ML20151X672
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| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 04/25/1988 |
| From: | Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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2 7590-01 UN11ED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION GPU NUCLEAR CORPORATION DOCKET NO. 50-219 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMEN 0 MENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Provisional Operating License No. DPR-16, issued to GPU Nuclear Corporation (GPUN, the licensee), for operation of the Oyster l
Creek Nuclear Generating Station, located in Ocean County, New Jersey The amendaent would change the Technical Specifications to delete Safety Limit 2.1.E which requires at least two recirculation loops to be fully open except when the reactor vessel head is off and vessel water level is above the main steam nozzle. This amendment will also incorporate this limitation in i
Technical Specification 3.3.F and that limitation be revised to require that at least one recirculation loop instead of two be fully open during applicable plant conditions.
Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Comission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Comission's regulations.
By June 2,1988
. the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceed-ing and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written request for hearing and a petition for leave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance h504o221 880425:
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- 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 Comission 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 2.714, 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, financial, or other interest in the i
proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may be entered in the proceeding on the petitiorer'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 b'een admitted as a party may amend the petition without requesting leave of the Board up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first pre-hearing conference schec'uled 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 to the petition to intervene, which must include a list of the contentions that are sought to be a
litigated in the matter, and the bases for each contention set forth with reason-able specificity. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration. A petitioner who fails to file such a supple-ment which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
These permitted to intervene becone 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 n.ust be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear P.egulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission'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 pron.ptly so inform the Commission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1-800-325-6000 (in Missouri 1-800-342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Catagram Identification Number 3737 and the following nessage addressed to John F. Stolz:
petitioner's nane and telephone number; date petition was nailed; plant nane; and publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice. A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, and to Mr. Ernest L. Blake, Jr., Esquire, Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge, 2000 N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037, attorney for the licensee.
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4 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 Commission, the presiding officer or the presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/or request should be granted based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and2.714(d).
If a request for hearing is received, the Commission's staff may issue the amendment after it completes its technical review and prior to the completion of any required hearing if it publishes a further notice for public comment of its proposed finding of no significant hazards consideration in accordance with 10 CFR 50.91 and 50.92.
For further details with respect to this action, see the cpplication for anendment dated March 31, 1988, which is available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20555, and at the Ocean County Library, Reference Department,101 Washington Street, Toms River, New Jersey 08753.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25 day of April 1988.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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Jp njf. Stolz, Director Rrofoct Directorate I-4 Division of Reactor Projects 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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