[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.
[FR Doc. 2021-00201 Filed 1-8-21; 8:45 am]
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