ML20030D640
| ML20030D640 | |
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| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 08/25/1981 |
| From: | Schwencer A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8109140091 | |
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U!ilTED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0itHISS10t4 In the fiatter of
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Docket Nos. 50-458 GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPAliY
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CAJUN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE
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1 (River Bend Station, Units 1 and 2
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110TICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATI0ti FOR FACILITY OPERATING LICEt4SLS; 110TICE Of s.0hSIDERATIO!4 0F ISSUANCE OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES; NOTICL OF AVAILABILITY OF APPLICANTS' Et4VIhohlEl4TAL RtPORT; AND liOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING Notice is hereby given that tne Huclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has received an application for facility operating licenses frora Gulf e
States Utilitics Company (the applicant), on its own behalf and, as te ownership of 30 percent of Unit 1, on behalf of Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, to possess, use, and operate the River Bend Statiosi, Units 1 and 2, two boiling water nuclear reactors (the facilities), located on Gulf States Utilities Company's site in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Each of t ru ctors is designed to operate at a core power level of 2094 megawaM - ra-1,.vith an equivalent net electrical output of approximately 936 megavatts.
j The applicant also sutxaitted, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the regulations of the Cocuission in 10 CFR Part 51, an environmental
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report, which discusses environnental considerations relaters to the proposed operation of the facilities. The report is being made available at the Office of State Clearinghouse, Department of Uroan s Cocuunity Affairs, P. O. Box 44465, Capitol Station, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804, and the Capital Region / Planning Cor.uission, P. O. Box 3355, Baton Rouge 70821.
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' After the environmental report has been analyzed by tne Conaission's staff, a draf t environmental statement will be prepared. Upon preparation of the draft environmental statement, the Conaission will, among other things, cause to be published in the FEDERAL RLGISTLR, a notice of availability of the draft statement, requesting cocoents froa interestea persons on the dratt statement. Tne notice will also contain a statement ta the ef fect that any co iments of Federal agencies and State and local of ficials Will be Made available when received. The draft environmental statement will focus only on any taatters which differ frora those previously discussed in De final environmental statement prepared in connection with the issuance of the construction permits. Upon consideration of connents submitted with respect to the dratt environnental statement, tne Commission's staff will prepare a final environnental statement, the availability of which will be published in the FLDERAL RLGISTLa.
The Comission will consider the issuance of facility operating licenses to the applicant, which would authorize the applicant to possess, use and operate the River uend Station, Units I and 2, in accordance with the provisions of the licenses and the technical specifications appended thereto, upon: (1) the corapletion of a favorable safety evaluation of the application by the Comission's staf f; (2) the coapletion of the environmental review required by < a Coccission's regulations in 10 CFR part 51; (3) the receipt of a report on the applicant's application for facility operating licenses by the Advisory Counittee on Reactor Safeguards; and (4) a findinj by the Comaission tnat the application for the facility licenses, as amended, complies with the requirenents of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as awnded (che Act), and the Comaission's regulations in 10 CFR Chapter 1.
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Construction of the facilities was authorized by Construction Permit flos. CPPR-14 l
l 25, 1977. The latest completion and CPPR-146, issued by the Conunission on March 31, 1983 for Unit 1, dates specifico in the above construction pernits is llarch and llarch 31,1985 for Unit 2.
Prior to issuance of any operating licenses, the Co#ssion will inspect the tacilities to determine whether they have been constructed in accordance with the In addition, application, as amenGed, and tne provisions of the construction permits.
i flecting the licenses will not be issued until the Comaission has made the find ngs re of tae application under tne Act, 4hich will be set forth in the proposed its revied licenses, and has concluded that the issuance of the licenses will not be inimica Upon to the conion defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
issuarce of the licenses, the applicant will be required to execute an indemnity i
ion's agreement as requiren :,, Section 170 of the Act and 10 CFk Part 140 of the Com regulations.
October 5,1981, the applicant may file a request for a hearing with respect By to issuance of the facility operating licenses and any person whose interest may Requests be af fected by this proceeding may file a petition for leave to intervene.
for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with 10 CFR the Comission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in If a request for a hearing er petition for leave to intervene is filed by Part 2.
i td the above date, the Connission or an Atonic Safety and Licensing Board, des gna e l
by the Corsaission or by the Chairnan of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Boa will rule on the request and/or petition and the Secretary of the Couaission, or designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an I
dppropriate order.
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. ' As required by 10 CFR 52.714, 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 af fected by the results of the proceediag. The 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 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 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 his or her petition without prior approval of the presiding officer at any time up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference; thereaf ter, a petition Y
nay be amended only with approval of the presiding officer. Any amended petition 4
i must satisfy the specific 1'y requirements described above.
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tiot later than fifteen (15) days prior ta the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, the petitioner shall file a supplement to the petition to intervene which must include a itst of the contentions which are sought to be litigated in the matter and the bases for each contention set forth with reasonable specificity.
A petitioner who fails to include a valid contention in his or her original petition i
l or in the supplement will not be peruitted to participate as a party.
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20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Section, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C., by October 5,1981. A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Connission, Washington, D.
C., 20555, and to Troy 8. Conner, Jr., Esq., Conner & Wetterhahn,1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.
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Washington, D. C. 20006, attorney for the applicant. Any questions or requests for additional information regarding the content of this notice should be addressed to the Chief Hearing Counsel, Office of the Executive Legal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Connission,. Washington, D. C. 20555.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a determination by the Connission, the presiding officer, or 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 s2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) and $2.714(d).
For further details pertinent to the matters under consideration, see the application for the facility operating licenses and the applicant's environmental report, which are avdilable for public inspection at the Con 11ssion's public document room,1717 H Street, H. M., Washington, D.
C., and at the local public document roons at the Audubon Library, West Feliciana Branch, Ferdinand Street, St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775, and the Louisiana State University Library, Government Documents Department, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70603. As they become available, the following documents may be inspected at the above locations: (1) the safety evaluation report prepared
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,y by the Comission's staff; (2) the draft environmental statement; (3) the final environmental statement; (4) the report of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards on the application for facility operating licenses; (5) the proposed facility operating licenses; and (6) the technical specifications, which will be attached to the proposed facility operating licenses.
Copies of the proposed operating licenses and the ACRS report, when available, may be obtained by request to the Director, Division of Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
20555. Copies of the Comission's staff safety evaluation report and final environmental statement, when available, may be purchased at current rates, from the National Technical Information Service, Department of Commerce, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Va. 22161.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 25th day of August 1981.
FOR TiiE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION A. Schwencer, Chief Licensing Branch No. 2 Division of Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 1
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