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telephone: 202–395–7315, email: oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristen Benney, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

6355; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@

NRC.GOV. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015– 

0081 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2015–0081. A copy 

of the collection of information and 

related instructions may be obtained 

without charge by accessing Docket ID 

NRC–2015–0081. 

• 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. A copy 

of the collection of information and 

related instructions may be obtained 

without charge by accessing ADAMS 

Accession No. ML15324A078. The 

supporting statement is available in 

ADAMS under Accession No. 

ML15324A077. 

• 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. 

• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of 

the collection of information and related 

instructions may be obtained without 

charge by contacting NRC’s Acting 

Clearance Officer, Kristen Benney, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–6355; email: 

INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV. 

B. Submitting Comments 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information in 

comment submissions that you do not 

want to be publicly disclosed in your 

comment submission. All comment 

submissions are posted at http://

www.regulations.gov and entered into 

ADAMS. Comment submissions are not 

routinely edited to remove identifying 

or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the OMB, 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 comment submissions are not 

routinely edited to remove such 

information before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment into ADAMS. 

II. Background 

Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 35), the NRC recently 

submitted a request for renewal of an 

existing collection of information to 

OMB for review entitled, ‘‘NRC Form 

790, Classification Record.’’ The NRC 

hereby informs potential respondents 

that an agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and that a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

The NRC published a Federal 

Register notice with a 60-day comment 

period on this information collection on 

August 24, 2015, 80 FR 51328. 

1. The title of the information 

collection: NRC Form 790, 

‘‘Classification Record.’’ 

2. OMB approval number: 3150–0052. 

3. Type of submission: Extension. 

4. The form number, if applicable: 

NRC Form 790. 

5. How often the collection is required 

or requested: On occasion. 

6. Who will be required or asked to 

respond: NRC licensees, licensees’ 

contractors, and certificate holders who 

classify and declassify NRC information. 

7. The estimated number of annual 

responses: 1,500 annual responses. 

8. The estimated number of annual 

respondents: Three annual respondents 

(two NRC licensees and one licensee’s 

contractor). 

9. The estimated number of hours 

needed annually to comply with the 

information collection requirement or 

request: 143 hours. 

10. Abstract: Completion of the NRC 

Form 790 is a mandatory requirement 

for NRC licensees, licensees’ 

contractors, and certificate holder who 

classify and declassify NRC information 

in accordance with Executive Order 

13526, ‘‘Classified National Security 

Information,’’ the Atomic Energy Act, 

and implementing directives. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day 

of February 2016. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Kristen Benney, 

Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the 

Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02226 Filed 2–4–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–274; NRC–2015–0284] 

United States Geological Survey, 

TRIGA Research Reactor 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License renewal application; 

docketing; opportunity to request a 

hearing and to petition for leave to 

intervene; order. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering an 

application for the renewal of Facility 

Operating License No. R–113, which 

authorizes the United States Geological 

Survey (USGS or the licensee) to operate 

the USGS Training, Research, Isotope 

Production, General Atomics (TRIGA) 

Research Reactor (GSTR) at a maximum 

steady-state thermal power of 1.0 

megawatts (MW). The GSTR is a TRIGAfueled research reactor located at the 

Denver Federal Center, in Lakewood, 

Colorado. If approved, the renewed 

license would authorize the licensee to 

operate the GSTR up to a steady-state 

thermal power of 1.0 MW for an 

additional 20 years from the date of 

issuance of the renewed license. 

DATES: A request for a hearing or 

petition for leave to intervene must be 

filed by April 5, 2016. Any potential 

party as defined in § 2.4 of title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 

who believes access to sensitive 

unclassified non-safeguards information 

(SUNSI) is necessary to respond to this 

notice must request document access by 

February 16, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2015–0284 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–2015–0284. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

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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. For the 

convenience of the reader, the ADAMS 

accession numbers are provided in a 

table in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’ 

section of this document. 

• 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: 

Geoffrey Wertz, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

0893; email: Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC is considering an 

application for the renewal of Facility 

Operating License No. R–113, which 

authorizes the licensee to operate the 

GSTR at a maximum steady-state 

thermal power of 1.0 MW. The renewed 

license would authorize the licensee to 

operate the GSTR up to a steady-state 

thermal power of 1.0 MW for an 

additional 20 years from the date of 

issuance of the renewed license. 

