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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414]

 

Duke Power Co.; Notice of Partial Denial of Amendment to Facility 
Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has denied 
part of a request by Duke Power Company (the licensee) for amendments 
to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-35 and NPF-52 issued to the 
licensee for operation of the Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, 
located in York County, South Carolina. A Notice of Consideration of 
Issuance of the Amendments was published in the Federal Register on 
November 10, 1993 (58 FR 59747).
    The licensee's application of October 25, 1993, as supplemented on 
December 3 and 6, 1993, proposed several changes to the Technical 
Specifications (TS) relating to the Limiting Safety System Settings and 
to the required minimum measured reactor coolant system flow rate. The 
amendments issued on December 17, 1993, authorize these changes except 
for those that would change the text of TS 2.1.1 and the definition of 
Figure 2.1-1. These changes were found either not to be beneficial in 
clarifying the TS or to be unacceptable because they would eliminate 
the connection between TS 2.1 and the associated reporting requirements 
in TS Section 6.
    The NRC staff has concluded that the licensee's proposed change is 
unacceptable and is denied. The licensee was notified of the 
Commission's denial of the proposed change by letter dated April 14, 
1994.
    By May 23, 1994, 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: Docketing and Services 
Branch, 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 Mr. Albert Carr, Duke Power Company, 422 South Church 
Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28242, attorney for the licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) The 
application for amendments dated October 25, 1993, as supplemented on 
December 3 and 6, 1993, and (2) the Commission's letter to the licensee 
dated April 14, 1994.
    These documents are available for public inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20555, and at the local public document room 
located at the York County Library, 138 East Black Street, Rock Hill, 
South Carolina 29730. A copy of item (2) may be obtained upon request 
addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555, Attention: Document Control Desk.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of April 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David B. Matthews,
Project Director, Project Directorate II-3, Division of Reactor 
Projects--I/II, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-9743 Filed 4-21-94; 8:45 am]
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