[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 38430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10525]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 72-7 and 50-255; License No. DPR-20]


Nuclear Management Company, LLC; Consideration of Request for 
Action Under 10 CFR 2.206

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Receipt and consideration of request for action under 10 CFR 
2.206.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: L. Raynard Wharton, Senior Project 
Manager, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555. Telephone: (301) 415-1396; Fax number: (301) 415-8555: E-mail: 
[email protected].

Introduction

    Notice is hereby given that by petition dated April 4, 2006, Mr. 
Terry J. Lodge (Counsel for Petitioners) has requested that the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC) take action with regard to the Nuclear 
Management Company, LLC (NMC) Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP). The 
petitioners' request that the NRC take enforcement action against PNP 
by condemning and stopping the use of the two independent spent fuel 
storage installation (ISFSI) concrete pads, constructed in 1992 and 
2003, which hold dry spent fuel storage casks at the plant site.

Request

    As the basis for the request, the petitioners state that both ISFSI 
concrete pads at PNP do not conform to NRC requirements for earthquake 
stability standards and pose a distinct hazard in the event of an 
earthquake.
    The request concerning slope stability of the 2003 concrete pad is 
being treated pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the Commission's regulations. 
The request has been referred to the Director of the Spent Fuel Project 
Office within the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. As 
provided by 10 CFR 2.206, appropriate action will be taken on this 
petition within a reasonable time. Representatives of Mr. Lodge spoke 
with the Petition Review Board on April 26, 2006, to discuss the 
petition. The results of that discussion were considered in the Board's 
determination regarding condemning and stopping the use of the two 
ISFSI concrete pads and in establishing a schedule for the review of 
the petition. By letter dated June 27, 2006, the Spent Fuel Project 
Office Deputy Director accepted the petition for review in part, 
specifically with respect to slope stability of the concrete pad 
constructed in 2003.

Further Information

    A copy of the petition may be inspected at NRC's Public Electronic 
Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. This document 
may also be viewed electronically on the public computers located at 
the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), O-1F21, One White Flint North, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction 
contractor will copy documents for a fee. Persons who do not have 
access to the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS) or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in 
ADAMS, should 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 at Rockville, Maryland this 27th day of June, 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
L. Raynard Wharton,
Senior Project Manager, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards.
 [FR Doc. E6-10525 Filed 7-5-06; 8:45 am]
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