By letter dated January 5, 2009, and 

as supplemented by various letters 

referenced in Section IV, ‘‘Availability 

of Documents,’’ of this document, the 

NRC received an application from the 

licensee filed pursuant to 10 CFR 

50.51(a) to renew Facility Operating 

License No. R–113 for the GSTR. The 

application contains SUNSI. 

Based on its initial review of the 

application, the NRC staff determined 

that the licensee submitted sufficient 

information in accordance with 10 CFR 

50.33 and 50.34 so that the application 

is acceptable for docketing. The current 

Docket No. 50–274 for Facility 

Operating License No. R–113 will be 

retained. The docketing of the renewal 

application does not preclude requests 

for additional information as the review 

proceeds, nor does it predict whether 

the Commission will grant or deny the 

application. Prior to a decision to renew 

the license, the Commission will make 

findings required by the Atomic Energy 

Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and 

the Commission’s rules and regulations. 

II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing 

and Petition for Leave To Intervene 

Within 60 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, any person(s) 

whose interest may be affected by this 

action may file a request for a hearing 

and a petition to intervene with respect 

to issuance of the amendment to the 

subject facility operating license or 

combined license. Requests for a 

hearing and a petition for leave to 

intervene shall be filed in accordance 

with the Commission’s ‘‘Agency Rules 

of Practice and Procedure’’ in 10 CFR 

part 2. Interested person(s) should 

consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, 

‘‘Hearing requests, petitions to 

intervene, requirements for standing, 

and contentions,’’ which is available at 

the NRC’s PDR, located in One White 

Flint North, Room O1–F21 (first floor), 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. The NRC’s regulations 

are accessible electronically from the 

NRC Library on the NRC’s Web site at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/cfr/. If a request for a hearing 

or petition for leave to intervene is filed 

within 60 days, the Commission or a 

presiding officer designated by the 

Commission or by the Chief 

Administrative Judge of the Atomic 

Safety and Licensing Board Panel will 

rule on the request and/or petition. The 

Secretary or the Chief Administrative 

Judge of the Atomic Safety and 

Licensing Board will issue a notice of 

hearing or an appropriate order. 

As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a 

petition for leave to intervene shall set 

forth with particularity the interest of 

the petitioner in the proceeding and 

how that interest may be affected by the 

results of the proceeding. The petition 

should specifically explain the reasons 

why intervention should be permitted, 

with particular reference to the 

following general requirements: (1) The 

name, address, and telephone number of 

the requestor or petitioner; (2) the 

nature of the requestor’s/petitioner’s 

right under the Act to be made a party 

to the proceeding; (3) the nature and 

extent of the requestor’s/petitioner’s 

property, financial, or other interest in 

the proceeding; and (4) the possible 

effect of any decision or order which 

may be entered in the proceeding on the 

requestor’s/petitioner’s interest. The 

petition must also set forth the specific 

contentions which the requestor/

petitioner seeks to have litigated at the 

proceeding. 

Each contention must consist of a 

specific statement of the issue of law or 

fact to be raised or controverted. In 

addition, the requestor/petitioner shall 

provide a brief explanation of the bases 

for the contention and a concise 

statement of the alleged facts or expert 

opinion that support the contention and 

on which the requestor/petitioner 

intends to rely in proving the contention 

at the hearing. The requestor/petitioner 

must also provide references to those 

specific sources and documents of 

which the petitioner is aware and on 

which the requestor/petitioner intends 

to rely to establish those facts or expert 

opinion. The petition must include 

sufficient information to show that a 

genuine dispute exists with the 

applicant on a material issue of law or 

fact. Contentions shall be limited to 

matters within the scope of the license 

renewal under consideration. The 

contention must be one which, if 

proven, would entitle the requestor/

petitioner to relief. A requestor/

petitioner who fails to satisfy these 

requirements with respect to at least one 

contention will not be permitted to 

participate as a party. 

Those permitted to intervene become 

parties to the proceeding, subject to any 

limitations in the order granting leave to 

intervene, and have the opportunity to 

participate fully in the conduct of the 

hearing with respect to resolution of 

that person’s admitted contentions, 

including the opportunity to present 

evidence and to submit a crossexamination plan for cross-examination 

of witnesses, consistent with NRC 

regulations, policies, and procedures. 

