ML19317F391
| ML19317F391 | |
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| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 11/20/1971 |
| From: | Muntzing L US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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| NUDOCS 8001140641 | |
| Download: ML19317F391 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ATO'!IC. I;;ERGY COMMISSION
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In the Matter of-
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DUKE. POWER COMPANY
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Docket Nos. 50-270 and 50-287
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(Oconee Nuclear Station
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Units'2'and 3)
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DETERMINATION NOT TO SUSPEND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AT THE OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO CPPR-34 AND CPPR-35 PENDING COMPLETION OF NEPA ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
~L-Luke Power Company -(the licensee) is the holder of Provisional Construction Permits Nos. CPPR-34 and CPPR-35 (the construction permits) issued by the Atomic Energy Commission on November 6, 1967.
The provisional construction permits authorize the licensee to construct two pressurized water nuclear power reactors designated as the Oconee Nuclear Station Units 2 and 3, at a site in Oconee County, South Carolina, approximately eight miles northeast of Seneca,.
South Carolina. Each facility-is designed for initial operation at approximately 2452' megawatts'(thermal).
In accordance with section E.3 of the Commission's regulations implementing the
' National Environr. ental Policy-Act of 1969 (NEPA), Appendix D of 10 CFR Part 50 (Appendix D),. the licensee' has furnished to the Commission a written statement of i
reasons, with ' supporting factual _ submission, why the construction permits should not be suspended, in whole or in part pending completion of the NEPA' environmental review.
The ' Director 'of Regulation has considered the licensee's submission in-light
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of the' criteria set' 'out in section E.2 of - Appendix D,, and has determined, af ter
.considering and balancing the criteria in section E.2 of Appendix.D, that 1
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. construction activities -at the Oconee Nuclear Station authorized pursuant to ECPPR-34 and CPPR-35 should not be' suspended pending completion of the NEPA environmental review..
Further details of' this determination are set forth in a document entitled
~ " Discussion and. Findings by the Division of Reactor Licensing, U. S. Atomic Energy. Commission,' Relating to Consideration of Suspension Pending NEPA
' Environmental Review of the Construction Perndts for the Oconee Nuclear
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Station Units 2 and 3, Duke Power Company, AEC Docket Nos. 50-270 and 50-287, November 19, 1971."
' Pen'disg completion of the full NEPA review, the holder of Provisional Construction Perrdts Nos. CPPR and CPPR-35' proceeds with construction at its own risk.
herein and the discussion and findings referred to above do The determination not preclude the Commission, as a result of its ongoing environmental review, from continuing, modifying or terminating the construction permits or from e "t environmental values.
appropriately conditioning the permits to p' Any person whose. interest may be affected by this proceeding, other than the
' licensee, may file a request for a hearing within thirty - (30) days af ter ofl this determination in.the FEDERAL REGISTER. Such request shall publication set forth'the matters, with reference to the factors set out in section' E.2
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of ' Appendix D. alleged to warrant a determination other than that made by the
' Director of Regulation and shall; set forth the' f actual basis for the request.
- If-the Commission de'te' mines that the matters stated in such request warrant
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to section E.3 of The licensee's statement of reasons, furnished pursuant Appendix D, as to why the construction permits should not be suspended pending completion of the NEPA environmental review, and the document entitled " Discussion and Findings by the Division of Reactor Licensing, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Relating to Consideration of Suspension Pending NEPA Environmental Review of the Construction Permits for the Oconee Nuclear Station Units 2 and 3, Duke Power Company, AEC Docket Nos 50-270 and 50-287, November 19, 1971," are available for public inspection at l
the Commissien's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D. C.
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"alhalla, South and at. the Oconee County Library, 201 S. Spring Street, Copies of the " Discussion and Findings" document may be Carolina 29691.
obtained upon request addressed to the United States Atomic Energy Commission,
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Washington, D. C. 20545, Attention: Director, Division of Reactor Licensing.
FOR THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (signed) L. Manning Matzing L. Manning Muntzing Director of Regulation
. Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 2 0 day.of November 1971 j
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