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Category:Exemption from NRC Requirements
MONTHYEARML23191A1422024-01-0404 January 2024 FRN - Palisades Nuclear Plant Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(W)(1) Concerning Onsite Property Damage Insurance ML23192A1012023-12-28028 December 2023 FRN - Palisades Offsite Insurance Exemption 140.11(a)(4) ML23342A2132023-12-27027 December 2023 FRN Related to Request for Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements ML23192A0772023-12-26026 December 2023 Letter Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 140.11(a)(4) Concerning Offsite Primary and Secondary Liability Insurance ML23191A5222023-12-22022 December 2023 Exemption Letter from the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(W)(1) Concerning Onsite Property Damage Insurance (EPID - L-2022-LLE-0032) ML23263A9772023-12-22022 December 2023 Exemption from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements and Related Safety Evaluation PNP 2022-026, Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 50.54(w)(1) Concerning Onsite Property Damage Insurance2022-10-26026 October 2022 Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 50.54(w)(1) Concerning Onsite Property Damage Insurance ML22227A0082022-08-12012 August 2022 Acceptance Review: Exemption Request from 10CFR50.47(b), 10 CFR 50.47(c)(2), and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Section IV PNP 2022-017, Request for Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements of 10 CFR 50.47(b); 10 CFR 50.47(c)(2); and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E2022-07-11011 July 2022 Request for Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements of 10 CFR 50.47(b); 10 CFR 50.47(c)(2); and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E ML21286A5062021-12-13013 December 2021 Exemption - Palisades Dtf Exemption - ML21195A3672021-11-23023 November 2021 Exemption-Palisades Nuclear Plant (Pnp) Record Retention-L-2021-LLE-0033 ML21195A3722021-11-23023 November 2021 Partial Exemption from Record Retention Requirements ML20358A2392020-12-23023 December 2020 Request for Exemptions from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 10 CFR 50.75(h)(1)(iv) ML20308A6072020-12-0909 December 2020 Temporary Exemption from Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise Frequency Requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Section Iv.F (EPID L-2020-LLE-0155 (COVID-19)) ML20330A0002020-12-0303 December 2020 Exemption from Annual Force-on-Force Exercise Requirements of 10 CFR Part 73, Appendix B, General Criteria for Security Personnel, Subsection VI.C.3(I)(1) (EPID L-2020-LLE-0190 (COVID-19)) PNP 2020-037, Request for a One-Time Exemption from 10 CFR 73, Appendix B, Section VI, Subsection C.3.(I)(1) Regarding Annual Force-on-Force (FOF) Exercises, Due to Covid 19 Pandemic2020-11-12012 November 2020 Request for a One-Time Exemption from 10 CFR 73, Appendix B, Section VI, Subsection C.3.(I)(1) Regarding Annual Force-on-Force (FOF) Exercises, Due to Covid 19 Pandemic PNP 2020-033, Request for One-Time Exemption from 10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise Requirements Due to COVID-19 Pandemic2020-09-30030 September 2020 Request for One-Time Exemption from 10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise Requirements Due to COVID-19 Pandemic ML20243A0002020-09-23023 September 2020 FRN - Notice of Issuance of Multiple Exemptions Regarding Various Parts of 10 CFR Due to COVID-19 Impacts for August 2020 ML17219A1562017-10-11011 October 2017 Exemption from Provisions in 10 CFR 73.55 to Allow Licensed Senior Operator or Certified Fuel Handler to Approve Suspension of Security Measures in Emergency or During Severe Weather (CAC No. MF9876; EPID L-2017-LLE-0016) NRC-2017-0207, Exemption from Provisions in 10 CFR 73.55 to Allow Licensed Senior Operator or Certified Fuel Handler to Approve Suspension of Security Measures in Emergency or During Severe Weather (CAC No. MF9876; EPID L-2017-LLE-0016)2017-10-11011 October 2017 Exemption from Provisions in 10 CFR 73.55 to Allow Licensed Senior Operator or Certified Fuel Handler to Approve Suspension of Security Measures in Emergency or During Severe Weather (CAC No. MF9876; EPID L-2017-LLE-0016) ML17216A8022017-10-11011 October 2017 Letter, Exemption from Provisions in 10 CFR 73.55 to Allow Licensed Senior Operator or Certified Fuel Handler to Approve