[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68102-68103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27145]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 52-12-COL and 52-13-COL; ASLBP No. 09-885-08-COL-BD01]


Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; In the Matter of Nuclear 
Innovation North America LLC (South Texas Project Units 3 and 4); 
Notice of Hearing (Application for Combined Licenses)

November 6, 2013.
Before Administrative Judges: Michael M. Gibson, Chairman, Dr. Gary 
S. Arnold, Dr. Randall J. Charbeneau.

    The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board hereby gives notice that it 
has rescheduled the evidentiary hearing to receive testimony and 
exhibits in a contested portion of this proceeding regarding the 
application of Nuclear Innovation North America LLC (NINA) for combined 
licenses that would authorize NINA to construct and operate two new 
nuclear reactor units on an existing site near Bay City, Texas.\1\
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    \1\ The evidentiary hearing was originally scheduled to begin on 
October 16, 2013, at the United States District and Bankruptcy 
Courthouse, Courtroom 11B, 515 Rusk Avenue, Houston, TX 77002. 
However, due to the lapse of federal funding and resulting 
government shutdown, that hearing was postponed. This order is 
rescheduling that postponed hearing.
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A. Matters To Be Considered at Evidentiary Hearing

    This evidentiary hearing will concern contention FC-1, which 
alleges that statutory and regulatory prohibitions on foreign 
ownership, control, and domination forbid the licensing of proposed STP 
Units 3 and 4.

B. Date, Time, and Location of Evidentiary Hearing

    The Board will conduct this evidentiary hearing\2\ beginning at 
9:00 a.m., Central Standard Time (CST) on Monday, January 6, 2014, at 
the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, 301 Fannin, Room 245, Houston, TX 
77002. The hearing will continue on Tuesday, January 7, 2014, until 
12:00 p.m. CST if necessary. It will be conducted in accordance with 10 
CFR part 2, Subpart L.
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    \2\ NINA, the NRC Staff, and Intervenors will be parties to the 
hearing and will present witnesses and evidentiary material.
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    Any members of the public who plan to attend the evidentiary 
hearing are advised that security measures are employed at the entrance 
to the courthouse, including searches of hand carried items such as 
briefcases or backpacks.
    Some of the evidence necessary to resolve this contention 
implicates business information that NINA deems confidential. Although 
the Board anticipates that most of this hearing will be open to the 
public, at least a portion of this hearing will be closed to the 
public. The parties have further agreed that if the Board is unable to 
complete this hearing before 12:00 p.m. CST on Tuesday, January 7, 
2014, it will continue any remaining non-public portions of the hearing 
at the office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, 1000 Louisiana St., Suite 
4000, Houston, TX 77002.

C. Submitting Written Limited Appearance Statements

    As provided in 10 CFR 2.315(a), any person (other than a party or 
the representative of a party to this proceeding) may submit a written 
statement setting forth his or her position on matters of concern 
relating to this proceeding. Although these statements do not 
constitute testimony or evidence, they nonetheless may help the Board 
or the parties in their consideration of the issues in this proceeding.
    Such a written limited appearance statement may be submitted at any 
time and should be sent to the Office of the Secretary using one of the 
methods prescribed below:

Mail: Office of the Secretary, Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001,
Fax: (301) 415-1101 (verification (301) 415-1966),
Email: [email protected].

    In addition, using the same method of service, a copy of the 
written limited appearance statement should be sent to the Chairman of 
this Licensing Board as follows:

Mail: Administrative Judge Michael M. Gibson, Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board Panel, Mail Stop T-3 F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001,
Fax: (301) 415-5599 (verification (301) 415-7332),
Email: [email protected] and [email protected].

D. Availability of Documentary Information Regarding the Proceeding

    NINA's application and various Staff documents relating to the 
application are available on the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/south-texas-project.html.
    These and other documents relating to this proceeding are available 
for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, located 
at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 
Rockville, MD 20852, or

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electronically from the publicly available records component of NRC's 
document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at 
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). 
Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in 
accessing the documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC Public 
Document Room reference staff by telephone at (800) 397-4209 or (301) 
415-4737 (available between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET), 
Monday through Friday except federal holidays), or by email to 
[email protected].
    It is so ordered.

    For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board. Rockville, Maryland.

    Dated: November 6, 2013.
Michael M. Gibson,
Chairman, Administrative Judge.
[FR Doc. 2013-27145 Filed 11-12-13; 8:45 am]
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