[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38128-38129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18666]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-354]


Public Service Electric & Gas Co.; Atlantic City Electric Co.; 
Hope Creek Generating Station; Partial Denial of Amendment to Facility 
Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has denied 
part of a request by Public Service Electric & Gas Company, (licensee) 
for an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-57 issued to the 
licensee for operation of the Hope Creek Generating Station, located at 
the licensee's site in Salem County, New Jersey. Notice of 
Consideration of Issuance of this amendment was published in the 
Federal Register on May, 1997 (62 FR 27798).
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the 
Technical Specifications (TS) to change TS 3.6.5.3.2, ``Filtration, 
Recirculation and Ventilation System (FRVS),'' to provide an 
appropriate Limiting Condition for Operation and ACTION Statement that 
reflects the design basis for the FRVS. A second proposed change to TS 
4.6.5.3.2b would permit the FRVS heaters to be OPERABLE rather than ON 
during the 31-day test. The change to TS 3.6.5.3.2 was found to be 
acceptable and issued as License Amendment No. 99 on July 9, 1997.
    With regard to the proposed change to TS 4.6.5.3.2b, the NRC staff 
has concluded that the licensee's request cannot be granted. The 
licensee was notified of the Commission's denial of the proposed change 
by a letter dated July 9, 1997.
    By August 15, 1997, 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: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff, 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 M. J. Wetterhahn, Esquire, Winston and Strawn, 1400 L 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005-3502, attorney for the licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated March 31, 1997, and (2) the 
Commission's letter to the licensee dated July 9, 1997.
    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 Pennsville Public Library, 190 S. Broadway, Pennsville, New Jersey 
08070.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of July 1997.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Chester Poslusny,
Acting Director, Project Directorate I-2, Division of Reactor Projects-
I/II, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-18666 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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