[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51389-51390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19824]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-482; 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 August 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 August 25, 2021, the NRC granted one exemption in response to 
a request submitted by one licensee on July 29, 2021, as supplemented 
by letter dated August 12, 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 August 25, 2021, the NRC granted one exemption in response to a 
request submitted by one licensee dated July 29, 2021, as supplemented 
by letter dated August 12, 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), part 50, appendix E, 
``Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Production and Utilization 
Facilities,'' section IV.F, ``Training.''
    The exemption grants Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (for 
Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1), a schedular exemption from the 
offsite biennial emergency preparedness (EP) exercise requirement, 
allowing it to postpone the calendar year 2021 full-participation 
biennial EP exercise until November 30, 2022, or when the required 
exercise is conducted in calendar year 2022, whichever occurs first. 
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 EP exercise. The 
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 EP 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.

        Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1, Docket No. 50-482
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                                                        ADAMS Accession
                 Document description                         No.
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Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation--Docket No.         ML21210A450
 50-482: One-Time Request for Exemption from the
 Biennial Emergency Preparedness, dated July 29, 2021
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation--Docket No.         ML21224A225
 50-482: Supplement to One-Time Request for Exemption
 from the Biennial Emergency Preparedness, dated
 August 12, 2021.....................................
Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1--Temporary             ML21225A024
 Exemption from Requirements of 10 CFR part 50,
 appendix E, sections IV.F.2.B and IV.F.2.C (EPID L-
 2021-LLE-0036 [COVID-19]), dated August 25, 2021....
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    Dated: September 9, 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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