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50.12(a)(2) for the granting of an 

exemption from 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) 

exist. 

Eligibility for Categorical Exclusion 

From Environmental Review 

With respect to the exemption’s 

impact on the quality of the human 

environment, the NRC has determined 

that this specific exemption request is 

eligible for categorical exclusion as 

identified in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25). Under 

10 CFR 51.22(c)(25), granting of an 

exemption from the requirements of any 

regulation of 10 CFR Chapter 1 (which 

includes 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii)) is an 

action that is a categorical exclusion, 

provided that: 

(i) There is no significant hazards 

consideration; 

(ii) There is no significant change in 

the types or significant increase in the 

amounts of any effluents that may be 

released offsite; 

(iii) There is no significant increase in 

individual or cumulative public or 

occupational radiation exposure; 

(iv) There is no significant 

construction impact; 

(v) There is no significant increase in 

the potential for or consequences from 

radiological accidents; and 

(vi) The requirements from which an 

exemption is sought involve: 

(A) Recordkeeping requirements; 

(B) Reporting requirements; 

(C) Inspection or surveillance 

requirements; 

(D) Equipment servicing or 

maintenance scheduling requirements; 

(E) Education, training, experience, 

qualification, requalification or other 

employment suitability requirements; 

(F) Safeguard plans, and materials 

control and accounting inventory 

scheduling requirements; 

(G) Scheduling requirements; 

(H) Surety, insurance or indemnity 

requirements; or 

(I) Other requirements of an 

administrative, managerial, or 

organizational nature. 

The requirements from which this 

exemption is sought involve only ‘‘(B) 

Reporting requirements’’ or ‘‘(G) 

Scheduling requirements’’ of those 

required by 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi). 

The NRC staff’s determination that 

each of the applicable criteria for this 

categorical exclusion is met as follows: 

I. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(i): There is no 

significant hazards consideration. 

Staff Analysis: The criteria for 

determining if an exemption involves a 

significant hazards consideration are 

found in 10 CFR 50.92. The proposed 

action involves only a schedule change 

regarding the submission of an update 

to the application for which only the 

environmental portion of the licensing 

review is currently underway. 

Therefore, there are no significant 

hazard considerations because granting 

the proposed exemption would not: 

(1) Involve a significant increase in 

the probability or consequences of an 

accident previously evaluated; or 

(2) Create the possibility of a new or 

different kind of accident from any 

accident previously evaluated; or 

(3) Involve a significant reduction in 

a margin of safety. 

II. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(ii): There is no 

significant change in the types or 

significant increase in the amounts of 

any effluents that may be released 

offsite. 

Staff Analysis: The proposed action 

involves only a schedule change, which 

is administrative in nature, and does not 

involve any changes in the types or 

significant increase in the amounts of 

effluents that may be released offsite. 

III. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(iii): There is 

no significant increase in individual or 

cumulative public or occupational 

radiation exposure. 

Staff Analysis: Since the proposed 

action involves only a schedule change, 

which is administrative in nature, it 

does not contribute to any significant 

increase in occupational or public 

radiation exposure. 

IV. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(iv): There is 

no significant construction impact. 

Staff Analysis: The proposed action 

involves only a schedule change which 

is administrative in nature. While the 

environmental portion of the 

application review is underway, the 

safety portion of the COL application 

review is on hold and no license will be 

issued prior to receipt of the 

aforementioned application’s December 

31, 2015, submittal of the revised FSAR; 

therefore, the proposed action does not 

involve any construction impact. 

V. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(v): There is no 

significant increase in the potential for 

or consequences from radiological 

accidents. 

Staff Analysis: The proposed action 

involves only a schedule change which 

is administrative in nature and does not 

impact the probability or consequences 

of accidents. 

VI. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi): The 

requirements from which this 

exemption is sought involve only ‘‘(B) 

Reporting requirements’’ or ‘‘(G) 

Scheduling requirements.’’ 

Staff Analysis: The exemption request 

involves requirements in both of these 

categories because it involves 

submitting an updated COL FSAR by 

December 31, 2015, and also relates to 

the schedule for submitting COL FSAR 

updates to the NRC. 

IV. Conclusion 

The NRC has determined that, 

pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the 

exemption is authorized by law, will not 

present an undue risk to the public 

health and safety, and is consistent with 

the common defense and security. Also, 

special circumstances exist under 10 

CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii). This one-time 

exemption will support the NRC staff’s 

effective and efficient review of the COL 

application, when resumed, as well as 

issuance of the NRC staff’s safety 

evaluation report. Therefore, the NRC 

hereby grants PPL a one-time exemption 

from the requirements of 10 CFR 

50.71(e)(3)(iii) pertaining to the BBNPP 

COL application to allow submittal of 

the next FSAR update on or before 

December 31, 2015. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22, the 

Commission has determined that the 

exemption request meets the applicable 

categorical exclusion criteria set forth in 

10 CFR 51.22(c)(25), and the granting of 

this exemption will not have a 

significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment. 

This exemption is effective upon 

issuance. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day 

of October 2014. 

For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Frank Akstulewicz, 

Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, 

Office of New Reactors. 

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 52–043; NRC–2014–0149] 

Early Site Permit for the PSEG Site 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Draft environmental impact 

statement; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: On August 22, 2014, the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 

and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(USACE) published for public comment 

a draft environmental impact statement 

(EIS), NUREG–2168, ‘‘Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

Early Site Permit (ESP) for the PSEG 

Site.’’ The PSEG Site is located in Salem 

County, New Jersey. The public 

comment period was to have ended on 

November 6, 2014. The NRC has 

decided to extend the public comment 

period for 30 days to allow more time 

for members of the public to develop 

and submit their comments. 

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DATES: The comment period for the draft 

EIS (79 FR 49820; August 22, 2014) has 

been extended to December 6, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2014–0149. 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. 

• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, 

Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 

3WFN–06–A44M, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

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: 

Allen Fetter, Office of New Reactors, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: 

301–415–8556, email: Allen.Fetter@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2014– 

0149, when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information regarding 

this document. You may obtain 

publicly-available information related to 

this action by the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for NRC Docket ID NRC–2014–0149. 

• NRC’S Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): 

You may obtain 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 draft EIS and an 

accompanying reader’s guide are 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML14219A304. 

• 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. 

• Project Web site: The draft EIS can 

be accessed online at the PSEG ESP 

specific Web page at http://www.nrc.

gov/reactors/new-reactors/esp/

pseg.html. 

• Salem Free Public Library: The draft 

EIS is available for public inspection at 

112 West Broadway, Salem, New Jersey, 

08079. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2014– 

0149 in the subject line of your 

comment submission, in order to ensure 

that the NRC is able to make your 

comment submission available to the 

public in this docket. 

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. The NRC will 

post all comment submissions at 

http://www.regulations.gov as well as 

enter the comment submissions into 

ADAMS, and 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 submissions into 

ADAMS. 

II. Discussion 

The application submitted by PSEG 

Power, LLC, and PSEG Nuclear, LLC 

(PSEG), for an ESP was submitted by 

letter dated May 25, 2010 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML101480484), pursuant 

to Part 52 of Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations. A notice of receipt 

and availability of the application, 

which included the environmental 

report, was published in the Federal 

Register on June 18, 2010 (75 FR 34794). 

A notice of acceptance for docketing of 

the ESP application was published in 

the Federal Register on August 13, 2010 

(75 FR 49539). A notice of intent to 

prepare a draft environmental impact 

statement (EIS) and to conduct the 

scoping process was published in the 

Federal Register on October 15, 2010 

(75 FR 63521). On August 22, 2014, the 

NRC and USACE published for public 

comment the draft EIS in the Federal 

Register (79 FR 49820). The purpose of 

this solicitation was to obtain public 

comments on the draft EIS for NRC staff 

to consider in preparing the final EIS. 

The public comment period was to have 

ended on November 6, 2014. Extensions 

to the 75-day comment period may be 

provided at the discretion of the NRC 

staff if special circumstances are 

present. The NRC staff has determined 

that special circumstances exist that 

support extending this comment period. 

Those special circumstances include the 

recent identification of some 

individuals and organizations with 

special knowledge and expertise in the 

area of environmental justice that had 

not been aware of the original notice 

and other outreach efforts. In order to 

gain additional information on any 

minority or low-income populations 

that might be disproportionately 

affected, the NRC has determined that it 

is prudent, in this instance, to extend 

the public comment period on this 

document until December 6, 2014, to 

allow more time for members of the 

public to submit their comments. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day 

of October, 2014. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Frank Akstulewicz, 

Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, 

Office of New Reactors. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–305; NRC–2014–0219] 

Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc.; 

Kewaunee Power Station 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Exemption; issuance. 

SUMMARY: Kewaunee Power Station 

(KPS) is a decommissioning nuclear 

power reactor that permanently shut 

down on May 7, 2013, and permanently 

defueled on May 14, 2013. In response 

to a request from Dominion Energy 

Kewaunee, Inc. (DEK or the licensee), 

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is granting 

exemptions from certain emergency 

planning (EP) requirements. The 

exemptions will eliminate the 

requirements to maintain offsite 

radiological emergency plans and 

reduce the scope of the onsite 

emergency planning activities at the 

Kewaunee Power Station (KPS) based 

on the reduced risks of accidents that 

could result in an offsite radiological 

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