[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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