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actions and specified completion times 

referred to in this regulatory guide are 

based on the completion times 

presented in Regulatory Guide 1.93, 

‘‘Availability of Electric Power Sources,’’ 

Revision 0, issued December 1974, 

which have been incorporated into the 

required actions in the iSTS. 

II. Further Information 

The NRC staff is soliciting comments 

on DG–1244. Comments may be 

accompanied by relevant information or 

supporting data and should mention 

DG–1244 in the subject line. Comments 

submitted in writing or in electronic 

form will be made available to the 

public in their entirety through the 

NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS). 

Because your comments will not be 

edited to remove any identifying or 

contact information, the NRC cautions 

you against including any information 

in your submission that you do not want 

to be publicly disclosed. 

The NRC requests that any party 

soliciting or aggregating comments 

received from other persons for 

submission to the NRC inform those 

persons that the NRC will not edit their 

comments to remove any identifying or 

contact information, and therefore, they 

should not include any information in 

their comments that they do not want 

publicly disclosed. You may submit 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

1. Mail comments to: Rules, 

Announcements, and Directives Branch, 

Mail Stop: TWB–05–B01M, Office of 

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. 

2. Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

[NRC–2010–0305]. Address questions 

about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 

301–492–3668; e-mail 

Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

3. Fax comments to: Rules, 

Announcements, and Directives Branch, 

Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission at (301) 492– 

3446. 

Comments would be most helpful if 

received by November 26, 2010. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered if it is practical to do so, 

but the NRC is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

Although a time limit is given, 

comments and suggestions in 

connection with items for inclusion in 

guides currently being developed or 

improvements in all published guides 

are encouraged at any time. 

Requests for technical information 

about DG–1244 may be directed to the 

NRC contact, Satish Aggarwal at (301) 

251–7627 or e-mail 

Satish.Aggarwal@nrc.gov. 

Electronic copies of DG–1244 are 

available through the NRC’s public Web 

site under Draft Regulatory Guides in 

the ‘‘Regulatory Guides’’ collection of 

the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. Electronic copies are also 

available in ADAMS (http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), 

under Accession No. ML100840581. 

In addition, regulatory guides are 

available for inspection at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room (PDR) located at 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. The PDR’s mailing address is 

USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. The PDR can also be reached by 

telephone at (301) 415–4737 or (800) 

397–4205, by fax at (301) 415–3548, and 

by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and Commission approval 

is not required to reproduce them. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day 

of September, 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Harriet Karagiannis, 

Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development 

Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of 

Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23950 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

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[Docket Nos. 50–277 AND 50–278; NRC– 

2010–0303] 

Exelon Generation Company, LLC; 

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station 

Unit Nos. 2 and 3; Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of an exemption from Title 10 

of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR) Part 50, Appendix R, Section III.G, 

‘‘Fire Protection of Safe Shutdown 

Capability,’’ for the use of operator 

manual actions (OMAs) in lieu of the 

requirements specified in Appendix R, 

Section III.G.2, for Renewed Facility 

Operating License Nos. DPR–44 and 

DPR–56, issued to Exelon Generation 

Company, LLC (the licensee), for 

operation of Peach Bottom Atomic 

Power Station (PBAPS), Unit Nos. 2 and 

3, located in York and Lancaster 

Counties, Pennsylvania. Therefore, as 

required by 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC 

performed an environmental 

assessment. Based on the results of the 

environmental assessment, the NRC is 

issuing a finding of no significant 

impact. 

Environmental Assessment 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

The proposed action would grant an 

exemption to 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix 

R, Section III.G.2 (III.G.2) for the use of 

OMAs contained in the licensee’s Fire 

Protection Program (FPP) in lieu of 

certain technical requirements 

contained in III.G.2. The licensee’s FPP 

requires that the identified operator 

manual actions be performed outside of 

the control room to achieve shutdown of 

the reactor following fires in certain fire 

areas in the plant. The licensee states 

that the documentation provided in the 

submitted exemption request for 

PBAPS, Unit Nos. 2 and 3, demonstrates 

the feasibility and reliability of the 

identified OMAs. 

The proposed action is in accordance 

with the licensee’s application dated 

March 6, 2009, as supplemented by 

letter dated February 12, 2010 

(Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession Nos. ML090680141 and 

ML100470774, respectively). 

The Need for the Proposed Action 

The proposed exemption requests the 

use of OMAs in lieu of meeting the 

circuit separation and protection 

requirements contained in III.G.2 for 11 

fire areas described in the PBAPS FPP. 

The OMAs consist of a sequence of tasks 

that are initiated upon confirmation of 

a fire in the associated fire area. The 

proposed exemption is necessary 

because the crediting of OMAs to 

achieve and maintain hot shutdown of 

the reactor is not addressed in 10 CFR 

Part 50, Appendix R, Section III.G.2, 

and an exemption is therefore required 

in accordance with 10 CFR 50.12. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC has completed its evaluation 

for the proposed action and concludes 

that the OMAs addressed in the 

application are feasible and can be 

reliably performed. Further, the NRC 

concludes that the licensee has 

demonstrated sufficient defense-indepth such that identified preventative 

and protective measures in addition to 

the specified OMAs demonstrate the 

licensee’s ability to preserve or maintain 

safe shutdown capability in the event of 

a fire in the analyzed fire areas. 

The details of the NRC staff’s safety 

evaluation will be provided in the 


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exemption that will be issued as part of 

the letter to the licensee approving the 

exemption to 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix 

R, Section III.G.2. 

