[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 55414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24209]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-369-OLA, 50-370-OLA, 50-413-OLA, and 50-414-OLA; ASLBP 
No. 03-815-03-OLA]


Duke Energy Corporation, McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, 
Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; Establishment of Atomic Safety 
and Licensing Board

    Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972, 
published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 28,710 (1972), and sections 
2.105, 2.700, 2.702, 2.714, 2.714a, 2.717, 2.721, and 2.772(j) of the 
Commission's Regulations, all as amended, an Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board is being established to preside over the following 
proceeding: Duke Energy Corporation, McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 
and 2, Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2.
    This Board is being established pursuant to a notice of 
consideration of issuance of an operating license amendment and 
opportunity for a hearing published in the Federal Register (68 FR 
44,107 (July 25, 2003)). The proceeding involves petitions for 
intervention submitted on August 21, and August 25, 2003, respectively, 
by the Nuclear Information and Resource Service and the Blue Ridge 
Environmental Defense League challenging a request by Duke Energy 
Corporation to amend its operating licenses for the McGuire Nuclear 
Station, Units 1 and 2, and Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, 
near Charlotte, North Carolina. The amendment would change certain 
facility technical specifications to allow the use of four mixed oxide 
(MOX) lead assemblies at either the Catawba or McGuire plants.
    The Board is comprised of the following administrative judges: 
Administrative Judge Ann Marshall Young, Chair, Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001; Administrative Judge Anthony J. Baratta, Atomic Safety 
and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; Administrative Judge Thomas S. Elleman, 
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed 
with the administrative judges in accordance with 10 CFR 2.701.

    Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of September, 2003.
G. Paul Bollwerk, III,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. 03-24209 Filed 9-24-03; 8:45 am]
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