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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 Mr. Robert

Helfrich, Senior Counsel, Nuclear, MidWest Regional Operating Group, Exelon

Generation Company, LLC, 1400 Opus

Place, Suite 900, Downers Grove,

Illinois, 60515, 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 February 22, 2001, as

supplemented by letter dated May 4,

2001, 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. Publicly

available records will be accessible from

the Agencywide Documents Access and

Management Systems (ADAMS) Public

Electronic Reading Room on the internet

at the NRC Web site, http://

www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html.

If you do not have access to ADAMS or

if there are problems in accessing the

documents located in ADAMS, contact

the NRC Public Document Room (PDR)

Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–

415–4737 or by email to pdr@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day

of May, 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Stewart N. Bailey,

Project Manager, Section 2, Project

Directorate III, Division of Licensing Project

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

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[Docket Nos. 50–387 and 50–388]

In the Matter of PPL Susquehanna,

LLC, Allegheny Electric Cooperative,

Inc. (Susquehanna Steam Electric

Station, Units 1 and 2); Order

Approving Application Regarding

Proposed Corporate Restructuring

I

PPL Susquehanna, LLC (PPL

Susquehanna or the licensee), owns 90

percent and Allegheny Electric

Cooperative, Inc., owns 10 percent of

the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station

(SSES), Units 1 and 2, located in

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. PPL

Susquehanna exclusively operates the

facility.

PPL Susquehanna is a wholly owned,

direct subsidiary of PPL Generation,

LLC, which is a wholly owned, direct

subsidiary of PPL Energy Funding

Corporation. PPL Energy Funding

Corporation is a wholly owned, direct

subsidiary of PPL Corporation, the

ultimate parent of PPL Susquehanna.

PPL Susquehanna and Allegheny

Electric Cooperative, Inc., jointly hold

Facility Operating Licenses Nos. NPF–

14 for SSES Unit 1 and NPF–22 for

SSES Unit 2, issued by the U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (NRC or the

Commission) pursuant to part 50 of

Title 10 of the Code of Federal

Regulations (10 CFR part 50) on July 17,

1982, and March 23, 1984, respectively.

II

Pursuant to Section 184 of the Atomic

Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and 10

CFR 50.80, PPL Susquehanna filed an

application dated March 6, 2001, which

was supplemented by a submittal dated

April 4, 2001 (collectively herein

referred to as the application),

requesting the Commission’s consent to

the indirect transfer of the SSES Units

1 and 2 licenses, to the extent held by

PPL Susquehanna, in connection with

the proposed corporate restructuring of

PPL Susquehanna’s parent organization

involving the addition of PPL Energy

Supply, LLC, as an intermediary,

indirect parent of PPL Susquehanna.

The application does not involve

Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Upon completion of the restructuring,

PPL Energy Supply, LLC, will become a

wholly owned, direct subsidiary of PPL

Energy Funding Corporation and the

direct parent of PPL Generation, LLC.

PPL Susquehanna, therefore, will

become an indirect wholly owned

subsidiary of PPL Energy Supply, LLC.

No physical changes to the SSES

facilities or operational changes are

proposed in the application. PPL

Susquehanna, the SSES Units 1 and 2

licensee authorized to operate and

maintain the facility, and PPL

Susquehanna and Allegheny Electric

Cooperative, Inc., the licensed owners of

SSES Units 1 and 2, will continue to be

so following the restructuring. No direct

transfer of the license will result from

the planned restructuring. Notice of this

request for approval was published in

the Federal Register on April 25, 2001

(66 FR 20839). No hearing requests or

written comments were received.

Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license shall

be transferred, directly or indirectly,

through transfer of control of the

license, unless the Commission gives its

consent in writing. Upon review of the

information submitted in the

application and other information

before the Commission, the NRC staff

has determined that the proposed

restructuring of PPL Susquehanna’s

parent organization described above

will not affect the qualifications of PPL

Susquehanna as a holder of the SSES

Units 1 and 2 licenses, and that the

indirect transfer of the licenses, to the

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extent effected by the restructuring, is

otherwise consistent with applicable

provision of laws, regulations, and

orders issued by the Commission

subject to the conditions set forth

herein. These findings are supported by

a safety evaluation dated May 25, 2001.

