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FRN - Notice of Issuance of COVID-19 Exemption Issued in September 2021
ML21277A077
Person / Time
Site: Ginna Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 10/21/2021
From: James Danna
NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL1
To:
Paula Blechman
References
86 FR 59200; 10/26/2021, NRC-2020-0110
Download: ML21277A077 (4)


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[7590-01-P]

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-244; NRC-2020-0110]

Issuance of Exemption in Response to COVID-19

Public Health Emergency

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Exemption; issuance.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued one exempti on in

September 2021 in response to a request from one licensee for r elief due to the

coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) public health emergency (PH E). The exemption

affords the licensee temporary relief from certain requirements under NRC regulations.

DATES: On September 28, 2021, the NRC granted one exemption in respo nse to a

request submitted by one licensee on September 21, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0110 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:

search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0110. Address questions about Docket IDs in

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; em ail:

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the i ndividual listed in the

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.

  • NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADA MS Public

Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.ht ml. To begin the

search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems wi th ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209,

301-415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the con venience of the reader,

instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this docum ent are provided in the

Availability of Documents section.

  • Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of public

documents, is currently clos ed. You may submit your request for copies of documents

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, ex cept Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Danna, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;

telephone: 301-415-7422, email: James.Danna@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

On September 28, 2021, the NRC granted one exemption in respons e to a

request submitted by one licensee dated September 21, 2021. Th e exemption

temporarily allows the licensee to deviate from certain requirements of chapter I of title

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), part 26, Fitness for Duty Programs,

section 26.205, Work hours.

The exemption from certain requirements of 10 CFR part 26 for E xelon

Generation Company, LLC (for R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant), affords this licensee

temporary relief from the work-hour control requirements under 10 CFR 26.205(d)(1)

through (d)(7). The exemption from 10 CFR 26.205(d)(1) through (d)(7) ensures that the

control of work hours and management of worker fatigue does not unduly limit license

flexibility in using personnel resources to most effectively ma nage the impacts of the

COVID-19 PHE on maintaining the safe operation of this facility. Specifically, this

2 licensee has stated that its staffing levels are affected or ar e expected to be affected by

the COVID-19 PHE, and it can no longer meet or likely will not meet the work-hour

controls of 10 CFR 26.205(d)(1) through (d)(7). This licensee has committed to effecting

site-specific COVID-19 PHE fatigue-management controls for pers onnel specified in

10 CFR 26.4(a).

The table in this notice provides transparency regarding the nu mber and type of

exemptions the NRC has issued. Additionally, the NRC publishes tables of approved

regulatory actions related to the COVID-19 PHE on its public we bsite at

https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/covid-19/reactors/licensing-actio ns.html.

II. Availability of Documents

The table in this notice provides the facility name, docket num ber, document

description, and ADAMS accession number for the exemption issued. Additional details

on the exemption issued, including the exemption request submit ted by the licensee and

the NRCs decision, are provided in the exemption approval list ed in the table in this

notice. For additional directions on accessing information in ADAMS, see the

ADDRESSES section of this document.

3 R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Docket No. 50-244

Document Description ADAMS Accession No.

R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant - COVID-19 Related Request for Exemption from 10 CFR part ML21265A159 26 Work Hours Requirements, dated September 21, 2021 R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant - Exemption from Specific Requirements of 10 CFR part 26 (EPID L-ML21267A013 2021-LLE-0042 [COVID-19]), dated September 28, 2021

Dated: October 21, 2021.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

James G. Danna, Chief, Plant Licensing Branch I, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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