[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 221 (Tuesday, November 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 71846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29300]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-271; NRC-2015-0029]


Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power 
Station

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the 
request of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee), to 
withdraw its application dated September 4, 2014, for a proposed 
amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-28, for the 
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VY). The proposed amendment would 
have replaced VY's decommissioning trust fund (DTF) license conditions 
with the NRC's regulations governing decommissioning trust funds.

DATES: November 17, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0029 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0029. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if that document 
is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is 
referenced.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Kim, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-4125; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of Entergy 
Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee), to withdraw its 
application dated September 4, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14254A405), 
for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-
28, for VY, located in Windam County, Vermont. The proposed amendment 
would have replaced VY's DTF license conditions with the DTF provisions 
in paragraph 50.75(h) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR).
    The NRC published a Biweekly Notice in the Federal Register on 
February 17, 2015 (80 FR 8359), that gave notice that this proposed 
amendment was under consideration by the NRC. However, by letter dated 
September 22, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15267A074), the licensee 
requested to withdraw the proposed amendment.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of November 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meena K. Khanna,
Chief, Plant Licensing Branch IV-2 and Decommissioning Transition 
Branch, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-29300 Filed 11-16-15; 8:45 am]
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