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are also available at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reactors/new-reactors/col.html. 

These documents may also be viewed 

electronically on the public computers 

located at the NRC’s PDR, O 1 F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR 

reproduction contractor will copy 

documents for a fee. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day 

of April, 2012. 

For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Mark Tonacci, 

Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New 

Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8548 Filed 4–9–12; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–269, 50–270, and 50–28; 

NRC–2012–0088] 

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; 

Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact, 

Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 

3 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of an exemption to Renewed 

Facility Operating Licenses DPR–38, 

DPR–47, and DPR–55, issued to Duke 

Energy Carolinas, LLC (the licensee), for 

operation of the Oconee Nuclear 

Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, located in 

Oconee County in South Carolina, in 

accordance with Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.12. 

Therefore, as required by 10 CFR 51.21, 

the NRC performed an environmental 

assessment. Based on the results of the 

environmental assessment, the NRC is 

issuing a finding of no significant 

impact. 

Environmental Assessment 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

Part 50, Appendix G requires that 

fracture toughness requirements for 

ferritic materials of pressure-retaining 

components of the reactor coolant 

pressure boundary of light-water 

nuclear power reactors provide 

adequate margins of safety during any 

condition of normal operation, 

including anticipated operational 

occurrences and system hydrostatic 

tests, to which the pressure boundary 

may be subjected over its service 

lifetime, 10 CFR 50.61 provides fracture 

toughness requirements for protection 

against pressurized thermal shock (PTS) 

events. 

The proposed action would grant an 

exemption from certain requirements of 

10 CFR 50.61, ‘‘Fracture Toughness 

Requirements for Protection Against 

Pressurized Thermal Shock Events,’’ 

and 10 CFR part 50 Appendix G, 

‘‘Fracture Toughness Requirements.’’ 

The exemption would allow use of 

alternate initial reference nil ductility 

temperature (RTNDT) as described in the 

NRC approved topical reports, BAW– 

2308, Revisions 1–A and 2–A, for 

determining the adjusted RTNDT of 

Linde 80 weld materials present in the 

beltline region of the Oconee Nuclear 

Station, (ONS) Units 1, 2, and 3 reactor 

pressure vessels. 

The proposed action is in accordance 

with the licensee’s application dated 

August 3, 2011 (Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS) Accession No. 

ML11223A010). 

The Need for the Proposed Action 

The proposed action is needed to 

allow the licensee to use alternate initial 

RTNDT (reference nil ductility 

temperature), as described in the NRCapproved topical reports (TRs), BAW– 

2308, ‘‘Initial RTNDT of Linde 80 Weld 

Materials,’’ Revisions 1–A and 2–A, for 

determining the adjusted RTNDT of 

Linde 80 weld materials present in the 

beltline region of the ONS, Units 1, 2, 

and 3 reactor vessels (RVs). 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC has completed its 

environmental assessment of an 

exemption. The staff has concluded that 

the proposed action to allow the use of 

alternate initial reference nil ductility 

temperature (RTNDT) as described in the 

NRC approved topical reports BAW– 

2308, Revisions 1–A and 2–A for 

determining the adjusted RTNDT of 

Linde 80 weld materials present in the 

beltline region of the ONS, Units 1, 2, 

and 3 reactor pressure vessels, would 

not significantly affect plant safety and 

would not have a significant adverse 

effect on the probability of an accident 

occurring. 

The proposed action would not result 

in an increased radiological hazard 

beyond those previously analyzed in the 

updated final safety analysis report for 

ONS, Units 1, 2, and 3. There will be no 

change to radioactive effluents that 

effect radiation exposures to plant 

workers and members of the public. No 

changes will be made to plant buildings 

or the site property. The proposed 

action does not involve a change to 

plant building or land areas on the ONS 

site. Therefore, no changes or different 

types of radiological impacts are 

expected as a result of the proposed 

exemption. 

The proposed action does not result 

in changes to land use or water use, or 

result in changes to the quality or 

quantity of non-radiological effluents. 

