[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 8284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03415]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-614-CP; ASLBP No. 25-991-01-CP-BD01]
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel; Before Administrative
Judges: Stefan R. Wolfe, Chair; Dr. David A. Smith; Nicholas G.
Trikouros; In the Matter of: Long Mott Energy, LLC (Long Mott
Generating Station); Memorandum and Order (Notice of Hearing)
February 18, 2026.
This proceeding concerns the March 2025 10 CFR part 50 construction
permit application filed by Long Mott Energy, LLC (``LME'') to build
the Long Mott Generating Station (``LMGS'') in Calhoun County, Texas,
consisting of four Xe-100 high-temperature gas-cooled power
reactors.\1\ In response to a June 10, 2025 NRC hearing opportunity
notice regarding this application,\2\ San Antonio Bay Estuarine
Waterkeeper (``Petitioner'') filed a Petition to Intervene and Request
for Hearing.\3\
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\1\ See Letter from Edward Stones, LME President, to Document
Control Desk, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (``NRC''), at 2 (Mar.
31, 2025) (ADAMS Accession No. ML25090A058).
\2\ See [LME]; [LMGS]; Construction Permit Application, 90 FR
24,428 (June 10, 2025).
\3\ See LBP-26-01, 103 NRC __, __ (slip op. at 2) (Jan. 22,
2026).
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On August 14, 2025, this Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
(``Board'') was established to preside over this proceeding.\4\
Thereafter, in a January 22, 2026 issuance the Board determined that
Petitioner had standing and had submitted a contention that was, in
part, admissible and so admitted Petitioner as party to this
proceeding.\5\
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\4\ Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, 90 FR
40,398 (Aug. 19, 2025).
\5\ LBP-26-01, 103 NRC at __ (slip op. at 60).
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In light of the foregoing, and pursuant to 10 CFR 2.312, please
take notice that a hearing will be conducted in this proceeding using
the procedures set forth in 10 CFR part 2, subparts C and L.
During the course of this proceeding, the Board may conduct oral
argument, hold prehearing conferences, and conduct evidentiary
hearings.\6\ Unless the potential for the consideration of nonpublic
information requires the Board to direct otherwise, the public is
invited to attend any oral argument, prehearing conference, or
evidentiary hearing.\7\ Notices of those sessions will be published in
the Federal Register and/or made available to the public at the NRC
Public Document Room (``PDR''), located at One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland,\8\ and through the NRC website,
www.nrc.gov.
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\6\ See 10 CFR 2.327-2.329, 2.331, 2.1206-2.1208.
\7\ See id. Sec. 2.328.
\8\ Information on accessing the PDR can be found at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/pdr.html.
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Additionally, as provided in 10 CFR 2.315(a) and in the Board's
Initial Prehearing Order,\9\ any person not a party to the proceeding
may submit a written limited appearance statement. Limited appearance
statements, which are placed in the docket for this proceeding, provide
members of the public with an opportunity to make the Board and/or the
participants aware of their concerns about any matters at issue in the
proceeding, particularly any concerns associated with the admitted
contentions. A written limited appearance statement can be submitted at
any time and should be sent to the Office of the Secretary using one of
the methods prescribed below:
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\9\ See Licensing Board Memorandum and Order (Initial Prehearing
Order) at 8 (Aug. 28, 2025) (unpublished).
Mail to: Office of the Secretary, Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications
Staff, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Email to: [email protected]
In addition, a copy of the limited appearance statement should be
sent to the Board's law clerk at the following email address:
[email protected].
Documents relating to this proceeding are available for public
inspection at the Commission's PDR or electronically from the publicly
available records component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS, including its adjudicatory
proceeding-related Electronic Hearing Docket, is accessible from the
NRC website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who
do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, should contact the PDR reference staff by
telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or by email to [email protected].
It is so ordered.
For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
Dated: February 18, 2026. Rockville, Maryland.
Stefan R. Wolfe,
Chair, Administrative Judge.
[FR Doc. 2026-03415 Filed 2-19-26; 8:45 am]
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