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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 22, 2021 / Proposed Rules NRCs regulations in subpart A, National Environmental Policy Act Regulations Implementing Section 1022, of 10 CFR part 51, Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions, that this proposed rule, if issued, would not be a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment and, therefore, an environmental impact statement is not required. The NRCs generic determination in this regard, reflected in 51.32b1, is based upon the following considerations. A design certification rule does not authorize the siting, construction, or operation of a facility referencing any particular design, but only codifies a standard design certification in a rule extending the AP1000 design certification and incorporating changes to the design in this case. The NRC will evaluate the environmental impacts and issue an environmental impact statement as appropriate under NEPA as part of the application for the construction and operation of a facility referencing any particular design certification rule.

Comments on the environmental assessment will be limited to the consideration of severe accident mitigation design alternatives as required by 51.30d. The environmental assessment is available as indicated in the Availability of Documents section.
VII. Paperwork Reduction Act This proposed rule does not contain any new or amended collections of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.. Existing collections of information were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, control number 31500151.
Public Protection Notification The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the document requesting or requiring the collection displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.
VIII. Voluntary Consensus Standards The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995, Public
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Law 104113, requires that Federal agencies use technical standards that are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies unless the use of such a standard is inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise impractical. Design certifications are not generic rulemakings establishing a generally applicable standard with which all 10 CFR parts 50 and 52
nuclear power plant licensees must comply. Design certifications are Commission approvals of specific nuclear power plant designs by rulemaking. Furthermore, design certifications are initiated by an applicant for rulemaking, rather than by the NRC. This action does not constitute the establishment of a standard that contains generally applicable requirements.
IX. Availability of Documents The documents identified in the following table are available to interested persons through one or more of the following methods, as indicated.

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Federal Register citation
Document
Environmental Assessment by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Relating to Extension of the AP1000 Standard Design Certification Docket No. 52006, dated September 1, 2021.
Reactor Regulatory History on Design Certification Rules, dated April 26, 2000 1
SECY200082, Rulemaking Plan to Extend the Duration of the AP1000 Design Certification, dated September 8, 2020
Staff Requirements Memorandum for SECY200082, Rulemaking Plan to Extend the Duration of the AP1000 Design Certification, dated November 17, 2020.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Verification Evaluation Report, dated May 11, 2021
Westinghouse AP1000 Design Control Document Revision 19, dated June 13, 2011
NRC Letter for the Staff Evaluation of the Westinghouse Request for Exemptions Related to the Duration of the AP1000
Design Certification, dated February 14, 2018.
Westinghouse Electric Company LLCAP1000 Design Certification Extension Request, dated June 26, 2020
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Supplemental Information to Support the AP1000 Design Certification Extension Non-proprietary, DCP_NRC_003343, dated March 19, 2021.
Safety EvaluationIssuance of Amendment Nos. 72 and 71 for Southern Nuclear Company, Inc., Vogtle Units 3 and 4, Respectively, License Amendment Request LAR 16026, dated February 27, 2017.
Safety EvaluationAmendment Nos. 123 and 122 for Southern Nuclear Company, Inc., Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Units 3 and 4, Respectively, LAR17023, dated April 20, 2018.
Safety EvaluationAmendment Nos. 108 and 107 for Southern Nuclear Company, Inc., Vogtle Units 3 and 4, Respectively, LAR17001, dated February 1, 2018.
Safety EvaluationAmendment Nos. 84 and 83 for Southern Nuclear Company, Inc., Vogtle Units 3 and 4, Respectively, LAR17003, dated August 23, 2017.
Safety EvaluationAmendment Nos. 71 and 70 for Southern Nuclear Company, Inc., Vogtle Units 3 and 4, Respectively, LAR16006, dated February 24, 2017.
Safety EvaluationFlorida Power and Light Companys Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Units 6 and 7, FSER Chapter 16, Technical Specifications, dated November 10, 2016.

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1 The regulatory history of the NRCs design certification reviews is a package of documents that is available in the NRCs Public Document Room and NRC Library: Reactor Regulatory History on Design Certification Rules, April 26, 2000. This history spans the period during which the NRC simultaneously developed the regulatory standards for reviewing these designs and the form and content of the rules that certified the designs. This document predates this rulemaking and therefore does not contain a regulatory history for this rulemaking.

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