[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 8717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2776]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286; License Nos. DPR-26 AND DPR-64]


Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, 
Llc, Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3, Llc; Indian Point Nuclear 
Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3; Receipt of Request for Action Under 10 
CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by petition dated June 25, 2007, 
Friends United for Sustainable Energy (FUSE, the Petitioner) has 
requested that pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206, the NRC take action with 
regard to the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (Indian 
Point). The petition requested that the NRC issue orders, effective 
immediately, to suspend the Indian Point licenses until such time as 
the issues described in the petition can be remedied to a point of full 
compliance with all local, State, and Federal laws.
    The request is being treated pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the 
Commission's regulations. The request has been referred to the Director 
of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR). On September 4, 
2007, the Petitioner was notified that its request for immediate action 
is denied. The Petitioner participated in a conference call with the 
NRR Petition Review Board (PRB) on December 21, 2007, to discuss the 
petition. The additional information provided by the Petitioner was 
considered by the PRB before making its final recommendation. By letter 
dated February 1, 2008, the Director accepted for review pursuant to 10 
CFR 2.206 the Petitioner's concerns regarding the licensee's failure to 
implement the new emergency notification siren system in a timely 
manner and the underground leakage of contaminated water at the Indian 
Point facility. As provided by Section 2.206, appropriate action will 
be taken on this petition within a reasonable time.
    A copy of the petition can be located at Agencywide Documents 
Access and Management Systems, Accession No. ML072140693, and is 
available for inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 
located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 
Rockville, Maryland.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 1st day of February 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
J. E. Dyer,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
 [FR Doc. E8-2776 Filed 2-13-08; 8:45 am]
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