[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2003-2004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00201]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-219; 72-15; 50-293, and 72-1044; NRC-2020-0282]


Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Exemptions; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued two 
exemptions in response to requests from Holtec Decommissioning 
International, LLC. The exemptions afford the licensee temporary relief 
from a certain requirement under NRC regulations. The exemptions are in 
response to the licensee's requests for relief due to the coronavirus 
disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE). The NRC is 
issuing a single notice to announce the issuance of the exemptions.

DATES: The two exemptions were issued on December 16, 2020, in response 
to requests submitted by the licensee on November 20, 2020 and 
supplemented on December 9 and 10, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0282 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-2020-0282. Address 
questions about 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].
     Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request 
to the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 
301-415-4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.
    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: Bruce Watson, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6221, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Introduction

    The NRC issued two exemptions in response to requests from the 
licensee dated November 20, 2020, and supplemented on December 9 and 
10, 2020. The exemptions afford the licensee temporary relief from a 
certain requirement of part 73 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), ``Physical Protection of Plants and Materials.''
    The exemptions from 10 CFR part 73, appendix B, ``General Criteria 
for Security Personnel,'' section VI, ``Nuclear Power Reactor Training 
and Qualification Plan for Personnel Performing Security Program 
Duties,'' subsection VI.C.3(I)(1) for Holtec Decommissioning 
International, LLC (for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station and 
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station), will help to ensure that these 
regulatory requirements do not unduly limit licensee flexibility in 
using personnel resources in a manner that most effectively manages the 
impacts of the COVID-19 PHE on maintaining the required security 
posture at the facilities, while performing decommissioning activities 
and the implementation of the licensees' NRC approved security plans, 
protective strategy, and implementing procedures. The licensee has 
committed to certain security measures to ensure response readiness and 
for their security personnel to maintain performance capability.
    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/materials/storage.html and 
https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/covid-19/materials/decommissioning.html.

II. Availability of Documents

    The following table provides the facility name, docket number, 
document description, and ADAMS accession numbers for documents related 
to each exemption issued. Additional details on each exemption issued, 
including the exemption request submitted by the respective licensee 
and the NRC's decision, are provided in each exemption approval listed 
in the tables. For additional directions on accessing information in 
ADAMS, see the ADDRESSES section of this document.

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              Document description                  ADAMS accession No.
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               Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC.
                 Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station
                      Docket Nos. 50-219 and 72-15
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Request for a One-Time Exemption from 10 CFR      Non-public, withheld
 part 73, appendix B, section VI, subsection       under 10 CFR 2.390.
 C.3.(I)(1) Regarding Annual Force-on-Force
 (FOF) Exercises, Due to COVID 19 Pandemic.
Response to Request for Additional Information    ML20345A146.
 on Request for a One-Time Exemption from 10 CFR
 part 73, appendix B, section VI, subsection
 C.3.(I)(1) Regarding Annual Force-on-Force
 (FOF) Exercises, Due to COVID 19 Pandemic,
 dated December 9, 2020.
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station--         ML20345A291.
 Exemption from Annual Force-on-Force Exercise
 Requirement of 10 CFR part 73, appendix B,
 ``General Criteria for Security Personnel,''
 section VI.C.3.(l)(1), dated December 16, 2020.
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               Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC.
                      Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station
                     Docket Nos. 50-293 and 72-1044
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Request for a One-Time Exemption from 10 CFR      Non-public, withheld
 part 73, appendix B, section VI, subsection       under 10 CFR 2.390.
 C.3.(I)(1) Regarding Annual Force-on-Force
 (FOF) Exercises, Due to COVID 19 Pandemic.
Supplemental Information to Support Request for   ML20345A199.
 a One-Time Exemption from 10 CFR part 73,
 appendix B, section VI, subsection C.3.(I)(1)
 Regarding Annual Force-on-Force (FOF)
 Exercises, Due to COVID 19 Pandemic, dated
 December 10, 2020.
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station--Exemption from     ML20345A324.
 Annual Force-on-Force Exercise Requirement of
 10 CFR part 73, appendix B, ``General Criteria
 for Security Personnel,'' section
 VI.C.3.(l)(1), dated December 16, 2020.
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    Dated: January 5, 2021.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bruce Watson,
Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Division of Decommissioning, 
Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards.
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