ML17296A850
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| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 07/23/1980 |
| From: | Schwencer A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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Van Brunt~ Jr Vice President Construction 'rojects Arizona Public Service Compaq'.
P 0, Box 2l666 Phoenix, Arizona 85036 h
Subject:
ARI2'MA HIBLIC SERVICE CQCPAHYs ET AL PAXQ VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATIONs UNITS 1, 2, AND 9 The following documents concerning our review of the subject facility are transmitted for your information:
Cl Notice of Receipt of Application.
Draft/Final Environmental Statement, dated Safety Evaluation, or Supplement No.. dated Notice of Hearing on Application for Construction Permit.
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Facility Operating License.
Application and Safety Analysis Report. Vol.
to Application/SAR, dated dated Amendment No, Construction Permit No. CPPR-D Facility Operating License No. DPR-
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, dated AmendmentNo.
to CPPR-or DRR-, dated g
Other:
Clarification af Notice of Recei t of A Xication etc.
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosures:
As stated CC. See attached OFFICE %
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. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 July 23) 1980 Docitet No.
STN 50-528/529/530 IL~. E. E. Van Brunt, Jr.
Vice P esident Construction Projects Arizona Public Service Company P.
O. Box 21666 e6 PhoerLLx) Ara.zona 85 3
Subject:
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CCMPANY) ET AL PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION) UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 The following documents concerning our renew of the subject facility are transmitted for your information:
Q Notice of Receipt of Application.
Draft/Final Environmental Statement, dated Safety Evaluation, or Supp'iement No., dated Notice of Hearing on Application for Construe'tion Permit.
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Facility Operating License.
Application and Safety Analysis Report, Vol.
Amendment No.
to Application/SAR, dated Construction Permit No. CPPR-I~
Facility Operating License No. DPR-Amendment No.
to CPPR-H Other:
dated
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. dated i t of A lication etc.
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosures:
As stated
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See attached NRC-2 I (6 76)
cc Arthur C. Gehr, Esq.
Snel1 E Milmer 3100 Valley Center
- Phoenix, Arizona 85073 Charles S. Pierson Assistant Attorney General 200 State Capitol 1700 West
- Phoenix, Arizona 85007 David N. Barry, Esq., Senior Counsel Charles R. Kocher, Esq.,
Ass>stant Counsel Southern California Edison Co npany P. 0.
Box 800
- Rosemead, California
., 91770 Dr. Stanley L. Dolins Assistant Director Energy Programs (OEPAD)
Office of the Governor 1700 Mest Mashington Executive Tower - Room 507
- Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Wi 1 liam Primm Assistant Attorney General Bataan Hemorial Building Santa Fe, New mexico 87503 Resident Inspector Palo Verde/NPS U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission c/o TTL/LGX Luke Air Force Base,'rizona 85309 Assistant Attorney General Department of Law 200 State Capitol 700 West Washington
Executive Director 2929 West Indian School Road
- Phoenix, Arizona 85017
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Chairman Maricopa County Board of Supervisors 111 South Third Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85004 U.
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Environmental Protection Agency ATTN:
EiS Coordinator Region IX Office 215 Freemont Street San Francisco, Californ'ia 94105
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UNITED STATES OF Af'1ERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COHMISS ION DOCKET NOS.
STN 50-528/529/530 CLARIFICATION TO ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO.
{PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION UNITS 1, 2, AND 3);
RECEIPT OF APPLICATIOH FOR FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES; AVAILABILITY OF APPLICANT'S ENVIROHHENTAL REPORT; AND COHSIDERATIOH OF ISSUANCE OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES AHD NOTICE OFOPPORTUHITY FOR HEARING On July ll, 1980, a notice was published in the ~di i
{45 F d.
~R 46941) under the heading "Arizona Public Service Co., et al.
(Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Units 1, 2, and 3); Receipt of Application for Facility Operating licenses; Avajlability,ofApplicant's Environmental Report; and Con-
- I sideration of Issuance of Facility Operating Licenses and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing."
The notice provided, among other things, that:
By July 31, 1980, the applicants may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the facility operating licenses, and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a petition for leave to intervene.
Requests for a hearing and petitions for.leave to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Corri>ission's "Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2.
If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request'and/or petition and the Secretary of the Commission, or designated
.Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
The Commission has issued the following clarification to the above-mentioned paragraph:
By July 31, 1980, the applicants may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the facility operating licenses.
By August 11, 1980, any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a petition for leave to intervene.
Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave to intervene'hall be filed in accordance with the Commission's "Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2. If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by the above date[sj, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, designated by the Commission or. by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition and the Secretary of the Commission, or designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a 'notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
Dated at Bethesd,
- maryland, thisg~gay off
> 1980.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Qgg~r~~
A. Schwencer, Acting Chief, Licensing Branch Ho.
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OFFICE OF THE S ECRETARY.
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NUCLEAR REGULATGRY COMMISSION-WASHINGTON,OM20555 July 8, 1980 Director Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records SerY'tce
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C.
20403
Dear Sir,
Enclosed for publication in the Federal Register are an original and two certified copies of a document entitled:
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, ET AL.
(Docket Nos. 50-528, -529, -530)
Notice of Recei t of A lication for Pacili eratin Licnases'otice of Availabilit of A licant's Environmental Re ort and Notice of Con-sideration of Issuance of Pacilit eratin Licenses and Notice of ortuni for Hearin Please publich on Priday, July ll, 1980.
(Per telecon with Barbara Suhre 7/8/80, please confirm-634-1437).
This material is to be charged to requisition number F-131.
Sincer ely, e
0, Chi Secretary of k
he Commission
Enclosures:
Original and 2 certified copies I
bcc: chord Services Branch Office of Public Affairs Executive Legal Director Office of Congressional Affairs Office of the General Counsel
UNITED STATES OF "AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
'In the Matter of
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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, ET AL
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Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Units 1, 2 and 3
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Docket Nos.:
STN 50-'528 STN 50-529 STN 50-530 NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION FOR FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES; NOTICE OF AVAILABILITYOF APPLICANT';S ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT; AND NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES
. 'AND NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING Notice is. hereby given that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has received an application, including the Final Safety Analysis Report, for facility operating licenses from Arizona'ublic Service Company on behalf of itself and Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement.and Power District, El Paso Electric Company, Southern California Edison'Company, Public Service Company of Nevi Mexico, and Arizona Flectric Power Cooperative, Inc., (the applicants) to possess,
- use, and operate Palo Verde Nucl.ear Generating Station, Units 1, 2 and 3, three pressurized water nuclear reactors (the facilities), located on the applicants'ite in Maricopa County, Arizona, approximately 36 miles west of the City of Phoenix.
Each of the reactors is designed to operate at a core power level of 3800 megawatts k
thermal, with an equivalent net electrical output of approxi'mately 1304 megawatts each.
The Palo Verde design incorporates, by reference the Combustion Engineering, Inc., standard "System 80" nuclear steam supply system;
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The applicants have also filed, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the regulations of the Commission in 10 CFR Part 51, an environmental report, which incorporates by reference the environmental report-submitted as part of the application for construction permits for the-facilities.
The report, which discusses environmental considerations related to the proposed operation of the facilities, is being made available at the State Clearinghouse, Office of Economic Planning and Development, State of
- Arizona, 1700 West Washington Street,
- Phoenix, Arizona
- 85007, and at the Naricopa Association of Governments, 1820 West Washington Street,
- Phoenix, Arizona 85007.
After the environmental report has been analyzed by the Coomission's
- staff, a draft environmental statement wi 1.1 be prepared.
Upon preparation of the draft environmental=statement, the Commission will, among other things, cause to be'published in the FEDERAL REGISTER, a notice of availability of the draft statement, requesting currents from interested persons on the draft statement.
The notice will also. contain a statement to the effect that any comments of Federal agencies and.State and local officials will be made available when received.
The draft environmental statement will focus only on any matters which differ from those pre'viously discussed in the final environmental statement prepared in connection with the issuance of the construction permits.
"Upon consideration of comments submitted with'espect to the draft environmental statement, the Commission's staff wi 1 1 prepare a
final environmental statement, the availability of which will be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER
'The Commission will consider the issuance of facility operating licenses
'I to Arizona Public Service Company, et al, which would authorize the applicants to possess, use and operate the Palo Verde,NucIear'Generating Station, Units I, 2 and 3, in accordance with the provisions of the licenses and,the technical specifications appended
- thereto, upon:
(I) the completion of a favorable safety evaluation of the application by the Commission's staff; (2) the,com-
'pIetiori of the environmental'review required by the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Part 51; (3) the receipt of a report on the applicants'pplication for facility operating licenses by the Advisory-Committee on Reactor Safeguards; and (4) a finding by the Commission that the application for the facility
- licenses, as
- amended, complies with the requirements
-of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Conmission's regulati'ons in 10 CFR Chapter I.
Construction of the'acilities was,authorized by Construction Permit Nos; CPPR-141, CPPR-142 and CPPR-143, issued'by the Coranission on May 25, 1976.
