ML18040A908
| ML18040A908 | |
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| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 07/28/1988 |
| From: | Fischer D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8808050086 | |
| Download: ML18040A908 (5) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PENNSYLVANIA VOMER AND LIGHT COMPANY DOCKET NOS. 50-387 AND 50-388 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License Nos.
NPF-14 and NPF-22 issued to Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (the licensees) for operation of the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Units 1 and 2, located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
The proposed amendment would change Technical Specification Section 3/4.3.7. 1. "Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation,"
ACTION 70a.
In its present form, the ACTION 70a requires the radiation monitoring instrumentation inoperable channel be placed in tripped condition in 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> and allows 7 days to restore the inoperable channel to OPERABLE status.
The licensee proposed to eliminate the ACTION 70a requirement to trip the inoperable channel if it has not already tripped.
Prior to 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 Comnission's regulations.
By September 6,
1988 the licensees 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 8808050086 880728 PDR AOOCK 05000387 PDC 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 f
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 above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Comnission 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 52.714, 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 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 aspect(s) of the'ubject matter of the proceeding 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 amendment 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.
'hose 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, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, Attention:
Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document
- Room, 1717 H 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 Walter R. Butl'er:
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
General
- Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Jay Silberg, Esquire,
- Shaw, Pi.tman, Pntts and T~owbridge, 2300 N Street N.W., Washington, D.C.
20037, attorney for the licensee.
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).
If a request for hearing is received, the Commission's staff may issue the amendment after it completes its technical review and prior to the completion of any required hearing if it publishes a further 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 April 6, 1988, which is available for public inspection at the Coranission's Public Document
- Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
- 20555, and at the Ousterhout Free Library, Reference Department, 71 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18701.
Dated at Rockvi lie, Maryland, this 28eh day of Ju>y 1988.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Donald C. Fischer, Acting Director Project Directorate I-2 Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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