ML17305B293
| ML17305B293 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 12/17/1990 |
| From: | Trammell C Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9101070144 | |
| Download: ML17305B293 (10) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY ET AL.
DOCKET NOS. 50-528 50-529 AND 50-530 PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION UNIT NOS.
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AND 3 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING 7590-01 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51, and NPF-74, issued to Arizona Public Service Company, Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, El Paso Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company, Public Service Company of New Mexico, Los Angeles Department of Mater and Power:and Southern California Public Power Authority (licensees),
for operation of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos.
1, 2, and 3 located in Maricopa County, Arizona.
The request for amendments was submitted by letter dated November 13, 1990.
The proposed changes would increase the allowable setpoint tolerance for the pressurizer safety valves from 2500 psia plus or minus 1% to 2500 psia plus 3% or minus 1%; increase the allowable setpoint tolerance for the main steam safety valves from 1250 psig and 1315 psig plus or minus 1% to the same settings plus or minus 3X; reduce the minimum required feedwater flow from 750 gpm to 650 gpm; and reduce the response time for the high pressurizer pressure reactor trip from 1.15 seconds to 0.5 seconds.
Before 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 Comni ss ion '
regulations.
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e By January 28, 1991, the licensees may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendments to the subject facility 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 petition for leave to intervene.
Requests for a hearing arid 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.
Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.714 which is available at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C.
20555 and at the Local Public Document Room located at the Phoenix Public Library, l2 East HcDowell Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85004.
If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed 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 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 factors:
(1) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a par ty to the proceeding; 1
(2) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property,.financial, or other interest i>> the proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may
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be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest.
The petition should also identify the specific aspect(s) of the subject matter of the proceeding as I
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'he 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.
Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted.
In addition, the petitioner shall provide a brief explanation of the bases of 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 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.
Petitioner must provide sufficient information W
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 who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at
4 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.
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 Comnission, Washington, D.C.
20555, Attention:
Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L
Street N.M., 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 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 James E. Dyer:
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 General
- Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mashington, D.C.
- 20555, and to Arthur C. Gehr, Esq., Snell and Wilmer, 3100 Valley Center, Phoenix, Arizona 85073, attorney 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
l 2.7l4(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).
If a request for hearing is received, the Commission's staff may issue the amendments after it completes its technical review and prior to the completion of any required hearing if it publishes a fut ther notice for public comment of its proposed finding of no significant hazards consideration in accordance with 10 CFR 50.91 and 50.92.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated November 13, 1990, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street N.W.,
Washington, D.C.
- 20555, and at the local public document room, Phoenix Public Library, 12 East NcDowell Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85004.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 17th day of December 1990.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY CONISSION PP/ Mi-Charles M. Trammell, Senior Project Yianager Project Directorate V
Division of Reactor Projects III/IV/V Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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