ML20210J022
| ML20210J022 | |
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| Site: | Peach Bottom  |
| Issue date: | 07/30/1999 |
| From: | Buckley B NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| NUDOCS 9908040166 | |
| Download: ML20210J022 (4) | |
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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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PECO ENERGY COMPANY PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION. UNITS NOS. 2 AND 3 DOCKET NOS. 50-277 AND 50-278
, N_OTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF TRANSFER OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES AND ISSUANCE OF CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING )
i The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering the issuance of an order under 10 CFR 50.80 approving the transfer of Facility Operating Licenses Nos.
DPR-70 and DPR-75 for the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3, to the extent currently held by Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), as a non-operating co-owner of Peach Bottom Units 2 and 3. The transfer would be to PSEG Nuclear, LLC.
PSE&G cu rently owns 42.5 percent of each Peach Bottom unit. The proposed transfers do not involve any change with respect to the ownership interests held by PECO Energy Company, Delmarva Power and Light Company, and Atlantic City Electric Company. The Commission is l also considering amending the licenses to reflect the proposed transfer.
According to the application for approval, PSE&G's interest in both units of the facility would be transferred to PSEG Nuclear, LLC, following approval of the proposed transfer of the licenses. PSEG Nuclear, LLC, will be a wholly owned subsidiary of the current parent of PSE&G, Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated. The transfers of the licenses will not affect PECO Energy Company's current responsibility and authority to operate the units. No 9908040166 990730 PDR ADOCK 05000277 P pm
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I f physical changes to the Peach Bottom facility or operational changes are being propsed in the i
application.
l The proposed amendments would replace references to PSE&G in the licenses with l l references to PSEG Nuclear, LLC, to reflect the proposed transfer.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any right thereunder, shall be transferred, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of the license, unless the Commission shall give i
its consent in writing. The Commission will approve an application for the transfer of a license if the Commission determines that the proposed transferee is qualified to hold the license, and that the transfer is otherwise consistent with applicable provisions of law, regulations, and orders issued by the Commission pursuant thereto.
Before issuance of the proposed conforming license amendments, the Commission will l have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the l
l Commission's regulations.
As provided in 10 CFR 2.1315, unless otherwise determined by the Commission with l regard to a specific application, the Commission has determined that any amendment to the l license of a utilization facility which does no more than conform the license to reflect the transfer action involves no significant hazards consideration. No contrary determination has l
been made with respect to this specific license ai.1endment application. In light of the generic determination reflected in 10 CFR 2.1315, no public comments with respect to significant l hazards considerations are being solicited, notwithstanding tha general comment procedures contained in 10 CFR 50.91.
The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene, and written comments with regard to the license transfer application, are discussed below.
,',. '. l 3-By August 25, 1999 , any person whose interest may be affected by the Commission's action on the application may request a hearing, and, if not the applicants, 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 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 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 request or petition should address the' factors that the Commission will also consider, in 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 Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Nuclear Business Unit - N21, 1 P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 (tel: 609-339-5429, fax: 609-339-1234, and e-mail:
1 JKeenan @ PSEG.com); the Genera! Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555 (e-mail address for filings regarding license transfer cases only:
l OGCLT@NRC. gov); and the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory l Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, in l accordance with 10 CFR 2.1313.
The Commission will issue a notice or order granting or denying a hearing request or l
intervention petition, designating the issues for any hearing that will be held, and designating the Presiding Officer. A notice granting a hearing will be published in the FEDERAL l i
REGISTER and served on the partie.s to the hearing. l l
j As an alternative to requests for hearing and petitions to intervene, byS eptember 7, 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 Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, and should cite the publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice.
For further details with respect to this action, see the applications dated July 1 and 23, 1999, and a related application dated June 4,1999, pertaining to the Hope Creek and Salem facilities, incorporated by reference in the July 23,1999, submittal, which are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building,2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at Government 4 Publications Section, State Library of Pennsylvania, (REGIONAL DEPOSITORY) Education Building, Walnut Street and Commonwealth Avenue, Box 1601, Harrisburg, PA 17105.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 30th day of July 1999.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION em p' DH LjUMi@d 'M l Bartholomew C. Buckley, Sr. Project Ma ager, Section 2 Project Directorate I i Division of Licensing Project Management i
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation !
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