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considered complete by first-class mail 

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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 

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submission. 

For further details with respect to this 

action, see the application for license 

amendment dated December 14, 2020 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML20363A011). 

Attorney for licensee: Robert B. 

Haemer, Senior Nuclear Counsel, 

Indiana Michigan Power Company, One 

Cook Place, Bridgman, MI 49106. 

NRC Branch Chief: Nancy L. Salgado. 

Dated: January 6, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Scott P. Wall, 

Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing 

Branch III, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00368 Filed 1–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2020–0183] 

Fire Protection Program for Nuclear 

Power Plants During Decommissioning 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 1 

to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.191, ‘‘Fire 

Protection Program for Nuclear Power 

Plants During Decommissioning.’’ 

Revision 1 of RG 1.191 addresses new 

information identified since Revision 0 

of this guide was issued. The guidance 

in Revision 0 of the RG does not include 

guidance for plants that have 

transitioned to the National Fire 

Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 

805, ‘‘Performance-Based Standard for 

Fire Protection for Light Water Reactor 

Electric Generating Plants,’’ 2001 

Edition. 

DATES: Revision 1 to RG 1.191 is 

available on January 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2020–0183 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–2020–0183. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; 

telephone: 301–287–9127; email: 

Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individuals 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 pdr.resource@

nrc.gov. 

• Attention: The PDR, where you may 

examine, and order copies of public 

documents is currently closed. You may 

submit your request to the PDR via 

email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1– 

800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, 

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Revision 1 to RG 1.191 and the 

regulatory analysis may be found in 

ADAMS under Accession Nos. 

ML20287A199 and ML20078K925, 

respectively. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 

required to reproduce them. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Naeem Iqbal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, telephone: 301–415–3346, 

email: Naeem.Iqbal@nrc.gov, and 

Harriet Karagiannis, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research, telephone: 301– 

415–3346, email: Harriet.Karagiannis@

nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion 

The NRC is issuing a revision to an 

existing guide in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory 

Guide’’ series. This series was 

developed to describe and make 

available to the public information 

regarding methods that are acceptable to 

the NRC staff for implementing specific 

parts of the agency’s regulations, 

techniques that the NRC staff uses in 

evaluating specific issues or postulated 

events, and data that the NRC staff 

needs in its review of applications for 

permits and licenses. 

Revision 1 of RG 1.191 was issued 

with a temporary identification of Draft 

Regulatory Guide, DG–1370. It 

addressed new information identified 

since Revision 0 of this guide was 

issued. The guidance in Revision 0 of 

the RG does not include guidance for 

plants that have transitioned to the 

NFPA 805, 2001 Edition. 

II. Additional Information 

The NRC published a notice of the 

availability of DG–1370 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML20078K920), in the 

Federal Register on August 11, 2020 (85 

FR 48573), for a 60-day public comment 

period. The public comment period 

closed on October 13, 2020. Public 

comments on DG–1370 and the staff 

responses to the public comments are 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML20287A198. 

III. Congressional Review Act 

This RG is a rule as defined in the 

Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 

801–808). However, the Office of 

Management and Budget has not found 

it to be a major rule as defined in the 

Congressional Review Act. 

IV. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and 

Issue Finality 

Revision 1 of RG 1.191 describes 

methods acceptable to the NRC staff for 


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complying with the NRC’s regulations 

for fire protection programs for licensees 

that have certified that their plants have 

permanently ceased operations and that 

the fuel has been permanently removed 

from the reactor vessels. 

The staff does not, at this time, intend 

to impose the positions represented in 

the RG in a manner that would 

constitute backfitting or affect the issue 

finality of a part 52 of title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations approval. 

If, in the future, the staff seeks to impose 

a position in the RG in a manner that 

constitutes backfitting or does not 

provide issue finality as described in the 

applicable issue finality provision, then 

the staff would need to address the 

backfit rule or the criteria for avoiding 

issue finality as described in the 

applicable issue finality provision. 

