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receipt no later than 2 business days prior to 

the date of the closing of the indirect transfer. 

Should the proposed indirect transfer not be 

completed within 1 year of this Order’s date 

of issue, this Order shall become null and 

void, provided, however, upon written 

application and good cause shown, such date 

may be extended by order. 

This Order is effective upon issuance. 

For further details with respect to this 

Order, see the initial application dated 

January 25, 2018 (Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML18025C035), and the Safety 

Evaluation dated August 30, 2018 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML18129A076), which are 

available for public inspection at the 

Commission’s Public Document Room (PDR), 

located at One White Flint North, Public File 

Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first 

floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly 

available documents created or received at 

the NRC are accessible electronically through 

ADAMS in the NRC Library at 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 email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 30th day 

of August 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Joseph G. Giitter, 

Director, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation 

United States of America 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

In the Matter of: SCANA Corporation, 

South Carolina Electric and Gas Company, 

Dominion Energy, Inc., Virgil C. Summer 

Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3 

Docket Nos. 52–027, 52–028 

Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and NPF–94 

ORDER APPROVING INDIRECT TRANSFER 

OF LICENSES 

I. 

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company 

(SCE&G) and the South Carolina Public 

Service Authority (Santee Cooper) are the 

holders of Combined License (COL) Nos. 

NPF–93 and NPF–94 for the Virgil C. 

Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS), Unit Nos. 

2 and 3. SCE&G is a wholly owned subsidiary 

of SCANA Corporation (SCANA). VCSNS is 

located in Fairfield County, South Carolina. 

II. 

By application dated January 25, 2018, 

SCE&G, acting for itself and its parent 

company, SCANA, and Dominion Energy, 

Inc. (Dominion Energy) (together, the 

Applicants) requested, pursuant to Title 10 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 

Section 50.80 (10 CFR 50.80), that the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 

consent to the indirect transfer of SCE&G’s 

two-thirds ownership interest in Renewed 

Facility Operating License No. NPF–12, 

Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and NPF–94, 

and the general license for the associated 

ISFSI. The proposed indirect transfer does 

not involve Santee Cooper’s one-third 

ownership interest in VCSNS, Units 2 and 3. 

The Renewed Facility Operating License No. 

NPF–12 and the general license for the ISFSI 

indirect license transfer is addressed in a 

separate Order. 

The proposed indirect license transfer 

would facilitate a merger between Dominion 

Energy and SCANA, the parent company of 

SCE&G. The merger would be effected 

through the merger of SCANA and Sedona 

Corp. (Sedona), which is a South Carolina 

corporation and subsidiary of Dominion 

Energy formed for the sole purpose of 

merging with SCANA. Sedona would be 

merged with and into SCANA, with SCANA 

remaining as the surviving corporation which 

will be a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of 

Dominion Energy. 

Approval of the indirect transfer of the 

Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and NPF–94 

was requested by SCE&G and Dominion 

Energy. A notice entitled, ‘‘Virgil C. Summer 

Nuclear Station, Unit 1, 2, and 3, and 

Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation; 

Consideration of Approval of Transfer of 

License,’’ was published in the FEDERAL

REGISTER on March 8, 2018 (83 FR 9876). No 

comments or hearing requests were received. 

Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any 

right thereunder, shall be transferred, directly 

or indirectly, through transfer of control of 

the license, unless the NRC gives its consent 

in writing. After the indirect transfer, SCE&G 

would remain a wholly owned subsidiary of 

SCANA, which in turn would become a 

wholly owned subsidiary of Dominion 

Energy. SCE&G would remain the licensed 

two-thirds owner and operator of VCSNS, 

Units 2 and 3. Upon review of the 

information in the licensee’s application, and 

other information before the Commission, the 

NRC staff has determined that the Applicants 

are qualified to hold the license to the extent 

proposed to permit the indirect transfer. The 

NRC staff has also determined that indirect 

transfer of the licenses, as described in the 

application, is otherwise consistent with the 

applicable provisions of law, regulations, and 

orders issued by the NRC, pursuant thereto, 

subject to the conditions set forth below. The 

findings set forth above are supported by a 

safety evaluation dated August 30, 2018. 

III. 

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 

161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954, as amended (the Act), 42 U.S.C. 

§ 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234; and 10 

CFR 50.80 and 52.105, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that the application regarding the 

proposed indirect license transfer is 

approved for Virgil C. Summer Nuclear 

Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3. 

