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Accession No. ML17213A224, 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 from the certified DCD 

Tier 1 information, with corresponding 

changes to Appendix C of the Facility 

Combined Licenses as described in the 

licensee’s request dated February 22, 

2017 and supplemented by letter dated 

June 2, 2017. This exemption is related 

to, and necessary for, the granting of 

License Amendment Nos. 84 and 83, 

which is being issued concurrently with 

this exemption. 

3. As explained in Section 5.0, 

‘‘Environmental Consideration,’’ of the 

NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML17213A224), these 

exemptions 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. These exemptions are effective as of 

the date of its issuance. 

III. License Amendment Request 

By letter dated February 22, 2017, and 

supplemented by letter dated June 2, 

2017, the licensee requested that the 

NRC amend the COLs for VEGP, Units 

3 and 4, COLs NPF–91 and NPF–92. The 

proposed amendment is described in 

Section I of this Federal Register notice. 

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 

March 28, 2017 (82 FR 15377). No 

comments were received during the 30- 

day comment period. 

The Commission has determined that 

these amendments satisfy the criteria for 

categorical exclusion in accordance 

with 10 CFR 51.22. 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 exemptions and issued the 

amendments that the licensee requested 

on February 22, 2017 and supplemented 

June 2, 2017. 

The exemptions and amendments 

were issued on August 23, 2017 as part 

of a combined package to the licensee 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML17213A217). 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day 

of September 2017. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Jennifer Dixon-Herrity, 

Branch Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division 

of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New 

Reactors. 

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Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the 

ACRS Subcommittee on Planning and 

Procedures; Notice of Meeting 

The ACRS Subcommittee on Planning 

and Procedures will hold a meeting on 

October 5, 2017, 11545 Rockville Pike, 

Room T–2B3, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

The meeting will be open to public 

attendance. 

The agenda for the subject meeting 

shall be as follows: 

Thursday, October 5, 2017—11:30 a.m. 

Until 12:30 p.m. 

The Subcommittee will discuss 

proposed ACRS activities and related 

matters. The Subcommittee will gather 

information, analyze relevant issues and 

facts, and formulate proposed positions 

and actions, as appropriate, for 

deliberation by the Full Committee. 

Members of the public desiring to 

provide oral statements and/or written 

comments should notify the Designated 

Federal Official (DFO), Quynh Nguyen 

(Telephone 301–415–5844 or Email: 

Quynh.Nguyen@nrc.gov) five days prior 

to the meeting, if possible, so that 

arrangements can be made. Thirty-five 

hard copies of each presentation or 

handout should be provided to the DFO 

thirty minutes before the meeting. In 

addition, one electronic copy of each 

presentation should be emailed to the 

DFO one day before the meeting. If an 

electronic copy cannot be provided 

within this timeframe, presenters 

should provide the DFO with a CD 

containing each presentation at least 

thirty minutes before the meeting. 

Electronic recordings will be permitted 

only during those portions of the 

meeting that are open to the public. 

Detailed procedures for the conduct of 

and participation in ACRS meetings 

were published in the Federal Register 

on October 17, 2016, (81 FR 71543). 

Information regarding changes to the 

agenda, whether the meeting has been 

canceled or rescheduled, and the time 

allotted to present oral statements can 

be obtained by contacting the identified 

DFO. Moreover, in view of the 

possibility that the schedule for ACRS 

meetings may be adjusted by the 

Chairman as necessary to facilitate the 

conduct of the meeting, persons 

planning to attend should check with 

the DFO if such rescheduling would 

result in a major inconvenience. 

If attending this meeting, please enter 

through the One White Flint North 

building, 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. After 

registering with Security, please contact 

Mr. Theron Brown at 240–888–9835 to 

be escorted to the meeting room. 

Dated: September 27, 2017. 

Mark L. Banks, 

Chief, Technical Support Branch, Advisory 

Committee on Reactor Safeguards. 

