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MONTHYEARML23355A1702024-01-11011 January 2024 FRN - Withdrawal of Palisades Nuclear Plant Amendment Request Re. 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Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: September 27, 2016 NRC-2016-0202, Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: September 27, 20162016-09-19019 September 2016 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: September 27, 2016 NRC-2016-0180, Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations- Publication Date: August 30, 20162016-08-18018 August 2016 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations- Publication Date: August 30, 2016 ML16229A2552016-08-18018 August 2016 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations- Publication Date: August 30, 2016 NRC-2016-0143, Federal Register Notice on Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing SUNSI and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to SUNSI2016-07-18018 July 2016 Federal Register Notice on Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing SUNSI and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to SUNSI - Au ML16187A2232016-07-18018 July 2016 Federal Register Notice on Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing SUNSI and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to SUNSI - Au ML16138A1812016-05-16016 May 2016 EA-15-039 Palisades Federal Register Memo and Order ML16131A7952016-05-13013 May 2016 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 24, 2016 NRC-2016-0100, Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 24, 20162016-05-13013 May 2016 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 24, 2016 ML15328A5502015-11-27027 November 2015 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: December 8, 2015 NRC-2015-0269, Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: December 8, 20152015-11-27027 November 2015 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: December 8, 2015 ML15204A2792015-07-27027 July 2015 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: August 4, 2015 ML15148A3762015-06-0101 June 2015 Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Published June 9, 2015 ML15120A2272015-05-0101 May 2015 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 12, 2015 ML13018A2392015-04-0808 April 2015 G20110171 - Letter to Petitioner Saporito on Proposed Director'S Decision Regarding 2.206 Petition Dated: March 12, 2011 ML15054A3962015-04-0606 April 2015 Federal Register Notice on Final Director'S Decision on 10 CFR 2.206 Petition from Mr. Michael Mulligan at Palisades Nuclear Plant ML15054A3612015-04-0606 April 2015 Response to Petitioner Mulligan Regarding Equipment Failures at Palisades Nuclear Plant ML14338A4422015-01-23023 January 2015 Mulligan - Proposed Director'S Decision ML14338A4352015-01-23023 January 2015 Proposed Director'S Decision Letter to Petitioner Mulligan ML14303A3812014-10-31031 October 2014 Biweekly Sholly FRN - Application and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: November 12, 2014 ML14237A7272014-09-25025 September 2014 OEDO-14-00145 - Federal Register Notice for Mike Mulligan Ltr. 2.206 - Palisades NRC-2014-0216, OEDO-14-00145 - Federal Register Notice for Mike Mulligan Ltr. 2.206 - Palisades2014-09-25025 September 2014 OEDO-14-00145 - Federal Register Notice for Mike Mulligan Ltr. 2.206 - Palisades ML14237A7262014-09-25025 September 2014 OEDO-14-00145 - Response Letter to Mike Mulligan for Ltr. 2.206 - Palisades 2024-01-04
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Revise License Condition to Eliminate Cyber Security Plan Requirements2023-12-12012 December 2023 Withdrawal of License Amendment Request - Revise License Condition to Eliminate Cyber Security Plan Requirements PNP 2023-028, Application for Order Consenting to Transfer of Control of License and Approving Conforming License Amendments2023-12-0606 December 2023 Application for Order Consenting to Transfer of Control of License and Approving Conforming License Amendments L-23-012, Master Decommissioning Trust Agreement Changes for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 1, 2 and 3, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Palisades Nuclear Plant and the Non-Qualified Trust for Big Rock Point2023-11-13013 November 2023 Master Decommissioning Trust Agreement Changes for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 1, 2 and 3, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Palisades Nuclear Plant and the