[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 189 (Monday, October 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 55834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19311]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Indian Point Nuclear Generating
Unit Nos. 2 and 3; Notice of Opportunity for Hearing Regarding Renewal
of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-26 and DPR-64 for an Additional
20-Year Period: Extension of Time for Filing of Requests for Hearing or
Petitions for Leave To Intervene in the License Renewal Proceeding
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License renewal: Extension of time for the filing of requests
for hearing or petitions for leave to intervene in the license renewal
proceeding.
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SUMMARY: On August 1, 2007 (72 FR 42134), the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) announced its acceptance for docketing of the
application and notice of opportunity for hearing for the renewal of
Operating License Nos. DPR-26 and DPR-64, which authorize Entergy
Nuclear Operations, Inc. to operate Indian Point Nuclear Generating
Unit Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, at 3216 megawatts thermal (MWt) for
each unit. A sixty-day period was provided for the filing of written
requests for a hearing or petitions for leave to intervene with respect
to the renewal of the license. The period for the filing of requests
for a hearing or petitions for leave to intervene was to have expired
on October 1, 2007.
The period for the filing of requests for a hearing or petitions
for leave to intervene has been extended and now expires on November
30, 2007. The period for filling answers to such requests or petitions
has also been extended.
DATES: The period for the filing of requests for a hearing or petitions
for leave to intervene has been extended and now expires on November
30, 2007. Answers to such requests or petitions are now due on January
11, 2008, and replies to those answers are due on January 18, 2008 (see
10 CFR 2.309(h)). Non-timely requests and/or petitions and contentions
will not be entertained absent a determination of the Commission, the
presiding officer, or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the
petition, request and/or contentions should be granted based on a
balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.309(a)(1)(i)-(viii).
ADDRESSES: 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 to
the Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 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, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff at 301-415-1101 (verification
number: 301-415-1966).\1\ A copy of the request for hearing or petition
for leave to intervene must 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 or petition
for leave to intervene should also be sent to the Assistant General
Counsel, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., 440 Hamilton Avenue, White
Plains, NY 10601.
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\1\ If the request/petition is filed by e-mail or facsimile, an
original and two copies of the document must be mailed within 2
(two) business days thereafter to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.
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Detailed information about the license renewal process can be found
under the Nuclear Reactors icon at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal.html on the NRC's Web site. Copies of the
application to renew the operating licenses for Indian Point Nuclear
Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 are available for public inspection at the
Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint
North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852-
2738. The same documents may also be viewed and downloaded
electronically via the applications Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html, while the
application is under review. The application may be accessed in ADAMS
through the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html under ADAMS Accession Numbers
ML071210507, ML071280700, and ML071800318. Persons who do not have
access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS may contact the NRC PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-
4209 or 301-415-4737 or by e-mail to [email protected].
The NRC staff has verified that a copy of the license renewal
application is also available to local residents near Indian Point
Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 at the White Plains Public
Library, 100 Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601; the Field Library,
4 Nelson Avenue, Peekskill, NY 10566; and the Hendrick Hudson Free
Library, 185 Kings Ferry Road, Montrose, NY 10548.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of September 2007.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E7-19311 Filed 9-28-07; 8:45 am]
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