[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9023]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-255]


Consumers Power Company; Notice of Denial of Amendment to 
Facility Operating License and Opportunity For Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has denied 
a portion of a request by Consumers Power Company (the licensee) for an 
amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-20 issued to the 
licensee for operation of the Palisades Plant located in Van Buren 
County, Michigan. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of this amendment 
was published in the Federal Register on November 27, 1995 (60 FR 
58399).
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the 
Facility Operation License (FOL) to reference 10 CFR Part 40, allow the 
use of source materials as reactor fuel, delete references to specific 
amendments and specific revisions in the listed titles of the Physical 
Security Plan, Suitability Training and Qualification Plan, and the 
Safeguards Contingency Plan, delete paragraph 2.F on reporting 
requirements, and make minor editorial changes to the license. The 
Technical Specifications (TS) would also be revised to: (1) Modify TS 
3.1.2 to change the pressurizer cooldown limit from 100 deg.F to 
200 deg.F/hour; (2) relocate the shield cooling system requirements to 
the Final Safety Analysis Report; (3) make minor editorial changes and 
corrections; and (4) revise several TS bases pages.
    The NRC staff has concluded that the licensee's request to delete 
paragraph 2.F of the FOL cannot be granted. The licensee was notified 
of the Commission's denial of the proposed change by a letter dated 
April 5, 1996.
    By May 13, 1996, 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 Services 
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 Judd L. Bacon, Esquire, Consumers Power Company, 212 West 
Michigan Avenue, Jackson, Michigan 49201, attorney for the licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated October 17, 1995, and (2) the 
Commission's letter to the licensee dated April 5, 1996.
    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 Van Wylen Library, Hope College, Holland, Michigan 49423.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of April 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark F. Reinhart,
Acting Project Director, Project Directorate III-1, Division of Reactor 
Projects--III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-9023 Filed 4-10-96; 8:45 am]
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