III

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections

161b, 161i, and 184 of the Atomic

Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42

U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(i), and 2234; and

10 CFR 50.80, It is hereby ordered that

the application regarding the indirect

license transfer referenced above is

approved subject to the following

condition:

Should the corporate restructuring

described above not be completed by

June 1, 2002, this Order shall become

null and void, provided, however, upon

application and for good cause shown,

such date may be extended.

This Order is effective upon issuance.

IV

For further details with respect to this

Order, see the initial application dated

March 6, 2001, the supplemental

submittal dated April 4, 2001, and the

safety evaluation dated May 25, 2001,

which are available for inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

One White Flint North, Room O–1 F21,

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

20852–2738, 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 25th day

of May 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

David B. Matthews,

Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

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Notice of Public Meeting of the

Interagency Steering Committee on

Radiation Standards

AGENCIES: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission and Environmental

Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) will host a meeting

of the Interagency Steering Committee

on Radiation Standards (ISCORS) on

June 21, 2001, in Rockville, Maryland.

The purpose of ISCORS is to foster early

resolution and coordination of

regulatory issues associated with

radiation standards. Agencies

represented on ISCORS include the

NRC, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, U.S. Department of Energy,

U.S. Department of Defense, U.S.

Department of Transportation, the

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration of the U.S. Department

of Labor, and the U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services. The Office

of Science and Technology Policy, the

Office of Management and Budget, and

a State Department representative may

be observers at meetings. The objectives

of ISCORS are to: (1) Facilitate a

consensus on allowable levels of

radiation risk to the public and workers;

(2) promote consistent and scientifically

sound risk assessment and risk

management approaches in setting and

implementing standards for

occupational and public protection from

ionizing radiation; (3) promote

completeness and coherence of Federal

standards for radiation protection; and

(4) identify interagency radiation

protection issues and coordinate their

resolution. ISCORS meetings include

presentations by the chairs of the

subcommittees and discussions of

current radiation protection issues.

Committee meetings normally involve

pre-decisional intra-governmental

discussions and, as such, are normally

not open for observation by members of

the public or media. One of the four

ISCORS meetings each year is open to

all interested members of the public.

There will be time on the agenda for

members of the public to provide

comments. Summaries of previous

ISCORS meetings are available at the

ISCORS web site, www.iscors.org and

the final agenda for the June meeting

will be posted on the site shortly before

the meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 1

p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 21,

2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the NRC auditorium, at Two White Flint

North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Kennedy, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, telephone 301–

415–6668; fax 301–415–5398; E-mail

jek1@NRC.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Visitor

parking around the NRC building is

limited; however, the NRC auditorium

is located adjacent to the White Flint

Metro Station on the Red Line.

Dated at Rockville, MD, this 29th day of

May, 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Thomas Essig,

Chief, Environmental and Performance

Assessment Branch, Division of Waste

Management, Office of Nuclear Material

Safety and Safeguards.

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Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards Meeting of the

Subcommittee on Plant License

Renewal; Notice of Meeting

The ACRS Subcommittee on Plant

License Renewal will hold a meeting on

June 22, 2001, Room T–2B3, 11545

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance.

The agenda for the subject meeting

shall be as follows: Friday, June 22,

2001—1:00 p.m. until the conclusion of

business.

The Subcommittee will discuss the

need for revising 10 CFR Part 54,

‘‘Requirements for Renewal of Operating

Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ The

purpose of this meeting is to gather

information, analyze relevant issues and

facts, and to formulate proposed

positions and actions, as appropriate,

for deliberation by the full Committee.

Oral statements may be presented by

members of the public with the

concurrence of the Subcommittee

Chairman; written statements will be

accepted and made available to the

Committee. Electronic recordings will

be permitted only during those portions

of the meeting that are open to the

public, and questions may be asked only

by members of the Subcommittee, its

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

the cognizant ACRS staff engineer

named below five days prior to the

meeting, if possible, so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

During the initial portion of the

meeting, the Subcommittee, along with

any of its consultants who may be

present, may exchange preliminary

views regarding matters to be

considered during the balance of the

meeting.

The Subcommittee will then hear

presentations by and hold discussions

with representatives of the NRC staff

and other interested persons regarding

this review.