[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 197 (Thursday, October 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51981-51982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25567]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-280 and 50-281; Docket No. 72-2]
Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO); Surry Power Station,
Units 1 and 2; Surry Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation;
Notice of Consideration of Approval of Transfer; of Facility Operating
and Materials Licenses and Conforming Amendments, and Opportunity for a
Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is
considering the issuance of an order under 10 CFR 50.80 and 72.50
approving the transfer of Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-32 and
DPR-37 for the Surry Power Station Units 1 and 2; and Special Nuclear
Material License No. SNM-2501 for the Surry Independent Spent Fuel
Storage Installation (ISFSI) currently held by VEPCO, as owner and
licensed operator. The transfer would be to Dominion Generation
Corporation (Dominion Generation), which, following certain steps
occurring essentially contemporaneously, will be a subsidiary of
Dominion Energy Holdings, Inc., which in turn will be a holding company
subsidiary of Dominion Resources, Inc. (DRI), holding all of DRI's
generation assets. DRI is presently the parent of VEPCO. The Commission
is further considering amending the licenses for administrative
purposes to reflect the proposed transfer.
According to applications for approval filed by VEPCO, Dominion
Generation would assume title to the facility and ISFSI following
approval of the proposed license transfers, and would be responsible
for the operation, maintenance, and eventual decommissioning of the
Surry Power Station Units 1 and 2 and ISFSI. No physical changes to the
facility or ISFSI or operational changes are being proposed in the
application.
The proposed amendments would replace references to VEPCO in the
licenses with references to Dominion Generation to reflect the proposed
transfer.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80 and 72.50, no license shall be
transferred, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of the
license, unless the Commission gives its consent in writing. The
Commission will approve an application for the transfer of a license if
the Commission determines that the proposed transferee is qualified to
hold the license, and that transfer is otherwise consistent with
applicable provisions of law, regulations, and orders issued by the
Commission pursuant thereto.
Before issuance of the proposed conforming license amendments, the
Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations.
As provided in 10 CFR 2.1315, unless otherwise determined by the
Commission with regard to a specific application, the Commission has
determined that any amendment to the license of a utilization facility
or the license of an ISFSI that does no more than conform the license
to reflect the transfer action involves, respectively, no significant
hazards consideration or no genuine issue as to whether the health and
safety of the public will be significantly affected. No contrary
determination has been made with respect to these specific license
amendment applications. In light of the generic determination reflected
in 10 CFR 2.1315, no public comments with
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respect to significant hazards considerations are being solicited,
notwithstanding the general comment procedures contained in 10 CFR
50.91.
The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to
intervene, and written comments with regard to the license transfer
applications, are discussed below.
By October 31, 2001, any person whose interest may be affected by
the Commission's action on the applications may request a hearing and,
if not the applicant, may petition for leave to intervene in a hearing
proceeding on the Commission's action. Requests for a hearing and
petitions for leave to intervene should be filed in accordance with the
Commission's rules of practice set forth in Subpart M, ``Public
Notification, Availability of Documents and Records, Hearing Requests
and Procedures for Hearings on License Transfer Applications,'' of 10
CFR part 2. In particular, such requests and petitions must comply with
the requirements set forth in 10 CFR 2.1306, and should address the
considerations contained in 10 CFR 2.1308(a). Untimely requests and
petitions may be denied, as provided in 10 CFR 2.1308(b), unless good
cause for failure to file on time is established. In addition, an
untimely request or petition should address the factors that the
Commission will also consider, in reviewing untimely requests or
petitions, set forth in 10 CFR 2.1308(b)(1)-(2).
Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene should
be served upon David Lewis, Esq., counsel for VEPCO and Dominion
Generation at Shaw Pittman, 2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037,
Telephone 202-663-8474, fax 202-663-8007, e-mail
[email protected]; the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555 (e-mail address for filings
regarding license transfer cases only: [email protected]); and the
Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications
Staff, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.1313.
The Commission will issue a notice or order granting or denying a
hearing request or intervention petition, designating the issues for
any hearing that will be held and designating the Presiding Officer. A
notice granting a hearing will be published in the Federal Register and
served on the parties to the hearing.
As an alternative to requests for hearing and petitions to
intervene, by November 13, 2001, persons may submit written comments
regarding the license transfer applications, as provided for in 10 CFR
2.1305. The Commission will consider and, if appropriate, respond to
these comments, but such comments will not otherwise constitute part of
the decisional record. Comments should be submitted to the Secretary,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001,
Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, and should cite the
publication date and page number of this Federal Register notice.
For further details with respect to this action, see the
applications dated June 7, 2001, and July 2, 2001, 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 electronically
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/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 e-mail to [email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 4th day of October 2001.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gordon E. Edison, Sr.,
Project Manager, Project Directorate II, Section 1, Division of
Licensing Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 01-25567 Filed 10-10-01; 8:45 am]
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