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Saturday, October 6, 2018, Conference 

Room 1C3 and 1C5, 11601 Landsdown 

Street, North Bethesda, MD 20852 

8:30 p.m.–12:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Report/Retreat (Open/Closed)— 

The Committee will continue its 

discussion of the ACRS report and 

potential retreat items. [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 rules and practices of the 

ACRS, and information the release of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy] 

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 4, 2017 (82 FR 46312). In 

accordance with those procedures, oral 

or written views may be presented by 

members of the public, including 

representatives of the nuclear industry. 

Persons desiring to make oral statements 

should notify Quynh Nguyen, Cognizant 

ACRS Staff (Telephone: 301–415–5844, 

Email: Quynh.Nguyen@nrc.gov), 5 days 

before the meeting, if possible, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made 

to allow necessary time during the 

meeting for such statements. In view of 

the possibility that the schedule for 

ACRS meetings may be adjusted by the 

Chairman as necessary to facilitate the 

conduct of the meeting, persons 

planning to attend should check with 

the Cognizant ACRS staff if such 

rescheduling would result in major 

inconvenience. The bridgeline number 

for the meeting is 866–822–3032, 

passcode 8272423#. 

Thirty-five hard copies of each 

presentation or handout should be 

provided 30 minutes before the meeting. 

In addition, one electronic copy of each 

presentation should be emailed to the 

Cognizant ACRS Staff one day before 

meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be 

provided within this timeframe, 

presenters should provide the Cognizant 

ACRS Staff with a CD containing each 

presentation at least 30 minutes before 

the meeting. 

In accordance with Subsection 10(d) 

of Public Law 92–463 and 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c), certain portions of this meeting 

may be closed, as specifically noted 

above. Use of still, motion picture, and 

television cameras during the meeting 

may be limited to selected portions of 

the meeting as determined by the 

Chairman. Electronic recordings will be 

permitted only during the open portions 

of the meeting. 

ACRS meeting agendas, meeting 

transcripts, and letter reports are 

available through the NRC Public 

Document Room at pdr.resource@

nrc.gov, or by calling the PDR at 1–800– 

397–4209, or from the Publicly 

Available Records System (PARS) 

component of NRC’s document system 

(ADAMS) which is accessible from the 

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

reading-rm/adams.html or http://

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/#ACRS/. 

Video teleconferencing service is 

available for observing open sessions of 

ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use 

this service should contact Mr. Theron 

Brown, ACRS Audio Visual Technician 

(301–415–6702), between 7:30 a.m. and 

3:45 p.m. (ET), at least 10 days before 

the meeting to ensure the availability of 

this service. Individuals or 

organizations requesting this service 

will be responsible for telephone line 

charges and for providing the 

equipment and facilities that they use to 

establish the video teleconferencing 

link. The availability of video 

teleconferencing services is not 

guaranteed. 

Dated: August 28, 2018. 

Russell E. Chazell, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18933 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–334, 50–412, 50–346, and 

50–440; NRC–2018–0174] 

First Energy Corp.; First Energy 

Solutions; FirstEnergy Nuclear 

Generation; FirstEnergy Nuclear 

Operating Company 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: 10 CFR 2.206 request; receipt. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is giving notice that 

by petition dated March 27, 2018, 

Environmental Law and Policy Center 

(ELPC) (the petitioner) has requested 

that the NRC take enforcement action 

with regard to First Energy Corp. (FE), 

First Energy Solutions (FES), 

FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation (NG), 

and FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating 

Company (FENOC). The petitioner’s 

requests are included in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2018–0174 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 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0174. Address 

questions about NRC dockets 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 publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

http://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. In addition, 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: 

Bhalchandra K. Vaidya, Office of 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–3308; email: 

Bhalchandra.Vaidya@nrc.gov; or Perry 

Buckberg, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone: 301–415–1383; email: 

Perry.Buckberg@nrc.gov. Both are staff 

of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

27, 2018, the petitioner requested that 

the NRC take enforcement action with 

regard to FE, FES, NG, and FENOC 

operations in Ohio and Pennsylvania at 

Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), 

Units 1 and 2; Davis-Besse Nuclear 

Power Station (DBNPS), Unit 1; and 

Perry Nuclear Power Plant (PNPP), Unit 

1 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML18094A642). The petitioner 

requested that the NRC take the 

following actions: 


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(A) Demands for Information 

(1) Promptly issue a Demand for 

Information to FE, FES, NG, and FENOC 

requesting site-specific 

decommissioning funding plans for the 

BVNPS, DBNPS, and PNPP; 

