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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-289]

 
GPU Nuclear, Inc.; 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 GPU Nuclear, Inc., (licensee) for an 
amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-50 issued to the 
licensee for operation of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 
1, located in Dauphin County, PA.
    The purpose of the portion of the licensee's amendment request that 
is denied was to seek approval from the Commission to allow the 
licensee to ignore the low temperature overpressure protection 
provisions related to high pressure injection pumps start and running 
restrictions during an emergency cooldown without having to invoke 10 
CFR 50.54(x).
    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 August 6, 1999.
    By September 13, 1999, 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 20555-0001, 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 petitions should also be sent to the Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, and to Ernest L. Blake, Jr., Esquire, Shaw, Pittman, Potts, 
& Trowbridge, 2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037, attorney for 
the licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated March 31, 1997, as supplemented June 3, 
1998, and July 13, 1998, and (2) the Commission's letter to the 
licensee dated August 6, 1999.
    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 Law/Government Publications Section, State Library of Pennsylvania, 
(Regional Depository) Walnut Street and Commonwealth Avenue, Box 1601, 
Harrisburg, PA 17105.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of August 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Elinor G. Adensam,
Director, Project Directorate I, Division of Licensing Project 
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-20908 Filed 8-11-99; 8:45 am]
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