[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31552-31553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11140]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 52-025-LA-3; ASLBP No. 20-967-03-LA-BD01]


Southern Nuclear Operating Company; Establishment of Atomic 
Safety and Licensing Board

    Pursuant to delegation by the Commission, see 37 FR 28,710 (Dec. 
29, 1972), and the Commission's regulations, see, e.g., 10 CFR 2.104, 
2.105, 2.300, 2.309, 2.313, 2.318, 2.321, notice is hereby given that 
an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to 
preside over the following proceeding:

SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY

(VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT, UNIT 3)

    This proceeding involves an application by Southern Nuclear 
Operating Company (SNC) to amend the combined license for the Vogtle 
Electric Generating Plant, Unit 3, located in Burke County, Georgia. 
SNC proposes to modify the north-south minimum seismic gap requirements 
above grade between the nuclear island and the annex building west of 
Column Line I from elevation 141 feet through 154 feet to accommodate 
as-built localized non-conformances. In response to a notice filed in 
the Federal Register, see 85 FR 13,944 (Mar. 10, 2020), the Blue Ridge 
Environmental Defense League and its chapter Concerned Citizens of 
Shell Bluff (collectively, BREDL) filed a petition to intervene and 
request for hearing. See Petition for Leave to Intervene and Request 
for Hearing by [BREDL] Regarding [SNC's] Request for a License 
Amendment and Exemption of Unit 3 Auxiliary Building Wall 11 Seismic 
Gap Requirements, LAR-20-001 (May 11, 2020).
    The Board is comprised of the following Administrative Judges: G. 
Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Dr. Sue H. Abreu, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Dr. Gary S. Arnold, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed 
in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule. See 10 CFR 2.302.


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    Dated: May 19, 2020.
E. Roy Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, 
Rockville, Maryland.
[FR Doc. 2020-11140 Filed 5-22-20; 8:45 am]
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