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portions of the site review will include 

information of a proprietary or 

confidential nature, including technical 

information; and information on 

personnel. These matters are exempt 

under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the 

Government in the Sunshine Act. 

Dated: July 1, 2022. 

Crystal Robinson, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–456 and 50–457; NRC– 

2022–0134] 

Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; 

Braidwood Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License amendment application; 

opportunity to comment, request a 

hearing, and petition for leave to 

intervene. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of an amendment to Facility 

Operating License No. NPF–72 and 

NPF–77, issued to Constellation Energy 

Generation, LLC, for operation of the 

Braidwood Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2. 

The proposed amendments would 

change Technical Specifications (TS) 

Surveillance Requirement (SR) 3.7.9.2 to 

allow an ultimate heat sink (UHS) 

temperature of ≤ 102.8 °F (degree 

Fahrenheit) through September 30, 

2022. 

DATES: Submit comments by August 8, 

2022. Requests for a hearing or petition 

for leave to intervene must be filed by 

September 6, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods; 

however, the NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal rulemaking website: 

• Federal rulemaking website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2022–0134. 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. 

• Mail comments to: Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– 

A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, ATTN: Program Management, 

Announcements and Editing Staff. 

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: Joel 

S. Wiebe, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, telephone: 301–415–6606, email: 

Joel.Wiebe@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2022– 

0134 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publicly 

available information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2022–0134. 

• 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, 301– 

415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The LAR is 

available under ADAMS ML22154A203. 

• NRC’S PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents, 

by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR, 

Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. 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 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time (ET), Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

B. Submitting Comments 

The NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal rulemaking website (https://

www.regulations.gov). Please include 

Docket ID NRC–2022–0134 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 https://

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. 

II. Introduction 

The NRC is considering issuance of an 

amendment to Facility Operating 

Licenses No. NPF–72 and NPF–77, 

issued to Constellation Energy 

Generation, LLC, for operation of the 

Braidwood Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, 

located in Will County, Illinois. 

The proposed amendments would 

change TS SR 3.7.9.2 to allow a UHS 

temperature of less than or equal to 

102.8 °F through September 30, 2022. 

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. 

The NRC has made a proposed 

determination that the LAR involves no 

significant hazards consideration 

(NSHC). Under the NRC’s regulations in 

§ 50.92 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), 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 

NSHC analysis, which is presented 

below: 

1. Does the proposed change involve 

a significant increase in the probability 

or consequences of an accident 

previously evaluated? 

Response: No. 

The likelihood of a malfunction of 

any systems, structures, or components 

(SSCs) supported by the Ultimate Heat 

Sink (UHS) is not significantly 

increased by increasing the allowable 

UHS temperature from ≤102°F to 

≤102.8°F. The UHS provides a heat sink 

for process and operating heat from 

safety related components during a 

transient or accident, as well as during 

normal operation. The proposed change 


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does not make any physical changes to 

any plant SSCs, nor does it alter any of 

the assumptions or conditions upon 

which the UHS is designed. The UHS is 

not an initiator of any analyzed 

accident. All equipment supported by 

the UHS has been evaluated to 

demonstrate that their performance and 

operation remains as described in the 

UFSAR [updated final safety analysis 

report] with no increase in probability 

of failure or malfunction. The SSCs 

credited to mitigate the consequences of 

postulated design basis accidents 

remain capable of performing their 

design basis function. The change in 

maximum UHS temperature has been 

evaluated using the UFSAR described 

methods to demonstrate that the UHS 

remains capable of removing normal 

operating and post-accident heat. The 

change in UHS temperature and 

resulting containment response 

following a postulated design basis 

accident has been demonstrated to not 

be impacted. Additionally, all the UHS 

supported equipment, credited in the 

accident analysis to mitigate an 

accident, has been shown to continue to 

perform their design function as 

described in the UFSAR. Therefore, the 

proposed change does not involve a 

significant increase in the probability or 

consequences of an accident previously 

evaluated. 

2. Does the proposed change create 

the possibility of a new or different kind 

of accident from any accident 

previously evaluated? 

Response: No. 

The proposed change does not create 

the possibility of a new or different kind 

of accident from any accident 

previously evaluated. The proposed 

change does not introduce any new 

modes of plant operation, change the 

design function of any SSC, or change 

the mode of operation of any SSC. There 

are no new equipment failure modes or 

malfunctions created as affected SSCs 

continue to operate in the same manner 

as previously evaluated and have been 

evaluated to perform as designed at the 

increased UHS temperature and as 

assumed in the accident analysis. 

Additionally, accident initiators remain 

as described in the UFSAR and no new 

accident initiators are postulated as a 

result of the increase in UHS 

temperature. Therefore, the proposed 

change does not create the possibility of 

a new or different kind of accident from 

any previously evaluated. 

3. Does the proposed change involve 

a significant reduction in a margin of 

safety? 

Response: No. 

The proposed change continues to 

ensure that the maximum temperature 

of the cooling water supplied to the 

plant SSCs during a UHS design basis 

event remains within the evaluated 

equipment limits and capabilities 

assumed in the accident analysis. The 

proposed change does not result in any 

changes to plant equipment function, 

including setpoints and actuations. All 

equipment will function as designed in 

the plant safety analysis without any 

physical modifications. The proposed 

change does not alter a limiting 

condition for operation, limiting safety 

system setting, or safety limit specified 

in the Technical Specifications. The 

proposed change does not adversely 

impact the UHS inventory required to 

be available for the UFSAR described 

design basis accident involving the 

worst case 30-day period including 

losses for evaporation and seepage to 

support safe shutdown and cooldown of 

both Braidwood Station units. 

