Northern States Power Company; Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2
| Published date | 21 October 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 58308 |
| Record Number | 2021-22912 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
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Submitted by
Dated: October 19, 2021.
Roxanne L. Rothschild,
Executive Secretary, National Labor Relations
Board.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50–282 and 50–306; NRC–
2021–0192]
Northern States Power Company;
Prairie Island Nuclear Generating
Plant, Units 1 and 2
AGENCY
: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION
: License amendment application;
opportunity to comment, request a
hearing, and petition for leave to
intervene.
SUMMARY
: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of amendments to Facility
Operating License Nos. DPR–42 and
DPR–60, issued to Northern States
Power Company, for operation of the
Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant,
Units 1 and 2. The proposed
amendments would allow a one-time
extension of the allowed outage time for
the motor-driven cooling pump (MDCP)
as a contingency for planned
maintenance on the cooling water (CL)
system.
DATES
: Submit comments by November
22, 2021. Request for a hearing or
petitions for leave to intervene must be
filed by December 20, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website:
•Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2021–0192. Address
questions about Docket IDs in
Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301–415–0624; email:
Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed
in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT
section of this document.
•Mail comments to: Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7–
A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, ATTN: Program Management,
Announcements and Editing Staff.
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
:
Robert Kuntz, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–3733, email:
Robert.Kuntz@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021–
0192 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publicly
available information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
•Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2021–0192.
•NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly
available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, 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 exigent license amendment
request to revise technical specification
(TS) 3.7.8 to allow a one-time extension
of the completion time of required
action B.1, dated October 7, 2021, is
available in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML21281A017.
•Attention: The PDR, where you may
examine and order copies of public
documents, is currently closed. You
may submit your request to the PDR via
email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1–
800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737,
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET),
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website (https://
www.regulations.gov). Please include
Docket ID NRC–2021–0192 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 will post all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as enter 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 into ADAMS.
II. Introduction
The NRC is considering issuance of
amendments to Facility Operating
License Nos. DPR–42 and DPR–60,
issued to Northern States Power
Company, for operation of the Prairie
Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1
and 2, located in Goodhue County,
Minnesota.
The proposed amendments would
allow a one-time extension of the
allowed outage time for the MDCP as a
contingency for planned maintenance
on the CL system.
Before any issuance of the proposed
license amendments, 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 requests involve no
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significant hazards consideration
(NSHC). Under the NRC’s regulations in
§ 50.92 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), this means that
operation of the facility in accordance
with the proposed amendments 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 change involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The CL system is not an initiator of any
accident previously evaluated. As a result,
the probability of an accident previously
evaluated is not increased by the allowance
to extend the Completion Time of Required
Action B.1 if needed for installation or
removal of a blind flange. The consequences
of an accident during the proposed extended
Required Action B.1 Completion Time are no
different than the consequences of an
accident during the existing 4 hour
Completion Time. The MDCLP provides a
source of cooling water to the operable CL
header. However, the operable header is also
served by the associated diesel driven
cooling water pump (DDCLP) and that CL
header remains operable even if the MDCLP
is inoperable, so the extended time will not
significantly increase consequences of any of
the accidents that CL mitigates.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed change create the
possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change will not permanently
alter the design or function of the CL system.
The proposed change provides an allowance
for the MDCLP to be valved out of service
and inoperable longer than the TS 3.7.8
Required Action B.1 Completion Time of four
hours. Up to 36 hours will be required for the
purpose of installing a blind flange if the
leakage across the valve supporting the
planned isolation is found to be too high.
Similarly, up to 36 hours will be required for
the purpose of removing the blind flange.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
create the possibility of a new or different
kind of accident from any previously
evaluated.
3. Does the proposed change involve a
significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed change extends the
Completion Time of Required Action B.1 of
TS 3.7.8. Required Action B.1 verifies
operability of the MDCLP. The MDCLP
provides a source of cooling water to the
operable header. However, the operable
header is also served by the associated
DDCLP and that CL header remains operable
even if the MDCLP is inoperable.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
result in 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 requests involve NSHC.
