76514 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 18, 2024 / Notices 

study which will provide descriptive 

information to help IMLS better 

understand the barriers and facilitators 

to equity in its current grantmaking, 

data collection, and decision-making 

processes. It will also help the agency 

identify opportunities and effective 

strategies for increasing equitable 

grantmaking practices to libraries, 

museums, and other cultural 

institutions. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: Study to Support IMLS’s 

Learning Agenda for Equity in 

Grantmaking. 

OMB Control Number: 3137–NEW. 

Agency Number: 3137. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Museum staff, library staff, IMLS 

applicants and awardees, subject matter 

experts on equitable grantmaking. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 82. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average Minutes per Response: 73.2 

minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 100. 

Cost Burden (dollars): $4,195.60. 

Public Comments Invited: Comments 

submitted in response to this Notice 

will be summarized and/or included in 

the request for OMB’s clearance of this 

information collection. 

Dated: September 12, 2024. 

Suzanne Mbollo, 

Grants Management Specialist, Institute of 

Museum and Library Services. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21216 Filed 9–17–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7036–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 72–27; NRC–2024–0153] 

Issuance of Exemption Regarding 

Security Notifications, Reports, and 

Recordkeeping 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Exemption; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing a notice to 

announce the issuance of an exemption 

in response to a request from Pacific Gas 

and Electric Company. This exemption 

was requested as a result of a change to 

NRC’s regulations published in the 

Federal Register on March 14, 2023. 

DATES: On August 6, 2024, the NRC 

granted an exemption in response to a 

request submitted by Pacific Gas and 

Electric Company on December 4, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2024–0153 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 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2024–0153. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@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 obtain publicly 

available documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://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, at 

301–415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. For the 

convenience of the reader, instructions 

about obtaining materials referenced in 

this document are provided in the 

‘‘Availability of Documents’’ section. 

• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you 

may examine and order copies of 

publicly available documents, is open 

by appointment. To make an 

appointment to visit the PDR, please 

send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov 

or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 

4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern 

time (ET), Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed 

Miller, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone: 301–415–2481, email: 

Ed.Miller@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

On August 6, 2024, the NRC granted 

an exemption in response to a request 

submitted by Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company. 

This exemption temporarily allows 

the licensee to deviate from certain 

requirements of part 73 of title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 

‘‘Physical Protection of Plants and 

Materials,’’ subpart T, ‘‘Security 

Notifications, Reports, and 

Recordkeeping.’’ In support of its 

exemption request, the licensee agreed 

to effect site-specific administrative 

controls that maintain the approach to 

complying with 10 CFR part 73 in effect 

prior to the NRC’s issuance of a final 

rule, ‘‘Enhanced Weapons, Firearms 

Background Checks, and Security Event 

Notifications,’’ which was published in 

the Federal Register on March 14, 2023, 

and became effective on April 13, 2023 

(88 FR 15864). 

II. Availability of Documents 

The table in this notice provides 

transparency regarding the number and 

type of exemptions the NRC has issued 

and provides the facility name, docket 

number, document description, 

document date, and ADAMS accession 

number for each exemption issued. 

Additional details on the exemption 

issued, including the exemption request 

submitted by the licensee and the NRC’s 

decision, are provided in the exemption 

approval listed in the following table. 

For additional directions on accessing 

information in ADAMS, see the 

ADDRESSES section of this document. 

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY; HUMBOLDT BAY INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION; DOCKET NO. 

72–27 

Document description ADAMS 

accession No. Document date 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company [Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation]—Request for Exemption from Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Implementation.ML23338A335 December 4, 2023. 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company [Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation], Supplement to the Request for Exemption from Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Implementation.ML24179A063 June 26, 2024. 

Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation—Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 

CFR part 73.

ML24205A084 August 6, 2024. 


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Dated: September 12, 2024. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

David Wrona, 

Chief, Plant Licensing Branch II–2, Division 

of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21153 Filed 9–17–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–445 and 50–446; NRC– 

2024–0156] 

Vistra Operations Company LLC; 

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, 

Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Exemption 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is granting an 

exemption in response to a request from 

Vistra Operations Company LLC (the 

licensee), submitted by letter dated 

August 24, 2023, as supplemented by 

letter dated August 15, 2024, seeking 

exemption from specific regulations that 

require periodic updates of the 

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, 

Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Updated Final Safety 

Analysis Report. 

DATES: The exemption was issued on 

September 11, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2024–0156 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 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2024–0156. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@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 obtain publicly 

available documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://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, at 

301–415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The request for 

the exemption was submitted by letter 

dated August 24, 2023, as supplemented 

by letter dated August 15, 2024 

(ADAMS Accession Nos. ML23236A605 

and ML24228A186, respectively). 

• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you 

may examine and order copies of 

publicly available documents, is open 

by appointment. To make an 

appointment to visit the PDR, please 

send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov 

or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 

4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern 

time (ET), Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Samson Lee, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, telephone: 301–415–3168; email: 

Samson.Lee@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the exemption is attached. 

Dated: September 13, 2024. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Samson Lee, 

Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing 

Branch 4, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

Attachment—Exemption 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Docket Nos. 50–445 and 50–446 

Vistra Operations Company LLC 

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, 

Unit Nos. 1 and 2 Exemption 

I. Background 

Vistra Operations Company LLC 

(Vistra OpCo, the licensee) is the holder 

of Renewed Facility Operating License 

Nos. NPF–87 and NPF–89, for the 

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, 

Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Comanche Peak), 

respectively. The licenses provide, 

among other things, that the licensee is 

subject to all rules, regulations, and 

orders of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC, the Commission) 

now or hereafter in effect. These 

facilities consist of two pressurized 

water reactors located in Somervell 

County, Texas. 

II. Request/Action 

In accordance with Section 50.71 of 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Maintenance of 

records, making of reports,’’ paragraph 

(e)(4) states, in part, that ‘‘Subsequent 

revisions [to the Updated Final Safety 

Analysis Report (UFSAR) submitted as 

part of the original license application] 

must be filed annually or 6 months after 

each refueling outage provided the 

interval between successive updates [to 

the UFSAR] does not exceed 24 

months.’’ By letter dated August 24, 

2023 (Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML23236A605), as 

supplemented by letter dated August 15, 

2024 (ML24228A186), Vistra OpCo 

requested that the due date for submittal 

of the Comanche Peak UFSAR be by 

July 31 of every odd-numbered year, 

provided the interval between 

successive updates does not exceed 24 

months. 

III. Discussion 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, ‘‘Specific 

exemptions,’’ the NRC may, upon 

application by any interested person or 

upon its own initiative, grant 

exemptions from the requirements of 10 

CFR part 50, ‘‘Domestic Licensing of 

Production and Utilization Facilities,’’ 

including 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) when: (1) 

the exemptions are authorized by law, 

will not present an undue risk to the 

public health and safety, and are 

consistent with the common defense 

and security; and (2) special 

circumstances are present. Under 10 

CFR 50.12(a)(2), special circumstances 

include, among other things, whenever 

application of the regulation in the 

particular circumstances would not 

serve, or is not necessary to achieve, the 

underlying purpose of the rule. 

A. The Exemption Is Authorized by Law 

The regulation at 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) 

requires revisions to UFSARs to be filed 

annually or 6 months after each 

refueling outage, provided the interval 

between successive updates does not 

exceed 24 months. The underlying 

purpose of the regulation is to ensure 

that the licensee periodically updates its 

UFSAR so that the UFSAR remains upto-date and accurately reflects the plant 

design and operation for use in 

subsequent reviews or activities 

concerning that facility performed by 

the licensee, the Commission, and other 

interested parties. The proposed 

exemption would change the current 

UFSAR submittal schedule for 

Comanche Peak to a calendar-based 

schedule that would not exceed the 

maximum 24 months between 

successive updates as required by 10 

CFR 50.71(e)(4). Submitting the UFSAR 

updates for Comanche Peak as proposed 

by July 31 of the odd year continues to 

maintain the UFSAR information up-todate. The NRC staff has determined that 

granting the licensee’s proposed 

exemption will not result in a violation 

of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended, or the Commission’s 

regulations. Therefore, the exemption is 

authorized by law. 


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