50766 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 158 / Tuesday, August 16, 2011 / Notices 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day 

of August 2011. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Annette L. Vietti-Cook, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

ATTACHMENT 1—GENERAL TARGET SCHEDULE FOR PROCESSING AND RESOLVING REQUESTS FOR ACCESS TO SENSITIVE

UNCLASSIFIED NON-SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION IN THIS PROCEEDING

Day Event/activity 

0 .................. Publication of FEDERAL REGISTER notice of hearing and opportunity to petition for leave to intervene, including order with instructions for access requests. 

10 ................ Deadline for submitting requests for access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI) with information: Supporting the standing of a potential party identified by name and address; describing the need for the information in order for the 

potential party to participate meaningfully in an adjudicatory proceeding. 

60 ................ Deadline for submitting petition for intervention containing: (i) Demonstration of standing; (ii) all contentions whose formulation 

does not require access to SUNSI (+25 Answers to petition for intervention; +7 requestor/petitioner reply). 

20 ................ Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff informs the requestor of the staff’s determination whether the request for access 

provides a reasonable basis to believe standing can be established and shows need for SUNSI. (NRC staff also informs any 

party to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information.) If 

NRC staff makes the finding of need for SUNSI and likelihood of standing, NRC staff begins document processing (preparation 

of redactions or review of redacted documents). 

25 ................ If NRC staff finds no ‘‘need’’ or no likelihood of standing, the deadline for requestor/petitioner to file a motion seeking a ruling to 

reverse the NRC staff’s denial of access; NRC staff files copy of access determination with the presiding officer (or Chief Administrative Judge or other designated officer, as appropriate). If NRC staff finds ‘‘need’’ for SUNSI, the deadline for any party 

to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information to file a 

motion seeking a ruling to reverse the NRC staff’s grant of access. 

30 ................ Deadline for NRC staff reply to motions to reverse NRC staff determination(s). 

40 ................ (Receipt +30) If NRC staff finds standing and need for SUNSI, deadline for NRC staff to complete information processing and file 

motion for Protective Order and draft Non-Disclosure Affidavit. Deadline for applicant/licensee to file Non-Disclosure Agreement 

for SUNSI. 

A .................. If access granted: Issuance of presiding officer or other designated officer decision on motion for protective order for access to 

sensitive information (including schedule for providing access and submission of contentions) or decision reversing a final adverse determination by the NRC staff. 

A + 3 ........... Deadline for filing executed Non-Disclosure Affidavits. Access provided to SUNSI consistent with decision issuing the protective 

order. 

A + 28 ......... Deadline for submission of contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI. However, if more than 25 days remain between the petitioner’s receipt of (or access to) the information and the deadline for filing all other contentions (as established in the notice of hearing or opportunity for hearing), the petitioner may file its SUNSI contentions by that later deadline. 

A + 53 ......... (Contention receipt +25) Answers to contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI. 

A + 60 ......... (Answer receipt +7) Petitioner/Intervenor reply to answers. 

>A + 60 ....... Decision on contention admission. 

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[NRC–2011–0184; Docket No. 50–482] 

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating 

Corporation; Notice of Withdrawal of 

Application for Amendment to Facility 

Operating License 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (the Commission) has 

granted the request of Wolf Creek 

Nuclear Operating Corporation (the 

licensee) to withdraw its September 22, 

2010 application, as supplemented by 

letter dated November 22, 2010, for 

proposed amendment to Renewed 

Facility Operating License No. NPF–42 

for the Wolf Creek Generating Station 

(WCGS), located in Coffey County, 

Kansas. 

The proposed amendment would 

have revised the approved fire 

protection program as described in the 

WCGS Updated Safety Analysis Report 

(USAR). Specifically, the licensee 

requested approval for a deviation from 

a commitment to certain technical 

requirements of Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR), part 50, 

Appendix R, Section III.L.1, 

‘‘Alternative and dedicated shutdown 

capability,’’ as described in Appendix 

9.5E of the WCGS USAR. The change 

would have revised USAR Table 9.5E– 

1 to include information on reactor 

coolant system process variables not 

maintained within those predicted for a 

loss of normal AC (alternating current) 

power. 

The Commission had previously 

issued a Notice of Consideration of 

Issuance of Amendment published in 

the Federal Register on December 28, 

2010 (75 FR 81673). However, by letter 

dated June 30, 2011, the licensee 

withdrew the proposed change. 

For further details with respect to this 

action, see the application for 

amendment dated September 22, 2010, 

as supplemented by letter dated 

November 22, 2010, and the licensee’s 

letter dated June 30, 2011, which 

withdrew the application for license 

amendment. Documents may be 

examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the 

NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), 

located at One White Flint North, Public 

File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike 

(first floor), Rockville, Maryland. 

