83 FR 30199 - Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4; Changes to Construction Fitness-for-Duty Commitments
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 124 (June 27, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 124 (June 27, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 27, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 30199-30202] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-13757] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 052-00025 and 052-00026; NRC-2008-0252] Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4; Changes to Construction Fitness-for- Duty Commitments 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 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: Submit must be filed by July 27, 2018. Requests for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene must be filed by August 27, 2018. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:Federal Rulemaking website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2008-0252. Address questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287- 9127; email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. 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: TWFN-7-A60, 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: Paul B. Kallan, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-000; telephone: 301-415-2809; email: Paul.Kallan@nrc.gov. 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 website: 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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The application for amendment, dated June 15, 2018, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML18166A347. 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. 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. [[Page 30200]] 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 Combined License Nos. NPF-91 and NPF-92, issued to SNC and Georgia Power Company for operation of the VEGP, Units 3 and 4, located in Burke County, Georgia. The proposed changes would revise commitments related to the construction fitness-for-duty (FFD) program described in the VEGP, Units 3 and 4 Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR). Specifically, the change would involve the creation of a new type of FFD Authorization that would allow construction workers temporary access to the construction site pending completion of all pre-access FFD requirements. The individual will not be given assignments to work on safety or security-related structures, systems, and components prior to the completion of the FFD requirements. 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 10 CFR 50.91(a), 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 to the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP) 3 and 4 Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) commitment related to the construction worker Fitness-for-Duty (FFD) program do not affect the design of a system, structure, or component (SSC) used to meet the design bases of the nuclear plant. Nor do the changes affect the construction or operation of the nuclear plant itself, so there is no change to the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated. Changing the VEGP 3 and 4 FFD program commitments do not affect prevention and mitigation of abnormal events (e.g., accidents, anticipated operational occurrences, earthquakes, floods, or turbine missiles) or their safety or design analyses. No safety-related SSC or function is adversely affected. The changes neither involve nor interface with any SSC accident initiator or initiating sequence of events, so the probabilities of the accidents evaluated in the UFSAR are not affected. Because the changes do not involve any safety- related SSC or function used to mitigate an accident, the consequences of the accidents evaluated in the UFSAR 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? The proposed changes to the VEGP 3 and 4 UFSAR commitment related to the construction worker FFD program do not affect the operation of any systems or equipment that may initiate a new or different kind of accident or alter any SSC such that a new accident initiator or initiating sequence of events is created. The changes do not affect the design of an SSC used to meet the design bases of the nuclear plant. Nor do the changes affect the construction or operation of the nuclear plant. Consequently, there is no new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated. The changes do not affect safety-related equipment, nor do they affect equipment that, if it failed, could initiate an accident or a failure of a fission product barrier. In addition, the changes do not result in a new failure mode, malfunction, or sequence of events that could affect safety or safety-related equipment. No analysis is adversely affected. No system or design function or equipment qualification is adversely affected by the changes. This activity will not allow for a new fission product release path, nor will it result in a new fission product barrier failure mode, nor create a new sequence of events that would result in significant fuel cladding failures. Therefore, the proposed amendment does 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 to the VEGP 3 and 4 UFSAR commitment related to the construction worker FFD program do not alter any safety-related equipment, applicable design codes, code compliance, design function, or safety analysis. Consequently, no safety analysis or design basis acceptance limit/criterion is challenged or exceeded by the proposed changes, thus the margin of safety is not reduced. 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 30 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 30-day comment period should circumstances change during the 30-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 a petition to intervene (petition) with respect to the action. Petitions shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, [[Page 30201]] which is available at the NRC's PDR, located at One White Flint North, Room O1-F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. The NRC's regulations are accessible electronically from the NRC Library on the NRC's website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. If a petition is filed within 60 days, the Commission or a presiding officer designated by the Commission or by the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the petition; and the Secretary or the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel will issue a notice of a hearing or an appropriate order. As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a petition shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following general requirements: (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. The petition must also set forth the specific contentions which the petitioner seeks to have litigated at 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 shall 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 those specific sources and documents of which the petitioner is aware and on which the petitioner intends to rely to establish those facts or expert opinion to support its position on the issue. The petition must include sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact. Contentions shall 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 these requirements 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, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing with respect to resolution of that person's admitted contentions consistent with the NRC's regulations, policies, and procedures. Petitions for leave to intervene must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice. Requests for hearing, petitions for leave to intervene, and motions for leave to file new or amended contentions that are filed after the 60-day 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). 