[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 182 (Friday, September 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24917]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-282 and 50-306]
Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2,
Notice of Partial Denial of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses
and Opportunity for Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has denied
a portion of a request by Northern States Power Company (the licensee)
for amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-42 and DPR-60
issued to the licensee for operation of the Prairie Island Nuclear
Generating Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, located in Goodhue County,
Minnesota. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of these amendments was
published in the Federal Register on July 2, 1997 (62 FR 35850).
The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the
Technical Specifications to delete limitations on crane operations in
the spent fuel pool enclosure relating to spent fuel pool special
ventilation system operability and conform the Technical Specifications
to the guidance of NUREG-1431, ``Standard Technical Specifications,
Westinghouse Plants.''
The NRC staff has concluded that a portion of the licensee's
request cannot be granted. The licensee was notified of the
Commission's denial of the proposed change by a letter dated September
15, 1997.
By October 20, 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 Jay Silberg, Esq., Shaw, Pittman, Potts, and Trowbridge,
2300 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037, attorney for the licensee.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the
application for amendments dated May 7, 1997, as supplemented May 30,
July 29, and September 12, 1997, and (2) the Commission's letter to the
licensee dated September 15, 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 Minneapolis Public Library, Technology and Science Department, 300
Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of September 1997.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Beth A. Wetzel,
Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate III-1, Division of Reactor
Projects--III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-24917 Filed 9-18-97; 8:45 am]
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