[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6583-6584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3166]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-346]


Toledo Edison Company, Centerior Service Company and The 
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (Davis-Besse Nuclear Power 
Station, Unit 1); Notice of Partial Denial of Amendment to Facility 
Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has 
partially denied a request by Toledo Edison Company, Centerior Service 
Company, and The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (the 
licensees) to amend Facility Operating License NPF-3 issued to the 
licensees for operation of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 
1, located in Ottawa County, Ohio. Notice of Consideration of Issuance 
of the amendment was published in the Federal Register on January 2, 
1997 (62 FR 132).
    The purpose of the licensees' amendment request was to revise 
Technical Specification (TS) Section 3/4.8.1, ``A.C. Sources,'' TS 
Section 3/4.8.2, ``Onsite Power Distribution Systems,'' TS Table 4.8.1, 
``Battery Surveillance Requirements,'' and the associated bases. 
Surveillance requirements were modified to account for an increase in 
the fuel cycle. Administrative changes were also made.
    The proposed changes to TS 4.8.1.1.1.b, TS 4.8.1.1.2.d, TS 
4.8.2.3.2.d and TS 4.8.2.3.2.f were denied in part. The proposed change 
to TS 4.8.2.3.2.e was denied. The licensees requested to remove the 
restriction ``during shutdown'' from these TSs. These removals were 
denied because these removals would be inconsistent with current staff 
positions.
    The NRC staff has concluded that part of the licensees' request 
cannot be granted. The licensees were notified of the Commission's 
partial denial of the proposed change by letter dated February 3, 1998.
    By March 11, 1998, the licensees may demand a hearing with respect 
to the partial 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.

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    A copy of any petition should also be sent to the Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555, and to Jay E. Silberg, Esquire, Shaw, Pittman, Potts and 
Trowbridge, 2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037, attorney for the 
licensees.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated October 28, 1996, as supplemented by 
letters dated August 19 and October 16, 1997, and (2) the Commission's 
letter to the licensees dated February 3, 1998.
    These documents are available for public inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room and at the local public document room 
located at the University of Toledo, William Carlson Library, 
Government Documents Collection, 2801 West Bancroft Avenue, Toledo, OH 
43606.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this third day of February 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Allen G. Hansen,
Project Manager, Project Directorate III-3, Division of Reactor 
Projects--III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-3166 Filed 2-6-98; 8:45 am]
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