The staff does not, at this time, intend 

to impose the positions represented in 

the RG in a manner that would 

constitute forward fitting. If, in the 

future, the staff seeks to impose a 

position in the RG in a manner that 

constitutes forward fitting, then the staff 

would need to address the forward 

fitting criteria in Management Directive 

8.4, ‘‘Management of Backfitting, 

Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and 

Information Requests’’ (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML18093B087). 

Dated: January 6, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Meraj Rahimi, 

Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic 

Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office 

of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00334 Filed 1–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 52–025; NRC–2008–0252] 

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, 

Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, 

Unit 3; Unit 3 Auxiliary Building Wall 11 

Seismic Gap Requirements 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Exemption and combined 

license amendment; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is granting an 

exemption to allow a departure from the 

certification information in Tier 1 of the 

plant-specific design control document 

(DCD) and is issuing License 

Amendment No. 182 to Combined 

License (COL) NPF–91. The COL is for 

construction and operation of the Vogtle 

Electric Generating Plant (VEGP) Unit 3, 

located in Burke County, Georgia. The 

granting of the exemption allows the 

changes to Tier 1 information asked for 

in the amendment. Because the 

acceptability of the exemption was 

determined in part by the acceptability 

of the amendment, the exemption and 

amendment are being issued 

concurrently. 

DATES: The exemption and amendment 

were issued on August 4, 2020. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2008–0252 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–2008–0252. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; 

telephone: 301–287–9127; email: 

Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. 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 pdr.resource@

nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number 

for each document referenced (if it is 

available in ADAMS) is provided the 

first time that it is mentioned in this 

document. The request for the 

amendment and exemption was 

designated License Amendment Request 

(LAR) 20–001 and submitted by letter 

dated February 7, 2020, (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML20038A939). 

• Attention: The PDR, where you may 

examine and order copies of public 

documents is currently closed. You may 

submit your request to the PDR via 

email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1– 

800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, 

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cayetano Santos, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

7270; email: Cayetano.Santos@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC is issuing License 

Amendment No. 182 to COL NPF–91 

and is granting an exemption from Tier 

1 information in the plant-specific DCD 

for VEGP Unit 3. The generic AP1000 

DCD is incorporated by reference in 

appendix D, ‘‘Design Certification Rule 

for the AP1000,’’ to part 52 of title 10 

of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR). The exemption, granted pursuant 

to paragraph A.4 of section VIII, 

‘‘Processes for Changes and 

Departures,’’ of 10 CFR part 52, 

appendix D, allows the licensee to 

depart from the Tier 1 information. With 

the requested amendment, SNC sought 

proposed changes to the north-south 

minimum seismic gap requirements 

above grade between the nuclear island 

and the annex building west of Column 

Line I from elevation 141 feet through 

154 feet to accommodate as-built 

localized nonconformances. 

Part of the justification for granting 

the exemption was provided by the 

review of the amendment. Because the 

exemption is necessary in order to issue 

the requested license amendment, the 

NRC granted the exemption and issued 

the amendment concurrently, rather 

than in sequence. This included issuing 

a combined safety evaluation containing 

the NRC staff’s review of both the 

exemption and license amendment 

requests. The exemption met all 

applicable regulatory criteria set forth in 

§§ 50.12, 52.7, and 52.63, and in section 

VIII.A.4 of appendix D to 10 CFR part 

52. The license amendment was found 

to be acceptable as well. The combined 

safety evaluation is available in ADAMS 

under Accession No. ML20132A078. 

The exemption document for VEGP 

Unit 3 can be found in ADAMS under 

Accession No. ML20132A077. The 

exemption is reproduced (with the 

exception of abbreviated titles and 

additional citations) in Section II of this 

document. The amendment documents 

for COL NPF–91 are available in 

ADAMS under Accession No. 

ML20132A052. A summary of the 

amendment documents is provided in 

Section III of this document. 

II. Exemption 

Reproduced in this notice is the 

exemption document issued to VEGP 

Unit 3. It makes reference to the 

combined safety evaluation that 

provides the reasoning for the findings 

made by the NRC (and listed under Item 

1) in order to grant the exemption: 

1. In a letter dated February 7, 2020, 

Southern Nuclear Operating Company 

requested from the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission an exemption to allow 


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