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Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amend to License DPR-34 & Opportunity for Prior Hearing on 871001 Request Re Design of Effluent Monitor & Switches & Time Allowed to Rept Inoperable Noble Gas Monitor
ML20237A957
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Site: Fort Saint Vrain Xcel Energy icon.png
Issue date: 12/08/1987
From: Heitner K
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 8712150366
Download: ML20237A957 (4)


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1 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION )

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO DOCKET NO. 50-267 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT l TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIOR HEARING l

The United States Nucleat Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is

onsidering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-34,

'ssued to Public Service Company of Colorado (the licensee), for operation of I

,e Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Generating Station located ir Weld County, Colorado.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.90, the licensee has proposec an amendment that would revise the pro <isions in the Tecnnical Specifications t e ating to radiological

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effluents. In particular, this proposed amendment changes ELC0 8.1.1, ESR 8.1.1 E-d ESR 8.1.2. Trese clianges are related to the design :f the effluent monitor and switches and the time allowed to report an inoperatie noble gas monitor.

Other changes are being made for clarification in accordance with the licensee's application for amendment dated October 1, 1987 (P-87348).

Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will nave made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.

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By , the licensee may file a request for a hearing

.ith respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and

-o wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written petition for leave to intervene. Request for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission'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, tne 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 atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appro-

-iate order.

As required by 10 CFR S2.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set f orth with particularity tne interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and l l

c.;. that interest ma, be af fected c, the re5ults of the proceeding. The cetition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be

ermitted with particular reference to the following factors: (1) the nature  ;

cf the petitioner's right under tne 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. The petition l 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, but such an amended 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 i sought to be litigated in the matter, and the bases for each contention set l forth with reasonable specificity. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment under consideration. A petitioner who fails

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to file such a supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to j 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 opportunit.y to present evidence and cross examine witnesses.  ;

A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed with the Sc:retary of the Commission, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washir,gton, D.C. 20555 Attention: Docketir.g 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; date petition was mailed; plant name; and publication date and page number of this FEDERAL REGISTER notice.

A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Kelly, Stansfield and O'Donnell, Room 900, 550 15th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202, l

attorney for the licensee.

Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained I

absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding officer or the Atomic

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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 I upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).

l For furtr,er details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated October 1, 1987, which is available for public inspection at the Com? ssion's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.

and at the Greely Public Library, City Complex, Greely Colorado.

Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

%% [_ . Am Kenneth L. Heitner, Project Manager Project Directorate - IV Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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