[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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