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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499]

 

Houston Lighting & Power Company, City Public Service Board of 
San Antonio, Central Power and Light Company, City of Austin, Texas, 
Partial Denial of Amendments to Facility Operating Licensees and 
Opportunity for a Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has 
partially denied a request by Houston Lighting & Power Company, et al. 
(the licensee), for amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-
76 and NPF-80, issued to the licensee for operation of the South Texas 
Project, Units 1 and 2, located in Matagorda County, Texas. Notice of 
Consideration of Issuance of the amendments was published in the 
Federal Register on March 21, 1990 (55 FR 10535).
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to change the 
allowed outage times (AOTs) and/or surveillance test intervals (STIs) 
for several technical specifications (TS) as a result of the South 
Texas probabilistic safety assessment (PSA). The staff has concluded 
that the proposed change for the STI for TS 4.6.1.7 (containment 
ventilation) from 31 days to 92 days cannot be granted.
    The licensee was notified of the Commission's denial of the 
proposed change by letter dated February 17, 1994.
    By March 28, 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 Service 
Branch, 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 Jack R. Newman, Esq., Newman & Holtzinger, P.C., 1615 L 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20036, attorney for the licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated February 1, 1990, as supplemented by 
letters dated November 27, 1990, June 5, 1991, November 3, 1992, 
November 11, 1992, August 16, 1993, October 22, 1993, November 5, 1993 
(two letters), and November 29, 1993, and (2) the Commission's letter 
to the licensee dated February 17, 1994.
    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 Wharton County Junior College, J.M. 
Hodges Learning Center, 911 Boling Highway, Wharton, Texas 77488.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of February 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Suzanne C. Black,
Director, Project Directorate IV-2, Division of Reactor Projects III/
IV/V, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-4295 Filed 2-24-94; 8:45 am]
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