[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 218 (Monday, November 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 66201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19097]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

 [Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374]


Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Notice of Denial of Amendment to 
Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has 
denied a request by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensee) for 
an amendment to Facility Operating Licenses NPF-11 and NPF-12, issued 
to the licensee for operation of the Lasalle County Station, Unit Nos. 
1 and 2, located in LaSalle County, Illinois.
    Notice of Consideration of Issuance of this amendment was published 
in the Federal Register on March 28, 2006 (71 FR 15483).
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the 
technical specifications (TS) to change Surveillance Requirement (SR) 
3.7.3.1 which verifies the cooling water temperature supplied to the 
plant from the core standby cooling system (CSCS) pond (i.e., ultimate 
heat sink (UHS)) is <= 100 [deg]F. Currently, if the temperature of the 
cooling water supplied to the plant from the CSCS pond is > 100 [deg]F, 
the UHS must be declared inoperable in accordance with TS 3.7.3. The 
license amendment request proposed to increase the temperature limit of 
the cooling water supplied to the plant from the CSCS pond to <= 101.5 
[deg]F by reducing the temperature measurement uncertainty by replacing 
the existing thermocouples with higher precision temperature measuring 
equipment. Should the UHS indicated temperature exceed 101.5 [deg]F, 
Required Action B.1 would be entered and both units would be placed in 
Mode 3 within 12 hours and Mode 4 within 36 hours.
    The NRC staff has concluded that the licensee's request cannot be 
granted. The licensee was notified of the Commission's denial of the 
proposed change by telephone on November 2, 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 a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must 
be filed by: (1) First class mail addressed to the Office of the 
Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications 
Staff; (2) courier, express mail, and expedited delivery services: 
Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and 
Adjudications Staff; (3) E-mail addressed to the Office of the 
Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, [email protected]; 
or (4) facsimile transmission addressed to the Office of the Secretary, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff at (301) 415-1101, 
verification number is (301) 415-1966. A copy of the request for 
hearing and petition for leave to intervene should also be sent to the 
Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, and 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 the request for 
hearing and petition for leave to intervene should also be sent to Mr. 
Bradley J. Fewell, Assistant General Counsel, Exelon Generation 
Company, LLC, 200 Exelon Way, Kennett Square, PA 19348, attorney for 
the licensee. For further details with respect to this action, see (1) 
the application for amendment dated March 13, 2006, as supplemented by 
letters dated July 13 and August 4, 2006, and (2) the Commission's 
letter to the licensee dated November 3, 2006.
    Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's 
Public Document Room (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 3rd day of November 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Catherine Haney,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
 [FR Doc. E6-19097 Filed 11-9-06; 8:45 am]
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