IT IS ORDERED that after receipt of all 

required regulatory approvals of the 

proposed indirect transfer action, SCG&E 

shall inform the Director of the Office of New 

Reactors in writing of such receipt no later 

than 2 business days prior to the date of the 

closing of the indirect transfer. Should the 

proposed indirect transfer not be completed 

within 1 year of this Order’s date of issue, 

this Order shall become null and void, 

provided, however, upon written application 

and good cause shown, such date may be 

extended by order. 

This Order is effective upon issuance. 

For further details with respect to this 

Order, see the initial application dated 

January 25, 2018, (Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML18025C035), and the Safety 

Evaluation dated August 30, 2018 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML18129A076), which are 

available for public inspection at the 

Commission’s Public Document Room (PDR), 

located at One White Flint North, Public File 

Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first 

floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly 

available documents created or received at 

the NRC are accessible electronically through 

ADAMS in the NRC Library at 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 email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 30th day 

of August, 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Robert M. Taylor, 

Director Division of Licensing, Siting, and 

Environmental Analysis Office of New 

Reactors. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19578 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–395; NRC–2018–0198] 

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 

No. 1 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License amendment request; 

opportunity to comment, request a 

hearing, and petition for leave to 

intervene. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is proposing to 

determine that no significant hazards 

consideration is involved with the 

issuance of an amendment to Facility 

Operating License No. NPF–12 for the 

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station 

(Summer), Unit No. 1. By letter dated 

August 24, 2018, as supplemented by 

letter dated August 31, 2018, South 

Caroline Electric and Gas Company 

(SCE&G) requested a one-time extension 

to surveillance requirement (SR) 4.3.3.6 

to allow a one-time extension of the 

frequency of the Core Exit Temperature 

Instrumentation channel calibrations 

from ‘‘every refueling outage’’ to ‘‘every 

19 months.’’ 

DATES: Submit comments by September 

24, 2018. Requests for a hearing or 


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petition for leave to intervene must be 

filed by November 9, 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–2018–0198. 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–7– 

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: 

Michael Mahoney, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

3867; email: Michael.Mahoney@nrc.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018– 

0198 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–2018–0198. 

• 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. 

• 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. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2018– 

0198 in your comment submission. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in your comment submission. 

The NRC will post all comment 

submissions at http://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter the 

comment submissions into ADAMS. 

The NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions to remove 

identifying or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the NRC, then you should 

inform those persons not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

they do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in their comment submission. 

Your request should state that the NRC 

does not routinely edit comment 

submissions to remove such information 

before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment into ADAMS. 

I. Introduction 

The NRC is considering issuance of an 

amendment to Facility Operating 

License Nos. NPF–12 for Summer, Unit 

No. 1, located in Fairfield County, South 

Carolina. 

The proposed amendment would 

amend the Summer, Unit No. 1, 

Technical Specifications (TS) SR 4.3.3.6 

to allow a one-time extension of the 

frequency of the Core Exit Temperature 

Instrumentation channel calibrations 

from ‘‘every refueling outage’’ to ‘‘every 

19 months.’’ 

SR 4.3.3.6 is required to be performed 

on an every refueling outage frequency, 

the grace period for the surveillance test 

ends on September 28, 2018. The 

licensee was unable to complete SR 

4.3.3.6 on June 19, 2018 due to 

inadequate fire watch resources. Before 

the test could be rescheduled, 

unidentified leakage was noted to be 

elevated on June 21, 2018. Reactor 

building entries were made on June 21, 

2018, and determined that incore 

thimble B–7 was leaking around the ‘A’ 

10-path, and the leak was isolated. From 

the time the leak was isolated on June 

21, 2018, to August 2, 2018, the station 

made ten reactor building entries to 

determine the status of the incore 

detector system and attempt to restore 

the system to operable status. 

On August 7, 2018, the licensee 

decided not to perform dewatering of 

the thimbles online due to the 

radiological and industrial risk 

associated with the task. Preparations to 

restore the system during the upcoming 

refueling outage RF24, which is 

scheduled to begin on October 6, 2018, 

are ongoing. The licensee submitted this 

amendment request on August 24, 2018, 

however, due to the impracticality of 

restoring the surveillance capability 

described above the licensee revised its 

request to preclude a plant shutdown 

and submitted a supplement on the 

basis of exigent circumstances. By letter 

dated August 31, 2018, the licensee 

requested approval by September 24, 

2018. 

