Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

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title: "Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board"
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#  Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

Pursuant to delegation by the Commission, *see* 37 FR 28,710 (Dec. 29, 1972), and the Commission's regulations, *see, e.g.,* 10 CFR 2.104, 2.105, 2.300, 2.309, 2.313, 2.318, 2.321, notice is hereby given that an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to preside over the following proceeding:

**Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4)**

This proceeding involves a challenge to an application by Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. for an amendment to the operating licenses for the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4, located in Burke County, Georgia. In response to a notice of the license amendment application filed in the *Federal Register* , *see* 81 FR 10,920 (Mar. 2, 2016), the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League and its chapter Concerned Citizens of Shell Bluff filed a Petition to Intervene and Request for Hearing on May 2, 2016.

The Board is comprised of the following Administrative Judges:

Ronald M. Spritzer, Chairman, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001

Nicholas G. Trikouros, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001

Dr. Gary S. Arnold, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001

All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule. *See* 10 CFR 2.302.

Rockville, Maryland.

Dated: May 11, 2016.

E. Roy Hawkens,

Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.