[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38128-38129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18666]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-354]
Public Service Electric & Gas Co.; Atlantic City Electric Co.;
Hope Creek Generating Station; Partial Denial of Amendment to Facility
Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has denied
part of a request by Public Service Electric & Gas Company, (licensee)
for an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-57 issued to the
licensee for operation of the Hope Creek Generating Station, located at
the licensee's site in Salem County, New Jersey. Notice of
Consideration of Issuance of this amendment was published in the
Federal Register on May, 1997 (62 FR 27798).
The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the
Technical Specifications (TS) to change TS 3.6.5.3.2, ``Filtration,
Recirculation and Ventilation System (FRVS),'' to provide an
appropriate Limiting Condition for Operation and ACTION Statement that
reflects the design basis for the FRVS. A second proposed change to TS
4.6.5.3.2b would permit the FRVS heaters to be OPERABLE rather than ON
during the 31-day test. The change to TS 3.6.5.3.2 was found to be
acceptable and issued as License Amendment No. 99 on July 9, 1997.
With regard to the proposed change to TS 4.6.5.3.2b, the NRC staff
has concluded that the licensee's request cannot be granted. The
licensee was notified of the Commission's denial of the proposed change
by a letter dated July 9, 1997.
By August 15, 1997, 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, 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, and to M. J. Wetterhahn, Esquire, Winston and Strawn, 1400 L
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005-3502, attorney for the licensee.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the
application for amendment dated March 31, 1997, and (2) the
Commission's letter to the licensee dated July 9, 1997.
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 Pennsville Public Library, 190 S. Broadway, Pennsville, New Jersey
08070.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of July 1997.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Chester Poslusny,
Acting Director, Project Directorate I-2, Division of Reactor Projects-
I/II, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-18666 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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