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Board task force analyzed the 

geographic distribution of NSF funds, 

which resulted in the creation of an NSF 

Experimental Program to Stimulate 

Competitive Research (EPSCoR). 

Congress specified two objectives for the 

EPSCoR program in the National 

Science Foundation Authorization Act 

of 1988: (1) To assist States that 

historically have received relatively 

little Federal research and development 

funding; and (2) to assist States that 

have demonstrated a commitment to 

develop their research bases and 

improve science and engineering 

research and education programs at 

their universities and colleges. 

The EPSCoR Research Infrastructure 

Improvement Programs advance science 

and engineering capabilities in EPSCoR 

jurisdictions for discovery, innovation 

and overall knowledge-based prosperity. 

These projects build human, cyber, and 

physical infrastructure in EPSCoR 

jurisdictions, stimulating sustainable 

improvements in their Research & 

Development (R&D) capacity and 

competitiveness. 

EPSCoR projects are unique in their 

scope and complexity; in their 

integration of individual researchers, 

institutions, and organizations; and in 

their role in developing the diverse, 

well-prepared, STEM-enabled workforce 

necessary to sustain research 

competitiveness and catalyze economic 

development. In addition, these projects 

are generally inter- (or 

multi-)disciplinary and involve effective 

jurisdictional and regional 

collaborations among academic, 

government and private sector 

stakeholders that advance scientific 

research, promote innovation and 

provide multiple societal benefits; and 

they broaden participation in science 

and engineering by engaging multiple 

institutions and organizations at all 

levels of research and education, and 

people within and among EPSCoR 

jurisdictions. These projects usually 

involve between 100 (Track-2) to 300 

(Track-1) participants per year over the 

performance period and provide 

outreach experiences to thousands of 

K–12 students and teachers. America 

COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 

2010, Section 517 (H.R. 5116, Section 

517) requires NSF EPSCoR to submit 

annual reports to both Congress and 

OSTP that contains data detailing 

project progress and success (new 

investigators, broadening participation, 

dissemination of results, new 

workshops, outreach activities, 

proposals submitted and awarded, 

mentoring activities among faculty 

members, collaborations, researcher 

participating on the review process, 

etc.). 

EPSCoR RII Track-1 and Track-2 

projects are required to submit annual 

reports on progress and plans, which are 

used as a basis for performance review 

and determining the level of continued 

funding. To support this review and the 

management of an EPSCoR RII projects, 

teams are required to develop a set of 

performance indicators for building 

sustainable infrastructure and capacity 

in terms of a strategic plan for the 

project; measure performance and revise 

strategies as appropriate; report on the 

progress relative to the project’s goals 

and milestones; and describe changes in 

strategies, if any, for submission 

annually to NSF. These indicators are 

both quantitative and descriptive and 

may include, for example, the 

characteristics of project personnel and 

students; aggregate demographics of 

participants; sources of financial 

support and in-kind support; 

expenditures by operational component; 

characteristics of industrial and/or other 

sector participation; research activities; 

workforce development activities; 

external engagement activities; patents 

and patent licenses; publications; 

degrees granted to students involved in 

project activities; and descriptions of 

significant advances and other outcomes 

of the EPSCoR project’s efforts. Part of 

this reporting takes the form of several 

spreadsheets to capture specific 

information to demonstrate progress 

towards achieving the goals of the 

program. Such reporting requirements 

are included in the cooperative 

agreement which is binding between the 

awardee institution and NSF. 

Each project’s annual report addresses 

the following categories of activities: (1) 

Research, (2) education, (3) workforce 

development, (4) partnerships and 

collaborations, (5) communication and 

dissemination, (6) sustainability, (7) 

diversity, (8) management, and (9) 

evaluation and assessment. 

For each of the categories the report 

is required to describe overall objectives 

for the year; specific accomplishments, 

impacts, outputs and outcomes; 

problems or challenges the project has 

encountered in making progress towards 

goals; and anticipated problems in 

performance during the following year. 

