# Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp.; Exelon Generation Company, LLC; NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; Arizona Public Service Company
**AGENCY:**
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
**ACTION:**
Exemptions; issuance.
**SUMMARY:**
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued seven exemptions in response to requests from Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp.; Exelon Generation Company, LLC; NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; and Arizona Public Service Company. The exemptions allow the licensees to deviate from specific work hours requirements of the NRC's “Fitness for Duty Programs” regulation and use site-specific fatigue management controls, in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). The NRC is issuing a single notice to announce the issuance of these exemptions.
**DATES:**
The seven exemptions were issued between April 3, 2020, and April 20, 2020.
**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:
• *Federal Rulemaking Website:* Go to *https://www.regulations.gov* and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0110. Address questions about NRC docket IDs in *Regulations.gov* to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-9127; email: *[email protected].* For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the *FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT* section of this document.
• *NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):* You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at *https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.* To begin the search, select “Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.” For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to *[email protected].*
For the convenience of the reader, instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are provided in the “Availability of Documents” section.
**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: *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**I. Introduction**
The NRC issued seven exemptions in response to requests dated between April 2, 2020, and April 18, 2020, from Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp.; Exelon Generation Company, LLC; NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; and Arizona Public Service Company. The exemptions allow the licensees to deviate from specific requirements (cited below) of Title 10 of the *Code of Federal Regulations* (10 CFR) Part 26, “Fitness for Duty Programs,” Section 26.205, “Work hours.”
The exemptions from 10 CFR 26.205(d)(1) through (7) ensure that the control of work hours and management of worker fatigue do not unduly limit licensee flexibility in using personnel resources to most effectively manage the impacts of the COVID-19 PHE on maintaining the safe operation of these facilities. Specifically, the licensees stated that their staffing levels are affected or are expected to be affected by the COVID-19 PHE, and they can no longer meet or likely will not meet the work hour controls of 10 CFR 26.205(d)(1) through (d)(7). The licensees have committed to effecting site-specific administrative controls for COVID-19 PHE fatigue-management for personnel specified in 10 CFR 26.4(a).
The NRC is periodically providing this compiled listing of related exemptions using a single *Federal Register* notice for COVID-19 related exemptions, instead of issuing individual *Federal Register* notices. The compiled listing provides transparency regarding the number of exemptions the NRC is issuing related to a given regulatory requirement. Additionally, the NRC publishes a list of approved licensing actions related to the COVID-19 PHE on its public website at *https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/covid-19/reactors/licensing-actions.html.*
**II. Availability of Documents.**
The table below provides the plant name, docket number, and ADAMS accession number for each exemption issued. Additional details on each exemption issued, including the exemption request submitted by the respective licensee, are provided in each exemption approval listed below. For additional directions on accessing information in ADAMS, see the *ADDRESSES* section of this document.
| Document title | ADAMS |
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| Beaver Valley Work Hour Rule Exemption Request Due to Pandemic (L-20-140) dated April 18, 2020 | ML20109A008 |
| Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2—Verbal Part 26 Exemption—Delivered 4/18/20 at 7:00 p.m | ML20109A010 |
| Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2—Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2020-LLE-0025 [COVID-19]) dated April 20, 2020 | ML20109A000 |
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| Braidwood Work Hours Control Exemption Request dated April 9, 2020 | ML20100M588 |
| Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2—Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2020-LLE-0020 [COVID-19]) dated April 13, 2020 | ML20099A519 |
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| Ginna—Planned Actions re Requirements for Work Hour Controls During Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency dated April 6, 2020 | ML20097D488 |
| R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant—Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2020-LLE-0016 [COVID-19]) dated April 6, 2020 | ML20095H256 |
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| Limerick [50-352, 50-353] Actions Related to the Requirements for Work Hour Controls During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Public Health Emergency) dated April 2, 2020 | ML20093M206 |
| Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2—Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2020-LLE-0014 [COVID-19]) dated April 3, 2020 | ML20093M820 |
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| Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Units 1, 2 & 3 and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI)—Request for Exemption from Specific Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26, Fitness for Duty Programs dated April 14, 2020 | ML20105A481 |
| Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3—Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2020-LLE-0024 [COVID-19]) dated April 16, 2020 | ML20107F835 |
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| Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Actions Related to the Requirements for Work Hour Controls During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Public Health Emergency dated April 7, 2020 | ML20098G313 |
| Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2—Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2020-LLE-0018 [COVID-19]) dated April 8, 2020 | ML20099A499 |
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| Seabrook Station—Requesting NRC Approval to Proactively Enter into the Alternative Work Hour Controls Delineated in NRC Letter from H. Nieh to NEI Dated March 28, 2020 During COV-19 Public Health Emergency dated April 10, 2020 | ML20101M597 |
| Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1—Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 (EPID L-2020-LLE-0021 [COVID-19]) dated April 13, 2020 | ML20101G991 |
The NRC may post additional materials to the Federal rulemaking website at *https://www.regulations.gov* under Docket ID NRC-2020-0110. The Federal rulemaking website allows you to receive alerts when changes or additions occur in a docket folder. To subscribe: (1) Navigate to the docket folder (NRC-2020-0110); (2) click the “Sign up for Email Alerts” link; and (3) enter your email address and select how frequently you would like to receive emails (daily, weekly, or monthly).
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated: May 7, 2020.
James G. Danna,
Chief, Plant Licensing Branch I, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.