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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. Background 

Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently 

submitted a request for renewal of an 

existing collection of information to 

OMB for review entitled, ‘‘Notices, 

Instructions and Reports to Workers: 

Inspection and Investigations.’’ The 

NRC hereby informs potential 

respondents that an agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and that a person is 

not required to respond to, a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

The NRC published a Federal 

Register notice with a 60-day comment 

period on this information collection on 

June 21, 2017 (82 FR 28360). 

1. The title of the information 

collection: 10 CFR part 19, ‘‘Notices, 

Instructions and Reports to Workers: 

Inspection and Investigations.’’ 

2. OMB approval number: 3150–0044. 

3. Type of submission: Extension. 

4. The form number if applicable: N/ 

A. 

5. How often the collection is required 

or requested: As necessary in order that 

adequate and timely reports of radiation 

exposure be made to individuals 

involved in applicable NRC-licensed 

activities. 

6. Who will be required or asked to 

respond: Licensees authorized to 

receive, possess, use, or transfer 

material licensed by the NRC. 

7. The estimated number of annual 

responses: 20,300. 

8. The estimated number of annual 

respondents: 1,401,163. 

9. An estimate of the total number of 

hours needed annually to comply with 

the information collection requirement 

or request: 320,969. 

10. Abstract: Part 19 of title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 

establishes requirements for notices, 

instructions, and reports by licensees 

and regulated entities to individuals 

participating in NRC-licensed and 

regulated activities and options 

available to these individuals in 

connection with Commission 

inspections of licensees and regulated 

entities, and to ascertain compliance 

with the provisions of the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954, as amended, titles 

II and IV of the Energy Reorganization 

Act of 1974, and regulations, orders, and 

licenses thereunder. The regulations in 

this part also establish the rights and 

responsibilities of the Commission and 

individuals during interviews 

compelled by subpoena as part of 

agency’s inspections or investigations 

under Section 161c of the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954, as amended, on any 

matter within the Commission’s 

jurisdiction. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day 

of September , 2017. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

David Cullison, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 52–025 and 52–026; NRC– 

2008–0252] 

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, 

Inc., Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, 

Units 3 and 4; Standardization of 

Instrumentation Setpoint 

Nomenclature 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Exemption and combined 

license amendment; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is granting an 

exemption to allow a departure from the 

certification information of Tier 1 of the 

generic design control document (DCD) 

and is issuing License Amendment Nos. 

87 and 86 to Combined Licenses (COL), 

NPF–91 and NPF–92, respectively. The 

COLs were issued to Southern Nuclear 

Operating Company, Inc., 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 (the 

licensee); for construction and operation 

of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 

(VEGP) Units 3 and 4, located in Burke 

County, Georgia. 

The granting of the exemption allows 

the changes to Tier 1 information asked 

for in the amendment. Because the 

acceptability of the exemption was 

determined in part by the acceptability 

of the amendment, the exemption and 

amendment are being issued 

concurrently. 

DATES: The exemption and amendment 

were issued on September 22, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2008–0252 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–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. 

• 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 (if it is available in 

ADAMS) is provided the first time that 

it is mentioned in this document. The 

request for the amendment and 

exemption was submitted by letter 

dated February 24, 2017, as 

supplemented by letter dated August 7, 

2017 (ADAMS Accession Nos. 

ML17055C352 and ML17219A185, 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chandu Patel, Office of New Reactors, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–3025; email: Chandu.Patel@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC is granting an exemption 

from paragraph B of section III, ‘‘Scope 

and Contents,’’ of appendix D, ‘‘Design 

Certification Rule for the AP1000,’’ to 

part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), and issuing 

License Amendment Nos. 87 and 86 to 

COLs, NPF–91 and NPF–92, 

respectively, to the licensee. The 

exemption is required by paragraph A.4 

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 proposed changes to the Updated 


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Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) 

in the form of departures from the plantspecific Design Control Document 

(DCD) Tier 2 information, and involves 

changes to related plant-specific DCD 

Tier 1 information, with corresponding 

changes to the associated COL 

Appendix C information. In addition, 

revisions are proposed to COL 

Appendix A, Technical Specifications. 

The proposed changes revise the COLs 

concerning standardizing the Protection 

and Safety Monitoring System (PMS) 

setpoint nomenclature. No changes were 

proposed to setpoint values or PMS 

alarms and actuations. 

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 

§§ 50.12, 52.7, and section VIII.A.4 of 

appendix D to 10 CFR part 52. The 

license amendment was found to be 

acceptable as well. The combined safety 

evaluation is available in ADAMS under 

Accession No. ML17233A122. 

Identical exemption documents 

(except for referenced unit numbers and 

license numbers) were issued to the 

licensee for VEGP Units 3 and 4 (COLs 

NPF–91 and NPF–92). The exemption 

documents for VEGP Units 3 and 4 can 

be found in ADAMS under Accession 

Nos. ML17233A110 and ML17233A111, 

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–91 and NPF–92 are available in 

ADAMS under Accession Nos. 

ML17233A105 and ML17233A106, 

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 VEGP Units 3 and 

Unit 4. 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 February 24, 2017, 

as supplemented by letter dated August 

7, 2017, the licensee requested from the 

Commission an exemption to allow 

departures from Tier 1 information in 

the certified DCD incorporated by 

reference in 10 CFR part 52, appendix 

D, as part of license amendment request 

17–004, ‘‘Standardization of 

Instrumentation Setpoint 

Nomenclature.’’ 

For the reasons set forth in Section 3.1 

of the NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation, 

which can be found in ADAMS under 

Accession No. ML17233A122, 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 License, as described in the 

licensee’s request dated February 24, 

2017, as supplemented by letter dated 

August 7, 2017. This exemption is 

related to, and necessary for the granting 

of License Amendment Nos. 87 (Unit 3) 

and 86 (Unit 4), which is being issued 

concurrently with this exemption. 

3. As explained in Section 6.0 of the 

NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML17233A122), 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 the 

date of its issuance. 

III. License Amendment Request 

By letter dated February 24, 2017 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML17055C352), 

as supplemented by letter dated August 

7, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML17219A185), 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 COL, 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 April 25, 2017 (82 FR 

19104). 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 exemption and issued the 

amendment that the licensee requested 

on February 24, 2017, as supplemented 

by letter dated August 7, 2017. 

The exemption and amendment were 

issued on September 22, 2017, as part of 

a combined package to the licensee 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML17233A104). 

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. 2017–21496 Filed 10–4–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2017–213 and CP2017–321; 

MC2017–214 and CP2017–322] 

New Postal Products 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent Postal Service filing for the 

Commission’s consideration concerning 

a negotiated service agreement. This 

notice informs the public of the filing, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: October 10, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 


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