[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 184 (Monday, September 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54634-54635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22048]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-3]


Notice of Docketing and Issuance of Amendment to Materials 
License SNM-2502, Carolina Power and Light Company, H.B. Robinson Steam 
Electric Plant, Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of Amendment to Materials License SNM-2502.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin M. Witt, Project Manager, 
Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, Mail Stop EBB-3D-02M, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: (301) 492-
3323; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 30, 2005, the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) renewed NRC Materials 
License No. SNM-2502 to the Carolina Power And Light Company (CP&L) for 
the H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant (HBRSEP) Independent Spent Fuel 
Storage Installation (ISFSI), located in Hartsville, South Carolina. 
The renewed license authorizes CP&L to receive, possess, store, and 
transfer spent nuclear fuel and associated radioactive materials 
resulting from the operation of the HBRSEP in an ISFSI at the power 
plant site for a term of 40 years. The NRC staff also issued an 
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related 
to the issuance of the renewed ISFSI license on March 17, 2005, in 
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, and in 
conformance with the applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part 51.
    On September 26, 2007, CP&L submitted an application to NRC, in 
accordance with 10 CFR Part 72, requesting an amendment to NRC 
Materials License No. SNM-2502. CP&L's license amendment requests four 
separate administrative changes. Specifically, the first administrative 
change request was to delete the preoperational license conditions in 
Section 1.2 of the Technical Specifications (TSs). The second 
administrative change request was to revise the referenced drawing 
numbers from the original vendor numbers to the plant's document 
control numbers. The third administrative change request was to clarify 
that the lifting height restriction specified in Table 2-1 of Appendix 
A is measured in feet--the licensee has requested that the single 
apostrophe symbol be replaced by the abbreviation ``ft.'' The fourth 
administrative change request was to clarify the level of sensitivity 
and titles of training plans. An additional change was made by the NRC 
to correct a regulatory reference in the safeguards license condition 
(TS Appendix B) description of the amendment process. As a result of 
these change requests, CP&L also requested the pages of the TSs be re-
formatted to ensure consistent page numbering.
    Pursuant to 10 CFR 72.46, the NRC has docketed, approved and issued 
Amendment No. 1 to Materials License No. SNM-2502 held by CP&L for the 
receipt, possession, transfer, and storage of spent fuel at the HBRSEP 
ISFSI. Amendment No. 1 is effective as of the date of issuance.
    Amendment No. 1 complies with the standards and requirements of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's 
rules and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings, as 
required by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 
CFR Chapter 1, which are set forth in Amendment No. 1. The issuance of 
Amendment No. 1 satisfied the criteria specified in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11) 
for a categorical exclusion. Thus, the preparation of an environmental 
assessment or an environmental impact statement is not required.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(2), the NRC has determined that 
Amendment No. 1 does not present a genuine issue as to whether public 
health and safety will be significantly affected. Therefore, the 
publication of a

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notice of proposed action and an opportunity for hearing or a notice of 
hearing is not warranted. Notice is hereby given of the right of 
interested persons to request a hearing on whether the action should be 
rescinded or modified.
    Further Information:
    For further details with respect to this action, see the 
application dated September 26, 2007, and Amendment No. 1, which are 
available electronically, at NRC's Electronic Reading Room, at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, you can access NRC's 
Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which 
provides text and image files of NRC's public documents. The ADAMS 
accession number for the application is ML072820139 and the ADAMS 
accession number for Amendment No. 1 is ML082560545. If you do not have 
access to ADAMS, or if there are problems in accessing the documents 
located in ADAMS, contact NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) Reference 
staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].
    These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public 
computers located at NRC's PDR, O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction contractor 
will copy documents, for a fee.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of September, 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kevin M. Witt,
Project Manager, Licensing Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and 
Transportation, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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