment. Accordingly, the                    COMMISSION
                                               impacts to land, air quality, or water                  NRC has determined not to prepare an
                                                                                                                                                              [Release No. 34–79734; File No. SR–NSCC–
                                               resources, including impacts to biota. In               environmental impact statement for the                 2016–007]
                                               addition, there are also no known                       proposed action.
                                               socioeconomic or environmental justice                    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day           Self-Regulatory Organizations;
                                               impacts or impacts to historic and                      of January 2017.                                       National Securities Clearing
                                               cultural resources associated with the                    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.               Corporation; Order Granting Approval
                                               proposed action. Therefore, there are no                                                                       of Proposed Rule Change To
                                                                                                       Blake A. Purnell,
                                               significant non-radiological                                                                                   Accommodate Shorter Standard
                                               environmental impacts associated with                   Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III,
                                                                                                       Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,               Settlement Cycle and Make Other
                                               the proposed action.                                    Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.                  Changes
                                                  Accordingly, the NRC concludes that
                                                                                                       [FR Doc. 2017–00263 Filed 1–9–17; 8:45 am]             January 4, 2017.
                                               there are no significant environmental
                                               impacts associated with the proposed                    BILLING CODE 7590–01–P                                    On November 7, 2016, National
                                               action.                                                                                                        Securities Clearing Corporation NSCC
                                                                                                                                                              filed with the Securities and Exchange
                                               Environmental Impacts of the                            SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                Commission (‘‘Commission’’) proposed
                                               Alternatives to the Proposed Action                     COMMISSION                                             rule change SR–NSCC–2016–007,
                                                 As an alternative to the proposed                                                                            pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
                                               action, the NRC staff considered denial                 Sunshine Act Meeting                                   Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                               of the proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-                    Notice is hereby given, pursuant to                 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder.2
                                               action’’ alternative). Denial of the TS                 the provisions of the Government in the                The proposed rule change was
                                               amendment request would result in no                    Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, that                  published for comment in the Federal
                                               change in current environmental                         the Securities and Exchange                            Register on November 25, 2016.3 The
                                               impacts. The environmental impacts of                   Commission will hold a closed meeting                  Commission did not receive any
                                               the proposed TS amendment request                       on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 2 p.m.                comment letters on the proposed rule
                                               and the ‘‘no action’’ alternative are                      Commissioners, Counsel to the                       change. For the reasons discussed
                                               similar.                                                Commissioners, the Secretary to the                    below, the Commission is granting
                                                                                                       Commission, and recording secretaries                  approval of the proposed rule change.
                                               Alternative Use of Resources
                                                                                                       will attend the closed meeting. Certain                I. Description of the Proposed Rule
                                                 The action does not involve the use of                staff members who have an interest in
                                               any different resources than those                                                                             Change
                                                                                                       the matters also may be present.
                                               previously considered in the ‘‘Generic                     The General Counsel of the                             The proposed rule change consists of
                                               Environmental Impact Statement for                      Commission, or her designee, has                       amendments to NSCC’s Rules &
                                               License Renewal of Nuclear Plants                       certified that, in her opinion, one or                 Procedures (‘‘Rules’’) 4 in order to
                                               [NUREG–1437], Supplement 52,                            more of the exemptions set forth in 5                  ensure, according to NSCC, that the
                                               Regarding Davis-Besse Nuclear Power                     U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (7), 9(B) and (10)             Rules are consistent with the
                                               Station, Final Report,’’ Volumes 1 and 2,               and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (a)(5), (a)(7),              anticipated industry-wide move to a
                                               dated April 2015 (ADAMS Accession                       (a)(9)(ii) and (a)(10), permit                         shorter standard settlement cycle for
                                               Nos. ML15112A098 and ML15113A187,                       consideration of the scheduled matter at               certain securities 5 from the third
                                               respectively).                                          the closed meeting.                                    business day after the trade date (‘‘T+3’’)
                                                                                                          Commissioner Piwowar, as duty                       to the second business day after the
                                               Agencies and Persons Consulted                                                                                 trade date (‘‘T+2’’), as described below.
                                                                                                       officer, voted to consider the items
                                                 The staff did not enter into                          listed for the closed meeting in closed                However, NSCC would not implement
                                               consultation with any other Federal                     session.
                                               agency or with the State of Ohio                           The subject matter of the closed                      1 15  U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
                                               regarding the environmental impact of                   meeting will be:
                                                                                                                                                                2 17  CFR 240.19b–4.
                                                                                                                                                                 3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79356
                                               the proposed action.                                       Institution and settlement of
                                                                                                                                                              (November 18, 2016), 81 FR 85299 (November 25,
                                               III. Finding of No Significant Impact                   injunctive actions;                                    2016) (SR–NSCC–2016–007); (‘‘Notice’’).
                                                                                                          Institution and settlement of                          4 Capitalized terms not defined herein are defined
                                                  The licensee has requested an                        administrative proceedings; and                        in the Rules, available at http://dtcc.com/∼/media/
                                               amendment to revise Davis-Besse TS                         Other matters relating to enforcement               Files/Downloads/legal/rules/nscc_rules.pdf.
                                               5.5.3 to provide operational flexibility                proceedings.                                              5 The financial services industry, in coordination
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                                               by allowing an increase in the                             At times, changes in Commission                     with its regulators, is planning to shorten the
                                                                                                                                                              standard settlement cycle for equities, corporate
                                               instantaneous concentrations of                         priorities require alterations in the                  and municipal bonds, unit investment trusts and
                                               radioactive material released in liquid                 scheduling of meeting items.                           financial instruments comprised of the foregoing
                                               effluents and an increase in the                           For further information and to                      products traded on the secondary market from T+3
                                               instantaneous dose rates from                           ascertain what, if any, matters have been              to T+2 (‘‘Shortened Settlement Cycle’’). See
                                                                                                                                                              Securities Exchange Act Release No. 78962
                                               radioactive material released in gaseous                added, deleted or postponed; please                    (September 28, 2016), 81 FR 69240 (October 5,
                                               effluents. The licensee would continue                  contact Brent J. Fields from the Office of             2016) (S7–22–16) (Amendment to Securities
                                               to maintain the TS and regulatory                       the Secretary at (202) 551–5400.                       Transaction Settlement Cycle).



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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
ActionEnvironmental assessment and finding of no significant impact; issuance.
DatesThe environmental assessment (EA) referenced in this document is available on January 10, 2017.
ContactBlake Purnell, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1380; email: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 3028 

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