Use of the Information: NSF will use 

the information to continue funding of 

the EPSCoR RII projects, and to evaluate 

the progress of the program. 

The current RPPR is designed 

primarily to support reporting from 

individual investigators and nor for 

large centers/center-like programs 

involving hundreds of participants. The 

change would facilitate reporting better 

aligned with program goals and is 

expected to minimize reporting burden 

on the EPSCoR community and provide 

data as legislatively required for NSF 

EPSCoR. 

Estimate of Burden: 100 hours per 

project for twenty-nine projects for a 

total of 2,900 hours. 

Respondents: Non-profit institutions; 

federal government. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Report: One. 

Comments: Comments are invited on 

(a) whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Dated: February 2, 2016. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02365 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–445, 50–446, and 72–74; 

NRC–2016–0020] 

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, 

Units 1 and 2, and Independent Spent 

Fuel Storage Installation Consideration 

of Approval of Transfer of Licenses 

and Conforming Amendments 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Application for direct transfer of 

licenses; opportunity to comment, 

request a hearing, and petition for leave 

to intervene. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) received and is 

considering approval of a direct license 

transfer application filed by Luminant 

Generation Company, LLC (Luminant 

Power) on November 12, 2015, and 

supplemented by letter dated December 

9, 2015. The application seeks NRC 

approval of the direct transfer of Facility 


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Operating License Nos. NPF–87 and 

NPF–89 for Comanche Peak Nuclear 

Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 (CPNPP), 

and general license for independent 

spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) 

from the current holder, Luminant 

Power, to as yet unnamed companies, 

herein identified as Comanche Peak LLC 

(CP LLC), as owner, and Operating 

Company LLC (OpCo LLC), as operator. 

Both the units are Pressurized Water 

Reactor design, 3612 megawatts thermal 

units, located in Somervell County, 

Texas. The ISFSI is also located within 

a separate protected area collocated at 

the CPNPP site. The NRC is also 

considering amending the facility 

operating licenses for administrative 

purposes to reflect the proposed 

transfer. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

March 9, 2016. A request for a hearing 

must be filed by February 29, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods (unless 

this document describes a different 

method for submitting comments on a 

specific subject): 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2016–0020. 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. 

• Email comments to: 

Hearingdocket@nrc.gov. If you do not 

receive an automatic email reply 

confirming receipt, then contact us at 

301–415–1677. 

• Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 301– 

415–1101. 

• Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. 

• Hand deliver comments to: 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 

20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. 

(Eastern Time) Federal workdays; 

telephone: 301–415–1677. 

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: 

Balwant K. Singal, Office of the Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

3016, email: Balwant.Singal@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016– 

0020 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–2016–0020. 

• 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 

application for direct transfer of the 

licenses dated November 12 and 

December 9, 2015, is available in 

ADAMS under Accession Nos. 

ML15320A093 and ML15345A048, 

respectively. 

• 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. 

B. Submitting Comments. 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2016– 

0020 in the subject line of 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 http://

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 the issuance 

of an order under § 50.80 of title 10 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR), approving the direct transfer of 

control of CPNPP and ISFSI, Facility 

Operating License Nos. NPF–87 and 

NPF–89, currently held by Luminant 

Power. Luminant Power is owned by 

Energy Future Competitive Holdings 

Company LLC (EFCH), through its 

wholly owned subsidiaries. The EFCH 

is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of 

Energy Future Holdings Corporation 

(EFH). According to the application, the 

current and intended ownership 

structure of the facility is depicted in 

simplified organization charts provided 

in Exhibits A and B of the letter dated 

November 12, 2015. As a result of the 

proposed transactions and consistent 

with Exhibit B, EFH and EFCH will no 

longer ultimately own the facility. 

