[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 182 (Friday, September 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24917]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-282 and 50-306]


Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, 
Notice of Partial Denial of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses 
and Opportunity for Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has denied 
a portion of a request by Northern States Power Company (the licensee) 
for amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-42 and DPR-60 
issued to the licensee for operation of the Prairie Island Nuclear 
Generating Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, located in Goodhue County, 
Minnesota. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of these amendments was 
published in the Federal Register on July 2, 1997 (62 FR 35850).
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the 
Technical Specifications to delete limitations on crane operations in 
the spent fuel pool enclosure relating to spent fuel pool special 
ventilation system operability and conform the Technical Specifications 
to the guidance of NUREG-1431, ``Standard Technical Specifications, 
Westinghouse Plants.''
    The NRC staff has concluded that a portion of the licensee's 
request cannot be granted. The licensee was notified of the 
Commission's denial of the proposed change by a letter dated September 
15, 1997.
    By October 20, 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 Jay Silberg, Esq., Shaw, Pittman, Potts, and Trowbridge, 
2300 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037, attorney for the licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendments dated May 7, 1997, as supplemented May 30, 
July 29, and September 12, 1997, and (2) the Commission's letter to the 
licensee dated September 15, 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 Minneapolis Public Library, Technology and Science Department, 300 
Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of September 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Beth A. Wetzel,
Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate III-1, Division of Reactor 
Projects--III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-24917 Filed 9-18-97; 8:45 am]
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