[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 234 (Monday, December 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 67494]
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[FR Doc No: 98-32395]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; Yankee Atomic Electric Company 
(Yankee Nuclear Power Station) License Termination Plan; Change in 
Filing Schedules and Date of Prehearing Conference

[Docket No. 50-029-LA-R, ASLBP No. 99-754-01-LA-R]
November 30, 1998.
    Before Administrative Judges: Charles Bechhoefer, Chairman, Dr. 
Thomas S. Elleman, Thomas D. Murphy.

    Notice is hereby given that, at the request of the Citizens 
Awareness Network, Inc. (based on recent physical injuries to its 
designated representative), and without objection from any party or 
other participant, the prehearing conference heretofore scheduled to 
commence on Wednesday, December 16, 1998, at the Grand Jury Room (top 
floor), Franklin County Courthouse, 425 Main Street, Greenfield, MA 
01301, is hereby rescheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, January 
26, 1999 and, to the extent necessary, to continue on Wednesday, 
January 27, 1999 and Thursday, January 28, 1999, beginning at 9:00 a.m. 
each day, at the same location.
    Because of the change in schedule, the schedule for the filing of 
contentions and responses thereto is also changed. Contentions are to 
be in our hands, and in those of parties and other participants, by 
close of business Tuesday, January 5, 1999 (replacing the current 
filing date of November 30, 1998). Responses to those contentions are 
to be in our hands (and those of other participants) by close of 
business Wednesday, January 20, 1998.
    The purpose of the conference will be to determine whether either 
of the petitioners found by the Commission in CLI-98-21 to have 
standing--i.e., the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution, Inc. 
(NECNP) and the Citizens Awareness Network, Inc. (CAN)--have submitted 
admissible contentions conforming to the criteria set forth in 10 CFR 
2.714(b) and (d). If so, they will become parties to the proceeding. 
The conference will also consider petitions, if any, from interested 
States or governmental bodies, as discussed by the Commission in CLI-
98-21. Finally, to the extent necessary, the conference will consider 
discovery and future schedules for various aspects of the proceeding.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.715(a), the Board will hear oral 
limited appearance statements at this prehearing conference. Any person 
not a party to the proceeding or a petitioner for intervention will be 
permitted to make such a statement, either orally or in writing, 
setting forth his or her position on issues of concern. These 
statements do not constitute testimony or evidence but may help the 
Board and/or parties in their deliberations on the extent of the issues 
to be considered.
    Oral limited appearance statements may be given from 7:00 p.m. to 
9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 26, 1999 (or such lesser time as is 
necessary to accommodate speakers who are present), at the same 
location as the site of the prehearing conference. (To the extent that 
the Board is apprised of a need to accommodate further speakers, it 
will attempt to do so at the beginning or end of any later session of 
the conference that may be necessary.) The number of persons making 
oral statements and the time allotted for each statement may be limited 
depending on the number of persons present at the designated time. 
(Normally, each oral statement may extend for up to five (5) minutes.) 
Written statements may be submitted at any time. Written statements, 
and requests for oral statements, should be submitted to the Office of 
the Secretary, Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555. A copy of such statement or 
request should also be served on the Chairman of this Licensing Board. 
(Persons desiring to make oral statements who have filed a written 
request will be given priority over those who have not filed such a 
request.)
    Documents relating to this application are on file at the Local 
Public Document Room, located at the Greenfield Community College, 1 
College Drive, Greenfield, MA 01301, as well as at the Commission's 
Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L St., NW, Washington 
DC 20037.
    It is so ordered.

    Rockville, Maryland, November 30, 1998.

    For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
Charles Bechhoefer,
Chairman, Administrative Judge.
[FR Doc. 98-32395 Filed 12-4-98; 8:45 am]
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