ML19208B357
| ML19208B357 | |
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| Site: | Peach Bottom  |
| Issue date: | 08/10/1979 |
| From: | Ippolito T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7909200074 | |
| Download: ML19208B357 (4) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-278 PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY, ET AL NOTICE OF PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO W CILITY OPERATING LICENSE The United States nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-56, issued to Philadelphia Electric Company (the licensee), for operation of
'the Peach Bcttom Atomic Power Station, Unit No. 3 located in York County, Pennsylvania.
The proposed amendment would modify the Technical Specific:tions to:
(1) permit use of a new General Electric fuel design for Reload No. 3 (Cycle 4 operation); (2) modify the APRM and RBM setpoint equations; (3) delete the fuel densification power spiking penalty for 8x8 fuel; (4) delete the reactor vessel pressure operating limit; (5) permit continued use of the fast' scram control rod drive during Cycle 4; and (6) increase the standby liquid control system capacity.
Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act c f 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission?s regulations.
By September 17, 1979, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuanca of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest may le affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a
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, written petition for leave to intervene.
Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Comission's
" Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
If a' request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervena is filed by the above date, the Comission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Comission or by the Chairman of the Atomic safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule en 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 82.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with parti:ularity the interes c of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding. The
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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 nay 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 arr.end 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 re-quirements described above.
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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.
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 te present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
A request for & hearing or a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Wasnington, D.C.
20555, Attention:
Locketing and Service Section, or may Le 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 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 A.
Ippolito:
(petitioner's name and telephone number); (date petition was ailed); (plant name); and (publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice).
A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Ccm-ission, Washington, D.C.dc U
i 20555, and to Troy B. Conner, Jr.,1747 pennsylvania Avenue, ".W.,
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'iashington, D.C.
20006, attorney for the licensee.
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- Nontimely. filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a determination ty the Commission, the presiding officer of 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 52.714 (a)(i)-(v) and 52.714(d).
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated July 31, 1979 which is transmitted by letter dated August 2,1979, which is available for public inspection at the Corraission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. and at the Government Publications Section, State Library of Pennsylvania, Education Building, Cormonwealth and Walnut Streets, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17126.
Dated at Bethesda, P.aryland, this 10th day of August 1979.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0tNISSION h
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