[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28157-28158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10923]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-461, 50-346, 50-341, 50-352, and 50-353; 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 four 
exemptions in response to requests from three licensees. The exemptions 
afford these licensees temporary relief from certain requirements under 
NRC regulations. The exemptions are in response to the licensees' 
requests for relief due to the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) 
public health emergency (PHE). The NRC is issuing a single notice to 
announce the issuance of the exemptions.

DATES: During the period from April 6, 2021, to April 29, 2021, the NRC 
granted four exemptions in response to requests submitted by three 
licensees from March 4, 2021, to April 20, 2021.

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 Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; 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: 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

    During the period from April 6, 2021, to April 29, 2021, the NRC 
granted four exemptions in response to requests submitted by three 
licensees from March 4, 2021, to April 20, 2021. These exemptions 
temporarily allow the licensees to deviate from certain requirements 
(as cited in this notice) of various parts of chapter I of title 10 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR).
    The exemptions from certain requirements of 10 CFR part 26, 
``Fitness for Duty Programs,'' for DTE Electric Company (for Fermi, 
Unit 2), and Exelon Generation Company, LLC (for Clinton Power Station, 
Unit 1 and Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2), afford these 
licensees temporary relief from the work-hour control requirements 
under 10 CFR 26.205(d)(1) through (d)(7). The exemptions from 10 CFR 
26.205(d)(1) through (d)(7) ensure that the control of work hours and 
management of worker fatigue does 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, these licensees have 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). These licensees have committed 
to effecting site-specific COVID-19 PHE fatigue-management controls for 
personnel specified in 10 CFR 26.4(a).
    The exemption from certain requirements of 10 CFR part 50, appendix 
E, ``Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Production and Utilization 
Facilities,'' section IV.F., ``Training,'' for Energy Harbor Nuclear 
Corp. (for Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1), grants a 
temporary exemption from the offsite biennial emergency preparedness 
exercise requirement. The exemption affords this licensee temporary 
relief from the requirements of 10 CFR part 50, appendix E, regarding 
the requirement offsite response organization (ORO) participation in 
the biennial emergency preparedness exercise for calendar year 2021. 
This exemption will not adversely affect the emergency response 
capability of the facility because the licensee has conducted numerous 
drills, exercises, and other training activities that have exercised 
the licensee's emergency response strategies since the last evaluated 
biennial emergency preparedness exercise and that State, county and 
local OROs have participated.
    The NRC is providing compiled tables of exemptions using a single 
Federal Register notice for COVID-19 related exemptions instead of 
issuing individual Federal Register notices for each exemption. The 
compiled tables in this notice provide transparency regarding the 
number and type of exemptions the NRC has issued. Additionally, the NRC 
publishes tables of approved regulatory 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 tables in this notice provide the facility name, docket number, 
document description, and ADAMS accession number for 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 
in this notice. For additional directions on accessing information in 
ADAMS, see the ADDRESSES section of this document.

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                      Clinton Power Station, Unit 1
                           [Docket No. 50-461]
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             Document description                 ADAMS accession No.
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Clinton Power Station, Unit 1--COVID-19        ML21111A004
 Related Request for Exemption from 10 CFR
 part 26 Work Hours Requirements, dated April
 20, 2021.
Clinton Power Station, Unit 1--Exemption from  ML21112A007
 Specific Requirements of 10 CFR part 26
 (EPID L-2021-LLE-0067 [COVID-19]), dated
 April 29, 2021.
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                Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1
                           [Docket No. 50-346]
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             Document description                 ADAMS accession No.
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Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1--    ML21074A367
 Request for One-Time Exemption from 10 CFR
 part 50, appendix E, Biennial Emergency
 Preparedness Exercise Requirements due to
 COVID-19 Pandemic, dated March 15, 2021.
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1--    ML21098A180
 Temporary Exemption from Certain Biennial
 Emergency Preparedness Exercise Requirements
 of 10 CFR part 50, appendix E, section IV.F
 (EPID L-2021-LLE-0018 [COVID-19]), dated
 April 19, 2021.
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                              Fermi, Unit 2
                           [Docket No. 50-341]
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             Document description                 ADAMS accession No.
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Fermi, Unit 2--Work Hour Limits Exemption      ML21109A136
 Request due to COVID-19, dated April 19,
 2021.
Fermi, Unit 2--Exemption from Select           ML21109A374
 Requirements of 10 CFR part 26 (EPID L-2021-
 LLE-0025 [COVID-19]), dated April 22, 2021.
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               Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2
                     [Docket Nos. 50-352 and 50-353]
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             Document description                 ADAMS accession No.
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Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2--   ML21064A002
 COVID-19 Related Request for Exemption from
 10 CFR part 26 Work Hours Requirements,
 dated March 4, 2021.
Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2--   ML21078A050
 Exemption from Specific Requirements of 10
 CFR part 26 (EPID L-2021-LLE-0017 [COVID-
 19]), dated April 6, 2021.
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    Dated: May 19, 2021.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James G. Danna,
Chief, Plant Licensing Branch I, Division of Operating Reactor 
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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