[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33536-33537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2918]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-42]


Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Incorporated; Notice of 
Docketing of Request for Exemption for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear 
Plant, Unit 1 and Unit 2

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of request for exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 
72.212(a)(2) and 10 CFR 72.214.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Regan, Senior Project 
Manager, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555. Telephone: (301) 415-1179; fax number: (301) 415-1179; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) is 
considering a request dated May 20, 2005, from Southern Nuclear 
Operating Company, Inc. (applicant or SNC) for exemption from the 
requirements of 10 CFR 72.212(a)(2) and 10 CFR 72.214 pursuant to 10 
CFR 72.7, for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant (FNP), Unit 1 and Unit 
2, facility located in Houston County, Alabama. If granted, the 
exemption will authorize the applicant to load spent nuclear fuel in 
accordance with proposed Amendment 2 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) 
1014 granted to Holtec International (Holtec) for the HI-STORM 100 
system. This request was docketed under 10 CFR Part 72; the Independent 
Spent Fuel Storage Installation Docket No. is 72-42.
    An NRC administrative review, documented in a letter to SNC dated 
June 2, 2005, found that the application contains sufficient 
information for the NRC staff to begin its technical review. Prior to 
issuance of the requested exemption, the Commission will have made the 
findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the 
Act), and the Commission's regulations. These findings will be 
documented in a Safety Evaluation Report. The issuance of the exemption 
will not be approved until the NRC has reviewed the application and has 
concluded that granting of the request will not be inimical to the 
common defense and security and will not constitute an unreasonable 
risk to the health and safety of the public. The NRC will complete an 
environmental

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assessment, in accordance with 10 CFR part 51. This action will be the 
subject of a subsequent notice in the Federal Register.

II. Further Information

    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of NRC's ``Rules of Practice,'' 
final NRC records and documents regarding this proposed action, 
including the exemption request dated May 20, 2005, are publically 
available in the records component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access 
and Management System (ADAMS). These documents may be inspected at 
NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. These documents may also be viewed electronically on the 
public computers located at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), 
O1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 
20852. The PDR reproduction contractor will copy documents for a fee. 
Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in 
accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR 
Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or (301) 415-4737, or by 
e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of June, 2005.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher M. Regan,
Senior Project Manager, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. E5-2918 Filed 6-7-05; 8:45 am]
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