[Federal Register: September 11, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 176)]
[Notices]               
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-003]

 
Consolidated Edison Company; Indian Point Nuclear Generating 
Station Unit; Notice of Public Meeting

    The NRC will conduct a public meeting at Cortlandt Town Hall, 1 
Heady Street, Cortlandt Manor, New York, on October 7, 1998, to discuss 
plans developed by Consolidated Edison Company (Con Edison) to 
decommission the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station Unit 1. The 
Indian Point Station, located in Buchanan, New York, includes the 
permanently shutdown Unit 1 and two operating units, Units 2 and Unit 
3. Unit 2 is operated by Consolidated Edison Company, and Unit 3 by New 
York Power Authority. The meeting is scheduled for 7:00-9:30 p.m, and 
will be chaired by New York State Assemblywoman Sondra Galef. The 
public meeting is being held pursuant to the NRC's regulations in 10 
CFR 50.82(a)(4) regarding the requirements for the submission of a 
post-shutdown decommissioning activities report (PSDAR) by the licensee 
following permanent cessation of operation and the holding of a public 
meeting by the NRC on the PSDAR. Con Edison submitted a decommissioning 
plan, which was approved by the NRC in January 1996, prior to the rule 
change promulgated at 31 Federal Register 39301 (July 29, 1996), 
requiring a PSDAR. Decommissioning plans approved prior to the revision 
are considered to meet the requirement for a PSDAR and are subject to 
the revised regulations, including the requirement for a public 
meeting. The meeting will include a short presentation by the NRC staff 
on the decommissioning process and NRC programs for monitoring 
decommissioning activities with attention being given to the licensee's 
decommissioning plans. There will be a presentation by Consolidated 
Edison Company on planned decommissioning activities, and there will be 
an opportunity for members of the public to ask questions of NRC staff 
and Con Edison representatives and make comments on the planned 
activities. The meeting will be transcribed.

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    Con Edison's decommissioning plan provides a short discussion of 
the plant history, a description of the unit's radiological conditions, 
and a description and schedule of planned decommissioning activities. 
This decommissioning plan and the NRC's safety evaluation associated 
with the plan is available for public inspection at the White Plains 
Public Library, 100 Martie Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601. For more 
information contact John L. Minns, Non-Power Reactors and 
Decommissioning Project Directorate, Division of Reactor Program 
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-
3166.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of September 1998.

    For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Seymour H. Weiss,
Director, Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate, 
Division of Reactor Program Management, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-24462 Filed 9-10-98; 8:45 am]
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