[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 140 (Friday, July 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43909-43910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15664]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-255-LT-2, 50-155-LT-2, 72-007-LT, and 72-043-LT-2; 
ASLBP No. 22-974-01-LT-BD01]


Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear Palisades, LLC, 
Holtec International, and Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC 
(Palisades Nuclear Plant and Big Rock Point Site); Establishment of 
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

    Pursuant to the Commission's regulations, see, e.g., 10 CFR 2.104, 
2.105, 2.300, 2.309, 2.313, 2.318, and 2.321, and in accordance with 
Commission Memorandum and Order CLI-22-08 issued on July 15, 2022, 
notice is hereby given that an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 
(Board), consisting of a single administrative judge serving as 
Presiding Officer, is being appointed for the purpose of compiling the 
hearing record, ruling on

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motions related to developing the factual record, presiding at any oral 
hearing, and certifying the completed record to the Commission in the 
following license transfer proceeding:

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear Palisades, LLC, 
Holtec International, and Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC 
(Palisades Nuclear Plant and Big Rock Point Site)

    This proceeding concerns a license transfer application involving 
(1) the renewed facility operating license for the Palisades Nuclear 
Plant (Palisades) and the general license for the Palisades Independent 
Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI); and (2) the facility operating 
license for Big Rock Point and the general license for the Big Rock 
Point ISFSI. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear 
Palisades, LLC, Holtec International, and Holtec Decommissioning 
International, LLC (HDI) seek NRC consent to the indirect transfer of 
control of the licenses to Holtec International and to the transfer of 
operating authority to HDI to conduct licensed activities at the sites. 
They also seek NRC approval of conforming administrative license 
amendments to reflect the requested transfers.
    In CLI-22-08, the Commission stated, inter alia, that (1) the 
hearing shall be limited to the four issues specified in CLI-22-08; (2) 
the Presiding Officer should endeavor to adhere to the Model Milestones 
to the extent practicable; and (3) the Presiding Officer shall certify 
the hearing record to the Commission within twenty-five days of the 
conclusion of the hearing. See CLI-22-08, slip op. at 133-36.
    The administrative judge who will serve as Presiding Officer is: 
Paul S. Ryerson, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed 
in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule, 10 CFR 2.302.

Rockville, Maryland.

    Dated: July 18, 2022.
Edward R. Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. 2022-15664 Filed 7-21-22; 8:45 am]
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