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III. Congressional Review Act 

These NUREG volumes are rules as 

defined in the Congressional Review 

Act (5 U.S.C. 801–808). However, the 

Office of Management and Budget has 

not found these NUREG revisions to be 

major rules as defined in the 

Congressional Review Act. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day 

of July 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Daniel S. Collins, 

Director, Division of Materials Safety, 

Security, State and Tribal Programs, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. 

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[Docket Nos. 52–025 and 52–026; NRC– 

2008–0252] 

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, 

Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, 

Units 3 and 4, Class 1E MotorOperated Valve Terminal Voltage 

Testing 

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 of Tier 1 of the 

generic AP1000 design control 

document (DCD) and is issuing License 

Amendment Nos. 121 and 120 to 

Combined Licenses (COL), NPF–91 and 

NPF–92, respectively. The COLs were 

issued to Southern Nuclear Operating 

Company, Inc., and Georgia Power 

Company, Oglethorpe Power 

Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC, 

MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC, MEAG Power 

SPVP, LLC, and the City of Dalton, 

Georgia (the licensee); for construction 

and operation of the Vogtle Electric 

Generating Plant (VEGP) Units 3 and 4, 

located in Burke County, Georgia. 

The granting of the exemption allows 

the changes to Tier 1 information that is 

requested 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 April 18, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2008–0252 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may access information related to 

this document, which the NRC 

possesses and is publicly available, 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer 

Borges; 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 access publicly 

available documents online in the NRC 

Library at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/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. The 

ADAMS accession number for each 

document referenced (if that document 

is available in ADAMS) is provided the 

first time that a document is referenced. 

The request for the amendment and 

exemption was submitted by letter 

dated August 30, 2017 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML17242A279) and 

supplemented by letter dated January 

12, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML18012A704). 

• 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: Paul 

Kallan, Office of New Reactors, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–2809; email: Paul.Kallan@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The NRC is granting exemptions from 

paragraph B of section III, ‘‘Scope and 

Contents,’’ of appendix D, ‘‘Design 

Certification Rule for the AP1000,’’ to 

part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) and issuing 

License Amendment Nos. 121 and 120 

to COLs, NPF–91 and NPF–92, 

respectively, to the licensee. The 

exemptions are required by paragraph 

A.4 of section VIII, ‘‘Processes for 

Changes and Departures,’’ appendix D, 

to 10 CFR part 52 to allow the licensee 

to depart from Tier 1 information. With 

the requested amendment, the licensee 

proposes changes to the Updated Final 

Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) and the 

COL Appendix C (and associated plantspecific Tier 1) Inspections, Tests, 

Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria 

information to prescribe voltage tests in 

conjunction with an analysis, rather 

than voltage testing only. 

Part of the justification for granting 

the exemptions was provided by the 

review of the amendments. Because the 

exemption is necessary in order to issue 

the requested license amendment, the 

NRC granted the exemptions and issued 

the amendments concurrently, rather 

than in sequence. This included issuing 

a combined safety evaluation containing 

the NRC staff’s review of both the 

exemption request and the license 

amendment. The exemptions met all 

applicable regulatory criteria set forth in 

10 CFR 50.12, 10 CFR 52.7, and Section 

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

52. The license amendments were found 

to be acceptable as well. The combined 

safety evaluation is available in ADAMS 

under Accession No. ML17320A798. 

Identical exemption documents 

(except for referenced unit numbers and 

license numbers) were issued to the 

licensee for VEGP Units 3 and 4 (COLs 

NPF–91 and NPF–92). The exemption 

documents for VEGP Units 3 and 4 can 

be found in ADAMS under Accession 

Nos. ML18072A054 and ML18072A055, 

respectively. The exemption is 

reproduced (with the exception of 

abbreviated titles and additional 

citations) in Section II of this document. 

The amendment documents for COLs 

NPF–91 and NPF–92 are available in 

ADAMS under Accession Nos. 

ML18072A056 and ML18072A058, 

respectively. A summary of the 

amendment documents is provided in 

Section III of this document. 

II. Exemption 

Reproduced below is the exemption 

document issued to VEGP, Units 3 and 

Unit 4. 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 August 30, 2017, 

and supplemented by letter dated 

January 12, 2018, the licensee requested 

from the Commission an exemption 

from the provisions of 10 CFR part 52, 

appendix D, section III.B, as part of 

license amendment request (LAR) 17– 

018, ‘‘Class 1E Motor-Operated Valve 

Terminal Voltage Testing.’’ 

For the reasons set forth in Section 

3.1, ‘‘Evaluation of Exemption,’’ of the 

NRC staff’s safety evaluation, which can 

be found in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML17320A798, the Commission 

finds that: 


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A. The exemption is authorized by 

law; 

B. The exemption presents no undue 

risk to public health and safety; 

C. The exemption is consistent with 

the common defense and security; 

D. Special circumstances are present 

in that the application of the rule in this 

circumstance is not necessary to serve 

the underlying purpose of the rule; 

E. The special circumstances 

outweigh any decrease in safety that 

may result from the reduction in 

standardization caused by the 

exemption; and 

F. The exemption will not result in a 

significant decrease in the level of safety 

otherwise provided by the design. 