The NRC is seeking public comments
on this proposed determination that the
license amendment requests involve
NSHC. 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 amendments until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue the license
amendments before expiration of the 60-
day notice period if the Commission
concludes the amendments involve no
significant hazards consideration. In
addition, the Commission may issue the
amendments prior to the expiration of
the 30-day comment period if
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. If the Commission takes action
prior to the expiration of either the
comment period or the notice period, it
will publish in the Federal Register a
notice of issuance. If the Commission
makes 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 person
(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 10 CFR 2.309. If
a petition is filed, the presiding officer
will rule on the petition and, if
appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be
issued.
Petitions must be filed no later than
60 days from the date of publication of
this notice in accordance with the filing
instructions in the ‘‘Electronic
Submissions (E-Filing’’) section of this
document. 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).
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, which
will serve to establish when the hearing
is held. If the final determination is that
the amendment requests involve no
significant hazards consideration, the
Commission may issue the amendments
and make it immediately effective,
notwithstanding the request for a
hearing. Any hearing would take place
after issuance of the amendments. If the
final determination is that the
amendment requests involve a
significant hazards consideration, then
any hearing held would take place
before the issuance of the amendments
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
designated agency thereof, may submit
a petition to the Commission to
participate as a party under 10 CFR
2.309(h) no later than 60 days from the
date of publication of this notice.
Alternatively, a State, local
governmental body, Federally
recognized Indian Tribe, or agency
thereof may participate as a non-party
under 10 CFR 2.315(c).
For information about filing a petition
and about participation by a person not
a party under 10 CFR 2.315, see ADAMS
Accession No. ML20340A053 and on
the NRC website at https://www.nrc.gov/
about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/
hearing.html#participate.
IV. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC
adjudicatory proceedings including
documents filed by an interested State,
local governmental body, Federally
recognized Indian Tribe, or designated
agency thereof that requests to
participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must
be filed in accordance with 10 CFR
2.302. The E-Filing process requires
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participants to submit and serve all
adjudicatory documents over the
internet, or in some cases, to mail copies
on electronic storage media, unless an
exemption permitting an alternative
filing method, as discussed below, is
granted. Detailed guidance on electronic
submissions is located in the Guidance
for Electronic Submissions to the NRC
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13031A056)
and on the NRC website at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-
submittals.html.
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 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 website at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/
getting-started.html. After a digital ID
certificate is obtained and a docket
created, the participant must submit
adjudicatory documents in Portable
Document Format. Guidance on
submissions is available on the NRC’s
public website at https://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 E-
Filing system timestamps the document
and sends the submitter an email
confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email
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 to 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 website at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-
submittals.html, by email to
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll-
free call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC
Electronic Filing Help Desk is available
between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday,
excluding government holidays.
Participants who believe that they
have good cause for not submitting
documents electronically must file an
exemption request, in accordance with
10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper
filing stating why there is good cause for
not filing electronically and requesting
authorization to continue to submit
documents in paper format. Such filings
must be submitted in accordance with
10 CFR 2.302(b)-(d). Participants filing
adjudicatory documents in this manner
are responsible for serving their
documents on all other participants.
Participants granted an exemption
under 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) must still meet
the electronic formatting requirement in
10 CFR 2.302(g)(1), unless the
participant also seeks and is granted an
exemption from 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1).
Documents submitted in adjudicatory
proceedings will appear in the NRC’s
electronic hearing docket, which is
publicly available at https://
adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded
pursuant to an order of the presiding
officer. If you do not have an NRC-
issued digital ID certificate as described
above, click ‘‘cancel’’ when the link
requests certificates and you will be
automatically directed to the NRC’s
electronic hearing dockets where you
will be able to access any publicly
available documents in a particular
hearing docket. Participants are
requested not to include personal
privacy information such as social
security numbers, home addresses, or
personal phone numbers in their filings
unless an NRC regulation or other law
requires submission of such
information. With respect to
copyrighted works, except for limited
excerpts that serve the purpose of the
adjudicatory filings and would
constitute a Fair Use application,
participants should not include
copyrighted materials in their
submission.
For further details with respect to this
action, see the application for license
amendments dated October 7, 2021
(ADAMS Accession No. ML21281A017).
Attorney for licensee: Peter M. Glass,
Assistant General Counsel, Xcel Energy,
414 Nicollet Mall—401–8, Minneapolis,
MN 55401.
NRC Branch Chief: Nancy L. Salgado.
Dated: October 15, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert F. Kuntz,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing
Branch III, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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