ML20247Q035
| ML20247Q035 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 09/15/1989 |
| From: | Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8909280070 | |
| Download: ML20247Q035 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY CO,MMISSION NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY DOCKET.NO.50-423 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Commission) is considering issuance of amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-49 and' issued to Northeast Nuclear Energy Company, et al (the licensee), for the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit 3, located at the licensee's site in New London County, Connecticut.
The proposed amendment would provide revised Technical Specifications-to decrease the reactor trip set point and allowable value for the reactor coolant i
pump (RCP) low shaft speed (underspeed trip set point) from 97.8 to 95.8 percent of rated speed and from 94.6 to 92.5 percent rated speed, respectively.
Prior to issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Comission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 3s amended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.
By October 23, 1989
, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility oprating 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 fntervene. Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accorusnce
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with the Connission'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 Comisder or an Atomic safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Comission or by th? Chainnan 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, T 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)thenatureofthepetitioner'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 len e of the Coard 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 describcd above.
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- 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 that are sought to be iitigated in the matter, and the bases for each contention set forth with reason-able specificity. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of l
.the amendments 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 prcceeding, 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 Comission, Vashington, D.C.
20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Comission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 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 so inform the Comission by a toll-free telephone call to 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 publii.ation 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 Comission, Washington, DC 20555, and to Gerald Garfield, Esquire, Day, Berry
& Howard, Counselors at Law, City Place, Hartford, Connecticut 06103-3499 (attorney for the licensee).
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4 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 Commission, the presiding officer or the 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)(1)-(v) and2.714(d).
If a request for hearing is received, the Commission's staff may issue the amendments after it completes its technical review and prior to the completion of any required hearing if it publishes a further notice for public coment 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 amerdnent dated August 1, 1989, which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20555, and at the Waterford Public Library, 49 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford, Connecticut, 06385.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of September, 1989.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION h.Stolz, Director J
P ect Directorate I-4 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i