[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 247 (Thursday, December 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34122]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287]


Duke Energy Corporation; Notice of Issuance of Amendments to 
Facility Operating Licenses

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has issued 
Amendment No. 300 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-38, Amendment 
No. 300 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-47, and Amendment No. 300 
to Facility Operating License No. DPR-55, issued to the Duke Energy 
Corporation, which revised the Technical Specifications for operation 
of the Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, located in Oconee 
County, South Carolina. The amendments are effective as of the date of 
issuance and shall be implemented following completion of the 
associated training program, but no later than April 30, 1999.
    The amendments implement a full conversion of the Oconee Nuclear 
Station Technical Specifications (TS) to a set of TS based on NUREG-
1430, ``Standard Technical Specifications Babcock and Wilcox Plants,'' 
Revision 1, April 1995, and on guidance provided in the Commission's 
``Final Policy Statement on Technical Specifications Improvements for 
Nuclear Power Reactors,'' published on July 22, 1993 (58 FR 39132), and 
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 50.36, as amended 
July 19, 1995 (60 FR 36953). The amendments also grant requests for the 
following additional ITS items: (a) October 7, 1998 (63 FR 53945) and 
(b) November 12, 1998 (63 FR 63333). In addition, the amendments add 
license conditions to Appendix C (Units 1, 2, and 3) of the operating 
licenses that address (1) relocation of certain requirements to 
licensee-controlled documents, (2) performance of new surveillance 
requirements, and (3) performance of a new surveillance for 
verification of correct valve position for valves that are 
inaccessible. The implementation of the amendments and the license 
conditions will be followed by the completion of the associated 
training program, but no later than April 30, 1999.
    The application for the amendments complies with the standards and 
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), 
and the Commission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made 
appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules 
and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license 
amendments.
    Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility 
Operating Licenses and Opportunity for a Hearing in connection with 
this action was published in the Federal Register on December 5, 1997 
(62 FR 64405). No request for a hearing or petition for leave to 
intervene was filed following this notice.
    The Commission has prepared an Environmental Assessment related to 
the action and has determined not to prepare an environmental impact 
statement. Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission has 
concluded that the issuance of the amendment will not have a 
significant effect on the quality of the human environment (63 FR 67717 
dated December 8, 1998).
    For further details with respect to the action see (1) the 
application for amendments dated October 28, 1997, and supplemented 
March 26, May 20, July 29, August 13, October 1, October 21, October 
28, November 23, December 3, and December 15, 1998, (2) Amendment Nos. 
300, 300, and 300 to License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55, 
respectively, (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation, and (4) 
the Commission's Environmental Assessment. All of these items 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 Oconee County Library, 
501 West South Broad Street, Walhalla, South Carolina.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of December 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Leonard N. Olshan,
Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate II-2, Division of Reactor 
Projects--I/II, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-34122 Filed 12-23-98; 8:45 am]
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