[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29599-29600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11528]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. STN 50-456, STN 50-457, 72-73, STN 50-454, STN 50-455, 72-
68, 50-317, 50-318, 72-8, 50-461, 72-1046, 50-10, 50-237, 50-249, 72-
37, 50-333, 72-12, 50-373, 50-374, 72-70, 50-352, 50-353, 72-65, 50-
220, 50-410, 72-1036, 50-171, 50-277, 50-278, 72-29, 50-254, 50-265, 
72-53, 50-244, 72-67, 50-272, 50-311, 72-48, 50-289, 72-77, 50-295, 50-
304, and 72-1037; NRC-2021-0099]


Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2; Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 
2; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2; Clinton Power 
Station, Unit No. 1; Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 1, 2, and 3; 
James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant; LaSalle County Station, Units 
1 and 2; Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2; Nine Mile Point 
Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, 
Units 1, 2, and 3; Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2; R. 
E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant; Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 
Nos. 1 and 2; Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Zion Nuclear 
Power Station, Units 1 and 2; and the Associated Independent Spent Fuel 
Storage Installations; Consideration of Approval of Transfer of 
Licenses and Conforming Amendments

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Application for indirect transfer of licenses; opportunity to 
comment, request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene; 
extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On May 3, 2021, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, 
the Commission) solicited comments on an application for indirect 
transfer of licenses in the Federal Register. The public comment period 
was originally scheduled to close on June 2, 2021. The NRC has decided 
to extend the public comment period until June 23, 2021, to allow more 
time for members of the public to develop and submit their comments.

DATES: The due date for comments requested in the document published on 
May 3, 2021 (86 FR 23437), is extended. Comments should be filed no 
later than June 23, 2021. Comments received after this date will be 
considered, if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to 
ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; 
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking website:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0099. 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.
     Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do not 
receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact us at 
301-415-1677.
     Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission at 301-415-1101.
     Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blake A. Purnell, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1380; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0099 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0099.
     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]. The ADAMS accession number for each 
document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first 
time that it is mentioned in this document.
     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.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2021-0099 in your comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at 
https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions 
into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    On May 3, 2021, the NRC solicited comments on an application dated 
February 25, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21057A273), as supplemented by 
letter dated March 25, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21084A165), filed by 
Exelon Generation Company, LLC (EGC), on behalf of itself and Exelon 
Corporation; Exelon FitzPatrick, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, 
LLC; R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC; and Calvert Cliffs Nuclear 
Power Plant, LLC. The application is seeking NRC approval of the 
indirect transfer of control of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. 
NPF-72 and NPF-77 for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, respectively; 
Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-37 and NPF-66 for Byron 
Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, respectively; Renewed Facility Operating 
License Nos. DPR-53 and DPR-69 for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant 
(Calvert Cliffs), Units 1 and 2, respectively; Facility Operating 
License No. NPF-62 for Clinton Power Station,

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Unit No. 1; Facility Operating License No. DPR-2 and Renewed Facility 
Operating License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25 for Dresden Nuclear Power 
Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, respectively; Renewed Facility Operating 
License No. DPR-59 for James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant 
(FitzPatrick); Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-
18 for LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2, respectively; Renewed 
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-39 and NPF-85 for Limerick 
Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, respectively; Renewed Facility 
Operating License Nos. DPR-63 and NPF-69 for Nine Mile Point Nuclear 
Station (NMP), Units 1 and 2, respectively; Facility Operating License 
No. DPR-12 and Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-
44 and DPR-56 for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, 
respectively; Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-29 and DPR-30 
for Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, respectively; 
Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-18 for R. E. Ginna Nuclear 
Power Plant (Ginna); Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-70 and 
DPR-75 for Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, 
respectively; Renewed Facility License No. DPR-50 for Three Mile Island 
Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-39 and 
DPR-48 for Zion Nuclear Power Station (Zion), Units 1 and 2, 
respectively; Renewed Materials License No. SNM-2505 for the 
independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) at Calvert Cliffs; 
and the general licenses for the ISFSIs at the other sites 
(collectively, the licenses). These reactor units and associated ISFSIs 
are collectively referred to as the facilities. The NRC is also 
considering amending the licenses for administrative purposes to 
reflect the proposed transfer.
    The application, as supplemented, requests that the NRC consent to 
the indirect transfer of control of the licenses to support a proposed 
transaction in which Exelon Corporation will transfer its 100 percent 
ownership of EGC to a newly created subsidiary that will then be spun 
off to Exelon Corporation shareholders, becoming EGC's new ultimate 
parent company. Once the spin transaction is completed, the new 
ultimate parent company, EGC, and its subsidiaries will no longer be 
affiliated with Exelon Corporation. EGC will remain the same 
Pennsylvania limited liability company as before the proposed 
transaction and will continue to own and/or operate the facilities, as 
applicable, and hold the licenses, but it will be renamed and 
reorganized. The name of the new ultimate parent company and the 
renamed EGC are yet to be determined; therefore, the application refers 
to these companies as HoldCo and SpinCo, respectively. The application 
also requests that the NRC consent to the indirect transfer of control 
of the licenses for the FitzPatrick, NMP, and Ginna facilities (i.e., 
the reactor units and associated ISFSIs) to support the reorganization 
of EGC.
    The application, as supplemented, also requests NRC approval to 
replace existing nuclear operating services agreements and financial 
support agreements associated with the ownership and operation of the 
Calvert Cliffs, NMP, Ginna, and FitzPatrick facilities. The application 
requests NRC approval to transfer the qualified and non-qualified 
trusts for FitzPatrick from Exelon Generation Consolidation, LLC (a 
subsidiary of EGC) to New FitzPatrick, LLC. Pursuant to section 50.90 
of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the application, as 
supplemented, requests amendments to the Calvert Cliffs, Units 1 and 2; 
NMP, Units 1 and 2; and Ginna licenses to delete conditions referencing 
the Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC (a subsidiary of EGC at the 
time of the proposed transaction) Board and its operating agreement to 
reflect the internal reorganization of EGC described in the 
application.
    By order dated November 26, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19228A130), 
as modified by orders dated October 21, 2020, and May 12, 2021 (ADAMS 
Accession Nos. ML20259A469 and ML21110A606, respectively), the NRC 
authorized the direct transfer of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-
39 and DPR-48 for Zion, Units 1 and 2, respectively, and the generally 
licensed Zion ISFSI from ZionSolutions, LLC to EGC. According to the 
February 25, 2021, application, the Zion license transfer will be 
completed prior to the spin transaction.
    The public comment period on this action was originally scheduled 
to close on June 2, 2021. The NRC has decided to extend the public 
comment period until June 23, 2021, to allow more time for members of 
the public to develop and submit their comments. Separately, by order 
dated May 24, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21144A125), the Acting 
Secretary of the Commission extended the time for filing hearing 
requests and petitions to intervene on this action until June 14, 2021.

    Dated: May 26, 2021.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Blake A. Purnell,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III, Division of Operating 
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2021-11528 Filed 6-1-21; 8:45 am]
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