ML20011E175
| ML20011E175 | |
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| Site: | Hatch  |
| Issue date: | 01/31/1990 |
| From: | Matthews D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9002080363 | |
| Download: ML20011E175 (6) | |
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UNITED' STATES NUCLEAR' REGULATORY COMMISSION GEORGIA POWER COMPAhv OGLETHORPE F0WER c0RPURAT10N-MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC AUTHORITY OF GECRGIA CITY OF DALTON, GEORGIA DOCKET NO. 50-566-NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO F,AClllTY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING-The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cormiission (the Commission) is considering issuance nf an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-5, issued to Georcia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Municipal Electric
' Authority of Georgia, and City of Dalton, Geori % (the licensees), for operation.
of the Edwin 1. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Unit ?, located in.Appling County, Georgia.
The amendment requested by the licensees' letter of December 21, 1989, would replace the current Technical Specifications (TSs) with a set of TSs based on the BWR Owners Group Improved Standard Technical Specifications currently under review by the staff. The adoption-of Owners Group approved J
TSs is part of an industry-wide initiative to standardize and improve TSs.
1 Edwin I, llatch Unit 2 is the lead plant for edoption of the BWR Owners-Group standardized TSs.
The proposed changes to the TSs can be grouped into four. categories:
non-technical changes, more stringent requirements, relocation of recuirements to Lg other controlled documents, and relaxations of existing requirements.
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Non-technical chances generally involve rewording and. reformatting of TS requirements and are intended to nake the TSs more readily understandable and easier to use for plant operations personnel.
More stringent requirements are either more conservative than corresponding requirements in the current TSs or are additioral restrictions which are not in the current TSs. The more stringent requirements are proposed to achieve consistency among the revised specifications, correct potential discrepancies, and remove ambiguities.
Relocation of requirements involves items that are currently in the TSs but do not meet the criteria set forth in the Commissien's Interim Felicy Statement on Technical Specification leprovements for Nuclear Power Reactors, February 3, 1987 (52 FR 3788). These items may be removed from the TSs and placed in other controlled decurents. Once these itens have been relocated, the licensee would be able to revise them under the provisions of 10 CFR 50.59 h
without a license atendment.
The relaxation of existing requirements is based on operating experience.
When restrictions are shown to provide little or no safety benefit and place a r
burden on the licensee, their removal-from the TSs may be justified.
In most cases, the subject relaxations have been previously granted to individual plants on a plant-specific basis.
1 For further details regarding the proposed changes to the TSs, see the application for arendment dated December 21, 1989, which is available in the Local Public Document Room ard the Commission's Public Document Room.
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1 Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendrent, the Comission will have rade findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Comission's regulations.
By March 9,1990
, the licensees may file a-reauest for a hearing i
with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility 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 i
request for a bearing and a petition for leave to intervene.
Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Comissien's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.714 which is available at the-Comission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555 and at the Local Public Document i
Reem located at the Appling County Public Library, 301 City Hall Drive, Baxley, Georgie 31513. -If a request for a bearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Comission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, cesignated by the Comission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and i
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 hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with L
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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 r
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 fif teen (15) days prior to the first pre-
! earing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
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.
Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted.
In addition, the petitioner shall provide a brief explanation of the bases of the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing.
The petitioner must also provide references to those specific sources and documents of which the petitioner is aware and on which the petitioner intends to rely to establish those facts or expert opinion.
Petitioner must provide sufficient information to show that a l
genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact.
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Y Contentions sh311 be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration. The contention must be one which, if proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief. 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.
y Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to' any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity r
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 must be filed with the Secretary of the Comission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room, Gelman Building, 2120 L 1
Street, NW. Washinoton, DC, by the above'date.
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during the last ten (10)' days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner promptly so inform the Cemission by a toll-free telephone call to i
Western Union at 1-(800)325-6000(inMissouri 1-(800)342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to David B. Matthews, Project Directorate 11-3:
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petitioner's name and telephone number; date petition was mailed; plant name; i
and publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. A copy of l
the petition should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, DC 20555, and to Bruce W. Churchill, Esquire, Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge, 2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037, attorney for the licensees.
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supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained' absent L
a determination by the Comission, the presiding officer or the presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/or request should be granted baseduponabalancingofthefactorsspecifiedin10CFR2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and2.714(d).
If a request for a hearing is received, the Comission's staff may issue the amendment after it completes its technical review and prior to the completion of any required hearing if it publishes a further notice for public coment of its proposed finding of'no significant hazards consideration in accordanco with 10 CFR 50.91 and 50.92.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated December 21, 1989, which is available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room, Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW.,
' Washington, DC 20555, and at the Local Public Document Room, Appling County Public Library, 301 City Hall Drive, Baxley,. Georgia 31513.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of January 1990.
FOR E NUCLEAR REGULATORY. COMMISSION b
0 id B. Matthews, Director Project Directorate 11-3 Division of Reactor Projects - 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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