[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 7573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3515]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

[Docket No. 50-423-LA-3; ASLBP No. 00-771-01-LA]


Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (Millstone Nuclear Power 
Station, Unit No. 3; Facility Operating License NPF-49); Notice of 
Hearing

February 9, 2000.
    This proceeding involves the proposed increase in capacity (through 
the addition of high-density storage racks) of the spent fuel storage 
pool of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 3, a pressurized 
water reactor located in New London County, Connecticut. In response to 
a Notice of Opportunity for Hearing, published at 64 FR 48672 
(September 7, 1999), Connecticut Citizens Against Millstone (CCAM) and 
Long Island Citizens Against Millstone (CAM) submitted a timely request 
for a hearing. On October 19, 1999, an Atomic Safety and Licensing 
Board, consisting of Dr. Richard F. Cole, Dr. Charles N. Kelber, and 
Charles Bechhoefer, who serves as Chairman, was established to preside 
over this proceeding. 64 FR 57485 (October 25, 1999).
    Notice is hereby given that, following the holding of a prehearing 
conference in New London, Connecticut, the Atomic Safety and Licensing 
Board has, by Prehearing Conference Order dated February 9, 2000, LBP-
00-02, granted the request for a hearing/petition to intervene 
submitted by CCAM and CAM. Parties to this proceeding are the Licensee, 
Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (NNEC); CCAM; CAM; and the Staff of 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    This proceeding will be conducted either under the Commission's 
hearing procedures in 10 CFR part 2, subpart G or, if requested by any 
party by February 22, 2000, under the Commission's hybrid hearing 
procedures set forth in 10 CFR part 2, subpart K.
    During the course of this proceeding, the Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board, pursuant to 10 CFR 2.715(a), will entertain limited 
appearance statements from any member of the public who is not a party 
to the proceeding, for the purpose of stating his or her views on the 
issues involved in this proceeding. Although these statements are not 
evidence and do not become part of the decisional record, they may 
assist the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board and the parties in their 
consideration of matters at issue in this proceeding. Limited 
appearance statements should be made in writing. If the Atomic Safety 
and Licensing Board conducts an oral argument or in-person prehearing 
conference or evidentiary hearing, the Board may at its discretion hear 
oral statements, at a time and location yet to be determined. Written 
statements, and requests to make oral statements, should be submitted 
to the Office of the Secretary, Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555. A copy of 
such statement or request should also be served on the Chairman of the 
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, T3 F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, or [email protected].
    Documents related to this proceeding, issued prior to December 1, 
1999, are available in print form for public inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), 2120 L St. NW, Washington, 
D.C. Documents issued subsequent to November 1, 1999 are available 
electronically through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management 
System (ADAMS), with access to the public through NRC's Internet Web 
site (Public Electronic Reading Room Link, (http:@//www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html). The PDR and the majority of public libraries have 
terminals for public access to the Internet.

    Rockville, Maryland, February 9, 2000.
    For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
Charles Bechhoefer,
Chairman, Administrative Judge.
[FR Doc. 00-3515 Filed 2-14-00; 8:45 am]
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