Compliance with the TS SR 4.3.3.6 

could increase the probability of a TS 

required plant shutdown before the start 

of refueling outage RF24. If TS SR 

4.3.3.6 is performed and any 

thermocouple strings were found out of 

tolerance and needed adjustment, they 

would be required to be removed from 

the Power Distribution Monitoring 

System (PDMS). If more than TS 

allowable thermocouples are removed, 

the requirements of TS 3.3.3.11.b.2 

would no longer be satisfied and PDMS 

would become inoperable. With an 

inoperable PDMS, plant maneuvers 

during the performance of planned preoutage surveillances and testing would 

be performed without power 

distribution monitoring capability and 

increase the probability of a TS required 

plant shutdown. 

Before any issuance of the proposed 

license amendment, the NRC will need 

to make the findings required by the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), and NRC’s regulations. 

Pursuant to 50.91(a)(6) of title 10 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR) for amendments to be granted 

under exigent circumstances, the NRC 

has made a proposed determination that 

the license amendment request involves 

no significant hazards consideration. 

Under the NRC’s regulations in 10 CFR 

50.92, this means that operation of the 

facility in accordance with the proposed 

amendment would not (1) involve a 

significant increase in the probability or 

consequences of an accident previously 

evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of 

a new or different kind of accident from 

any accident previously evaluated; or 

(3) involve a significant reduction in a 

margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR 

50.91(a), the licensee has provided its 

analysis of the issue of no significant 

hazards consideration, which is 

presented below: 

1. Does the proposed amendment involve 

a significant increase in the probability or 

consequences of an accident previously 

evaluated? 

Response: No. 

The proposed change is a short duration, 

one-time extension to the surveillance 

frequency requirement of channel 


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calibrations of the Core Exit Temperature 

Instrumentation. The performance of the 

surveillance, or the failure to perform the 

surveillance, is not a precursor to an 

accident. An extension in performing the 

surveillance does not result in the system 

being unable to perform its function. The 

systems required to mitigate accidents will 

remain capable of performing their required 

functions. No new failure modes have been 

introduced because of this action and the 

consequences remain consistent with 

previously evaluated accidents. 

Therefore, the proposed change does not 

involve a significant increase in the 

probability or consequences of an accident 

previously evaluated. 

2. Does the proposed amendment create 

the possibility of a new or different kind of 

accident from any accident previously 

evaluated? 

Response: No. 

The proposed change only affects the 

surveillance frequency requirement for the 

channel calibrations of the Core Exit 

Temperature Instrumentation. This proposed 

change does not involve a change to any 

physical features of the plant, or the manner 

in which these functions are utilized. No few 

failure mechanisms will be introduced by the 

one-time surveillance extension being 

requested. 

Therefore, the proposed change does not 

create the possibility of a new or different 

kind of accident from any accident 

previously evaluated. 

3. Does the proposed amendment involve 

a significant reduction in a margin of safety? 

Response: No. 

The proposed change does not alter any 

plant setpoints or functions that are assumed 

to actuate in the event of postulated 

accidents. The proposed change does not 

alter any plant feature and only alters the 

frequency which the surveillance tests must 

be performed. 

Therefore, the proposed change does not 

involve a significant reduction in a margin of 

safety. 

The NRC staff has reviewed the 

licensee’s analysis and, based on this 

review, it appears that the three 

standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are 

satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff 

proposes to determine that the license 

amendment request involves a no 

significant hazards consideration. 

The NRC is seeking public comments 

on this proposed determination that the 

license amendment request involves no 

significant hazards consideration. Any 

comments received within 14 days after 

the date of publication of this notice 

will be considered in making any final 

determination. 

Normally, the Commission will not 

issue the amendment until the 

expiration of the 14-day notice period. 

However, if circumstances change 

during the notice period, such that 

failure to act in a timely way would 

result, for example, in prevention of 

either resumption of operation or of 

increase in power output up to the 

plant’s licensed power level, the 

Commission may issue the license 

amendment before the expiration of the 

14-day notice period, provided that its 

final determination is that the 

amendment involves no significant 

hazards consideration. The final 

determination will consider all public 

and State comments received. If the 

Commission takes this action, it will 

publish in the Federal Register a notice 

of issuance. The Commission expects 

that the need to take this action will 

occur very infrequently. 

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 2.309. 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/. Alternatively, 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 which 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 

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. 

