[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25831]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-259; License No. DPR-33]


Tennessee Valley Authority; 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 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, of the Tennessee Valley 
Authority (TVA or the licensee). The hearing will be held on October 
26, 1998. The location of the hearing will be at the Browns Ferry 
Nuclear Plant Training Center, Auditorium. The Browns Ferry Nuclear 
Plant Training Center is located at Shaw Road and Nuclear Plant Road, 
Athens, Alabama. The hearing will be open to public attendance and will 
be transcribed.
    The structure of the hearing shall be as follows:

Monday October 26, 1998:
1:00 p.m.--NRC opening remarks
1:15 p.m.--Petitioner's presentation
2:00 p.m.--NRC questions
2:15 p.m.--Licensee's presentation
3:00 p.m.--NRC questions
3:15 p.m.--Public Comments
3:45 p.m.--Licensee/Petitioner's final statements
4:00 p.m.--Meeting concludes

    By letter dated April 5, 1997, the Union of Concerned Scientists 
(UCS or Petitioner) submitted a Petition pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 
requesting (1) that the operating license for Browns Ferry Nuclear 
Plant, Unit 1 be revoked and (2) that the NRC require TVA to submit 
either a decommissioning plan or a lay-up plan for Browns Ferry Nuclear 
Plant, Unit 1. In addition, the Petitioner requested a hearing on this 
petition to present new information on Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 
1 that would include a discussion of the licensing basis reconstitution 
that would be required to support restart, and certain financial 
aspects that might be a consideration for the TVA's decision for 
retaining the Browns Ferry Unit 1 operating license.
    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. 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, Mail stop O-14B21, Attn: Albert W. De Agazio, 
Washington, DC 20555.
    Requests for the opportunity to present information can be made by 
contacting Albert W. De Agazio, Project Manager, Division of Reactor 
Projects- I/II (telephone 301-415-1443) between 8:00 a.m. to 5:45 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 22nd day of September 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John A. Zwolinski,
Acting Director, Division of Reactor Projects--I/II, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-25831 Filed 9-24-98; 10:41 am]
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