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controverted. In addition, the petitioner

shall provide a brief explanation of the

bases of the contention and a concise

statement of the alleged facts or expert

opinion which support the contention

and on which the petitioner intends to

rely in proving the contention at the

hearing. The petitioner must also

provide references to those specific

sources and documents of which the

petitioner is aware and on which the

petitioner intends to rely to establish

those facts or expert opinion. Petitioner

must provide sufficient information to

show that a genuine dispute exists with

the applicant on a material issue of law

or fact. Contentions shall be limited to

matters within the scope of the

amendment under consideration. The

contention must be one which, if

proven, would entitle the petitioner to

relief. A petitioner who fails to file such

a supplement which satisfies these

requirements with respect to at least one

contention will not be permitted to

participate as a party.

Those permitted to intervene become

parties to the proceeding, subject to any

limitations in the order granting leave to

intervene, and have the opportunity to

participate fully in the conduct of the

hearing, including the opportunity to

present evidence and cross-examine

witnesses.

If a hearing is requested, the

Commission will make a final

determination on the issue of no

significant hazards consideration. The

final determination will serve to decide

when the hearing is held.

If the final determination is that the

amendment request involves no

significant hazards consideration, the

Commission may issue the amendment

and make it immediately effective,

notwithstanding the request for a

hearing. Any hearing held would take

place after issuance of the amendment.

If the final determination is that the

amendment request involves a

significant hazards consideration, any

hearing held would take place before

the issuance of any amendment.

A request for a hearing or a 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, located at One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike

(first floor), Rockville, Maryland, by the

above date. A copy of the petition

should also be sent to the Office of the

General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555–0001, and to Anne W.

Cottington, Winston and Strawn, 1200

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20555, attorney for the licensee.

Nontimely filings of petitions for

leave to intervene, amended petitions,

supplemental petitions and/or requests

for hearing will not be entertained

absent a determination by the

Commission, the presiding officer or the

presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing

Board that the petition and/or request

should be granted based upon a

balancing of the factors specified in 10

CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)–(v) and 2.714(d).

For further details with respect to this

action, see the application for

amendment dated October 18, 2000,

which is available for public inspection

at the Commission’s Public Document

Room, located at One White Flint North,

11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),

Rockville, Maryland, 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 19th day

of October 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

David E. LaBarge,

Senior Project Manager, Section 1, Project

Directorate II, Division of Licensing Project

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

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[Docket No. 50–313]

Entergy Operations, Inc., Arkansas

Nuclear One, Unit 1; Notice of

Availability of the Draft Supplement 3

to the Generic Environmental Impact

Statement and Public Meeting for the

License Renewal of Arkansas Nuclear

One, Unit 1

Notice is hereby given that the U. S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the

Commission) has published a draft

plant-specific supplement to the

Generic Environmental Impact

Statement (GEIS), NUREG–1437,

regarding the renewal of operating

license DPR–51 for an additional 20

years of operation at the Arkansas

Nuclear One, Unit 1 (ANO–1). ANO–1

is located in Pope County, Arkansas.

Possible alternatives to the proposed

action (license renewal) include no

action and reasonable alternative energy

sources.

The draft supplement to the GEIS is

available electronically for public

inspection in the NRC Public Document

Room located at One White Flint North,

11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),

Rockville, Maryland, or from the

Publicly Available Records (PARS)

component of NRC’s document system

(ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from

the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/

NRC/ADAMS/index.html (the Public

Electronic Reading Room). In addition,

the Pendergraft Library, located at

Arkansas Tech University, 305 West Q

Street, Russellville, AR 72801, has

agreed to make the draft supplement to

the GEIS available for public inspection.

Any interested party may submit

comments on the draft supplement to

the GEIS for consideration by the NRC

staff. To be certain of consideration,

comments on the draft supplement to

the GEIS and the proposed action must

be received by January 4, 2001.

Comments received after the due date

will be considered if it is practical to do

so, but the NRC staff is able to assure

consideration only for comments

received on or before this date. Written

comments on the draft supplement to

the GEIS should be sent to:

Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division

of Administrative Services, Mailstop T–6D

59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001.

Comments may be hand-delivered to

the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, Maryland, between 7:45 a.m.

and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.

Submittal of electronic comments may

be sent by the Internet to the NRC at

anoeis@nrc.gov. All comments received

by the Commission, including those

made by Federal, State, and local

agencies, Indian tribes, or other

interested persons, will be made

available electronically at the

Commission’s Public Document Room

in Rockville, Maryland or from the

Publicly Available Records (PARS)

component of NRC’s document system

(ADAMS).

The NRC staff will hold a public

meeting to present an overview of the

draft plant-specific supplement to the

GEIS and to accept public comments on

the document. The public meeting will

be held at the Holiday Inn, Russellville,

Arkansas, on November 14, 2000. There

will be two sessions to accommodate

interested parties. The first session will

commence at 1:30 p.m. and will

continue until 4:30 p.m. The second

session will commence at 7:00 p.m. and

will continue until 10:00 p.m. Both

meetings will be transcribed and will

include (1) a presentation of the

contents of the draft plant-specific

supplement to the GEIS, and (2) the

opportunity for interested government

agencies, organizations, and individuals

to provide comments on the draft report.

Persons may pre-register to attend or

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present oral comments at the meeting by

contacting Mr. Thomas J. Kenyon by

telephone at 1–800–368–5642,

extension 1120, or by Internet to the

NRC at anoeis@nrc.gov no later than

November 6, 2000. Members of the

public may also register to provide oral

comments within 15 minutes of the start

of each session. Individual oral

comments may be limited by the time

available, depending on the number of

persons who register. If special

equipment or accommodations are

needed to attend or present information

at the public meeting, the need should

be brought to Mr. Kenyon’s attention no

later than November 6, 2000, to provide

the NRC staff adequate notice to

determine whether the request can be

accommodated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Thomas J. Kenyon, Generic Issues,

Environmental, Financial, and

Rulemaking Branch, Division of

Regulatory Improvement Programs, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555. Mr. Kenyon

may be contacted at the aforementioned

telephone number or e-mail address.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day

of October, 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

David B. Matthews,

Director, Division of Regulatory Improvement

Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

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[Docket Nos. 50–315 and 50–316]

Indiana Michigan Power Company;

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of

Amendment to Facility Operating

License, Proposed No Significant

Hazards Consideration Determination,

and Opportunity for a Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of amendments to

Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–58

and DPR–74 issued to Indiana Michigan

Power Company for operation of the

Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1

and 2 located in Berrien County,

Michigan.

The proposed amendments would

revise Technical Specification (TS) 3/

4.7.1.2, ‘‘Auxiliary Feedwater System

(AFW),’’ to change the description in

the TS surveillance requirement for the

position for each automatic valve in the

system from the ‘‘fully open’’ position to

the ‘‘correct’’ position.

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. Does the change involve a significant

increase in the probability of occurrence or

consequences of an accident previously

evaluated?

The proposed change does not affect any

accident initiators or precursors. As such, the

proposed change does not increase the

probability of an accident. The proposed

change does not affect the ability of the AFW

system to mitigate the consequences of an

accident. By ensuring the required flowrates

are preserved, accident consequences are not

increased.

Therefore, the probability of occurrence or

consequences of accidents previously

evaluated are not significantly increased.

2. Does the change create the possibility of

a new or different kind of accident from any

accident previously analyzed?

The proposed change does not involve a

physical alteration in the AFW system or a

change to the way the system is operated;

however, such changes would be permitted

under 10 CFR 50.59, as described above.

Consequently, no new failure modes,

malfunctions, or system interactions are

created.

Therefore, the possibility of a new or

different kind of accident from any accident

previously analyzed is not created.

3. Does the change involve a significant

reduction in a margin of safety?

The AFW system is used after certain

accidents to remove decay heat and reduce

reactor coolant system temperature to less

than 350’F, when the residual heat removal

system may be placed into operation. This

function mitigates the consequences of an

accident that could result in

overpressurization of the reactor coolant

pressure boundary. The proposed change

does not affect the ability of the AFW system

to perform this function. Future changes

would be allowed via 10 CFR 50.59, as

described above. Changes to the position of

the automatic AFW system valves would

impact AFW system flow following an

accident. Requiring AFW system valves to be

in the correct position ensures flow is

provided in a manner consistent with the

accident analyses assumptions.

The proposed change does not impact the

ability of the AFW system to mitigate the

consequences of an accident. Therefore, the

proposed change does not involve a

significant reduction in a margin of safety.

The NRC staff has reviewed the

licensee’s analysis and, based on this

review, it appears that the three

standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are

satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff

proposes to determine that the

amendment request involves no

significant hazards consideration.

The Commission is seeking public

comments on this proposed

determination. Any comments received

within 30 days after the date of

publication of this notice will be

considered in making any final

determination.

Normally, the Commission will not

issue the amendment until the

expiration of the 30-day notice period.

However, should circumstances change

during the notice period such that

failure to act in a timely way would

result, for example, in derating or

shutdown of the facility, the

Commission may issue the license

amendment before the expiration of the

30-day notice period, provided that its

final determination is that the

amendment involves no significant

hazards consideration. The final

determination will consider all public

and State comments received. Should

the Commission take this action, it will

publish in the Federal Register a notice

of issuance and provide for opportunity

for a hearing after issuance. The

Commission expects that the need to

take this action will occur very

infrequently.

Written comments may be submitted

by mail to the Chief, Rules and

Directives Branch, Division of

Administrative Services, Office of

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001, and should cite the publication

date and page number of this Federal

Register notice. Written comments may

also be delivered to Room 6D59, Two

White Flint North, 11545 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, Maryland, from 7:30

a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays.

Documents may be examined, and/or

copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public

Document Room, located at One White

Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first

floor), Rockville, MD.

The filing of requests for hearing and

petitions for leave to intervene is

discussed below.

By November 24, 2000, the licensee

may file a request for a hearing with