82 FR 55654 - Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4, Changes to Containment Cooling and Spent Fuel Pool Makeup Strategies
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 224 (November 22, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 22, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 55654-55657] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-25296] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 52-025 and 52-026; NRC-2008-0252] Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4, Changes to Containment Cooling and Spent Fuel Pool Makeup Strategies AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: License amendment application; opportunity to comment, request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an amendment and exemption to Combined Licenses (NPF-91 and NPF-92), issued to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC), and Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC, MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC, MEAG Power SPVP, LLC, Authority of Georgia, and the City of Dalton, Georgia (together ``the licensees''), for construction and operation of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 3 and 4, located in Burke County, Georgia. DATES: Comments must be filed by December 22, 2017. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0252. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415- 3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. Mail comments to: May Ma, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: OWFN-2-A13, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter C. Hearn, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555- 0001; telephone: 301-415-1189; email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0252 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this action by any of the following methods: Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0252. 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 application for amendment, dated July 14, 2017, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML17198A596. 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. B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC-2008-0252 in your comment submission. [[Page 55655]] The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information. If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. II. Introduction The NRC is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-91 and NPF-92, issued to the licensees for operation of the VEGP Units 3 and 4 located in Burke County, Georgia. The proposed amendment would change the plant-specific Tier 1 (and COL Appendix C) to revise the inspected volume for the spent fuel pool and cask loading pit, and make corresponding changes to the minimum volumes. A new Tier 1 inspection is also added for the cask washdown pit with appropriate acceptance criteria for its volume. The requested amendment also proposes changes to the Technical Specification reactor decay heat limits and spent fuel pool decay heat limits which reflect when various safety-relate makeup path are required to be available for containment cooling or spent fuel pool makeup. Before any issuance of the proposed license amendment, the NRC will need to make the findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and NRC's regulations. The NRC has made a proposed determination that the license amendment request Involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the NRC's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. As required by section 50.91(a) of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the licensee has provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which is presented below: 1. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated? Response: No. The proposed changes ensure that sufficient spent fuel cooling is provided based on the revised analyses that properly account for thermal expansion and voiding in the Spent Fuel Pool (SFP). The containment and spent fuel cooling capabilities remain adequate to meet the design bases following a seismic event and station blackout. The proposed changes do not alter an accident initiating component, nor do the proposed changes create any new accident precursors, and thus, the probabilities of the accidents previously evaluated are not affected. The plant response to previously evaluated accidents or external events is not adversely affected. Thus, the proposed changes would not affect any safety-related accident mitigating function. The radioactive material source terms and release paths used in the safety analyses are unchanged, thus the radiological releases in the UFSAR accident analyses are not affected. Therefore, the proposed amendment does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated. 2. Does the proposed amendment create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated? Response: No. The proposed changes are supported by the revised analyses that demonstrate the ability of the affected systems to perform their design function, and additionally, do not introduce a new failure mechanism into the design. The proposed changes do not involve a new failure mechanism or malfunction, which affects a system, structure, or component (SSC) accident initiator, or interface with any SSC accident initiator or initiating sequence of events considered in the design and licensing bases. There is no adverse effect on radioisotope barriers or the release of radioactive materials. The proposed amendment does not adversely affect any accident, including the possibility of creating a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated. Therefore, the proposed changes do not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated. 3. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety? Response: No. The proposed changes ensure that sufficient spent fuel cooling is provided based on the revised analyses that properly account for thermal expansion and voiding in the SFP. The containment and spent fuel cooling capabilities remain adequate to meet the design bases following a seismic event and station blackout. The containment and SFP cooling capabilities continue to comply with the existing UFSAR regulatory requirements and industry standards. The proposed changes would not affect any safety-related design code, function, design analysis, safety analysis input or result, or existing design/safety margin. No safety analysis or design basis acceptance limit or criterion is challenged or exceeded by the requested changes. Therefore, the proposed amendment does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the license amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. The NRC is seeking public comments on this proposed determination that the license amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Any comments received within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination. Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The Commission may issue the license amendment before expiration of the 60- day notice period if the Commission concludes the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration. In addition, the Commission may issue the amendment prior to the expiration of the 60-day comment period should circumstances change during the 60-day comment period such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility. Should the Commission take action prior to the expiration of either the comment period or the notice period, the Commission will publish a notice of issuance in the Federal Register. Should the Commission make a final no significant hazards consideration determination, any hearing will take place after issuance. The Commission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently. III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To Intervene Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any persons (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by this action may file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to intervene (petition) with respect to the action. Petitions shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's [[Page 55656]] ``Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309. The NRC's regulations are accessible electronically from the NRC Library on the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. Alternatively, a copy of the regulations is available at the NRC's Public Document Room, located at One White Flint North, Room O1-F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. If a petition is filed, the Commission or a presiding officer will rule on the petition and, if appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be issued. As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d) the petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following general requirements for standing: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner; (2) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (4) the possible effect of any decision or order which may be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f), the petition must also set forth the specific contentions which the petitioner seeks to have litigated in the proceeding. Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In addition, the petitioner must provide a brief explanation of the bases for the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The petitioner must also provide references to the specific sources and documents on which the petitioner intends to rely to support its position on the issue. The petition must include sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant or licensee on a material issue of law or fact. Contentions must be limited to matters within the scope of the proceeding. The contention must be one which, if proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief. A petitioner who fails to satisfy the requirements at 10 CFR 2.309(f) with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party. Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene. Parties have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing with respect to resolution of that party's admitted contentions, including the opportunity to present evidence, consistent with the NRC's regulations, policies, and procedures. Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice. Petitions and motions for leave to file new or amended contentions that are filed after the deadline will not be entertained absent a determination by the presiding officer that the filing demonstrates good cause by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i) through (iii). The petition must be filed in accordance with the filing instructions in the ``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)'' section of this document. If a hearing is requested, and the Commission has not made a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve to establish when the hearing is held. If the final determination is that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing would take place after issuance of the amendment. If the final determination is that the amendment request involves a significant hazards consideration, then any hearing held would take place before the issuance of the amendment unless the Commission finds an imminent danger to the health or safety of the public, in which case it will issue an appropriate order or rule under 10 CFR part 2. A State, local governmental body, Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof, may submit a petition to the Commission to participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition should state the nature and extent of the petitioner's interest in the proceeding. The petition should be submitted to the Commission by January 22, 2018. The petition must be filed in accordance with the filing instructions in the ``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)'' section of this document, and should meet the requirements for petitions set forth in this section, except that under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(2) a State, local governmental body, or federally recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof does not need to address the standing requirements in 10 CFR 2.309(d) if the facility is located within its boundaries. Alternatively, a State, local governmental body, Federally- recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof may participate as a non- party under 10 CFR 2.315(c). If a hearing is granted, any person who is not a party to the proceeding and is not affiliated with or represented by a party may, at the discretion of the presiding officer, be permitted to make a limited appearance pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person making a limited appearance may make an oral or written statement of his or her position on the issues but may not otherwise participate in the proceeding. A limited appearance may be made at any session of the hearing or at any prehearing conference, subject to the limits and conditions as may be imposed by the presiding officer. Details regarding the opportunity to make a limited appearance will be provided by the presiding officer if such sessions are scheduled. IV. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing) All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a request for hearing and petition for leave to intervene (petition), any motion or other document filed in the proceeding prior to the submission of a request for hearing or petition to intervene, and documents filed by interested governmental entities that request to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in accordance with the NRC's E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 77 FR 46562, August 3, 2012). The E-Filing process requires participants to submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the Internet, or in some cases to mail copies on electronic storage media. Detailed guidance on making electronic submissions may be found in the Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. Participants may not submit paper copies of their filings unless they seek an exemption in accordance with the procedures described below. To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10 days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the Office of the Secretary by email at [email protected], or by telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital identification (ID) certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing system for any proceeding in which it is participating; and advise the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition or other adjudicatory document (even in instances in which the participant, or its [[Page 55657]] counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the hearing in this proceeding if the Secretary has not already established an electronic docket. Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is available on the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html. Once a participant has obtained a digital ID certificate and a docket has been created, the participant can then submit adjudicatory documents. Submissions must be in Portable Document Format (PDF). Additional guidance on PDF submissions is available on the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the document is submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends the submitter an email notice confirming receipt of the document. The E-Filing system also distributes an email notice that provides access to the document to the NRC's Office of the General Counsel and any others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the document on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for and receive a digital ID certificate before adjudicatory documents are filed so that they can obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing system. A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E- Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC's Electronic Filing Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by email to [email protected], or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672- 7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, excluding government holidays. Participants who believe that they have a good cause for not submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) First class mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Participants filing adjudicatory documents in this manner are responsible for serving the document on all other participants. Filing is considered complete by first-class mail as of the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service upon depositing the document with the provider of the service. A presiding officer, having granted an exemption request from using E-Filing, may require a participant or party to use E-Filing if the presiding officer subsequently determines that the reason for granting the exemption from use of E-Filing no longer exists. Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the Commission or the presiding officer. If you do not have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate as described above, click cancel when the link requests certificates and you will be automatically directed to the NRC's electronic hearing dockets where you will be able to access any publicly available documents in a particular hearing docket. Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information, such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone numbers in their filings, unless an NRC regulation or other law requires submission of such information. For example, in some instances, individuals provide home addresses in order to demonstrate proximity to a facility or site. With respect to copyrighted works, except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use application, participants are requested not to include copyrighted materials in their submission. For further details with respect to this action, see the application for license amendment dated July 14, 2017. Attorney for licensee: Mr. M. Stanford Blanton, Balch & Bingham LLP, 1710 Sixth Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203-2015. NRC Branch Chief: Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of November 2017. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 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circumstance is not necessary to serve The Commission has determined that • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
the underlying purpose of the rule; these amendments satisfy the criteria for http://www.regulations.gov and search
E. the special circumstances outweigh categorical exclusion in accordance for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252. Address
any decrease in safety that may result with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant questions about NRC dockets to Carol
from the reduction in standardization to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
caused by the exemption; and impact statement or environmental email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
F. the exemption will not result in a assessment need be prepared for these technical questions, contact the
significant decrease in the level of safety amendments. individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
otherwise provided by the design. INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
2. Accordingly, the licensee is granted IV. Conclusion
document.
an exemption from the certified DCD Using the reasons set forth in the • Mail comments to: May Ma, Office
Tier 1 information, with corresponding combined safety evaluation, the staff of Administration, Mail Stop: OWFN–2–
changes to Appendix C of the Facility granted the exemption and issued the A13, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Combined License as described in the amendment that the licensee requested Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
request dated October 14, 2016, as on October 14, 2016, as supplemented 0001.
supplemented by letters dated February by letters dated February 23, 2017, and For additional direction on obtaining
23, 2017, and May 9, 2017. This May 9, 2017. information and submitting comments,
exemption is related to, and necessary The exemption and amendment were
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
for the granting of License Amendment issued on October 19, 2017, as part of
Submitting Comments’’ in the
No. 91 (Unit 3) and 90 (Unit 4), which a combined package to the licensee
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
is being issued concurrently with this (ADAMS Accession No. ML17268A075).
this document.
exemption. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day
3. As explained in Section 5.0 of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
of November, 2017.
NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation (ADAMS Peter C. Hearn, Office of New Reactors,
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Accession No. ML17268A084), this U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity,
exemption meets the eligibility criteria Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New 301–415–1189; email: Peter.Hearn@
for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
CFR 51.22(c)(9). Therefore, pursuant to nrc.gov.
[FR Doc. 2017–25297 Filed 11–21–17; 8:45 am]
10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental BILLING CODE 7590–01–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
impact statement or environmental
assessment needs to be prepared in I. Obtaining Information and
connection with the issuance of the Submitting Comments
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exemption. COMMISSION A. Obtaining Information
4. This exemption is effective as of the
date of its issuance. [Docket Nos. 52–025 and 52–026; NRC– Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2008–
2008–0252] 0252 when contacting the NRC about
III. License Amendment Request the availability of information for this
By letter dated October 14, 2016 Southern Nuclear Operating Company, action. You may obtain publicly-
(ADAMS Accession No. ML16288A810), Inc., Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, available information related to this
as supplemented by letters dated Units 3 and 4, Changes to Containment action by any of the following methods:
Cooling and Spent Fuel Pool Makeup • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
February 23, 2017 (ADAMS Accession
Strategies http://www.regulations.gov and search
No. ML17054D204), and May 9, 2017
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17129A589), AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252.
the licensee requested that the NRC Commission. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
amend the COLs for VEGP, Units 3 and ACTION: License amendment application; Access and Management System
4, COLs NPF–91 and NPF–92. The opportunity to comment, request a (ADAMS):You may obtain publicly-
proposed amendment is described in hearing, and petition for leave to available documents online in the
Section I of this Federal Register notice. intervene. ADAMS Public Documents collection at
The Commission has determined for http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
these amendments that the application SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory adams.html. To begin the search, select
complies with the standards and Commission (NRC) is considering ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act issuance of an amendment and select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the exemption to Combined Licenses (NPF– Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
Commission’s rules and regulations. 91 and NPF–92), issued to Southern please contact the NRC’s Public
The Commission has made appropriate Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC), Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
findings as required by the Act and the and Georgia Power Company, 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
Commission’s rules and regulations in Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in Power SPVM, LLC, MEAG Power SPVJ, application for amendment, dated July
the license amendment. LLC, MEAG Power SPVP, LLC, 14, 2017, is available in ADAMS under
A notice of consideration of issuance Authority of Georgia, and the City of Accession No. ML17198A596.
