[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3368-3369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01241]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-271; NRC-2015-0157]


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

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final environmental assessment and finding of no significant 
impact; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a 
notice that was published in the Federal Register (FR) on December 26, 
2017, regarding issuance of a final environmental assessment (EA) and 
finding of no significant impact (FONSI). The EA and FONSI address the 
issuance of two exemptions that allow Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. 
to use funds from the Vermont Yankee decommissioning trust fund for 
irradiated fuel management activities. This action is necessary to 
delete erroneous text in the response to petitioner's comment 1.a. and 
provide clarification.

DATES: The correction is effective January 24, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0157 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 website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0157. 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.
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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].
     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: Jack Parrott, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6634, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the FR on December 26, 2017, in FR Doc. 
2017-27682, on page 61042, in the NRC response to Petitioners comment 
1.a., the entire response is corrected to read as follows: ``The NRC 
disagrees with this comment. The NRC is aware of the possible sale of 
VY to NorthStar, and that the sale may result in changes to the plan, 
schedule, and cost estimate for decommissioning. The sale transaction 
is still pending regulatory review and approval by both the Vermont 
Public Service Board and the NRC. Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, the VY 
license may not be transferred, either voluntarily or involuntarily, 
directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of the license to 
any person, unless the NRC gives its consent in writing. In light of 
the pendency of the license transfer request, it would be inappropriate 
for the agency to prejudge the outcome of this review. However, 
pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(c)(21), the agency has determined that, as a 
generic matter, there are no significant environmental impacts 
associated with the transfer of the license. While the petitioners have 
challenged the applicability of the categorical exclusion in these 
circumstances, the agency believes that, for purposes of this EA, it is 
appropriate to rely on the existing analysis and to leave future 
arguments concerning its applicability to the ongoing adjudicatory 
process. Furthermore, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.33(k), the license transfer 
request is required to state information in the form of a report 
indicating how reasonable assurance will be provided that funds will be 
available to decommission the facility.''

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of January.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John R. Tappert,
Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste 
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2018-01241 Filed 1-23-18; 8:45 am]
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