[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 51470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25176]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-296]


Tennessee Valley Authority; Notice of Denial of Amendment to 
Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has denied 
a request by the Tennessee Valley Authority, (the licensee) for an 
amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-68 issued to the 
licensee for operation of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN) Unit 3, 
located in Limestone County, Alabama.
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the 
Technical Specifications (TS) to permit continued operation of BFN Unit 
3 for up to 7 days with one reactor coolant recirculation loop out of 
service. This amendment was submitted on September 15, 1996 as an 
emergency request under the provisions of 10 CFR 50.91.
    The NRC staff has concluded that the licensee's request cannot be 
granted. The licensee was verbally notified that the request would not 
be granted on September 15, 1996. Written notification of the 
Commission's denial of the proposed change was issued by a letter dated 
September 26, 1996.
    By November 1, 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 General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West 
Summit Hill Drive, ET 11H, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902, attorney for the 
licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated September 15, 1996, and (2) the 
Commission's letter to the licensee dated September 26, 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 Athens Public Library, South Street, Athens, Alabama 35611.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of September, 1996.

    For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frederick J. Hebdon,
Director, Project Directorate, Division of Reactor Projects--I/II, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-25176 Filed 10-1-96; 8:45 am]
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