[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 210 (Friday, October 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58431-58432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29104]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-277]
Peco Energy Company; Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Unit 2;
Notice of Partial Denial of Amendment to Facility Operating License and
Opportunity for Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has
partially denied a request by PECO Energy Company (the licensee), for
an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-44 issued to the
licensee for operation of the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit 2
, located in York County, Pennsylvania. Notice of Consideration of
Issuance of the amendment was published in the Federal Register on
September 9, 1998 (63 FR 48261).
The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the
Technical Specifications (TS) to add a footnote to TS Section
5.6.5.b.1.
The NRC staff has concluded that a part of the licensee's request
cannot be granted. The licensee was notified of the Commission's
partial denial of the proposed change by conference calls on
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September 2 and 9, 1998, and by letter dated October 26, 1998.
By November 30, 1998, the licensee may demand a hearing with
respect to the denial described above. Any person whose interest may be
affected by this proceeding may file a written petition for leave to
intervene.
A request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene must be
filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001 Attention: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public
Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC,
by the above date.
A copy of any petitions should also be sent to the Office of the
General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, and to J. W. Durham, Sr., Esquire, PECO Energy Company,
2301 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19101, attorney for the licensee.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the
application for amendment dated July 10, 1998, as supplemented by two
letters dated September 11, 1998, and (2) the Commission's letter to
the licensee dated October 26, 1998.
These documents are available for public inspection at the
Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,
NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at
the Government Publications Section, State Library of Pennsylvania,
(REGIONAL DEPOSITORY) Education Building, Walnut Street and
Commonwealth Avenue, Box 1601, Harrisburg, PA 17105.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of October 1998.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Robert A. Capra,
Project Director, Project Directorate I-2, Division of Reactor
Projects--l/ll, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-29104 Filed 10-29-98; 8:45 am]
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