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Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amend to License NPF-6 & Proposed Opportunity for Prior Hearing on 871029 Request to Increase Refueling Water Tank & Safety Injection Tank Boron Concentration
ML20234E517
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Site: Arkansas Nuclear 
Issue date: 12/15/1987
From: Dick G
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 8801110038
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.i 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMISSION ARKANSAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY l

DOCKET NO. 50-366 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATI!4G LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIOR HEARING 1

1 The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is.

considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-6, issued to Arkansas Power and Light Company (the licensee), for operation of the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 located in Russellville, Arkansas.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.90, the licensee has proposed an amendment that would-revise the provisions in the Technical Specifications relating to boric acid makeup tank boron concentration reduction, in accordance with the licensee's 1

application for amendment dated October 28, 1987.

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, 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 proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written l

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Request for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's " Rules of l

Practice fer 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 Commission 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 i

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appro-priate order.

As required by 10 CFR S2.714, a petition for leave to intervent shall~ set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest riay 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 proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest.

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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 petition'without requesting leave of the Board up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceedings, cut such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity I

requirements descrioed above.

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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 permitted 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, United States Nuclear Regulatory l

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 or representative for the petitioner promptly so inform the Commission 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 Jose A. Calvo; petitioner's name and telephone number; petition was mailed October 28, 1987; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 and publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice.

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sen't to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.

20555, and to Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esq., Bishop, lieberman, Cook, Purcell and Reynolds, 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20036, attorney for the licensee, t

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 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board designated to rule on the petition and/or request, that the petitioner has made a substantial showing of good cause for the granting of a late petition and/or request.

That determination will be 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 October 28, 1987, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.

and at the Tomlinson Library, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Arkansas 72801.

Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 15th day of December,1987.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION J.y Georg Dick, Jr., Project Manager Project Directorate - IV Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects Office'of Nuclear Reactor Regular. ion

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