R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC, R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for a Hearing, 55633-55634 [05-18918]
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licensee’s letter dated September 9,
2005, which withdrew the application
for the license amendment. Documents
may be examined, and/or copied for a
fee, at the NRC’s Public Document
Room (PDR), located at One White Flint
North, Public File Area 01 F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland. Publicly available records
will be accessible electronically from
the Agencywide Documents Access and
Management Systems (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the internet
at the NRC Web site, https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/html.
Persons who do not have access to
ADAMS or who encounter problems in
accessing the documents located in
ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR
Reference staff by telephone at 1–800–
397–4209, or 301–415–4737 or by e-mail
to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day
of September 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Alan B. Wang,
Project Manager, Section 2, Project
Directorate IV, Division of Licensing Project
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 05–18916 Filed 9–21–05; 8:45 am]
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[Docket No. 50–244]
R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC,
R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant; Notice
of Consideration of Issuance of
Amendment to Facility Operating
License and Opportunity for a Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of an amendment
to Facility Operating License No. DPR–
18, issued to R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power
Plant, LLC (the licensee), for operation
of the R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant
(Ginna) located in Wayne County, New
York.
The proposed amendment would
revise the facility operating license and
technical specifications (TSs) to
authorize an increase in the maximum
steady-state thermal power level at
Ginna from 1520 megawatts thermal
(MWt) to 1775 MWt, which is a 16.8
percent increase. This increase in power
level is generally referred to as an
extended power uprate. Specifically, the
proposed amendment would change the
TSs to revise: (1) The Definition of
Rated Thermal Power (RTP), (2) the RTP
for the Required Action for Condition O
in Limiting Condition for Operation
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(LCO) 3.3.1, ‘‘Reactor Trip System,’’ (3)
the Power Range Neutron Flux—High
Limiting Safety System Setting, (4) the
Reactor Trip System Interlocks—Power
Range Neutron Flux, P–8 Limiting
Safety System Setting, (5) the RTP
reference in Table 3.3.1–1, Footnote (h),
(6) the Steam Line Isolation High Steam
Flow Limiting Safety System Setting, (7)
the Steam Line Isolation High—High
Steam Flow Limiting Safety System
Setting, (8) decrease the upper lift
setting in LCO 3.4.10, ‘‘Pressurizer
Safety Valves,’’ (9) the required volume
in surveillance requirement (SR) 3.7.6.1
for TS 3.7.6, ‘‘Condensate Storage Tanks
(CSTs).’’ In addition, the proposed
amendment would change the TSs to
provide margin improvement, but are
not part of the extended power uprate
(EPU), to revise: (1) The Safety Injection
Pressurizer Pressure—Low Limiting
Safety System Setting, (2) the
Containment Spray Containment
Pressure—High High Limiting Safety
System Settings for narrow range and
wide range, and (3) the Steam Line
Isolation Coincident with Tavg-Low
Limiting Safety System Setting. The
proposed amendment also includes a
change to the licensing basis for control
room dose for the loss-of-coolant
accident and the rod ejection accident
dose consequences because of the EPU
conditions.
Before issuance of the proposed
license amendment, the Commission
will have made findings required by the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the Commission’s
regulations.
