66314 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 246 / Wednesday, December 26, 2018 / Notices 

Dated: December 18, 2018. 

Sherry Hale, 

Staff Assistant, National Endowment for the 

Arts. 

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[Docket No. 72–27; NRC–2018–0282] 

Pacific Gas & Electric Company; 

Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel 

Storage Installation; Renewal of 

Special Nuclear Materials License 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License renewal application; 

receipt; notice of opportunity to request 

a hearing and to petition for leave to 

intervene. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering an 

application for the renewal of Special 

Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. 

SNM–2514, which currently authorizes 

Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) 

to receive, possess, transfer, and store 

spent fuel from Humboldt Bay Nuclear 

Power Plant (HPNPP) in the Humboldt 

Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage 

Installation (ISFSI). The renewed 

license would authorize PG&E to 

continue to store spent fuel in the 

Humboldt Bay ISFSI for an additional 

40 years beyond the current license 

expiration date of November 17, 2025. 

DATES: A request for a hearing or 

petition for leave to intervene must be 

filed by February 25, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2018–0282 or NRC Docket No. 72– 

27 when contacting the NRC about the 

availability of information regarding this 

document. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

document using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0282. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Krupskaya Castellon; 

telephone: 301–287–9221; email: 

Krupskaya.Castellon@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then 

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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the 

convenience of the reader, the ADAMS 

accession numbers are provided in a 

table in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’ 

section of this document. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Markley, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–6293; email: 

Christopher.Markley@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction 

The NRC has received, by letter dated 

July 10, 2018, an application from PG&E 

for renewal of SNM License No. SNM– 

2514 for the Humboldt Bay ISFSI for an 

additional 40 years (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML18215A202). The license 

currently authorizes PG&E to receive, 

possess, transfer, and store spent fuel 

and Greater Than Class C Waste (GTCC) 

from HBNPP in the Humboldt Bay 

ISFSI, located at the HBNPP site in 

Humboldt County, California until the 

license term expires on November 17, 

2025. This license renewal, if approved, 

would authorize PG&E to continue to 

store spent fuel and GTCC Waste at the 

Humboldt Bay ISFSI for an additional 

40 years beyond its initial expiration, 

under the provisions of part 72 of title 

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(10 CFR), ‘‘Licensing Requirements for 

the Independent Storage of Spent 

Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Radioactive 

Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater 

Than Class C Waste.’’ 

Following an NRC administrative 

completeness review, documented in a 

letter to PG&E dated November 14, 2018 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML18319A147), 

the NRC staff has determined that the 

renewal application contains sufficient 

information for the NRC staff to begin its 

technical review and is acceptable for 

docketing. The application has been 

docketed in Docket No. 72–27, the 

existing docket for SNM License No. 

SNM–2514. If the NRC approves the 

renewal application, the approval will 

be documented in the renewal of SNM 

License No. SNM–2514. The NRC will 

approve the license renewal application 

if it determines that the application 

meets the standards and requirements of 

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended (the Act), and the NRC’s 

regulations. These findings will be 

documented in a safety evaluation 

report. The NRC will complete an 

environmental evaluation, in 

accordance with 10 CFR part 51, to 

determine if the preparation of an 

environmental impact statement is 

warranted or if an environmental 

assessment and finding of no significant 

impact are appropriate. This action will 

be the subject of a subsequent notice in 

the Federal Register. 

II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing 

and Petition for Leave To Intervene 

Within 60 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, any persons 

(petitioner) whose interest may be 

affected by this action may file a request 

for a hearing and petition for leave to 

intervene (petition) with respect to the 

action. Petitions shall be filed in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

‘‘Agency Rules of Practice and 

Procedure’’ in 10 CFR part 2. Interested 

persons should consult a current copy 

of 10 CFR part 2. The NRC’s regulations 

are accessible electronically from the 

NRC Library on the NRC’s website at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/cfr/. A copy of the 

regulations is available at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room, located at One 

White Flint North, Room O1–F21, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. If a petition is filed, 

the Commission or a presiding officer 

will rule on the petition and, if 

appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be 

issued. 