No changes to the National Pollution 

Discharge Elimination System permit 

are needed. No effects on the aquatic or 

terrestrial habitat in the vicinity of the 

plant, or to threatened, endangered, or 

protected species under the Endangered 

Species Act, or impacts to essential fish 

habitat covered by the MagnusonStevens Act are expected. There are no 

impacts to the air or ambient air quality. 

There are no impacts to historical and 

cultural resources. There would be no 

noticeable effect on socioeconomic 

conditions in the region. Therefore, no 

changes to or different types of nonradiological environmental impacts are 

expected as a result of the proposed 

action. Accordingly, the NRC concludes 

that there are no significant 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed action. 

The details of the staff’s safety 

evaluation will be provided as part of 

the letter to the licensee approving 

issuance of the license amendment. 

Environmental Impacts of the 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

As an alternative to the proposed 

action, the staff considered denial of the 

proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’ 

alternative). Denial of the application 

would result in no change in current 

environmental impacts. The 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

action and the alternative action are 

similar. 

Alternative Use of Resources 

The action does not involve the use of 

any different resources than those 

previously considered in the Final 

Environmental Statement for the ONS, 

Units 1, 2, and 3, dated March 1972, and 

Final Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (NUREG–1437, 

Supplement 2) dated December 1999 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML003770518). 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

In accordance with its stated policy, 

on February 27, 2012, the staff 

consulted with the South Carolina State 

official, Mr. Mark Yeager of the South 

Carolina Department of Health and 

Environmental Control, regarding the 

environmental impact of the proposed 

action. The State official had no 

comments. 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

On the basis of the environmental 

assessment, the NRC concludes that the 

proposed action will not have a 

significant effect on the quality of the 


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human environment. Accordingly, the 

NRC has determined not to prepare an 

environmental impact statement for the 

proposed action. 

For further details with respect to the 

proposed action, see the licensee’s letter 

dated August 3, 2011. Documents may 

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

the NRC’s Public Document Room 

(PDR), located at One White Flint North, 

Room O1–F21, 11555 Rockville Pike 

(first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

Publicly available documents created or 

received at the NRC are accessible 

electronically through the Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (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’s PDR reference staff by telephone 

at 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or 

send an email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day 

of March 2012. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

John Stang, 

Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing 

Branch II–1, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8547 Filed 4–9–12; 8:45 am] 

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[NRC–2012–0082] 

Applications and Amendments to 

Facility Operating Licenses and 

Combined Licenses Involving 

Proposed No Significant Hazards 

Considerations and Containing 

Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards 

Information and Order Imposing 

Procedures for Access to Sensitive 

Unclassified Non-Safeguards 

Information 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License amendment request; 

opportunity to comment, request a 

hearing and petition for leave to 

intervene, order. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by May 

10, 2012. A request for a hearing or 

leave to intervene must be filed by June 

11, 2012. Any potential party as defined 

in Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) 2.4 who believes 

access to Sensitive Unclassified NonSafeguards Information (SUNSI) is 

necessary to respond to this notice must 

request document access by April 20, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may access information 

and comment submissions related to 

this document, which the NRC 

possesses and is publicly available, by 

searching on http://www.regulations.gov 

under Docket ID NRC–2012–0082. 

You may submit comments by the 

following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2012–0082. 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Accessing Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Accessing Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2012– 

0082 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, by the following 

methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2012–0082. 

• 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. 

• 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–2012– 

0082 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 

Pursuant to Section 189a.(2) of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (the Commission or NRC 

staff) is publishing this notice. The Act 

requires the Commission to publish 

notice of any amendments issued, or 

proposed to be issued and grants the 

Commission the authority to issue and 

make immediately effective any 

amendment to an operating license or 

combined license, as applicable, upon a 

determination by the Commission that 

such amendment involves no significant 

hazards consideration, notwithstanding 

the pendency before the Commission of 

a request for a hearing from any person. 

This notice includes notices of 

amendments containing SUNSI. 

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of 

Amendments to Facility Operating 

Licenses and Combined Licenses, 

Proposed No Significant Hazards 

Consideration Determination, and 

Opportunity for a Hearing 

The Commission has made a 

proposed determination that the 

following amendment requests involve 

no significant hazards consideration. 

Under the Commission’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 


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