Suspension of Security Measures in Emergency or During Severe Weather (CAC MF9876; EPID L-2017-LLE-0016) NRC-2010-0127, Palisades: Exemption - Federal Register Notice2010-03-25025 March 2010 Palisades: Exemption - Federal Register Notice ML1006801532010-03-25025 March 2010 Schedule Exemption from Certain Requirements of 10 CFR Part 73 ML1006802182010-03-25025 March 2010 Exemption - Federal Register Notice ML0625601792006-10-0505 October 2006 Exemption from 10 CFR 50.46 & Appendix K Re Use of M5 Fuel Cladding ML0526400152005-10-0606 October 2005 Exemption from 10 CFR 50.68, Criticality Accident Requirements, for Loading of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Casks ML0527003752005-09-20020 September 2005 Supplement to Exemption Request from 10 CFR 72.2212(b)(7) 10 CFR 72.212(b)(2)(i)(A), and 10 CFR 72.214 ML0528400462005-08-22022 August 2005 Exemption from 10 CFR 72.212(b)(7), 10 CFR 72.212(b)(2)(i)(A), and 10 CFR 72.214 ML0517503122005-06-21021 June 2005 Exemption from 10 CFR 50.68(b)(1) for the Palisades Nuclear Plant ML0517503162005-06-21021 June 2005 Enclosure 3, Proposed Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.68(b)(1), Criticality Analysis, Calculation 11030-01, Rev 0 2024-01-04
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MONTHYEARML23355A1702024-01-11011 January 2024 FRN - Withdrawal of Palisades Nuclear Plant Amendment Request Re. License Amendment Request to Revise License Condition to Eliminate Cyber Security Plan Requirements ML23191A1422024-01-0404 January 2024 FRN - Palisades Nuclear Plant Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(W)(1) Concerning Onsite Property Damage Insurance ML23192A1012023-12-28028 December 2023 FRN - Palisades Offsite Insurance Exemption 140.11(a)(4) ML23342A2132023-12-27027 December 2023 FRN Related to Request for Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements ML23355A1242023-12-26026 December 2023 Withdrawal of an Amendment Request Re License Amendment Request to Revise License Condition to Eliminate Cyber Security Plan Requirements ML23341A1662023-12-19019 December 2023 EA Fonsi FRN Related to Request for Exemptions from Certain Emergency ML22217A1192022-08-22022 August 2022 Notification of the Availability of the Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report in the Federal Register (EPID L-2022-LRO-0073) (FRN) ML21292A1492021-12-13013 December 2021 and Big Rock Nuclear Plant- Federal Register Notice Re Order Approving Transfer of Licenses and Draft Conforming Administrative License Amendments ML21349A1782021-12-13013 December 2021 Dtf Exemption Federal Register Notice ML21195A3692021-11-23023 November 2021 FRN - Pnp Records Retention Exemption FRN- L-2021-LLE-0033 ML21285A2802021-11-22022 November 2021 Dtf Exemption Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (Fonsi) Federal Register Notice (FRN) ML21285A2792021-11-18018 November 2021 Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to the Use of the Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts for Spent Fuel Management and Site Restoration Activities ML21012A0312021-02-0101 February 2021 and Big Rock Point Plant - Notice of Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Control of Licenses and Conforming Amendments and Opportunity for a Hearing ML21012A0352021-02-0101 February 2021 and Big Rock Point Plant - Notice of Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Control of Licenses and Conforming Amendments and Opportunity for a Hearing (FRN) ML20272A0112020-09-26026 September 2020 Request for Additional Information - Palisades Relief Request RR 5-8 (Proposed Alternative) for Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Repairs ML20243A0002020-09-23023 September 2020 FRN - Notice of Issuance of Multiple Exemptions Regarding Various Parts of 10 CFR Due to COVID-19 Impacts for August 2020 ML19238A3692019-09-0303 September 2019 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 09/10/2019 ML19168A0842019-06-26026 June 2019 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 07/02/2019 ML19140A4562019-05-28028 May 2019 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 06/04/2019 ML19085A2172019-03-29029 March 2019 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 04/09/2019 ML18278A2802018-10-10010 October 2018 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 10/23/2018 ML17353A1922017-12-21021 December 2017 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: January 2, 2018 NRC-2017-0238, Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: January 2, 20182017-12-21021 December 2017 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: January 2, 2018 NRC-2017-0207, Exemption from Provisions in 10 CFR 73.55 to Allow Licensed Senior Operator or Certified Fuel Handler to Approve Suspension of Security Measures in Emergency or During Severe Weather (CAC No. MF9876; EPID L-2017-LLE-0016)2017-10-11011 October 2017 Exemption from Provisions in 10 CFR 73.55 to Allow Licensed Senior Operator or Certified Fuel Handler to Approve Suspension of Security Measures in Emergency or During Severe Weather (CAC No. MF9876; EPID L-2017-LLE-0016) ML17219A1562017-10-11011 October 2017 Exemption from Provisions in 10 CFR 73.55 to Allow Licensed Senior Operator or Certified Fuel Handler to Approve Suspension of Security Measures in Emergency or During Severe Weather (CAC No. MF9876; EPID L-2017-LLE-0016) ML16355A2612016-12-21021 December 2016 Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations; Publication Date: January 3, 2017 NRC-2016-0273, Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations; Publication Date: January 3, 20172016-12-21021 December 2016 Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations; Publication Date: January 3, 2017 ML16257A5172016-09-19019 September 2016 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: September 27, 2016 NRC-2016-0202, Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: September 27, 20162016-09-19019 September 2016 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: September 27, 2016 NRC-2016-0180, Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations- Publication Date: August 30, 20162016-08-18018 August 2016 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations- Publication Date: August 30, 2016 ML16229A2552016-08-18018 August 2016 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations- Publication Date: August 30, 2016 NRC-2016-0143, Federal Register Notice on Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing SUNSI and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to SUNSI2016-07-18018 July 2016 Federal Register Notice on Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing SUNSI and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to SUNSI - Au ML16187A2232016-07-18018 July 2016 Federal Register Notice on Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing SUNSI and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to SUNSI - Au ML16138A1812016-05-16016 May 2016 EA-15-039 Palisades Federal Register Memo and Order ML16131A7952016-05-13013 May 2016 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 24, 2016 NRC-2016-0100, Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 24, 20162016-05-13013 May 2016 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 24, 2016 ML15328A5502015-11-27027 November 2015 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: December 8, 2015 NRC-2015-0269, Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: December 8, 20152015-11-27027 November 2015 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: December 8, 2015 ML15204A2792015-07-27027 July 2015 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: August 4, 2015 ML15148A3762015-06-0101 June 2015 Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Published June 9, 2015 ML15120A2272015-05-0101 May 2015 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 12, 2015 ML13018A2392015-04-0808 April 2015 G20110171 - Letter to Petitioner Saporito on Proposed Director'S Decision Regarding 2.206 Petition Dated: March 12, 2011 ML15054A3962015-04-0606 April 2015 Federal Register Notice on Final Director'S Decision on 10 CFR 2.206 Petition from Mr. Michael Mulligan at Palisades Nuclear Plant ML15054A3612015-04-0606 April 2015 Response to Petitioner Mulligan Regarding Equipment Failures at Palisades Nuclear Plant ML14338A4422015-01-23023 January 2015 Mulligan - Proposed Director'S Decision ML14338A4352015-01-23023 January 2015 Proposed Director'S Decision Letter to Petitioner Mulligan ML14303A3812014-10-31031 October 2014 Biweekly Sholly FRN - Application and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: November 12, 2014 ML14237A7272014-09-25025 September 2014 OEDO-14-00145 - Federal Register Notice for Mike Mulligan Ltr. 2.206 - Palisades NRC-2014-0216, OEDO-14-00145 - Federal Register Notice for Mike Mulligan Ltr. 2.206 - Palisades2014-09-25025 September 2014 OEDO-14-00145 - Federal Register Notice for Mike Mulligan Ltr. 2.206 - Palisades ML14237A7262014-09-25025 September 2014 OEDO-14-00145 - Response Letter to Mike Mulligan for Ltr. 2.206 - Palisades 2024-01-04
