[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 140 (Thursday, July 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 39545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18723]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318]


Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Denial of Amendment 
to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has denied 
a request by Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (licensee) for an 
amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR No. 53 and DPR No. 69 
issued to the licensee for operation of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear 
Power Plants, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, located in Calvert County, Maryland. 
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of this amendment was published in 
the Federal Register on December 16, 1998 (63 FR 69334).
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the 
Technical Specifications (TS) to delete requirements for tendon 
surveillance and reporting because the TS requirements were a 
duplication of the requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a.
    The NRC staff has concluded that the licensee's request cannot be 
granted. The licensee was notified of the Commission's denial of the 
proposed change by a letter dated July 15, 1999.
    By August 23, 1999, the licensee may demand a hearing with respect 
to the denial described above. Any person whose interest may be 
affected by this proceeding may file a written petition for leave to 
intervene.
    A request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene must be 
filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001 Attention: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public 
Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, 
by the above date.
    A copy of any petitions should also be sent to the Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, and to Jay E. Silberg, Esquire, 2300 N Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20037, attorney for the licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated November 20, 1998, and (2) the 
Commission's letter to the licensee dated July 15, 1999.
    These documents 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 Calvert County Library, Prince Frederick, MD 20678.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of July 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
S. Singh Bajwa,
Acting Director, Project Directorate I, Division of Licensing Project 
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-18723 Filed 7-21-99; 8:45 am]
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