The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 

will set the time and place for any 

prehearing conferences and evidentiary 

hearings, and the appropriate notices 

will be provided. 

Petitions for leave to intervene must 

be filed no later than 60 days from the 

date of publication of this notice. 

Requests for hearing, petitions for leave 

to intervene, and motions for leave to 

file new or amended contentions that 

are filed after the 60-day 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)–(iii). 

A State, local governmental body, 

Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or 

agency thereof, may submit a petition to 

the Commission to participate as a party 

under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition 

should state the nature and extent of the 

petitioner’s interest in the proceeding. 

The petition should be submitted to the 

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Commission by April 5, 2016. The 

petition must be filed in accordance 

with the filing instructions in the 

‘‘Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)’’ 

section of this document, and should 

meet the requirements for petitions for 

leave to intervene set forth in this 

section, except that under 10 CFR 

2.309(h)(2) a State, local governmental 

body, or Federally-recognized Indian 

Tribe, or agency thereof does not need 

to address the standing requirements in 

10 CFR 2.309(d) if the facility is located 

within its boundaries. A State, local 

governmental body, Federallyrecognized Indian Tribe, or agency 

thereof may also have the opportunity to 

participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c). 

If a hearing is granted, any person 

who does not wish, or is not qualified, 

to become a party to the proceeding 

may, in the discretion of the presiding 

officer, be permitted to make a limited 

appearance pursuant to the provisions 

of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person making a 

limited appearance may make an oral or 

written statement of position on the 

issues, but may not otherwise 

participate in the proceeding. A limited 

appearance may be made at any session 

of the hearing or at any prehearing 

conference, subject to the limits and 

conditions as may be imposed by the 

presiding officer. Persons desiring to 

make a limited appearance are 

requested to inform the Secretary of the 

Commission by April 5, 2016. 

III. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing) 

All documents filed in NRC 

adjudicatory proceedings, including a 

request for hearing, a petition for leave 

to intervene, any motion or other 

document filed in the proceeding prior 

to the submission of a request for 

hearing or petition to intervene, and 

documents filed by interested 

governmental entities participating 

under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in 

accordance with the NRC’s E-Filing rule 

(72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007). The EFiling process requires participants to 

submit and serve all adjudicatory 

documents over the Internet, or in some 

cases to mail copies on electronic 

storage media. Participants may not 

submit paper copies of their filings 

unless they seek an exemption in 

accordance with the procedures 

described below. 

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 request 

(1) a digital identification (ID) 

certificate, which allows the participant 

(or its counsel or representative) to 

digitally sign documents and access the 

E-Submittal server for any proceeding in 

which it is participating; and (2) advise 

the Secretary that the participant will be 

submitting a request or petition for 

hearing (even in instances in which the 

participant, or its counsel or 

representative, already holds an NRCissued digital ID certificate). Based upon 

this information, the Secretary will 

establish an electronic docket for the 

hearing in this 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 Web site at http://

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

getting-started.html. System 

requirements for accessing the ESubmittal server are detailed in the 

NRC’s ‘‘Guidance for Electronic 

Submission,’’ which is available on the 

agency’s public Web site at http://

www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. Participants may 

attempt to use other software not listed 

on the Web site, but should note that the 

NRC’s E-Filing system does not support 

unlisted software, and the NRC Meta 

System Help Desk will not be able to 

offer assistance in using unlisted 

software. 

If a participant is electronically 

submitting a document to the NRC in 

accordance with the E-Filing rule, the 

participant must file the document 

using the NRC’s online, Web-based 

submission form. In order to serve 

documents through the Electronic 

Information Exchange System, users 

will be required to install a Web 

browser plug-in from the NRC’s Web 

site. Further information on the Webbased submission form, including the 

installation of the Web browser plug-in, 

is available on the NRC’s public Web 

site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. 

