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Notice of Consideration of Proposed Mod to Spent Fuel Storage Pool
ML20039D656
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Site: Calvert Cliffs  Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 12/01/1981
From: Trammell C
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 8201050371
Download: ML20039D656 (4)


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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKETS N05. 50-317 AND 50-318 i

BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED MODIFICATION TO FACILITIE5'5 PENT FUEL STORAGE POOL The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering the approval of a modification to the spent fuel storage pool of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Units Nos. I and 2 (the facilities), located in Calvert County, Maryland. Operation of the facilities is authorized by Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-53 and DPR-69, issued to Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (the licensee).

The facilities share a common pool that is divided in two sections and connected by a transfer canal. On September 19, 1980, the NRC issued Amendments 47 and 30 for Calvert Cliffs Units 1,and 2,respectively which authorize a maximum fuel storage capacity of 1760 fuel assemblies. ~By application dated October 30, 1981, the licensee requested an increase-in the maximum authorized fuel storage capacity from 1760 to 1830 fuel assemblies. The modification will require changes to the Technical Specifications and issuance of a license amendment for each facility.

Prior to approval of the proposed modification and license amendments authorizing use of the modified pool, the Commission will have made the findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act),

and the Commission 's rules and regulations.

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7590-01 (2)

By December 31,1981,the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendments to the subject facility operating licenses 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 petition for leave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.

If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to 1

intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission 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 Licensing Board will issue a notice'of hearing or an appropriate order.

As required by 10 CFR 62.714, 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 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, f~inancial,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 aspecth ) of the subject matter of the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene.

7590-01 (3)

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 fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing 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 may ' file a supplement to the petition to_ intervene which may. include a list of the contentions which are sought to be litigated in the matter. The -

bases for each ~ contention must be set forth with reasonable specificity.

Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amend-ments under consideration. 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.

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 shall be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, Un'ited States Nuclear a

Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.

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 the above date.

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7590-01 (4)

Where petitions are fiied during the last ten (10) days of the notice l

period, it is requested that the petitioner or representative for the petitioner promptly so inform the Commission by a toll-free telephone calltoWesternUnionat(800)325-6000(inMissouri(800)342-670d)..

TheWesternUnionoperatorshouldbegihenDatagramIdentification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to Robert A. Clark; (petitioner's name and telephone number); (date petition was mai. led);

(Calvert Cliffs); and (publication date and page number of this FEDERAL-I REGISTER notice). A copy of the petition should also be sent.to the iExecutihe Legal Director, U. 5. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, 4

.D. C. 20555, and to James A. Biddison, Jr. General Counsel, G and E

,uilding, Charles Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21203, attorney for the B

licensee.

Nontimelyfilingsofpetitionsforleahe.to'interhene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions an'd/or requestsfor hearing will not beentertainedabsentadeterminationbytheCommission,the.presidbg 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 52.714 (d).

For further details with rcspect to this actio.n, see the application for amendment dated October 30, 1981, which is available for public in-rpection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W,.

and at the Calvert County Library, Prince Frederick,fMaryland.

Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 1st. day of December, 1981.

FOR T E N CLEAR REGULATORY C0 ISSION

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