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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-461]

 
Illinois Power Co., Clinton Power Station, Unit 1; Notice of 
Partial Denial of Amendment to Facility Operating License and 
Opportunity for Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has 
partially denied a request by Illinois Power Company (the licensee) to 
amend Facility Operating License NPF-62 issued to the licensee for 
operation of the Clinton Power Station, Unit 1, located in DeWitt 
County, Illinois. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of the amendment 
was published in the Federal Register on December 20, 1995 (60 FR 
65681).
    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to revise 
Technical Specification (TS) 5.2.2.e, ``Unit Staff,'' by revising the 
requirements for controls on the working hours of unit staff who 
perform safety related functions and by removing the requirement for 
monthly review of individual overtime.
    The proposed changes were denied in part. The licensee's request to 
remove the monthly review of individual overtime requirement was denied 
because this removal would result in working hours controls that would 
not be sufficient to assure that adequate shift coverage is maintained 
without routine heavy use of overtime.
    The NRC staff has concluded that part of the licensee's request 
cannot be granted. The licensee was notified of the Commission's 
partial denial of the proposed change by letter dated August 13, 1998.
    By September 21, 1998, the licensee may demand a hearing with 
respect to the partial 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: 
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, 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 petition should also be sent to the Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555, and to Leah Manning Stetzner, Vice President, General Counsel, 
and Corporate Secretary, 500 South 27th Street, Decatur, IL 62525, 
attorney for the licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated October 27, 1995, and (2) the 
Commission's letter to the licensee dated August 13, 1998.
    These documents are available for public inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room and at the local public document room 
located at the Vespasian Warner Public Library, 120 West Johnson 
Street, Clinton, IL 61727.

    Dated at Rockville, MD, this 13th day of August 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jon B. Hopkins,
Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate III-3, Division of Reactor 
Projects--III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-22527 Filed 8-20-98; 8:45 am]
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