Additionally, the structural integrity of 

the UHS is not impacted and remains 

acceptable following the change, 

thereby ensuring that the assumptions 

for both UHS temperature and inventory 

remain valid. Therefore, since there is 

no adverse impact of this proposed 

change on the Braidwood Station safety 

analysis, there is no reduction in the 

margin of safety of the plant. 

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 NSHC. 

The NRC is seeking public comments 

on this proposed determination that the 

license amendment request involves a 

NSHC. Any comments received within 

30 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 60-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 derating or 

shutdown of the facility, the 

Commission may issue the license 

amendment before the expiration of the 

notice period, provided that its final 

determination is that the amendment 

involves NSHC. The final determination 

will consider all public and State 

comments received. If the Commission 

takes action prior to the expiration of 

either the comment period or the notice 

period, 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. 

III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing 

and Petition for Leave To Intervene 

Within 60 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, any person 

(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 10 CFR 2.309. If 

a petition is filed, the presiding officer 

will rule on the petition and, if 

appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be 

issued. 

Petitions must be filed no later than 

60 days from the date of publication of 

this notice in accordance with the filing 

instructions in the ‘‘Electronic 

Submissions (E-Filing)’’ section of this 

document. 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). 

If a hearing is requested and the 

Commission has not made a final 

determination on the issue of NSHC, the 

Commission will make a final 

determination on the issue of no 

significant hazards consideration, which 

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 

of the public, in which case it will issue 

an appropriate order or rule under 10 

CFR part 2. 

A State, local governmental body, 

Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or 

designated agency thereof, may submit 

a petition to the Commission to 

participate as a party under 10 CFR 

2.309(h) no later than 60 days from the 

date of publication of this notice. 

Alternatively, a State, local 

governmental body, Federally 

recognized Indian Tribe, or agency 

thereof may participate as a non-party 

under 10 CFR 2.315(c). 


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For information about filing a petition 

and about participation by a person not 

a party under 10 CFR 2.315, see ADAMS 

ML20340A053 and on the NRC’s public 

website at https://www.nrc.gov/aboutnrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/ 

hearing.html#participate. 

IV. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing) 

All documents filed in NRC 

adjudicatory proceedings including 

documents filed by an interested State, 

local governmental body, Federally 

recognized Indian Tribe, or designated 

agency thereof that requests to 

participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must 

be filed in accordance with 10 CFR 

2.302. 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, unless an 

exemption permitting an alternative 

filing method, as further discussed, is 

granted. Detailed guidance on electronic 

submissions is located in the ‘‘Guidance 

for Electronic Submissions to the NRC’’ 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML13031A056) 

and on the NRC’s public website at 

https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. 

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 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 https://

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

getting-started.html. After a digital ID 

certificate is obtained and a docket 

created, the participant must submit 

adjudicatory documents in Portable 

Document Format. Guidance on 

submissions is available on the NRC’s 

public website at https://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. ET on the due date. Upon receipt 

of a transmission, the E-Filing system 

time-stamps the document and sends 

the submitter an email confirming 

receipt of the document. The E-Filing 

system also distributes an email 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 to 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 https:// 

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 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., ET, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Participants who believe that they 

have 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 in accordance with 

10 CFR 2.302(b)-(d). Participants filing 

adjudicatory documents in this manner 

are responsible for serving their 

documents on all other participants. 

Participants granted an exemption 

under 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) must still meet 

the electronic formatting requirement in 

10 CFR 2.302(g)(1), unless the 

participant also seeks and is granted an 

exemption from 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1). 

Documents submitted in adjudicatory 

proceedings will appear in the NRC’s 

electronic hearing docket, which is 

publicly available at https://

adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded 

pursuant to an order of the presiding 

officer. If you do not have an NRCissued digital ID certificate as 

previously described, 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 

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 should not include 

copyrighted materials in their 

submission. 

For further details with respect to this 

action, see the application for license 

amendment dated June 3, 2022 (ADAMS 

ML22154A203). 

Attorney for licensee: Jason Zorn, 

Associate General Counsel Constellation 

Energy Generation, LLC 101 

Constitution Ave NW, Suite 400E, 

Washington, DC 20001. 

NRC Branch Chief: Nancy Salgado. 

Dated: June 30, 2022. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Joel S. Wiebe, 

Senior Project Manager, Licensing Projects 

Branch III, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Product Change—Priority Mail 

Negotiated Service Agreement 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives 

notice of filing a request with the Postal 

Regulatory Commission to add a 

domestic shipping services contract to 

the list of Negotiated Service 

Agreements in the Mail Classification 

Schedule’s Competitive Products List. 

DATES: Date of required notice: July 7, 

2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean Robinson, 202–268–8405. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Postal Service® hereby 

gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 

3642 and 3632(b)(3), on July 1, 2022, it 

filed with the Postal Regulatory 

Commission a USPS Request to Add 

Priority Mail Contract 751 to 

Competitive Product List. Documents 


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