ML20033F344
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| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 03/15/1990 |
| From: | Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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7590-01 Uf;1TED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0ffilSSION GPU NUCLEAR CORPORATION DOCKET NO. 50,219 NOTICE OF C0tiSIDERATIO!! 0F ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FROVISIONAL OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of e.n amendment to Provisional Operating License No. DPR-16, issued to GPU Nuclear Corporation (GPUN, the licensee), for operation of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station located in Ocean County, New Jersey.
The amendment would revise Technical Specifications 3.13.B.1 and 3.13.B.2, delete current Technical Specifications 3.13.B.3 and 3.13.B.4 and the note at the botton of page 3.13-1 which applied only during the previous operating cycle.
Specifically, proposed Specification 3.13.B.2 would replace current Specifications 3.13.B.2, 3.13.B.3 and 3.13.B.4 and place no limit on the number of safety valve positien indicators during operating periods between cold shutdowns. A minor cht,r,ge to the associated bases will also be made. In addition, where Technical Specifications definitions are used in Specifications 3.13.D, 3.13.E. 3.13.F and 3.13.G they are now capitalized.
Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Comission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Comission's regulations.
By April 20, 1990
, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility J@f2gggg{ $
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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 request for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Comission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR fart 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, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20555 and at the Local Public Document Room located at Ocean County Library, Reference Department,101 Washington Street, Toms River, New Jersey 08753.
If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the abuve date, the Comission or en Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Comission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition; and the Secretary or the' designated Atomic Safety and i
Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a pettilon for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and l
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
particular reference to the following factors:
(1)thenatureofthepetitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and i
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 specificaspect(s)ofthesubjectmatteroftheproceedingastowhich
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 requestingleaveoftheBoarduptofifteen(15)dayspriortothefirstpre-hearing 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 cordroverted.
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 petitiener 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 fatts or expert opinion. Petitioner must provide sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact.
Contentions shall 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.
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I Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity 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, t
Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and service Branch, or may be delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W. Washington, O.C.
20555, by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that i
the petitioner promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1-(800) 325-6000 (in Missouri 1-(800) 342-6700). The t
Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following ressage addressed to John F. Stolz: petitioner's name and tele-phone nurter; date petition was mailed; plant name; and publication date and page nunber of this TEDERAL REGISTER notice. A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Ernest L. Blake, Jr., Esquire, Shaw, Pittuan, Pctts and Trowbridge, 200 N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
- 20037, attorney for the licensee.
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 Comission, the presiding officer or the presiding Atomic i
Safety and Licensing Board that th'e petition and/or request should be granted based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and2.714(d).
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If a request for a hearing is received, the Comission's staff may issue the ameident 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 accordance with 10 CFR 50.91 and 50.92.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated February 15, 1990, which is available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20555, and at the Local Public Document Room. Ocean County Library, Reference Department,101 Washington Street, Toms River, New Jersey 08753.
Dated at Rockville, Paryland, this 15th day of March 1990.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COW.ISS10N s
ohnjF. Stolz, Director PrJoettDirectorate1-4 l
vision of Reactor Projects - I/II l
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 1
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