[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 138 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38863-38864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19221]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Indiana Michigan Power Company; Notice of Informal 10 CFR 2.206 
Public Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold an informal 
public hearing regarding a petition submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 
involving Donald C. Cook, Units 1 and 2 of the Indiana Michigan Power 
Company (the licensee). The hearing will be held on August 19, 1998. 
The location of the hearing will be at the NRC, rooms T-09A1-T-09F5. 
The NRC is located at 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The 
hearing will be open to public attendance and will be transcribed.
    The structure of the hearing shall be as follows:

Wednesday, August 19, 1998:
    9:00 a.m.--NRC opening remarks
    9:15 a.m.--Petitioner's presentation
    10:00 a.m.--NRC questions
    10:15 a.m.--Licensee's presentation
    11:00 a.m.--NRC questions
    11:15 a.m.--Public Comments
    11:45 a.m.--Licensee/Petitioner's final statements
    12:00 noon--Meeting concludes

    By letter dated October 9, 1997, the Union of Concerned Scientists 
(UCS or Petitioner) submitted a Petition pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 
requesting that the operating licenses for Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power 
Plant, Units 1 and 2, be modified, revoked, or suspended until there is 
reasonable assurance that plant systems are in conformance with design-
and licensing-bases requirements. In addition, the Petitioner requested 
that a public hearing into the matter be held in the Washington, D.C., 
area before the first unit at D.C. Cook is authorized to restart. By 
letter dated January 12, 1998, UCS submitted an Addendum to the 
original Petition presenting additional information on six other 
concerns at the D.C. Cook plant.
    The purpose of this informal public hearing is to obtain additional 
information from the Petitioner, the licensee, and the public for NRC 
staff use in evaluating the Petition. Therefore, this informal public 
hearing will be limited to information relevant to issues raised in the 
Petition and its Addendum. The staff will not offer any preliminary 
views on its evaluation of the Petition. The informal public hearing 
will be chaired by a senior NRC official who will limit presentations 
to the above subject.
    The format of the informal public hearing will be as follows: 
opening remarks by the NRC regarding the general 10 CFR 2.206 process, 
the purpose of the informal public hearing, and a brief summary of the 
Petition and its Addendum (15 minutes); time for the Petitioner to 
articulate the basis of the Petition (45 minutes); time for the NRC to 
ask the Petitioner questions for purposes of clarification (15 
minutes); time for the licensee to address the issues raised in the 
Petition (45 minutes); time for the NRC to ask the licensee questions 
for purposes of clarification (15 minutes); time for public comments 
relative to the Petition (30 minutes); and time for licensee and 
Petitioner's final statements (15 minutes).
    Members of the public who are interested in presenting information 
relative to the Petition should notify the NRC official named below, 5 
working days prior to the hearing. A brief summary of the information 
to be presented and the time requested should be provided in order to 
make appropriate arrangements. Time allotted for presentations by 
members of the public will be determined based upon the number of 
requests received and will be announced at the beginning of the 
hearing. The order for public presentations will be on a first received 
first to speak basis. Written statements will also be accepted and 
included in the record of the hearing. Written statements should be 
mailed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mailstop O-13E21, 
Attn: John Stang, Washington, DC 20555.
    Requests for the opportunity to present information can be made by 
contacting John Stang, Project Manager, Division of Reactor Projects-
III/IV (telephone 301-415-1345) between 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (EDT), 
Monday-Friday. Persons planning to attend this informal public hearing 
are urged to contact the above 1 or 2 days prior to the informal public 
hearing to be advised of any changes that may have occurred.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of July, 1998.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Elinor G. Adensam,
Acting Director, Division of Reactor Projects--III/IV, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-19221 Filed 7-17-98; 8:45 am]
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