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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-397]

 

Washington Public Power Supply System; 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 the Washington Public Power Supply System, 
(the licensee) for an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-
21 issued to the licensee for operation of the Washington Nuclear 
Project No. 2, located in Benton County, Washington. Notice of 
Consideration of Issuance of this amendment was published in the 
Federal Register on April 13, 1994 (59 FR 17609).
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the 
Technical Specifications (TS) to reflect management and organizational 
changes at the Washington Public Power Supply System (the licensee) for 
operation of the WNP-2 facility. The proposed changes would (1) modify 
the reporting responsibility of the quality assurance organization from 
the Managing Director to the Assistant Managing Director, Operations 
(AMDO), and (2) modify the appointment authority for the Corporate 
Nuclear Safety Review Board (CNSRB) from the Managing Director to the 
AMDO. These changes are proposed to reflect the current designation of 
the AMDO as the licensee's designated official with corporate 
responsibility for overall plant nuclear safety, and as the direct 
report for the CNSRB.
    In addition, the proposed change would (1) delete the specific 
requirement for health physics/chemistry program procedures, (2) modify 
the titles of two positions on the Plant Operations Committee (POC) to 
reflect revised organizational titles, (3) modify the CNSRB composition 
requirements from nine personnel to a minimum of nine personnel, and 
(4) delete the requirement that the CNSRB Executive Secretary be 
designated from the CNSRB membership. The NRC staff has concluded that 
part of the licensee's request cannot be granted. The staff denied the 
proposed change to modify the CNSRB composition requirements from nine 
personnel to a minimum of nine personnel, because the proposed change 
does not specify a maximum number of CNSRB members and is inconsistent 
with the existing TS provision that 5 persons shall constitute a quorum 
of the CNSRB. The licensee was notified of the Commission's partial 
denial of the proposed change by a letter dated June 28, 1994.
    By August 4, 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 20555, 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 M.H. Philips, Jr., Esq., Winston and Strawn, 1400 L 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20005-3502, attorney for the licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated February 17, 1994, and (2) the 
Commission's letter to the licensee dated June 28, 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 Richland Public Library, 955 
Northgate Street, Richland, Washington 99352. 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 28th day of June 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Theodore R. Quay,
Project Director, Project Directorate IV-2, Division of Reactor 
Projects--III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-16198 Filed 7-1-94; 8:45 am]
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