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[Docket Nos. 052–00025 and 052–00026; 

NRC–2008–0252] 

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 

3 and 4 Southern Nuclear Operating 

Company; Resolution of Auxiliary 

Building Wall Thickness and 

Description Inconsistencies 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License amendment application; 

opportunity to comment, request a 

hearing, and petition for leave to 

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of an amendment and 

exemption to Combined Licenses (NPF– 

91 and NPF–92), issued to Southern 

Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC), 

and Georgia Power Company, 

Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG 

Power SPVM, LLC, MEAG Power SPVJ, 

LLC, MEAG Power SPVP, LLC, 

Authority of Georgia, and the City of 

Dalton, Georgia (together ‘‘the 

licensees’’), for construction and 

operation of the Vogtle Electric 

Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 3 and 4, 

located in Burke County, Georgia. 

DATES: Submit comments by November 

6, 2017. 

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–2008–0252. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

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: 

TWFN–8–D36M, 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: 

Peter C. Hearn, Office of New Reactors, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–000; telephone: 

301–415–1189; email: Peter.Hearn@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2008– 

0252 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252. 

• 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 

application for amendment, dated 

December 14, 2016, and supplemented 

by letter dated August 25, 2017 are 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

Nos. ML16349A583 and ML17237C049, 

respectively. 

• 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–2008– 

0252 in your comment submission. The 

NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information 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 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. Introduction 

The NRC is considering issuance of an 

amendment to Facility Operating 

License Nos. NPF–91 and NPF–92, 

issued to the licensees for operation of 

the VEGP Units 3 and 4, located in 

Burke County, Georgia. 

The proposed changes would revise 

the Combined Licenses to change the 

Updated Final Safety Analysis Report 

(UFSAR) in the form of departures from 

the incorporated plant-specific Design 

Control Document (DCD) Tier 2* 

information and related changes to the 

VEGP Units 3 and 4 COL Appendix C 

(and corresponding plant-specific DCD 

Tier 1) information. Because, this 

proposed change requires a departure 

from Tier 1 information in the plantspecific DCD, the licensees also 

requested an exemption from the 

elements of Tier 1 information certified 

in part 50 of title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR), appendix 

D in accordance with section 

52.63(b)(1). 

Before any issuance of the proposed 

license amendment, the NRC will need 

to make the findings required by the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), and NRC’s regulations. 

The NRC has made a proposed 

determination that the license 

amendment request involves no 

significant hazards consideration. Under 

the NRC’s regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, 

this means that operation of the facility 

in accordance with the proposed 

amendment 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. As required by 10 CFR 

50.91(a), the licensee has provided its 

analysis of the issue of no significant 

hazards consideration, which is 

presented below: 

1. Does the proposed amendment involve 

a significant increase in the probability or 

consequences of an accident previously 

evaluated? 

Response: No. 

The wall thickness and location changes 

do not affect the operation of any systems or 

equipment that initiate an analyzed accident 

or alter any structures, systems, and 

components (SSC) accident initiator or 

initiating sequence of events. The changes 

are consistent with the wall thicknesses and 

locations previously evaluated and the 

approved structural design of the auxiliary 

building, column line I wall between column 

lines 3 and 4, and labyrinth wall between 

column lines 3 and 4 and between J–1 and 

J–2 as shown in the AP1000 DCD Figure 

3.7.2–12 Sheets 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10, and 

do not involve a change to the thicknesses of 

the auxiliary building, column line I wall 

between column lines 3 and 4, and labyrinth 

wall between column line 3 and 4 and 

between J–1 and J–2 as shown in COL 

Appendix C (and plant-specific Tier 1) 

Figures 3.3–1, 3.3–4, 3.3–6, 3.3–7, 3.3–8, and 

3.3–9 and associated UFSAR Figures 1.2–5, 

1.2–7, 1.2–8, 1.2.9,1.2–10, 1.2–11, 1.2–13, 

1.2–14 and 3.7.2–12, Sheets 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 

8,and 10. . Failure of the auxiliary building 

is not an accident initiator or part of an 

initiating sequence of events for an accident 

previously evaluated. Therefore, the 

probabilities of the accidents evaluated in the 

UFSAR are not affected. 