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7590-01-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, LLC PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-255
[NRC-2010-0127]
EXEMPTION
1.0 BACKGROUND
Entergy Nuclear Operations, LLC (ENO) (the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License No. DPR-20, which authorizes operation of Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP). The license provides, among other things, that the facility is subject to all rules, regulations, and orders of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) now or hereafter in effect.
The facility consists of one pressurized-water reactor located in Van Buren County, Michigan. 2.0 REQUEST/ACTION Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 73, "Physical protection of plants and materials," Section 73.55, "Requirements for physical protection of licensed activities in nuclear power reactors against radiological sabotage," published March 27, 2009, effective May 26, 2009, with a full implementation date of March 31, 2010, requires licensees to protect, with high assurance, against radiological sabotage by designing and implementing comprehensive site security programs. The amendments to 10 CFR 73.55 published on March 27, 2009, establish and update generically applicable security requirements similar to those previously imposed by Commission orders issued after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and implemented by licensees. In addition, the amendments to 10 CFR 73.55 include additional requirements to further enhance site security based upon insights gained from implementation of the post-September 11, 2001, security orders. It is from three of these new requirements that ENO now seeks an exemption from the March 31, 2010, implementation date. All other physical security requirements established by this recent rulemaking have already been or will be implemented by the licensee by March 31, 2010.
By letter dated January 14, 2010, (inadvertently dated January 14, 2009), as supplemented by letter dated February 16, 2010, the licensee requested an exemption in accordance with 10 CFR 73.5, "Specific exemptions." The licensee's January 14, 2010, and February 16, 2010, letters, have certain portions which contain security-related information and, accordingly, are not available to the public. The licensee has requested an exemption from the March 31, 2010, compliance date stating that it must complete a number of significant modifications to the current site security configuration before all requirements can be met.
Specifically, the request is to extend the compliance date for three requirements that would be in place by August 31, 2010, versus the March 31, 2010, deadline. Being granted this exemption for the three requirements would allow the licensee to complete the modifications designed to update aging equipment and incorporate state-of-the-art technology to meet or exceed the noted regulatory requirements.
3.0 DISCUSSION
OF PART 73 SCHEDULE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE MARCH 31, 2010, FULL IMPLEMENTATION DATE Pursuant to 10 CFR 73.55(a)(1), "By March 31, 2010, each nuclear power reactor licensee, licensed under 10 CFR Part 50, shall implement the requirements of this section through its Commission-approved Physical Security Plan, Training and Qualification Plan, Safeguards Contingency Plan, and Cyber Security Plan referred to collectively hereafter as
'security plans.'" Pursuant to 10 CFR 73.5, the Commission may, upon application by any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 73 when the exemptions are authorized by law, and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and are otherwise in the public interest. NRC approval of this exemption request, as noted above, would allow an extension from March 31, 2010, to August 31, 2010, for the implementation date for three specified areas of the new rule. The NRC staff has determined that granting of the licensee's proposed exemption would not result in a violation of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or the Commission's regulations. Therefore, the exemption is authorized by law.
