ML19207B844
| ML19207B844 | |
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| Site: | Monticello  |
| Issue date: | 06/29/1979 |
| From: | Rooney V Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7909050418 | |
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e 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-263 NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY NOTICE OF PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO PROVISIONAL OPERATING LICENSE The United States Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Provisional Operating License No.
DPR-72, issued to Northern States Power Company (the licensee), for operation of the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant located in Wright County, Minnesota.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 52.105(a)(4), the Comission is publishing notice of this amendment prior to its issuance to comply with provision 4 of the March 1,1976 Stipulation among the then parties to the pr~oceeding for the issuance of a full-tem operating license for this facility.
The amendment would revise the previsions in the Technical Specifications relating to radiological effluents, in accordance with the licensee's application for amendment dated May 1,1979.
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 Cornission's regulations.
By August 8,1979, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject provisional 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 petition for leave to intervene.
Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to interevene shall be filed in accordance with the Comission's " Rules 7909050%s anaa
7590-01 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 dtte, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission or by the Chaiman 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 hea' ring 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 t'he proceeding, and how that intu.est may be affected by the results of'the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be pemitted 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 subject 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.
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7590-01 Not Tater 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.
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, United States Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D. C.
20555, Attention:
Docketing and Service Section, or may be delivered to the Comission'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 infom the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at (800) 325-6000 (in Missouri (800) 342-6700).
The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to Thomas Ippolito:
(petitioner's name and telephone number); (date petition was mailed); (plant name); and (publication date and rage number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice). A copy of the petition O..' 02!'8
7590-01 should also be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
20555, and to Gerald Charnoff, Esquire, Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge,1800 M Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
- 20036, 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 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board designated to rule on the petition and/or request, that the petitioner has made a substantial showing of good cause for the granting of a late petition and/or request.
That determination will be based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 12.714(a)(i)-(v) and 52.714(d).
For further details with respect to this achion, see the application for amendment dated May 1,1979, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C., and at the Environmental Conservation Library, Minneapolis Public Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 29 day of June 1979.
FOR THE N'JCLEAR REGULATORY COM'ilSSION M
Vernon L. Pooney, Ac* ng Chief Operating Reactors Branch !3 Division of Operating Reactors 3130S9