(2) Promptly issue a Demand for 

Information to FE, FES, NG, and FENOC 

regarding their reliance on external trust 

funds from FE and FES to satisfy their 

decommissioning financial obligations; 

(3) Promptly issue a Demand for 

Information to FE, FES, NG, and FENOC 

regarding their continued reliance on 

Parent Guarantees from FE to satisfy 

decommissioning funding obligations, 

including the ability of FE to satisfy the 

Parent Guarantee financial test under 

title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) part 30, appendix 

A; 

(4) Promptly issue a Demand for 

Information to FES, NG, and FENOC to 

the extent that they are relying on 

Parent Guarantees from FES to satisfy 

decommissioning funding obligations, 

including the ability of FES to satisfy 

the Parent Guarantee financial test 

under 10 CFR part 30, appendix A; 

(5) Promptly issue a Demand for 

Information to FE, FES, NG, and FENOC 

regarding their proposed investment 

and financial contribution plans to 

make up the current decommissioning 

shortfall; and 

(6) Promptly issue a Demand for 

Information to FE and FES, respectively, 

regarding each of their commitments to 

guarantee NG and FENOC’s 

decommissioning shortfall in the event 

of bankruptcy. 

(B) Notice of Violation and Penalties 

(1) Promptly issue a Notice of 

Violation against FE, FES, NG, and 

FENOC for operating nuclear facilities 

without sufficient decommissioning 

funds in violation of 42 United States 

Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.), Section 

2201(x)(1) and 10 CFR 50.75; 

(2) Promptly issue civil penalties 

against FE, FES, NG, and FENOC for 

operating nuclear facilities without 

sufficient decommissioning funds in 

violation of 42 U.S.C.A. Section 

2201(x)(1) and 10 CFR 50.75; and 

(3) Promptly issue an Order to 

suspend NG, and FENOC’s licenses for 

BVNPS, DBNPS, and PNPP. 

The ELPC also urges the NRC to 

prohibit NG and FENOC from placing 

their nuclear facilities into SAFSTOR 

for purely financial reasons. In addition, 

ELPC requests that this Petition be given 

immediate emergency consideration in 

light of FE’s and FES’ rapidly 

deteriorating financial conditions. 

The basis for ELPC’s request is 

summarized below: 

1. NG and FENOC’s decommissioning 

trust amounts are insufficient on their 

own to provide reasonable assurance of 

funding. 

2. FE cannot rely on rate increases 

forced on retail ratepayers to pay for the 

decommissioning trust fund shortfalls. 

3. The costs, including SAFSTOR 

costs, may still be much higher than 

expected due to significantly higher 

shortfalls as reported by the Callan 

Institute and recognized flaws in the 

NRC’s cost estimate formula. 

4. On March 28, 2018, FES and 

FENOC announced that they would 

permanently retire all four of their 

reactors within the next 3 years. If 

plants close in 2020 and 2021, the funds 

cannot grow to levels that will pay for 

complete decommissioning. 

5. Parent companies FE and FES filed 

for bankruptcy on March 31, 2018. 

The request is being treated pursuant 

to 10 CFR 2.206 of the Commission’s 

regulations. The request has been 

referred to the Director of the Office of 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation. As 

provided by 10 CFR 2.206, appropriate 

action will be taken on this petition 

within a reasonable time. 

The petitioner met with the Petition 

Review Board on June 19, 2018, to 

discuss the petition; the transcript of 

that meeting is a supplement to the 

petition (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML18194A395). The petition and the 

results of the discussion at the June 19, 

2018, meeting would be considered in 

establishing the schedule for the review 

of the petition. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day 

of August 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Ho K. Nieh, 

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18923 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–454 and 50–455; NRC– 

2018–0186] 

Exelon Generation Company, LLC; 

Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License amendment application; 

opportunity to comment, request a 

hearing, and petition for leave to 

intervene. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of amendments to Facility 

Operating License Nos. NPF–37 and 

NPF–66, issued to Exelon Generation 

Company (EGC), LLC, for operation of 

the Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2. 

The proposed amendment extends the 

Completion Time for Technical 

Specification 3.8.1, ‘‘AC SourcesOperating,’’ Required Action A.2, on a 

one-time, temporary basis based on a 

risk-informed approach. 

DATES: Submit comments by October 1, 

2018. Requests for a hearing or petition 

for leave to intervene must be filed by 

October 30, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0186. Address 

questions about NRC dockets 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. 

• Mail comments to: May Ma, Office 

of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN– 

A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel 

S. Wiebe, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone: 301–415–6606, email: 

Joel.Wiebe@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018– 

0186 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0186. 

• 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 

‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For 

problems with ADAMS, please contact 

the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) 


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