[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28042-28043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10138]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-334; 50-412; 50-456; 50-457; 50-244; 50-352; 50-353;
50-528; 50-529; 50-530; 72-44; 50-254; 50-265; 50-443; NRC-2020-0110]
Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp.; Exelon Generation Company, LLC;
NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; Arizona Public Service Company
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Exemptions; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued seven
exemptions in response to requests from Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp.;
Exelon Generation Company, LLC; NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; and
Arizona Public Service Company. The exemptions allow the licensees to
deviate from specific work hours requirements of the NRC's ``Fitness
for Duty Programs'' regulation and use site-specific fatigue management
controls, in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).
The NRC is issuing a single notice to announce the issuance of these
exemptions.
DATES: The seven exemptions were issued between April 3, 2020, and
April 20, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0110 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0110. Address
questions about NRC docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301-287-9127; 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 https://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 email to [email protected].
For the convenience of the reader, instructions about obtaining
materials referenced in this document are provided in the
``Availability of Documents'' section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Danna, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-7422, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC issued seven exemptions in response to requests dated
between April 2, 2020, and April 18, 2020, from Energy Harbor Nuclear
Corp.; Exelon Generation Company, LLC; NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC;
and Arizona Public Service Company. The exemptions allow the licensees
to deviate from specific requirements (cited below) of Title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 26, ``Fitness for Duty
Programs,'' Section 26.205, ``Work hours.''
The exemptions from 10 CFR 26.205(d)(1) through (7) ensure that the
control of work hours and management of worker fatigue do not unduly
limit licensee flexibility in using personnel resources to most
effectively manage the impacts of the COVID-19 PHE on maintaining the
safe operation of these facilities. Specifically, the licensees stated
that their staffing levels are affected or are expected to be affected
by the COVID-19 PHE, and they can no longer meet or likely will not
meet the work hour controls of 10 CFR 26.205(d)(1) through (d)(7). The
licensees have committed to effecting site-specific administrative
controls for COVID-19 PHE fatigue-management for personnel specified in
10 CFR 26.4(a).
The NRC is periodically providing this compiled listing of related
exemptions using a single Federal Register notice for COVID-19 related
exemptions, instead of issuing individual Federal Register notices. The
compiled listing provides transparency regarding the number of
exemptions the NRC is issuing related to a given regulatory
requirement. Additionally, the NRC publishes a list of approved
licensing actions related to the COVID-19 PHE on its public website at
https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/covid-19/reactors/licensing-actions.html.
II. Availability of Documents.
The table below provides the plant name, docket number, and ADAMS
accession number for each exemption issued. Additional details on each
exemption issued, including the exemption request submitted by the
respective licensee, are provided in each exemption approval listed
below. For additional directions on accessing information in ADAMS, see
the ADDRESSES section of this document.
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Document title ADAMS accession No.
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Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2
Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412
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Beaver Valley Work Hour Rule Exemption ML20109A008
Request Due to Pandemic (L-20-140)
dated April 18, 2020.
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and ML20109A010
2--Verbal Part 26 Exemption--Delivered
4/18/20 at 7:00 p.m.
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and ML20109A000
2--Exemption from Select Requirements
of 10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2020-LLE-0025
[COVID-19]) dated April 20, 2020.
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Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2
Docket Nos. 50-456 and 50-457
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Braidwood Work Hours Control Exemption ML20100M588
Request dated April 9, 2020.
Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2-- ML20099A519
Exemption from Select Requirements of
10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2020-LLE-0020
[COVID-19]) dated April 13, 2020.
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R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant
Docket No. 50-244
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Ginna--Planned Actions re Requirements ML20097D488
for Work Hour Controls During
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Public Health Emergency dated April 6,
2020.
R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant-- ML20095H256
Exemption from Select Requirements of
10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2020-LLE-0016
[COVID-19]) dated April 6, 2020.
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Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2
Docket Nos. 50-352 and 50-353
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Limerick [50-352, 50-353] Actions ML20093M206
Related to the Requirements for Work
Hour Controls During the Coronavirus
Disease 2019 Public Health Emergency)
dated April 2, 2020.
Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and ML20093M820
2--Exemption from Select Requirements
of 10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2020-LLE-0014
[COVID-19]) dated April 3, 2020.
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Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3
Docket Nos. 50-528, 50-529, 50-530, and 72-44
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Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station ML20105A481
Units 1, 2 & 3 and Independent Spent
Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI)--
Request for Exemption from Specific
Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26, Fitness
for Duty Programs dated April 14, 2020.
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, ML20107F835
Units 1, 2, and 3--Exemption from
Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26
(EPID L-2020-LLE-0024 [COVID-19]) dated
April 16, 2020.
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Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2
Docket Nos. 50-254 AND 50-265
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Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station ML20098G313
Actions Related to the Requirements for
Work Hour Controls During the
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Public Health
Emergency dated April 7, 2020.
Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units ML20099A499
1 and 2--Exemption from Select
Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-
2020-LLE-0018 [COVID-19]) dated April
8, 2020.
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Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1
Docket No. 50-443
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Seabrook Station--Requesting NRC ML20101M597
Approval to Proactively Enter into the
Alternative Work Hour Controls
Delineated in NRC Letter from H. Nieh
to NEI Dated March 28, 2020 During COV-
19 Public Health Emergency dated April
10, 2020.
Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1--Exemption ML20101G991
from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part
26 (EPID L-2020-LLE-0021 [COVID-19])
dated April 13, 2020.
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The NRC may post additional materials to the Federal rulemaking
website at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2020-0110.
The Federal rulemaking website allows you to receive alerts when
changes or additions occur in a docket folder. To subscribe: (1)
Navigate to the docket folder (NRC-2020-0110); (2) click the ``Sign up
for Email Alerts'' link; and (3) enter your email address and select
how frequently you would like to receive emails (daily, weekly, or
monthly).
Dated: May 7, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James G. Danna,
Chief, Plant Licensing Branch I, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2020-10138 Filed 5-11-20; 8:45 am]
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