ML19312A564
| ML19312A564 | |
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| Site: | 05000538 |
| Issue date: | 05/14/1982 |
| From: | David Jones MEMPHIS STATE UNIV., MEMPHIS, TN |
| To: | John Miller Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8205210305 | |
| Download: ML19312A564 (2) | |
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On March 26, 1981, the Commission published for comment a series of preposed changes to 10 C.F.R. Parts 1 and- -2 to implement procedural changes on the above sub ect.
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. as attorneys representing a number of utilities and a fuel fabricator involved in the Commisson's licensing process, we wish to of f er our cc: ments on ::.e proposed changes.
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Propose. 52.101(e) should be revised prior to adoption to provide for a single comment period.
To facilitate the adoption of the appropriate revisions attachment to 552.101(e) and 2.102(d)(2), we submit as an should be revisec. the text of those provisions as we believe they The attachment assures the prior adoption o' a -agulation setting forth :he filing recuire- - l
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32.101(e): .
(e)(1) Upon receipt of the antitrust (portion of an application for a fac,ility operating license under section 103 of the Act,] information recuired bv S50.XX of this chacter, te a Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation or the Director of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, as appropriate, will publish in the Federal Register and in appropriate trade journals a " Notice of Receipt of Opertting License Application and Request for An titrust In formation. "
Such notice will invite persons to submit within sixty (60) days after publication of the notice comments or information concerning the antitrust aspects of the application to assist the Director in determining whether significant changes in the licensee!s activities or proposed activities have occurred since the completion of the previous antitrust review in connection with the construction permit pursuant to section 105c of the Act. Such notice will also state -
that persons who wish to have their vicvs on the antitrust aspects of the applica:ica censidered ipresented to rae Attorney General for consideration) should sutmit such views within sixty (50) days after publication of the notice to: U.S. Nuclear Regula: cry Ccmmission, Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: C ,ief, Utility Finance 3 ranch.
(2) If the Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation or the Director of Nuclear Material Safety and Saf eguards, as appropriate, after reviewing any ccaments or information received in response to the published Notice [and any ,
comments or information rec.ardinc. the ac.c.licant received '
from the Attorney General) concludes that there have been no signficant changes since the completion of the previous '
antitrust review in connection with the construction pe rmi t , a finding of no significant cha:.ges will be published in the Federal Register. [together with a notice stating that a rec.uest for reevaluation of such crocosed f i nd inc.
should be submi-ted within sixty (50) days of publication of the notice, If no requests for reevalcation are received within that time, the proposed finding shall become the NRC's final determination. Recuests for a determination of significant changes will be accepted after the date when the NRC determination becomes final but before the issuance
r Attachment - Page 2 of the OL only if they contain new information such as informatien of f acts or events of antitrust significance that have occurreo since that date, or information that I could not reasonably have been submitted prior to that j date.] 5, (3) [If, as a result of the reevaluation of the finding described in paragraph (e-)(2), it is determined that there have been no signifi'. cant changes, the Director or Nuclear Reactor Regulation or the Director of Nuclear Material Sa f ety and Sa'feguards , as appreeriate, will deny the request and will publish a notice of finding of no significant changes in the Federal Register.] Such notice and finding shall become the final NRC decision thirty (30) days after being made [and only in the event that the Commission has net exercised sua spente review.] unless crior to the exciration of the thirtv (30) dav ceriod :ne C v- ...m i s s ., r .- -.- 1e .- w. ., - . . . . , .- , ..
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Delegation of Antitrust Authority Proposed Rule (46 Federal Register 18747) ,
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Dear Sir:
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. 1 In the March 26, 1981,. issue of the Federal Register, '
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission published a proposed rule respecting the implementa' tion of the Cc= mission's delegation {
of portions of its authority under Section 105c of _.ie Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended the "Act") . Arizona Public l Service Company of fers th : Iullcwing comments on tne preposed ,
rule. :
The supplementary information published with the pro- i posed rule notes that on September 12, 1979, the Commissicn !
delegated its authority to make a "significant changes " deter- -- - - - -
mination under Section 105c(2) of the Act to the Director of !
Nuclear Reactor Regulation or the Director of Nuclear Material !
Safety and Safeguards, as appropriate. The proposal goes on to state that the Cc= mission new proposes to amend its rules ,'
of practice in 10 C.i'.R. Part 2 to implement che delegation of ?
that authority. Although the summary discussicn of the pro-posed rule sug=ests that its effect is limited to the imple- -
i mentation of NRC internal procedural changes, the .orco. osal ,
elsewhere recognizes that the proposed rule enlarges public .
notice and the opportunity for public participation in the !
Cc= mission's "significant changes" determination. :
. Except as noted in the following paragraph, under the ,
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Commission's present regulations, when an application for an operating license for a facility unSer Section 103 cf the Act ;
is received, the notice of receipt of application published in -
the Federal Register is to state that persons who wish to have i their views on tne antitrust aspects of the application pre- i sented to :ne A::crne3 General for censideracion shall su.mi
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Secretary of the Commission ANPP-17999-EEVBJr/C3 May 19, ,1981 Page Two such views to the Commission within 60 days after publication of -
the notice. In addition, the Director of Nuclear Reactor Regula-tion is to transmit a copy of each application for an operating license to the Attorney General. Under Section 105c, the Attor-ney General will, within 180 days after receipt, render such advice to the Commission as he de'termines to be appropriate in regard to the finding to,be made by the Commission as to whether the activities under the license would create or maintain a situ-ation inconsistant with the antitrust laws. .