As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d), the 

petition should specifically explain the 

reasons why intervention should be 

permitted with particular reference to 

the following general requirements for 

standing: (1) The name, address, and 

telephone number of the petitioner; (2) 

the nature of the petitioner’s right under 

the Act to be made a party to the 

proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of 

the petitioner’s property, financial, or 

other interest in the proceeding; and (4) 

the possible effect of any decision or 

order that may be entered in the 

proceeding on the petitioner’s interest. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f), 

the petition must also set forth the 

specific contentions which the 

petitioner seeks to have litigated in the 

proceeding. Each contention must 

consist of a specific statement of the 

issue of law or fact to be raised or 

controverted. In addition, the petitioner 

must provide a brief explanation of the 

bases for the contention and a concise 


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statement of the alleged facts or expert 

opinion which support the contention 

and on which the petitioner intends to 

rely in proving the contention at the 

hearing. The petitioner must also 

provide references to the specific 

sources and documents on which the 

petitioner intends to rely to support its 

position on the issue. The petition must 

include sufficient information to show 

that a genuine dispute exists with the 

applicant or licensee on a material issue 

of law or fact. Contentions must be 

limited to matters within the scope of 

the proceeding. The contention must be 

one which, if proven, would entitle the 

petitioner to relief. A petitioner who 

fails to satisfy the requirements at 10 

CFR 2.309(f) with respect to at least one 

contention will not be permitted to 

participate as a party. 

Those permitted to intervene become 

parties to the proceeding, subject to any 

limitations in the order granting leave to 

intervene. Parties have the opportunity 

to participate fully in the conduct of the 

hearing with respect to resolution of 

that party’s admitted contentions, 

including the opportunity to present 

evidence, consistent with the NRC’s 

regulations, policies, and procedures. 

Petitions must be filed no later than 

60 days from the date of publication of 

this notice. Petitions and motions for 

leave to file new or amended 

contentions that are filed after the 

deadline will not be entertained absent 

a determination by the presiding officer 

that the filing demonstrates good cause 

by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR 

2.309(c)(1)(i) through (iii). The petition 

must be filed in accordance with the 

filing instructions in the ‘‘Electronic 

Submissions (E-Filing)’’ section of this 

document. 

A State, local governmental body, 

Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or 

agency thereof, may submit a petition to 

the Commission to participate as a party 

under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition 

should state the nature and extent of the 

petitioner’s interest in the proceeding. 

The petition should be submitted to the 

Commission no later than 60 days from 

the date of publication of this notice. 

The petition must be filed in accordance 

with the filing instructions in the 

‘‘Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)’’ 

section of this document, and should 

meet the requirements for petitions set 

forth in this section. Alternatively, a 

State, local governmental body, 

Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or 

agency thereof may participate as a nonparty under 10 CFR 2.315(c). 

If a hearing is granted, any person 

who is not a party to the proceeding and 

is not affiliated with or represented by 

a party may, at the discretion of the 

presiding officer, be permitted to make 

a limited appearance pursuant to the 

provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person 

making a limited appearance may make 

an oral or written statement of his or her 

position on the issues but may not 

otherwise participate in the proceeding. 

A limited appearance may be made at 

any session of the hearing or at any 

prehearing conference, subject to the 

limits and conditions as may be 

imposed by the presiding officer. Details 

regarding the opportunity to make a 

limited appearance will be provided by 

the presiding officer if such sessions are 

scheduled. 

III. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing) 

All documents filed in NRC 

adjudicatory proceedings, including a 

request for hearing and petition for 

leave to intervene (petition), any motion 

or other document filed in the 

proceeding prior to the submission of a 

request for hearing or petition to 

intervene, and documents filed by 

interested governmental entities 

participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c), 

must be filed in accordance with the 

NRC’s E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139). The 

E-Filing process requires participants to 

submit and serve all adjudicatory 

documents over the internet, or in some 

cases to mail copies on electronic 

storage media. Detailed guidance on 

making electronic submissions may be 

found in the Guidance for Electronic 

Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC 

website at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/ 

e-submittals.html. Participants may not 

submit paper copies of their filings 

unless they seek an exemption in 

accordance with the procedures 

described below. 

To comply with the procedural 

requirements of E-Filing, at least 10 

days prior to the filing deadline, the 

participant should contact the Office of 

the Secretary by email at 

hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone 

at 301–415–1677, to (1) request a digital 

identification (ID) certificate, which 

allows the participant (or its counsel or 

representative) to digitally sign 

submissions and access the E-Filing 

system for any proceeding in which it 

is participating; and (2) advise the 

Secretary that the participant will be 

submitting a petition (even in instances 

in which the participant, or its counsel 

or representative, already holds an NRCissued digital ID certificate). Based upon 

this information, the Secretary will 

establish an electronic docket for the 

hearing in this proceeding if the 

Secretary has not already established an 

electronic docket. 

Information about applying for a 

digital ID certificate is available on the 

NRC’s public website at http://

www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/ 

getting-started.html. Once a participant 

has obtained a digital ID certificate and 

a docket has been created, the 

participant can then submit 

adjudicatory documents. Submissions 

must be in Portable Document Format 

(PDF). Additional guidance on PDF 

submissions is available on the NRC’s 

public website at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A 

filing is considered complete at the time 

the documents are submitted through 

the NRC’s E-Filing system. To be timely, 

an electronic filing must be submitted to 

the E-Filing system no later than 11:59 

p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Upon receipt of a transmission, the EFiling system time-stamps the document 

and sends the submitter an email notice 

confirming receipt of the document. The 

E-Filing system also distributes an email 

notice that provides access to the 

document to the NRC’s Office of the 

General Counsel and any others who 

have advised the Office of the Secretary 

that they wish to participate in the 

proceeding, so that the filer need not 

serve the documents on those 

participants separately. Therefore, 

applicants and other participants (or 

their counsel or representative) must 

apply for and receive a digital ID 

certificate before adjudicatory 

documents are filed so that they can 

obtain access to the document via the EFiling system. 

A person filing electronically using 

the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system 

may seek assistance by contacting the 

NRC’s Electronic Filing Help Desk 

through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located 

on the NRC’s public website at http://

www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html, by email to 

MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC 

Electronic Filing Help Desk is available 

between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday, 

excluding government holidays. 

Participants who believe that they 

have a good cause for not submitting 

documents electronically must file an 

exemption request, in accordance with 

10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper 

filing stating why there is good cause for 

not filing electronically and requesting 

authorization to continue to submit 

documents in paper format. Such filings 

must be submitted by: (1) First class 

mail addressed to the Office of the 

Secretary of the Commission, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: 

Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or 

(2) courier, express mail, or expedited 

delivery service to the Office of the 


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Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White 

Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention: 

Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. 

Participants filing adjudicatory 

documents in this manner are 

responsible for serving the document on 

all other participants. Filing is 

considered complete by first-class mail 

as of the time of deposit in the mail, or 

by courier, express mail, or expedited 

delivery service upon depositing the 

document with the provider of the 

service. A presiding officer, having 

granted an exemption request from 

using E-Filing, may require a participant 

or party to use E-Filing if the presiding 

officer subsequently determines that the 

reason for granting the exemption from 

use of E-Filing no longer exists. 

Documents submitted in adjudicatory 

proceedings will appear in the NRC’s 

electronic hearing docket which is 

available to the public at https://

adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded 

pursuant to an order of the Commission, 

or the presiding officer. If you do not 

have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate 

as described above, click cancel when 

the link requests certificates and you 

will be automatically directed to the 

NRC’s electronic hearing dockets where 

you will be able to access any publiclyavailable documents in a particular 

hearing docket. Participants are 

requested not to include personal 

privacy information, such as social 

security numbers, home addresses, or 

personal phone numbers in their filings, 

unless an NRC regulation or other law 

requires submission of such 

information. For example, in some 

instances, individuals provide home 

addresses in order to demonstrate 

proximity to a facility or site. With 

respect to copyrighted works, except for 

limited excerpts that serve the purpose 

of the adjudicatory filings and would 

constitute a Fair Use application, 

participants are requested not to include 

copyrighted materials in their 

submission. 

