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Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amend to License DPR-57 & Opportunity for Hearing Re Util 850724 Request to Modify Tech Specs to Account for Changes to Analog Transmitter Trip Sys
ML20134K420
Person / Time
Site: Hatch Southern Nuclear icon.png
Issue date: 08/20/1985
From: Stolz J
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML20134K423 List:
References
TAC-59309, TAC-59334, NUDOCS 8508300192
Download: ML20134K420 (5)


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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMISSION GEORGIA POWER COMPANY, ET AL e

DOCKET NO. 50-321 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT i

TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIOR HEARING The United States Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No.

DPR-57 issued to Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, I

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, City of Dalton, Georgia (the licensees), for operation of the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Unit No. 1, located in Appling County, Georgia.

In accordance with the licensees' application for amendment dated July 24, 1985, the amendment would modify the Technical Specifications for Hatch Unit 1 to account for and support modifications to the plant design

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associated with the planned final installation of an Analog Transmitter TripSystem(ATTS). The proposed revisions include changes to the following:

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Surveillance and trip setpoint requirements for the ATTS components; 2.

Reactor core isolation cooling turbine exhaust pressure trip setpoint; t

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Drywell pressure sensor functions; 4.

Post-accident monitoring instrumentation ranges and surveillance 3

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Trip setpoint/ allowable values for reactor vessel water level, shroud water level and reaptor steam dome pressure instruments; 6.

Reactor steam dome pressure permissive setpoint for Core Spray and Low Pressure Coolant Injection System injection valves; and 7.

Nomenclature changes.

Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will I

have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the

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Act), and the Comission's regulations.

l By September 25, 1985 the licensees may file a reouest for a hearing with I

respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and

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who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file'a written i

petition for leave to intervene. Request for a hearing and petitions for

.l 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 1

l above date, the Comission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Ccmission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition and the l

Secretary or the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order, r

As required by 10 CFR s2.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding i

and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding. The-petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be I

permitted with particular reference to the following factors:

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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, financial, 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 aspect (s) of the subject matter of the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene.

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 i

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 shall file a supplement i

to the 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. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration. A i

petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to l

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, j

A request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene shall be filed with the Secretary of the Comission United States Nuclear Regulatory

. 7590-01 Ccamission, Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., 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 promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephore call to Western Union at (800) 325-6000 (in Missouri (800) 342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to John F. Stolz:

(petitioner's name and telephone number; date petition was mailed; plant name; and publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to G. F. Trowbridge, Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge, 1800 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, attorney for the licensees.

Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a determination by the Comission, the presiding officer

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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 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v)and2.714(d).

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated July 24, 1985, which is available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.,

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' 7590-01 and at the Appling County Public Library, 301 City Hall Drive Baxley, Georgia.

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. Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 20th day of August,19S5.

FOR THE NUCLEAR'P.EGULATORY COMPISSION I

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