Fukushima-Related Orders Modifying Licenses; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Nuclear Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. EA-12-050, EA-12-051; ASLBP No. 12-918-01-EA-BD01] Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972, published in the Federal Register , 37 FR 28 , 710 (1972), and the Commission's regulations, see, e.g., 10 CFR 2.104 , 2.105 , 2.300 , 2.309 , 2.313 , 2.318 , and 2.321 , notice is hereby given that an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to preside over this proceeding, which involves the following consolidated cases: This proceeding concerns requests for hearing submitted by Pilgrim Watch (April 2, 2012) and requests for hearing submitted by co-petitioner Beyond Nuclear (April 3, 2012) challenging: (1) an immediately effective order issued to all operating boiling water reactor licensees with Mark I and Mark II Containments directing that they modify their licenses with regard to reliable hardened containment vents, published in the Federal Register on March 19, 2012 ( 77 FR 16 , 098 ); and (2) an immediately effective order issued to all power reactor licensees and holders of construction permits in active or deferred status directing that they modify their licenses with regard to reliable spent fuel pool instrumentation, published in the Federal Register on March 19, 2012 ( 77 FR 16 , 082 ). The Board is comprised of the following administrative judges: All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed in ( printed page 24539) accordance with the NRC E-filing rule, which th…