[Federal Register: August 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 160)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. STN 50-454 and STN 50-455]

 
Commonwealth Edison Company; Notice of Partial Denial of 
Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Opportunity for Hearing

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has 
partially denied a request by Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd, the 
licensee) for amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-37 and 
NPF-66, issued to ComEd for operation of Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 
2, located in Ogle County, Illinois. Notice of Consideration of 
Issuance of these amendments was published in the Federal Register on 
April 22, 1998 (63 FR 19966).

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    The purpose of the licensee's amendment request was to delete 
license conditions which have been satisfied, revise others to delete 
parts which are no longer applicable or to revise references, and make 
editorial changes.
    The NRC staff has concluded that a portion of the request, related 
to the proposed deletion of dates for approved security plans, can not 
be granted. The basis for the denial is detailed in the Safety 
Evaluation related to Amendment Nos. 110 and 110 dated August 10, 1999.
    By September 20, 1999, 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 20555-0001 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 Ms. Pamela B. Stroebel, Senior Vice President and 
General Counsel, Commonwealth Edison Company, P.O. Box 767, Chicago, 
Illinois 60690-0767, attorney for the licensee.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendments dated March 14, 1997, (2) Amendment Nos. 110 
and 110 to Facility Operating License Nos. NPR-37 and NPR-66, and (3) 
the Commission's related Safety Evaluation and Environmental 
Assessment.
    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 Byron Public Library District, 109 N. Franklin, P.O. Box 434, 
Byron, Illinois 61010.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of August 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Suzanne C. Black,
Acting Director, Project Directorate III, Division of Licensing Project 
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-21529 Filed 8-18-99; 8:45 am]
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