In the draft final power reactor security rule provided to the Commission, the NRC staff proposed that the requirements of the new regulation be met within 180 days. The Commission directed a change from 180 days to approximately 1 year for licensees to fully implement the new requirements. This change was incorporated into the final rule. From this, it is clear that the Commission wanted to provide a reasonable timeframe for licensees to achieve full compliance. As noted in the final rule, the Commission also anticipated that licensees would have to conduct site-specific analyses to determine what changes were necessary to implement the rule's requirements, and that any such changes could be accomplished through a variety of licensing mechanisms, including exemptions. Since issuance of the final rule, the Commission has rejected a generic industry request to extend the rule's compliance date for all operating nuclear power plants, but noted that the Commission's regulations provide mechanisms for individual licensees, with good cause, to apply for relief from the compliance date (
Reference:
June 4, 2009, letter, from R. W. Borchardt, NRC, to M. S. Fertel, Nuclear Energy Institute). The licensee's request for an exemption is therefore consistent with the approach set forth by the Commission and discussed in the June 4, 2009, letter. ENO Schedule Exemption Request The licensee provided detailed information in Attachments 1, 2, and 3 of its supplemental submittal to its January 14, 2010, letter, requesting an exemption. It describes a comprehensive plan which provides a timeline for achieving full compliance with the new regulation. Attachments 1, 2, and 3 contain security-related information regarding the site security plan, details of the specific requirements of the regulation for which the site cannot be in compliance by the March 31, 2010, deadline and why, the required changes to the site's security configuration, and a timeline with "critical path" activities that would enable the licensee to achieve full compliance by August 31, 2010. The timeline provides dates indicating when (1) construction will begin on various phases of the project (i.e., new buildings and fences), and (2) critical equipment will be installed, tested and become operational.
Notwithstanding the schedule exemptions of these limited requirements, the licensee indicated that it will continue to be in compliance with all other applicable physical security requirements as described in 10 CFR 73.55 and reflected in its current NRC-approved physical security program. By August 31, 2010, the licensee also stated that PNP will be in full compliance with the regulatory requirements of 10 CFR 73.55, as issued on March 27, 2009.
4.0 CONCLUSION
FOR PART 73 SCHEDULE EXEMPTION REQUEST The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's submittals and concludes that the ENO has provided adequate justification for its request for an extension of the compliance date to August 31, 2010, with regard to three specified requirements of 10 CFR 73.55.
Accordingly, the Commission has determined that pursuant to 10 CFR 73.5, "Specific exemptions," an exemption from the March 31, 2010, compliance date 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 requested exemption. The NRC staff has determined that the long-term benefits that will be realized when the PNP modifications are completed justifies exceeding the full compliance date in the case of this particular licensee. The security measures PNP needs additional time to implement are new requirements imposed by March 27, 2009, amendments to 10 CFR 73.55, and are in addition to those currently required by the security orders issued in response to the events of September 11, 2001. Therefore, the NRC concludes that the licensee's actions are in the best interest of protecting the public health and safety through the security changes that will result from granting this exemption. As per the licensee's request and the NRC's regulatory authority to grant an exemption from the March 31, 2010, deadline for the three requirements specified in Attachments 1, 2, and 3 of the ENO letter dated January 14, 2010, supplemented by letter dated February 16, 2010, the licensee is required to be in full compliance by August 31, 2010. In achieving compliance, the licensee is reminded that it is responsible for determining the appropriate licensing mechanism (i.e., 10 CFR 50.54(p) or 10 CFR 50.90) for incorporation of all necessary changes to its security plans.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, "Finding of no significant impact," the Commission has previously determined that the granting of this exemption will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment [75 FR 14473; dated March 25, 2010]. This exemption is effective upon issuance. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25 th day of March, 2010.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/ Joseph G. Giitter, Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation