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For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated this 19th day of December 2005 at
Rockville, Maryland.
Margaret M. Doane,
Deputy Director, Office of International
Programs.
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Nuclear Management Company, LLC
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and
2; Notice of Issuance of Renewed
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–
24 and DPR–27 for an Additional 20–
Year Period
Notice is hereby given that the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the
Commission) has issued Renewed
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–24
and DPR–27 to Nuclear Management
Company, LLC (licensee), the operator
of the Point Beach Nuclear Plant
(PBNP), Units 1 and 2. Renewed Facility
Operating License No. DPR–24
authorizes operation of PBNP, Unit 1, by
the licensee at reactor core power levels
not in excess of 1540 megawatts thermal
(516 megawatts electric), in accordance
with the provisions of the PBNP
renewed license and its technical
specifications. Renewed Facility
Operating License No. DPR–27
authorizes operation of PBNP, Unit 2, by
the licensee at reactor core power levels
not in excess of 1540 megawatts thermal
(516 megawatts electric), in accordance
with the provisions of the PBNP
renewed license and its Technical
Specifications.
PBNP Units 1 and 2 are pressurized
water reactors located in Two Rivers,
Wisconsin. The licensee’s application
for the renewed licenses complied with
the standards and requirements of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the Commission’s
regulations. As required by the Act and
the Commission’s regulations in 10 CFR
Chapter 1, the Commission has made
appropriate findings, which are set forth
in each license. Prior public notice of
the action involving the proposed
issuance of the renewed licenses and of
an opportunity for a hearing regarding
the proposed issuance of the renewed
licenses was published in the Federal
Register on April 13, 2004 (69 FR
19559).
For further details with respect to this
action, see (1) Nuclear Management
Company, LLC’s license renewal
application for Point Beach Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2, dated February 25,
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2004, as supplemented by letters dated
through August 23, 2005; (2) the
Commission’s safety evaluation report
(NUREG–1839), published in December
2005; and (3) the Commission’s final
environmental impact statement
(NUREG–1437, Supplement 23),
published in August 2005. These
documents are available at the NRC
Public Document Room, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852, and can be
viewed from the NRC Public Electronic
Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html.
Copies of Renewed Facility Operating
License Nos. DPR–24 and DPR–27 may
be obtained by writing to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:
Director, Division of License Renewal.
Copies of the Point Beach Nuclear Plant,
Units 1 and 2 safety evaluation report
(NUREG–1839) and the final
environmental impact statement
(NUREG–1437, Supplement 23) may be
purchased from the National Technical
Information Service, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Springfield, Virginia 22161
(https://www.ntis.gov), 703–605–6000, or
Attention: Superintendent of
Documents, U.S. Government Printing
Office, P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, 15250–7954 (https://
www.gpoaccess.gov), 202–512–1800. All
orders should clearly identify the NRC
publication number and the requestors
Government Printing Office deposit
account number or a VISA or
MasterCard number and expiration date.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd
day of December 2005.
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Pao-Tsin Kuo,
Deputy Director, Division of License Renewal,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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Notice of License Renewal Request of
Westinghouse Electric Company,
Columbia, SC, and Opportunity To
Request a Hearing
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of license renewal
application, and opportunity to request
a hearing.
AGENCY:
A request for a hearing must be
filed by February 27, 2006.
DATES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Adams, Senior Project Manager,
Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of
Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
Telephone: (301) 415–7249; fax number:
(301) 415–5955; e-mail: mta@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) has received, by letter dated
September 29, 2005, a license renewal
application from Westinghouse Electric
Company (WEC), requesting renewal of
License No. SNM–1107 at its Columbia
Fuel Fabrication Facility site located in
Columbia, South Carolina. License No.
SNM–1107 authorizes the licensee to
possess and use special nuclear material
for the manufacture of fuel for nuclear
power plants.
The Columbia Fuel Fabrication
Facility has been licensed by the Atomic
Energy Commission and its successor,
the NRC, to manufacture low-enriched
uranium fuel for nuclear power plants.
The license was renewed in 1995 for a
period of 10 years, expiring on
November 30, 2005. By applications
dated September 29 and October 5,
2005, WEC requested renewal of their
license for a period of 20 years. The
NRC will review the license renewal
application for compliance with
applicable sections of regulations in
Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR)—Energy, Chapter
I—Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The
license renewal application included an
Environmental Report (Enclosure 4 to
the license renewal application), which
the NRC will review and use to prepare
an environmental assessment to assist in
the NRC’s determination on the license
renewal application, as required by 10
CFR part 51, Environmental Protection
Regulations for Domestic Licensing and
Related Regulatory Functions, and the
National Environmental Policy Act.
An NRC administrative review,
documented in a letter to WEC dated
November 2, 2005 (ML052980594),
found the application acceptable to
begin a technical review. Because WEC
filed the application for renewal not less
than 30 days before the expiration of the
date stated in the existing license, the
existing license will not expire until the
Commission makes a final
determination on the renewal
application, in accordance with the
timely renewal provision of 10 CFR
70.38(a)(1). If the NRC approves the
renewal application, the approval will
be documented in NRC License No.
SNM–1107. However, before approving
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the proposed renewal, the NRC will
need to make the findings required by
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended, and NRC’s regulations. These
findings will be documented in a Safety
Evaluation Report and an
Environmental Assessment and/or an
Environmental Impact Statement.
II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing
The NRC hereby provides notice that
this is a proceeding on an application
for a license renewal. In accordance
with the general requirements in
Subpart C of 10 CFR Part 2, as amended
on January 14, 2004 (69 FR 2182), any
person whose interest may be affected
by this proceeding and who desires to
participate as a party must file a written
request for a hearing and a specification
of the contentions which the person
seeks to have litigated in the hearing.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.302 (a),
a request for a hearing must be filed
with the Commission either by:
1. First class mail addressed to: Office
of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, Attention: Rulemakings
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, MD 20852, Attention:
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff,
between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.,
Federal workdays;
3. E-mail addressed to the Office of
the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, hearingdocket@nrc.gov; or
4. By 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.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(b),
all documents offered for filing must be
accompanied by proof of service on all
parties to the proceeding or their
attorneys of record as required by law or
by rule or order of the Commission,
including:
1. The applicant, Westinghouse
Electric Company, P.O. Drawer R,
Columbia, South Carolina, 29250,
Attention: Nancy Parr; and
2. The NRC staff, by delivery to the
Office of the General Counsel, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, or by mail
addressed to the Office of the General
Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001. Hearing requests should also be
transmitted to the Office of the General
Counsel, either by means of facsimile
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transmission to (301) 415–3725, or via email to ogcmailcenter@nrc.gov.
The formal requirements for
documents contained in 10 CFR
2.304(b), (c), (d), and (e), must be met.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.304 (f), a
document filed by electronic mail or
facsimile transmission need not comply
with the formal requirements of 10 CFR
2.304(b), (c), and (d), as long as an
original and two (2) copies otherwise
complying with all of the requirements
of 10 CFR 2.304(b), (c), and (d) are
mailed within two (2) days thereafter to
the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, Attention: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(b),
a request for a hearing must be filed by
February 27, 2006.
In addition to meeting other
applicable requirements of 10 CFR
2.309, the general requirements
involving a request for a hearing filed by
a person other than an applicant must
state:
1. The name, address, and telephone
number of the requester;
2. The nature of the requester’s right
under the Act to be made a party to the
proceeding;
3. The nature and extent of the
requester’s property, financial or other
interest in the proceeding;
4. The possible effect of any decision
or order that may be issued in the
proceeding on the requester’s interest;
and
5. The circumstances establishing that
the request for a hearing is timely in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(b).
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f)(1),
a request for hearing or petitions for
leave to intervene must set forth with
particularity the contentions sought to
be raised. For each contention, the
request or petition must:
1. Provide a specific statement of the
issue of law or fact to be raised or
controverted;
2. Provide a brief explanation of the
basis for the contention;
3. Demonstrate that the issue raised in
the contention is within the scope of the
proceeding;
4. Demonstrate that the issue raised in
the contention is material to the
findings that the NRC must make to
support the action that is involved in
the proceeding;
5. Provide a concise statement of the
alleged facts or expert opinions which
support the requester’s/petitioner’s
position on the issue and on which the
requester/petitioner intends to rely to
support its position on the issue; and
6. Provide sufficient information to
show that a genuine dispute exists with
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the applicant on a material issue of law
or fact. This information must include
references to specific portions of the
application (including the applicant’s
environmental report and safety report)
that the requester/petitioner disputes
and the supporting reasons for each
dispute, or, if the requester/petitioner
believes the application fails to contain
information on a relevant matter as
required by law, the identification of
each failure and the supporting reasons
for the requester’s/petitioner’s belief.
In addition, in accordance with 10
CFR 2.309(f)(2), contentions must be
based on documents or other
information available at the time the
petition is to be filed, such as the
application, supporting safety analysis
report, environmental report or other
supporting documents filed by an
applicant or licensee, or otherwise
available to the petitioner. On issues
arising under the National
Environmental Policy Act, the
requester/petitioner shall file
contentions based on the applicant’s
environmental report. The requester/
petitioner may amend those contentions
or file new contentions if there are data
or conclusions in the NRC draft, or final
environmental impact statement,
environmental assessment, or any
supplements relating thereto, that differ
significantly from the data or
conclusions in the applicant’s
documents. Otherwise, contentions may
be amended or new contentions filed
after the initial filing only with leave of
the presiding officer.
Each contention shall be given a
separate numeric or alpha designation
within one of the following groups:
1. Technical—primarily concerns
issues relating to matters discussed or
referenced in the Safety Evaluation
Report for the proposed action.
2. Environmental—primarily concerns
issues relating to matters discussed or
referenced in the Environmental Report
for the proposed action.
3. Emergency Planning—primarily
concerns issues relating to matters
discussed or referenced in the
Emergency Plan as it relates to the
proposed action.
4. Physical Security—primarily
concerns issues relating to matters
discussed or referenced in the Physical
Security Plan as it relates to the
proposed action.
5. Miscellaneous—does not fall into
one of the categories outlined above.
If the requester/petitioner believes a
contention raises issues that cannot be
classified as primarily falling into one of
these categories, the requester/petitioner
must set forth the contention and
supporting bases, in full, separately for
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each category into which the requester/
petitioner asserts the contention belongs
with a separate designation for that
category.
Requesters/petitioners should, when
possible, consult with each other in
preparing contentions and combine
similar subject matter concerns into a
joint contention, for which one of the
co-sponsoring requesters/petitioners is
designated the lead representative.
Further, in accordance with 10 CFR
2.309(f)(3), any requester/petitioner that
wishes to adopt a contention proposed
by another requester/petitioner must do
so in writing within ten days of the date
the contention is filed, and designate a
representative who shall have the
authority to act for the requester/
petitioner.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(g),
a request for hearing and/or petition for
leave to intervene may also address the
selection of the hearing procedures,
taking into account the provisions of 10
CFR 2.310.
III. Further Information
amendment and supporting
documentation, are available
electronically at the NRC’s Electronic
Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. From this site,
you can access the NRC’s Agencywide
Document Access and Management
System (ADAMS), which provides text
and image files of NRC’s public
documents. The ADAMS accession
numbers for the documents related to
this notice are:
Documents related to this action,
including the application for
Document
ADAMS Accession No.
Transmittal letter ......................................................................................................................................................
License renewal application public version .............................................................................................................
Renewal application references ..............................................................................................................................
