ML20247A166

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amend to License DPR-61 & Opportunity for Hearing Re 881026 Application, Upgrading Current Custom Tech Spec Format to Westinghouse STS Format

ML20247A166
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Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	08/31/1989
From:	Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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7596-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l C_0NNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY i

DOCKET NO. S0-213 (

l NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO '

FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of a nendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-61 and issued to Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company (CYAPCO/ licensee) for operation of the Haddam Neck Plant located in Middlesex County, Connecticut.

The proposed amendment would upgrade the current custom Technical Specification (TS) format to the Westinghouse Standard-Format Technical Specifications (WSTS). The NRC staff and Connecticut Yankee Power Company (CYAPCO) agreed that the proposed amendment would represent an interim step before CYAPC0 addresses a f:all WSTS conversion. All sections of the current custom TS will be re-formatted and upgraded except for Sections 3.6, " Core i Cooling Systems," 3.7, " Minimum Water Volume and Boron Concentration in the Refueling Water Storage Tank," 3.12, " Station Service Power," 4.3, " Core  !

Cooling Systems-Periodic Testing" and 4.5, " Emergency Power System Periodic Testing." Sections 3.6, 3.7, 3.12, 4.3 and 4.5 will be re-formatted under separate amendment requests. CYAPC0 has stated that the current TS requirements will be maintained, that the proposed amendment will not change the facility as described in the Licensing Basis Documents and no changes will be made to % e Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR). Furthermore, CYAPC0 has stated that the proposed changes will result in additional limitations, restrictions or controls to conform to the WSTS.

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

By October 10, 1989 . 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 proceed-ing and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written request for hearing and a petition for leave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Comission'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, the Comission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Comission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Lfcensing 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 appropriate order.

As required by 10 CFR 2.714, 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 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 l

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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 i 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 pre-hearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.

Not later than fifteen (15) days prior tg 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 that are sought to be litigated in the matter, and the bases for each contention set forth with reason-able specificity. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scop of the amendnents under consideration. A petitioner who fails to file such a supple-ment 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 must be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L i Street, NW. Washington, DC, by the above date. Where petitions are filed l

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during the.last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to l

Western Union at 1-800-325-6000 (in Missouri 1-800-342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to John F. Stolz: petitioner's name and telephone number; date petition was mailed; plant name; and publication date and page number of this FEDERAL RECISTER notice. A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and to Gerald Garfield, Esquire, Day, Berry E' Howard, Counselers at Law, City Place, Hartford, Connecticut 06103-3499.

Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent e determination by the Commission, the presiding officer or the presiding Atomic -

Safety and Licensing Boe that the petition and/or request should be~ granted based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).

If a request for hearing is received, the Commission's staff may issue the amendnents after it completes its technical review and prior to the completion of any required hearing if it publishes a further notice' for public ccmnent of its proposed finding of no significant hazards consideration in accordance with 10 CFR 50.91 and 50.92.

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l For .further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated October 26, 1988, as supplemented March 6. June 2 and 23, l ~' July 28 and August 4,1989, which is available for public inspection at the

, Comission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW.,

Washington, D.C. 20555, and at the Russell Library,123 Broad Street.

Middletown, Connecticut 06457.

Cated at Rockville, M6ryland, this31st day of August, 1989.

FOR THE HUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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Jp n F. Stolz, Director Fr ect Directorate I-4' vision of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation