ML18080A164

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Approval of Florida Power & Light Company Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure

ML18080A164
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	05/25/2017
From:	Billoch-Colon A Division of Materials and License Renewal
To:	Maher W Florida Power & Light Co
Lois M. James, 301-415-3306
Shared Package
ML18087A474	List: L-2017-097, Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure Re Subsequent License Renewal Notification ML18080A164 ML18080A166 ML18087A433
References
L-2018-RNW-0002
Download: ML18080A164 (3)

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Official Use Only - Proprietary Information Official Use Only - Proprietary Information UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 May 25, 2017 Mr. William Maher Senior Licensing Director Florida Power & Light Company 700 Universe Boulevard Juno Beach, FL 33408

SUBJECT:

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVAL OF FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY REQUEST FOR WITHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

Dear Mr. Maher:

By letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dated May 17, 2017 (this letter supersedes letters dated March 3, 2017, and March 30, 2017), Florida Power & Light Company submitted an affidavit executed by you dated May 17, 2017, requesting that the information contained in the following document be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2, Section 2.390:

Turkey Point Units 3 and 4 Subsequent License Renewal Notification A nonproprietary copy of your document and the staffs letter have been placed in the NRC's Public Document Room and added to the NRC Library at Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML17139D442 and ML17139D441, respectively.

The affidavit stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

This information is and has been held in confidence by Florida Power & Light Company; This information is being transmitted voluntarily to the NRC in confidence, in accordance with Regulatory Information Summary 2009-06, Importance of Giving NRC Advance Notice of Intent to Pursue License Renewal; This information is being provided to the NRC in confidence with the expectation of non-disclosure; This information is not available in public sources and cannot be gathered readily from other publicly-available information; and Public disclosure of this information would create substantial harm to Florida Power &

Light Company by prematurely making public Florida Power & Light Company's intent to submit an SLRA, thereby making information regarding Florida Power & Light Company's commercial strategies available to parties whose commercial or other interests may be adverse to those of Florida Power & Light Company. In addition, public FPL submitted the Subsequent License Renewal Application on January 30, 2018 (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML18037A812) therefore, it is no longer necessary to withhold as proprietary.

Official Use Only - Proprietary Information Official Use Only - Proprietary Information disclosure of this information would create harm to Florida Power & Light Company regarding: i) the financial implications of its long-range resource planning, such as transmission and/or pipeline needs, and; ii) its interface with state and local government agencies, and with the general public, regarding on-going discussions and proceedings involving site utilization if this information is made public prior to Florida Power & Light Company publicly announcing these plans.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 9.17 and 10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of the statements in the affidavit, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or confidential or privileged commercial or financial information and should be withheld from public disclosure.

Therefore, the version of the submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly concerned to inspect the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.

If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future such that the information could then be made available for public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-3302, or by email at Araceli.Billoch@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Araceli T. Billoch Colón, Project Manager Project Management and Guidance Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251

ML17096A477 (Proprietary); ML17139D441 (Non-Proprietary)

• concurred via email OFFICE LA:RPGB/DLR PM:DLR/RPGB PM:DLR/RPGB BC:DLR/RPGB PM:DLR/RPGB NAME YEdmonds*

ABillochColón LJames SBloom ABillochColón DATE 4/13/17 5/22/17 5/22/17 5/23/17 5/25/17