[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5053-5054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2311]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-213-OLA, ASLBP No. 01-787-02-OLA]


Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; Before Administrative Judges: 
Ann Marshall Young, Chair, Dr. Peter S. Lam, Thomas D. Murphy; In the 
Matter of Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company (Haddam Neck Plant)

January 27, 2003.

Notice of Evidentiary Hearing and Opportunity To Make Limited 
Appearance Statements

    This Atomic Safety and Licensing Board hereby gives notice that, 
beginning on Monday, March 10, 2003, it will convene an evidentiary 
hearing in New Britain, Connecticut, to receive testimony and exhibits 
and to allow the cross-examination of witnesses on certain matters at 
issue in this proceeding. In addition, the Board gives notice that, in 
accordance with 10 CFR 2.715(a), it will also entertain oral limited 
appearance statements from members of the public, as specified in 
Section B below.
    This proceeding involves certain challenges of Intervenor Citizens 
Awareness Network (CAN) to a license amendment request by Connecticut 
Yankee Atomic Power Company (CYAPCO or Connecticut Yankee), seeking 
approval of a License Termination Plan (LTP) for its Haddam Neck Plant. 
(Intervenor Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control (CDPUC) 
has settled all its admitted contentions with CYAPCO, but continues to 
participate in the proceeding as an interested state.) On January 31, 
2001, this Licensing Board was established to preside over this 
proceeding. 66 FR 9111 (Feb. 6, 2001). By Memorandum and Order dated 
July 9, 2001, the Licensing Board granted CAN's and CDPUC's requests 
for a hearing, and on July 12, 2001, issued a Notice of Hearing. 66 FR 
37494 (July 18, 2001).
    At the evidentiary hearing, the Board will receive evidence on 
CAN's challenges to the adequacy of certain aspects of the LTP to 
assure the protection of the public health and safety, relating to 
Connecticut Yankee's site characterization and methodology for 
detection and cleanup of transuranic, hard-to-detect-nuclide, and ``hot 
particle'' contamination; and to its dose modeling calculation 
methodology.

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A. Timing and Location of Evidentiary Hearing

    The evidentiary hearing will commence on the afternoon of March 10, 
2003, at 1:30 p.m. in Hearing Room One, located on the first floor of 
the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control Building, at Ten 
Franklin Square, New Britain, Connecticut.
    The hearing will continue from day to day until concluded. At the 
conclusion of each day, the Board will announce when the hearing will 
reconvene, which will generally be at 9 a.m. each day (although the 
hearing may not start until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 12). Hearings 
will extend until approximately 5 p.m. each day (except that on Friday, 
March 14, the hearing will likely adjourn at approximately 12 noon). 
The Board may make changes in the schedule, lengthening or shortening 
each day's session or canceling a session as deemed necessary or 
appropriate to allow for witnesses' availability and other matters 
arising during the course of the proceeding.
    Members of the public are encouraged to attend any and all sessions 
of the evidentiary hearing, but should note that these sessions are 
adjudicatory proceedings open to the public for observation only. Those 
who wish to participate are invited to offer limited appearance 
statements as provided in Section B, below.

B. Participation Guidelines for Oral Limited Appearance Statements

    On the evening of March 11, 2003, starting at 6 p.m. and continuing 
until 9 p.m. as necessary, in the same location as the evidentiary 
hearing, any persons who are not parties to the proceeding will be 
permitted to make oral statements setting forth their positions on 
matters of concern relating to this proceeding. Although these 
statements do not constitute testimony or evidence, they may 
nonetheless help the Board and/or the parties in their consideration of 
the issues in this proceeding.
    The time allotted for each statement will normally be no more than 
five minutes, but may be further limited depending on the number of 
written requests to make oral statements that are submitted in 
accordance with section C below, and/or on the number of persons 
present the evening of March 11, 2003. Persons who submit timely 
written requests to make oral statements will be given priority over 
those who have not filed such requests. If all scheduled and 
unscheduled speakers present have made their oral statements prior to 9 
p.m., the Licensing Board may terminate the session before 9 p.m.

C. Submitting Requests To Make an Oral Limited Appearance Statements

    To be considered timely, a written request to make an oral 
statement must be mailed, faxed, or sent by e-mail so as to be received 
by close of business (4:30 p.m. EST) on Friday, February 28, 2003. 
Written requests should be submitted to:

Mail: Office of the Secretary, Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Fax: (301) 415-1101 (verification (301) 415-1966).
E-mail: [email protected].

    In addition, using the same method of service, a copy of the 
written request to make an oral statement should be sent to the Chair 
of this Licensing Board as follows:

Mail: Administrative Judge Ann Marshall Young, Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board Panel, Mail Stop T-3F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Fax: 301/415-5599 (verification 301/415-7550).
E-mail: [email protected].

D. Submitting Written Limited Appearance Statements

    A written limited appearance statement may be submitted at any 
time. Such statements should be sent to the Office of the Secretary 
using any of the methods prescribed above, with a copy to the Licensing 
Board Chair by the same method.

E. Availability of Documentary Information Regarding the Proceeding

    Documents relating to this proceeding are available for public 
inspection at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland; 
or electronically through the publicly available records component of 
the NRC Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). 
ADAMS is accessible through the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The PDR and many public libraries have terminals 
for public access to the Internet. Persons who do not have access to 
ADAMS or who encounter problems in obtaining access to the documents 
located in ADAMS may contact the NRC PDR reference staff by telephone 
at 1-800/397-4209 or 301/415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated in Rockville, Maryland, on January 27, 2003.
    For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
Ann Marshall Young,
Chair, Administrative Judge.
[FR Doc. 03-2311 Filed 1-30-03; 8:45 am]
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