Rather, at the emergence from the 

bankruptcy, Reorganized Texas 

Competitive Electric Holdings (TCEH) 

Corporation (Reorganized TCEH), the 

ultimate parent company of CP LLC, 

will be ultimately owned by numerous 

and diverse set of independent and 

unaffiliated stockholders. No single 

entity is expected to own a majority of, 

or exercise control over Reorganized 

TCEH or its board of directors. The 

licenses will be transferred from 

Luminant Power to CP LLC, as owner, 

and OpCo LLC, as operator. Luminant 

Power has committed to inform the NRC 

staff of the final legal entity names and 

submit updated operating license 

revision pages, as and when, the final 

legal names are selected before the 

issuance of the license transfer. The 

NRC is also considering amending the 

facility operating licenses for 

administrative purposes to reflect the 

proposed transfer. 

Following approval of the proposed 

direct transfer of control of the license, 

CP LLC would acquire ownership of the 

facility. OpCo LLC would be responsible 

for the operation and maintenance of 

CPNPP and ISFSI. Current Luminant 

Power nuclear management and 

technical personnel will be employed 

by OpCo LLC. Accordingly, there will 

be no change in management and/or 

technical qualifications, and OpCo LLC 

will continue to be technically qualified 

to operate the facility. 

No physical changes to the CPNPP 

and ISFSI or operational changes are 

being proposed in the application. 

The NRC’s regulations at 10 CFR 

50.80 state that no license, or any right 

thereunder, shall be transferred, directly 

or indirectly, through transfer of control 

of the license, unless the Commission 


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gives its consent in writing. The 

Commission will approve an 

application for the direct transfer of a 

license if the Commission determines 

that the proposed transferee is qualified 

to hold the license, and that the transfer 

is otherwise consistent with applicable 

provisions of law, regulations, and 

orders issued by the Commission. 

Before issuance of the proposed 

conforming license amendment, the 

Commission will have made findings 

required by the Atomic Energy Act of 

1954, as amended (AEA), and the 

Commission’s regulations. 

As provided in 10 CFR 2.1315, unless 

otherwise determined by the 

Commission with regard to a specific 

application, the Commission has 

determined that any amendment to the 

license of a utilization facility or to the 

license of an ISFSI, which does no more 

than conform the license to reflect the 

transfer action, involves no significant 

hazards consideration and no genuine 

issue as to whether the health and safety 

of the public will be significantly 

affected. No contrary determination has 

been made with respect to this specific 

license amendment application. In light 

of the generic determination reflected in 

10 CFR 2.1315, no public comments 

with respect to significant hazards 

considerations are being solicited, 

notwithstanding the general comment 

procedures contained in 10 CFR 50.91. 

III. Opportunity To Comment 

Within 30 days from the date of 

publication of this notice, persons may 

submit written comments regarding the 

license transfer application, as provided 

for in 10 CFR 2.1305. The Commission 

will consider and, if appropriate, 

respond to these comments, but such 

comments will not otherwise constitute 

part of the decisional record. Comments 

should be submitted as described in the 

ADDRESSES section of this document. 

IV. Opportunity To Request a Hearing 

and Petition for Leave To Intervene 

Within 20 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, 

which is available at the NRC’s PDR, 

located at One White Flint North, Room 

O1–F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first 

floor), 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 20 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; and 

the Secretary or the Chief 

Administrative Judge of the Atomic 

Safety and Licensing Board will issue a 

notice of a 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 which 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 

amendment 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. 

Petitions for leave to intervene must 

be filed no later than 20 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 20-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). 

If a hearing is requested, and the 

Commission has not made a final 

determination on the issue of no 

significant hazards consideration, the 

Commission will make a final 

determination on the issue of no 

significant hazards consideration. The 

final determination will serve to decide 

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 

held 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 

any 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 

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 

Commission by February 29, 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 


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section, except that under § 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 February 29, 2016. 

V. 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 

(PDF) 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 

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 


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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. 

The Commission will issue a notice or 

order granting or denying a hearing 

request or intervention petition, 

designating the issues for any hearing 

that will be held and designating the 

Presiding Officer. A notice granting a 

hearing will be published in the Federal 

Register and served on the parties to the 

hearing. 

For further details with respect to this 

application, see the letters dated 

November 12 and December 9, 2015. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day 

of January 2016. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Balwant K. Singal, 

Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing 

Branch IV–1, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02380 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 72–17; NRC–2016–0021] 

Portland General Electric Company; 

Trojan Independent Spent Fuel Storage 

Installation in Columbia County, 

Oregon 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Environmental assessment and 

finding of no significant impact; 

issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing an 

environmental assessment (EA) and a 

finding of no significant impact (FONSI) 

for its review and approval of the 

decommissioning funding plan 

submitted by Portland General Electric 

Company (PGE), on December 13, 2012, 

for the Trojan independent spent fuel 

storage installation (ISFSI). 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2016–0021 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–2016–0021. 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 available in 

ADAMS) is provided the first time that 

a document is referenced. In addition, 

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: Jose 

Cuadrado, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

0606, email: Jose.Cuadrado@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC is considering the approval 

of the decommissioning funding plan 

(DFP) for the Trojan ISFSI. Portland 

General Electric Company (PGE), 

submitted its DFP for NRC’s review and 

approval by letter dated December 13, 

2012 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML12355A286). The NRC staff has 

prepared an EA (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML16029A242) in support of its review 

of PGE’s DFP, in accordance with the 

NRC’s regulations in part 51 of title 10 

of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR), ‘‘Environmental Protection 

Regulations for Domestic Licensing and 

Related Regulatory Functions,’’ which 

implement the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Based on the EA, 

the NRC staff has determined that 

approval of the DFP for the Trojan ISFSI 

will not significantly affect the quality 

of the human environment, and, 

accordingly, the staff has concluded that 

a FONSI is appropriate. The NRC staff 

further finds that preparation of an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) is 

not warranted. 

II. Environmental Assessment 

Summary 

Background 

The Trojan ISFSI is located on the 

Trojan Nuclear Plant site, in Columbia 

County, Oregon, approximately 42 miles 

north of the city of Portland, Oregon. 

Portland General Electric Company 

(PGE) is authorized by the NRC, under 

License No. SNM–2509, to store spent 

nuclear fuel at the Trojan ISFSI. 

The NRC requires its licensees to plan 

for the eventual decommissioning of 

their licensed facilities prior to license 

termination. On June 17, 2011; 76 FR 

35512, the NRC published a final rule in 

the Federal Register amending its 

decommissioning planning regulations. 

The final rule amended the NRC’s 

regulation in 10 CFR 72.30, which 

concerns financial assurance and 

decommissioning for ISFSIs. This 

regulation now requires each holder of, 

or applicant for, a license under 10 CFR 

part 72 to submit, for NRC’s review and 

approval, a DFP. The purpose of the 

DFP is to demonstrate the licensee’s 

financial assurance, i.e., that funds will 

be available to decommission the ISFSI. 

The NRC staff is reviewing the DFP 

submitted by PGE on December 13, 

2012. Specifically, the NRC must 

determine whether PGE’s DFP contains 

the information required by 10 CFR 

72.30(b) and whether PGE has provided 

reasonable assurance that funds will be 

available to decommission the ISFSI. 

Proposed Action 

The proposed federal action is the 

NRC’s review and approval of PGE’s 

DFP submitted in accordance with 10 

CFR 72.30(b). In order to approve the 

DFP, the NRC will evaluate (i) whether 

the decommissioning cost estimate 

(DCE) adequately estimates the cost to 

conduct the required ISFSI 

decommissioning activities prior to 

license termination, including 

identification of the volume of onsite 

subsurface material containing residual 

radioactivity that will require 

remediation to meet the license 

termination criteria in 10 CFR 20.1402 

or 10 CFR 20.1403, and (ii) whether the 

aggregate dollar amount of PGE’s 

financial instruments provide adequate 


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