97-4854. Northeast Utilities; Notice of Document Availability and Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 9001]
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[FR Doc No: 97-4854]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Northeast Utilities; Notice of Document Availability and Public 
Meeting

    On January 31, 1997, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
received from Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (NNECO), the licensee 
for the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, its comprehensive plan for 
resolving employee safety concerns. The plan is in response to an NRC 
Order. On October 24, 1996, the Director of the Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation sent an Order to NNECO requiring: (1) A 
comprehensive plan for resolving the Millstone station employees' 
safety concerns; and (2) an independent third-party oversight of 
NNECO's implementation of this plan. Copies of NNECO's Comprehensive 
Plan pertaining to the employee safety concerns program are available 
at the Waterford Public Library, ATTN: Mr. Vincent Juliano, 49 Rope 
Ferry Road, Waterford, Connecticut, and the Learning Resources Center, 
Three Rivers Community-Technical College, 574 New London Turnpike, 
Norwich, Connecticut.
    The NRC will hold a public meeting regarding the comprehensive plan 
for resolving the Millstone station employees' safety concerns. The 
meeting will be held in the near future at the Waterford Town Hall in 
Waterford, Connecticut. The meeting will be open to public attendance 
and will be transcribed. The NRC has elected to hold such a public 
meeting because of the public's interest.
    The structure of the public meeting shall be as follows:

NRC opening remarks
Members of the public comments and questions
NRC closing remarks
Meeting concludes

    The purpose of this public meeting is to obtain comments from 
members of the public for NRC staff use in evaluating NNECO's 
comprehensive plan addressing employee safety concerns. The staff will 
not offer any preliminary views on its evaluation of the comprehensive 
plan. The public meeting will be chaired by a senior NRC official who 
will limit presentations to the above subject.
    A meeting notice will be issued stating the date and time of the 
meeting.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of February 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Helen N. Pastis,
Senior Project Manager, Special Projects Office--Licensing, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-4854 Filed 2-26-97; 8:45 am]
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