2. Accordingly, the licensee is granted 

an exemption from the certified DCD 

Tier 1 information, with corresponding 

changes to Appendix C of the Facility 

Combined Licenses as described in the 

licensee’s request dated August 30, 

2017, as supplemented by letter dated 

January 12, 2018. This exemption is 

related to, and necessary for, the 

granting of License Amendment Nos. 

121 and 120, which is being issued 

concurrently with this exemption. 

3. As explained in Section 5.0, 

‘‘Environmental Consideration,’’ of the 

NRC staff’s safety evaluation (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML17320A798), this 

exemption meets the eligibility criteria 

for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 

CFR 51.22(c)(9). Therefore, pursuant to 

10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental 

impact statement or environmental 

assessment needs to be prepared in 

connection with the issuance of the 

exemption. 

4. These exemptions are effective as of 

the date of its issuance. 

III. License Amendment Request 

By letter dated August 30, 2017, and 

supplemented by letter dated January 

12, 2018, the licensee requested that the 

NRC amend the COLs for VEGP, Units 

3 and 4, COLs NPF–91 and NPF–92. The 

proposed amendment is described in 

Section I of this Federal Register notice. 

The Commission has determined for 

these amendments that the application 

complies with the standards and 

requirements of the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the 

Commission’s rules and regulations. 

The Commission has made appropriate 

findings as required by the Act and the 

Commission’s rules and regulations in 

10 CFR chapter I, which are set forth in 

the license amendment. 

A notice of consideration of issuance 

of amendment to facility operating 

license or combined license, as 

applicable, proposed no significant 

hazards consideration determination, 

and opportunity for a hearing in 

connection with these actions, was 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 24, 2017 (82 FR 49239). No 

comments were received during the 30- 

day comment period. 

The Commission has determined that 

these amendments satisfy the criteria for 

categorical exclusion in accordance 

with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant 

to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental 

impact statement or environmental 

assessment need be prepared for these 

amendments. 

IV. Conclusion 

Using the reasons set forth in the 

combined safety evaluation, the staff 

granted the exemption and issued the 

amendment that the licensee requested 

on August 30, 2017, and supplemented 

on January 12, 2018. 

The exemptions and amendments 

were issued on April 18, 2018, as part 

of a combined package to the licensee 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML18072A051). 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day 

of July, 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity, 

Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of 

Licensing, Siting, and Environmental 

Analysis, Office of New Reactors. 

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[NRC–2018–0124] 

Biweekly Notice; Applications and 

Amendments to Facility Operating 

Licenses and Combined Licenses 

Involving No Significant Hazards 

Considerations 

Correction 

In notice document 2018–13758, 

appearing on pages 31180–31190 in the 

Issue of Tuesday, July 3, 2018, make the 

following correction: 

On page 31180, in the second column, 

under the heading ‘‘DATES:’’, the entry 

‘‘September 3, 2018’’ is corrected to read 

‘‘September 4, 2018’’. 

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[NRC–2018–0104] 

State of Wyoming: NRC Staff 

Assessment of a Proposed Agreement 

Between the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission and the State of Wyoming 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed state agreement; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: By letter dated November 14, 

2017, Governor Matthew H. Mead of the 

State of Wyoming requested that the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC or Commission) enter into an 

Agreement with the State of Wyoming 

as authorized by Section 274b. of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(AEA). 

Under the proposed Agreement, the 

Commission would discontinue, and the 

State of Wyoming would assume, 

regulatory authority over the 

management and disposal of byproduct 

materials as defined in Section 11e.(2) 

of the AEA and a subcategory of source 

material associated with uranium or 

thorium milling within the State. 

Pursuit to Commission direction, the 

proposed Agreement would state that 

the NRC will retain regulatory authority 

over the American Nuclear Corporation 

(ANC) license. 

As required by Section 274e. of the 

AEA, the NRC is publishing the 

proposed Agreement for public 

comment. The NRC is also publishing 

the summary of a draft assessment by 

the NRC staff of the State of Wyoming’s 

regulatory program. Comments are 

requested on the proposed Agreement, 

especially its effect on public health and 

safety. Comments are also requested on 

the draft staff assessment, the adequacy 

of the State of Wyoming’s program, and 

the State’s program staff, as discussed in 

this notice. 

The proposed Agreement would 

exempt persons who possess or use 

byproduct materials as defined in 

Section 11e.(2) of the AEA and a 

subcategory of source material involved 

in the extraction or concentration of 

uranium or thorium in source material 

or ores at uranium or thorium milling 

facilities in the State of Wyoming from 

portions of the Commission’s regulatory 

authority. Radioactive materials not 

covered by the proposed Agreement will 

continue to be subject to the 

Commission’s regulatory authority. 

Section 274e. of the AEA requires that 

the NRC publish these exemptions. 

Notice is hereby given that the pertinent 

exemptions have been previously 


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