64418 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 209 / Wednesday, October 29, 2014 / Notices 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 52–027 and 52–028; NRC– 

2008–0441] 

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, 

Units 2 and 3; South Carolina Electric 

& Gas Company; Reclassification of 

Portions of Human Factors Verification 

and Validation Planning Documents 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Exemption and combined 

license amendment; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is granting an 

exemption to allow a departure from the 

certification information of Tier 2* of 

the generic design control document 

(DCD) and issuing License Amendment 

No. 18 to Combined Licenses (COL), 

NPF–93 and NPF–94. The COLs were 

issued to South Carolina Electric & Gas 

Company (SCE&G), and South Carolina 

Public Service Authority, (the licensee), 

for construction and operation of the 

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station 

(VCSNS), Units 2 and 3 located in 

Fairfield County, South Carolina. The 

amendment revises the updated final 

safety analysis report (UFSAR) by 

reclassifying portions of the five Tier 2* 

Human Factors & Validation (V&V) 

Technical Reports listed in the UFSAR 

Table 1.6–1 and Chapter 18, Subsection 

18.11.2. 

The granting of the exemption allows 

the changes to Tier 2* information 

asked for in the amendment. Because 

the acceptability of the exemption was 

determined in part by the acceptability 

of the amendment, the exemption and 

amendment are being issued 

concurrently. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2008–0441 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–2008–0441. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422; 

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 access publicly 

available 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 in this document 

(if that document is available in 

ADAMS) is provided the first time that 

a document is referenced. The request 

for the amendment was submitted by 

the letter dated March 19, 2014 

(ADAMS Accession Number 

ML14079A599). The request for the 

exemption was submitted by the letter 

dated March 19, 2014 (ADAMS 

Accession Number ML14079A599). The 

licensee supplemented this request by 

letters dated June 3, 2014 (ADAMS 

Accession Number ML14155A210), June 

20, 2014 (ADAMS Accession Number 

ML14174B135) and July 9, 2014 

(ADAMS Accession Number 

ML14190B356). 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s P DR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ravindra Joshi, Office of New Reactors, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–6191; e- mail: Ravindra.Joshi@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC is granting an exemption 

from Paragraph B of Section III, ‘‘Scope 

and Contents,’’ of Appendix D, ‘‘Design 

Certification Rule for the AP1000,’’ to 

part 52 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) and issuing 

License Amendment No. 18 to COLs, 

NPF–93 and NPF–94, to the licensee. 

The exemption is required by Paragraph 

B.6.c of Section VIII, ‘‘Processes for 

Changes and Departures,’’ Appendix D 

to 10 CFR part 52 to allow the licensee 

to depart from Tier 2* information. With 

the requested amendment, the licensee 

sought changes to the UFSAR by 

reclassifying portions of the five Tier 2* 

Human Factors V&V Technical Reports 

listed in UFSAR Table 1.6–1 and 

Chapter 18, Subsection 18.11.2. 

Part of the justification for granting 

the exemption was provided by the 

review of the amendment. Because the 

exemption is necessary in order to issue 

the requested license amendment, the 

NRC granted the exemption and issued 

the amendment concurrently, rather 

than in sequence. This included issuing 

a combined safety evaluation containing 

the NRC staff’s review of both the 

exemption request and the license 

amendment. The exemption met all 

applicable regulatory criteria set forth in 

10 CFR 50.12, 10 CFR 52.7, and 

52.63(b)(1). The license amendment was 

found to be acceptable as well. The 

combined safety evaluation is available 

in ADAMS under Accession Number 

ML14252A153. 

Identical exemption documents 

(except for referenced unit numbers and 

license numbers) were issued to the 

licensee for VCSNS Units 2 and 3 (COLs 

NPF–93 and NPF–94). These documents 

can be found in ADAMS under 

Accession Numbers ML14252A112 and 

ML14252A129, respectively. The 

exemption is reproduced (with the 

exception of abbreviated titles and 

additional citations) in Section II of this 

document. The amendment documents 

for COLs NPF–93 and NPF–94 are 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

Nos. ML14252A069 and ML14252A072, 

respectively. A summary of the 

amendment documents is provided in 

Section III of this document. 

II. Exemption 

Reproduced below is the exemption 

document issued to VCSNS Units 2 and 

3. It makes reference to the combined 

safety evaluation that provides the 

reasoning for the findings made by the 

NRC (and listed under Item 1) in order 

to grant the exemption: 

1. In a letter dated March 19, 2014, and 

supplemented by the letters dated June 3, 

June 20, and July 9, 2014, South Carolina 

Electric and Gas Company (licensee) 

requested from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (Commission) an exemption 

from the provisions of Title 10 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 52, 

Appendix D, Section III.B, ‘‘Design 

Certification Rule for the AP1000 Design, 

Scope, and Contents,’’ as part of license 

amendment request (LAR) 13–34, 

‘‘Reclassification of Portions of Human 

Factors Verification and Validation of 

Planning Documents’’ (LAR 13–34). 

