ML020430290

Withdrawal of Amendment Regarding Technical Specifications 3/4.3.2, 3/4.3.3.1, Etc

ML020430290
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	02/11/2002
From:	Goshen J NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD2
To:	Scarola J Carolina Power & Light Co
Goshen, JM, NRR/DLPM, 415-1437
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TAC MB1238
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February 11, 2002 Mr. James Scarola, Vice President Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 165, Mail Code: Zone 1 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165

SUBJECT:

SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT REQUEST REGARDING TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 3/4.3.2; 3/4.3.3.1; 3/4.6.1.1; 3/4.6.1.7; 3/4.6.3; 3/4.9.4; AND 3/4.9.9 (TAC NO.

MB1238)

Dear Mr. Scarola:

By letter dated February 15, 2001, you applied for an amendment to the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, Facility Operating License No. NPF-63. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to the testing of containment isolation valves. Subsequently, by letter dated January 29, 2002, you withdrew the amendment request.

The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John M. Goshen, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-400 cc w/enclosure:

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February 11, 2002 Mr. James Scarola, Vice President Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 165, Mail Code: Zone 1 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165

SUBJECT:

SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT REQUEST REGARDING TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 3/4.3.2; 3/4.3.3.1; 3/4.6.1.1; 3/4.6.1.7; 3/4.6.3; 3/4.9.4; AND 3/4.9.9 (TAC NO. MB1238)

Dear Mr. Scarola:

By letter dated February 15, 2001, you applied for an amendment to the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, Facility Operating License No. NPF-63. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to the testing of containment isolation valves. Subsequently, by letter dated January 29, 2002, you withdrew the amendment request.

The Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John M. Goshen, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-400 cc w/enclosure:

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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-400 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Carolina Power & Light Company (the licensee) to withdraw its February 15, 2001, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-63 for the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No.1, located in Wake and Chatham Counties, North Carolina.

The proposed amendment would have revised the Technical Specifications to clarify and relocate the requirements for containment isolation valve testing.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on March 21, 2001 (66 FR 15917). However, by letter dated January 29, 2002, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated February 15, 2001, and the licensee's letter dated January 29, 2002, which withdrew the application for license amendment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),

Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/html. Persons who do not have

access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of February 2002.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

John M. Goshen, Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Mr. James Scarola Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Unit 1 cc:

Mr. William D. Johnson Mr. Chris L. Burton Vice President and Corporate Secretary Director of Site Operations Carolina Power & Light Company Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 1551 Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Post Office Box 165, MC: Zone 1 New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165 Resident Inspector/Harris NPS c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Robert P. Gruber 5421 Shearon Harris Road Executive Director New Hill, North Carolina 27562-9998 Public Staff NCUC Post Office Box 29520 Ms. Karen E. Long Raleigh, North Carolina 27626 Assistant Attorney General State of North Carolina Chairman of the North Carolina Post Office Box 629 Utilities Commission Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Post Office Box 29510 Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0510 Public Service Commission State of South Carolina Post Office Drawer Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Mr. Vernon Malone, Chairman Board of County Commissioners of Wake County P. O. Box 550 Mr. Mel Fry, Director Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Division of Radiation Protection N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources 3825 Barrett Dr. Mr. Richard H. Givens, Chairman Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 Board of County Commissioners of Chatham County P. O. Box 87 Mr. Terry C. Morton Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312 Manager Performance Evaluation and Mr. Richard J. Field, Manager Regulatory Affairs CPB 7 Regulatory Affairs Carolina Power & Light Company Carolina Power & Light Company Post Office Box 1551 Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-1551 P.O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1 New Hill, NC 27562-0165 Mr. Robert J. Duncan II Plant General Manager Mr. John R. Caves, Supervisor Carolina Power & Light Company Licensing/Regulatory Programs Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Carolina Power & Light Company P.O. Box 165, Mail Zone 3 Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant New Hill, North Carolina 27562-0165 P. O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1 New Hill, NC 27562-0165 Mr. John H. ONeill, Jr.

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