ML20058A291
| ML20058A291 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 11/22/1978 |
| From: | Oplinger G NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP) |
| To: | Hoyle D STATE, DEPT. OF |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7811290403 | |
| Download: ML20058A291 (1) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
-00CKET NUMBERS 50-232 AND 50-306 NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY NOTICE OF PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT-TO 1
1 FACILITY. 0 PEP.ATING LICENSE 7
The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. OFR-40 and DPR-60 issued to Northern States' Power _ Company i
(the licensee), for~ operation of the Prairie island Nuclear e
Generating Plant, Unit Nos.1 and 2 located in Goodhue County, t
t Minnesota.
1 The amendments would revise the provisions in the Technical i
Specifications relating to the ~use of fuel manufactured by the Exxon-i 1
Nuclear Ccmpany, Inc. in Cycles 5 through 8 in accordance with the licensee's application for amendment dated September 8,1978.
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r Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy i
Ac of 1954, as amended (the Act} and the Commission's regulations.
oy December 22,1978, the licensee may file a request for a-I 4
hearing with respect to issuance Of the ar.endment to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected I
by this croceeding and wne wishes to participate as a party in the j
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2-proceeding must file a written petition for leave to intervene.
Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accord:nce with the Commission's " Rules of Practice for Dor..estic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above
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date, the Ccmnissicn or an Atcmic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission or by the Chainnan 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 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 resuits of the pro:eeding. 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 prcporty, financial; or other interest in the preceeding; and (3) the pcssible effect of any order which may be entered in tne prc: ceding en the petitioner's interest.
The petition should also identify the specific aspect (s) of the subject matter of the pecceeding as to which getitioner wishes to intervene.
Any persen who has filed a petition for leave to intervene or who 9
' has been admitted as a party may amend his petition, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above. *
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Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, the petitioner shall file a supplement to thi petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentions 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 these requirements with res;ect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Thoso permitted to intervene, beccme parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to interevene, and h;ve the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearir,g, including the oppertunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
A re;ucst for a hearing or a petition fcr leave to intervene shall be filed with the Secrotary cf the Comnission, United States Nuclear Regulatory Connission, U:shington, D. C.
20555, Attention:
Docketing and Service Section, or may be delivered to the Cor. mission's Public Occument Rcom,1717 H Street, N.U., Washington, D. C. by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner or representative for the peti icner prcratly so inform the Commission by a toll-free t
l telephonc c;11 to de-tcen Union at (800) 325-c000 (in Missouri (80])
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l 342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram I
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Identification fiumber 3737 and tne following message addressed to A. Schwencer:
(Petitioner's fisme and Telephone Number); (Date Petition was Mailed); (Prairie Island fluclear Generating Plant, Unit fic. I and 2); and (Publication Date and Page Number of this FEDERAL REGISTER Notice). A c;py of the pctition should also be sent to the Executive Le, cal Directer, U. S. fluclear Regulatory Cor=ission, Washington, D. C. 20555, and to Gerald Charnoff, Esquire, Shaw, Fittman, Potts and Trowbridge,1800 M Street, NW, Nashington, D. C.
20036, attorney for the licensce.
f;crtimely filings of petitinns for leave tc intervene, amended petiticas, supplemental petit ens and/cr ' er,uests fer hearing wil not be entertained absent a deterrination bj the Cornission, the presidir.g officer or the Atoric S3fety ar.e Licensing Board designated to rule on the petition cnd/cr request, that the petitioner has made a substantial shce:ing cf g2cd cause far the granting of a late petition and/or rez.est. Tnat detemir. tica will be based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 52.714(a)(i)-(v) and
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Cated at Bethasda, Marylanc, this 9th day.of Novembe r, 1978.
FOR TiiE ZEEAR REOULATORY CCEISSICN
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A. Sch..ercer, Chici Operating coactors Branch El Division of Operating Reactors 3