ML18139A973

Requests Extension of License Mod Hearing Request from 810108 to 810216.Hearing May Still Be Requested But Util Must Review Environ Qualification Matter Before Making Final Decision Re Necessity of Hearing

ML18139A973
Person / Time
Site:	Surry, North Anna
Issue date:	01/07/1981
From:	Christman J HUNTON & WILLIAMS
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
V-8-50-10-51, NUDOCS 8101130384
Download: ML18139A973 (3)

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HUNTON 707 EAST MAIN STREET WILLIAMS P.o.Box 1535 WACHOVIA BANK BUILDING RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23212 1919 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,N.W.

P.O.BOXI09 P .0. SOX 19230 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27602 WASHINGTON,o.c. 20036 TELE pH ONE 8 0 4 - 7 8 8 - 8 2 0 0 919 - 828 - 9371 202 - 223 - 8650 FIRST VIRGINIA BANK TOWER IOI ST.PAUL'S BOULEVARD FILE NO. V-8-.50-10-51 NORFOLK,VIRGINIA 23510 804 - 625 - 550[ DIRECT DIAL N0.804 788-8368 January 7, 1981 Director Office of Nuclear Reactor . 0~

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Vepco's Second Request for Additional Time to -;-:::

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Request a Hearing on Environmental Qualification ;g (45 Fed. Reg. 75819, 76297, 76298 & 76300) .((.;')

Surry 1 & 2 and North Anna 1 & 2 Docket Nos. 50-280, 50-281, 50-338 & .50-339

Dear Sir:

In my letter of December 8, 1980, I requested, on be-half of Virginia Electric and Power Company, an extension of time in which Vepco might request a hearing on certain Orders for Modification of License. These Orders, printed at 45 Fed. Reg. 75819 (Nov. 17, 1980) and 45 Fed. Reg. 76297, 76298, and 76300 (Nov. 18, 1980), impose certain requirements for the environmental qualification of safety-related elec-trical equipment. In my letter I asked that Vepco be allowed until January 8, 1981, to request a hearing, inasmuch as the compa..~y needed additional time to assess the effect of the Orders.

Because that time has almost run out, I find I must now ask again for an extension of time, this one un ti 1 February 16, 1981, for Vepco to request a hearing on any or all of the four Orders cited above. Since I sent you my December 8 lett~r,, Vepco has continued to devote attention to the environmentJ{l. qualification matter, but nevertheless it is still premature for the company to decide whether or not a ~

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HUNTON & WILLIAMS Director January 7, 1981 Page Two hearing will be necessary on one or more of the four Orders.

Vepco representatives attended a meeting on December 18 with the NRC Staff and other licensees, and it appeared from that meeting that a good deal of Staff guidance on this subject is to be forthcoming. In particular, the issuance of the Staff's safety evaluation reports, which we understand are expected about February 1 this year, will be important in making a decision. Vepco would like to avoid asking for a public hear-ing if possible, and further NRC guidance may permit it to do so.

In the alternative, as I did in my December 8 letter, I ask for a hearing on all four Orders, but only if you do not grant Vepco an extension of time.

Yours very truly,

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James N. Christman Counsel for Virginia Electric and Power Company 126/586 cc: Mr. Darrell G. Eisenhut Joseph Scinto, Esquire

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