[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 213 (Friday, November 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67202-67203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6119]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Notice of Availability of Model Application Concerning
Elimination of Typical License Condition Requiring Reporting of
Violations of Section 2.C of Operating License Using the Consolidated
Line Item Improvement Process
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the staff of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared a model application related to
the elimination of the license condition that requires reporting of
violations of other requirements (typically in License Condition 2.C)
in the operating license of some commercial nuclear power plants. The
purpose of this model is to permit the NRC to efficiently process
amendments that propose to delete the reporting requirement from
operating licenses. Licensees of nuclear power reactors to which the
model applies may request amendments using the model application.
DATES: The NRC staff issued a Federal Register notice (70 FR 51098,
August 29, 2005) that provided a model safety evaluation (SE) and a
model no significant hazards consideration (NSHC) determination
relating to the elimination of the license condition that requires
reporting of violations of other requirements (typically in License
Condition 2.C) in operating licenses. The NRC staff hereby announces
that the model SE and NSHC determination may be referenced in plant-
specific applications to adopt the changes. The NRC staff has posted a
model application on the NRC Web site to assist licensees in using the
consolidated line item improvement process (CLIIP) to delete the
reporting requirement in operating licenses. The NRC staff can most
efficiently consider applications based upon the model application if
the application is submitted within a year of this Federal Register
notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Reckley, Mail Stop: O7D1,
Division of Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, telephone 301-415-1323.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Regulatory Issue Summary 2000-06, ``Consolidated Line Item
Improvement Process for Adopting Standard Technical Specification
Changes for Power Reactors,'' was issued on March 20, 2000. The CLIIP
includes an opportunity for the public to comment on proposed changes
to operating licenses, including the technical specifications (TS),
after a preliminary assessment by the NRC staff and a finding that the
change will likely be offered for adoption by licensees. The CLIIP
directs the NRC staff to evaluate
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any comments received for a proposed generic change to operating
licenses and to either reconsider the change or to proceed with
announcing the availability of the change for proposed adoption by
licensees. Those licensees opting to apply for the subject change to
operating licenses are responsible for reviewing the NRC staff's
evaluation, referencing the applicable technical justifications, and
providing any necessary plant-specific information. Each amendment
application made in response to the notice of availability will be
processed and noticed in accordance with applicable rules and NRC
procedures.
This notice involves a change that deletes a requirement for
licensees to report violations of other requirements (typically in
License Condition 2.C) of a facility's operating license.
Applicability
This proposal to eliminate the reporting of violations of specific
requirements (typically in License Condition 2.C) of facility operating
licenses is applicable to any licensee that has such a provision in its
facility operating license. The NRC staff notes that many operating
licenses do not contain the requirement because it was never added or
was removed by a license amendment before issuance of this notice. The
CLIIP also addresses similar requirements if they exist in the
Administrative Section of TS. The CLIIP does not address reporting
requirements contained in operating licenses other than those
specifically involving reports of violations of other requirements
(typically in License Condition 2.C) of the facility operating license
or requirements that restate the need to submit reports in accordance
with 10 CFR 50.72, ``Immediate notification requirements for operating
nuclear power reactors,'' and 10 CFR 50.73, ``Licensee event report
system.''
To efficiently process the incoming license amendment applications,
the NRC staff requests each licensee applying for the changes using the
CLIIP to provide the information identified in the model application
posted on the NRC Web site.
Public Notices
In a notice in the Federal Register dated August 29, 2005 (70 FR
51098), the NRC staff requested comment on the use of the CLIIP to
process requests to delete the subject reporting requirement in
operating licenses. In addition, there have been multiple notices
published for plant-specific amendment requests to adopt changes
similar to those described in this notice.
The NRC staff's SE and model application may be examined, and/or
copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room, located at One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland. Publicly available records are accessible electronically from
the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public
Library component on the NRC Web site, (the Electronic Reading Room).
The NRC staff received two responses following the notice published
August 29, 2005 (70 FR 51098), soliciting comments on the model SE and
NSHC determination related to the elimination of the reporting
requirement in operating licenses. The responses were from the Nuclear
Energy Institute (NEI) in a letter dated September 28, 2005, and South
Carolina Electric and Gas (SCE&G) in a letter dated September 26, 2005.
Both letters supported the generic approach proposed in the notice and
did not offer changes to the model SE or NSHC determination. The NRC
staff finds that the previously published models remain appropriate
references and has chosen not to republish the model SE and model NSHC
determination in this notice. As described in the model application
prepared by the NRC staff, licensees may reference in their plant-
specific applications to delete the reporting requirement, the SE, NSHC
determination, and environmental assessment previously published in the
Federal Register (70 FR 51098; August 29, 2005).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of October 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William D. Reckley,
Senior Project Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate IV, Division of
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E5-6119 Filed 11-3-05; 8:45 am]
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