[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 62227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29842]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Commowealth Edison Co.; Notice of Partial Denial of Amendment to 
Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing

[Docket No. 50-373]
    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has 
partially denied a request by Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd, the 
licensee), for an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-11 
issued to ComEd for operation of LaSalle County Station, Unit 1, 
located in LaSalle County, Illinois. Notice of Consideration of 
Issuance of this amendment was published in the Federal Register on 
August 11, 1999 (64 FR 43768).
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise 
Technical Specification (TS) Section 2.1 to reflect a change to the 
Minimum Critical Power Ratio and to add an NRC-approved Siemens Power 
Corporation methodology to the list of topical reports used to 
determine the core operating limits.
    The NRC staff has concluded that the portion of the licensee's 
request to add a methodology to the list of topical reports in Section 
6.6 of the TS can not be granted. The basis for the partial denial is 
detailed in the Safety Evaluation related to Amendment No. 137 dated 
November 9, 1999.
    By December 16, 1999, the licensee may demand a hearing with 
respect to the partial 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 Ms. Pamela Stroebel, Commonwealth Edison Company, PO 
Box 767, Chicago, Illinois 60690-0767.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated July 7, 1999, as supplemented on 
October 14, 1999, and (2) Amendment No. 137 to Facility Operating 
License No. NPF-11, and (3) the Commissions related Safety Evaluation.
    These documents are available for public inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, 
NW., Washington, DC, or are accessible electronically through the ADAMS 
Public Electronic Reading Room link at the NRC Web site (http://
www.nrc.gov).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of November, 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Anthony J. Mendiola,
Acting Director, Project Directorate III, Division of Licensing Project 
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-29842 Filed 11-15-99; 8:45 am]
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