Applications for Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information

Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

License amendment request; notice of opportunity to comment, request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene; order imposing procedures.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) received, and is considering approval of, a request to amend three operating licenses. The license amendment requests are for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3; Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor; and Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3. For each amendment request, the NRC proposes to determine that it involves no significant hazards consideration (NSHC). Because each amendment request contains sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI), the NRC is issuing an order imposing procedures to obtain access to SUNSI for contention preparation by persons who file a hearing request or a petition for leave to intervene.

Comments must be received by June 12, 2025. A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed by July 14, 2025. Any potential party as defined in section 2.4 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) who believes access to SUNSI is necessary to respond to this notice must request document access by May 23, 2025.

You may submit comments by any of the following methods; however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website.

• Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2025-0078. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran; telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the For Further Information Contact section of this document.
• Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.

For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see “Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments” in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.