[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 134 (Monday, July 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42029-42031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15046]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-219; 72-27; 72-17; 50-213, 72-39; and 50-29, 72-31; 
NRC-2020-0110]


Issuance of Multiple Exemptions in Response to COVID-19 Public 
Health Emergency

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Exemptions; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued multiple 
exemptions in response to requests from Holtec Decommissioning 
International, LLC.; Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Portland General 
Electric Company; Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company; and Yankee 
Atomic Electric Company. The exemptions allow the licensees to extend 
certain training and requalification frequency requirements of NRC's 
general criteria for security personnel 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 exemptions were issued between May 20, 2020 and June 23, 
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 individuals 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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John McKirgan, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-5722, email: 
[email protected] or Bruce Watson, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-6221, email: 
[email protected]. Both are staff of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The NRC issued multiple exemptions in response to requests dated 
between May 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, from Holtec Decommissioning 
International, LLC.; Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Portland General 
Electric Company; Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company; and Yankee 
Atomic Electric Company. The exemptions allow the licensees to extend 
training and requalification frequency requirements in specific 
regulations (cited below) of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR) part 73, ``Physical Protection of Plants And 
Materials.''
    The exemptions from certain sections of 10 CFR part 73 ensure that 
the extension of training and requalification frequency facilitates the 
implementation of security measures regarding physical and medical 
requalification in a manner that does not conflict with practices 
recommended to limit the spread of COVID-19.
    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. 
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/materials/storage.html and https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/covid-19/materials/decommissioning.html.

II. Availability of Documents

    The table below provides the licensee name, the plant name, docket 
number, and ADAMS Accession Numbers for information on each exemption 
issued, including the exemption request submitted by the respective 
licensee. For additional directions on accessing information in ADAMS, 
see the ADDRESSES section of this document.

     Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC. Oyster Creek Nuclear
                  Generating Station Docket No. 50-219
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                 Document Title                     ADAMS Accession No.
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Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station--         ML20140A130.
 Exemption Request from Certain Requirements of
 10 CFR Part 73, Appendix B, ``General Criteria
 for Security Personnel,'' Section VI.
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  Pacific Gas and Electric Company Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel
                  Storage Installation Docket No. 72-27
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                 Document title                     ADAMS Accession No.
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Request for Temporary Exemption from 10 CFR Part  ML20134J007.
 73, Appendix B for the Humboldt Bay Independent
 Spent Fuel Storage Installation.
Issuance of Temporary Exemption from 10 CFR Part  ML20162A061.
 73, Appendix B I.E, II.E, AND IV. for Humboldt
 Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation.
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 Portland General Electric Company Trojan Independent Spent Fuel Storage
                      Installation Docket No. 72-17
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                 Document title                     ADAMS Accession No.
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Request for Temporary Exemption from 10 CFR Part  ML20147A606.
 73, Appendix B, General Criteria for Security
 Personnel.
Issuance of Temporary Exemption from 10 CFR Part  ML20149K418.
 73, Appendix B, Section I.E. for Trojan
 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation.
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  Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company Haddam Neck Plant Independent
      Spent Fuel Storage Installation Docket Nos. 50-213 and 72-39
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                 Document title                     ADAMS Accession No.
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Request for a Temporary Exemption from 10 CFR     ML20143A061.
 73, Appendix B, Section LE and 10 CFR 73.55(r)
 Annual Physical Requalification Requirement.
Issuance of Temporary Exemption from 10 CFR Part  ML20150A335.
 73, Appendix B, Section I.E for Haddam Neck
 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation.
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    Yankee Atomic Electric Company Yankee Rowe Independent Spent Fuel
             Storage Installation Docket Nos. 50-029 & 72-31
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                 Document title                     ADAMS Accession No.
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Request for a Temporary Exemption from 10 CFR     ML20160A040.
 73, Appendix B, Section I.E and Revision 19 of
 the Yankee Rowe Independent Spent Fuel Storage
 Installation Physical Security Plan, Annual
 Physical Qualification Requirement.
Response to Request for Additional Information:   ML20161A191.
 Yankee Atomic Electric Company Temporary
 Exemption for Annual Physicals Requirement.

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Issuance of Temporary Exemptions from 10 CFR      ML20162A128.
 Part 73, Appendix B, Section I.E. for Yankee
 Rowe Independent Spent Fuel Storage
 Installation.
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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: July 8, 2020.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John B. McKirgan,
Chief, Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch, Division of Fuel 
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2020-15046 Filed 7-10-20; 8:45 am]
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