ML19256D893

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Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Facility OL & Notice of Opportunity for Hearing Per 10CFR50,App D,Section C
ML19256D893
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Issue date: 06/29/1972
From: Anthony Giambusso
US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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o UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION In the Matter of METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPAhT,

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Docket No. 50-289 JERSEY CENTRAL PO~iER & LIGHT COMPAhT, AND

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PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY

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(Three Mile Island Nuclear Station Unit 1

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NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING PURSUANT TO 10 CFR PART 50, APPENDIX D, SECTION C The Atomic Energy Commission (the Commission) will consider the issuance of a facility operating license to Metropolitan Edison Company, Jersey Central Power & Light Company, and Pennsylvania Electric Company (the 1.f.censees) which would authorize the licensees to possess, use, and operate the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station Unit 1, a pressurized water reactor (the fccility) located on the licensees' site in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, at steady-state power invels not to exceed 2535 megawatts (thermal) in accordance with the provisions of the license and the Technical Specifications appended thereto, upon the receipt of a report on the application by the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, the submission of a favorable Safety Evaluation of the application by the Commission's Directorate of Licensing, the completion of the environmental 1454 101 7 9102 3 0GF4tf '

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' review required by the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix D, and a finding by the Commission that the application for the facility license (as amended) complies with the tequirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Co= mission's regulations in 10 CFR Chapter 1.

Construction of the facility was authorized by Provisional Construction Permit No. CPPR-40, issued by the Co= mission on May 18, 1968.

Prior to issuance of any operating license, the Coccission will inspect the facility to determine whether it has been constructed in accordance with the application, as amended, and the provisions of Provisional Constructica Permit No. CPPR-40. In addition, the license will not be issued until the Co= mission has made the findings, reflecting its review of the application under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, which will be set forth in the proposed license, and has concluded that the issuance of the license will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.

Upon issuance of the license, the licensees will be required to execute an indemnia.y agree =ent as required by Section 170 of the Act and 10 CFR Part 140 of the Commission's regulations.

The facility is subject to the provisions of Section C of Appendix D to 10 CFR Part 50, which sets forth procedures applicable to review of environmental considerations for production and utilization facilities for which construction per=1ts were issued prior to January 1, 1970. Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 10 CFR Part 2, " Rules of Practice,"

and Appendix D of 10 CFR Part 50, " Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities," that the Commission is providing an opportunity for hearing with respect to whether, considering those =atters covered by Appendix D to 1454 102

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. 10 CFR Part 50, the provisional construction permit in the captioned proceeding should be continued, modified, terminated, or appropriately conditioned to protect environ = ental values.

Within thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register the licensees may file a request for a hearing and any persen whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a petition :!or leave to intervene (1) with respect to whether, considering those =atters covered by Appendix D to 10 CFR Part 50, the provisional construction permit should be continued, modified, terminated, or appropriately conditioned to protect environmental values; and (2) with respect to the issuance of a facility operating license. Requests for e hearing and petitions to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's rules of practice in 10 CFR Part 2.

If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed within the time prescribed in this notice, the Cocsission will issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.

In accordance with 10 CFR 52.714, a petition for leave to intervene which is not timely filed will be dismissed unless the petitioner shows good cause for failure to file it on time.

For further details pertinent to the matters under consideration, see the application for the facility operating license dated June 25, 1970, as amended; the licensees' revised Environmental Report dated February 11, 1972; and the licensees' Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated March 3, 1972. and the Draft Detailed Statement on environ = ental considerations pursuant to 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix D, notice of availability of which was published in the Federal Register on June 24, 1972 (37 F. R. 12513), which are available for 1454 103

. public inspection at the Coc=ission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N. W.,

Washington, D.

C., and at the Government Publications Section, State Library of Pennsylvania, Box 1601 (Education Building), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17126.

As they become available, the following documents also will be available at the above locations:

(1) the report of the Advisory Cocnittee on Reactor Safeguards on the application for a facility operating license for the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station Unit 1; (2) the Commission's Final Detailed Statement on environ = ental considerations pursuant to 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix D; (3) the Safety Evaluation prepared by the Directorate of Licensing; (4) the proposed facility operating license; and (5) the Technical Specifications, which will be attached as Appendix A to the proposed facility operating license.

Copies of the Revised Environmental Report and Amendment No. 1 thereto to the extent of supply, and items (1), (2), (3), and (4) when available, may be obtained by request to the Deputy Director for Reactor Projects, Directorate of Licensing, United States Atomic Energy Co= mission, Washington, D. C.

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FOR THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION Origirat signed by

, A.Giambusso A. Giambusso, Deputy Director for Reactor Projects Directorate of Licensing Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 3 9 day of f>;

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