ML20247N921
| ML20247N921 | |
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| Site: | Fermi  |
| Issue date: | 07/27/1989 |
| From: | Long W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8908030231 | |
| Download: ML20247N921 (4) | |
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7590-01 j UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY _C0ffilSSION
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' DOCKET NO. 50-341 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The United States Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-43, issued to the Detroit Edison Company and Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative, Inc. (the licensees), for operation of Ferm14 located in Monroe Coanty, Michigan.
In accordance with the licensees' application for amendment dated May 10, 1989 the amendment would revise the Technical Specifications (TS) to reflect -
design changes for the Reactor Protection System (RPS) which will eliminate the backup manual scram function and add further redundancy to the RPS capability to manually initiate a scram.
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 Comission's regulations.
By August 31,198? the licensees 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 proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written request for 1-
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<c petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Consission'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 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 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 proceedig. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference t# 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 petitics 'or leave to intervene or who has been admitted as a party may amend the petition without requee; lng 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.
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- 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. *nd the bases for each contention set forth with reason-able specificity. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendment 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 remitted 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 ret,uest for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Cow.istion, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555 Attention. Docketing and Service Branch, or uy be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room 2120 L Street, NW.,
Washington, DC, 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 sc inform the Commission by a toll-free telephone call to Western Union at 1-800-325-6000 (in Missouri 1-800-342-6700). The Western Union operator shculd be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to Lawrence A. Yandell:
(petitioner's name and telephone number);
(date petition was mailed); (plant name); and (publication date and page number
-4 of this TEDERAL REGISTER notice). A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Washington, DC 20555, and to John Flynn, Esq., Detroit Edison Company, 2000 Second Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226. attorney for Detroit Edison Ccmpany.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to ' intervene, amanded petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing wO1 not be entertained absent a determination by the Comission, the presiding officer or tt el presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 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)and2.714(d).
If a request for hearing is received, the Commission's staff may issue the amendment after it completes its technical review and prior to the completion of any required hearing if it publishes a further notice for public comment of its proposed finding of no significant hazards consideration in accordance with 10 CFR 50.91 and 50.92.
For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated May 10, 1989, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555, and at the Monroe County Library System, 3700 South Custer Road, Monroe, Michigan 48161.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of July 1989.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION hw William O. Long, Acting rector Project Directorate 111-1 Division of Reactor Projects - III, Ofbceohk!N!r ah!oNRegulation
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