[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 239 (Monday, December 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68801-68802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33109]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-443]


 Notice of Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Facility 
Operating License and Issuance of Conforming Amendment, and Opportunity 
for a Hearing; North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation, et. al.

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is 
considering the issuance of an order under 10 CFR 50.80 approving the 
transfer of the interest held by Montaup Electric Company in Facility 
Operating License No. NPF-86 for the Seabrook

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Station, Unit No.1 (Seabrook Station), located in Rockingham County, 
New Hampshire, and considering issuance of a conforming amendment under 
10 CFR 50.90.
    Consent to the proposed transfer would authorize Little Bay Power 
Corporation (Little Bay) to possess the ownership interest in the 
Seabrook Station now held by Montaup Electric Company (Montaup). Little 
Bay is a wholly owned subsidiary of BayCorp Holdings, Ltd., which is 
the holding company that also owns Great Bay Power Corporation, an 
existing owner of the Seabrook Station. North Atlantic Energy Service 
Corporation, the sole licensed operator of the facility, would remain 
as the Managing Agent for the 11 Joint Owners of the facility and would 
continue to have exclusive responsibility for the management, operation 
and maintenance of the Seabrook Station. The license would be amended 
for administrative purposes to reflect the transfer of Montaup's 
ownership interest to Little Bay.
    The proposed transfer does not involve a change in the rights, 
obligations, or interests of the other co-owners of the Seabrook 
Station.
    Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, the Commission may approve the transfer 
of a license, or any right thereunder, after notice to interested 
persons. Such approval is contingent upon the Commission's 
determination that the transferee is qualified to hold the license and 
that the transfer is otherwise consistent with applicable provisions of 
law, regulations, and orders of the Commission.
    Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission 
will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended (the Act) and the Commission's regulations.
    As provided in 10 CFR 2.1315, unless otherwise determined by the 
Commission with regard to a specific application, the Commission has 
determined that any amendment to the license of a utilization facility 
which does no more than conform the license to reflect the transfer 
action involves no significant hazards consideration. No contrary 
determination has been made with respect to this specific license 
amendment application. In light of the generic determination reflected 
in 10 CFR 2.1315, no public comments with respect to significant 
hazards considerations are being solicited, notwithstanding the general 
comment procedures contained in 10 CFR 50.91.
    The filing of requests for hearing, and petitions for leave to 
intervene, and written comments with regard to the transfer 
application, are discussed below.
    By January 4, 1999, any person whose interest may be affected by 
the Commission's action on the application may request a hearing and, 
if not the applicant, may petition for leave to intervene in a hearing 
proceeding on the Commission's action. Requests for a hearing and 
petitions for leave to intervene should be filed in accordance with the 
Commission's rules of practice set forth in Subpart M, ``Public 
Notification, Availability of Documents and Records, Hearing Requests 
and Procedures for Hearings on License Transfer Applications,'' of 10 
CFR Part 2. In particular, such requests must comply with the 
requirements set forth in 10 CFR 2.1306, and should address the 
considerations contained in 10 CFR 2.1308(a). Untimely requests may be 
denied, as provided in 10 CFR 2.1308(b), unless good cause for failure 
to file on time is established. In addition, an untimely request should 
address the factors that the Commission will also consider, in 
reviewing untimely requests, set forth in 10 CFR 2.1308(b)(1)-(2).
    Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene should 
be served upon the applicant; the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555; and the Secretary of the 
Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, in accordance 
with 10 CFR 2.1313.
    The Commission will issue a notice or order granting or denying a 
hearing request or intervention petition, designating the issues for 
any hearing that will be held and designating the Presiding Officer. A 
notice granting a hearing will be published in the Federal Register and 
served on the parties to the hearing.
    As an alternative to requests for hearing and petitions to 
intervene, by January 13, 1999, persons may submit written comments 
regarding the license transfer application, as provided for in 10 CFR 
2.1305. The Commission will consider and, if appropriate, respond to 
these comments, but such comments will not otherwise constitute part of 
the decisional record. Comments should be submitted to the Secretary, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, and should cite the 
publication date and page number of this Federal Register notice.
    For further details with respect to this action, see the 
applications for consent to transfer Montaup's interest in the license 
and issuance of a conforming amendment submitted under cover of a 
letter dated September 29, 1998, from North Atlantic Energy Service 
Corporation which 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 Exeter Public Library, Founders Park, Exeter, NH 03833.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of December, 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cecil O. Thomas,
Director, Project Directorate I-3, Division of Reactor Projects--I/II, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-33109 Filed 12-11-98; 8:45 am]
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