[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36776-36785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14642]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2021-0136]
Monthly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards
Considerations
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Monthly notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 189.a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) is publishing this regular monthly notice. The Act requires the
Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to
be issued, and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make
immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined
license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that
such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration (NSHC),
notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a
hearing from any person. This monthly notice includes all amendments
issued, or proposed to be
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issued, from May 27, 2021, to June 24, 2021. The last monthly notice
was published on June 15, 2021.
DATES: Comments must be filed by August 12, 2021. A request for a
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by September
13, 2021.
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-2021-0136. 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.
Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing 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: Paula Blechman, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-2242, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0136, facility name, unit
number(s), docket number(s), application date, and subject 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-2021-0136.
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-2021-0136, facility name, unit number(s), docket
number(s), application date, and subject, 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. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility
Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses and Proposed No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination
For the facility-specific amendment requests shown below, the
Commission finds that the licensees' analyses provided, consistent with
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) section 50.91, are
sufficient to support the proposed determinations that these amendment
requests involve NSHC. Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR
50.92, operation of the facilities in accordance with the proposed
amendments would not (1) involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2)
create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any
accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction
in a margin of safety.
The Commission is seeking public comments on these proposed
determinations. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be considered in making any final
determinations.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendments until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue any of these license amendments before expiration
of the 60-day period provided that its final determination is that the
amendment involves NSHC. In addition, the Commission may issue any of
these amendments prior to the expiration of the 30-day comment period
if circumstances change during the 30-day comment period such that
failure to act in a timely way would result, for example in derating or
shutdown of the facility. If the Commission takes action on any of
these amendments prior to the expiration of either the comment period
or the notice period, it will publish in the Federal Register a notice
of issuance. If the Commission makes a final NSHC determination for any
of these amendments, any hearing will take place after issuance. The
Commission expects that the need to take action on any amendment before
60 days have elapsed will occur very infrequently.
A. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any
persons (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by any of these
actions may file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to
intervene (petition) with respect to that action. Petitions shall be
filed in accordance with the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice
and Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult a
current copy of 10 CFR 2.309. The NRC's regulations are accessible
electronically from the NRC Library on the NRC's website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. If a petition is filed,
the Commission or a presiding officer will rule on the petition and, if
appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be issued.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d) the petition should specifically
explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with
particular reference to the following general requirements for
standing: (1) The name, address, and
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telephone number of the petitioner; (2) the nature of the petitioner's
right to be made a party to the proceeding; (3) the nature and extent
of the petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the
proceeding; and (4) the possible effect of any decision or order which
may be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f), the petition must also set
forth the specific contentions that the petitioner seeks to have
litigated in the proceeding. Each contention must consist of a specific
statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In
addition, the petitioner must provide a brief explanation of the bases
for the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or
expert opinion that support the contention and on which the petitioner
intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The
petitioner must also provide references to the specific sources and
documents on which the petitioner intends to rely to support its
position on the issue. The petition must include sufficient information
to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant or licensee on
a material issue of law or fact. Contentions must be limited to matters
within the scope of the proceeding. The contention must be one that, if
proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief. A petitioner who fails
to satisfy the requirements at 10 CFR 2.309(f) with respect to at least
one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding,
subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene.
Parties have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing with respect to resolution of that party's admitted
contentions, including the opportunity to present evidence, consistent
with the NRC's regulations, policies, and procedures.
Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of
publication of this notice. Petitions and motions for leave to file new
or amended contentions that are filed after the deadline will not be
entertained absent a determination by the presiding officer that the
filing demonstrates good cause by satisfying the three factors in 10
CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i) through (iii). The petition must be filed in
accordance with the filing instructions in the ``Electronic Submissions
(E-Filing)'' section of this document.
If a hearing is requested, and the Commission has not made a final
determination on the issue of NSHC, the Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of NSHC. The final determination will serve
to establish when the hearing is held. If the final determination is
that the amendment request involves NSHC, the Commission may issue the
amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the
request for a hearing. Any hearing would take place after issuance of
the amendment. If the final determination is that the amendment request
involves a significant hazards consideration, then any hearing held
would take place before the issuance of the amendment unless the
Commission finds an imminent danger to the health or safety of the
public, in which case it will issue an appropriate order or rule under
10 CFR part 2.
A State, local governmental body, Federally recognized Indian
Tribe, or agency thereof, may submit a petition to the Commission to
participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition should
state the nature and extent of the petitioner's interest in the
proceeding. The petition should be submitted to the Commission no later
than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice. The petition
must be filed in accordance with the filing instructions in the
``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)'' section of this document, and
should meet the requirements for petitions set forth in this section,
except that under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(2) a State, local governmental body,
or Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof does not need
to address the standing requirements in 10 CFR 2.309(d) if the facility
is located within its boundaries. Alternatively, a State, local
governmental body, Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof
may participate as a non-party under 10 CFR 2.315(c).
If a petition is submitted, any person who is not a party to the
proceeding and is not affiliated with or represented by a party may, at
the discretion of the presiding officer, be permitted to make a limited
appearance pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person
making a limited appearance may make an oral or written statement of
his or her position on the issues but may not otherwise participate in
the proceeding. A limited appearance may be made at any session of the
hearing or at any prehearing conference, subject to the limits and
conditions as may be imposed by the presiding officer. Details
regarding the opportunity to make a limited appearance will be provided
by the presiding officer if such sessions are scheduled.
B. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings including
documents filed by an interested State, local governmental body,
Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or designated agency thereof that
requests to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302. The E-Filing process requires
participants to submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the
internet, or in some cases, to mail copies on electronic storage media,
unless an exemption permitting an alternative filing method, as
discussed below, is granted. Detailed guidance on electronic
submissions is located in the Guidance for Electronic Submissions to
the NRC (ADAMS Accession No. ML13031A056) and on the NRC website at
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital identification (ID)
certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition or
other adjudicatory document (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-
issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the
Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the proceeding if the
Secretary has not already established an electronic docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html. After a digital ID certificate is
obtained and a docket created, the participant must submit adjudicatory
documents in Portable Document Format. Guidance on submissions is
available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A filing is considered complete at the
time the document is submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be
timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system
no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system timestamps the document and sends
the submitter an email
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confirming receipt of the document. The E-Filing system also
distributes an email that provides access to the document to the NRC's
Office of the General Counsel and any others who have advised the
Office of the Secretary that they wish to participate in the
proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the document on those
participants separately. Therefore, applicants and other participants
(or their counsel or representative) must apply for and receive a
digital ID certificate before adjudicatory documents are filed to
obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC's Electronic
Filing Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's
public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by
email to [email protected], or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672-
7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, excluding government
holidays.
Participants who believe that they have good cause for not
submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request, in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing
stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR
2.302(b)-(d). Participants filing adjudicatory documents in this manner
are responsible for serving their documents on all other participants.
Participants granted an exemption under 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) must still
meet the electronic formatting requirement in 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1),
unless the participant also seeks and is granted an exemption from 10
CFR 2.302(g)(1).
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the
NRC's electronic hearing docket, which is publicly available at https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
presiding officer. If you do not have an NRC-issued digital ID
certificate as described above, click ``cancel'' when the link requests
certificates and you will be automatically directed to the NRC's
electronic hearing dockets where you will be able to access any
publicly available documents in a particular hearing docket.
Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information
such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone
numbers in their filings unless an NRC regulation or other law requires
submission of such information. With respect to copyrighted works,
except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory
filings and would constitute a Fair Use application, participants
should not include copyrighted materials in their submission.
The table below provides the plant name, docket number, date of
application, ADAMS accession number, and location in the application of
the licensees' proposed NSHC determinations. For further details with
respect to these license amendment applications, see the applications
for amendment, which are available for public inspection in ADAMS. For
additional direction on accessing information related to this document,
see the ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' section of
this document.
License Amendment Request(s)
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Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station,
Unit 1, Fairfield County, SC
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-395.
Application date.................. May 27, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21147A377.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 1-2 of Attachment 4.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would revise
the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear
Station, Unit 1, Technical
Specification 6.3, ``Unit Staff
Qualifications,'' by relocating the
unit staff qualifications to the
Dominion Energy Nuclear Facility
Quality Assurance Program
Description consistent with
guidance contained in the NRC
Administrative Letter (AL) 95-06,
``Relocation of Technical
Specification Administrative
Controls to Quality Assurance.''
