65712 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 214 / Wednesday, November 5, 2014 / Notices 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information, a 

copy of the information collection 

request, or a copy of submitted 

comments should be directed to 

Amanda Wallace at the National Credit 

Union Administration, 1775 Duke 

Street, Alexandria, VA 22314–3428, or 

at OCIOPRA@ncua.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract and Request for Comments 

NCUA is extending a previously 

approved collection of information for 

12 CFR Part 750, Golden Parachute and 

Indemnification Payments. Part 750 is 

NCUA’s regulation that prohibits, in 

certain circumstances, a FICU from 

making golden parachute and 

indemnification payments to an IAP. 

The collection of information 

requirement applies to troubled FICUs 

seeking approval to make a severance or 

golden parachute payment to an IAP. 

Specifically, § 750.6 requires requests 

for an FICU to make nondiscriminatory 

severance plan payments under 

§ 750.1(e)(2)(v) and golden parachute 

payments permitted by § 750.4 to be 

submitted in writing to NCUA. 

In NCUA’s experience, FICU requests 

to make severance and golden parachute 

payments within the scope of the rule 

do not occur often. NCUA estimates 

that, as of June 30, 2014, there are 6,429 

FICUs. Of those, there were 278 problem 

FICUs with CAMEL 4 or 5 ratings. Of 

those, 229 FICUs had less than $50 

million in total assets and an additional 

22 FICUs had less than $100 million in 

total assets. These smaller FICUs are 

unlikely to seek NCUA approval to 

make severance or golden parachute 

payments because these payments are 

more typically seen in the executive 

compensation of larger, more complex 

FICUs. Of the remaining 27 larger 

problem FICUs, NCUA anticipates no 

more than 20 percent would seek NCUA 

approval to make a severance or golden 

parachute payment. Accordingly, NCUA 

estimates that on an annual basis and 

across all FICUs, only approximately 

five FICUs will need to solicit NCUA 

approval in advance of making a 

severance or golden parachute payment 

within the scope of the rule and that 

preparing the request for approval may 

take four hours. Five FICUs times four 

hours per respondent equals 20 annual 

burden hours. 

NCUA requests that you send your 

comments on the information collection 

requirements under part 750 to the 

locations listed in the addresses section. 

Your comments should address: (a) The 

necessity of the information collection 

for the proper performance of NCUA, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

our estimate of the burden (hours and 

cost) of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways we could enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) ways we could 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

the information on the respondents such 

as through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. It is NCUA’s 

policy to make all comments available 

to the public for review. 

II. Data 

Title: Golden Parachute and 

Indemnification Payments, 12 CFR Part 

750. 

OMB Number: 3133–0183. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

previously approved collection. 

Description: Part 750 is NCUA’s 

regulation prohibit, in certain 

circumstances, a FICU from making 

golden parachute and indemnification 

payments to an IAP. The collection of 

information requirement only affects 

troubled FICUs seeking approval to 

make a severance or golden parachute 

payment to an IAP. Specifically, § 750.6 

requires requests for an FICU to make 

nondiscriminatory severance plan 

payments under § 750.1(e)(2)(v) and 

golden parachute payments permitted 

by § 750.4 to be submitted in writing to 

NCUA. 

Respondents: Federally insured credit 

unions. 

Estimated No. of Respondents: 5. 

Frequency of Response: Upon request. 

Estimated Burden Hours per 

Response: 4 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 20. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $800. 

By the National Credit Union 

Administration Board on October 30, 2014. 

Gerard Poliquin, 

Secretary of the Board. 

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BILLING CODE 7535–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 52–039; NRC–2008–0603] 

PPL Bell Bend, LLC; Combined 

License Application for Bell Bend 

Nuclear Power Plant 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Exemption; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing an 

exemption in a response to a September 

24, 2014, letter from PPL Bell Bend, LLC 

(PPL), which requested an exemption 

from Final Safety Analysis Report 

(FSAR) updates included in their 

Combined License (COL) application. 

The NRC staff reviewed this request and 

determined that it is appropriate to 

grant the exemption, but stipulated that 

the updates to the FSAR must be 

submitted prior to, or coincident with, 

the resumption of the COL application 

safety review or by December 31, 2015, 

whichever comes first. 

DATE: The exemption is effective on 

November 5, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2008–0603 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may access 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–2008–0603. 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 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: 

Michael Takacs, Office of New Reactors, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–7871; email: Michael.Takacs@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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I. Background 

On October 10, 2008, PPL submitted 

to the NRC a COL application for a 

single unit of AREVA NP’s U.S. 

Evolutionary Power Reactor (EPR) 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML082890663) 

in accordance with the requirements of 

Subpart C of Part 52 of Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 

‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals 

for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ This reactor 

is to be constructed and operated as Bell 

Bend Nuclear Power Plant (BBNPP), in 

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The 

NRC docketed the BBNPP COL 

application on December 19, 2008 

(Docket Number 52–039). Additionally, 

the BBNPP COL application 

incorporates by reference AREVA NP’s 

application for a standard design 

certification for the U.S. EPR. The NRC 

is currently performing a review of the 

AREVA NP application for design 

certification of the U.S. EPR. 

II. Request/Action 

The regulations at 10 CFR 

50.71(e)(3)(iii) require that an applicant 

for a COL under 10 CFR Part 52 shall, 

during the period from docketing of a 

COL application until the Commission 

makes a finding under 10 CFR 52.103(g) 

pertaining to facility operation, submit 

an annual update to the application’s 

FSAR, which is Part 2 of the COL 

application. Pursuant to 10 CFR 

50.71(e)(3)(iii), the next annual update 

of the FSAR included in the BBNPP 

COL application would be due by 

December 31, 2014. 

On January 9, 2014, PPL submitted a 

request to place the safety review of the 

BBNPP COL application on hold until 

further notice (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML14030A074). As a result of the safety 

review being placed on hold, no 

informational updates to the FSAR have 

occurred during this time. On 

September 24, 2014, PPL requested an 

exemption from the 10 CFR 

50.71(e)(3)(iii) requirements to submit 

the BBNPP COL application FSAR 

update in calendar year 2014 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML14280A540). 

The PPL’s requested exemption is a 

one-time schedule change from the 

requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii). 

The exemption would allow PPL to 

submit the next FSAR update at a later 

date but no later than December 31, 

2015. The current requirement to submit 

an FSAR update could not be changed, 

absent the exemption. 

III. Discussion 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the NRC 

may, upon application by any interested 

person or upon its own initiative, grant 

exemptions from the requirements of 10 

CFR Part 50, including 10 CFR 

50.71(e)(3)(iii) when: (1) The 

exemptions are authorized by law, will 

not present an undue risk to public 

health or safety, and are consistent with 

the common defense and security; and 

(2) special circumstances are present. As 

relevant to the requested exemption, 

special circumstances exist if: (1) 

Application of the regulation in the 

particular circumstances would not 

serve the underlying purpose of the rule 

or is not necessary to achieve the 

underlying purpose of the rule (10 CFR 

50.12(a)(2)(ii)); or (2) the exemption 

would provide only temporary relief 

from the applicable regulation and the 

licensee or applicant has made good 

faith efforts to comply with the 

regulation (10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(v)). 

The purpose of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) 

is to ensure that the NRC has the most 

up-to-date information regarding the 

COL application, in order to perform an 

efficient and effective review. The rule 

targeted those applications that are 

being actively reviewed by the NRC. As 

requested by PPL in the above 

referenced letter dated January 9, 2014, 

the NRC placed the safety review 

portion of the BBNPP COL application 

on hold until further notice. Therefore, 

updating the BBNPP FSAR would only 

cause undue hardship on PPL, and the 

purpose of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) would 

still be achieved so long as the next 

update is submitted by December 31, 

2015. 

The requested exemption to defer 

submittal of the next update to the 

FSAR included in the BBNPP COL 

application would provide only 

temporary relief from the regulations of 

10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii). 

Authorized by Law 

The exemption is a one-time schedule 

exemption from the requirements of 10 

CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii). The exemption 

would allow PPL to submit the next 

BBNPP COL application FSAR update 

on or before December 31, 2015. Per 10 

CFR 50.12, the NRC staff has 

determined that granting PPL the 

requested one-time exemption from the 

requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) 

will provide only temporary relief from 

this regulation and will not result in a 

violation of the Atomic Energy Act of 

1954, as amended, or the NRC’s 

regulations. Therefore, the exemption is 

authorized by law. 

No Undue Risk to Public Health and 

Safety 

The underlying purpose of 10 CFR 

50.71(e)(3)(iii) is to provide for a timely 

and comprehensive update of the FSAR 

associated with a COL application in 

order to support an effective and 

efficient review by the NRC staff and 

issuance of the NRC staff’s safety 

evaluation report. The requested 

exemption is solely administrative in 

nature, in that it pertains to the 

schedule for submittal to the NRC of 

revisions to an application under 10 

CFR Part 52, for which a license has not 

been granted. Based on the nature of the 

requested exemption as described 

above, no new accident precursors are 

created by the exemption; therefore, 

neither the probability, nor the 

consequences, of postulated accidents 

are increased. Therefore, there is no 

undue risk to public health and safety. 

Consistent With Common Defense and 

Security 

The requested exemption would 

allow PPL to submit the next FSAR 

update on or before December 31, 2015. 

This schedule change has no relation to 

security issues. Therefore, the common 

defense and security is not impacted by 

this exemption. 

Special Circumstances 

Special circumstances, in accordance 

with 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2), are present 

whenever: (1) Application of the 

regulation in the particular 

circumstances would not serve the 

underlying purpose of the rule or is not 

necessary to achieve the underlying 

purpose of the rule (10 CFR 

50.12(a)(2)(ii)); or (2) The exemption 

would provide only temporary relief 

from the applicable regulation and the 

licensee or applicant has made good 

faith efforts to comply with the 

regulation (10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(v)). 

As discussed above, the requested 

one-time exemption is solely 

administrative in nature, in that it 

pertains to a one-time schedule change 

for submittal of revisions to an 

application under 10 CFR Part 52, for 

which a license has not been granted. 

This one-time exemption will support 

the NRC staff’s effective and efficient 

review of the BBNPP COL application, 

when resumed, as well as issuance of 

the NRC staff’s safety evaluation report. 

For this reason, application of 10 CFR 

50.71(e)(3)(iii) in the particular 

circumstances is not necessary to 

achieve the underlying purpose of that 

rule. Therefore, special circumstances 

exist under 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii). In 

addition, special circumstances are also 

present under 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(v) 

because granting a one-time exemption 

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

provide only temporary relief. For the 

above reasons, the special 

circumstances required by 10 CFR 

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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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