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 decide 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 held 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 any 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 August 27, 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. A State, local governmental body, Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof may also have the opportunity to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c). If a hearing is granted, any person who does not wish, or is not qualified, to become a party to the proceeding may, in 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 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, a petition for leave to intervene, any motion or other document filed in the proceeding prior to the submission of a request for hearing or petition to intervene (hereinafter ``petition''), and documents filed by interested governmental entities participating 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. 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 hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone at 301-415-1677, to request (1) a digital identification (ID) certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or representative) to digitally sign documents and access the E-Submittal server for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition (even in instances in which the participant, or its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the Secretary will [[Page 30202]] 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 website at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html. System requirements for accessing the E-Submittal server are available on the NRC's public website at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/adjudicatory-sub.html. Participants may attempt to use other software not listed on the website, but should note that the NRC's E-Filing system does not support unlisted software, and the NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk will not be able to offer assistance in using unlisted software. Once a participant has obtained a digital ID certificate and a docket has been created, the participant can then submit a petition. Submissions should be in Portable Document Format (PDF). Additional guidance on PDF submissions is available on the NRC's public website at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the documents are 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 documents on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for and receive a digital ID certificate before a hearing petition to intervene is filed so that they can obtain access to the document via the E-Filing system. A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E- Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's public website at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by email to MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672- 7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m. and 7 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 a document 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 http://ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the Commission, or the presiding officer. Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information, such as social security numbers, home addresses, or home phone numbers in their filings, unless an NRC regulation or other law requires submission of such information. However, in some instances, a request to intervene will require including information on local residence in order to demonstrate a proximity assertion of interest in the proceeding. 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 June 15, 2018. Attorney for licensee: Mr. M. Stanford Blanton, Balch & Bingham LLP, 1710 Sixth Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203-2015. NRC Branch Chief: Jennifer Dixon-Herrity. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of June, 2018. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity, Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of Licensing, Siting, and Environmental Analysis, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. 2018-13757 Filed 6-26-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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(UFSAR). The proposed changes do not affect review, it appears that the three individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
the probability of inadvertent operation or standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
failure. Therefore, the probabilities of the satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff document.
accidents previously evaluated in the UFSAR • Mail comments to: May Ma, Office
proposes to determine that the
are not affected.
The proposed changes do not affect the amendment request involves no of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7–
ability of the PRHR HX and IRWST to significant hazards consideration. A60, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
perform their design functions. The designs Attorney for licensee: M. Stanford Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
of the PRHR HX and IRWST continue to meet Blanton, Balch & Bingham LLP, 1710 0001.
the same regulatory acceptance criteria, Sixth Avenue North, Birmingham, AL For additional direction on obtaining
codes, and standards as required by the 35203–2015. information and submitting comments,
UFSAR. In addition, the proposed changes NRC Branch Chief: Jennifer L. Dixon- see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
maintain the capabilities of the PRHR HX Herrity. Submitting Comments’’ in the
and IRWST to mitigate the consequences of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
an accident and to meet the applicable Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day
regulatory acceptance criteria. of June, 2018. this document.
The proposed changes do not affect the For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
prevention and mitigation of other abnormal Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity, B. Kallan, Office of New Reactors, U.S.
events (e.g., anticipated operational Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
occurrences, earthquakes, floods and turbine Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New
Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. Washington, DC 20555–000; telephone:
missiles), or their safety or design analyses. 301–415–2809; email: Paul.Kallan@
Therefore, the consequences of the accidents [FR Doc. 2018–13736 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am]
nrc.gov.