The changes do not have an adverse impact 

on the ability of the auxiliary building to 

perform its design functions. The design of 

the auxiliary building continues to meet the 

same regulatory acceptance criteria, codes, 

and standards as required by the UFSAR. As 

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adverse impacts on the ability of the 

auxiliary building to mitigate the 

consequences of an accident, meet the 

applicable regulatory acceptance criteria, and 

there is no adverse effect on any safetyrelated SSC or function used to mitigate an 

accident. The changes do not affect the 

prevention and mitigation of other abnormal 

events, e.g., anticipated operational 

occurrences, earthquakes, floods and turbine 

missiles, or their safety or design analyses. 

Therefore, the consequences of the accidents 

evaluated in the UFSAR are not affected. 

Therefore, the changes do not involve a 

significant increase in the probability or 

consequences of an accident previously 

evaluated. 

2. Does the proposed amendment create 

the possibility of a new or different kind of 

accident from any accident previously 

evaluated? 

Response: No. 

The wall thickness and location changes 

do not affect the operation of any systems or 

equipment that may initiate a new or 

different kind of accident, or alter any SSC 

such that a new accident initiator or 

initiating sequence of events is created. The 

proposed changes are consistent with the 

previously evaluated and approved structural 

design of the auxiliary building, column line 

I wall between column lines 3 and 4 from 

elevation 100′-0′′ to the roof, and labyrinth 

wall between column lines 3 and 4 and 

between J–1 and J–2 as shown in the AP1000 

DCD Figure 3.7.2–12 Sheets 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 

and 10, and do not involve a change to the 

thicknesses of the auxiliary building, column 

line I wall between column lines 3 and 4, and 

labyrinth wall between column line 3 and 4 

and between J–1 and J–2 as shown in COL 

Appendix C (and plant-specific Tier 1) 

Figures 3.3–1, 3.3–4, 3.3–6, 3.3–7, 3.3–8, and 

3.3–9 and associated UFSAR Figures 1.2–5, 

1.2–7, 1.2–8, 1.2–9, 1.2–10, 1.2–11, 1.2–13, 

1.2–14, and 3.7.2–12, Sheets 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 

and 10. These changes do not adversely affect 

any other auxiliary building or SSC design 

functions or methods of operation in a 

manner that results in a new failure mode, 

malfunction, or sequence of events that affect 

safety-related or nonsafety-related 

equipment. Therefore, this activity does not 

allow for a new fission product release path, 

result in a new fission product barrier failure 

mode, or create a new sequence of events that 

results in significant fuel cladding failures. 

Therefore, the proposed changes do not 

create the possibility of a new or different 

kind of accident from any accident 

previously evaluated. 

3. Does the proposed amendment involve 

a significant reduction in a margin of safety? 

Response: No. 

The wall thickness and location changes 

maintain existing safety margins. The 

proposed changes ensure that auxiliary 

building design requirements and design 

functions are met. The proposed changes 

maintain existing safety margin through 

continued application of the existing 

requirements of the UFSAR, while updating 

the acceptance criteria for verifying the 

design features necessary to ensure the 

auxiliary building performs the design 

functions required to meet the existing safety 

margins. Therefore, the proposed changes 

satisfy the same design functions in 

accordance with the same codes and 

standards as stated in the UFSAR. These 

proposed changes do not adversely affect any 

design code, function, design analysis, safety 

analysis input or result, or design/safety 

margin. 

Because no safety analysis or design basis 

acceptance limit/criterion is challenged or 

exceeded by these proposed changes, no 

margin of safety is reduced. 

Therefore, the proposed amendment does 

not involve a significant reduction in a 

margin of safety. 

The NRC staff has reviewed the 

licensee’s analysis and, based on this 

review, it appears that the three 

standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are 

satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff 

proposes to determine that the license 

amendment request involves no 

significant hazards consideration. 

The NRC is seeking public comments 

on this proposed determination that the 

license amendment request involves no 

significant hazards consideration. Any 

comments received within 30 days after 

the date of publication of this notice 

will be considered in making any final 

determination. 

Normally, the Commission will not 

issue the amendment until the 

expiration of 60 days after the date of 

publication of this notice. The 

Commission may issue the license 

amendment before expiration of the 60- 

day notice period if the Commission 

concludes the amendment involves no 

significant hazards consideration. In 

addition, the Commission may issue the 

amendment prior to the expiration of 

the 30-day comment period should 

circumstances change during the 30-day 

comment period such that failure to act 

in a timely way would result, for 

example, in derating or shutdown of the 

facility. Should the Commission take 

action prior to the expiration of either 

the comment period or the notice 

period, the Commission will publish a 

notice of issuance in the Federal 

Register. Should the Commission make 

a final no significant hazards 

consideration determination, any 

hearing will take place after issuance. 

The Commission expects that the need 

to take this action will occur very 

infrequently. 

III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing 

and Petition for Leave To Intervene 

Within 60 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, any persons 

(petitioner) whose interest may be 

affected by this action may file a request 

for a hearing and petition for leave to 

intervene (petition) with respect to the 

action. Petitions shall be filed in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

‘‘Agency Rules of Practice and 

Procedure’’ in 10 CFR part 2. Interested 

persons should consult a current copy 

of 10 CFR 2.309. The NRC’s regulations 

are accessible electronically from the 

NRC Library on the NRC’s Web site at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/cfr/. Alternatively, a copy of 

the regulations is available at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room, located at One 

White Flint North, Room O1–F21, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. If a petition is filed, 

the Commission or a presiding officer 

will rule on the petition and, if 

appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be 

issued. 

As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d) the 

petition should specifically explain the 

reasons why intervention should be 

permitted with particular reference to 

the following general requirements for 

standing: (1) The name, address, and 

telephone number of the petitioner; (2) 

the nature of the petitioner’s right under 

the Act to be made a party to the 

proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of 

the petitioner’s property, financial, or 

other interest in the proceeding; and (4) 

the possible effect of any decision or 

order which may be entered in the 

proceeding on the petitioner’s interest. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f), 

the petition must also set forth the 

specific contentions which the 

petitioner seeks to have litigated in the 

proceeding. Each contention must 

consist of a specific statement of the 

issue of law or fact to be raised or 

controverted. In addition, the petitioner 

must provide a brief explanation of the 

bases for the contention and a concise 

statement of the alleged facts or expert 

opinion which support the contention 

and on which the petitioner intends to 

rely in proving the contention at the 

hearing. The petitioner must also 

provide references to the specific 

sources and documents on which the 

petitioner intends to rely to support its 

position on the issue. The petition must 

include sufficient information to show 

that a genuine dispute exists with the 

applicant or licensee on a material issue 

of law or fact. Contentions must be 

limited to matters within the scope of 

the proceeding. The contention must be 

one which, if proven, would entitle the 

petitioner to relief. A petitioner who 

fails to satisfy the requirements at 10 

CFR 2.309(f) with respect to at least one 

contention will not be permitted to 

participate as a party. 

Those permitted to intervene become 

parties to the proceeding, subject to any 

limitations in the order granting leave to 

intervene. Parties have the opportunity 

to participate fully in the conduct of the 

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that party’s admitted contentions, 

including the opportunity to present 

evidence, consistent with the NRC’s 

regulations, policies, and procedures. 

Petitions must be filed no later than 

60 days from the date of publication of 

this notice. Petitions and motions for 

leave to file new or amended 

contentions that are filed after the 

deadline will not be entertained absent 

a determination by the presiding officer 

that the filing demonstrates good cause 

by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR 

2.309(c)(1)(i) through (iii). The petition 

must be filed in accordance with the 

filing instructions in the ‘‘Electronic 

Submissions (E-Filing)’’ section of this 

document. 

If a hearing is requested, and the 

Commission has not made a final 

determination on the issue of no 

significant hazards consideration, the 

Commission will make a final 

determination on the issue of no 

significant hazards consideration. The 

final determination will serve to 

establish when the hearing is held. If the 

final determination is that the 

amendment request involves no 

significant hazards consideration, the 

Commission may issue the amendment 

and make it immediately effective, 

notwithstanding the request for a 

hearing. Any hearing would take place 

after issuance of the amendment. If the 

final determination is that the 

amendment request involves a 

significant hazards consideration, then 

any hearing held would take place 

before the issuance of the amendment 

unless the Commission finds an 

imminent danger to the health or safety 

of the public, in which case it will issue 

an appropriate order or rule under 10 

CFR part 2. 

A State, local governmental body, 

Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or 

agency thereof, may submit a petition to 

the Commission to participate as a party 

under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition 

should state the nature and extent of the 

petitioner’s interest in the proceeding. 

The petition should be submitted to the 

Commission by December 4, 2017. The 

petition must be filed in accordance 

with the filing instructions in the 

‘‘Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)’’ 

section of this document, and should 

meet the requirements for petitions set 

forth in this section, except that under 

10 CFR 2.309(h)(2) a State, local 

governmental body, or federally 

recognized Indian Tribe, or agency 

thereof does not need to address the 

standing requirements in 10 CFR 

2.309(d) if the facility is located within 

its boundaries. Alternatively, a State, 

local governmental body, Federallyrecognized Indian Tribe, or agency 

thereof may participate as a non-party 

under 10 CFR 2.315(c). 

If a hearing is granted, any person 

who is not a party to the proceeding and 

is not affiliated with or represented by 

a party may, at the discretion of the 

presiding officer, be permitted to make 

a limited appearance pursuant to the 

provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person 

making a limited appearance may make 

an oral or written statement of his or her 

position on the issues but may not 

otherwise participate in the proceeding. 

A limited appearance may be made at 

any session of the hearing or at any 

prehearing conference, subject to the 

limits and conditions as may be 

imposed by the presiding officer. Details 

regarding the opportunity to make a 

limited appearance will be provided by 

the presiding officer if such sessions are 

scheduled. 

IV. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing) 

All documents filed in NRC 

adjudicatory proceedings, including a 

request for hearing and petition for 

leave to intervene (petition), any motion 

or other document filed in the 

proceeding prior to the submission of a 

request for hearing or petition to 

intervene, and documents filed by 

interested governmental entities that 

request to participate under 10 CFR 

2.315(c), must be filed in accordance 

with the NRC’s E-Filing rule (72 FR 

49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 

77 FR 46562, August 3, 2012). The EFiling process requires participants to 

submit and serve all adjudicatory 

documents over the Internet, or in some 

cases to mail copies on electronic 

storage media. Detailed guidance on 

making electronic submissions may be 

found in the Guidance for Electronic 

Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC 

Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/sitehelp/e-submittals.html. Participants 

may not submit paper copies of their 

filings unless they seek an exemption in 

accordance with the procedures 

described below. 

To comply with the procedural 

requirements of E-Filing, at least 10 

days prior to the filing deadline, the 

participant should contact the Office of 

the Secretary by email at 

hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone 

at 301–415–1677, to (1) request a digital 

identification (ID) certificate, which 

allows the participant (or its counsel or 

representative) to digitally sign 

submissions and access the E-Filing 

system for any proceeding in which it 

is participating; and (2) advise the 

Secretary that the participant will be 

submitting a petition or other 

adjudicatory document (even in 

instances in which the participant, or its 

counsel or representative, already holds 

an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). 

Based upon this information, the 

Secretary will establish an electronic 

docket for the hearing in this proceeding 

if the Secretary has not already 

established an electronic docket. 

Information about applying for a 

digital ID certificate is available on the 

NRC’s public Web site at http://

www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/ 

getting-started.html. Once a participant 

has obtained a digital ID certificate and 

a docket has been created, the 

participant can then submit 

adjudicatory documents. Submissions 

must be in Portable Document Format 

(PDF). Additional guidance on PDF 

submissions is available on the NRC’s 

public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A 

filing is considered complete at the time 

the document is submitted through the 

NRC’s E-Filing system. To be timely, an 

electronic filing must be submitted to 

the E-Filing system no later than 11:59 

p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Upon receipt of a transmission, the EFiling system time-stamps the document 

and sends the submitter an email notice 

confirming receipt of the document. The 

E-Filing system also distributes an email 

notice that provides access to the 

document to the NRC’s Office of the 

General Counsel and any others who 

have advised the Office of the Secretary 

that they wish to participate in the 

proceeding, so that the filer need not 

serve the document on those 

participants separately. Therefore, 

applicants and other participants (or 

their counsel or representative) must 

apply for and receive a digital ID 

certificate before adjudicatory 

documents are filed so that they can 

obtain access to the documents via the 

E-Filing system. 

