8258 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 32 / Thursday, February 18, 2016 / Notices 

1Amended Petition for Leave to Intervene and 

Request for Hearing by the Blue Ridge 

Environmental Defense League and its Chapter 

Concerned Citizens of Shell Bluff (Dec. 23, 2015). 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Michael A. Norato, 

Chief, Materials Decommissioning Branch 

Division of Decommissioning, Uranium 

Recovery, and Waste Programs, Office of 

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03419 Filed 2–17–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

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COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 52–025 and 52–026; ASLBP 

No. 16–944–01–LA–BD01] 

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; 

Before Administrative Judges: Ronald 

M. Spritzer, Chairman; Nicholas G. 

Trikouros; Dr. James F. Jackson; in 

the Matter of Southern Nuclear 

Operating Company, Inc.; (Vogtle 

Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 

4) 

February 10, 2016. 

Order 

(Scheduling Oral Argument) 

Before the Board is a petition to 

intervene and request for a hearing, filed 

by Blue Ridge Environmental Defense 

League and its chapter Concerned 

Citizens of Shell Bluff (collectively 

Petitioner).1 Oral argument on 

contention admissibility will be held on 

Tuesday, March 15, 2016, beginning at 

10:00 a.m. EDT. This argument will take 

place at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 

Federal Justice Center, Plaza Building, 

600 James Brown Boulevard (formerly 

9th Street), Augusta, GA 30901. 

Instructions 

On or before Friday, March 11, 2016, 

the Petitioner, the Licensee, and the 

NRC Staff must each provide the names 

of their representatives by email to the 

Board and the service list. Only 

designated representatives will be 

permitted to present oral argument. 

Each counsel or other representative for 

each participant in this proceeding who 

has not already done so must file and 

serve a notice of appearance on or 

before March 11, 2016, containing all of 

the information required by 10 CFR 

§ 2.314(b). 

The primary purpose of this oral 

argument is for the Board to ask 

questions and receive answers 

concerning contention admissibility 

issues presented by the pleadings. As to 

each contention, the Petitioner shall 

have 15 minutes to present an 

introductory argument, and the NRC 

Staff and the Licensee shall each have 

10 minutes as well. The Petitioner may 

reserve up to 5 minutes of its allotted 

time for rebuttal. No other rebuttal will 

be permitted. 

In general, the participants should not 

repeat arguments already presented in 

their written filings, but should focus on 

responding to the Board’s questions. 

The argument is not an evidentiary 

hearing, and the participants therefore 

should not attempt to introduce 

evidence during the argument. The 

participants should advise the Board 

and the other participants no later than 

March 8, 2016 if they plan to refer to 

any type of visual aid during the 

argument. No material that is not 

already cited in the record before the 

Board should be used as a visual aid. 

Public Attendance 

The public is welcome to attend the 

argument, but space is limited within 

the courtroom. Additionally, only the 

parties’ designated representatives will 

be permitted to participate in the 

argument. Neither signs nor any manner 

of demonstration will be permitted in 

the courtroom. Those people wishing to 

attend the oral argument in person 

should contact the Board’s law clerk, 

Cooper Strickland, at 301–415–5880 or 

Cooper.Strickland@nrc.gov, no later 

than Wednesday, March 9, 2016 to 

provide their names for security 

purposes. All persons participating in 

person must present a valid photo ID 

and should arrive at least fifteen 

minutes early so as to allow sufficient 

time to pass through security screening. 

Furthermore, cell phones are not 

permitted in the Federal Justice Center. 

Transcript Availability 

Sometime after March 15, 2016, a 

transcript of the oral argument will be 

available for public inspection 

electronically on the NRC’s Electronic 

Hearing Docket (EHD). EHD is 

accessible from the NRC Web site at 

https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd. For 

additional information regarding the 

EHD please see http://www.nrc.gov/

about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory.

html#ehd. Persons who do not have 

access to the internet or who encounter 

problems in accessing the documents 

located on the NRC’s Web site may 

contact the NRC Public Document Room 

reference staff by email to pdr@nrc.gov 

or by telephone at (800) 397–4209 or 

(301) 415–4737. Reference staff are 

available Monday through Friday 

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET, 

except federal holidays. For additional 

information regarding the NRC Public 

Document Room please see http://www.

nrc.gov/reading-rm/pdr.html. 

It is so ordered. 

Rockville, Maryland February 10, 2016. 

For The Atomic Safety and Licensing 

Board. 

Ronald M. Spritzer, 

Chairman, Administrative Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03372 Filed 2–17–16; 8:45 am] 

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[Docket Nos. 50–309, and 72–1015; NRC– 

2016–0028] 

Independent Spent Fuel Storage 

Installation, Maine Yankee Atomic 

Power Company 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Exemption; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing an 

exemption in response to a September 1, 

2015, request from Maine Yankee 

Atomic Power Company, (MYAPC or 

licensee) from the requirement to 

comply with the terms, conditions, and 

specifications regarding the method of 

compliance defined in Amendment 5 of 

the NAC International (NAC)-UMS 

System Certificate of Compliance (CoC) 

No. 1015, Appendix A ‘‘Technical 

Specifications for NAC–UMS System’’, 

Technical Specifications (TS) A.5.4 

‘‘Surveillance After an Off-Normal, 

Accident, or Natural Phenomena Event’’ 

at the Maine Yankee (MY) Independent 

Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). 

The exemption request seeks a 

modification of TS A.5.4 inspection 

requirements for the inlet and outlet 

vents following off-normal, accident, 

and natural phenomena events. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2016–0028 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–2016–0028. 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 publicly 

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