[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 64082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30335]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-325 and 324]


Carolina Power and Light Company (Brunswick Steam Electric 
Plant); Exemption

I.

    Carolina Power and Light Company (CP&L, the licensee) is the holder 
of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-71 and DPR-62, which authorize 
operation of Brunswick Steam Electric Plant (BSEP), Unit Nos. 1 and 2, 
at power levels not in excess of 2436 megawatts thermal. The facility 
consists of two boiling water reactors at the licensee's site in 
Brunswick County, North Carolina. The operating license provides, among 
other things, that BSEP is subject to all rules, regulations, and 
orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect.

II.

    Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.35(a), an applicant whose application for an 
operator license has been denied because of failure to pass the written 
examination or operating test, or both, may file a new application two 
months after the date of denial.

III.

    By letter dated November 8, 1995, CP&L requested an exemption under 
10 CFR 55.11 on behalf of its employee, an applicant for a Senior 
Reactor Operator license (applicant) under Subpart D of 10 CFR Part 55, 
from the requirements of 10 CFR 55.35(a). The schedular exemption 
requested would allow the applicant to file a new application before 
the two month waiting period expires and, thereafter, to be re-
administered a written examination during the week of December 18, 
1995. The applicant was notified that he had not passed his written 
examination (taken the week of October 23, 1995) by letter from Region 
II dated November 16, 1995, which would make the applicant eligible for 
re-examination no earlier than January 16, 1995.
    The Code of Federal Regulations at 10 CFR 55.11 states that, ``The 
Commission may, upon application by an interested person, or upon its 
own initiative, grant such exemptions from the requirements of the 
regulations in this part as it determines are authorized by law and 
will not endanger life or property and are otherwise in the public 
interest.''
    In support of its request for exemption, CP&L indicated that the 
applicant has entered a remediation process, and will be ready for re-
examination the week of December 18, 1995.

IV.

    The Commission has determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 55.11, 
granting this exemption to the applicant from the requirements in 10 
CFR 55.35(a) is authorized by law and will not endanger life or 
property and is otherwise in the public interest. This one-time 
exemption will allow the applicant to be administered a written re-
examination during the week of December 18, 1995, prior to the 
expiration of the two month time period from the date of notification 
of the results of his first written examination. This re-examination 
would be scheduled to coincide with a previously scheduled NRC initial 
examination visit. Accordingly, the Commission hereby grants the 
applicant an exemption on a one-time only basis from the schedular 
requirements of 10 CFR 55.35(a).
    Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Commission has also determined that 
the issuance of the exemption will not have a significant effect on the 
quality of the human environment. An Environmental Assessment and 
Finding of No Significant Impact was noticed in the Federal Register on 
December 6, 1995 (60 FR 67483).
    This exemption is effective upon issuance and expires on January 
16, 1996.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 7th day of December 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bruce A. Boger,
Director, Division of Reactor Controls and Human Factors, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 95-30335 Filed 12-12-95; 8:45 am]
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