Once a participant has obtained a 

digital ID certificate and a docket has 

been created, the participant can then 

submit a request for hearing or petition 

for leave to intervene. Submissions 

should be in Portable Document Format 

in accordance with NRC guidance 

available on the NRC’s public Web site 

at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. A filing is considered 

complete at the time the documents are 

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. Eastern 

Time on the due date. Upon receipt of 

a transmission, the E-Filing system 

time-stamps the document and sends 

the submitter an email notice 

confirming receipt of the document. The 

E-Filing system also distributes an email 

notice 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 documents on those 

participants separately. Therefore, 

applicants and other participants (or 

their counsel or representative) must 

apply for and receive a digital ID 

certificate before a hearing request/

petition to intervene is filed so that they 

can obtain access to the document via 

the E-Filing system. 

A person filing electronically using 

the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system 

may seek assistance by contacting the 

NRC Meta System Help Desk through 

the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located on the 

NRC’s public Web site at http://

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 

Meta System Help Desk is available 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday, 

excluding government holidays. 

Participants who believe that they 

have a 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 requesting authorization to 

continue to submit documents in paper 

format. Such filings must be submitted 

by: (1) First class mail addressed to the 

Office of the Secretary of the 

Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, Attention: Rulemaking and 

Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, 

express mail, or expedited delivery 

service to the Office of the Secretary, 

Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking 

and Adjudications Staff. Participants 

filing a document in this manner are 

responsible for serving the document on 

all other participants. Filing is 

considered complete by first-class mail 

as of the time of deposit in the mail, or 

by courier, express mail, or expedited 

delivery service upon depositing the 

document with the provider of the 

service. A presiding officer, having 

granted an exemption request from 

using E-Filing, may require a participant 

or party to use E-Filing if the presiding 

officer subsequently determines that the 

reason for granting the exemption from 

use of E-Filing no longer exists. 

Documents submitted in adjudicatory 

proceedings will appear in the NRC’s 

electronic hearing docket which is 

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available to the public at http://

ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded 

pursuant to an order of the Commission, 

or the presiding officer. Participants are 

requested not to include personal 

privacy information, such as social 

security numbers, home addresses, or 

home phone numbers in their filings, 

unless an NRC regulation or other law 

requires submission of such 

information. However, in some 

instances, a request to intervene will 

require including information on local 

residence in order to demonstrate a 

proximity assertion of interest in the 

proceeding. 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 are requested 

not to include copyrighted materials in 

their submission. 

IV. Availability of Documents 

Documents related to this action, 

including the license renewal 

application and other supporting 

documentation are available to 

interested persons as indicated. 

Document ADAMS 

Accession No. 

NUREG–1537, ‘‘Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Applications for the Licensing of Non-Power Reactors,’’ Part 1, 

‘‘Format and Content,’’ February 1996 ...................................................................................................................................... ML042430055 

NUREG–1537, Part 2, ‘‘Standard Review Plan and Acceptance Criteria,’’ February 1996 ......................................................... ML042430048 

‘‘United States Geological Survey—‘Redacted’ Revised Safety Analysis Report [SAR], Technical Specifications, and Environmental Report to Support License Renewal (ME1593),’’ January 5, 2009 .......................................................................... ML092120136 

‘‘U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor Response to the RAI [Request for Additional Information] Concerning R–113 License Renewal,’’ November 24, 2010 ....................................................................................................................................... ML103340090 

‘‘Response to Letter of February 1, 2011, Concerning R–113 License Renewal,’’ February 11, 2011 ....................................... ML110480046 

‘‘Response to Questions 23.1, 23.2, and 23.3 of the Referenced RAI,’’ March 28, 2011 ........................................................... ML110950059 

‘‘U.S. Geological Survey—Response to Questions 22.1, 22,2, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, and 25.6 of the Referenced RAI,’’ May 

12, 2011 ..................................................................................................................................................................................... ML11138A027 

‘‘U.S. Geological Survey, Response to Request for Additional Information for Questions 17.1 and 17.2,’’ June 29, 2011 ........ ML11181A305 

‘‘Response to Question 2 of the Referenced RAI,’’ July 27, 2011 ............................................................................................... ML11214A091 

‘‘Response to Question 1 of the Referenced RAI,’’ August 30, 2011 (package) ......................................................................... ML112500522 

‘‘Response to Request for Additional Information to Question 20 of September 29, 2010,’’ September 26, 2011 ..................... ML11277A013 

‘‘U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor (GSTR) Response to Question 6 of the Referenced RAI,’’ October 31, 2011 .......... ML11314A106 

‘‘U.S. Geological Survey—* Redacted * Licensee Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Questions 7 and 8 