IV. Availability of Documents 

The documents identified in this 

Federal Register notice are accessible to 

interested persons in ADAMS under the 

accession numbers identified in the 

table below. 

Date Document ADAMS 

Accession No. 

August 3, 2018 ............... Package: Humboldt Bay ISFSI—Transmittal of License Renewal Application ..................................... ML18215A202. 

September 20, 2018 ....... Package: Request for Supplemental Information for the Technical Review of the Application for Renewal of the Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation License No. SNM–2514 

(CAC No. 001028)).

ML18267A191. 

October 22, 2018 ............ Response to NRC Letter dated Sep. 20, 2018, ‘‘Request for Supplemental Information for the Technical Review of the Application for Renewal of the Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation License No. SNM–2514 (CAC No. 001028).ML18330A050. 

November 14, 2018 ........ Letter to J. Welsch re: Application for Renewal of the Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation License No. SNM–2514—Accepted for Review (EPID No. L–2018–RNW–0016).ML18319A147. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day 

of December 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Christopher T. Markley, 

Systems Performance Analyst, Renewals and 

Materials Branch, Division of Spent Fuel 

Management, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards. 

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Revised 660th Meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Reactor Safeguards 

(ACRS) 

In accordance with the purposes of 

Sections 29 and 182b of the Atomic 

Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232b), the 

Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS) will hold meetings 

on February 6–9, 2019, Three White 

Flint North, 11601 Landsdown Street, 

North Bethesda, MD 20852. 

Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 

Conference Room 1C3 & 1C5, Three 

White Flint North, 11601 Landsdown 

Street, North Bethesda, MD 20852 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening 

Remarks by the ACRS Chairman 

(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the conduct 

of the meeting. 

8:35 a.m.–10:30 a.m.: TechnologyInclusive, Risk-Informed, PerformanceBased Approach for Approving NonLight-Water Reactors (Open)—The 

Committee will have briefings by and 

discussion with representatives of the 

NRC staff regarding the subject topic. 

10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.: NonProduction & Utilization Facilities 

Rulemaking (Open)—The Committee 

will have briefings by and discussion 

with representatives of the NRC staff 

regarding the subject draft final 

rulemaking. 

1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.: Interim Letter: 

Chapters 2 and 17 of the NRC Staff’s 

Safety Evaluation Reports With Open 

Items Related to the Certification of the 

NuScale Small Modular Reactor (Open/ 

Closed)—The Committee will have 

briefings by and discussion with 

representatives of the NRC staff and 

NuScale regarding the safety evaluation 

associated with the subject design 

certification. [Note: This session may be 

closed in order to discuss and protect 

information designated as proprietary, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)] 

2:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m.: Review of 

AURORA–B for LOCA Scenarios 

(Closed)—The Committee will have 

briefings by and discussion with 

representatives of the NRC staff and 

Framatome regarding the subject 

proprietary topical report. [Note: This 

session is closed in order to discuss and 

protect information designated as 

proprietary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(4)] 

4:15 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will continue its discussion 

of proposed ACRS reports. [Note: A 

portion of this session may be closed in 

order to discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4)] 

Thursday, February 7, 2019, 

Conference Room 1C3 & 1C5, Three 

White Flint North, 11601 Landsdown 

Street, North Bethesda, MD 20852 

8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.: Future ACRS 

Activities/Report of the Planning and 

Procedures Subcommittee and 

Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and 

Recommendations (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will hear discussion of the 

recommendations of the Planning and 

Procedures Subcommittee regarding 

items proposed for consideration by the 

Full Committee during future ACRS 

meetings. [Note: A portion of this 

meeting may be closed pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) to discuss 

organizational and personnel matters 

that relate solely to internal personnel 


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