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transferred to Holdings as subsidiaries

thereof. The establishment of a new

parent for UI will effect an indirect

transfer of the Seabrook Station license

to the extent held by UI to Holdings. UI

holds a 17.5-percent ownership interest

in Seabrook Station; however, North

Atlantic Energy Services Corporation

(NAESCO) is exclusively authorized to

operate the unit. NAESCO would

remain as the managing agent for the 11

joint owners of the facility, including

UI, and would continue to have

exclusive responsibility for the

management, operation, and

maintenance of the Seabrook Station.

The application does not propose a

change in the rights, obligations, or

interests of the other 10 joint owners of

the Seabrook Station. In addition, no

physical changes to the Seabrook

Station facility or operational changes

are being proposed in the application.

No direct transfer of the license will

result from the proposed corporate

restructuring of UI.

The application also seeks approval of

a proposed indirect license transfer in

connection with UI’s partial ownership

of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station,

Unit 3, which will be the subject of a

separate notice.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, no license,

or any right thereunder, shall be

transferred, directly or indirectly,

through transfer of control of the

license, unless the Commission shall

give its consent in writing. The

Commission will approve an

application for the indirect transfer of a

license, if the Commission determines

that the underlying transaction that will

effectuate the indirect transfer will not

affect the qualifications of the holder of

the license, and that the transfer is

otherwise consistent with applicable

provisions of law, regulations, and

orders issued by the Commission

pursuant thereto.

The filing of requests for hearing and

petitions for leave to intervene, and

written comments regarding the license

transfer application, are discussed

below.

By May 29, 2000, any person whose

interest may be affected by the

Commission’s action on the application

may request a hearing, and, if not the

applicants, may petition for leave to

intervene in a hearing proceeding on the

Commission’s action. Requests for a

hearing and petitions for leave to

intervene should be filed in accordance

with the Commission’s rules of practice

set forth in Subpart M, ‘‘Public

Notification, Availability of Documents

and Records, Hearing Requests and

Procedures for Hearings on License

Transfer Applications,’’ of 10 CFR Part

2. In particular, such requests and

petitions must comply with the

requirements set forth in 10 CFR 2.1306,

and should address the considerations

contained in 10 CFR 2.1308(a).

Untimely requests and petitions may be

denied, as provided in 10 CFR

2.1308(b), unless good cause for failure

to file on time is established. In

addition, an untimely request or

petition should address the factors that

the Commission will also consider, in

reviewing untimely requests or

petitions, set forth in 10 CFR

2.1308(b)(1)–(2).

Requests for a hearing and petitions

for leave to intervene should be served

upon Barton Z. Cowan, Esq., Eckert

Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, 600

Grant Street, 44th floor, Pittsburgh, PA

15219 (telephone number 412–566–

6000 and e-mail address

bzc@escm.com,) attorney for United

Illuminating Company; the General

Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555 (email address for filings regarding license

transfer cases only: OGCLT@NRC.gov);

and the Secretary of the Commission,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, in

accordance with 10 CFR 2.1313.

The Commission will issue a notice or

order granting or denying a hearing

request or intervention petition,

designating the issues for any hearing

that will be held and designating the

Presiding Officer. A notice granting a

hearing will be published in the Federal

Register and served on the parties to the

hearing.

As an alternative to requests for

hearing and petitions to intervene, by

June 07, 2000, persons may submit

written comments regarding the license

transfer application, as provided for in

10 CFR 2.1305. The Commission will

consider and, if appropriate, respond to

these comments, but such comments

will not otherwise constitute part of the

decisional record. Comments should be

submitted to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555–001, Attention: Rulemakings

and Adjudications Staff, and should cite

the publication date and page number of

the Federal Register notice.

For further details with respect to this

action, see the application dated

February 17, 2000, and supplement

dated March 1, 2000, which are

available for public inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room,

the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,

NW., Washington, DC, and accessible

electronically through the ADAMS

Public Electronic Reading Room link at

the NRC Web site (http://

www.NRC.gov).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 1st day

of May 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Robert M. Pulsifer,

Project Manager, Section 2, Project

Directorate I, Division of Licensing Project

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 00–11397 Filed 5–5–00; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–423]

Northeast Nuclear Energy Company, et

al.; Millstone Nuclear Power Station,

Unit No. 3; Notice of Consideration of

Approval of Application Regarding

Proposed Corporate Restructuring and

Opportunity for a Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering the issuance of an order

under 10 CFR 50.80 approving the

indirect transfer of Facility Operating

License No. NPF–49 for the Millstone

Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 3

(Millstone, Unit 3), to the extent held by

United Illuminating Company (UI). The

indirect transfer would be to UIL

Holdings Corporation (Holdings),

incorporated in Connecticut. Currently,

Holdings is a wholly owned subsidiary

of UI.

According to a February 17, 2000,

application, as supplemented on March

1, 2000, by UI, for approval of certain

indirect license transfers, on January 24,

2000, UI entered into an ‘‘Agreement

and Plan of Merger and Share

Exchange’’ (Plan of Exchange) with

Holdings. Under the Plan of Exchange,

UI will become a wholly owned

subsidiary of Holdings, while the

unregulated businesses of UI will be

transferred to Holdings as subsidiaries

thereof. The establishment of a new

parent for UI will effect an indirect

transfer of the Millstone, Unit 3 license

to the extent held by UI to Holdings. UI

holds a 3.685-percent ownership

interest in Millstone, Unit 3; however,

Northeast Nuclear Energy Company

(NNEC) is exclusively authorized to

operate the unit. NNEC would remain as

the managing agent for the 14 joint

owners of the facility including UI and

would continue to have exclusive

responsibility for the management,

operation, and maintenance of

Millstone, Unit 3. The application does

not propose a change in the rights,

obligations, or interests of the other 13

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joint owners of Millstone, Unit 3. In

addition, no physical changes to the

Millstone, Unit 3 facility or operational

changes are being proposed in the

application. No direct transfer of the

license will result from the proposed

corporate restructuring of UI.