Within 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice, the licensee
may file a request for a hearing with
respect to issuance of the amendment to
the subject facility operating license and
any person whose interest may be
affected by this proceeding and who
wishes to participate as a party in the
proceeding must file a written request
for a hearing and a petition for leave to
intervene. Requests for a hearing and a
petition for leave to intervene shall be
filed in accordance with the
Commission’s ‘‘Rules of Practice for
Domestic Licensing Proceedings’’ in 10
CFR Part 2. Interested persons should
consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309,
which is available at the Commission’s
public document room (PDR), located at
One White Flint North, Public File Area
01F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available
records will be accessible from the
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System’s (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet
at the NRC Web site, https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-
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collections/cfr/. If a request for a hearing
or petition for leave to intervene is filed
by the above date, the Commission or a
presiding officer designated by the
Commission or by the Chief
Administrative Judge of the Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will
rule on the request and/or petition; and
the Secretary or the Chief
Administrative Judge of the Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board will issue a
notice of a hearing or an appropriate
order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a
petition for leave to intervene shall set
forth with particularity the interest of
the petitioner/requestor in the
proceeding, and how that interest may
be affected by the results of the
proceeding. The petition should
specifically explain the reasons why
intervention should be permitted with
particular reference to the following
general requirements: (1) The name,
address and telephone number of the
requestor or petitioner; (2) the nature of
the requestor’s/petitioner’s right under
the Act to be made a party to the
proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of
the requestor’s/petitioner’s property,
financial, or other interest in the
proceeding; and (4) the possible effect of
any decision or order which may be
entered in the proceeding on the
requestor’s/petitioner’s interest. The
petition must also identify the specific
contentions which the petitioner/
requestor seeks to have litigated at the
proceeding.
Each contention must consist of a
specific statement of the issue of law or
fact to be raised or controverted. In
addition, the petitioner/requestor shall
provide a brief explanation of the basis
for the contention and a concise
statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinion which support the contention
and on which the petitioner intends to
rely in proving the contention at the
hearing. The petitioner must also
provide references to those specific
sources and documents of which the
petitioner is aware and on which the
petitioner intends to rely to establish
those facts or expert opinion. The
petition must include sufficient
information to show that a genuine
dispute exists with the applicant on a
material issue of law or fact.
Contentions shall be limited to matters
within the scope of the amendment
under consideration. The contention
must be one which, if proven, would
entitle the petitioner/requestor to relief.
A petitioner/requestor who fails to
satisfy these requirements with respect
to at least one contention will not be
permitted to participate as a party.
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Those permitted to intervene become
parties to the proceeding, subject to any
limitations in the order granting leave to
intervene, and have the opportunity to
participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing.
Nontimely requests and/or petitions
and contentions will not be entertained
absent a determination by the
Commission or the presiding officer of
the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
that the petition, request and/or the
contentions should be granted based on
a balancing of the factors specified in 10
CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii).
A request for a hearing or a petition
for leave to intervene must be filed by:
(1) First class mail addressed to the
Office of the Secretary of the
Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff; (2) courier, express
mail, and expedited delivery services:
Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor,
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852,
Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff; (3) E-mail
addressed to the Office of the Secretary,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
HEARINGDOCKET@NRC.GOV; or (4)
facsimile transmission addressed to the
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC, Attention: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff at (301) 415–1101,
verification number is (301) 415–1966.
A copy of the request for hearing and
petition for leave to intervene should
also be sent to the Office of the General
Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, and it is requested that copies be
transmitted either by means of facsimile
transmission to 301–415–3725 or by email to OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov. A copy
of the request for hearing and petition
for leave to intervene should also be
sent to Mr. Daniel F. Stenger, Ballard
Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, 601
13th Street, NW., Suite 1000 South,
Washington, DC 20005, attorney for the
licensee.
For further details with respect to this
action, see the application for
amendment dated July 7, 2005, as
supplemented on August 15, 2005,
which are available for public
inspection at the Commission’s PDR,
located at One White Flint North, Public
File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
Publicly available records will be
accessible electronically from the
ADAMS Public Electronic Reading
Room on the Internet at the NRC Web
site, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. Persons who do not have
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access to ADAMS or who encounter
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, should contact the
NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone
at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or
by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day
of September 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patrick D. Milano, Sr.,
Project Manager, Section 1, Project
Directorate I, Division of Licensing Project
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72–17]
Portland General Electric Independent
Spent Fuel Storage Installation
Issuance of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact Regarding a
Proposed Exemption
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Regan, Senior Project
Manager, Spent Fuel Project Office,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
Telephone: (301) 415–1179; Fax
number: (301) 415–8555; E-mail:
cmr1@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
is considering issuance of an exemption,
pursuant to 10 CFR 72.7, from the
provisions of 10 CFR 72.44(d)(3), to the
Portland General Electric Company
(PGE, or the licensee). The requested
exemption (in conjunction with a
conforming license amendment) would
relieve PGE from the requirement to
submit an annual radioactive effluent
report for the Trojan Independent Spent
Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). PGE
submitted the exemption request by
letter dated July 6, 2005, in which it also
requested an amendment to the Trojan
ISFSI license. Specifically, the
amendment requested the deletion of
item c. and last sentence of item b.,
Section 5.5.2 of Technical Specification;
‘‘Radioactive Effluent Control Program’’
(Appendix A to License No. SNM–
2509). The licensee is currently storing
spent nuclear fuel at the Trojan ISFSI on
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the site of the decommissioned Trojan
Nuclear Power Plant in Rainier, Oregon.