If a hearing is requested, and the 

Commission has not made a final 

determination on the issue of no 

significant hazards consideration, the 

Commission will make a final 

determination on the issue of no 

significant hazards consideration. The 

final determination will serve to 

establish when the hearing is held. If the 

final determination is that the 

amendment request involves no 

significant hazards consideration, the 

Commission may issue the amendment 

and make it immediately effective, 

notwithstanding the request for a 

hearing. Any hearing would take place 

after issuance of the amendment. If the 

final determination is that the 

amendment request involves a 

significant hazards consideration, then 

any hearing held would take place 

before the issuance of the amendment 

unless the Commission finds an 

imminent danger to the health or safety 

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an appropriate order or rule under 10 

CFR part 2. 

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 that 

request to participate under 10 CFR 

2.315(c), must be filed in accordance 

with the NRC’s E-Filing rule (72 FR 

49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 

77 FR 46562; August 3, 2012). The EFiling 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 or other 

adjudicatory document (even in 

instances in which the participant, or its 

counsel or representative, already holds 

an NRC-issued 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 document is 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 document 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 documents via the 

E-Filing 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 

Secretary, 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 publicly 

available 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, 

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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. 

For further details with respect to this 

action, see the application for license 

amendment dated August 24, 2018, as 

supplemented August 31, 2018 

(ADAMS Accession Nos. ML18236A383 

and ML18243A392, respectively). 

Attorney for licensee: Ms. Kathryn M. 

Sutton, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20004. 

NRC Branch Chief: Michael Markley. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day 

of September 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Michael Mahoney, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II– 

1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19583 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–277 and 50–278; NRC– 

2018–0130] 

Exelon Generation Company, LLC; 

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, 

Units 2 and 3 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Intent to conduct scoping 

process and prepare environmental 

impact statement; public meeting and 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission will conduct a scoping 

process to gather information necessary 

to prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) to evaluate the 

environmental impacts for the 

subsequent license renewal of the 

operating licenses for Peach Bottom 

Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 

(Peach Bottom). The NRC is seeking 

stakeholder input on this action and has 

scheduled a public meeting. 

DATES: Submit comments by October 10, 

2018. Comments received after this date 

will be considered if it is practical to do 

so, but assurance of consideration 

cannot be given to comments received 

after this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods (unless 

this document describes a different 

method for submitting comments on a 

specific subject): 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0130. Address 

questions about regulations.gov docket 

IDs 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–7– 

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: 

David Drucker, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 

20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–6223, 

email: David.Drucker@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018– 

0130 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information regarding 

this document. You may obtain 

publicly-available information related to 

this document by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0130. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

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

Library at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/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 in this document 

(if that document is available in 

ADAMS) is provided the first time that 

a document is referenced. Exelon’s 

application for subsequent renewal of 

the Peach Bottom licenses can be found 

in ADAMS under Accession No. 

ML18193A689. 

• 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. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2018– 

0130 in the subject line of your 

comment submission in order to ensure 

that the NRC is able to make your 

comment submission available to the 

public in this docket. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in your comment submission. 

The NRC will post all comment 

submissions at http://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter the 

comment submissions into ADAMS. 

The NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions to remove 

identifying or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the NRC, then you should 

inform those persons not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

they do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in their comment submission. 

Your request should state that the NRC 

does not routinely edit comment 

submissions to remove such information 

before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment submissions into 

ADAMS. 

II. Discussion 

By letter dated July 10, 2018 (ADAMS 

Package Accession No. ML18193A689), 

Exelon submitted to the NRC an 

application for subsequent license 

renewal of Facility Operating License 

Nos. DPR–44 and DPR–56 for an 

additional 20 years of operation at 

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, 

Units 2 and 3. The Peach Bottom units 

are boiling water reactors designed by 

General Electric Company and are 

located in Delta, PA (17.9 miles south of 

Lancaster, PA). The current renewed 

operating license for Unit 2 expires at 

midnight on August 8, 2033, and the 

current renewed operating license for 

Unit 3 expires at midnight on July 2, 

2034. The application for subsequent 

license renewal was submitted pursuant 

to part 54 of title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) and 

included an environmental report (ER). 

A notice of receipt and availability of 

the application was published in the 

Federal Register on August 1, 2018 (83 

FR 37529). A separate notice of 

acceptance for docketing of the 

application and opportunity for hearing 

regarding subsequent license renewal of 

the facility operating licenses will be 

published in the Federal Register. 


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