E8-20488. FPL Energy, Point Beach, LLC; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972, published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 28,710 (1972), and the Commission's regulations, see 10 CFR 2.104, 2.300, 2.303, 2.309, 2.311, 2.318, and 2.321, notice is hereby given that an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to preside over the following proceeding:

FPL Energy, Point Beach, LLC (Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit 1)

This proceeding involves a license amendment request from FPL Energy, Point Beach, LLC proposing an interim revision to the technical specifications for the Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. In response to an August 5, 2008, Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing (73 FR 45,479, 45,481), a request for hearing has been submitted by Thomas Saporito on behalf of himself and Saporito Energy Consultants.

The Board is comprised of the following administrative judges:

William J. Froehlich, Chairman, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001

Thomas S. Moore, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001

Mark O. Barnett, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule, which the NRC promulgated in August 2007 (72 FR. 49,139).

Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of August 2008.

E. Roy Hawkens,

Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel,