ML20199F433

Notice of Informal 10CFR2.206 Public Hearing,Scheduled for 990222.Purpose of Hearing to Obtain Addl Info from Petitioner,Licensees & Public for NRC Staff Use in Evaluating Petitions

ML20199F433
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Site:	Perry
Issue date:	01/14/1999
From:	Adensam E NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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2.206, NUDOCS 9901210316
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O 7590-01-P U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-458 LICENSE NO. NPF-47 ENTERGY OPERATIONS. INC.

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FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY NOTICE OF INFORMAL 10 CFR 2.206 PUBLIC HEARING The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold an informal public hearing regarding two petitions submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 invoMng the River Bend Station (RBS), operated by Entergy Operations, incorporated, (the RBS licensee), and Perry Nuclear 1

Power Plant (PNPP), Unit 1, operated by FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (the PNPP  !

licensee). The hearing will be held on February 22,1999. The location for the hearing willbe at the NRC, room T 2B3. The NRC is located at 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. l The hearing will be open to public attendance and will be transcribed.

The structure of the hearing shall be as follows:

Monday, February 22,1999:

1:00 p.m. - NRC opening remarks 1:15 p.m. - Petitioners presentation 4 2:00 p.m. - NRC questions 2:15 p.m. - RBS licensee's presentation 2:45 p.m. - NRC questions 3:00 p.m. - PNPP licensee's presentation 3:30 p.m. - NRC questions 3:45 p.m. - Public comments 4:30 p.m. - Licensees / Petitioners final statements 4:45 p.m. - Meeting concludes Note: All times are Eastem Standard Time (EST) 1 9901210316 990114 PDR ADOCK 03000440 C ppg J

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By letter dated September 25,1998, the Union of Concemed Scientists (UCS or Petitioner) submitted a Petition pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 requesting that the River Bond Station be immediately shut down and its operating license suspended or modified until the facility's design and licensing basis were updated to permit operation with failed fuel assemblies, or until all failed fuel assemblies were removed from the reactor core. The Petitioner also requested that a public hearing be held to discuss this matter in the Washington, D.C. area.

By letter dated November 9,1998, the UCS also submitted a Petition pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 requesting that the Perry Nuclear Power Plant be immediately shut down and its operating license suspended or modified until the facility's design and licensing basis were updated to permit operation with failed fuel assemblies, or until all failed fuel assemblies were removed from the reactor core. The Petitioner also requested a public hearing in the Washington, D.C. area.  !

' The purpose of this informal public hearing is to obtain additional information from the l Petitioner, the licensees, and the public for NRC staff use in evaluating the Petitions.

Therefore, this informal public hearing will be limited to information relevant to issues ritised in the two Petitions. The staff will not offer any preliminary views on its evaluation of the Petitions.

The informal public hearing will be chaired by a senior NRC official who will limit presentations to the above subject.

The format of the informal public hearing will be as follows: opening remarks by the NRC regarding the general 10 CFR 2.206 process, the purpose of informal public hearing, and a brief summary of the Petitions (15 minutes); time for the Petitioner to explain the basis of the Petitions (45 minutes); time for the NRC to ask the Petitioner questions for the purposes of clarification (15 minutes); time for the licensees to address the issues raised in the petition (30 minutes for each licensee); time for the NRC to ask the licensees questions for the purposes of

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clattfication (15 minutes each, following licensees' presentations); time for public comments relative to the Petition (45 minutes); and time for the licensees' and Petitioner's final statements (15 minutes).

l Members of the public who are interested in presenting information relative to the I i Petitions should notify the NRC official named below,5 working days prior to the hearing. A l j brief summary of 'the information to be presented and the time requested should be provided in

] order to make appropriate arrangements. Time allotted for presentations by members of the 1

l public will be determined based upon the nember of requests received and will be anr.ounced at 1

! the beginning of the hearing. The order for public presentations will be determined on a first j j received - first to speak basis. Written stetements should be malied to the U.S. Nuclear l l Regulatory Commission, Mallstop O-13H03, Attention: Robert Fretz, Washington, D. C. 20555. l 4

i Requests for the opportunity to present information can be made by contacting l Robert Fretz, Project Manager, Divisien of Reactor Projects -lil/IV (telephone 301-415-1324) i

between 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST), Monday - Friday. Persons planning to attend this i

informal public hearing are urged to contact the above NRC representative 1 or 2 working days j prior to the informal public hearing to be advised of any changes that may have occurred.

In order to assist participation in the informal hearing by interested members of the j public, the NRC may also provide video teleconferencing services et a public location in the i

vicinity of the River Bond and Perry facilities. A subsequent notice in the Federa/ Registerwill be published at least 10 days prior-to the date of the informal public hearing to announce the location of the video conferencing site,if made available.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of January 1999.

! FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l Elinor G. Adensam, Acting Director

Division of Reactor Projects-lil/IV 4

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i

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