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, W. S. Blair, Senior Counsel,
Mailing Address. Dominion Resource Services, Inc.,
120 Tredegar St., RS-2, Richmond,
VA 23219.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Stephanie Devlin-Gill, 301-415-5301.
Number.
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Energy Northwest; Columbia Generating Station; Benton County, WA
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-397.
Application date.................. April 28, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21118A812.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 9-10 of Enclosure 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would remove
License Condition (LC) 2.C.(34) and
revise LC 2.C.(35) for Columbia
Generating Station (Columbia). LC
2.C.(34) is no longer applicable as
the Columbia Final Safety Analysis
Report has been updated to include
the License Renewal (LR)
commitments set forth in NUREG-
2123, ``Safety Evaluation Report
Related to the License Renewal of
Columbia Generating Station,''
published May 2012. The revision to
LC 2.C.(35) would clarify that
future changes to the LR
commitments, as dictated by
operating experience, would be made
under the provisions of 10 CFR
50.59, ``Changes, tests, and
experiments.''
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Kathleen Galioto, Assistant General
Mailing Address. Counsel, Energy Northwest, MD PE13,
P.O. Box 968, Richland, WA 99352.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Mahesh Chawla, 301-415-8371.
Number.
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Energy Northwest; Columbia Generating Station; Benton County, WA
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-397.
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Application date.................. May 8, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21130A573.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 3-4 of Enclosure 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would alter
Surveillance Requirement (SR)
3.3.1.1.2 of Technical
Specification (TS) 3.3.1.1,
``Reactor Protection System (RPS)
Instrumentation.'' This proposed
change would revise the SR to
verify that calculated (i.e.,
calorimetric heat balance) power is
no more than 2 percent greater than
the average power range monitor
(APRM) channel output. The SR
requires the APRM channel to be
adjusted such that calibrated power
is no more than 2 percent greater
than the APRM indicated power when
operating at greater than or equal
to 25 percent of rated thermal
power. The proposed change is
consistent with Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-546, Revision 0,
``Revise APRM Channel Adjustment
Surveillance Requirement.''
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Kathleen Galioto, Assistant General
Mailing Address. Counsel, Energy Northwest, MD PE13,
P.O. Box 968, Richland, WA 99352.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Mahesh Chawla, 301-415-8371.
Number.
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Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; St.
Charles Parish, LA
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-382.
Application date.................. May 28, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21148A104.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 4-5 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would revise
the technical specifications (TSs)
in accordance with Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-563, Revision 0,
``Revise Instrument Testing
Definitions to Incorporate the
Surveillance Frequency Control
Program,'' dated May 10, 2017
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17130A819).
TSTF-563 revises the TS definitions
of Channel Calibration and Channel
Functional Test, which currently
permit performance by any series of
sequential, overlapping, or total
channel steps, to allow the
required frequency for testing the
components or devices in each step
to be determined in accordance with
the TS Surveillance Frequency
Control Program. The NRC issued a
final safety evaluation approving
TSTF-563, Revision 0, on December
4, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML18333A152).
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Anna Vinson Jones, Senior Counsel,
Mailing Address. Entergy Services, Inc., 101
Constitution Avenue NW, Suite 200
East, Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Perry Buckberg, 301-415-1383.
Number.
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Exelon FitzPatrick, LLC and Exelon Generation Company, LLC; James A
FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant; Oswego County, NY,
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-333.
Application date.................. April 16, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21109A113.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 5-7 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would revise
certain technical specification
(TS) requirements related to the
reactor pressure vessel (RPV) water
inventory control (WIC) for James
A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant.
The proposed changes are based on
Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-582, Revision
0, ``RPV WIC Enhancements'' (ADAMS
Accession No. ML19240A260). The
proposed changes also include other
administrative changes to the TSs.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Donald P. Ferraro, Assistant General
Mailing Address. Counsel, Exelon Generation Company,
LLC, 200 Exelon Way, Suite 305,
Kennett Square, PA 19348.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Justin Poole, 301-415-2048.
Number.
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Nebraska Public Power District; Cooper Nuclear Station; Nemaha County,
NE
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-298.
Application date.................. May 11, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21132A062.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 7-9 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would adopt
Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-582, ``RPV WIC
[Reactor Pressure Vessel Water
Inventory Control] Enhancements,''
at the Cooper Nuclear Station. The
Technical Specifications related to
RPV WIC would be revised to
incorporate operating experience
and to correct errors and omissions
in TSTF-542, Revision 2, ``Reactor
Pressure Vessel Water Inventory
Control.''
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, John C. McClure, Nebraska Public
Mailing Address. Power District, P.O. Box 499,
Columbus, NE 68602-0499.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Thomas Wengert, 301-415-4037.
Number.
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Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC and Exelon Generation Company, LLC;
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 2; Oswego County, NY
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-410.
Application date.................. May 26, 2021.
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ADAMS Accession No................ ML21146A045.
Location in Application of NSHC... Attachment 1, pages 4-6.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would revise
Technical Specification (TS) 3.8.3,
``Diesel Fuel Oil, Lube Oil, and
Starting Air,'' by relocating the
current stored diesel fuel oil and
lube oil numerical volume
requirements from the TS to a
licensee controlled document. The
TS would be modified so that the
stored diesel fuel oil and lube oil
inventory will require that a 7-day
supply be available for each diesel
generator. Condition A and
Condition B in the Action table for
TS 3.8.3 and Surveillance
Requirements 3.8.3.1 and 3.8.3.2
would be revised to reflect the
above change.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Tamra Domeyer, Associate General
Mailing Address. Counsel, Exelon Generation Company,
LLC, 4300 Winfield Road,
Warrenville, IL 60555.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Michael Marshall, 301-415-2871.
Number.
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PSEG Nuclear LLC; Hope Creek Generating Station; Salem County, NJ
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-354.
Application date.................. May 7, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21127A085.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 10-11 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would revise
Technical Specification 3/4.7.1.3,
``Ultimate Heat Sink'' (UHS), to
modify the limiting condition for
operation river temperature,
increase the temperature in the
action statement for opening the
emergency discharge valves, add a
new 72-hour allowed outage time for
one station service water system
pump or one safety auxiliary
cooling system pump or one
emergency diesel generator
inoperable with UHS temperature
above 88 degrees Fahrenheit, and
revise the UHS average temperature
limit and maximum temperature.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Steven Fleischer, PSEG Services
Mailing Address. Corporation, 80 Park Plaza, T-5,
Newark, NJ 07102.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone James Kim, 301-415-4125.
Number.
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Edwin I Hatch Nuclear Plant,
Units 1 and 2; Appling County, GA; Southern Nuclear Operating Company,
Inc.; Joseph M Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Houston County, AL;
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke County, GA
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-321, 50-348, 50-364, 50-366, 50-
424, 50-425.
Application date.................. June 22, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21173A064.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages E-2 through E-4 of the
Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendments would revise
the technical specifications to
remove the table of contents from
the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant,
Units 1 and 2; Edwin I. Hatch
Nuclear Plant (Hatch), Units, 1 and
2; and Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 1 and 2, as well as
remove the effective page list from
the Hatch, Units 1 and 2, technical
specifications, to be put under the
licensee's control.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Millicent Ronnlund, Vice President
Mailing Address. and General Counsel, Southern
Nuclear Operating Co., Inc., P. O.
Box 1295, Birmingham, AL 35201-
1295.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone John Lamb, 301-415-3100.
Number.
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2; Rhea
County, TN
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-391.
Application date.................. March 11, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21070A432.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages E-5-E-7 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendments would delete
Watts Bar, Unit 2, technical
specification (TS) requirements
that will no longer apply following
installation of the replacement
steam generators (SGs) including:
the F* SG tube inspection
methodology, the voltage-based
alternate repair criteria SG tube
inspection methodology, and the
provision allowing the use of SG
tube sleeving as an SG tube repair
methodology. The proposed amendment
would also revise TS 5.7.2.12.d.2
to reflect the Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-510, ``Revision to
Steam Generator Program Inspection
Frequencies and Tube Sample
Selection,'' Revision 2, TS
requirements for Alloy 690
thermally treated tubing that will
apply to the replacement SGs.
Lastly, the proposed amendment
would revise Facility Operating
License Condition 2.C.(4) to delete
the reference to PAD4TCD, which
will not apply to the replacement
SGs.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, David Fountain, Executive VP and
Mailing Address. General Counsel, Tennessee Valley
Authority, 400 West Summit Hill
Drive, WT 6A, Knoxville, TN 37902.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Kimberly Green, 301-415-1627.
Number.
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III. Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses
and Combined Licenses
During the period since publication of the last monthly notice, the
Commission has issued the following amendments. The Commission has
determined for each of these amendments that the application complies
with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. The
Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the
Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR chapter I, which are set
forth in the license amendment.
A notice of consideration of issuance of amendment to facility
operating license or combined license, as applicable, proposed NSHC
determination, and opportunity for a hearing in connection with these
actions, was published in the Federal Register as indicated in the
safety evaluation for each amendment.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that
these amendments satisfy the criteria for categorical exclusion in
accordance with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b),
no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be
prepared for these amendments. If the Commission has prepared an
environmental assessment under the special circumstances provision in
10 CFR 51.22(b) and has made a determination based on that assessment,
it is so indicated in the safety evaluation for the amendment.
For further details with respect to each action, see the amendment
and associated documents such as the Commission's letter and safety
evaluation, which may be obtained using the ADAMS accession numbers
indicated in the table below. The safety evaluation will provide the
ADAMS accession numbers for the application for amendment and the
Federal Register citation for any environmental assessment. All of
these items can be accessed as described in the ``Obtaining Information
and Submitting Comments'' section of this document.
License Amendment Issuance(s)
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DTE Electric Company; Fermi, Unit 2; Monroe County, MI
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-341.
Amendment Date.................... June 11, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21147A167.
Amendment No(s)................... 221.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendment revised the Fermi 2
technical specifications (TSs) to
adopt Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-563,
Revision 0, ``Revise Instrument
Testing Definitions to Incorporate
the Surveillance Frequency Control
Program.'' Specifically, the
amendment revised TS Section 1.1,
``Definitions,'' to modify
definitions for Channel Calibration
and Channel Functional Test to
allow the frequency for testing the
components and devices in each step
to be determined in accordance with
the TS Surveillance Frequency
Control Program.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; York
County, SC; Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1
and 2; Mecklenburg County, NC
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-413, 50-414, 50-369, 50-370.
Amendment Date.................... June 23, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21131A026.
Amendment No(s)................... Catawba--308 (Unit 1) and 304 (Unit
2); McGuire--318 (Unit 1) and 297
(Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments revised Catawba
Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 and
McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1
and 2 Technical Specification 3.8.1
regarding the emergency diesel
generators to reduce the maximum
steady state voltage specified in
the associated surveillances.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Entergy Louisiana, LLC, and Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend
Station, Unit 1; West Feliciana Parish, LA; Entergy Operations, Inc.,
System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative Energy, A Mississippi
Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi, LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear
Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-416, 50-458.
Amendment Date.................... June 8, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21146A018.
Amendment No(s)................... Grand Gulf--229 and River Bend--207.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments changed the technical
specifications to revise the
current instrumentation testing
definitions of Channel Calibration
and Channel Functional Test to
permit determination of the
appropriate frequency to perform
the surveillance requirement based
on the devices being tested in each
step. The changes are based on
Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-563, Revision
0, ``Revise Instrument Testing
Definitions to Incorporate the
Surveillance Frequency Control
Program.''
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, LLC;
Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No. 2; Westchester County,
NY; Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3,
LLC; Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No. 3; Westchester
County, NY; Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Indian Point Nuclear
Generating Station, Unit No. 1; Westchester County, NY
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-003, 50-247, 50-286.
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Amendment Date.................... May 28, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21126A004.
Amendment No(s)................... 64 (Unit 1), 295 (Unit 2), and 271
(Unit 3).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). On November 23, 2020, the NRC issued
an order approving the transfer of
the licenses for Indian Point from
Entergy to Holtec International
(Holtec) subsidiaries, Holtec
Indian Point 2, LLC and Holtec
Indian Point 3, LLC. The order also
approved the transfer of Entergy
Nuclear Operations, Inc.'s (ENOI)
operating authority for conducting
license activities at the Indian
Point Energy Center to Holtec
Decommissioning International, LLC
(HDI). The order also approved
conforming administrative
amendments to reflect the proposed
transfer and to delete certain
license conditions to reflect the
satisfaction and termination of
certain obligations after the
license transfer. On May 28, 2021,
Entergy and HDI informed the NRC
that the transaction closed on May
28, 2021. Accordingly, the NRC
issued Amendment No. 64 to
Provisional License No. DPR-5,
Amendment No. 295 to Renewed
Facility License No. DPR-26 , and
Amendment No. 271 to Renewed
Facility License No. DPR-64. A copy
of the related Safety Evaluation
(ADAMS Accession No. ML20297A333)
was provided with the Order dated
November 23, 2020, approving the
license transfer and the conforming
amendment.