Re: License Renewal (TAC No. ME1593),’’ November 30, 2011 ............................................................................................. ML113460014 

‘‘U.S. Geological Survey—* Redacted * Licensee Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Question 15.3 

(ME1593),’’ January 3, 2012 ...................................................................................................................................................... ML120240003 

‘‘U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor—Response to Question 15.2 of the Request for Additional Information (RAI) dated 

September 29, 2010,’’ January 27, 2012 .................................................................................................................................. ML12068A138 

‘‘U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor (GSTR)—Response to Question 18 of a Request for Additional Information dated 

September 29, 2010,’’ January 27, 2012 .................................................................................................................................. ML12039A173 

‘‘U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor, Response to Request for Additional Information to Question 14,’’ March 28, 2012 ML12100A097 

‘‘U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor (GSTR)—Response to Question 16 of the Referenced RAI,’’ April 27, 2012 ............ ML12128A429 

‘‘U.S. Geological Survey, Responses to Questions 26 and 27 of the Referenced RAI,’’ May 18, 2012 ..................................... ML12151A407 

‘‘U.S. Geological Survey—Response to Request for Additional Information (RAI) Question 14,’’ May 31, 2012 ....................... ML12160A064 

‘‘U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor (GSTR)—Response to Question 3 of the Referenced RAI,’’ June 29, 2012 ............. ML12200A055 

‘‘U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor—Response to Question 21 of the Referenced RAI dated September 29, 2010,’’ 

July 31, 2012 .............................................................................................................................................................................. ML12220A525 

‘‘Responses are Provided to Questions 9, 10, 11, 12, 15.1, 23.4, 24, and 25.5; Along with a Corrected Copy of the Proposed Technical Specifications (Chapter 14) of the SAR,’’ August 30, 2012 ........................................................................... ML12251A231 

‘‘U.S. Geological Survey—* Redacted * Response to NRC Request for Additional Information dated October 2, 2012 (TAC 

No. ME1593),’’ November 16, 2012 .......................................................................................................................................... ML12334A001 

‘‘U.S. Geological Survey—* Redacted *—Responses to NRC Request for Additional Information dated October 2, 2012 and 

Telephone Conference dated December 20, 2012,’’ February 8, 2013 .................................................................................... ML13052A179 

‘‘Redacted—U.S.GS RAI Clarification Information Needed to Support the U.S.GS License Renewal SAR (TAC No. 

ME1593),’’ May 17, 2013 ........................................................................................................................................................... ML13162A662 

‘‘Follow-up Safety Analysis Responses from letter dated July 15, 2013,’’ October 31, 2013 ...................................................... ML13311A047 

‘‘Redacted Version—U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor Request for Additional Information Responses to RAI Questions 15.3 and 28,’’ November 24, 2014 ................................................................................................................................... ML14338A196 

‘‘Revision of Proposed Technical Specifications,’’ September 8, 2015 ........................................................................................ ML15261A042 

Portions of the license renewal 

application and its supporting 

documents contain SUNSI. These 

portions will not be available to the 

public. Any person requesting access to 

SUNSI must follow the procedures 

described in the Order below. 

Order Imposing Procedures for Access 

to Sensitive Unclassified NonSafeguards Information for Contention 

Preparation 

A. This Order contains instructions 

regarding how potential parties to this 

proceeding may request access to 

documents containing SUNSI. 

B. Within 10 days after publication of 

this notice of hearing and opportunity to 

petition for leave to intervene, any 

potential party who believes access to 

SUNSI is necessary to respond to this 

notice may request such access. A 

‘‘potential party’’ is any person who 

intends to participate as a party by 

demonstrating standing and filing an 

admissible contention under 10 CFR 

2.309. Requests for access to SUNSI 

submitted later than 10 days after 

publication of this notice will not be 

considered absent a showing of good 

cause for the late filing, addressing why 

the request could not have been filed 

earlier. 

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1While a request for hearing or petition to 

intervene in this proceeding must comply with the 

filing requirements of the NRC’s ‘‘E-Filing Rule,’’ 

the initial request to access SUNSI under these 

procedures should be submitted as described in this 

paragraph. 

2Any motion for Protective Order or draft NonDisclosure Affidavit or Agreement for SUNSI must 

be filed with the presiding officer or the Chief 

Administrative Judge if the presiding officer has not 

yet been designated, within 30 days of the deadline 

for the receipt of the written access request. 

3Requesters should note that the filing 

requirements of the NRC’s E-Filing Rule (72 FR 

49139; August 28, 2007) apply to appeals of NRC 

staff determinations (because they must be served 

on a presiding officer or the Commission, as 

applicable), but not to the initial SUNSI request 

submitted to the NRC staff under these procedures. 

C. The requester shall submit a letter 

requesting permission to access SUNSI 

to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, 

and provide a copy to the Associate 

General Counsel for Hearings, 

Enforcement and Administration, Office 

of the General Counsel, Washington, DC 

20555–0001. The expedited delivery or 

courier mail address for both offices is: 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. The email address for 

the Office of the Secretary and the 

Office of the General Counsel are 

Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov and 

OGCmailcenter@nrc.gov, respectively.1

The request must include the following 

information: 

(1) A description of the licensing 

action with a citation to this Federal 

Register notice; 

(2) The name and address of the 

potential party and a description of the 

potential party’s particularized interest 

that could be harmed by the action 

identified in C.(1); and 

(3) The identity of the individual or 

entity requesting access to SUNSI and 

the requester’s basis for the need for the 

information in order to meaningfully 

participate in this adjudicatory 

proceeding. In particular, the request 

must explain why publicly-available 

versions of the information requested 

would not be sufficient to provide the 

basis and specificity for a proffered 

contention. 

D. Based on an evaluation of the 

information submitted under paragraph 

C.(3) the NRC staff will determine 

within 10 days of receipt of the request 

whether: 

(1) There is a reasonable basis to 

believe the petitioner is likely to 

establish standing to participate in this 

NRC proceeding; and 

(2) The requestor has established a 

legitimate need for access to SUNSI. 

E. If the NRC staff determines that the 

requestor satisfies both D.(1) and D.(2) 

above, the NRC staff will notify the 

requestor in writing that access to 

SUNSI has been granted. The written 

notification will contain instructions on 

how the requestor may obtain copies of 

the requested documents, and any other 

conditions that may apply to access to 

those documents. These conditions may 

include, but are not limited to, the 

signing of a Non-Disclosure Agreement 

or Affidavit, or Protective Order 2 setting 

forth terms and conditions to prevent 

the unauthorized or inadvertent 

disclosure of SUNSI by each individual 

who will be granted access to SUNSI. 

F. Filing of Contentions. Any 

contentions in these proceedings that 

are based upon the information received 

as a result of the request made for 

SUNSI must be filed by the requestor no 

later than 25 days after the requestor is 

granted access to that information. 

However, if more than 25 days remain 

between the date the petitioner is 

granted access to the information and 

the deadline for filing all other 

contentions (as established in the notice 

of hearing or opportunity for hearing), 

the petitioner may file its SUNSI 

contentions by that later deadline. This 

provision does not extend the time for 

filing a request for a hearing and 

petition to intervene, which must 

comply with the requirements of 10 CFR 

2.309. 

G. Review of Denials of Access. 

(1) If the request for access to SUNSI 

is denied by the NRC staff after a 

determination on standing and need for 

access, the NRC staff shall immediately 

notify the requestor in writing, briefly 

stating the reason or reasons for the 

denial. 

(2) The requester may challenge the 

NRC staff’s adverse determination by 

filing a challenge within 5 days of 

receipt of that determination with: (a) 

The presiding officer designated in this 

proceeding; (b) if no presiding officer 

has been appointed, the Chief 

Administrative Judge, or if he or she is 

unavailable, another administrative 

judge, or an administrative law judge 

with jurisdiction pursuant to 10 CFR 

2.318(a); or (c) officer if that officer has 

been designated to rule on information 

access issues. 

H. Review of Grants of Access. A 

party other than the requester may 

challenge an NRC staff determination 

granting access to SUNSI whose release 

would harm that party’s interest 

independent of the proceeding. Such a 

challenge must be filed with the Chief 

Administrative Judge within 5 days of 

the notification by the NRC staff of its 

grant of access. 

If challenges to the NRC staff 

determinations are filed, these 

procedures give way to the normal 

process for litigating disputes 

concerning access to information. The 

availability of interlocutory review by 

the Commission of orders ruling on 

such NRC staff determinations (whether 

granting or denying access) is governed 

by 10 CFR 2.311.3

I. The Commission expects that the 

NRC staff and presiding officers (and 

any other reviewing officers) will 

consider and resolve requests for access 

to SUNSI, and motions for protective 

orders, in a timely fashion in order to 

minimize any unnecessary delays in 

identifying those petitioners who have 

standing and who have propounded 

contentions meeting the specificity and 

basis requirements in 10 CFR part 2. 

Attachment 1 to the Order summarizes 

the general target schedule for 

processing and resolving requests under 

these procedures. 

It is so ordered. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day 

of February, 2016. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Annette L. Vietti-Cook, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Attachment 1—General Target 

Schedule for Processing and Resolving 

Requests for Access to Sensitive 

Unclassified Non-Safeguards 

Information in This Proceeding 

Day Event/Activity 

0 ............... Publication of Federal Register notice of hearing and opportunity to petition for leave to intervene, including order with instructions 

for access requests. 

10 ............. Deadline for submitting requests for access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI) with information: Supporting the standing of a potential party identified by name and address; describing the need for the information in order for the 

potential party to participate meaningfully in an adjudicatory proceeding. 

60 ............. Deadline for submitting petition for intervention containing: (i) demonstration of standing; and (ii) all contentions whose formulation 

does not require access to SUNSI (+25 Answers to petition for intervention; +7 petitioner/requestor reply). 

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Day Event/Activity 

20 ............. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff informs the requester of the staff’s determination whether the request for access 

provides a reasonable basis to believe standing can be established and shows need for SUNSI. (NRC staff also informs any 

party to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information). If 

NRC staff makes the finding of need for SUNSI and likelihood of standing, NRC staff begins document processing (preparation 

of redactions or review of redacted documents). 

25 ............. If NRC staff finds no ‘‘need’’ or no likelihood of standing, the deadline for petitioner/requester to file a motion seeking a ruling to reverse the NRC staff’s denial of access; NRC staff files copy of access determination with the presiding officer (or Chief Administrative Judge or other designated officer, as appropriate). If NRC staff finds ‘‘need’’ for SUNSI, the deadline for any party to the 

proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information to file a motion 

seeking a ruling to reverse the NRC staff’s grant of access. 

30 ............. Deadline for NRC staff reply to motions to reverse NRC staff determination(s). 

40 ............. (Receipt +30) If NRC staff finds standing and need for SUNSI, deadline for NRC staff to complete information processing and file 

motion for Protective Order and draft Non-Disclosure Affidavit. Deadline for applicant/licensee to file Non-Disclosure Agreement 

for SUNSI. 

A ............... If access granted: Issuance of presiding officer or other designated officer decision on motion for protective order for access to 

sensitive information (including schedule for providing access and submission of contentions) or decision reversing a final adverse determination by the NRC staff. 

A + 3 ........ Deadline for filing executed Non-Disclosure Affidavits. Access provided to SUNSI consistent with decision issuing the protective 

order. 

A + 28 ...... Deadline for submission of contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI. However, if more than 25 days remain between the petitioner’s receipt of (or access to) the information and the deadline for filing all other contentions (as established in the notice of hearing or opportunity for hearing), the petitioner may file its SUNSI contentions by that later deadline. 

A + 53 ...... (Contention receipt +25) Answers to contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI. 

A + 60 ...... (Answer receipt +7) Petitioner/Intervenor reply to answers. 

>A + 60 .... Decision on contention admission. 

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DATES: February 8, 15, 22, 29, March 7, 

14, 2016. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

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the week of February 8, 2016. 

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the week of February 15, 2016. 

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016 

9:30 a.m. Discussion of Management 

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9:00 a.m. Strategic Programmatic 

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the Nuclear Material Users Business 

Lines (Public Meeting); (Contact: 

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This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/. 

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Carneal: 301–415–1451). 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/. 

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Isotopes (Public Meeting); (Contact: 

Douglas Bollock: 301–415–6609). 

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the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/. 

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notice. For more information or to verify 

the status of meetings, contact Denise 

McGovern at 301–415–0681 or via email 

at Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov. 

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Schedule can be found on the Internet 

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public-meetings/schedule.html. 

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