Dalton, Georgia (together ‘‘the • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES
of amendment to facility operating
license or COL, as applicable, proposed licensees’’), for construction and purchase copies of public documents at
no significant hazards consideration operation of the Vogtle Electric the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
determination, and opportunity for a Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 3 and 4, White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
hearing in connection with these located in Burke County, Georgia. Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
actions, was published in the Federal DATES: Comments must be filed by
Register on December 20, 2016 (81 FR December 22, 2017. B. Submitting Comments
92873). No comments were received ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Please include Docket ID NRC–2008–
during the 30-day comment period. by any of the following methods: 0252 in your comment submission.
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counsel or representative, already holds documents in paper format. Such filings Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day
an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). must be submitted by: (1) First class of November 2017.
Based upon this information, the mail addressed to the Office of the For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Secretary will establish an electronic Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity,
docket for the hearing in this proceeding Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New
if the Secretary has not already Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
established an electronic docket. Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or [FR Doc. 2017–25296 Filed 11–21–17; 8:45 am]
Information about applying for a (2) courier, express mail, or expedited BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
digital ID certificate is available on the delivery service to the Office of the
NRC’s public Web site at http:// Secretary, 11555 Rockville Pike,
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/ Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention: NUCLEAR REGULATORY
getting-started.html. Once a participant Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. COMMISSION
has obtained a digital ID certificate and Participants filing adjudicatory
a docket has been created, the documents in this manner are [NRC–2017–0052]
participant can then submit responsible for serving the document on Enforcement Discretion for Tornado-
adjudicatory documents. Submissions all other participants. Filing is Generated Missile Protection
must be in Portable Document Format considered complete by first-class mail Noncompliance, Revision 1
(PDF). Additional guidance on PDF as of the time of deposit in the mail, or
submissions is available on the NRC’s by courier, express mail, or expedited AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/ delivery service upon depositing the Commission.
site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A document with the provider of the ACTION: Interim staff guidance; issuance.
filing is considered complete at the time service. A presiding officer, having
the document is submitted through the granted an exemption request from SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
NRC’s E-Filing system. To be timely, an using E-Filing, may require a participant Commission (NRC) is issuing Interim
electronic filing must be submitted to or party to use E-Filing if the presiding Staff Guidance (ISG), ‘‘Clarification of
the E-Filing system no later than 11:59 officer subsequently determines that the Licensee Actions in Receipt of
p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. reason for granting the exemption from Enforcement Discretion per
Upon receipt of a transmission, the use of E-Filing no longer exists. Enforcement Guidance Memorandum
E-Filing system time-stamps the Documents submitted in adjudicatory (EGM) 15–002, ‘Enforcement Discretion
document and sends the submitter an proceedings will appear in the NRC’s for Tornado-Generated Missile
email notice confirming receipt of the electronic hearing docket which is Protection Noncompliance,’ Revision
document. The E-Filing system also available to the public at https:// 1.’’ The revisions provide clarifying
distributes an email notice that provides adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded guidance to facilitate the NRC staff’s
access to the document to the NRC’s pursuant to an order of the Commission consistent oversight associated with
Office of the General Counsel and any or the presiding officer. If you do not implementing enforcement discretion
others who have advised the Office of have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate for tornado missile protection
the Secretary that they wish to as described above, click cancel when noncompliance(s) per EGM 15–002.
participate in the proceeding, so that the the link requests certificates and you DATES: The applicable date of the ISG is
filer need not serve the document on will be automatically directed to the
November 22, 2017.
those participants separately. Therefore, NRC’s electronic hearing dockets where
applicants and other participants (or you will be able to access any publicly ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
their counsel or representative) must available documents in a particular NRC–2017–0052 when contacting the
apply for and receive a digital ID hearing docket. Participants are NRC about the availability of
certificate before adjudicatory requested not to include personal information regarding this document.
documents are filed so that they can privacy information, such as social You may obtain publicly-available
obtain access to the documents via the security numbers, home addresses, or information related to this document
E-Filing system. personal phone numbers in their filings, using any of the following methods:
A person filing electronically using unless an NRC regulation or other law • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system requires submission of such http://www.regulations.gov and search
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