evaluated in the UFSAR are not affected. BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
Therefore, the proposed amendment does SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
not involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident I. Obtaining Information and
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previously evaluated. Submitting Comments
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2. Does the proposed amendment create
A. Obtaining Information
the possibility of a new or different kind of [Docket Nos. 052–00025 and 052–00026;
accident from any accident previously NRC–2008–0252] Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2008–
evaluated? 0252 when contacting the NRC about
Response: No. Southern Nuclear Operating Company, the availability of information for this
The proposed changes do not affect the Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, action. You may obtain publicly-
operation of any systems or equipment that Units 3 and 4; Changes to available information related to this
may initiate a new or different kind of Construction Fitness-for-Duty
accident, or alter any SSC such that a new action by any of the following methods:
accident initiator or initiating sequence of
Commitments • Federal Rulemaking website: Go to
events is created. http://www.regulations.gov and search
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
The proposed changes do not affect any for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252.
Commission.
other SSC design functions or methods of • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
operation in a manner that results in a new ACTION: License amendment application; Access and Management System
failure mode, malfunction, or sequence of opportunity to comment, request a (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
events that affect safety-related or nonsafety hearing, and petition for leave to available documents online in the
related equipment. Therefore, this activity intervene. ADAMS Public Documents collection at
does not allow for a new fission product
release path, result in a new fission product SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
barrier failure mode, or create a new Commission (NRC) is considering adams.html. To begin the search, select
sequence of events that result in significant issuance of an amendment to Combined ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
fuel cladding failures. Licenses (NPF–91 and NPF–92), issued select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
Therefore, the requested amendment does
to Southern Nuclear Operating Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
not create the possibility of a new or different please contact the NRC’s Public
type of accident from any accident Company, Inc. (SNC), and Georgia
Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
previously evaluated. 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
3. Does the proposed amendment involve Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC,
a significant reduction in a margin of safety? MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC, MEAG Power email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
Response: No. SPVP, LLC, Authority of Georgia, and application for amendment, dated June
The proposed changes maintain existing the City of Dalton, Georgia (together 15, 2018, is available in ADAMS under
safety margins. The proposed changes verify ‘‘the licensees’’), for construction and Accession No. ML18166A347.
and maintain the capabilities of the PRHR • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
operation of the Vogtle Electric
HX and IRWST to perform their design purchase copies of public documents at
functions. Therefore, the proposed changes Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 3 and 4,
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
satisfy the same design functions in located in Burke County, Georgia.
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
accordance with the same codes and DATES: Submit must be filed by July 27,
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
standards as stated in the UFSAR. These 2018. Requests for a hearing or petition
changes do not affect any design code, for leave to intervene must be filed by B. Submitting Comments
function, design analysis, safety analysis August 27, 2018.
input or result, or design/safety margin. Please include Docket ID NRC–2008–
No safety analysis or design basis ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 0252 in your comment submission.
acceptance limit/criterion is challenged or by any of the following methods: The NRC cautions you not to include
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
exceeded by the proposed changes, and no • Federal Rulemaking website: Go to identifying or contact information that
margin of safety is reduced. http://www.regulations.gov and search you do not want to be publicly
Therefore, the requested amendment does for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252. Address disclosed in your comment submission.
not involve a significant reduction in a questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer The NRC posts all comment
margin of safety. Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; submissions at http://
The NRC staff has reviewed the email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For www.regulations.gov as well as entering
licensee’s analysis and, based on this technical questions, contact the the comment submissions into ADAMS.
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establish an electronic docket for the Time, Monday through Friday, Sixth Avenue North, Birmingham, AL
hearing in this proceeding if the excluding government holidays. 35203–2015.
Secretary has not already established an Participants who believe that they NRC Branch Chief: Jennifer Dixon-
electronic docket. have a good cause for not submitting Herrity.
Information about applying for a documents electronically must file an Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day
digital ID certificate is available on the exemption request, in accordance with of June, 2018.
NRC’s public website at http:// 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/ filing stating why there is good cause for Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity,
getting-started.html. System not filing electronically and requesting
Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of
requirements for accessing the E- authorization to continue to submit Licensing, Siting, and Environmental
Submittal server are available on the documents in paper format. Such filings Analysis, Office of New Reactors.
