[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 202 (Thursday, October 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52947-52948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26279]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-245, 50-336, and 50-423]


Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., Millstone Nuclear Power 
Station, Units 1, 2, and 3; Notice of Consideration of Approval of 
Application Regarding Proposed Corporate Restructuring 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 approving the 
indirect transfer of Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-21, DPR-65, 
and NPF-49 for the Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 
(Millstone) to the extent held by Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. 
(Dominion Nuclear). The indirect transfer would result from the 
establishment of an intermediary parent company that will indirectly 
own Dominion Nuclear.
    Dominion Nuclear is a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Dominion 
Energy, Inc., which is a wholly owned, direct subsidiary of Dominion 
Resources, Inc., the ultimate parent of Dominion Nuclear. According to 
Dominion Nuclear's application dated August 17, 2001, Dominion Energy 
Holdings, Inc., will become an intermediary, indirect parent company of 
Dominion Nuclear. Specifically, Dominion Energy Holdings, Inc., will 
become a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Dominion Resources, Inc., 
and the new direct parent of Dominion Energy Inc., which at the same 
time will be converted to Dominion Energy, LLC. No physical changes to 
the Millstone facility or operational changes are being proposed in the 
application. The two other licensees for Millstone Unit 3, Central 
Vermont Public Service Corporation and Massachusetts Municipal 
Wholesale Electric Company, which hold minority ownership interests in 
Unit 3, are not involved in the restructuring action affecting Dominion 
Nuclear.
    Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any right thereunder, 
shall be transferred, directly or indirectly, through transfer of 
control of the license, unless the Commission shall give its consent in 
writing. The Commission will approve an application for the indirect 
transfer of a license, if the Commission determines that the underlying 
transaction that will effectuate the indirect transfer will not affect 
the qualifications of the holder of the license, and that the transfer 
is otherwise consistent with applicable provisions of law, regulations, 
and orders issued by the Commission pursuant thereto.
    The filing of requests for hearing and petitions for leave to 
intervene, and written comments with regard to the license transfer 
application, are discussed below.
    By November 7, 2001, any person whose interest may be affected by 
the Commission's action on the application 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 Lillian M. Cuoco, Senior Nuclear Counsel, Dominion 
Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., Rope Ferry Road, Waterford, CT 06385 (tel: 
860-444-5316; fax: 860-444-4278; e-mail: [email protected]); the 
General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

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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 19, 2001, persons may submit written comments 
regarding the license transfer application, 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 
application dated August 17, 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 12th day of October 2001.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John Harrison,
Project Manager, Section 2, Project Directorate I, Division of 
Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 01-26279 Filed 10-17-01; 8:45 am]
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