Environmental Assessment (EA)
I. Identification of Proposed Action
Portland General Electric (PGE) has
requested an exemption and a
conforming license amendment to
obtain relief from the requirement to
submit an annual radioactive effluent
release report for the Trojan ISFSI in
accordance with 10 CFR 72.44(d). The
regulation requires a licensee to include
Technical Specifications (TS) regarding
radioactive effluents. Specifically, 10
CFR 72.44(d)(3) requires that an annual
report be submitted to the NRC
specifying the quantity of each of the
principal radionuclides released to the
environment in liquid and in gaseous
effluents during the previous 12 months
of ISFSI operation. The proposed action
before the NRC is whether to grant the
exemption.
In addition to the exemption, PGE has
requested a conforming license
amendment which will make two
deletions from the Trojan ISFSI TS,
Appendix A to the Special Nuclear
Material License No. 2509 (SNM–2509).
Section 5.5.2, Radioactive Effluent
Control Program, item c., requires an
annual report to be submitted pursuant
to 10 CFR 72.44(d)(3). Section 5.5.2,
item b., in the last sentence, of the
Appendix A to the License No. SNM–
2509 states: ‘‘The Trojan ISFSI may be
included in the environmental
monitoring program for the Trojan
Nuclear Plant.’’ The amendment would
delete these two TS.
The license amendment request is
categorically excluded from the need for
environmental review under 10 CFR
51.22(c)(10)(ii) and 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11).
II. Need for the Proposed Action
The requirements of 10 CFR
72.44(d)(3) impose certain regulatory
obligations, with associated costs, on
the licensee. Granting the requested
exemption will relieve the licensee from
the requirement to submit an annual
radioactive effluent release report
pursuant to 10 CFR 72.44(d)(3). The
requirement to submit an annual
radioactive effluent monitoring report is
not needed for this facility in its current
configuration and is an unnecessary
administrative burden. Thus, the
licensee will not have to incur the costs
associated with preparing and
submitting an annual radioactive
effluent release report.
III. Environmental Impacts of the
Proposed Action
In its Safety Evaluation Report related
to the ISFSI license (Safety Evaluation
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-244]
R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC, R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power
Plant; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility
Operating License and Opportunity for a Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No.
DPR-18, issued to R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC (the licensee),
for operation of the R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (Ginna) located in
Wayne County, New York.