However, such review is not required for applications for operating licenses under Section 103 of the Act for which the construction permit was also issued under Section 103, unless the Commission determines, after consultation with the Attorney General, that such review is advisable. A determination that such review is advisable can be -made only on the ground that significant changes in the applicant's activities or proposed activities have occurred subsequent to the previous review by the Attorney General and by the Cc= mission in connection with the construction permit application. Whether or not there have been significant changes is determined without participation by the public.
Under the proposed rule, upon receipt of the antitrust portion of an application for a facility operating license under Section 103 of the Act, the Director of Nuclear Reactor Regula-tion would publish in the Federal Register a notice of receipt- - --
of operating license application and request for antitrust information. Such notice would invite persons to submit, within 60 days after publication of the notice, co==ents or information concerning the antitrust aspects of the application to assist the Director in deternining whether significant changes in the appli-cant's activities or Jroposed activities have occurred since the completion of the previous antitrust review. If the Director subsequently concludes that there hav3 been no significant changes since the completion of the previous antitrust review, a finding of no significant changes is to be published in the Fcderal Register, together with a notice ~ stating that a request for reevaluation of such proposed finding should be submitted within 60 days of publication of the notice. If, as a result of the reevaluation, it is determined tha.t there have been no significant changes , the request will be de- 4 av md a notice of finding of no significant changes will be published in the Federal Register.
Such notice and finding shall become the final NRC cec:sien 30 days after being made. If the Director concludes that signifi-cant chances have occurred since completion of the previous anti-trust review, then the provisiens of Section 2.102 (d) would apply.
Mr . -
Secretary of the Consission .
ANPP-17999-EEVBJr/C3 m y 19,~1981 Page Three By comparison of the pr7 posed rule to the existing -
regulations, it is apparent that additional time would be re-quired under the proposed rule in order for the Director to issue a finding of no significant changes due to the expanded pe lic participstion. Furthermore, the potential for review by the Attorney General and for a hearing would be increased due to comments or i.nfor=ation received by the Director in the form of allegations respecting the occurrence of significant changes .
When Congress amended Section 105 of the Act in 1970, it made clear that the Commission's scope of review at the operating license stage should be much more limited than at the construction permit stage. Section 105c requires the Com-ndssion to make a threshold detemmination before the Attorney General's advice concerning a possible second antitrust pro-ceeding can be sought. This determinatien is a finding that the applicant's activities have significantly changed subsequent to the construction permit antitrust review. If no "significant changes" in a construction permittee's proposed activities have occurred, then the statute is explicit that there is to L- no antitrust review at the operating license stage. The reason for this limited scope of review at the operating license stage is that Congress was concerned witP possible unf airness to u 'ilities and their investors should they be required to run the antitrust review gauntlet at both the construction permit and operating license stages. See House Report No. 91-1470, 91::.t Congress , -- - - - -
2d Session ~28-29 (1970) ; Houston Lichting & Power Company, et al.
(South Texas Project, Unit Nos .1 and 2) , CLI-77-13, 5 NRC 13037 1315-22 (1977).
Increasing the attention given to antitrust matters by providing for wider public participation is inconsistent with Cengressional intent that the antitrust review at tne operating license stage be a limited one. Furthermore, there is no need for such wider public participation where there has been no ,
determination that the existing. procedure is in any way inade-quate relative to carrying out the requirements of Section 105 of the Act. In sum, although in may be entirely appropriate for the Cc= mission to delegate its authority respecting whether or not significant changes have occurred, the Commission should not expand the antitrust review process by proviibg for public parti-cipation in the determination of whether or not significant changes have occurred.
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Secretary 'f the Commission ANPP-17999-EEVBJr/CB May 19,1981 Page Four ,
If the Commission decides to proceed with expanded , l public participation, it should at least be made clear that an -
t operating license need not be withheld where a final determina-tion on the question of significant changes has not been made .
.or where a hearing is to be held but has not yet been completed.
Section 105c(6) provides that even. i,f the Commission finds that activities under the license would creats or maintain a situation inconsistent with the ' antitrust laws, a license may issue with such conditions as the Commission deems appropriate. See r2nsas t Gas and Electric Company, et al. (Wolf Creek Generating Station, Uniti No._1) , ALAB-279, 1 NRC 559, 564 (1975) ; House Report No. I 91-1470, supra, at 31. Because the Commission can issue a license with appropriate antitrust conditions, it is authorized to issue an operating license prior to making a significant changes deter-mination and prior to the completion of any hearing on antitrust matters. ,
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Vice President Nuclear Projects Management EEVB:jav
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ENCLOSURE E _.
Enclosure E DRAFT CONGRESSIONAL LETTER The Honorable Alan Simpson, Chairman Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate Washington, DC 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Enclosed for your information are copies of minor amendments to 10 CFR Part 2, the Canmission's Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings, and conforming amendments to 10 CFR Part 1, Statement of Organization and General Information. These are to be published in the Federal Register as _
final regulations. The amendments implement the Commission's delegation of its authority under Section 105c(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 5 2135c(2), to make a "significant changes" antitrust determination to the Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation or the Director of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, as appropriate.
Sincerely, Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosure:
As stated cc: Senator Gary Hart Identical letters will be sent to those on the attached list
The Honorable Morris K. Udall, Chairman Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment Committee on Interior and ' Insular Affairs United States House of Representatives Washington, D C. 20515 cc: Rep. Manuel Lujan The Honorable Richard L. Ottinger, Chairman Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power Committee on Energy and Commerce United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C. 20515 cc: Rep. Carlos Moorhead The Honorable Toby Moffett, Chairman Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Government Operations United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C. 20515 cc: Rep. Joel Deckard
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