[Federal Register: November 12, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 218)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-029-LA-R; ASLBP No. 99-754-01-LA-R]

 
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; Yankee Atomic Electric Company 
(Yankee Nuclear Power Station), License Termination Plan; Notice of 
Prehearing Conference

    Before Administrative Judges: Charles Bechhoefer, Chairman; Dr. 
Thomas S. Elleman; Thomas D. Murphy

November 5, 1998.
    Notice is hereby given that, as provided in the Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board's Memorandum and Order (Schedules for Remanded 
Proceeding; Prehearing Conference), dated October 27, 1998, a 
prehearing conference is hereby scheduled beginning at 9:30 a.m. on 
Wednesday, December 16, 1998, at the Grand Jury Room (top floor), 
Franklin County Courthouse, 425 Main Street, Greenfield, MA 01301. To 
the extent necessary, the conference will continue on Thursday and 
Friday, December 17 and 18, 1998, beginning at 9:00 a.m., at the same 
location.
    The purpose of the conference will be to determine whether any of 
the petitioners found by the Commission in CLI-98-21 to have standing--
i.e., the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution, Inc. (NECNP) and 
the Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)--have submitted admissible 
contentions conforming to the criteria set forth in 10 CFR 2.714 (b) 
and (d), to enable them to become parties to the proceeding. The 
conference will also consider petitions, if any, from interested States 
or governmental bodies, as discussed by the Commission in CLI-98-21. 
Finally, to the extent necessary, the conference will consider 
discovery and future schedules for various aspects of the proceeding.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.715(a), the Board will hear oral 
limited appearance statements at this prehearing conference. Any person 
not a party to the proceeding or a petitioner for intervention will be 
permitted to make such a statement, either orally or in writing, 
setting forth his or her position on issues of concern. These 
statements do not constitute testimony or evidence but may help the 
Board and/or parties in their deliberations on the extent of the issues 
to be considered.
    Oral limited appearance statements may be given from 7:00 p.m. to 
9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16, 1998 (or such lesser time as is 
necessary to accommodate speakers who are present), at the same 
location as the site of the prehearing conference. (To the extent that 
the Board is apprised of a need to accommodate further speakers, it 
will attempt to do so at the beginning of any later session of the 
conference that may be necessary.) The number of persons making oral 
statements and the time allotted for each statement may be limited 
depending on the number of persons present at the designated time. 
(Normally, each oral statement may extend for up to five (5) minutes.) 
Written statements may be submitted at any time. Written statements, 
and requests for oral statements, should be submitted to the Office of 
the Secretary, Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington D.C. 20555. A copy of such statement 
or request should also be served on the Chairman of this Licensing 
Board. (Persons desiring to make oral statements who have filed a 
written request will be given priority over those who have not filed 
such a request.)
    Documents relating to this application are on file at the Local 
Public Document Room, located at the Greenfield Community College, 1 
College Drive, Greenfield, MA 01301, as well as at the Commission's 
Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L St., N.W., Washington 
D.C. 20037.
    It is so ordered.

Rockville, Maryland, November 5, 1998.

    For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
Charles Bechhoefer,
Chairman, Administrative Judge.
[FR Doc. 98-30259 Filed 11-10-98; 8:45 am]
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