82 FR 48280 - Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 199 (October 17, 2017)

Page Range		48280-48281
FR Document		2017-22555

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48280-48281]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22555]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2017-0001]


Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

DATE: Weeks of October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, 20, 2017.

PLACE: Commissioners' Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland.

STATUS: Public and Closed.

Week of October 16, 2017

Monday, October 16, 2017

10:30 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public Meeting) (Tentative)
    Final Rule: Modified Small Quantities Protocol (RIN 3150-AJ70; NRC-
2015-0263) (Tentative)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION By a vote of 3-0 on October 10 and 11, 2017, the 
Commission determined pursuant to U.S.C. 552b(e) and Sec.  9.107(a) of 
the Commission's rules that the above referenced Affirmation Session be 
held with less than one week notice to the public. The meeting is 
scheduled on October 16, 2017

Week of October 23, 2017--Tentative

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

10:00 a.m. Strategic Programmatic Overview of the Operating Reactors 
Business Line (Public) (Contact: Trent Wertz: 301-415-1568)
    This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address--http://www.nrc.gov/.

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Week of October 30, 2017--Tentative

    There are no meetings scheduled for the week of October 30, 2017.

Week of November 6, 2017--Tentative

    There are no meetings scheduled for the week of November 6, 2017.

Week of November 13, 2017--Tentative

    There are no meetings scheduled for the week of November 13, 2017.

Week of November 20, 2017--Tentative

    There are no meetings scheduled for the week of November 20, 2017.
* * * * *
    The schedule for Commission meetings is subject to change on short 
notice. For more information or to verify the status of meetings, 
contact Denise McGovern at 301-415-0681 or via email at 
[email protected].
* * * * *
    The NRC Commission Meeting Schedule can be found on the Internet 
at: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/schedule.html.
* * * * *
    The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with 
disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation 
to participate in these public meetings, or need this meeting notice or 
the transcript or other information from the public meetings in another 
format (e.g., braille, large print), please notify Kimberly Meyer, NRC 
Disability Program Manager, at 301-287-0739, by videophone at 240-428-
3217, or by email at [email protected]. Determinations on 
requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case 
basis.
* * * * *
    Members of the public may request to receive this information 
electronically. If you would like to be added to the distribution, 
please contact the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of the 
Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301-415-1969), or email 
[email protected] or [email protected].

