ML20235T503
| ML20235T503 | |
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| Site: | Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png |
| Issue date: | 02/22/1989 |
| From: | Knighton G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8903080319 | |
| Download: ML20235T503 (4) | |
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.7590 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-344-NOTICE'0F CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO-FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING-The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission-(the Comissi6n) is considering t
issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-1-issued to Portland General Electric Company (the licensee), for operation of the Trojan Nuclear Plant, located in Columbia County, Oregon. The request for amendment was_ submitted by letter dated September 9, 1988.
.The proposed sendment would revise the pressurizer low-pressure safety.
injection setpoint from' greater tnan or equal to 1765 psig to greater than or equal to 1807 'psig. The licensee states that this new setpoint is necessary to accomodate a change to a different transmitter design used to measure narrow-range pressurizer pressure. The related allowable value would be changed from 1755 psig to 1799 psig. The proposed changes would modify Table 3.3-4, Engineered Safety Features Actuation System Instrumentation Trip Setpoints,"
of.the-technical specifications for Trojan.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Comission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Comission's regulations.
By April 3,1989 , the licensee may file a request for a hearing with p respect to issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license, and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes 8903080319 890222 h PDR ADOCK 05000344 I? ,
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J to ' participate as a party in.the proceeding must file a written petition for leave to intervene. Request for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's " Rules and 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 Comission or an 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 must set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceedin5 The petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention-should be permitted with particular reference to the following factors: (1)thenature of the petitio'ner's right under the Act to be made a party to tne 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. A 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 L
prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
< 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 which are
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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 supplement 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 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 Comission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW.,
Washington, DC'20555 by the above date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the notice period, it is requested that the petitioner or representative for 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 George W. Knighton: petitioner's name and telephone nunber; date petition was mailed; plant name; and publication date and page nunber 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, DC 20555, and to Leonard A. Girard, Esq., Portland General Electric Company,121 S.W.
Salmon Street, Portland, Oregon 97204, attorney for the licensee.
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Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervenc, amended petitions, supplemental petitions ard/or requests for hearing will not be entertained absent a determir.ation 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 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 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 which is available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room,'2120 L Street !!W., Washington, DC 20555, and at the Portland State University Library, 731 S.W. Harrison Street, Portland, Oregon 97207.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of February , 1989.
FOR THE i:UCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION H
Georg . Knigh , Director Project Direct rate V Division of Reactor Projech - III, IV, Y and Special Proje t u Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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