Public Comments Received as to Yes.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; St.
Charles Parish, LA
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-382.
Amendment Date.................... May 19, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21082A302.
Amendment No(s)................... 259.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendment revised the current
emergency action level scheme to
one based on Nuclear Energy
Institute (NEI) guidance in NEI 99-
01, Revision 6, ``Development of
Emergency Action Levels for Non-
Passive Reactors,'' dated November
2012, which was endorsed by the NRC
in a letter dated March 26, 2013.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2;
LaSalle County, IL
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-373, 50-374.
Amendment Date.................... May 27, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21082A422.
Amendment No(s)................... 249 (Unit 1) and 235 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments modified the
licensing basis by the addition of
a license condition to allow for
the implementation of the
provisions of 10 CFR 50.69, ``Risk-
informed categorization and
treatment of structures, systems
and components for nuclear power
reactors.''
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Humboldt Bay Power Plant Unit 3;
Humboldt County, CA
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-133.
Amendment Date.................... June 24, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21158A123.
Amendment Nos..................... 46.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendment revised the Humboldt
Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 (HBPP)
license by revising License
Condition 2.C.5. This license
condition incorporates the revised
License Termination Plan into the
HBPP license. All other aspects of
the license remain the same.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2; Rhea
County, TN
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-391.
Amendment Date.................... June 17, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21148A100.
Amendment No(s)................... 53.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendment revised Technical
Specification 5.9.6, ``Reactor
Coolant System (RCS) Pressure and
Temperature Limits Report (PTLR),''
to add WCAP-18124-NP-A, Revision 0,
``Fluence Determination with RAPTOR-
M3G and FERRET,'' as a neutron
fluence calculational methodology
for the evaluation of reactor
vessel specimens to support the
determination of reactor coolant
system pressure and temperature
limits.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit
Nos. 1 and 2; Somervell County, TX
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-445, 50-446.
Amendment Date.................... May 19, 2021.
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ADAMS Accession No................ ML21061A217.
Amendment No(s)................... 180 (Unit 1) and 180 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments authorized changes
and clarifications to specific
emergency action levels of the
Emergency Plan, and supporting
bases discussions, for the Comanche
Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos.
1 and 2.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit
Nos. 1 and 2; Somervell County, TX
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-445, 50-446.
Amendment Date.................... June 9, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21132A089.
Amendment No(s)................... 181 (Unit 1) and 181 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments adopted Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-567, Revision 1,
``Containment Sump TS [Technical
Specification] to Address GSI
[Generic Safety Issue]-191
Issues.'' The amendments revised
the TSs to address the condition of
the containment sump made
inoperable due to containment
accident generated and transported
debris exceeding the analyzed
limits.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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IV. Notice of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating Licenses and
Combined Licenses and Final Determination of No Significant Hazards
Consideration and Opportunity for a Hearing (Exigent Circumstances or
Emergency Situation)
Since publication of the last monthly notice, the Commission has
issued the following amendment. The Commission has determined for this
amendment that the application for the amendment complies with the
standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. The Commission
has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the
Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR chapter I, which are set
forth in the license amendment.
Because of exigent circumstances or emergency situation associated
with the date the amendment was needed, there was not time for the
Commission to publish, for public comment before issuance, its usual
notice of consideration of issuance of amendment, proposed NSHC
determination, and opportunity for a hearing.
For exigent circumstances, the Commission has either issued a
Federal Register notice providing opportunity for public comment or has
used local media to provide notice to the public in the area
surrounding a licensee's facility of the licensee's application and of
the Commission's proposed determination of NSHC. The Commission has
provided a reasonable opportunity for the public to comment, using its
best efforts to make available to the public means of communication for
the public to respond quickly, and in the case of telephone comments,
the comments have been recorded or transcribed as appropriate and the
licensee has been informed of the public comments.