    Dated: October 13, 2017.
Denise L. McGovern,
Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary.
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require that, as a minimum, a licensed consideration; (ii) there is no significant Therefore, the Commission hereby
senior operator be available to make change in the types or significant grants the licensee’s request for an
these decisions even though, after the increase in the amounts of any effluents exemption from the requirements of
docketing of the certifications required that may be released offsite; (iii) there is § 73.55(p)(1)(i) and (ii), to authorize,
by § 50.82(a)(1)(i) and (ii) and as a no significant increase in individual or after the certifications required by
permanently shutdown and defueled cumulative public or occupational § 50.82(a)(1)(i) and (ii) have been
plant, Palisades would no longer radiation exposure; (iv) there is no submitted, that the suspension of
otherwise require licensed senior significant construction impact; (v) security measures for Palisades during
operators. there is no significant increase in the certain emergency conditions or during
This exemption is in the public potential for or consequences from severe weather must be approved as a
interest for two reasons. First, the radiological accidents; and (vi) the minimum by either a licensed senior
exemption would allow the licensee to requirements from which an exemption operator or a CFH before taking this
make decisions pursuant to is sought involve: Safeguard plans, and action.
§ 73.55(p)(1)(i) and (ii) without having materials control and accounting The exemption is effective upon
to maintain a staff of licensed senior inventory scheduling requirements; or receipt.
operators at a nuclear power reactor that involve other requirements of an
has permanently ceased operations and administrative, managerial, or Dated at Rockville, Maryland, on October
permanently removed fuel from the 11, 2017.
organizational nature.
reactor vessel. The exemption would The NRC staff has determined that the For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
also allow the licensee to have an approval of the requested exemption Kathryn M. Brock,
established procedure in place to allow involves no significant hazards Deputy Director, Division of Operating
a trained CFH to suspend security consideration because allowing a CFH, Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
measures in the event of an emergency in addition to a licensed senior operator, Regulation.
or severe weather after the certifications to approve the security suspension at a [FR Doc. 2017–22372 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am]
required by § 50.82(a)(1)(i) and (ii) have permanently shutdown and defueled BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
been submitted. Second, the consistent power plant does not (1) involve a
and efficient regulation of nuclear significant increase in the probability or
power plants serves the public interest. consequences of an accident previously NUCLEAR REGULATORY
This exemption would assure evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of COMMISSION
consistency between the regulations in a new or different kind of accident from
§ 73.55(p) and § 50.54(y), and the any accident previously evaluated; or [NRC–2017–0001]
requirements concerning licensed (3) involve a significant reduction in a
operators in 10 CFR part 55. The NRC margin of safety. The requested Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
staff has determined that granting the exemption is unrelated to any
licensee’s proposed exemption would operational restriction. Accordingly, Weeks of October 16, 23, 30,
DATE:
allow the licensee to designate a CFH, there is no significant change in the November 6, 13, 20, 2017.
with qualifications appropriate for a types or significant increase in the PLACE:Commissioners’ Conference
permanently shutdown and defueled amounts of any effluents that may be Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
reactor, to approve the suspension of released offsite and no significant Maryland.
security measures during an emergency increase in individual or cumulative
to protect the public health and safety, public or occupational radiation STATUS: Public and Closed.
and during severe weather to protect the exposure. The requested exemption is Week of October 16, 2017
personal health and safety of the not associated with construction, so
security force, consistent with the there is no significant construction Monday, October 16, 2017
similar authority provided by § 50.54(y) impact. The requested exemption does 10:30 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public
after the certifications required by not concern the source term (i.e., Meeting) (Tentative)
§ 50.82(a)(1)(i) and (ii) have been potential amount of radiation in an
submitted. For these reasons, the accident), nor mitigation. Thus, there is Final Rule: Modified Small Quantities
exemption is in the public interest. no significant increase in the potential Protocol (RIN 3150–AJ70; NRC–
for, or consequences from, radiological 2015–0263) (Tentative)
D. Environmental Considerations
accidents. Finally, the requirement to ADDITIONAL INFORMATION By a vote of
The NRC’s approval of the requested have a licensed senior operator approve 3–0 on October 10 and 11, 2017, the
exemption belongs to a category of suspensions of security measures from Commission determined pursuant to
actions that the Commission, by rule or which the exemption is sought involves U.S.C. 552b(e) and § 9.107(a) of the
regulation, has declared to be a either safeguards, materials control, or Commission’s rules that the above
categorical exclusion, after first finding managerial/organizational matters. referenced Affirmation Session be held
that the category of actions does not Therefore, pursuant to § 51.22(b) and with less than one week notice to the
individually or cumulatively have a (c)(25), no environmental impact public. The meeting is scheduled on
significant effect on the human statement or environmental assessment October 16, 2017
environment. Specifically, the NRC’s need be prepared in connection with the
approval of the requested exemption is Week of October 23, 2017—Tentative
approval of this exemption request.
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categorically excluded from further Tuesday, October 24, 2017
environmental analysis under IV. Conclusions
§ 51.22(c)(25). Accordingly, the Commission has 10:00 a.m. Strategic Programmatic
Under § 51.22(c)(25), the granting of determined that, pursuant to § 73.5, the Overview of the Operating Reactors
an exemption from the requirements of exemption is authorized by law and will Business Line (Public) (Contact:
any regulation of Chapter I to 10 CFR is not endanger life or property or the Trent Wertz: 301–415–1568)
a categorical exclusion provided that: (i) common defense and security, and is This meeting will be webcast live at
There is no significant hazards otherwise in the public interest. the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Dates		Weeks of October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, 20, 2017.
FR Citation		82 FR 48280