[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 155 (Friday, August 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39798-39799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17167]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-458 and 72-49; NRC-2017-0239]


In the Matter of Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Operations, 
Inc., River Bend Station, Unit 1, and Independent Spent Fuel Storage 
Installation Facility

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Indirect transfer of license; order.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an 
order to permit the indirect transfer of membership interests in 
Entergy Louisiana, LLC (ELL; the owner of River Bend Station, Unit 1, 
and the independent spent fuel storage installation facility) to the 
extent ELL is affected by the addition of Entergy Arkansas, LLC; 
Entergy Mississippi, LLC; and Entergy New Orleans, LLC to Entergy 
Utility Holding Company, LLC (EUHC). Upon execution of the transfer, 
these changes will result in additional members of EUHC that may dilute 
the resources and voting power of its members, including ELL.

DATES: The Order was issued on August 1, 2018, and is effective for one 
year.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0239 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of

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information regarding this document. You may obtain 
publicly[dash]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-2017-0239. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; e-mail: [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 ``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 e-mail to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for each 
document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first 
time that it is mentioned in this document.
     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: Margaret W. O'Banion, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1233; e-mail: 
Margaret.O'[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the order is attached.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of August 2018.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret W. O'Banion,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of Operating 
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

Attachment--Order Approving Indirect Transfer of Control of License

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-458 and 72-49; License No. NPF-47]

In the Matter of Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station, Unit 1

ORDER APPROVING INDIRECT TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF LICENSE

I.

    Entergy Louisiana, LLC (ELL) and Entergy Operations, Inc. (EOI) 
(together, the licensees) are co-holders of Facility Operating 
License No. NPF-47 for River Bend Station, Unit 1 (RBS), and the 
general license for the independent spent fuel storage installation 
(ISFSI). ELL is the owner and EOI is authorized to possess, use, and 
operate RBS and the ISFSI, which are located in West Feliciana 
Parish, Louisiana.

II.

    By application dated September 21, 2017, EOI requested, on 
behalf of itself, ELL, and their parent companies (together, the 
applicants), pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(10 CFR) Section 50.80, ``Transfer of licenses,'' that the U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) consent to the indirect transfer 
of membership interests in ELL to the extent ELL is affected by the 
addition of Entergy Arkansas, LLC (EAL); Entergy Mississippi, LLC 
(EML); and Entergy New Orleans, LLC (ENOL) to Entergy Utility 
Holding Company, LLC (EUHC). These changes will result (upon 
execution of the transfers) in additional members of EUHC that may 
dilute the resources and voting power of its members.
    The application proposes no physical or operational changes to 
the facilities. The interconnections that provide offsite power to 
RBS do not change as a result of the proposed indirect license 
transfer.
    The applicants requested NRC approval of the indirect transfer 
of membership interests in ELL. The NRC published a notice, 
``Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, 
Unit 1; River Bend Station, Unit 1; and Waterford Steam Electric 
Station, Unit 3 Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Licenses 
and Conforming Amendments,'' in the Federal Register on December 29, 
2017 (82 FR 61800). No comments or hearing requests were received.
    Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any right thereunder, shall 
be transferred, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control 
of the license, unless the NRC gives its consent in writing. Upon 
review of the information in the application and other information 
before the Commission, the NRC staff has determined that the 
licensees are qualified to hold the license to the extent proposed 
to permit the indirect transfer of membership interests in ELL to 
the extent ELL is affected by the addition of EAL, EML, and ENOL to 
EUHC. The NRC staff has also determined that the proposed license 
transfer is otherwise consistent with the applicable provisions of 
law, regulations, and orders issued by the NRC pursuant thereto. The 
findings set forth above are supported by an NRC safety evaluation 
dated August 1, 2018.

III.

    Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 161i, and 184 of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; Title 42 of the United States 
Code Sections 2201(b), 2201(i), and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, IT IS 
HEREBY ORDERED that the application regarding the proposed indirect 
license transfer is approved.
    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, after receipt of all required 
regulatory approvals of the proposed transfer action, EOI shall 
inform the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in 
writing of such receipt, and of the date of closing of the transfer, 
no later than 5 business days before the date of the closing of the 
transfer. Should the proposed indirect transfer not be completed 
within 1 year of this order's date of issuance, this order shall 
become null and void; however, upon written application and for good 
cause shown, such date may be extended by order.
    This order is effective upon issuance.
    For further details with respect to this order, see the 
application dated September 21, 2017 (Agencywide Documents Access 
and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML17268A213), and the 
NRC's safety evaluation dated August 1, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML18177A236), which are available for public inspection at the NRC's 
Public Document Room, located at One White Flint North, Public File 
Area 01-F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 
Maryland. Publicly available documents created or received at the 
NRC are accessible electronically through ADAMS in the NRC Library 
at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have 
access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems accessing the documents 
located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC Public Document Room 
reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or 
by e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of August 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Joseph G. Giitter,

Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 2018-17167 Filed 8-9-18; 8:45 am]
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