ML20042F619

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Notice of Issuance of Director Decisions Re 891111 & 900315 Petition Filed by Concerned Citizens of Charlevoix Area Re Plant
ML20042F619
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Site: Big Rock Point File:Consumers Energy icon.png
Issue date: 05/04/1990
From: Murley T
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 9005090157
Download: ML20042F619 (2)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION I"

DOCKET NO 50-155 CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY BIG ROCK POINT PLANT ll(

ISSUANCE OF DIRECTOR'S DECISIONS UNDER 10 CFR 2.206 na Notice is hereby given that the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, has issued a Director's Decision concerning a Petition dated November 11, 1989, and amended March 15, 1990, filed by Concerned Citizens for the Charlevoix Area (Petitioner).

The Petitioner requested that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) order Consumers Power Company (CPCol to update and retrofit the Big Rock Point Plant to meet current criteria for safety design and radioactive effluents.

The Petitioner further requested that the NRC prohibit continued operation of the facility until such time as these objectives are met.

The Petition alleged that the NRC and CPCo jointly have used cost /

benefit criteria and "grandfathering" to defer implementation of current safety criteria, resulting in indefensibly large radioactive emissions from the Big Rock Point facility.

The Director has determined that the Petitioner's request should be denied for the reasons set forth in the " Director's Decision PL-rsuant to 10 CFR S2.206" (00-90-02) which is available for inspection and copying in the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20555 and at the local Public Document Room for the Big Rock Point Plant at North Central Michigan College, 1515 Howard Street, Petoskey, F..chigan 49770.

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A copy of the Decision will be filed with the Secretary for Commission I

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review in accordance with 10 CFR S2.206(c).

As provided in 10 CFR $2.206(c),

the Decision will become the final action of the Commission 25 days after issuance unless the Commission on its own motion institutes a review of the Decision within that time.

-l FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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Thomas E. Murley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 4th day of May'1990.

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