Non-Qualified Trust for Big Rock Point ML23291A4402023-11-0303 November 2023 Acceptance of Requested Licensing Action Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(2) to Support Reauthorization of Power Operations IR 05000255/20230032023-10-0404 October 2023 NRC Inspection Report No. 05000255/2023003(DRSS)-Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, Palisades Nuclear Plant ML23275A0012023-10-0202 October 2023 Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure for Palisades Nuclear Plant PNP 2023-025, Request for Exemption from Certain Termination of License Requirements of 10 CFR 50.822023-09-28028 September 2023 Request for Exemption from Certain Termination of License Requirements of 10 CFR 50.82 PNP 2023-026, Pre-Submittal Meeting Presentation - Palisades Nuclear Plant License Transfer Application to Support Resumption of Power Operations2023-09-28028 September 2023 Pre-Submittal Meeting Presentation - Palisades Nuclear Plant License Transfer Application to Support Resumption of Power Operations PNP 2023-023, Special Report High Range Noble Gas Monitor Inoperable2023-08-0909 August 2023 Special Report High Range Noble Gas Monitor Inoperable ML23215A2302023-08-0303 August 2023 Notice of Organization Change - Chief Nuclear Officer IR 05000255/20230022023-07-19019 July 2023 NRC Inspection Report 05000255/2023002 DRSS-Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, Palisades Nuclear Plant ML23087A0362023-05-0202 May 2023 PSDAR Review Letter ML23117A2172023-05-0101 May 2023 Safety Evaluation for Quality Assurance Program Manual Reduction in Commitment PNP 2023-018, 2022 Annual Non-Radiological Environmental Operating Report2023-04-25025 April 2023 2022 Annual Non-Radiological Environmental Operating Report L-23-004, HDI Annual Occupational Radiation Exposure Data Reports - 20222023-04-24024 April 2023 HDI Annual Occupational Radiation Exposure Data Reports - 2022 PNP 2023-007, and Big Rock Point, 2022 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release and Waste Disposal Reports2023-04-19019 April 2023 and Big Rock Point, 2022 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release and Waste Disposal Reports PNP 2023-008, 2022 Radiological Environmental Operating Report2023-04-18018 April 2023 2022 Radiological Environmental Operating Report L-23-003, Report on Status of Decommissioning Funding for Reactors and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations2023-03-31031 March 2023 Report on Status of Decommissioning Funding for Reactors and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations PNP 2023-002, 6 to Updated Final Safety Analysis Report2023-03-31031 March 2023 6 to Updated Final Safety Analysis Report ML23088A0382023-03-29029 March 2023 Stations 1, 2, & 3, Palisades Nuclear Plant, and Big Rock Point - Nuclear Onsite Property Damage Insurance PNP 2023-006, Report of Changes to Security Plan, Revision 202023-03-29029 March 2023 Report of Changes to Security Plan, Revision 20 PNP 2023-012, Presentation on Regulatory Path to Reauthorize Power Operations2023-03-16016 March 2023 Presentation on Regulatory Path to Reauthorize Power Operations ML23038A0982023-03-15015 March 2023 Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure ML23095A0642023-03-14014 March 2023 American Nuclear Insurers, Notice of Cancellation Rescinded PNP 2023-001, Regulatory Path to Reauthorize Power Operations2023-03-13013 March 2023 Regulatory Path to Reauthorize Power Operations PNP 2023-004, Report of Changes to Palisades Nuclear Plant Technical Specification Bases2023-03-0808 March 2023 Report of Changes to Palisades Nuclear Plant Technical Specification Bases PNP 2023-005, Response to Palisades Nuclear Plant - 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July 3, 2007 Mr. Michael Balduzzi Sr. Vice President, Regional Operations NE Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601
SUBJECT:
PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE, PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING (TAC NO. MD5893)
Dear Mr. Balduzzi:
Enclosed is a copy of a Notice of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License related to the application for amendment dated June 29, 2007, requesting a revision to Technical Specification 3.5.5, Trisodium Phosphate. Specifically, the proposed amendment would replace the containment sump buffering agent, trisodium phosphate, with sodium tetraborate decahydrate (STB). The proposed amendment would also revise Limiting Condition for Operation 3.5.5, with a new weight requirement for STB.
The notice has been forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Mahesh L. Chawla, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-255
Enclosure:
Notice cc w/encl: See next page
ML071840210 OFFICE NRR/LPL3-1 NRR/LPL3-1/PM NRR/LPL3-1/LA NRR/LPL3-1/BC(A)
NAME JPoole MChawla THarris PMilano DATE 07/3/07 07/3/07 07/3/07 07/3/07 Palisades Plant cc:
Regional Administrator, Region III Mr. John T. Herron U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sr. Vice President Suite 210 Entergy Nuclear Operations 2443 Warrenville Road 1340 Echelon Parkway Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Jackson, MS 39213 Supervisor Sr. Vice President, Covert Township Engineering and Technical Services P. O. Box 35 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Covert, MI 49043 1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213 Office of the Governor P. O. Box 30013 Mr. Christopher J. Schwarz Lansing, MI 48909 Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Palisades Nuclear Plant Resident Inspector's Office 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Palisades Plant Covert, MI 49043 27782 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 General Manager, Plant Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Palisades Nuclear Plant Waste and Hazardous Materials Division 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Hazardous Waste and Radiological Covert, MI 49043 Protection Section Nuclear Facilities Unit Mr. Oscar Limpias Constitution Hall, Lower-Level North Vice President, Engineering 525 West Allegan Street Entergy Nuclear Operations P.O. Box 30241 1340 Echelon Parkway Lansing, MI 48909-7741 Jackson, MS 39213 Michigan Department of Attorney General Mr. John F. McCann Special Litigation Division Director, Nuclear Safety & Licensing 525 West Ottawa St. Entergy Nuclear Operations Sixth Floor, G. Mennen Williams Building 440 Hamilton Avenue Lansing, MI 48913 White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Michael R. Kansler Ms. Charlene D. Faison President & CEO/CNO Manager, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations 1340 Echelon Parkway 440 Hamilton Avenue Jackson, MS 39213 White Plains, NY 10601 June 22, 2007
Mr. Ernest J. Harkness Director, Oversight Entergy Nuclear Operations 1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213 Mr. William C. Dennis Assistant General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations 440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Mr. Joseph P. DeRoy VP, Operations Support Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213 Ms. Laurie A. Lahti Manager, Licensing Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Mr. John A. Ventosa GM, Engineering Entergy Nuclear Operations 440 Hamilton Aveune White Plains, NY 10601 Director, NSA Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Mr. William DiProfio 48 Bear Hill Road Newton, NH 03858 Mr. William T. Russell 400 Plantation lane Stevensville, MD 21666 June 22, 2007 Mr. Gary Randolph 1750 Ben Franklin Drive, 7E Sarasota, FL 34246
7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.
DOCKET NO. 50-255 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE, PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-20 issued to Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee) for operation of the Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP) located in Van Buren County, Michigan.
The proposed amendment would revise Technical Specification (TS) 3.5.5, Trisodium Phosphate, and the associated surveillance requirements by replacing the containment sump buffering agent, trisodium phosphate (TSP), with sodium tetraborate decahydrate (STB). In particular, the proposed amendment would revise the TS Limiting Condition for Operation (LCO) 3.5.5, with a new weight requirement for STB.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations.
The Commission has made a proposed determination that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the Commission's regulations in Title 10 of the CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (10 CFR), Section 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or
(3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which is presented below:
- 1. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed amendment does not involve a significant increase in the probability of an accident previously evaluated because the containment buffering agent is not an initiator of any analyzed accident. The proposed change does not impact any failure modes that could lead to an accident.
The proposed amendment does not involve a significant increase in the consequences of an accident previously evaluated. The buffering agent in containment is designed to buffer the acids expected to be produced after a loss of coolant accident (LOCA) and is credited in the radiological analysis for iodine retention. The proposed change of replacing TSP with STB in containment results in the radiological consequences remaining under 10 CFR 100 limits and General Design Criterion (GDC) -19 limits.
Therefore, operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment would not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.
- 2. Does the proposed amendment create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed amendment does not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated. STB is a passive component that is proposed to be used at PNP as a buffering agent to increase the pH of the initially acidic post-LOCA containment water to a more neutral pH.
Changing the proposed buffering agent from TSP to STB does not constitute an accident initiator or create a new or different kind of accident previously analyzed. The proposed amendment does not involve operation of any required systems, structures or components (SSCs) in a manner or configuration different from those previously recognized or evaluated. No new failure mechanisms will be introduced by the changes being requested.
Therefore, the proposed amendment does not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated.
- 3. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed amendment does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. The proposed amendment of changing the buffering agent from TSP to STB results in equivalent control of maintaining sump pH at 7.0 or greater, thereby controlling containment atmosphere iodine and ensuring the radiological consequences of a MHA [Maximum Hypothetical Accident] are within regulatory limits. The use of STB also reduces the present potential for exacerbating sump screen blockage due to a potential chemical interaction between TSP and certain calcium sources used in containment to form calcium phosphate. This proposed amendment removes this phosphate source from containment, thereby reducing the amount of precipitate that may be formed in a postulated LOCA. The buffer change would minimize the potential chemical effects and should enhance the ability of the emergency core cooling system to perform the post-accident mitigating functions.
Therefore, the proposed amendment does not involve a significant reduction in the margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensees analysis and, based on this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The Commission may issue the license amendment before expiration of the 60-day period provided that its final determination is that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration. In addition, the Commission may issue the amendment prior to the expiration of the 30-day comment period should circumstances change during the 30-day comment period such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility. Should the Commission take action prior to the expiration of either the comment period or the notice period, it will publish in the Federal Register a notice of issuance. Should the Commission make a final No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination, any hearing will take place after issuance. The Commission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.
Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Chief, Rulemaking, Directives and Editing Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and should cite the publication date and page number of this Federal Register notice. Written comments may also be delivered to Room 6D59, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, from 7:30 a.m.
to 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below.
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written request for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commissions Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings in 10 CFR Part 2. Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is available at the Commissions PDR, located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems (ADAMS)
Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or a presiding officer designated by the Commission or by the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing
Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition; and the Secretary or the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of a hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following general requirements: 1) the name, address and telephone number of the requestor or petitioner; 2) the nature of the requestors/petitioners right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding;
- 3) the nature and extent of the requestors/petitioners property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and 4) the possible effect of any decision or order which may be entered in the proceeding on the requestors/petitioners interest. The petition must also identify the specific contentions which the petitioner/requestor seeks to have litigated at the proceeding.
Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In addition, the petitioner/requestor shall provide a brief explanation of the bases for the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The petitioner/requestor must also provide references to those specific sources and documents of which the petitioner is aware and on which the petitioner intends to rely to establish those facts or expert opinion. The petition must include sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration. The contention must be one which, if proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief. A petitioner/requestor who fails to satisfy these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held. If the final determination is that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendment. If the final determination is that the amendment request involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
Non-timely requests and/or petitions and contentions will not be entertained absent a determination by the Commission or the presiding officer of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition, request and/or the contentions should be granted based on a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.309(a)(1)(i)-(viii).
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed by: 1) first class mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; 2) courier, express mail, and expedited delivery services: Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; 3) E-mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, HEARINGDOCKET@NRC.GOV; or 4) facsimile transmission addressed to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff at (301) 415-1101, verification number is (301) 415-1966. A copy of the request for hearing and petition for leave to intervene should
also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and it is requested that copies be transmitted either by means of facsimile transmission to 301-415-3725 or by email to OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov. A copy of the request for hearing and petition for leave to intervene should also be sent to Mr. William Dennis, Assistant General Counsel, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., 440 Hamilton Ave.,
White Plains, NY 10601, the attorney for the licensee.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated June 29, 2007, which is available for public inspection at the Commissions PDR, located at One White Flint North, File Public Area O1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of July 2007.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Peter S. Tam, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch III-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation