ML20196K306
| ML20196K306 | |
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| Site: | Calvert Cliffs  |
| Issue date: | 01/04/1999 |
| From: | Bajwa S NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| NUDOCS 9901110315 | |
| Download: ML20196K306 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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DOCKET NOS. 50 317. 50-318 AND 72-18 h
NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF TRANSFER lh OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES AND MATERIALS LICENSE i
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.The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission)is considering the issuance of an order under 10 CFR 50.80 and 10 CFR 72.50 approving the indirect transfer of Operating License Nos. DPR-53 and DPR-69 for Calvert Cliffs Unit Nos.1 and 2 and Materials License No. SMN-2505 for the Calvert Cliffs Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), held by Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE). The indirect transfer would be to
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_.$_E *ENNC'_UO"_clated November 20,1998, BGE informed the Comrnission of a _
proposed corporate restructuring of BGE under which a new holding company would be formed and BGE would become a wholly owned subsidiary of the new holding company. The application requested consent to the extent the proposed restructuring would effect a transfer of control of the license. Under the proposed restructuring, BGE would continue to hold the license and there would be no direct transfer of the licenses. According to the application,
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The proposed restructuring does not involve any change in the design or operation of either the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant or the Calvert Cliffs ISFSI, or any change in the terms and conditions of the existing licenses or Technical Specifications.
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4 Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80 and 10 CFR 72.50, no license, or any right thereunder, shall be transferred, direcdy or indirectly, through transfer of control of the license, unless the t
Commission shall give its consent in writirg. The Commission will approve an application for the transfer of a license, if the Commission determines that the proposed transfer of control will not affect the qualifications of the holder of the license, and that the transfer is otherwise consistent with applicable provisions of law, regulations, and orders issued by the Commission pursuant thereto.
The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene, and written comments regarding license transfei applications, are discussed below.
By January 28, 1999
, any person whose interest may be affected by the Commission's action on the application may request a hearing, and, if not the applicant, may petition for leave to intervene in a hearing proceeding on the Commission's action.
Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene should be filed in accordance with the Commission's rules of practice set forth in Subpart M, "Public Notification, Availability of
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Documents and Records, Hearing Requests and Procedures for Hearings on License Transfer Applications," of 10 CFR Part 2. In particular, such requests and petitions must comply with the requirements set forth in 10 CFR 2.1306, and should address the considerations contained
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in 10 CFR 2.1308(a). Untimely requests and petitions may be denied, as provided in 10 CFR ~
2.1308(b), unless good cause for failure to file on time is established. In addition, an untimely
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reviewing untimely requests or petitions, set forth in 10 CFR 2.1308(b)(1)-(2).
Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene should be served upon Mr.
Charles H. Cruse, Vice President - Nuclear Energy, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company,
. Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant,1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway, Lusby, MD 20657-4072; the attomey for the licensee, Mr. Jay E. Silberg, Esquire, Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge, 2300 N Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037; the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulat Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555; and the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washing, D.C. 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.1313.
H The Commission will issue a notice or order granting or denying a hearing request or intervention petition, designating the issues for any hearing that will be held and designati the Presiding Officer. A notice granting a hearing will be published in the Federal Reaister and served on the parties to the hearing.
As an attemative to requests for hearing and petitions to intervene, by February 8,
- 1999, persons may submit written comments regarding the license transfer application, as provided for in 10 CFR 2.1305. The Commission will consider and, if appropriate, respond to these comments, but such comments will not otherwise constitute part of the decisional record. Comments should be submitted to the ~ ~
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Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comtr,.'ssion, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, Attention:
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, and should cite the publication date and page number of this Federal Reoister notice.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application dated November 20, 1998, which is available for public inspection at the Cort, mission's Public Document Room, the 9--
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Gelrnan Building,2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at the Calvert County Library, Prince Frederick, Maryland 20678.
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.ll Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4 t h day of 3aauary 1999.
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FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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