ML20153C680
| ML20153C680 | |
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| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 08/17/1988 |
| From: | Calvo J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8809010252 | |
| Download: ML20153C680 (4) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES HUCLEAR REGULATORY COMISSION GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-458 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The United States Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-47, issued to Gulf States Utilities Company (the licensee), for operation of the River Bend Station, Unit 1 located in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
The amendment would revise the Technical Specifications to reduce the minimum water coverage for irradiated fuel and control rods during their handling in accordance with the licensee's application for amendment dated August 12, 1988.
Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Comission will havemadefindingsrequiredbytheAtomicEnergyActof1954,asamended(the Act) and the Comission's regulations.
l By September 26, 1988
. the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating i
license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written request for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene. Requests for a 8809010252 880817 PDR ADOCK 05000458 P
2-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 Comission or an Atomic Saf6ty and Licensing Board, designated by the Connission 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 62.714, 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 pennitted with particular reference to the following factors:
(1)thenature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2)thenatureandextentofthepetitioner'sproperty, financial,orother 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 petitionwithoutrequestingleaveoftheBoarduptofifteen(15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceedings, but such an amended petition rust satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
' t 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 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 petitioner who fails to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be pemitted to participate as a party.
These pemitted 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 I
i opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed with the Secretary of the Comission, United States Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C.
20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, l.
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 thelastten(10)daysofthenoticeperiod,itisrequestedthatthepetitioner l
or representative for the petitioner promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1-800-325-6000(inMissouri1-800-342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram identification i
1 Number 3737 and the following message addressed to Jose A. Calvo: 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 Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory f
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Comission, Washington, D.C.
20555, and to Jay Silberg, Esq., Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge, 2300 N Street N.W., Washington, D.C.
20037, attorney for the licensee.
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 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)(1)-(v)and2.714(d).
If a request for hearing is received, the Commission's staff may issue the amendment after it corrpletes its technical review and prior to the completion of any required hearing if it publishes a further notice for public coment 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 application for amendment dated August 12, 1988, which is available for public inspection at the Comission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
and at the Local Public Document Room, Emporia State University William Allen White Library,1200 Comercial Street, Erporia, Kansas and the Washburn University School of Law Library. Topeka, Kansas.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COM(ISSION j d. bb j
i Jose A. Calvo, Director Project Directorate - IV l
Division of Reactor Projects - !!!,
!Y, V and Special Projects i
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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