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Commonwealth Edison Company ATDu Mr. Byron Lee, Jr.
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Assistant to the President P. O. Box 767
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,I This la in response to your October 12, 1971, request for authori-b sation to operate Unita 1 and 2 of the Quad-Cities Station at power levels of up to 50 percent of aggregate station power.
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,,p Your request is subject to the provisions of section L.3 of Appendix Y
u of 10 CFk Part 50 and our consideration of your request has been j'
in accordance 'rith that section.
Additional study of the environtaental effects of operation at the I
l 50 percent power level will be necessary before we can consider authorizing you to operate the station at that power level.
however, completed our review.
We have, in accordance with section D.3 of Appendix D, of operation of the station at 20 percent of full power i
and have determined t' tat operation of the stations at that power level I
could be authorized.
This determination, a conv of which is encioned.
t oas oewa mad.: on tue t I.
factors described in,' asis of our consideration and oalanctug of the I
araaraph.! of section D.3 of Appendix 9 nni upon tuaking the finding.i specified in 10 CR S 50.57(s).
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!i at,ove, we are prepared to issue licon w 'n ic could autnorize tne operation of units 1 and 2 et power levels ur to 9 ll percent of rated power for esca unft.
e.ever, as you know
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S. ;istrict court for the Jistrict of on e
wlumnla issued an order uninining toe s.ommt w f or. *ror
'I iv';fnr. any nartial operacian lice.oe frr te smetien. 3 of napencix mad-Jitle* Statin, aor mant to
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I w say not at tnis time tu ue r e licensen tutnorizina onrtial operation of tue Guad-Gitiv Station.
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v We are,'of course, continuing the preparation of ti.a NEPA environ-mental review of full power operation of the Station in accordance with Appendix D of 10 CFR Part 50. Appendir D also includes the requirainent for specific approval of the Commissioners prior to
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authorization of operation at any level above 20* prior to comple-tion of a full NEPA review.
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' Sincerely, l'.
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Peter A. Morris, Director,
Division of Reactor Licensing i
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l ca: John W. Rows:
l Isham, Lincoln & Beale Counsel for Commonwealth Edison Company
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Mr. Charles Whitmore, President Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Attachment:
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Staff Report on Environmental Impact (ecc. CM W7 i
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H. J. McAlduff, ORO AEC PDR H. Mueller, GMR/H i
Local PDR J. A. Harris, PI Docket File J. R.
Buchanan, ORNL DR R/F T. W. Laughlin, DTIE DRL R/F A. A. Wells, ASLB BWR-2 File S. Robinson, SECY E. G. Case, DRS J. Saltzman, SLR Attorney, OGC R. S. Boyd Compliance (2)
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