ML20058A289
| ML20058A289 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 11/09/1978 |
| From: | Schwencer A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| References | |
| NUDOCS 7811280403 | |
| Download: ML20058A289 (4) | |
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4 y=.C Yv.iC ' O.7 ~it:T ?^mi UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 00CKETNUMBEP.S50-282AND50-306[
NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY NOTICE OF PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF ARENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Comission) i is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. OPR-42 and DPP.-60 issued to Northern States Power Company (the licensee), for operation of the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit Nos. I and 2 located in Goodhue County, Minnesota.
The amendments would revise the provisions in the Technical Specifications relating to the use of fuel manufactured by the Exxon 3
Nuclear Company, Inc. in Cycles 5 through 8 in accordance with;the C licensee's application for amendment datec September 8,1978.
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I Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Cormiission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy i
Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Comission's regulations.
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By OEC 2 2 wl978, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject 4
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facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the q 5;i SOh3 c.
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proceeding must file a written petition for leave to intervene.
i 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 Part 2.
If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Corrnission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Comission or by the Chaiman of the Atomic Safety. and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition and the Secretary 4
or the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
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 affected by the results of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the folicwing factors:
(1) the nature of the petitioner's-right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the j
nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial; or other interest in the proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order -
I which may be entered in the preceeding on the petitioner's interest.
The petition should also identify the specific aspect (s) of the subject i
matter of the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene.
Any person who has filed a petition for leave to intervene or who
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has been admitted as a party may amerd his petition, but such an amended petition-must satisfy the specificity requirements described j
above.
Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, the petitioner shall file a supplement to the petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentiens 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 file such a supplement which satisfies i
these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be pemitted to participate as a party.
Those pemitted to intervene, become parties to the proceeding, t
subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to interevene,
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and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including'the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses, e
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed with the Secretary of the Comissien, United States Nuclear j
Regulatory Comission, Washington, D. C.
20555, Attention:
Docketing i
and Service Section, or may be delivered to the Cormiission's Public i
e Cocument Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. by the above
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Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of.
l the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner or representative 9
i for the petitioner promptly so infom the Commission by a toll-free i
j telephone' call to Western Union at (800) 325-6000 (in Missouri (800) 342-6700). The Western Unicn operator should be given Datagram t
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- Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to A. Schwencer:
(Petitioner's Name and Telephone Number); (Date Petition was Mailed); (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit No.1 and 2); and (Publication Date and Page Number of this _
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FEDERAL REGISTER Notice). A copy of the petition should also be sent l
to the Executive Legal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Ccamission, Washington, D. C. 20555, and to Gerald Charnoff, Esquire, Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge, 1800 M Street, NW, Washington, D. C.
20036, attorney for the licensee.
g Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing wil not be entertained absent a determination by the Commission, 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/ar request. That determination will be based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 12.714(a)(i)-(v) and
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Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 9th day of November,1978, i
FOR THE NU LEAR REGULATORY CCMMISSION f
kk.<ftd8'L A. Schwencer, Chie.
Operating Reactors Branch #1 Division of Operating Reactors 6
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