[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 193 (Thursday, October 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 58879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16448]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-382]


Entergy Operations, Inc.; 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 Entergy Operations, Inc. 
(the licensee), for an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-
38, issued to the licensee for operation of the Waterford Steam 
Electric Station, Unit 3, located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. The 
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of this amendment was published in 
the Federal Register on December 7, 2004 (69 FR 70717).
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise 
Technical Specifications (TS) 3.7.4, ``Ultimate Heat Sink,'' to provide 
clarification that the ambient temperature monitoring requirement that 
is specified in TS 3.7.4.d only applies when the affected ultimate heat 
sink train is considered to be operable and to delete TS 3.7.4.c. 
Deleting TS 3.7.4.c would allow the plant to take credit for the dry 
cooling tower fans that are not protected from tornado missiles when a 
tornado warning is in effect.
    The NRC staff has concluded that the portion of the licensee's 
request regarding deletion of TS 3.7.4.c cannot be granted. The 
licensee was notified of the Commission's denial of the proposed change 
by a letter dated September 28, 2006.
    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 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 possible delays 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 
possible delays 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 N. S. Reynolds, Esquire, 
Winston & Strawn, 1700 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006-3817, 
attorney for the licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) The 
application for amendment dated November 5, 2004, and (2) the 
Commission's letter to the licensee dated September 28, 2006.
    Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's 
PDR, located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, and will be 
accessible electronically through the Agencywide Documents Access and 
Management System's (ADAMS) 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 28th day of September 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Catherine Haney,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E6-16448 Filed 10-4-06; 8:45 am]
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