For the reasons set forth in Section 3.1 of 

the NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation, which can 

be found at Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System Accession Number 

ML14252A153, the Commission finds that: 

A. The exemption is authorized by law; 

B. the exemption presents no undue risk to 

public health and safety; 

C. the exemption is consistent with the 

common defense and security; 

D. special circumstances are present in that 

the application of the rule in this 

circumstance is not necessary to serve the 

underlying purpose of the rule; 

E. the special circumstances outweigh any 

decrease in safety that may result from the 

reduction in standardization caused by the 

exemption; and 

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F. the exemption will not result in a 

significant decrease in the level of safety 

otherwise provided by the design. 

2. Accordingly, the licensee is granted an 

exemption to the provisions of 10 CFR Part 

52, Appendix D, Section III.B, to allow 

deviations from the certified Design Control 

Document (DCD) Tier 2* information, as 

described in the licensee’s request dated 

March 19, 2014, and supplemented by the 

letters dated June 3, June 20, and July 9, 

2014. This exemption is related to, and 

necessary for the granting of License 

Amendment No. 18, which is being issued 

concurrently with this exemption. 

3. As explained in Section 5 of the NRC 

staff’s Safety Evaluation (ADAMS Accession 

Number ML14252A153), this exemption 

meets the eligibility criteria for categorical 

exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9). 

Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no 

environmental impact statement or 

environmental assessment needs to be 

prepared in connection with the issuance of 

the exemption. 

4. This exemption is effective as of October 

8, 2014. 

III. License Amendment Request 

The request for the amendment was 

submitted by the letter dated March 19, 

2014 (ADAMS Accession Number 

ML14079A599). The request for the 

exemption was submitted by the letter 

dated March 19, 2014 (ADAMS 

Accession Number ML14079A599). The 

licensee supplemented this request by 

letters dated June 3, 2014 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML14155A210), June 20, 

2014 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML14174B135), and July 9, 2014 

(ADAMS Accession Number 

ML14190B356). The proposed license 

amendment request revises the UFSAR 

by reclassifying portions of the five Tier 

2* Human Factors V&V Technical 

Reports listed in UFSAR Table 1.6–1 

and Chapter 18, Subsection 18.11.2. 

The Commission has determined for 

these amendments that the application 

complies with the standards and 

requirements of the Atomic Energy Act 

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

Commission’s rules and regulations. 

The Commission has made appropriate 

findings as required by the Act and the 

Commission’s rules and regulations in 

10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in 

the license amendment. 

A notice of consideration of issuance 

of amendment to the facility operating 

license or combined license, as 

applicable, proposed no significant 

hazards consideration determination, 

and opportunity for a hearing in 

connection with these actions, was 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 5, 2014 (79 FR 45470). No 

comments were received during the 60- 

day comment period. 

The Commission has determined that 

these amendments satisfy the criteria for 

categorical exclusion in accordance 

with 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9). Therefore, 

pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no 

environmental impact statement or 

environmental assessment need be 

prepared for these amendments. 

IV. Conclusion 

Using the reasons set forth in the 

combined safety evaluation, the staff 

granted the exemption and issued the 

amendment that the licensee requested 

on March 19, 2014, and supplemented 

by letters dated June 3, June 20, and July 

9, 2014. The exemption and amendment 

were issued on October 8, 2014 as part 

of a combined package to the licensee 

(ADAMS Accession Number 

ML14252A056). 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd 

day of October 2014. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Lawrence J. Burkhart, 

Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New 

Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. 

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[Docket No. 50–0395; NRC–2014–0108] 

South Carolina Electric & Gas 

Company, Virgil C. Summer Nuclear 

Station, Unit 1; Withdrawal of License 

Amendment Application 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License amendment application; 

withdrawal by applicant. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has granted the 

request of South Carolina Electric & Gas 

Company to withdraw its application 

dated March 26, 2014, supplemented on 

April 17, 2014, for a proposed 

amendment to Renewed Facility 

Operating License NPF–12. The 

proposed amendment would have 

revised the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear 

Station, Unit 1, Radiation Emergency 

Plan. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2014–0108 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–2014–0108. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individuals 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 in this document 

(if that document is available in 

ADAMS) is provided the first time that 

a document is referenced. 

• 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: 

Shawn Williams, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

1009, email: Shawn.Williams@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC 

has granted the request of South 

Carolina Electric & Gas Company (the 

licensee) to withdraw its application 

date March 26, 2014, supplemented on 

April 17, 2014 (ADAMS Accession Nos. 

ML14091A488 and ML14108A335, 

respectively), for a proposed 

amendment to Renewed Facility 

Operating License NPF–12 for the Virgil 

C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1, 

located in Jenkinsville, SC. 

The proposed amendment sought to 

revise the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear 

Station, Unit 1, Radiation Emergency 

Plan. 

The NRC published a Biweekly Notice 

in the Federal Register on May 13, 2014 

(79 FR 27348), that gave notice that this 

proposed amendment was under 

consideration by the NRC. The licensee 

submitted its request to withdraw the 

proposed amendment on September 4, 

2014 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML14253A221). 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day 

of October 2014. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Robert J. Pascarelli, 

Chief, Plant Licensing Branch II–1, Division 

of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

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