[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23306-23307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11246]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-259]


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

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has denied 
a request by the Tennessee Valley Authority (licensee), for an 
amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-33 issued to the 
licensee for operation of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit No. 1, 
located in Limestone County, Alabama. Notice of Consideration of 
Issuance of this amendment was published in the Federal Register on 
February 15, 1997 (62 FR 2194).
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the 
Technical Specifications (TS) to permit increasing the main steam 
safety/relief valve set point tolerance to plus or minus 3%.
    The NRC staff has concluded that the licensee's request to increase 
the main steam safety relief valve set point tolerance cannot be 
granted at this time. The licensee was notified of the Commission's 
denial of the proposed change by a letter dated April 22, 1998.
    By May 28, 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: 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 
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Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and 
to General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill 
Drive, ET 10H, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902, attorney for the licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated December 11, 1996, and (2) the 
Commission's letter to the licensee dated April 22, 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 Athens Public Library, 405 E. South Street, Athens, Alabama.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22 day of April 1998.

    For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frederick J. Hebdon,
Director, Project Directorate II-3, Division of Reactor Projects--I/II, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-11246 Filed 4-27-98; 8:45 am]
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