[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59200-59201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23315]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-244; 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 September 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 September 28, 2021, the NRC granted one exemption in response 
to a request submitted by one licensee on September 21, 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

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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 September 28, 2021, the NRC granted one exemption in response to 
a request submitted by one licensee dated September 21, 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 26, ``Fitness for Duty Programs,'' section 
26.205, ``Work hours.''
    The exemption from certain requirements of 10 CFR part 26 for 
Exelon Generation Company, LLC (for R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant), 
affords this licensee temporary relief from the work-hour control 
requirements under 10 CFR 26.205(d)(1) through (d)(7). The exemption 
from 10 CFR 26.205(d)(1) through (d)(7) ensures that the control of 
work hours and management of worker fatigue does not unduly limit 
license flexibility in using personnel resources to most effectively 
manage the impacts of the COVID-19 PHE on maintaining the safe 
operation of this facility. Specifically, this licensee has stated that 
its staffing levels are affected or are expected to be affected by the 
COVID-19 PHE, and it can no longer meet or likely will not meet the 
work-hour controls of 10 CFR 26.205(d)(1) through (d)(7). This licensee 
has committed to effecting site-specific COVID-19 PHE fatigue-
management controls for personnel specified in 10 CFR 26.4(a).
    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.

                     R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant
                            Docket No. 50-244
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                                                               ADAMS
                  Document description                     accession No.
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R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant--COVID-19 Related Request     ML21265A159
 for Exemption from 10 CFR part 26 Work Hours
 Requirements, dated September 21, 2021.................
R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant--Exemption from Specific      ML21267A013
 Requirements of 10 CFR part 26 (EPID L-2021-LLE-0042
 [COVID-19]), dated September 28, 2021..................
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    Dated: October 21, 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. 2021-23315 Filed 10-25-21; 8:45 am]
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