Public Service Electric & Gas Company and Atlantic City Electric Company (Hope Creek Generating Station); Notice of Denial of Amendment to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 252 (Tuesday, December 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69115-69116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33253]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-354]


Public Service Electric & Gas Company and Atlantic City Electric 
Company (Hope Creek Generating Station); 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 Public Service Electric & Gas and Atlantic City Electric 
Company, (the licensees) for an amendment to Facility Operating

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License No. NPF-57, issued to the licensee for operation of the Hope 
Creek Generating Station located in Lower Alloways Creek Township, 
Salem County, New Jersey. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of this 
amendment was not published in the Federal Register.
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise the 
Hope Creek Generating Station (HCGS) Updated Final Safety Analysis 
Report, Section 9.2.5, regarding the Station Service Water System and 
Ultimate Heat Sink.
    The NRC staff has concluded that the licensee's request cannot be 
granted. The licensee was notified of the Commission's denial of the 
proposed change by a letter dated December 24, 1996.
    By January 30, 1997, 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 M. J. Wetterhahn, Esquire, Winston & 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 August 30, 1996, and (2) the 
Commission's letter to the licensee dated December 24, 1996.
    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 Pennsville Public Library, 190 S. Broadway, Pennsville, New Jersey 
08070.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of December 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John F. Stolz,
Director, Project Directorate I-2, Division of Reactor Projects--I/II, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-33253 Filed 12-30-96; 8:45 am]
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