[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 31096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10787]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499]
STP Nuclear Operating Company; Notice of Denial of Amendments to
Facility Operating Licenses and Opportunity for Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has
denied a request by STP Nuclear Operating Company (licensee) for
amendments to Facility Operating Licenses, which are numbered NPF-76
and NPF-80, issued to the licensee for operation of the South Texas
Project, Unit 1 and Unit 2, respectively, located in Matagorda County,
Texas.
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of these amendments was not
published in the Federal Register.
The licensee requested the amendments by letter dated February 28,
2006. The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the
Technical Specifications to allow extension of the integrated leakage
rate (Type A) test interval from 15 years to 20 years, while adequately
testing the impact of the aging degradation of the containment pressure
boundary components.
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 a letter dated May 29, 2007.
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 potential 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
potential 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
A. H. Gutterman, Esq., Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius, 1111 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004, attorney for the licensee.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) The
application for amendment dated February 28, 2006, and (2) the
Commission's letter to the licensee dated May 29, 2007.
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 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 29th day of May, 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Timothy J. McGinty,
Acting Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E7-10787 Filed 6-4-07; 8:45 am]
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