[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 98 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28009-28010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13557]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-255]


Palisades Nuclear Plant; Notice of Partial Denial of Amendment to 
Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has denied 
a portion of a request by Consumers Energy Company (the licensee) for 
an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-20 issued to the 
licensee for operation of the Palisades Nuclear Plant, located in Van 
Buren County, Michigan. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of this 
amendment was published in the Federal Register on November 5, 1997 (62 
FR 59915).
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the 
Technical Specifications regarding inspection requirements for the 
reactor coolant pump (RCP) flywheels. As part of its request, the 
licensee proposed to revise Technical Specification 6.5.6 to apply the 
provisions of Surveillance Requirement 4.0.2, which permits extension 
of surveillance intervals by up to 25%, to the flywheel inspection 
program. The licensee's submittal did not include sufficient 
information for the staff to evaluate this proposed change.
    The NRC staff has concluded that a portion of the licensee's 
request cannot be granted. The licensee was notified of the 
Commission's denial of the

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proposed change by a letter dated May 15, 1998.
    By June 22, 1998, 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.
    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, Attention: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public 
Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, 
by the above date.
    A copy of any petitions should also be sent to the Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555, and to Judd L. Bacon, Esquire, Consumers Energy Company, 212 
West Michigan Avenue, Jackson, Michigan 49201, attorney for the 
licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated January 18, 1996, as supplemented by 
letters dated October 1, 1997, and January 29, and April 27, 1998, and 
(2) the Commission's letter to the licensee dated May 15, 1998.
    These documents are available for public inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, 
NW., Washington, DC, and at the local public document room located at 
the Van Wylen Library, Hope College, Holland, Michigan 49423.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of May 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert G. Schaaf,
Project Manager, Project Directorate III-1, Division of Reactor 
Projects--III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-13557 Filed 5-20-98; 8:45 am]
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