[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9544-9545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4812]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-302]


Florida Power Corporation; Crystal River Unit 3; Notice of 
Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Facility Operating License and 
Issuance of Conforming Amendment and Opportunity for a Hearing

    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 the City of Tallahassee (the City) in 
Facility Operating License No. DPR-72 for Crystal River Unit 3 (CR-3). 
The transfer would be to Florida Power Corporation (FPC). The 
Commission is also considering amending the license for administrative 
purposes to reflect the proposed transfer.

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    According to an application for approval filed by FPC, the City and 
FPC have reached an agreement that provides for the transfer of the 
City's 1.3333 percent ownership interest in CR-3 to FPC in exchange for 
FPC assuming responsibility for certain future liabilities. FPC 
presently owns about 90 percent of CR-3, and is exclusively authorized 
under the license to operate, maintain, and decommission the facility. 
No physical changes to, or operational changes for CR-3 are being 
proposed in the application. Also, no changes to FPC's authority to 
operate, maintain, and decommission the facility are being requested. 
The application seeks, in addition to the Commission's consent to the 
transfer, approval of a license amendment to remove the City from the 
license once the transfer is approved and completed.
    Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any right thereunder, 
shall be transferred, directly or indirectly, through transfer of 
control of the license, unless the Commission shall give its consent in 
writing. The Commission will approve an application for the transfer of 
a license, if the Commission determines that the proposed transferee is 
qualified to hold the license, and that the transfer is otherwise 
consistent with applicable provisions of law, regulations, and orders 
issued by the Commission pursuant thereto.
    Before issuance of the proposed conforming 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 a hearing and petitions for leave to 
intervene, and written comments with regard to the license transfer 
application, are discussed below.
    By March 18, 1999, any person whose interest may be affected by the 
Commission's action on the application may request a hearing, and, if 
not the applicants, 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 and petitions 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 and 
petitions 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 or petition should address the factors that the 
Commission will also consider, in reviewing untimely requests or 
petitions, set forth in 10 CFR 2.1308(b)(1)-(2).
    Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene should 
be served upon R. Alexander Glenn, General Counsel, Florida Power 
Corporation, MAC-A5A, P. O. Box 14042, St. Petersburg, Florida 33733-
4042; 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 a hearing and petitions to 
intervene, by March 29, 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 
application dated December 29, 1998, 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 Coastal Region Library, 8619 W. Crystal Street, Crystal 
River, Florida 34428.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 19th day of February 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cecil O. Thomas,
Director, Project Directorate II-3, Division of Licensing Project 
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-4812 Filed 2-25-99; 8:45 am]
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