Publicly available records will be 

accessible electronically from the 

Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) Public 

Electronic Reading Room on the internet 

at the NRC Web site, http:// 

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 NRC PDR 

Reference staff by telephone at 1–800– 

397–4209, or 301–415–4737 or by e-mail 

to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day 

of August 2011. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 158 / Tuesday, August 16, 2011 / Notices 50767 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

James R. Hall, 

Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing 

Branch IV, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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[NRC–2010–0355; Order EA–11–180; Docket 

Nos. 70–7003, 70–7004; License Nos. SNM– 

7003, SNM–2011] 

In the Matter of USEC Inc., American 

Centrifuge Lead Cascade Facility, and 

American Centrifuge Plant; Order 

Extending the Date by Which the Direct 

Transfer of Licenses Is To Be 

Completed 

I 

USEC Inc. (USEC) is the holder of 

materials licenses SNM–7003 and 

SNM–2011 for the American Centrifuge 

Lead Cascade Facility (Lead Cascade) 

and American Centrifuge Plant (ACP), 

respectively, which authorize the 

licensee to: (1) Possess and use source 

and special nuclear material at the Lead 

Cascade at the Portsmouth Gaseous 

Diffusion Plant site in Piketon, Ohio, in 

accordance with materials license 

number SNM–7003; and (2) construct 

and operate a gas centrifuge uranium 

enrichment facility (the ACP) at the 

Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site 

in Piketon, Ohio, in accordance with 

materials license number SNM–2011. 

II 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission’s (NRC) Order, dated 

February 10, 2011, approved the direct 

transfer of the licenses of the above 

facilities from USEC to the limited 

liability company American Centrifuge 

Operating, LLC (ACO), pursuant to 

Sections 161(b), 161(i), 161(o) and 184 

of the Atomic Energy Act, as amended; 

42 United States Code (U.S.C.) 2201(b), 

2201(i), and 2234; and Title 10 Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) parts 

30.34(b), 40.46, ‘‘Inalienability of 

Licenses,’’ and 70.36, ‘‘Inalienability of 

Licenses.’’ By its terms, the February 10, 

2011, Order will become null and void 

if the license transfers are not completed 

within 180 days from February 10, 2011 

(i.e., by August 9, 2011). However, the 

February 10 Order further states that 

upon written application and for good 

cause shown, the 180-day period may be 

extended by further Order. 

III 

By letter dated July 22, 2011, as 

supplemented by electronic 

communication dated August 1, 2011, 

USEC submitted a request to extend the 

date by which the license transfers must 

be completed from August 9, 2011, to 

February9, 2012. USEC stated that it has 

been working diligently with the 

Department of Energy over the past 

several months to conclude the review 

process for USEC’s loan guarantee 

application, but would not be able to 

complete this process by August 9, 

2011. 

USEC states that there have been no 

changes in the information and 

technical and financial qualifications 

presented in its September 10, 2010, 

request to transfer the licenses. USEC 

states that the basis for granting that 

request has, thus, not changed and 

remains valid. The NRC staff notes that 

its basis for approving the transfers of 

USEC’s licenses for the Lead Cascade 

and the ACP from USEC to ACO is 

documented in its Safety Evaluation 

Report (SER) supporting the February 10 

Order. The NRC staff concluded that the 

basis for approval has not changed since 

the issuance of the February 10 Order. 

The NRC staff has considered the 

submittal of July 22, 2011, as 

supplemented by electronic 

communication dated August 1, 2011, 

and has determined that good cause has 

been shown to extend, until February 9, 

2012, the date by which the license 

transfers must be completed. 

IV 

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 

161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 

U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(i), and 2234; and 

10 CFR 30.34(b), 40.46, ‘‘Inalienability 

of Licenses,’’ and 70.36, ‘‘Inalienability 

of Licenses,’’ It Is Hereby Ordered that 

the date by which the license transfers 

described above must be completed is 

extended to February 9, 2012. If the 

proposed direct transfer of licenses is 

not completed by February 9, 2012, this 

Order and the February 10 Order shall 

become null and void. However, upon 

written application and for good cause 

shown, the February 9, 2012, date may 

be extended by further Order. 

This Order is effective upon issuance. 

The Order of February 10, 2011, as 

modified by this Order, remains in full 

force and effect. 

For further details with respect to this 

Order, see the submittal dated July 22, 

2011 (Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML11210B497), as 

supplemented by electronic 

communication dated August 1, 2011 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML11213A282), 

and the SER documenting NRC’s staff 

evaluation of USEC’s submittal dated 

July 22, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML112140088), which may be 

examined—and/or copied for a fee—at 

the NRC’s Public Document Room, 

located at One White Flint North, 11555 

Rockville Pike (First Floor), Rockville, 

MD 20852; and accessible online in the 

NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day 

of August 2011. 

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

Catherine Haney, 

Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

and Safeguards. 

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[NRC–2008–0441; Docket Nos. 52–025–COL 

and 52–026–COL] 

Southern Nuclear Operating Co., et al.; 

Combined Licenses for Vogtle Electric 

Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4, and 

Limited Work Authorizations 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of hearing. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or the Commission) 

will convene an evidentiary session to 

receive testimony and exhibits in the 

uncontested portion of this proceeding 

regarding the application of Southern 

Nuclear Operating Company for two 

combined licenses (COLs) seeking 

approval to construct and operate new 

nuclear power generation facilities at 

the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, 

Units 3 & 4 (VEGP), as well as for two 

limited work authorizations (LWAs) to 

engage in selected construction 

activities. This mandatory hearing will 

concern safety and environmental 

matters relating to the proposed 

issuance of the requested COLs and 

LWAs. 

DATES: The hearing will be held on 

September 27, 2011, from 9 a.m. 

(Eastern Daylight Time). For a schedule 

for submitting prefiled documents and 

deadlines affecting Interested 

Government Participants, see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rochelle C. Bavol, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 


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