ML20207B928
| ML20207B928 | |
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| Site: | Rancho Seco |
| Issue date: | 12/11/1986 |
| From: | Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8612290161 | |
| Download: ML20207B928 (4) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT DOCKET NO. 50-312 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIOR HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-54, issued to Sacramento Funicipal Utility District (the licensee), for operation of the Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station located in Sacramento County, California.
The amendment would revise the provisions in the Technical Specifications (TSs) relatino to Main Steam Safety Valve operability requirements, in accordance with the licensee's application for amendment dated November 14, 1985.
Existing TS Section 3.4.2.1 allows critical operation of the reactor plant to continue as lona as " seventeen of the eighteen main steam system safety valves are operable". This proposed amendment would allow the reactor to remain in a critical condition with no more than six main steam safety valves inoperable.
Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.
By January 20, 1987, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amerement to the sub.iect facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceedino must file a written petition for leave to intervene.
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. 7590-01 shall be filed in accordance with the Consnission'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 apprcpriate 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 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 4
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 l
to which petitioner wishes to intervene. Any person who has filed a petition l
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 l
l the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended I
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 which are
t 7590-01 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.contenti.on will not be pemitted to 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.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Franch, 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 or representative for the petitioner promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone 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 FEDEPAL REGISTER notice. A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel-Pethesda, U.S. Nuclear Pegulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555, and to David S. Kaplan, Sacramento Funicipal Utility District, l
l 6201 S Street, P.O. Box 15830, Sacramento, California 95813, attorney for the
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o 1 7590-01 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 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) and 2.714(d).
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated November 14, 1985, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.,
and at the Sacramento City-County Library, 828 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland thislithday of Decenber,1986 FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
. Lil John F. Stolz, Dir tar P
Project Directorate #6 ivision of PWR Licensing-B
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