In circumstances where failure to act in a timely way would have
resulted, for example, in derating or shutdown of a nuclear power plant
or in prevention of either resumption of operation or of increase in
power output up to the plant's licensed power level, the Commission may
not have had an opportunity to provide for public comment on its NSHC
determination. In such case, the license amendment has been issued
without opportunity for comment prior to issuance. If there has been
some time for public comment but less than 30 days, the Commission may
provide an opportunity for public comment. If comments have been
requested, it is so stated. In either event, the State has been
consulted by telephone whenever possible.
Under its regulations, the Commission may issue and make an
amendment immediately effective, notwithstanding the pendency before it
of a request for a hearing from any person, in advance of the holding
and completion of any required hearing, where it has determined that
NSHC is involved.
The Commission has applied the standards of 10 CFR 50.92 and has
made a final determination that the amendments involve NSHC. The basis
for this determination is contained in the documents related to each
action. Accordingly, the amendment has been issued and made effective
as indicated. For those amendments that have not been previously
noticed in the Federal Register, within 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice, any persons (petitioner) whose interest may
be affected by this action may file a request for a hearing and
petition for leave to intervene (petition) with respect to the action.
Petitions shall be filed in accordance with the guidance concerning the
Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure'' in 10 CFR part
2 as discussed in section II.A of this document.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that the
amendment satisfies the criteria for categorical exclusion in
accordance with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b),
no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be
prepared for this amendment. If the Commission has prepared an
environmental assessment under the special circumstances provision in
10 CFR 51.12(b) and has made a determination based on that assessment,
it is so indicated in the safety evaluation for the amendment.
For further details with respect to these actions, see the
amendment and associated documents such as the Commission's letter and
safety evaluation, which may be obtained using the ADAMS accession
numbers indicated in the table below. The safety evaluation will
provide the ADAMS accession number(s) for the application for amendment
and the Federal Register citation for any environmental assessment. All
of these items can be accessed as described in the ``Obtaining
Information and Submitting Comments'' section of this document.
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License Amendment Issuance(s)--Exigent/Emergency Circumstances
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Exelon FitzPatrick, LLC and Exelon Generation Company, LLC; James A
FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant; Oswego County, NY
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-333.
Amendment Date.................... June 14, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21162A042.
Amendment No(s)................... 342.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendment modified Technical
Specification (TS) 3.5.1, ``ECCS
[Emergency Core Cooling System]--
Operating,'' Condition A; TS
3.6.4.1, ``Secondary Containment,''
Condition A; and TS 3.6.1.9
Residual Heat Removal (RHR)
Containment Spray System,'' as well
as certain Surveillance
Requirements to support emergent
repair of the ``A'' RHR pump motor.
Specifically, the amendment revised
the completion time from 7 days to
34 days for the ``A'' RHR pump, the
completion time from 4 hours to 30
hours for restoring secondary
containment, and the completion
time from 7 days to 27 days for
restoring one containment spray
subsystem to operable status.
Additionally, the amendment allowed
extending the completion of several
surveillance requirements of
equipment being protected during
the replacement of the ``A'' RHR
pump motor.
Local Media Notice (Yes/No)....... No.
Public Comments Requested as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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V. Previously Published Notice of Consideration of Issuance of
Amendment to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses,
Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and
Opportunity for a Hearing
The following notice was previously published as separate
individual notice. It was published as an individual notice either
because time did not allow the Commission to wait for this monthly
notice or because the action involved exigent circumstances. It is
repeated here because the monthly notice lists all amendments issued or
proposed to be issued involving NSHC.
For details, including the applicable notice period, see the
individual notice in the Federal Register on the day and page cited.
License Amendment Request(s)--Repeat of Individual Federal Register
Notice
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2; Will
County, IL
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-456, 50-457.
Application Date.................. May 27, 2021.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML21147A543.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would revise
Technical Specification
Surveillance Requirement 3.7.9.2 to
allow an ultimate heat sink
temperature of less than or equal
to 102.8 degrees Fahrenheit through
September 30, 2021.
Date & Cite of Federal Register June 10, 2021 (86 FR 30991).
Individual Notice.
Expiration Dates for Public July 12, 2021 (Public Comments);
Comments & Hearing Requests. August 9, 2021 (Hearing Requests).
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Dated: July 3, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity,
Acting Deputy, Director, Division of Operating Reactor, Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2021-14642 Filed 7-12-21; 8:45 am]
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