[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 93 (Friday, May 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30642-30643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11956]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-344]


Portland General Electric Company, et al.; Trojan Nuclear Plant; 
Notice of Consideration of Approval of Application Regarding Sierra 
Pacific Resources Purchase of Portland General Electric and Opportunity 
for a Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the 
issuance of an order under 10 CFR 50.80 and 10 CFR 72.50 approving the 
indirect transfer of Facility Operating License No. NFP-1 for the 
Trojan Nuclear Plant (TNP) and Materials License No. SNM-2509 for the 
TNP Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) located in 
Columbia County, Oregon, on the west bank of the Columbia River.
    According to an application for approval filed by Portland General 
Electric Company (PGE, the licensee), Sierra Pacific Resources (SPR) is 
considering the purchase of all of the common stock of PGE from Enron 
Corporation. PGE, currently a wholly

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owned subsidiary of Enron Corporation, would become a wholly-owned 
subsidiary of SPR, thereby effecting an indirect transfer of Enron's 
interest in the TNP and ISFSI licenses to SPR. No physical changes to 
the TNP or ISFSI or operational changes are being proposed in the 
application. No direct transfer of the licenses for the facility and 
the ISFSI would result from the ownership transfer.
    Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80 and 10 CFR 72.50, 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 indirect transfer of a facility or ISFSI license, if the Commission 
determines that the proposed transfer of control will not affect the 
qualifications of the holder of the license, and that the transfer is 
otherwise consistent with applicable provisions of law, regulations, 
and orders issued by the Commission pursuant thereto.
    The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to 
intervene, and written comments with regard to the license transfer 
application, are discussed below.
    By June 1, 2000, 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 Mary A. Murphy, Esq., counsel for, Leboeuf, Lamb, Green, 
and MacRae L.L.P., 1875 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20009-
5728; George M. Galloway, Esq., counsel for, Stoel Rives L.L.P., 
Standard Insurance Center, 900 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 2300, Portland, 
OR 97204-1268; the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555 (e-mail address for filings regarding license 
transfer cases only: [email protected]); 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 hearing and petitions to 
intervene, by June 12, 2000, 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 January 13, 2000, and supplement dated January 20, 
2000, which are available for public inspection at the Commission's 
Public Document Room, The Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W, 
Washington, D.C. 20037, and accessible electronically through the ADAMS 
Public Electronic Reading Room link at the NRC Web site (http://www.nrc.gov).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of May 2000.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Richard F. Dudley,
Acting Chief, Decommissioning Section, Project Directorate IV and 
Decommissioning, Division of Licensing Project Management, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 00-11956 Filed 5-11-00; 8:45 am]
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