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(vi) The requirements from which an 

exemption is sought involve: 

(B) Reporting requirements; 

The exemption request involves 

submitting an updated FSAR by EOI 

and 

(G) Scheduling requirements; 

The proposed exemption relates to the 

schedule for submitting FSAR updates 

to the NRC. 

IV. Conclusion 

Accordingly, the Commission has 

determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 

50.12(a)(1) and (2), 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 are present. 

Therefore, the Commission hereby 

grants EOI the exemption from the 

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

pertaining to the River Bend Station 

Unit 3 COL application to allow 

submittal of the next FSAR update the 

earlier of the resumption of the COL 

application review or 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 3rd day 

of December 2014. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Ronaldo Jenkins, 

Chief, Licensing Branch 3, Division of New 

Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. 

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

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[NRC–2014–0256] 

Aquatic Environmental Studies for 

Nuclear Power Stations 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request 

for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 

comment draft regulatory guide (DG), 

DG–4023, ‘‘Aquatic Environmental 

Studies for Nuclear Power Stations.’’ 

This DG provides technical guidance for 

aquatic environmental studies and 

analyses supporting decisions related to 

nuclear power stations by NRC 

regarding major Federal actions and 

compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 

DATES: Submit comments by February 9, 

2015. Comments received after this 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. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods (unless 

this document describes a different 

method for submitting comments on a 

specified subject): 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2014–0256. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, 

Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 

3WFN 06A–A44M, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

For additional direction on accessing 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ryan Whited, Office of New Reactors, 

telephone: 301–415–1154, email: 

Ryan.Whited@nrc.gov and Edward 

O’Donnell, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 

Research, telephone: 301–251–7455, 

email: Edward.ODonnell@nrc.gov. Both 

are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

000 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2014– 

0256 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information regarding 

this document. You may obtain 

publicly-available information related to 

this document, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2014–0256. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual(s) 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 NRC 

Library at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/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 DG 

is electronically available in ADAMS 

under Accession No. ML13186A085. 

• 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. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2014– 

0256 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 posts all 

comment submissions at http://

www.regulations.gov as well as entering 

the comment submissions into ADAMS. 

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 in 

their comment submissions that they do 

not want to be publicly disclosed. 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. Additional Information 

The NRC is issuing for public 

comment a DG in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory 

Guide’’ series. This series was 

developed to describe and make 

available to the public such information 

as methods that are acceptable to the 

NRC staff for implementing specific 

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parts of the NRC’s regulations, 

techniques that the staff uses in 

evaluating specific problems or 

postulated accidents, and data that the 

staff needs in its review of applications 

for permits and licenses. 

The DG, entitled, ‘‘Aquatic 

Environmental Studies for Nuclear 

Power Stations,’’ is a proposed new 

regulatory guide, and it is temporarily 

identified by its task number, DG–4023. 

The DG provides technical guidance for 

aquatic environmental studies and 

analyses supporting decisions related to 

nuclear power stations by NRC. For 

purposes of DG–4023, the term 

‘‘aquatic’’ encompasses freshwater, 

estuarine, and marine environments. 

The DG addresses wetlands containing 

submerged aquatic vegetation but does 

not address wetlands also containing 

emergent vegetation. Instead, NRC’s 

Regulatory Guide 4.11, ‘‘Terrestrial 

Environmental Studies for Nuclear 

Power Stations,’’ addresses such 

wetland features, along with the 

terrestrial environment. Although the 

NRC is issuing separate regulatory 

guides addressing terrestrial and aquatic 

environmental studies, it recognizes that 

aquatic and terrestrial ecological issues 

often overlap and are often interrelated. 

III. Backfitting and Issue Finality 

Issuance of this DG, if finalized, 

would not constitute backfitting as 

defined in § 50.109 of Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 

(the Backfit Rule) and would not 

otherwise be inconsistent with the issue 

finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. As 

discussed in the ‘‘Implementation’’ 

section of this DG, the NRC has no 

current intention to impose this DG, if 

finalized, on holders of current 

operating licenses or combined licenses. 

This DG, if finalized, may be applied 

to applications for construction permits, 

operating licenses, early site permits, 

combines licenses and limited work 

authorizations docketed by the NRC as 

of the date of issuance of the final 

regulatory guide, as well as future 

applications for construction permits, 

operating licenses, early site permits, 

combines licenses and limited work 

authorizations submitted after the 

issuance of the final regulatory guide. 

Such action would not constitute 

backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 

50.109(a)(1) and would not be 

inconsistent with the applicable issue 

finality provision in 10 CFR part 52, 

inasmuch as such applicants or 

potential applicants are not within the 

scope of entities protected by the Backfit 

Rule or the relevant issue finality 

provisions in part 52. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day 

of December, 2014. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Harriet Karagiannis, 

Acting Chief, Regulatory Guidance and 

Generic Issues Branch, Division of 

Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 

Research. 

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[NRC–2014–0001] 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

DATES: Week of December 8, 2014. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public. 

Week of December 14, 2014 

Tuesday, December 16, 2014 

8:55 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public 

Meeting) (Tentative) 

Fermi Combined License Application: 

Intervenors’ Petition for Review of 

LBP–14–07 (Ruling for Applicant 

on Quality Assurance) (June 17, 

2014) (Tentative) 

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.Meyer-Chambers@

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: December 9, 2014. 

Glenn Ellmers, 

Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary. 

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[Docket No. 70–7005; NRC–2009–0283; EA– 

14–104] 

Supersede Exemption for Waste 

Control Specialists, LLC; Andrews 

County, Texas 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Order; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing a new 

Order superseding a previously issued 

Order to Waste Control Specialists, 

LLC., (WCS) on October 20, 2009 (2009 

Order). The previous Order exempted 

WCS from the NRC’s regulations 

concerning special nuclear material 

(SNM). The current action is in response 

to a request by WCS dated July 18, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2009–0283 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–2009–0283. 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 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 

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