[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 46 (Monday, March 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10881-10882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5853]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-267]


Notice of Receipt of the Public Service Company of Colorado 
Decommissioning/Termination Plan for the Fort St. Vrain Nuclear 
Generating Station

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is noticing the receipt 
and reapproval of the Public Service Company's (PSC) of Colorado 
Decommissioning Plan (DP) as the Termination Plan for the Fort St. 
Vrain (FSV) Nuclear Generating Station, located near Platteville, 
Colorado.

Background: NRC initially published a Notice of Consideration of 
Issuance of Orders to Authorize Decommissioning and Termination of 
Possession-Only License in the Federal Register on March 13, 1992 (57 
FR 8940) and no comments or requests for hearing were received. On 
November 23, 1992, NRC issued Amendment No. 85, to License No. DPR-34, 
which incorporated the DP into the license, and issued an Order 
Approving the DP and Authorizing Decommissioning. In addition, on 
November 12, 1996, NRC published in the Federal Register (61 FR 58087) 
a Notice of a Public Meeting with the PSC to discuss the 
decommissioning and license termination of the FSV. The Public Meeting 
was held on December 3, 1996, in the vicinity of the plant, and no 
comments or requests for a hearing were received.

ACTION: In accordance with NRC's revised decommissioning regulations, 
specifically 10 CFR 50.82(a)(9)(iii), and based upon the comprehensive 
nature of DP, as amended, NRC is accepting the approved DP as the 
licensee's Termination Plan, and noticing the receipt of the FSV DP and 
its availability for public comment. Pursuant to a request by the 
licensee, an amendment is being considered to the license redesignating 
the FSV DP as the Termination Plan, as now required by NRC's 
regulations, and approving the Termination Plan. See 10 CFR 
50.82(a)(10).

HEARING: The scope of 10 CFR Part 2, Subpart L, ``Informal Hearing 
Procedures for Adjudications in Materials Licensing Proceedings,'' 
includes a hearing on power reactor decommissioning license amendments 
subsequent to permanent removal of the fuel from the reactor. 
Accordingly, pursuant to 10 CFR 2.1205(a), any person whose interest 
may be affected by this proceeding, may request a hearing in accordance 
with 10 CFR 2.1205(d). A request for a hearing must be filed within 
thirty (30) days of the date of publication of this Federal Register 
notice.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(e), a request for a hearing filed 
by a person other than an applicant must describe in detail:
    (1) The interest of the requester in the proceeding;
    (2) How that interest may be affected by the results of the 
proceeding, including the reasons why the requester

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should be permitted a hearing, with particular reference to the factors 
set out in 10 CFR 2.1205(h);
    (3) The requester's areas of concern about the licensing activity 
that is the subject matter of the proceeding; and
    (4) The circumstances establishing that the request for a hearing 
is timely in accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(d).
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(f), each request for a hearing 
must also be served, by delivering it personally or by mail, to:
    (1) The applicant, Public Service Company of Colorado, 16805 WCR 19 
\1/2\, Platteville, Colorado, Attention: Mr. A. Clegg Crawford, Vice 
President, Engineering and Operations Support, and
    (2) NRC staff, by delivery to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Attention: Docketing 
and Service Branch; or hand-deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, MD between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., Federal workdays.
    If no request for a Subpart L hearing is received, the license will 
be amended to approve the Termination Plan, after the thirty (30) day 
period for requesting a hearing has expired. Thereafter, once the 
determinations required under 10 CFR 50.82(a)(11) have been made, NRC 
will terminate the license without further opportunity for hearing.
    A copy of the DP is available for public inspection and copying at 
NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Clayton L. Pittiglio, Project 
Manager, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch, Division 
of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T-7-F27, Washington, DC 
20555-0001. Telephone (301) 415-6702.

    Dated at Rockville, MD this 4th day of March 1997.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John W.N. Hickey,
Chief.
[FR Doc. 97-5853 Filed 3-7-97; 8:45 am]
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