ML19199A485
| ML19199A485 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 11/29/1971 |
| From: | Muntzing L US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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| NUDOCS 7905030002 | |
| Download: ML19199A485 (5) | |
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UNITE 7 STATES OF MfERICA ATCMIC ELEnGY CCMMISSION In the Matter of
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Docket Nos. 50-289 METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY AND
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and 50-320 JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
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(THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING
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STATION UNITS 1 AND 2)
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Me6ropolitan Edison Company is the holder of Provisional Construction Permit No. CPPR-40 issued May 18, 1968 for Unit No. 1, and Metropolitan Edison Company together with Jersey Central Pcwer and Light Company are the holders of Provisional Construction Permit No. CPPR-66 issued November 25, 1969 for Unit No. 2.
The provisional construction permits authorize the construction of two pressurized water nuclear reactors, designated as the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station Units 1 and 2, located near Middletown, Pennsylvania.
Each reactor is designed to opercte initially at 2452 megawatts (thermal).
In accordance with section E of the Commission's regulations implement-ing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), Appendix D of 10 C7R Part 50 (Appendix D), the licensee has furnished to the Commission a written statement of reasons, with supporting factual sub-mission, dated October 19, 1971, why the provisional construction permits should not be suspended, in whole or in part, pending completion of the AEC regulatory staf f's NEPA environmental review.
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/ The Di re ct o r o f Re gulat io n, u po n co nside ra t io n o f t h e lic e ns e es ' w ri tt e n s tat ement o f reasons and supporting f actual submission and conside ration and balancing of the criteria set out in section E.2 of Appendix D, h as de termined that cons truction activities involving the of f-site po rtion of the t ransmission lines for Unit No. 2 should be suspended pending comple-tion of those po rtions of the NEPA environmental review that relat e to these matters fo r the reasons set out in the document entitled " Discussion and Findings by the Division of Reactor Licensing, U. S. Atocdc Energy Commission, Relating to Consideration of Suspension Pending NEPA Environ-mental Review of the Provisional Construction Permits for the Three Mile Island Nu cle ar Ge nerat i ng S tatio n U nits 1 and 2, Met rop olit an Edis on Company and Jersey Central Power & Light Co=p any Do cket Nos. 50-289 and 50-320,"
appended here to and made a part hereof. The basis for this determinatica includes the following considerations:
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Significant additional environmental tmpact will result f rca these cons truction activities; 2.
The adoption of alternative routes and/o r designs for these systems or facilities migh t be dif ficult and expensive if co ns truction were no t now suspended; and 3.
The incremental cost of suspending these construction activities is not excessive when considering t;.' environme ntal values that may be p res e rve d.
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- In view of the foregoing and pursuant to s ect ion E o f Ap pendix D and 5 2. 20 2 o f 10 CFR P art 2, IT IS HERE3Y ORDERED that the licensees shew c aus e, in the manner hereina fter provided, why the above me ntioned cons truction activities at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating S tation f or Unit No. 2 should not be suspended pending completion of the NEPA review o f the e nvironmental im oct of the clearing of land for and she cons truction of the transmission lines.
The lice ns ee may, wt :ain thirty (30) days of the date of this order, file a written answer co the order under oath or affirmation and demand a hearing as provided in lf CFR 52. 202. Any answer filed shall specifically admit o r de rry each finding made in the "Discu.aion and Findings of the Division o f Reacto r Lice nsing, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Relat i ng to Consideration of Suspension Pending NEPA Environmental Review of the Provisional Cons truction Permits for the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station Units 1 and 2, Metropolitan Edison Company and Jersey Central Power & Ligh t Company, Docket Nos. 50-289 and 50-320" and ade a part h ereo f and may s e t forth the matters of fact and law upon which the lice ns ee reli es. If a hearing is demanded, the Commission will issue an order designating the e ' + and place of hea ring. Upon f ailure of the lice ns ee to file an ansus; within 30 days of the date of this order, the Director of Regulation will, without further no tice, issue an o rder suspending cons truction activities involving the off-site portions of the transmission lines for Unit No. 2 pending completion of those portions of t h e N*E PA e nvi ro nme nt al re view.
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in the event the licensees demand a h ea ring as provided above, the issue to be considered at such hearing shall be whether, upon consideration and balancing of the criteria set out below, cons truction activities involving the of f-si te po rtions o f the transmission lines fo r the Thre e Mile Island Nuclear Ge ne rating Stat ion Uni t No. 2 should be suspended pendin; completion o f thos e po rt io ns o f t h e N EPA e nvi ro n=e n tal re vi ew.
C r i te ri a (a) Whether i t is likely that con tinued cons truction o f the above activi ties during the review period will give rise to a significant adverse impact on the e nvi ro nment; the nat ure and extent of such impact, if any; and whether redress of any such adve rse environmental impact can reasonably be ef fected should modification, suspension or te rmi nat ion o f the pe rmi t result fr em t he on go i ng NE PA re v i ew.
(b) Wh e t a c t continued construction of the above activi ties during the p ro s pec t i ve review period would foreclose subseque nt adop tion o f al t e rn at i ve s in f acility design or operation of the type that co ul d resul t f rom the ongoing NEPA e nvironmental review.
(c) The e f fect of delay in f acility cons truction or operation upon the public 1 nte res t of prima ry importance under this c riterion are the power needs to be served by the facility; the availability cf l/
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This order is effective upon service.
FOR THE ATCMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (signed) L 3I3fM I"=
L. Manning Muntzing Director of Regulation Cated at Bethesda, Maryland this]9 d day of November, 1971 i/,
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