A person filing electronically using 

the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system 

may seek assistance by contacting the 

NRC’s Electronic Filing Help Desk 

through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located 

on the NRC’s public Web site at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html, by email to 

MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC 

Electronic Filing Help Desk is available 

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Time, Monday through Friday, 

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Participants who believe that they 

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documents in paper format. Such filings 

must be submitted by: (1) First class 

mail addressed to the Office of the 

Secretary of the Commission, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: 

Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or 

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use of E-Filing no longer exists. 

Documents submitted in adjudicatory 

proceedings will appear in the NRC’s 

electronic hearing docket which is 

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pursuant to an order of the Commission 

or the presiding officer. If you do not 

have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate 

as described above, click cancel when 

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will be automatically directed to the 

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you will be able to access any publicly 

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submission. 

For further details with respect to this 

action, see the application for license 

amendment dated December 14, 2016, 

as supplemented August 25, 2017. 

Attorney for licensee: Mr. M. Stanford 

Blanton, Balch & Bingham LLP, 1710 

Sixth Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 

35203–2015. 

NRC Branch Chief: Jennifer DixonHerrity. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day 

of September 2017. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Jennifer Dixon-Herrity, 

Chief, Licensing Branch 4, Division of New 

Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21495 Filed 10–4–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–331; NRC–2017–0200] 

NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC.; 

Duane Arnold Energy Center, Unit 

No. 1 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Environmental assessment and 

finding of no significant impact; 

issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is making a finding 

of no significant impact for a proposed 

issuance of an amendment to Renewed 

Facility Operating License No. DPR–49 

held by NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, 

LLC. (NextEra, the licensee) for the 

operation of Duane Arnold Energy 

Center (DAEC), located in Linn County, 

Iowa. The proposed amendment would 

modify the DAEC Plume Exposure 

Pathway emergency planning zone 

(EPZ) boundary and revise the DAEC 

evacuation time estimate (ETE) study to 

account for the EPZ boundary changes. 

DATES: The environmental assessment 

(EA) referenced in this document is 

available on October 5, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2017–0200 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–2017–0200. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

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. For the 

convenience of the reader, the ADAMS 

accession numbers are provided in a 

table in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’ 

section of this document. 

• 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: 

Mahesh L. Chawla, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 

20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–8371; 

email: Mahesh.Chawla@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC is considering issuance of 

amendments pursuant to § 50.54 of title 

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(10 CFR), ‘‘Conditions of licenses,’’ 

paragraph (q), to Renewed Facility 

Operating License No. DPR–49, held by 

NextEra Duane Arnold, LLC. (NextEra, 

the licensee) for the operation of Duane 

Arnold Energy Center (DAEC), located 

in Linn County, Iowa. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.21, the 

NRC has prepared an EA that analyzes 

the environmental effects of the 

proposed licensing action. Based on the 

results of the EA, and in accordance 

with 10 CFR 51.31(a), the NRC has 

prepared a finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI) for the proposed 

amendments. 

II. Environmental Assessment 

Description of the Proposed Action 

The proposed action would revise the 

DAEC Renewed Facility Operating 

License in order to set the DAEC Plume 

Exposure Pathway emergency planning 

zone (EPZ) boundary for an area beyond 

the 10-mile required EPZ pathway. The 

proposed action is in accordance with 

the licensee’s application dated March 

31, 2017 (ADAMS Accession Nos. 

ML17102B183 and ML17102B184) and 

with current NRC’s regulations in 10 

CFR 50.47, and 10 CFR part 50, 

appendix E. 

Notable proposed changes are (a) 

modification of Subarea 24 of the DAEC 

Plume Exposure Pathway EPZ by 

designating U.S. Highway 30 as its 

southern boundary, which will slightly 

decrease the total size of the EPZ, and 

(b) revision of the DAEC evacuation 


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