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requirement will not be met. The 

underwater radiated noise limit is being 

achieved through a material 

specification (specifically calling out 

hardware requirements to the shipyard) 

as opposed to a performance 

specification where the shipyard has 

responsibility for meeting the 

requirement any way they see fit. 

Therefore, UAF bears full responsibility 

for this capability, which makes any 

deviation from the specifications an 

even greater risk to project success. 

The ‘‘quiet’’ seawater system 

balancing valves are larger than 

conventional balancing valves, and 

future replacement of non-compliant 

valves would entail costly re-design and 

re-work of the entire cooling system. 

Because of the piping size, type, and 

location, this would cost between 

$300,000 and 500,000 or roughly 10 

times the cost of the compliant valves. 

The market research included trade 

publication and Web based searches for 

balancing valves of all types. 

Approximately thirty (30) companies 

were identified that manufacture 

balancing valves. Of these, only five (5) 

appeared to produce valves that would 

meet specification requirements (based 

on the information found on company 

Web sites) and therefore warranted 

additional investigation (via telephone 

and email) by the shipyard. Of the five, 

only two (2) companies were identified 

that could produce low cavitation, 

marine-grade seawater system balancing 

valves; one was both foreign-owned and 

manufactured, while the other was U.S.- 

owned and foreign-manufactured. The 

shipyard decided to pursue the U.S.- 

owned valve company as the best 

option, but this purchase would still 

require an exemption due to foreign 

manufacture. 

The project’s conclusion is that there 

are no U.S. manufacturers who produce 

a suitable seawater system balancing 

valves that meet all of the ARRV 

requirements, so an exemption to the 

Buy American requirements is 

necessary. 

In the absence of a U.S. manufacturer 

that could provide requirementscompliant quiet seawater system 

balancing valves, UAF requested that 

NSF issue a Section 1605 exemption 

determination with respect to the 

purchase of a foreign-supplied, 

requirements-compliant quiet seawater 

system balancing valves, so that the 

vessel will meet the specific design and 

technical requirements that, as 

explained above, are necessary for this 

vessel to be able to perform its mission 

successfully. Furthermore, the 

shipyard’s market research indicated 

that quiet seawater system balancing 

valves compliant with the ARRV’s 

technical specifications and 

requirements are commercially available 

from a U.S. company within their 

standard product lines, but are 

manufactured overseas, which 

necessitates an exemption. 

NSF’s Division of Acquisition and 

Cooperative Support (DACS) and other 

NSF program staff reviewed the UAF 

exemption request submittal, found that 

it was complete, and determined that 

sufficient technical information was 

provided in order for NSF to evaluate 

the exemption request and to conclude 

that an exemption is needed and should 

be granted. 

III. Exemption 

On February 15, 2012, based on the 

finding that no domestically produced 

quiet seawater system balancing valves 

met all of the ARRV’s technical 

specifications and requirements and 

pursuant to section 1605(b), the NSF 

Chief Financial Officer, in accordance 

with a delegation order from the 

Director of the agency signed on May 

27, 2010, granted a limited project 

exemption of the Recovery Act’s Buy 

American requirements with respect to 

the procurement of quiet seawater 

system balancing valves. 

Dated: February 17, 2012. 

Lawrence Rudolph, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4460 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–423; NRC–2012–0044] 

Central Vermont Public Service 

Corporation, Millstone Power Station, 

Unit 3; Notice of Consideration of 

Approval of Application Regarding 

Proposed Acquisition and Opportunity 

for a Hearing 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of request for license 

transfer, opportunity to comment, 

opportunity to request a hearing. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

March 28, 2012. A request for a hearing 

must be filed by March 19, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may access information 

and comment submissions related to 

this document by searching on http:// 

www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 

NRC–2012–0044. You may submit 

comments by the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2012–0044. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, 

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and 

Directives Branch (RADB), Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– 

B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. 

• Fax comments to: RADB at 301– 

492–3446. 

For additional direction on accessing 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Accessing Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carleen J. Sanders, Project Manager, 

Plant Licensing Branch I–2, Division of 

Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555. Telephone: 

301–415–1603; email: 

carleen.sanders@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Accessing Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Accessing Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2012– 

0044 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information regarding 

this document. You may access 

information related to this document by 

the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2012–0044. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may access publiclyavailable 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 

application dated September 9, 2011, as 

supplemented by letter dated November 

4, 2011, is available electronically under 

ADAMS Accession Nos. ML11256A051 

and ML11311A148, respectively. 

• 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. 


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B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2012– 

0044 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 in 

comment submissions that you do not 

want to be publicly disclosed. The NRC 

posts all comment submissions at 

http://www.regulations.gov as well as 

entering the comment submissions into 

ADAMS, and the NRC does not 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 in 

their comment submissions that they do 

not want to be publicly disclosed. Your 

request should state that the NRC will 

not edit comment submissions to 

remove such information before making 

the comment submissions available to 

the public or entering the comment 

submissions into ADAMS. 

II. Background 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or the Commission) 

is considering the issuance of an order 

under 10 CFR 50.80 approving the 

indirect transfer of the Renewed Facility 

Operating License (No. NPF–49) for the 

Millstone Power Station, Unit 3 (MPS3) 

to the extent held by Central Vermont 

Public Service Corporation (CVPS). 

CVPS is a 1.7303% minority co-owner 

of MPS3. The remaining co-owners are 

Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale 

Electric Company (4.7990%) and 

Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. 

(93.4707%). Dominion Nuclear Inc. is 

the licensed operator. According to an 

application for approval filed by CVPS 

in connection with the acquisition of 

CVPS by Gaz Me ́tro Limited 

Partnership, CVPS will become an 

indirect wholly owned subsidiary of 

Gaz Me ́tro Limited Partnership. CVPS 

will continue to be a minority co-owner 

and licensee of the facility. This 

application does not affect 

Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale 

Electric Company’s ownership or 

Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.’s 

ownership and operation of the facility. 

No physical changes to the MPS3 

facility or operational changes are being 

proposed in the application. 

Pursuant to 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 Commission shall 

give its consent in writing. The 

Commission will approve an 

application for the indirect transfer of a 

license, if the Commission determines 

that the proposed acquisition will not 

affect the qualifications of the licensee 

to hold the license, and that the transfer 

is otherwise consistent with applicable 

provisions of law, regulations, and 

orders issued by the Commission 

pursuant thereto. 

The filing of requests for hearing and 

petitions for leave to intervene, and 

written comments with regard to the 

license transfer application, are 

discussed below. 

III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing 

Within 20 days from the date of 

publication of this notice, any person(s) 

whose interest may be affected by the 

Commission’s action on the application 

may request a hearing and intervention 

via electronic submission through the 

NRC E-filing system. Requests for a 

hearing and petitions for leave to 

intervene should be filed in accordance 

with the Commission’s rules of practice 

set forth in Subpart C, ‘‘Rules of General 

Applicability: Hearing Requests, 

Petitions to Intervene, Availability of 

Documents, Selection of Specific 

Hearing Procedures, Presiding Officer 

Powers, and General Hearing 

Management for NRC Adjudicatory 

Hearings,’’ of 10 CFR Part 2. In 

particular, such requests and petitions 

must comply with the requirements set 

forth in 10 CFR 2.309. Untimely 

requests and petitions may be denied, as 

provided in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1), unless 

good cause for failure to file on time is 

established. In addition, an untimely 

request or petition should address the 

factors that the Commission will also 

consider, in reviewing untimely 

requests or petitions, set forth in 10 CFR 

2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii). NRC regulations are 

accessible electronically from the NRC 

Library on the NRC Web site at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/cfr/. 

IV. Electronic Submissions (E–Filing) 

All documents filed in NRC 

adjudicatory proceedings, including a 

request for hearing, a petition for leave 

to intervene, 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 participating 

under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in 

accordance with the NRC E–Filing rule 

(72 FR 49139, August 28, 2007). The E– 

Filing process requires participants to 

submit and serve all adjudicatory 

documents over the internet, or in some 

cases to mail copies on electronic 

storage media. 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 request (1) a 

digital identification (ID) certificate, 

which allows the participant (or its 

counsel or representative) to digitally 

sign documents and access the E– 

Submittal server for any proceeding in 

which it is participating; and (2) advise 

the Secretary that the participant will be 

submitting a request or petition for 

hearing (even in instances in which the 

participant, or its counsel or 

representative, already holds an NRCissued 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 Web site at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/ 

apply-certificates.html. System 

requirements for accessing the E– 

Submittal server are detailed in NRC’s 

‘‘Guidance for Electronic Submission,’’ 

which is available on the agency’s 

public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

site-help/e-submittals.html. Participants 

may attempt to use other software not 

listed on the Web site, but should note 

that the NRC’s E–Filing system does not 

support unlisted software, and the NRC 

Meta System Help Desk will not be able 

to offer assistance in using unlisted 

software. 

If a participant is electronically 

submitting a document to the NRC in 

accordance with the E–Filing rule, the 

participant must file the document 

using the NRC’s online, Web-based 

submission form. In order to serve 

documents through the Electronic 

Information Exchange System, users 

will be required to install a Web 

browser plug-in from the NRC Web site. 

Further information on the Web-based 

submission form, including the 

installation of the Web browser plug-in, 

is available on the NRC’s public Web 

site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. 

Once a participant has obtained a 

digital ID certificate and a docket has 

been created, the participant can then 

submit a request for hearing or petition 


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for leave to intervene. Submissions 

should be in Portable Document Format 

(PDF) in accordance with the NRC 

guidance available on the NRC’s public 

Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/sitehelp/e-submittals.html. A filing is 

considered complete at the time the 

documents are 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 E– 

Filing 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 documents on those 

participants separately. Therefore, 

applicants and other participants (or 

their counsel or representative) must 

apply for and receive a digital ID 

certificate before a hearing request/ 

petition to intervene is filed so that they 

can obtain access to the document via 

the E–Filing system. 

A person filing electronically using 

the agency’s adjudicatory E–Filing 

system may seek assistance by 

contacting the NRC Meta System Help 

Desk through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link 

located on the NRC Web site at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html, by email at 

MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at 1–(866) 672–7640. The NRC 

Meta System Help Desk is available 

between 8 a.m. and 8 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 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, 

Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland, 20852, Attention: 

Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. 

Participants filing a document in this 

manner are responsible for serving the 

document on all other participants. 

Filing is considered complete by firstclass 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 NRC’s 

electronic hearing docket which is 

available to the public at http:// 

ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded 

pursuant to an order of the Commission, 

or the presiding officer. Participants are 

requested not to include personal 

privacy information, such as social 

security numbers, home addresses, or 

home phone numbers in their filings, 

unless an NRC regulation or other law 

requires submission of such 

information. 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. 

Petitions for leave to intervene must 

be filed no later than 20 days from the 

date of publication of this notice. Nontimely filings will not be entertained 

absent a determination by the presiding 

officer that the petition or request 

should be granted or the contentions 

should be admitted, based on a 

balancing of the factors specified in 10 

CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii). 

The Commission will issue a notice or 

order granting or denying a hearing 

request or intervention petition, 

designating the issues for any hearing 

that will be held and designating the 

Presiding Officer. A notice granting a 

hearing will be published in the Federal 

Register and served on the parties to the 

hearing. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 15th day 

of February 2012. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Carleen J. Sanders, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I– 

2, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4559 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2011–0097] 

Thermal Overload Protection for 

Electric Motors on Motor-Operated 

Valves 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or Commission) is 

issuing a revision to Regulatory Guide 

(RG) 1.106, ‘‘Thermal Overload 

Protection for Electric Motors on MotorOperated Valves.’’ This regulatory guide 

describes a method acceptable to NRC’s 

staff for complying with NRC 

requirements for the application of 

thermal overload protection devices that 

are integral with the motor starter for 

electric motors on motor-operated 

valves. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2011–0097 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 the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2011–0097. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may access publiclyavailable 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 in this notice (if 

that document is available in ADAMS) 

is provided the first time that a 

document is referenced. The regulatory 

guide is available electronically under 

ADAMS Accession Number 

ML112580358. The regulatory analysis 

may be found in ADAMS under 

Accession Number ML120170063. 

• 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. 


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