ML20238C832
| ML20238C832 | |
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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 8712310258 | |
| Download: ML20238C832 (4) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l
ARKANSAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY 00CKET NO. 50-368 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIOR HEARING The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-6, I
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issued to Arkansas Power and Light Company (the licensee), for operation of the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 located in Russellville, Arkansas.
I The amendment would revise the provisions in the Technical Specifications relating to change out of the station batteries and changes in the battery.
tests, in accordance with the licensee's application for amendment dated September 17, 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 1
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 j
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petition for leave to intervene.
Request for a hearing and petitions for 1 eave l
to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's " Rules of
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.. 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 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 o'r the designated 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 intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest may be af fected 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.
The petition 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 proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
Not later than fif teen (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
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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 3
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, tubect to l
any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing, including the I
opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene shall be l
l filed with the Secretary of the Comission, United States Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D. C.
20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, l
N.W., Washington, D.C. by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the 4
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 telephore 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 I
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.
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Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C.
20555, and to Nicholas S.
Reynolds, Esq., Bishop, Liberrian, Cook, Purcell and Reynolds,1200 Seventeenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
20036, attorney for the licensee, l
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'L Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a detennination by the Commission, the presidino 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 detennination will be based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v) and 2.714(d).
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for arandment dated September 17, 1987, which is available for public inspection at the Comission'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 Geor Dick, Jr., Project Manager Project Directorate - IV Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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