NRC’s public website at http:// must be submitted by: (1) First class [FR Doc. 2018–13757 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am]
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/ mail addressed to the Office of the
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
adjudicatory-sub.html. Participants may Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
attempt to use other software not listed Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
on the website, but should note that the Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
NRC’s E-Filing system does not support
unlisted software, and the NRC (2) courier, express mail, or expedited [Docket Nos. MC2018–184 and CP2018–258;
Electronic Filing Help Desk will not be delivery service to the Office of the MC2018–185 and CP2018–259]
able to offer assistance in using unlisted Secretary, 11555 Rockville Pike,
software. Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention: New Postal Products
Once a participant has obtained a Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
digital ID certificate and a docket has Participants filing a document in this
ACTION: Notice.
been created, the participant can then manner are responsible for serving the
submit a petition. Submissions should document on all other participants. SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a
be in Portable Document Format (PDF). Filing is considered complete by first- recent Postal Service filing for the
Additional guidance on PDF class mail as of the time of deposit in Commission’s consideration concerning
submissions is available on the NRC’s the mail, or by courier, express mail, or negotiated service agreements. This
public website at http://www.nrc.gov/ expedited delivery service upon notice informs the public of the filing,
site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A depositing the document with the invites public comment, and takes other
filing is considered complete at the time provider of the service. A presiding administrative steps.
the documents are submitted through officer, having granted an exemption
DATES: Comments are due: June 29,
the NRC’s E-Filing system. To be timely, request from using E-Filing, may require
2018.
an electronic filing must be submitted to a participant or party to use E-Filing if
the E-Filing system no later than 11:59 the presiding officer subsequently ADDRESSES: Submit comments
p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. determines that the reason for granting electronically via the Commission’s
Upon receipt of a transmission, the E- the exemption from use of E-Filing no Filing Online system at http://
Filing system time-stamps the document longer exists. www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit
and sends the submitter an email notice Documents submitted in adjudicatory comments electronically should contact
confirming receipt of the document. The proceedings will appear in the NRC’s the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
E-Filing system also distributes an email electronic hearing docket which is INFORMATION CONTACT section by
notice that provides access to the available to the public at http:// telephone for advice on filing
document to the NRC’s Office of the ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded alternatives.
General Counsel and any others who pursuant to an order of the Commission, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
have advised the Office of the Secretary or the presiding officer. Participants are David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
that they wish to participate in the requested not to include personal 202–789–6820.
proceeding, so that the filer need not privacy information, such as social SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
serve the documents on those security numbers, home addresses, or
participants separately. Therefore, home phone numbers in their filings, Table of Contents
applicants and other participants (or unless an NRC regulation or other law I. Introduction
their counsel or representative) must requires submission of such II. Docketed Proceeding(s)
apply for and receive a digital ID information. However, in some
certificate before a hearing petition to instances, a request to intervene will I. Introduction
intervene is filed so that they can obtain require including information on local The Commission gives notice that the
access to the document via the E-Filing residence in order to demonstrate a Postal Service has filed request(s) for the
system. proximity assertion of interest in the Commission to consider matters related
A person filing electronically using proceeding. With respect to copyrighted to negotiated service agreement(s). The
the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system works, except for limited excerpts that requests(s) may propose the addition or
may seek assistance by contacting the serve the purpose of the adjudicatory removal of a negotiated service
NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk filings and would constitute a Fair Use agreement from the market dominant or
through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located application, participants are requested the competitive product list, or the
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
on the NRC’s public website at http:// not to include copyrighted materials in modification of an existing product
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e- their submission. currently appearing on the market
submittals.html, by email to For further details with respect to this dominant or the competitive product
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll- action, see the application for license list.
free call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC amendment dated June 15, 2018. Section II identifies the docket
Electronic Filing Help Desk is available Attorney for licensee: Mr. M. Stanford number(s) associated with each Postal
between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., Eastern Blanton, Balch & Bingham LLP, 1710 Service request, the title of each Postal
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
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| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | License amendment application; opportunity to comment, request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene. | |
| Dates | Submit must be filed by July 27, 2018. Requests for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene must be filed by August 27, 2018. | |
| Contact | Paul B. Kallan, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-000; telephone: 301-415-2809; email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 30199 |
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