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I. Introduction 

The NRC is granting 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 

and issuing License Amendment No. 15 

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 1 information. With the requested 

amendment, the licensee sought 

changes to the UFSAR Tier 1 and 

Appendix C to the COL. 

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 No. 

ML14182A574. 

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 Nos. ML14182A516 and 

ML14182A541, 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. ML14182A451 and ML14182A509, 

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 July 2, 2013 and 

as supplemented by the letter dated 

September 26, 2013, South Carolina 

Electric & Gas Company (licensee) 

requested from the 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 13–25), ‘‘Tier 1 Editorial and 

Consistency Changes.’’ 

For the reasons set forth in Section 3.1 

of the NRC staff Safety Evaluation, 

which can be found in ADAMS under 

Accession No. ML14182A574, 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 

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 1 

Figure 2.2.5–1, Tables; 2.6.3–4, 3.5–3, 

3.5–7, 2.2.3–1, 3.5–1, 3.3–6, 2.7.1–4, 

2.6.6–1, 2.2.3–4, 2.3.10–2, and 2.1.1–1, 

and Section 3.2, Item 1.e), as described 

in the licensee’s request dated July 2, 

2013 and supplemented on September 

26, 2013. This exemption is related to, 

and necessary for the granting of 

License Amendment No. 15, which is 

being issued concurrently with this 

exemption. 

3. As explained in Section 5.0 of the 

NRC staff Safety Evaluation (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML14182A574), 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 

July 31, 2014. 

III. License Amendment Request 

The request for the amendment and 

exemption was submitted by the letter 

dated July 2, 2013 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML13189A285). The licensee 

supplemented this request by letter 

dated September 26, 2013 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML13273A394). The 

proposed license amendment request 

revises Figure 2.2.5–1, Tables; 2.6.3–4, 

3.5–3, 3.5–7, 2.2.3–1, 3.5–1, 3.3–6, 

2.7.1–4, 2.6.6–1, 2.2.3–4, 2.3.10–2, and 

2.1.1–1, and Section 3.2, Item 1.e of 

Appendix C to the COLs. 

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 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 

October 1, 2013 (78 FR 60321). 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 July 2, 2013, and supplemented by 

letter dated September 26, 2013. The 

exemption and amendment were issued 

on July 31, 2014 as part of a combined 

package to the licensee (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML14182A432). 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day 

of October 2014. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Denise L. McGovern, 

Senior Project Manager, Licensing Branch 4, 

Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of 

New Reactors. 

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2014–0001] 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

DATE: Weeks of November 3, 10, 17, 24, 

December 1, 8, 2014. 

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65260 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 212 / Monday, November 3, 2014 / Notices 

1Request of the United States Postal Service to 

Add Priority Mail Contract 96 to Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing (Under Seal) of 

Unredacted Governors’ Decision, Contract, and 

Supporting Data, October 27, 2014 (Request). 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

Week of November 3, 2014 

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 

1:00 p.m. Briefing on Small Modular 

Reactors (Public Meeting) (Contact: 

Rollie D. Berry, III, 301–415–8162) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/. 

Week of November 10, 2014—Tentative 

Thursday, November 13, 2014 

9:30 a.m. Strategic Programmatic 

Overview of the Nuclear Material 

Users and the Fuel Facilities 

Business Lines (Public Meeting) 

(Contact: Cinthya Roman, 301–287– 

9091) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/. 

1:30 p.m. Discussion of Management 

and Personnel Issues (Closed—Ex. 2 

and 6) 

2:45 p.m. Discussion of International 

Activities (Closed—Ex. 9) 

Week of November 17, 2014—Tentative 

Thursday, November 20, 2014 

9:30 a.m. Briefing on Project Aim 2020 

(Closed—Ex. 2) 

Week of November 24, 2014—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of November 24, 2014. 

Week of December 1, 2014—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of December 1, 2014. 

Week of December 8, 2014—Tentative 

Thursday, December 11, 2014 

9:30 a.m. Briefing on Equal 

Employment Opportunity, 

Diversity, and Small Business 

Programs (Public Meeting) (Contact: 

Larniece McKoy Moore, 301–415– 

1942) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/. 

* * * * * 

The schedule for Commission 

meetings is subject to change on short 

notice. For more information or to verify 

the status of meetings, contact Glenn 

Ellmers at (301) 415–0442 or via email 

at Glenn.Ellmers@nrc.gov. 

* * * * * 

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ 

public-meetings/schedule.html. 

* * * * * 

The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in these public meetings, or 

need this meeting notice or the 

transcript or other information from the 

public meetings in another format (e.g. 

braille, large print), please notify 

Kimberly Meyer, NRC Disability 

Program Manager, at 301–287–0727, by 

videophone at 240–428–3217, or by 

email at Kimberly.MeyerChambers@nrc.gov. Determinations on 

requests for reasonable accommodation 

will be made on a case-by-case basis. 

* * * * * 

Members of the public may request to 

receive this information electronically. 

If you would like to be added to the 

distribution, please contact the Office of 

the Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 

(301–415–1969), or send an email to 

Patricia.Jimenez@nrc.gov or 

Brenda.Akstulewicz@nrc.gov 

Dated: October 30, 2014. 

Glenn Ellmers, 

Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2015–4 and CP2015–5; 

Order No. 2230] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent Postal Service filing concerning 

an addition of Priority Mail Contract 96 

to the competitive product list. This 

notice informs the public of the filing, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: November 4, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Notice of Commission Action 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

In accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3642 

and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq., the Postal 

Service filed a formal request and 

associated supporting information to 

add Priority Mail Contract 96 to the 

competitive product list.1

The Postal Service 

contemporaneously filed a redacted 

contract related to the proposed new 

product under 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3) and 

39 CFR 3015.5. Id. Attachment B. 

To support its Request, the Postal 

Service filed a copy of the contract, a 

copy of the Governors’ Decision 

authorizing the product, proposed 

changes to the Mail Classification 

Schedule, a Statement of Supporting 

Justification, a certification of 

compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a), and 

an application for non-public treatment 

of certain materials. It also filed 

supporting financial workpapers. 

II. Notice of Commission Action 

The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. MC2015–4 and CP2015–5 to 

consider the Request pertaining to the 

proposed Priority Mail Contract 96 

product and the related contract, 

respectively. 

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s filings in 

the captioned dockets are consistent 

with the policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 

3633, or 3642, 39 CFR part 3015, and 39 

CFR part 3020, subpart B. Comments are 

due no later than November 4, 2014. 

The public portions of these filings can 

be accessed via the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.prc.gov). 

The Commission appoints Cassie 

Dsouza to serve as Public Representative 

in these dockets. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. MC2015–4 and CP2015–5 to 

consider the matters raised in each 

docket. 

2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Cassie 

Dsouza is appointed to serve as an 

officer of the Commission to represent 

the interests of the general public in 

these proceedings (Public 

Representative). 

3. Comments are due no later than 

November 4, 2014. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

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