The proposed amendment would revise the facility operating license
and technical specifications (TSs) to authorize an increase in the
maximum steady-state thermal power level at Ginna from 1520 megawatts
thermal (MWt) to 1775 MWt, which is a 16.8 percent increase. This
increase in power level is generally referred to as an extended power
uprate. Specifically, the proposed amendment would change the TSs to
revise: (1) The Definition of Rated Thermal Power (RTP), (2) the RTP
for the Required Action for Condition O in Limiting Condition for
Operation (LCO) 3.3.1, ``Reactor Trip System,'' (3) the Power Range
Neutron Flux--High Limiting Safety System Setting, (4) the Reactor Trip
System Interlocks--Power Range Neutron Flux, P-8 Limiting Safety System
Setting, (5) the RTP reference in Table 3.3.1-1, Footnote (h), (6) the
Steam Line Isolation High Steam Flow Limiting Safety System Setting,
(7) the Steam Line Isolation High--High Steam Flow Limiting Safety
System Setting, (8) decrease the upper lift setting in LCO 3.4.10,
``Pressurizer Safety Valves,'' (9) the required volume in surveillance
requirement (SR) 3.7.6.1 for TS 3.7.6, ``Condensate Storage Tanks
(CSTs).'' In addition, the proposed amendment would change the TSs to
provide margin improvement, but are not part of the extended power
uprate (EPU), to revise: (1) The Safety Injection Pressurizer
Pressure--Low Limiting Safety System Setting, (2) the Containment Spray
Containment Pressure--High High Limiting Safety System Settings for
narrow range and wide range, and (3) the Steam Line Isolation
Coincident with Tavg-Low Limiting Safety System Setting. The proposed
amendment also includes a change to the licensing basis for control
room dose for the loss-of-coolant accident and the rod ejection
accident dose consequences because of the EPU conditions.
Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission
will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations.
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, the
licensee may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of
the amendment to the subject facility operating license and any person
whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to
participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written request
for a hearing and a petition for leave to intervene. Requests for a
hearing and a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed in
accordance with the Commission's ``Rules of Practice for Domestic
Licensing Proceedings'' in 10 CFR Part 2. Interested persons should
consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is available at the
Commission's public document room (PDR), located at One White Flint
North, Public File Area 01F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible from
the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System's (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. If a request for a hearing
or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the
Commission or a presiding officer designated by the Commission or by
the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition; and the Secretary or
the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
will issue a notice of a hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a petition for leave to intervene
shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner/
requestor in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by
the results of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain
the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular
reference to the following general requirements: (1) The name, address
and telephone number of the requestor or petitioner; (2) the nature of
the requestor's/petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to
the proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of the requestor's/
petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding;
and (4) the possible effect of any decision or order which may be
entered in the proceeding on the requestor's/petitioner's interest. The
petition must also identify the specific contentions which the
petitioner/requestor seeks to have litigated at the proceeding.
Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue
of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In addition, the
petitioner/requestor shall provide a brief explanation of the basis for
the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner
intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The
petitioner must also provide references to those specific sources and
documents of which the petitioner is aware and on which the petitioner
intends to rely to establish those facts or expert opinion. The
petition must include sufficient information to show that a genuine
dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact.
Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the
amendment under consideration. The contention must be one which, if
proven, would entitle the petitioner/requestor to relief. A petitioner/
requestor who fails to satisfy these requirements with respect to at
least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
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Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding,
subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene,
and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing.
Nontimely requests and/or petitions and contentions will not be
entertained absent a determination by the Commission or the presiding
officer of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition,
request and/or the contentions should be granted based on a balancing
of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)-(viii).
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must
be filed by: (1) First class mail addressed to the Office of the
Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications
Staff; (2) courier, express mail, and expedited delivery services:
Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff; (3) E-mail addressed to the Office of the
Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, HEARINGDOCKET@NRC.GOV;
or (4) facsimile transmission addressed to the Office of the Secretary,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, Attention:
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff at (301) 415-1101, verification
number is (301) 415-1966. A copy of the request for hearing and
petition for leave to intervene should also be sent to the Office of
the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, and it is requested that copies be transmitted either by
means of facsimile transmission to 301-415-3725 or by e-mail to
OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov. A copy of the request for hearing and petition
for leave to intervene should also be sent to Mr. Daniel F. Stenger,
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, 601 13th Street, NW., Suite
1000 South, Washington, DC 20005, attorney for the licensee.
For further details with respect to this action, see the
application for amendment dated July 7, 2005, as supplemented on August
15, 2005, which are available for public inspection at the Commission's
PDR, located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available
records will be accessible electronically from the ADAMS Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to
ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in
ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-
800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of September 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patrick D. Milano, Sr.,
Project Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate I, Division of
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 05-18918 Filed 9-21-05; 8:45 am]
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