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http://www.regulations.gov. MSHA 

cautions the commenter against 

providing any information in the 

submission that should not be publicly 

disclosed. Full comments, including 

personal information provided, will be 

made available on www.regulations.gov 

and www.reginfo.gov. 

The public may also examine publicly 

available documents at MSHA, 1100 

Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350, 

Arlington, VA. Sign in at the 

receptionist’s desk on the 21st floor. 

Questions about the information 

collection requirements may be directed 

to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

III. Current Actions 

This request for collection of 

information contains provisions for 

Ventilation Plans, Tests, and 

Examinations in Underground Coal 

Mines. MSHA has updated the data 

with respect to the number of 

respondents, responses, burden hours, 

and burden costs supporting this 

information collection request. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

OMB Number: 1219–0088. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 434. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Responses: 1,902,012. 

Annual Burden Hours: 313,624 hours. 

Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper 

Cost: $118,982. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: April 8, 2015. 

Sheila McConnell, 

Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08482 Filed 4–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–134; NRC–2015–0090] 

University of Michigan’s Ford Nuclear 

Reactor Facility 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License termination; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is noticing the 

termination of Facility Operating 

License No. R–28 for the Ford Nuclear 

Reactor (FNR). The NRC has terminated 

the license of the decommissioned FNR 

at the University of Michigan (UM or 

the licensee) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 

and has released the site for unrestricted 

use. 

DATES: Notice of termination of Facility 

Operating License No. R–28 given on 

April 14, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2015–0090 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 Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2015–0090. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@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 publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/

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 (if it is available in 

ADAMS) is provided the first time that 

it is mentioned in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. 

• 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: 

Theodore Smith, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–6721; email: Theodore.Smith@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FNR 

was operated by the Michigan Memorial 

Phoenix Project (MMPP) at the UM as a 

memorial to students and alumni of the 

UM who served in World War II, 

including the 588 who died in the war. 

The MMPP’s purpose has been to 

encourage and support research on the 

peaceful uses of nuclear energy and its 

social implications. The FNR was used 

by students, faculty and staff of the UM 

and other institutions and entities for 

research, experiments, and education 

classes. The FNR operations provided 

major assistance to a wide variety of 

research and educational programs, 

including neutron irradiation services, 

neutron beam port experimental 

facilities, classes in reactor operations, 

reactor related laboratory work, neutron 

activation analysis, isotope preparation, 

radiochemical preparation, gamma 

irradiation services, neutron 

radiography, testing services, and 

training programs. The licensee ceased 

operation of the facility in July 2003, 

and the fuel was subsequently removed 

in December 2003. The FNR underwent 

decommissioning activities from 2006 

until 2012, followed by Final Status 

Surveys (FSS) in the winter of 2012 to 

assess the final radiological status of the 

facility. 

The licensee submitted a proposed 

Decommissioning Plan (DP) on June 23, 

2004 (ADAMS Package No. 

ML041810586) which was revised on 

January 10, 2006 (ADAMS Package No. 

ML060180411). The NRC approved the 

revised UM DP by Amendment No. 50 

to License R–28, dated June 26, 2006 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML061220260). 

As required by the FNR DP, the UM 

submitted a Final Status Survey Plan 

(FSSP), in letters dated April 8, 2011, 

July 12, 2011, January 20, 2012, June 1, 

2012, July 13, 2012, and September 17, 

2012 (ADAMS Accession Nos. 

ML11119A004, ML11199A009, 

ML12025A125, ML12157A266, 

ML12199A018, and ML12264A562, 

respectively). Additional site 

characterization information for the 

FNR was provided on February 14, 

2012, and September 18, 2012 (ADAMS 

Package No. ML120950629 and ADAMS 

Accession No. ML12264A064). 

By letter dated October 25, 2012 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML12293A302), 

the NRC reviewed the FSSP and 

determined that after a change to one 

paragraph, it was acceptable and 

consistent with the guidance in 

NUREG–1757, ‘‘Consolidated 

Decommissioning Guidance’’ (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML063000243), and 

NUREG–1575, ‘‘Multi-Agency Radiation 

Survey and Site Investigation Manual’’ 

(MARSSIM) (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML082470583). The UM provided the 

modified FSSP with the revised 

paragraph on November 2, 2012 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML12312A130). 

The modification required an additional 

final status survey for three special areas 

of the FNR. 

The UM provided a final status survey 

report (FSSR) which included 

information on the three special FSS 


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areas in a letter dated July 11, 2013 

(ADAMS Package ML13205A152), 

followed by a corrected background 

count rate for the FSSR on August 19, 

2013 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML13235A009). 

In a letter dated February 26, 2014 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML14063A207), 

the UM confirmed that FNR systems 

and components had been transferred to 

the UM Broad Scope license No. 21– 

00215–04 by Amendment No. 102, in 

accordance with the approved DP, and 

requested termination of the FNR 

license. The Amendment No. 102 

transfer was approved by the NRC, with 

a correction, on February 19, 2014 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML14055A189). 

