[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 5, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-16198]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-397]
Washington Public Power Supply System; Notice of Partial Denial
of Amendment to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has denied
a portion of a request by the Washington Public Power Supply System,
(the licensee) for an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-
21 issued to the licensee for operation of the Washington Nuclear
Project No. 2, located in Benton County, Washington. Notice of
Consideration of Issuance of this amendment was published in the
Federal Register on April 13, 1994 (59 FR 17609).
The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the
Technical Specifications (TS) to reflect management and organizational
changes at the Washington Public Power Supply System (the licensee) for
operation of the WNP-2 facility. The proposed changes would (1) modify
the reporting responsibility of the quality assurance organization from
the Managing Director to the Assistant Managing Director, Operations
(AMDO), and (2) modify the appointment authority for the Corporate
Nuclear Safety Review Board (CNSRB) from the Managing Director to the
AMDO. These changes are proposed to reflect the current designation of
the AMDO as the licensee's designated official with corporate
responsibility for overall plant nuclear safety, and as the direct
report for the CNSRB.
In addition, the proposed change would (1) delete the specific
requirement for health physics/chemistry program procedures, (2) modify
the titles of two positions on the Plant Operations Committee (POC) to
reflect revised organizational titles, (3) modify the CNSRB composition
requirements from nine personnel to a minimum of nine personnel, and
(4) delete the requirement that the CNSRB Executive Secretary be
designated from the CNSRB membership. The NRC staff has concluded that
part of the licensee's request cannot be granted. The staff denied the
proposed change to modify the CNSRB composition requirements from nine
personnel to a minimum of nine personnel, because the proposed change
does not specify a maximum number of CNSRB members and is inconsistent
with the existing TS provision that 5 persons shall constitute a quorum
of the CNSRB. The licensee was notified of the Commission's partial
denial of the proposed change by a letter dated June 28, 1994.
By August 4, 1994, 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: Docketing and Services
Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room,
the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555, 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.H. Philips, Jr., Esq., 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 February 17, 1994, and (2) the
Commission's letter to the licensee dated June 28, 1994.
These documents are available for public inspection at the
Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20555, and at the Richland Public Library, 955
Northgate Street, Richland, Washington 99352. A copy of item (2) may be
obtained upon request addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Document Control Desk.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of June 1994.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Theodore R. Quay,
Project Director, Project Directorate IV-2, Division of Reactor
Projects--III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-16198 Filed 7-1-94; 8:45 am]
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