ML20246P554

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amend to License DPR-61 & Opportunity for Hearing.Amend Will Change Tech Specs to Reflect Changes Associated W/Plant Fire Detection/ Suppression Sys Upgrades in Support of New Switchgear Bldg

ML20246P554
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Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	08/31/1989
From:	Stolz J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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l ': , 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCtEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-213 NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-61 and issued to Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company (CYAPC0/ licensee) for operation of the Haddam Neck Plant located in Middlesex County, Connecticut.

The proposed amendnient would provide revised Technical Specifications to reflect changes associated with the Haddam Neck Plant fire detection / suppression system upgrades in support of the new switchgear building. These changes consist of the installation of edditional fire detectors, an increase in the minimum number of these detectors required to be operable, relocation of hose stations, and the addition of the new fire detection and suppression systems associated with the new switchgear building.

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 Commission's regulations.

By October 10, 1989 , the licensee 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 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 l

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(y a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in.accordance with the Comission's." Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CTR Part 2. If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene

,_ is filed by the above date, the Comission or an Atomic Saf ety and Licensing Board, designated by the Comission 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 proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be pemitted 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 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.

. . s Not later than fifteer. (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 reason-able specificity. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the amendments under consideration. A petitioner who fails to file such a supple-ment which s:tisfics thest requirements with respe:t to at least one contention willnitbepermittedte 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 request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission'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 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 should be given Datagram Identification Number 3737 and the

'following message addressed to John F. Stolz: petitioner's name and I telephone number; date petition was mailed; plant nare; and publication date

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4 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).

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 Comission, 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) and 2.714(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 amendment dated July 31, 1989, which is available for public inspection at the Comission's- Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW , Washington, D.C. 20555, and at the Russell Library, 123 Broad Street, Middletown, Connecticut 06457.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this31st day of August, 1989.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULAT RY COMMISSION L v Jo F. Stolz, Director Pro ect Directorate I-4 IT1 vision of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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