On June 23, 2014, NRC inspectors 

confirmed that site conditions were 

acceptable for license termination 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML14197A232). 

Additionally, NRC staff has reviewed 

the FNR FSSR. The FNR FSSR states 

that the criteria for termination set forth 

in FNR’s license (R–28), and as 

established in its DP and FSSP have 

been satisfied. 

The FSSR indicates that all but one of 

the individual radiological 

measurement determinations made 

throughout the facility for surface 

contamination (both total and 

removable) were found to be less than 

the criteria established in the DP, which 

is acceptable in accordance with the 

MARSSIM statistical methodology. 

Similarly, sample results from soil, and 

sediments were found to be less than 

the volumetric radionuclide 

concentration criteria established in the 

DP. Additionally, all the radioactive 

wastes have been removed from the 

facility. For these reasons, the NRC staff 

has determined that the survey results 

in the report comply with the criteria in 

the NRC approved DP and the release 

criteria in subpart E of part 20 of Title 

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(10 CFR). 

On August 9 through 11, 2011 the 

NRC conducted an on-site inspection of 

the decommissioning activities at the 

FNR. The NRC inspector evaluated 

decommissioning performance and 

conducted independent radiation 

surveys and soil sampling, with soil 

sample evaluation of the NRC samples 

by the Oak Ridge Associated 

Universities (ORAU). The inspection 

was an examination of UM’s licensed 

activities as they relate to radiation 

safety and to compliance with the 

Commission’s regulations and the 

license conditions, including the DP 

and FSSP. The inspection consisted of 

observations by the inspectors, 

interviews with personnel, and a review 

of procedures and records and 

acquisition of split samples. As a result 

of this inspection, a Notice of Violation 

was issued to the UM for failing to 

independently monitor or audit either 

decommissioning operations or the 

quality assurance program annually as 

required (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML11299A076). This violation has been 

resolved by the UM reinitiating audits 

and quality assurance reviews as part of 

semi-annual Decommissioning Review 

Committee meetings, as documented in 

an October 10, 2012 NRC inspection 

report. (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML12284A282). The final report from 

ORAU of the results of the soil sample 

analysis was provided to the NRC on 

August 23, 2011 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML112420852). One of the soil 

samples exceeded the FNR DP’s soil 

derived concentration guideline level 

for Cobalt-60, which was addressed by 

the UM subsequently remediating all 

the soil from the cavity area, and 

resampling as part of the final status 

survey. 

At the request of NRC staff, on 

January 16, 2015 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML15020A725), UM provided the 

results of eight additional soil samples, 

taken to a depth of thirteen feet, in the 

area where stockpiled soils were reused 

to refill the excavation in the former 

storage ports area of the FNR. All 

samples were below minimum 

detectable activity and well below the 

soil derived concentration guideline 

levels, which demonstrates that the 

reused stockpiled soils are acceptable 

for unrestricted release. Additionally, 

three split samples were sent to ORAU 

for laboratory analysis (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML15030A311). The 

results contained in the analytical report 

are consistent with UM’s report. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(b)(6), the 

NRC staff has concluded that the UM 

FNR in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has been 

decommissioned in accordance with the 

approved DP and that the FSSR and 

associated documentation demonstrates 

that the facilities and site may be 

released in accordance with the criteria 

for license termination in 10 CFR part 

20, subpart E. Further, on the basis of 

the decommissioning activities carried 

out by the UM, the NRC’s review of the 

licensee’s FSSR, the results of the NRC 

inspections conducted at the reactor 

facility, and the results of confirmatory 

lab analyses, the NRC has concluded 

that the decommissioning process is 

complete and the facilities and sites 

may be released for unrestricted use. 

Therefore, Facility Operating License 

No. R–28 is terminated. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day 

of April 2015. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Andrew Persinko, 

Deputy Director, Division of 

Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and 

Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08576 Filed 4–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 52–025 and 52–026; NRC– 

2008–0252] 

Vogtle Electric Generating Station, 

Units 3 and 4; Southern Nuclear 

Operating Company; Tier 1 Editorial 

and Consistency Changes 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Exemption and combined 

license amendment issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is granting an 

exemption to allow a departure from the 

certification information of Tier 1 of the 

generic design control document (DCD) 

and is issuing License Amendment No. 

30 to Combined Licenses (COLs), NPF– 

91 and NPF–92. The COLs were issued 

to Southern Nuclear Operating 

Company, Inc., and Georgia Power 

Company, Oglethorpe Power 

Corporation, Municipal Electric 

Authority of Georgia, and the City of 

Dalton, Georgia (the licensee); for 

construction and operation of the Vogtle 

Electric Generating Plant (VEGP) Units 

3 and 4, located in Burke County, 

Georgia. 

The granting of the exemption allows 

the changes to Tier 1 information 

requested in the amendment. Because 

the acceptability of the exemption was 

determined in part by the acceptability 

of the amendment, the exemption and 

amendment are being issued 

concurrently. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2008–0252 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 Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 


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