Construction of Unit I is anticipated to be completed by November 1982, Unit 2 by November 198$ and Unit 3 by November 1985.
With regard to Executive Order 11988 Floodplain Management, the applicants have determined that the Palo Verde facilities wi 11 have no structures, (or 'con-struction activities) located on the floodplain.
Prior to issuance of any operating licenses, the Commission will inspect
'the facilities to determine whether they have been constructed in accordance with the application, as
- amended, and the provisions of the construction permits.
In 'addition, the, licenses will not be issued unti I the Commission has made the findings reflecting its review of the application Under the Act, which will be
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- licenses, and 'has concluded that the issuance of the licenses will not be inimical to the co@non defense
-'and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Upon issuance, of the licenses, the applicants will be required to execute an indemnity agreement as required by Section 170 of the Act and 10 CFR Part 140 of the Commission's regulations.
By July gl, 1980, the applicants may file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the facility operating. licenses and any person whose interest may be affected by this proceeding may file a petition for leave to intervene.
Requests for a hearing and pet'itions for leave to intervene shall be filed in C
accordance with the Coimission's""Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Pro-ceedings" in 10 CFR Part 2. If a request for a hearing or petition for leave-
'to intervene is filed by the above date, the Coranission or an Atomic Safety and
-Licensing Board, designated by the Commission or by the Chairman of the Atom'ic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition and the Secretary of the Coomission, or designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR Section 2,714, a petition for leave to intervene shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding and
'I how that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding.
The petition shou'ld specifically explain the reas'ons why intervention should be permitted wit'h particular reference to the following factors:
(1) the nature of the. petitioner's right under the'ct to be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the. nature and extent of the petitioner's property; financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and.
(3) the possible. effect of any order which may be entered in the proceeding on the
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The petition should also identify the specific aspect(s) of the subject matter of the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene.
Any person who has filed a petition for leave to intervene or who has been admitted as a party may amend his petition, but such an amended p'etition must satisfy the specificity requirements described above; Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing conference scheduled in the proceeding, the petitioner shall file a supplement to the petition to intervene which must include a list of the contentions which are sought to be litigated in the matter, and the bases for each contention set forth with reasonable specificity.
A petitioner who fails to file such a
supplement which satisfies these requirements with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
A request for a hearing or a petition f'r leave to,intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Conmission, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
20555, Attention:
Docketing and Service Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's'Public Document
- Room, 1717 M Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.,
by August-ll, 1980.
A copy of the petition should also be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory. Commission, Washington, D. C.,
- 20555, and to Arthur C. Gehr, Esq., Snell and Wilmer, 3100 Valley Center,
- Phoenix, Arizona 85073, attorney for the applicants.
Any questions or requests for additional information regarding the content of this notice should be addressed to the Chief Mearing Counsel, Office of.the Executive Legal Director, ',U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C.
20555.
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7590-0I'ontimely fil'ings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended petiti'ons, supplemental petitions and/or requests'or hearing will not be entertained absent a determination by the Careissi'on, the presiding officer, or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board -designated to rule on the petition and/or-
- request, that the petitioner has made.a substantial
.showing. of good cause for
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the granting of a late petition and/or request.
That determination will be based upon a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR Sections 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).
For further details pertinent to the matters under consideration, see the application for the.facility operating licenses and the applicants'nvironmental report dated June 19, 1980, which are available
'for public inspection at the Comnission's Public Document
- Room, 1717 H Street, N. Q.,
Washington, D. C.
and at the Phoenix Public Library, Science and Industry
- Section, 12 East NcDowell Road, Phoenix, Arizona.
As they become available, the following documents may be inspected at the.above locations:
(1) the safety evaluation report prepared by the Comnission's staff; (2) the draft 0
environmental statement; (3) the final environmental statement; (4) the report of the Advisory Comnittee on Rea'ctor Safeguards on the application for faci lity operating licenses; (5) the proposed facility operating licenses; and (6)'he technical specifications, which will be attached to the proposed facility operating licenses.
Copies of the proposed operating licenses and the ACRS report, when available, may be obtained by request to the Director, Division of Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,.
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Copies of the Commission's staff safety evaluation report" and final environmental statement, when available, may be purchased at
, current rates, from the National Technical Information Service, Department of
- Commerce, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield,'irginia 22161.
FOR TME NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION g +((g p c.c'Y-'C A. Schwencer, Acting'Chief Licensing Branch No.
3 Division of Licensing Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 2ndday of Ju3g, 1980
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