ML13331B070
| ML13331B070 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 09/15/1988 |
| From: | Trammell C Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| ML13331B069 | List: |
| References | |
| TAC-69329, TAC-69330, NUDOCS 8809270044 | |
| Download: ML13331B070 (6) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, ET AL.
DOCKET NOS. 50-206, 50-361 AND 50-362 SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1, 2 AND 3 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS TO OPERATING LICENSES AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of amendments to Provisional Operating License No. DPR-13, Facility Operating License No. NPF-10 and Facility Operating License No. NPF-15 which authorize operation of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2 and 3 located in San Diego County, California.* The request for amendment was submitted by letter dated September 13, 1988.
The proposed amendments would delete the on-site and off-site organizational charts from the technical specifications and substitute therefor written requirements with respect to the essential elements of organizational matters.
The proposed amendments would also revise the reporting arrangements for the Nuclear Safety Group and the Independent Safety and Engineering Group to allow organizational flexibility consistent with deleting the organizational charts.
The licensee states that the changes in its organizational structure which would require these changes are scheduled to be placed in effect on
- The licensees tor Unit 1 are Southern California Edison Company and San Diego Gas and Electric Company; the licensees for Units 2 and 3 are Southern California Edison Company, San Diego Gas and Electric Company, the City of Riverside California and the City of Anaheim, California.
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-2 October 3, 1988 and requested that the proposed amendments be processed on an exigent basis. The proposed changes are entirely consistent with NRC Generic Letter 88-06 which suggested these changes to reduce the number of inconsequential organizational amendments, and therefore NRC review effort to review the changes should be minimal. The NRC staff has decided to expedite the proposed amend ments so that the changes, if found acceptable, can be placed in effect on or about October 3, 1988, as requested by the licensee.
Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendments, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.
Because the proposed amendments involve only administrative matters (organizational charts and reporting) as described above, the proposed amendments do not involve changes in the probability or consequences of accidents previously evaluated or create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident or involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the proposed amendments do not involve a significant hazards consideration.
The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed determination.
Any comments received within 15 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination.
Written comments should be addressed to the Regulatory Publications Branch, Division of Freedom of Information and Publications Services, Office of Administration and Resources Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and should cite the publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. Written comments may also be delivered to Room P-216, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
-3 Copies of written comments may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below.
By October 21, 1988 the licensees may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendments to the subject operating licenses, 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 hearing and a petition for leave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's "Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2. If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition, and the Secretary or the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a petition for leave to intervene must 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 factors: (1) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest. The petition should also identify the specific aspects(s) of the subject matter of the proceeding
-4 as to which petitioner wishes to intervene. Any person who has filed a petition for leave to intervene or who has been admitted as a party may amend the petition without requesting leave of the Board up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supplement to the petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentions which are sought to be litigated in the matter, and the bases for each contention set forth with reasonable specificity. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendments under consideration. A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies 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, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
If the amendments are issued before the expiration of 30 days, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards considerations. If a hearing is requested, 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 amendments and make them effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendments.
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-5 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 amendments.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendments until the expiration of the 15-day notice period. However, should circumstances change during the notice period such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility, the Commission may issue the license amendments before the expiration of the 15-day notice period, provided that its final determination is that the amendments involve no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will consider all public and State comments received. Should the Commission take this action, it will publish a notice of issuance. The Commission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention:
Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Dpcument Room, 2120 L Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C., by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner or representative for the petitioner promptly so inform the Commission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1-(800) 325-6000 (in Missouri 1-(800) 342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to George W.
Knighton:
petitioner's name and telephone number; date petition was mailed; plant name; and publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the
-6 General Counsel-White Flint, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Charles R. Kocher, Assistant General Counsel and James Beoletto, Esq., Southern California Edison Company, P.O. Box 800, Rosemead, California 91770, attorneys for the licensees.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding officer or the presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, that the petition and/or request should be granted based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714 (a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendments which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., and at the General Library, University of California, P.O. Box 19557, Irvine, California 92713.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of September, 1988.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Charles M. Trammell, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate V Division of Reactor Projects -
- III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation