ML20033F557
| ML20033F557 | |
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| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 03/08/1990 |
| From: | Hebdon F Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9003220037 | |
| Download: ML20033F557 (5) | |
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P 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-458 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO-FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTullITY FOR HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an arrendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-47, issued to GulfStatesUtilitiesCompany(thelict.nsee),foroperationofRiverBend Station, Unit No. 1, located in West Feliciana Parish, Lcuisiana.
The amendment would delete the inspection of the Division II diesel scr.crator crankshaft currently required to be performed during the third refueling cutage scheduled to begin in September 1990. This inspection is currentlyrequiredbyLicenseCondition2.C(8), Attachment 3,totheFacility i
Operating License. The propcsed change would also accelerate the recurring five year inspection program specified in the License Ccr.dition. The Division I diesel generator crankshaft would be inspected during the during the third refueling outage in accordance with this latter program.
Prior to issuar.ce of the proposed license afnendment, 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 18, 1990
, the licensee inay file a request for a hearirg with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest raay be affected by this proceed.
ing and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding inust file a 9003220o37 90030e
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i 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
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with the Comission'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 l
Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20555 and at the Local Public Document Rocm located at Government Documents Department, Louisiana State University, Eaton Rouge, Louisiana 70803.
If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Comission or an Atcmic Safety and Licensing teard, designated by the Comissicn or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panc1, 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 apprcpriate order.
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As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a petition for 1 eave to intervent shall sct forth with particularity-the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and hcw that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reesors why interventien should be permitted with particuler reference to the fellowing factors:
(1)thenatureofthepetitioner'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 prcceeding; 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)ofthesubjectn:atteroftheproceedingastowhich pctitioner wishes to intervene. Any person who has filed a retition for leave to intervene or who has been admitted as a party may amend the petition without l
requestirgleaveoftheBoarduptofifteen(15)dayspriortothefirstpre-hearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
Notlaterthanfifteen(15)dayspriortothefirstprehearingconference scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a supplement to the petition to intt.rvene which must include a list of the contentions which are sought to be litigated in the r.atter. Each contention must consist of a specific stater.;ent of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted.
In tddition, the petitioner shall provide a brief explar,ation of the bases of the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinicn which support the contention and en which the petitioner intends to rely ir, preving the centention at the hearing. The petitioner nust also provide references to those specific sources and documents of which the petitioner is avere end cn which the petitioner intends to rely tc establish those facts or expert opinion.
Petitioner must provide sufficient information to show that a Senuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact.
Ccritentions shall te limited to matter.t within the scope of tne amendments under consittration. The contention must be one which, if proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief. A pctitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contentier will not be permitted to participate as a party.
These permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to try limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, arid have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the opportunity to prescnt evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
9 A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed I
with the Secretary of the Comission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Weshington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C., by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the lastten(10)daysofthenoticeperiod,itisrequestedthatthepetitioner prcitptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1-(800)325-6000(inMissouri 1-(800)342-6700). The Western Union crcrator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 t.nd the following raessege addressed to Fredtrick J. Hebdon: petitioner's narre and telephone nutbcr; date petition was mailed; plant name; and publication date and page-rumtcr of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. A copy of the petition should also be scot to the Office of the Ceneral Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washir. sten, D.C. 20555, and to Troy B. Conner, Jr., Esq., Conner ar.d Metterhahn, 1747 Pernsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20006, attorney for the licensee.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearirs will not be entertained absent a deterraination by the Comission, the presiding officer or the presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Ecard that the petition and/or request should be granted tased upnn a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) and2.714(d).
If a request for a hearing is received, the Comission's staff may issue the amendrnent after it completes its technical revicw and prior to the completion of ar.y required hearing if it publishes a further notice for public coment of its proposed finding of no significant hazards considerations in accordance with 10 CFR 50.91 and 50.92.
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r for further details with respect to this action, see the application for emende.ent dated February 2, 1990, which is available for public inspection at the Consnission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20555, and at the Local Public Document Room, Government Documents Departs,ent, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of March,1990.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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Frederick J. HebCon, Director Project Directorate IV Division of Reactor Projects - I!!,
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