[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58983-58984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22047]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-261]


Carolina Power & Light Company; Notice of Partial Denial of 
Amendment to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has 
denied a portion of an amendment request by the Carolina Power & Light 
Company (the licensee) for an amendment to Renewed Facility Operating 
License No. DPR-23 issued to the licensee for operation of the H. B. 
Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2, located in Darlington 
County, South Carolina. The Notice of Consideration of Issuance of this 
amendment was published in the Federal Register on April 1, 2003 (68 FR 
15758).
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the 
Technical Specifications (TS) to fully implement the alternative source 
term (AST).
    The NRC staff has concluded that the portion of the licensee's 
request regarding use of the AST for loss-of-coolant accidents cannot 
be granted. The licensee was notified of the Commission's denial of the 
proposed change by a letter dated September 24, 2004.
    By 30 days from the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register, the licensee may demand a hearing with respect to the 
denial described above. Any person whose

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interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a written petition 
for leave to intervene pursuant to the requirements of 10 CFR 2.309.
    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 (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area 
O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, by the 
above date. Because of continuing disruptions in delivery to mail to 
U.S. Government offices, it is requested that petitions for leave to 
intervene and requests for hearing be transmitted to the Secretary of 
the Commission either by means of facsimile transmission to 301-415-
1101 or by e-mail to [email protected]. 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 because of 
continuing disruptions in delivery of mail to the U.S. Government 
offices, it is requested that copies be transmitted either by means of 
facsimile transmission to 301-415-3725 or by e-mail to 
[email protected]. A copy of any petitions should also be sent to 
Steven R. Carr, Associate General Counsel--Legal Department, Progress 
Energy Service Company, LLC, Post Office Box 1551, Raleigh, North 
Carolina 27602, attorney for the licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated May 10, 2002, and supplemental letters 
dated March 12, 2003, April 10, 2003, March 5, 2004, and July 22, 2004, 
and (2) the Commission's letter to the licensee dated September 24, 
2004.
    Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's 
PDR, located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first 
floor), Rockville, Maryland, and will be accessible electronically 
through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System's Public 
Electronic Reading Room link at the NRC Web site http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who 
encounter problems in accessing documents located in ADAMS, should 
contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, 
301-415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of September 2004.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Edwin M. Hackett,
Director, Project Directorate II, Division of Licensing Project 
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 04-22047 Filed 9-30-04; 8:45 am]
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