ML20141C537

Advises That Info Submitted 970331 Re HCGS SLMCPR TS Will Be Withheld from Public Disclosure Ref 10CFR2.790

ML20141C537
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	06/23/1997
From:	Jaffe D NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Eliason L Public Service Enterprise Group
References
TAC-M98309, NUDOCS 9706250281
Download: ML20141C537 (4)

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If UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Jj l

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\ ..... p June 23, 1997 I Mr. Leon R. Eliason Chief Nuclear Officer & President-Nuclear Business Unit Public Service Electric & Gas l Company Post Office Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 l

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, HOPE i

CREEK GENERATING STATION (HCGS) - SAFETY LIMIT MINIMUM CRITICAL POWER RATIO (SLHCPR) TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (TAC NO. M98309)

Dear Mr. Eliason:

1 By your application dated March 31,1997 (LR-N97187), and General Electric's (GE) affidavit dated March 12, 1997, executed by Ralph J. Reda, submitted an application for license amendment concerning the HCGS SLMCPR Technical Specifications. The application identifies that Attachment 4 to the l application contains information of a proprietary nature to GE and requests  !

that it be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.

GE stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure per 10 CFR Part 2, Section 2.790(a)(4) in that the information involves trades secrets and commercial or financial information as follows:

l (a) Information that discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention of its use by General d

Electric's competitors without license from General Electric constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies.

(b) Information which, if used by a competitor, would reduce the expenditure of resources or improve his competitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing of a similar product.

4 (c) The information identified in Attachment 4 tc, the March 31, 1997, application is classified as proprietary because it would provide other parties, including competitors, with information related to detailed fd I

results of analytical models, methods and processes, including computer codes, which GE has developed, requested NRC approval of, and applied to i perform evaluations of the BWR. The development of the evaluation i process along with the interpretation and application of the analytical 3 results is derived from the extensive experience database and constitutes Ii a major GE asset.

We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of your statements and GE's affidavit,,have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information.

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3 Therefore, Attachment 4 to the March 31, 1997 application, marked as proprietary, will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR

2.790(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly concerned to inspect the documents. If the need l

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arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the i appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information. l l

l If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should i change in the future such that the information could then be made available '

,2 for public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should j

understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the l 2

future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request  !

includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a '

determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.

1 Sincerely, I i /S/

, David H. Jaffe, Senior Project Manager

Project Directorate I-2

Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 J

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! Therefore, Attachment 4 to the March 31, 1997 application, marked as l proprietary, will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR

2.790(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of 1

persons properly and directly concerned to inspect the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of'this information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.

If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future such that the information could then be made available l for public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should i understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the i future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request 4

includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a j determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any I

public disclosure. l Sin ere ,

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David .MafehSeniorProjectManager Project Directorate I-2 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II

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2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Hope Creek Resi_ dent Inspector Newark, NJ 07102 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Drawer 0509 Lower Alloways Creek Township Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 c/o Mary 0. Henderson, Clerk Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Mr. L. F. Storz Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Sr. V.P. - Nuclear Operations Nuclear Department Mr. E. C. Simpson P.O. Box 236 Sr. V.P. - Nuclear Engineering Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Nuclear Department P.O. Box 236 General Manager - Hope Creek Operations Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Hope Creek Generating Station ,

P.O. Box 236 Ralph J. Reda Hancocks Bridge, New. Jersey 08038 General Electric Company P. O. Box 780 Manager - Licensing and Regulation Wilmington, NC 28402 Nuclear Business Unit P.O. Box 236 8 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Dr. Jill Lipoti, Asst. Director Radiation Protection Programs NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy CN 415 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0415

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