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require that, as a minimum, a licensed 

senior operator be available to make 

these decisions even though, after the 

docketing of the certifications required 

by § 50.82(a)(1)(i) and (ii) and as a 

permanently shutdown and defueled 

plant, Palisades would no longer 

otherwise require licensed senior 

operators. 

This exemption is in the public 

interest for two reasons. First, the 

exemption would allow the licensee to 

make decisions pursuant to 

§ 73.55(p)(1)(i) and (ii) without having 

to maintain a staff of licensed senior 

operators at a nuclear power reactor that 

has permanently ceased operations and 

permanently removed fuel from the 

reactor vessel. The exemption would 

also allow the licensee to have an 

established procedure in place to allow 

a trained CFH to suspend security 

measures in the event of an emergency 

or severe weather after the certifications 

required by § 50.82(a)(1)(i) and (ii) have 

been submitted. Second, the consistent 

and efficient regulation of nuclear 

power plants serves the public interest. 

This exemption would assure 

consistency between the regulations in 

§ 73.55(p) and § 50.54(y), and the 

requirements concerning licensed 

operators in 10 CFR part 55. The NRC 

staff has determined that granting the 

licensee’s proposed exemption would 

allow the licensee to designate a CFH, 

with qualifications appropriate for a 

permanently shutdown and defueled 

reactor, to approve the suspension of 

security measures during an emergency 

to protect the public health and safety, 

and during severe weather to protect the 

personal health and safety of the 

security force, consistent with the 

similar authority provided by § 50.54(y) 

after the certifications required by 

§ 50.82(a)(1)(i) and (ii) have been 

submitted. For these reasons, the 

exemption is in the public interest. 

D. Environmental Considerations 

The NRC’s approval of the requested 

exemption belongs to a category of 

actions that the Commission, by rule or 

regulation, has declared to be a 

categorical exclusion, after first finding 

that the category of actions does not 

individually or cumulatively have a 

significant effect on the human 

environment. Specifically, the NRC’s 

approval of the requested exemption is 

categorically excluded from further 

environmental analysis under 

§ 51.22(c)(25). 

Under § 51.22(c)(25), the granting of 

an exemption from the requirements of 

any regulation of Chapter I to 10 CFR 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: Safeguard plans, and 

materials control and accounting 

inventory scheduling requirements; or 

involve other requirements of an 

administrative, managerial, or 

organizational nature. 

The NRC staff has determined that the 

approval of the requested exemption 

involves no significant hazards 

consideration because allowing a CFH, 

in addition to a licensed senior operator, 

to approve the security suspension at a 

permanently shutdown and defueled 

power plant does 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. The requested 

exemption is unrelated to any 

operational restriction. Accordingly, 

there is no significant change in the 

types or significant increase in the 

amounts of any effluents that may be 

released offsite and no significant 

increase in individual or cumulative 

public or occupational radiation 

exposure. The requested exemption is 

not associated with construction, so 

there is no significant construction 

impact. The requested exemption does 

not concern the source term (i.e., 

potential amount of radiation in an 

accident), nor mitigation. Thus, there is 

no significant increase in the potential 

for, or consequences from, radiological 

accidents. Finally, the requirement to 

have a licensed senior operator approve 

suspensions of security measures from 

which the exemption is sought involves 

either safeguards, materials control, or 

managerial/organizational matters. 

Therefore, pursuant to § 51.22(b) and 

(c)(25), no environmental impact 

statement or environmental assessment 

need be prepared in connection with the 

approval of this exemption request. 

IV. Conclusions 

Accordingly, the Commission has 

determined that, pursuant to § 73.5, the 

exemption is authorized by law and will 

not endanger life or property or the 

common defense and security, and is 

otherwise in the public interest. 

Therefore, the Commission hereby 

grants the licensee’s request for an 

exemption from the requirements of 

§ 73.55(p)(1)(i) and (ii), to authorize, 

after the certifications required by 

§ 50.82(a)(1)(i) and (ii) have been 

submitted, that the suspension of 

security measures for Palisades during 

certain emergency conditions or during 

severe weather must be approved as a 

minimum by either a licensed senior 

operator or a CFH before taking this 

action. 

The exemption is effective upon 

receipt. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, on October 

11, 2017. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Kathryn M. Brock, 

Deputy Director, Division of Operating 

Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

DATE: Weeks of October 16, 23, 30, 

November 6, 13, 20, 2017. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

Week of October 16, 2017 

Monday, October 16, 2017 

10:30 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public 

Meeting) (Tentative) 

Final Rule: Modified Small Quantities 

Protocol (RIN 3150–AJ70; NRC– 

2015–0263) (Tentative) 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION By a vote of 

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Commission determined pursuant to 

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Commission’s rules that the above 

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with less than one week notice to the 

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The schedule for Commission 

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notice. For more information or to verify 

the status of meetings, contact Denise 

McGovern at 301–415–0681 or via email 

at Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov. 

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Schedule can be found on the Internet 

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

public-meetings/schedule.html. 

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The NRC provides reasonable 

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disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

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need this meeting notice or the 

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braille, large print), please notify 

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videophone at 240–428–3217, or by 

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nrc.gov. Determinations on requests for 

reasonable accommodation will be 

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Information Collection: Material 

Control and Accounting of Special 

Nuclear Material 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of submission to the 

Office of Management and Budget; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has recently 

submitted a request for renewal of an 

existing collection of information to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review. The information 

collection is entitled, ‘‘Material Control 

and Accounting of Special Nuclear 

Material.’’ 

DATES: Submit comments by December 

18, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly 

to the OMB reviewer at: Aaron Szabo, 

Desk Officer, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs (OMB approval 

number 3150–0123), NEOB–10202, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503; telephone: 202– 

395–3621, email: oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–2084; email: 

INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016– 

0263 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–2016–0263. 

• 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 

supporting statement and burden 

spreadsheet for ‘‘Material Control and 

Accounting of Special Nuclear 

Material,’’ is available in ADAMS under 

Accession Nos. ML17249A549 and 

ML17249A580, 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. 

• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of 

the collection of information and related 

instructions may be obtained without 

charge by contacting NRC’s Clearance 

Officer, David Cullison, Office of the 

Chief Information Office, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

2084; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@

nrc.gov. 

B. Submitting Comments 

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. All comment 

submissions are posted at http://

www.regulations.gov and entered into 

ADAMS. Comment submissions are not 

routinely edited 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. 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, ‘‘Material 

Control and Accounting of Special 

Nuclear Material.’’ 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 28361). 


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