The application also seeks approval of

a proposed indirect license transfer in

connection with UI’s partial ownership

of Seabrook Station, which will be the

subject of a separate notice.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, no license,

or any right thereunder, shall be

transferred, directly or indirectly,

through transfer of control of the

license, unless the Commission shall

give its consent in writing. The

Commission will approve an

application for the indirect transfer of a

license, if the Commission determines

that the underlying transaction that will

effectuate the indirect transfer will not

affect the qualifications of the holder of

the license, and that the transfer is

otherwise consistent with applicable

provisions of law, regulations, and

orders issued by the Commission

pursuant thereto.

The filing of requests for hearing and

petitions for leave to intervene, and

written comments regarding the license

transfer application, are discussed

below.

By May 29, 2000, any person whose

interest may be affected by the

Commission’s action on the application

may request a hearing, and, if not the

applicants, may petition for leave to

intervene in a hearing proceeding on the

Commission’s action. Requests for a

hearing and petitions for leave to

intervene should be filed in accordance

with the Commission’s rules of practice

set forth in Subpart M, ‘‘Public

Notification, Availability of Documents

and Records, Hearing Requests and

Procedures for Hearings on License

Transfer Applications,’’ of 10 CFR Part

2. In particular, such requests and

petitions must comply with the

requirements set forth in 10 CFR 2.1306,

and should address the considerations

contained in 10 CFR 2.1308(a).

Untimely requests and petitions may be

denied, as provided in 10 CFR

2.1308(b), unless good cause for failure

to file on time is established. In

addition, an untimely request or

petition should address the factors that

the Commission will also consider, in

reviewing untimely requests or

petitions, set forth in 10 CFR

2.1308(b)(1)–(2).

Requests for a hearing and petitions

for leave to intervene should be served

upon Barton Z. Cowan, Esq., Eckert

Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, 600

Grant Street, 44th floor, Pittsburgh, PA

15219 (telephone number 412–566–

6000 and e-mail address

bzc@escm.com,) attorney for United

Illuminating Company; the General

Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555 (email address for filings regarding license

transfer cases only: OGCLT@NRC.gov);

and the Secretary of the Commission,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, in

accordance with 10 CFR 2.1313.

The Commission will issue a notice or

order granting or denying a hearing

request or intervention petition,

designating the issues for any hearing

that will be held and designating the

Presiding Officer. A notice granting a

hearing will be published in the Federal

Register and served on the parties to the

hearing.

As an alternative to requests for

hearing and petitions to intervene, by

June 7, 2000, persons may submit

written comments regarding the license

transfer application, as provided for in

10 CFR 2.1305. The Commission will

consider and, if appropriate, respond to

these comments, but such comments

will not otherwise constitute part of the

decisional record. Comments should be

submitted to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555–001, Attention: Rulemakings

and Adjudications Staff, and should cite

the publication date and page number of

the Federal Register notice.

For further details with respect to this

action, see the application dated

February 17, 2000, and supplement

dated March 1, 2000, which are

available for public inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room,

the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,

NW., Washington, DC, and accessible

electronically through the ADAMS

Public Electronic Reading Room link at

the NRC Web site (http://

www.NRC.gov).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 3rd day

of May 2000.

Victor Nerses,

Senior Project Manager, Section 2, Project

Directorate I, Division of Licensing Project

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

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[Docket No. 50–461]

Amergen Energy Company, LLC;

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of

Amendment to Facility Operating

License, Proposed No Significant

Hazards Determination, and

Opportunity for a Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of an amendment

to Facility Operating License No. NPF–

62 issued to AmerGen Energy Company,

LLC (the licensee) for operation of the

Clinton Power Station (CPS) located in

DeWitt County, Illinois.

The proposed amendment would

allow a one-time extension of some CPS

Technical Specification (TS)

surveillance intervals related to logic

system functional testing of the Primary

Containment and Drywell Isolation

Instrumentation, and the Suppression

Pool Makeup System Instrumentation.

The extension would be to November

30, 2000, which is the scheduled end

date of the upcoming refueling outage.

The extension is requested to support

elimination of a planned mid-cycle

outage. Previously, by license

Amendment No. 125 dated March 17,

2000, the NRC staff approved

surveillance interval extensions for

various TS to support elimination of the

mid-cycle outage.

Before issuance of the proposed

license amendment, the Commission

will have made findings required by the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended

(the Act) and the Commission’s

regulations.

The Commission has made a

proposed determination that the

amendment request involves no

significant hazards consideration. Under

the Commission’s regulations in 10 CFR

50.92, this means that operation of the

facility in accordance with the proposed

amendment would not (1) involve a

significant increase in the probability or

consequences of an accident previously

evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of

a new or different kind of accident from

any accident previously evaluated; or

(3) involve a significant reduction in a

margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR

50.91(a), the licensee has provided its

analysis of the issue of no significant

hazards consideration, which is

presented below:

1. The proposed changes do not involve a

significant increase in the probability or

consequences of an accident previously

evaluated.

The proposed Technical Specification (TS)

changes involve a one-time only change in