[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44059-44060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17105]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-341; NRC-2020-0110]
Issuance of Exemption in Response to COVID-19 Public Health
Emergency
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Exemption; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued one
exemption in June 2021 in response to a request from one licensee for
relief due to the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) public health
emergency (PHE). The exemption affords the licensee temporary relief
from certain requirements under NRC regulations.
DATES: On June 17, 2021, the NRC granted one exemption in response to a
request submitted by one licensee on May 17, 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]. For the convenience of the reader,
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request
for copies of documents 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.
(ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
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
On June 17, 2021, the NRC granted one exemption in response to a
request submitted by one licensee dated May 17, 2021. The exemption
temporarily allows the licensee to deviate from certain requirements of
chapter I of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
appendix E, ``Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Production and
Utilization Facilities,'' section IV.F., ``Training.''
The exemption grants DTE Electric Company (for Fermi, Unit 2), a
schedular exemption from the offsite biennial emergency preparedness
exercise requirement, allowing it to postpone the calendar year 2020
full-participation biennial emergency preparedness (EP) exercise until
the end of calendar year 2021. The exemption affords this licensee
temporary relief from the requirements of 10 CFR part 50, appendix E,
regarding offsite response organization (ORO) participation in the
biennial emergency preparedness exercise. The exemption will not
adversely affect the emergency response capability of the facility
because the licensee has conducted numerous drills, exercises, and
other
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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 therein.
The table in this notice provides 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 table in this notice provides the facility name, docket number,
document description, and ADAMS accession number for the exemption
issued. Additional details on the exemption issued, including the
exemption request submitted by the licensee and the NRC's decision, are
provided in the exemption approval listed in the table in this notice.
For additional directions on accessing information in ADAMS, see the
ADDRESSES section of this document.
Fermi, Unit 2
[Docket No. 50-341]
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ADAMS
Document Description Accession No.
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Fermi, Unit 2--Request for Exemption from 10 CFR part ML21137A234
50, appendix E, Biennial Emergency Preparedness
Exercise Requirements due to the COVID-19 Pandemic,
dated May 17, 2021.....................................
Fermi, Unit 2--Temporary Exemption from Biennial ML21159A054
Emergency Preparedness Exercise Frequency Requirements
of 10 CFR part 50, appendix E, sections IV.F.2.B and
IV.F.2.C (EPID L-2021-LLE-0029 [COVID-19]), dated June
17, 2021...............................................
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Dated: August 6, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James G. Danna,
Chief, Plant Licensing Branch I, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2021-17105 Filed 8-10-21; 8:45 am]
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