NRC acceptance letter ............................................................................................................................................
Environmental Report ..............................................................................................................................................
ML052790078
ML052990073
ML053250289
ML052980594
ML052790081
If you do not have access to ADAMS
or if there are problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, contact
the NRC Public Document Room (PDR)
Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
These documents may also be viewed
electronically on the public computers
located at the NRC’s PDR, O–1–F–21,
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR
reproduction contractor will copy
documents for a fee.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day
of December, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gary Janosko,
Chief, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division
of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety And Safeguards.
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The Advisory Committee on Nuclear
Waste (ACNW) will hold its 167th
meeting on January 10–12, 2006, Room
T–2B3, Two White Flint North, 11545
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
The schedule for this meeting is as
follows:
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
8:30 a.m.–8:45 a.m.: Opening
Statement (Open)—The ACNW
Chairman will make opening remarks
regarding the conduct of today’s
sessions.
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8:45 a.m.–10:15 a.m.: Status of RiskInformed Decisionmaking for Nuclear
Materials and Waste Application
(Open)—The Committee will hear
presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the NRC staff
regarding draft staff guidance on the
application of risk insights in the waste
and materials areas.
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.: Fabrication of
Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)
Uncanistered Fuel Waste Package
(Open)—The Committee will hear
presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the NRC staff
regarding fabrication of a pressurized
water reactor uncanistered fuel waste
package prototype for the proposed
Yucca Mountain repository.
1 p.m.–2 p.m.: Spent Fuel
Transportation Package Response to the
Baltimore Tunnel Fire Scenario
(NUREG/CR–6886) (Open)—The
Committee will hear presentations by
and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff
regarding a study involving the 2001
Baltimore tunnel fire. The study
involves the 3-dimensional modeling of
the behavior of three different
transportation cask types under thermal
conditions similar to those that existed
in the Baltimore tunnel fire event. The
staff will also summarize comments
received from the public on NUREG/
CR–6886.
2 p.m.–3 p.m.: White Paper on
Transportation (Open)—The Committee
will discuss a proposed white paper on
transportation of nuclear waste.
3:15 p.m.–5:30 p.m.: Preparation of
ACNW Reports/Letters (Open)—The
Committee will discuss proposed
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ACNW reports on matters considered
during this and/or previous meetings.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
9:30 a.m.–9:35 a.m.: Opening
Statement (Open)—The ACNW
Chairman will make opening remarks
regarding the conduct of today’s
sessions.
9:35 a.m.–10:30 a.m.: Source
Characterization (Spatial Analysis and
Decision Assistance Code) (Open)—The
Committee will hear presentations by
and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff
regarding the capabilities of Version 4.1
of the Spatial Analysis and Decision
Assistance (SADA) Bayesian subsurface
analysis code.
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.: Use of
Dedicated Trains for Transportation of
High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent
Nuclear Fuel (Open)—The Committee
will hear presentations by and hold
discussions with a representative of the
Federal Railroad Administration
regarding their study on the use of
dedicated trains for transportation of
high-level radioactive waste and spent
nuclear fuel to the proposed Yucca
Mountain repository.
1 p.m.–2 p.m.: Preparation for
Commission Briefing (Open)—The
Committee will review the final
presentations in preparation for the
Commission briefing on January 11,
2006.
2 p.m.–4 p.m.: Meeting with the NRC
Commissioners, Commissioners’
Conference Room, One White Flint
North, Rockville, MD (Open)—The
Committee will meet with the NRC
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 70-1151]
Notice of License Renewal Request of Westinghouse Electric
Company, Columbia, SC, and Opportunity To Request a Hearing
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of license renewal application, and opportunity to
request a hearing.
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DATES: A request for a hearing must be filed by February 27, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Adams, Senior Project Manager,
Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and
Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone: (301)
415-7249; fax number: (301) 415-5955; e-mail: mta@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received, by letter
dated September 29, 2005, a license renewal application from
Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC), requesting renewal of License No.