The proposed action will not 

significantly increase the probability or 

consequences of accidents. No changes 

are being made in the types of effluents 

that may be released offsite. There is no 

significant increase in the amount of 

any effluent released offsite. There is no 

significant increase in occupational or 

public radiation exposure. Therefore, 

there are no significant radiological 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed action. 

Based on the nature of the exemption, 

the proposed action does not result in 

changes to land use or water use, or 

result in changes to the quality or 

quantity of non-radiological effluents. 

No changes to the National Pollution 

Discharge Elimination System permit 

are needed. No effects on the aquatic or 

terrestrial habitat in the vicinity or the 

plant, or to threatened, endangered, or 

protected species under the Endangered 

Species Act, or impacts to essential fish 

habitat covered by the MagnusonStevens Act are expected. There are no 

impacts to the air or ambient air quality. 

There are no impacts to historic and 

cultural resources. There would be no 

noticeable effect on socioeconomic 

conditions in the region. Therefore, no 

changes or different types of nonradiological environmental impacts are 

expected as a result of the proposed 

action. Accordingly, the NRC staff 

concludes that there are no significant 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed action. 

Environmental Impacts of the 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

As an alternative to the proposed 

action, the NRC staff considered denial 

of the proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘noaction’’ alternative). Denial of the 

application would not result in a 

decrease in current environmental 

impacts. If the proposed action was 

denied, the licensee would have to 

perform plant modifications to achieve 

compliance. The environmental impacts 

of the proposed action and the 

alternative action are similar. 

Alternative Use of Resources 

The action does not involve the use of 

any different resources than those 

previously considered in the Final 

Environmental Statement for PBAPS 

Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3, dated April 1973, 

and for PBAPS Unit Nos. 2 and 3, 

‘‘Generic Environmental Impact 

Statement for License Renewal of 

Nuclear Plants,’’ (NUREG–1437, 

Supplement 10), dated January 2003. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

In accordance with its stated policy, 

on September xx, 2010, the NRC staff 

consulted with the Pennsylvania State 

official, Bradley Fuller, of the 

Pennsylvania State Department of 

Environmental Protection, regarding the 

environmental impact of the proposed 

action. The State official had no 

comments. 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

On the basis of the environmental 

assessment, the NRC concludes that the 

proposed action will not have a 

significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment. Accordingly, the 

NRC has determined not to prepare an 

environmental impact statement for the 

proposed action. 

For further details with respect to the 

proposed action, see the licensee’s letter 

dated March 6, 2009, as supplemented 

on February 12, 2010 (ADAMS 

Accession Nos. ML090680141 and 

ML100470774, respectively). 

Documents may be examined, and/or 

copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public 

Document Room (PDR), located at One 

White Flint North, Room O1 F21, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland. Publicly available records 

will be accessible electronically from 

the ADAMS Public Electronic Reading 

Room on the Internet at the NRC Web 

site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. Persons who do not have 

access to ADAMS or who encounter 

problems in accessing the documents 

located in ADAMS should contact the 

NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone 

at 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or 

send an e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day 

of September 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

John D. Hughey, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I– 

2, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23958 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

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[Docket No. 70–1257; NRC–2009–0028] 

Notice of Issuance of Amendment No. 

1 for Special Nuclear Material License 

No. SNM–1227 [AREVA NP, Inc., 

Richland, WA] 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of license 

amendment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rafael L. Rodriguez, Project Manager, 

Fuel Manufacturing Branch, Division of 

Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Rockville, MD 20852. 

Telephone: (301) 492–3111; Fax 

Number: (301) 492–3363; E-mail: 

Rafael.Rodriguez@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

By letter dated June 12, 2008, to the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC), AREVA NP, Inc. (AREVA) 

requested approval of an amendment to 

its Special Nuclear Material License No. 

SNM–1227 which would authorize 

AREVA to install and operate a new 

process at its fuel fabrication facility in 

Richland, Washington, that will use 

supercritical carbon dioxide to extract 

uranium from waste material that 

contains a relatively low percentage of 

uranium. This submittal was revised 

and resubmitted by AREVA on August 

22, 2008, to reflect the required portion 

marking set forth in Title 10 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 

2.390(b). Pursuant to the requirements 

in 10 CFR 2.106, the NRC is providing 

notice that Amendment No. 1 for 

Special Nuclear Material License No. 

SNM–1227 has been issued. AREVA’s 

request for the proposed amendment 

was previously noticed, and an 

opportunity to request a hearing was 

provided in the Federal Register on 

January 16, 2009 (74 FR 3110–3114). 

The NRC staff evaluated AREVA’s 

license amendment request and 

concluded that it meets the regulatory 

criteria for a categorical exclusion, as 

described in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11). This 

conclusion is documented in the NRC 

staff’s Safety Evaluation Report (SER). 

This license amendment complies 

with the standards and requirements of 

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended, and NRC’s rules and 

regulations as set forth in 10 CFR 

Chapter 1. Accordingly, this license was 

amended on July 28, 2010, and is 

effective immediately. 

II. Further Information 

The NRC has prepared an SER that 

documents the information that was 

reviewed and the NRC’s conclusion. In 

accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the 

NRC’s ‘‘Rules of Practice,’’ details with 

respect to this action, including the SER 

and accompanying documentation 

included in the license package, are 

available electronically at the NRC’s 

Electronic Reading Room at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 


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