[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.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
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ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and
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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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