SNM-1107 at its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility site located in
Columbia, South Carolina. License No. SNM-1107 authorizes the licensee
to possess and use special nuclear material for the manufacture of fuel
for nuclear power plants.
The Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility has been licensed by the
Atomic Energy Commission and its successor, the NRC, to manufacture
low-enriched uranium fuel for nuclear power plants. The license was
renewed in 1995 for a period of 10 years, expiring on November 30,
2005. By applications dated September 29 and October 5, 2005, WEC
requested renewal of their license for a period of 20 years. The NRC
will review the license renewal application for compliance with
applicable sections of regulations in Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR)--Energy, Chapter I--Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The license renewal application included an Environmental Report
(Enclosure 4 to the license renewal application), which the NRC will
review and use to prepare an environmental assessment to assist in the
NRC's determination on the license renewal application, as required by
10 CFR part 51, Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic
Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions, and the National
Environmental Policy Act.
An NRC administrative review, documented in a letter to WEC dated
November 2, 2005 (ML052980594), found the application acceptable to
begin a technical review. Because WEC filed the application for renewal
not less than 30 days before the expiration of the date stated in the
existing license, the existing license will not expire until the
Commission makes a final determination on the renewal application, in
accordance with the timely renewal provision of 10 CFR 70.38(a)(1). If
the NRC approves the renewal application, the approval will be
documented in NRC License No. SNM-1107. However, before approving
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the proposed renewal, the NRC will need to make the findings required
by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and NRC's regulations.
These findings will be documented in a Safety Evaluation Report and an
Environmental Assessment and/or an Environmental Impact Statement.
II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing
The NRC hereby provides notice that this is a proceeding on an
application for a license renewal. In accordance with the general
requirements in Subpart C of 10 CFR Part 2, as amended on January 14,
2004 (69 FR 2182), any person whose interest may be affected by this
proceeding and who desires to participate as a party must file a
written request for a hearing and a specification of the contentions
which the person seeks to have litigated in the hearing.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.302 (a), a request for a hearing must
be filed with the Commission either by:
1. First class mail addressed to: Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
Rulemakings 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, MD 20852, Attention: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., Federal workdays;
3. E-mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, hearingdocket@nrc.gov; or
4. By 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.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(b), all documents offered for
filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all parties to the
proceeding or their attorneys of record as required by law or by rule
or order of the Commission, including:
1. The applicant, Westinghouse Electric Company, P.O. Drawer R,
Columbia, South Carolina, 29250, Attention: Nancy Parr; and
2. The NRC staff, by delivery to the Office of the General Counsel,
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, or by
mail addressed to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Hearing requests
should also be transmitted to the Office of the General Counsel, either
by means of facsimile transmission to (301) 415-3725, or via e-mail to
ogcmailcenter@nrc.gov.
The formal requirements for documents contained in 10 CFR 2.304(b),
(c), (d), and (e), must be met. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.304 (f), a
document filed by electronic mail or facsimile transmission need not
comply with the formal requirements of 10 CFR 2.304(b), (c), and (d),
as long as an original and two (2) copies otherwise complying with all
of the requirements of 10 CFR 2.304(b), (c), and (d) are mailed within
two (2) days thereafter to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(b), a request for a hearing must be
filed by February 27, 2006.
In addition to meeting other applicable requirements of 10 CFR
2.309, the general requirements involving a request for a hearing filed
by a person other than an applicant must state:
1. The name, address, and telephone number of the requester;
2. The nature of the requester's right under the Act to be made a
party to the proceeding;
3. The nature and extent of the requester's property, financial or
other interest in the proceeding;
4. The possible effect of any decision or order that may be issued
in the proceeding on the requester's interest; and
5. The circumstances establishing that the request for a hearing is
timely in accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(b).
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f)(1), a request for hearing or
petitions for leave to intervene must set forth with particularity the
contentions sought to be raised. For each contention, the request or
petition must:
1. Provide a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be
raised or controverted;
2. Provide a brief explanation of the basis for the contention;
3. Demonstrate that the issue raised in the contention is within
the scope of the proceeding;
4. Demonstrate that the issue raised in the contention is material
to the findings that the NRC must make to support the action that is
involved in the proceeding;
5. Provide a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinions which support the requester's/petitioner's position on the
issue and on which the requester/petitioner intends to rely to support
its position on the issue; and
6. Provide sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute
exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact. This
information must include references to specific portions of the
application (including the applicant's environmental report and safety
report) that the requester/petitioner disputes and the supporting
reasons for each dispute, or, if the requester/petitioner believes the
application fails to contain information on a relevant matter as
required by law, the identification of each failure and the supporting
reasons for the requester's/petitioner's belief.
In addition, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f)(2), contentions
must be based on documents or other information available at the time
the petition is to be filed, such as the application, supporting safety
analysis report, environmental report or other supporting documents
filed by an applicant or licensee, or otherwise available to the
petitioner. On issues arising under the National Environmental Policy
Act, the requester/petitioner shall file contentions based on the
applicant's environmental report. The requester/petitioner may amend
those contentions or file new contentions if there are data or
conclusions in the NRC draft, or final environmental impact statement,
environmental assessment, or any supplements relating thereto, that
differ significantly from the data or conclusions in the applicant's
documents. Otherwise, contentions may be amended or new contentions
filed after the initial filing only with leave of the presiding
officer.
Each contention shall be given a separate numeric or alpha
designation within one of the following groups:
1. Technical--primarily concerns issues relating to matters
discussed or referenced in the Safety Evaluation Report for the
proposed action.
2. Environmental--primarily concerns issues relating to matters
discussed or referenced in the Environmental Report for the proposed
action.
3. Emergency Planning--primarily concerns issues relating to
matters discussed or referenced in the Emergency Plan as it relates to
the proposed action.
4. Physical Security--primarily concerns issues relating to matters
discussed or referenced in the Physical Security Plan as it relates to
the proposed action.
5. Miscellaneous--does not fall into one of the categories outlined
above.
If the requester/petitioner believes a contention raises issues
that cannot be classified as primarily falling into one of these
categories, the requester/petitioner must set forth the contention and
supporting bases, in full, separately for
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each category into which the requester/petitioner asserts the
contention belongs with a separate designation for that category.
Requesters/petitioners should, when possible, consult with each
other in preparing contentions and combine similar subject matter
concerns into a joint contention, for which one of the co-sponsoring
requesters/petitioners is designated the lead representative. Further,
in accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f)(3), any requester/petitioner that
wishes to adopt a contention proposed by another requester/petitioner
must do so in writing within ten days of the date the contention is
filed, and designate a representative who shall have the authority to
act for the requester/petitioner.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(g), a request for hearing and/or
petition for leave to intervene may also address the selection of the
hearing procedures, taking into account the provisions of 10 CFR 2.310.
III. Further Information
Documents related to this action, including the application for
amendment and supporting documentation, are available electronically at
the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. From this site, you can access the NRC's Agencywide
Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and
image files of NRC's public documents. The ADAMS accession numbers for
the documents related to this notice are:
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ADAMS
Document Accession No. Date
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Transmittal letter...................... ML052790078 09/29/2005
License renewal application public ML052990073 09/29/2005
version................................
Renewal application references.......... ML053250289 10/05/2005
NRC acceptance letter................... ML052980594 11/02/2005
Environmental Report.................... ML052790081 12/2004
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If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in
accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public
Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or
by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public
computers located at the NRC's PDR, O-1-F-21, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction
contractor will copy documents for a fee.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of December, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gary Janosko,
Chief, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and
Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety And Safeguards.
[FR Doc. E5-8062 Filed 12-28-05; 8:45 am]
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