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Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amend to License NPF-30 & Proposed NSHC Determination & Opportunity for Hearing.Amend Revises Tech Specs 3/4.1.3,moveable Control Assemblies & Associated Bases to Allow Continued Operation
ML20248C957
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Site: Callaway Ameren icon.png
Issue date: 09/11/1989
From: Hannon J
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 8910040079
Download: ML20248C957 (5)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0petISSION

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DOCKET NO. 50-483 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMEWNENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING l

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cosmiission (the Comunission) is considering ~

issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-30, issued to l

Union Electric Company (the licensee), for operation of the Callaway Plant located in Callaway County, Missouri.

The amendment would revise Technical Specification 3/4.1.3, Moveable Control P.r wblies,.and its associated Bases to allow continued operation l

for 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> for diagnosis and repair, with one or more control rod assemblies inoperable due to a rod control urgent failure alarm or other electrical problem in the rod control system provided all affected control rods remain l

trippable.

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

l By October 18, 1989

, the licensee may file a request for a hearing with resp 2ct 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 I

a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall ce filed in accordance 8910040079 890911 ADOCK0500g3 DR

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with the Commission's " Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.

If a request for a hearing or petition for letve to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safet;y and LOensing 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 ir.tervene shall set fcrth 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 c

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 lea've of the Board up to fifteen I

(15)dayspriortothefirstpre-hearingconferencescheduledinthe proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.

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i p 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 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 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 tte 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 Cosnission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

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Comnission, Washington, D.C.

20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission'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, itisrequestedthatthepetitione{prosptlysoinformtheCommission 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 l

', to John N. Hannon: petitioner's 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. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.

20555, and to Gerald Charnoff Esq., Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge, 2300 N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20037, 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 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 factorsspecifiedin10CFR2.714(a)(1)(1)-(v)and2.714(d).

If a request for hearing is received, the Comission'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 intent to make a no significant hazards consideration finding in accordance with 10 CFR 50.91 and 50.92.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated August 2,1989, which is t.vailable for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D. C.

20555, and at the local public document room, Callaway County

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-s-l Public Library, 710 Court Street, Fulton, Missouri 65251 and the John M. Olin Library, Washington University, Skinker and L1Mell Boulevards, 3

St. Louis,,Missaari 63130.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this lith de of September,1989.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0pMISSION y_ yy John N. Hannon, Director Project Directorate III-3 Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, Y and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation