ML20247B817
| ML20247B817 | |
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| Site: | Dresden, Quad Cities, 05000000 |
| Issue date: | 03/09/1989 |
| From: | Ross T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| GL-88-06, GL-88-6, NUDOCS 8903300054 | |
| Download: ML20247B817 (8) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY DOCKET N05. 50-254, 50-265, 50-237 AND 50-249 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND PROPOSED NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION DETERMINATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Operating License Nos. DPR-29 and DRP-30, issued to l
Comenwealth Edison Company, for operation of Quad Cities Station, Units 1 and 2 located in Rock Island County, Illinois and Provisional Operating License No. DRP-19 and Operating License No. DPR-25, issued to Commonwealth Edison Company, for operation of Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 located.
in Grundy County, Illinois.
These amendment reouests dated February 17 and 21, 1989 for Dresden and Quad Cities (respectively), revise the " Administrative Controls" Section (Section 6.0) of Technical Specifications (TS) to include:
(1)Removalof stationandcorporateorganizationcharts,(2)Positiontitlechangesfor Radiation Protection and Chemistry Technicians and Supervisors to reflect a recentdivisionoftheRad/Chemorganizationintotwoseparatedepartments,(3) j l
Changes to most of the station and corporate position descriptions, titles, I
lines of authority, and responsibilities, and (4) Miscellaneous typographical and editorial changes. Cocoonwealth Edison Company's proposed revision of Section 6 is intended to conform TS with the guidelines of Generic Letter 88-06 and to reflect the changes associated with a major company reorganization.
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1 Before issuance of these proposed ifcense amendments, the Comission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Comission's regulations. The Comission has made a proposed detenninetion that these amendment requests involve no significant hazartis consideration. Under the Comission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facilities in accordance with the proposed amendments would not: (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously eva'luated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.
I In accordance with Generic Letter 88-06, these amendments replace organizational Figures 6.1-1 and 6.1-2 in Technical Specifications with more general organizational requirements. These general requirements capture the essence of there organizational features depicted on the figures that are necessary for ensuring safe operation.
The proposed revisions to the Technical Specifications will require organizational charts to be maintained in the Quality Assurance Manual. In addition, the important organizational features depicted on the organizational figures are also contained in other regulatory controlled documents. The Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) contains details of the organizational structure and description of the Conduct of Operations. This information is required, by 10 CFR 50.71, to be maintained ano updated annually.
In addition to organization charts, the Quality Assurance Manual contains descriptions of functional responsibilities and reporting requirements.
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None of the proposed changes are initiating events for an accident, therefore, the probability of an occurrence of an accident is not affected.
All important organizational features will still be maintained in regulatory documents. Station and Corporate positions are being reorganized to enhance safe plant operation by improving channels of communication and authority.
Therefore, the consequences of any accident presented in the UFSAR are not impacted by these changes to Section 6 of the TS.
The proposed changes do not revise any functional or design parameters i
useo at the station. These changes do not modify any equipment or systems, or cause the unit to be operated in a different manner. Therefore, the possibility of a new or different kind of accident is not created.
All the proposed changes are administrative, editorial, or typographical in nature and, as such, do not affect any margins of safety. The proposed organization changes do not adversely affect safe operation of the plant.
1 Updating position descriptions, titles, lines of authority and responsibilities will facilitate plant operations without affecting safety margins.
For the reasons stated above, the Commission proposes a determination that the requested amendments do not involve significant hazards consideration.
The Commission is seeking public canments on this proposed determination.
Any comments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination. The Commission will not normally make a final determinat' ion unless it receives a request for a hearing.
' l Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Rules and Procedures Branch, Division of Rules and Records, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear 1
Regulatory Corraission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and should cite the publication date and page number of the FEDERAL REGISTER notice. Written cossents may also be delivered to P-216, Phillips Building, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland from B:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Copies of written comments received may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.T. The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to intervene is discussed below.
By April 14, 1989, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with
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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 j
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 hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by l
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 of the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
. As required by 10 CFR 62.714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and..
i how that interest may be affected by the results to the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following factors: -(1)thenature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; 1
(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 4
should also identify the specific aspect (s) of the subject matter of the proceedings 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) deys prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity
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requirements described above.
Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceMing, 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.
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' 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.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination l
on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held.
If the final determination is that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration, the Comission may issue the amendment and make it effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place af ter issuance of the amendment.
If the final determination is that the amendment involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance l
of any amendment.
l Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the expiration of the 30-day notice period. However, should circumstances change j
1 during the notice period such that failure to act in a timely way would I
result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility, the Comission may issue the license amendment before the expiration of the 30-day notice 1
l period, provided that its final determination is that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will consider all public and State conraents received. Should the Commission take this action, it will publish a notice of issuance and provide for opportunity for a hearing after issuance. The Corsnission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.
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. A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Comission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room, 2120 L 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 promptly so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1-800-325-6000(inMissouri 1-800-342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to Daniel R. Muller:
petitioner's name and telephone number; date petition was mailed; plant number; 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 - Rockville, U.S.
P Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Michael Miller, Esquire; Sidley and Austin, One First National Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60603, 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 absent a determination by the Comission, the presiding officer or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/or request should be granted baseduponabalancingofthefactorsspecifiedin10CFR2.174(a)(1)(i)-(v) and2.714(d).
For further details with respect to this actior,, see the application for amendment which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street N.W., Washington, D.C., and for Quad Cities Station, the Dixon Public Library, 221 Hennepin Avenue, Dixon, Illinois 61021; for Dresden Station, the Morris Public Library, 604 Liberty Street, Morris, Illinois 60450.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of March 1989.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION w
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