[Federal Register: June 5, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 108)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328]

 
Tennessee Valley Authority; Notice of Partial Denial of Amendment 
to Facility Operating License; and Opportunity for Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has 
denied a portion of a request by the Tennessee Valley Authority (the 
licensee) for an amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-77 
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DPR-79, issued to the licensee for operation of the Sequoyah Nuclear 
Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, located in Hamilton County, Tennessee.
    Notice of Consideration of Issuance of this amendment was published 
in the Federal Register on February 5, 2002 (67 FR 5339).
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the 
Technical Specifications (TS) by changing TS 4.4.5.5.C and Table 4.4-2, 
which involve reporting Category C-3 steam generator tube inspection 
results to the NRC. The request also involved eliminating several other 
reporting requirements.
    The NRC staff has concluded that the licensee's request regarding 
steam generator Category C-3 condition reporting cannot be granted. The 
licensee was notified of the Commission's denial of the proposed change 
by a letter dated May 24, 2002.
    By July 5, 2002, 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 20555-0001 Attention: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public 
Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 
Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, 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 20555-0001, and to 
General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill 
Drive, ET 11A, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902, attorney for the licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated February 5, 2002, and (2) the 
Commission's letter to the licensee dated May 24, 2002.
    Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's 
PDR, located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first 
floor), Rockville, Maryland, and will be accessible electronically 
through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System's Public 
Electronic Reading Room link at the NRC Web site http://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who 
encounter problems in accessing documents located in ADAMS, should 
contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, 
301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of May, 2002.

Herbert N. Berkow,
Director, Project Directorate II, Division of Licensing Project 
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 02-14063 Filed 6-4-02; 8:45 am]
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