ML020800920

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request Dated 05/24/01

ML020800920
Person / Time
Site:	Summer
Issue date:	03/20/2002
From:	Edison G NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD2
To:	Byrne S South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
Edison G E, NRR/DLPM, 415-1448
References
TAC MB2051
Download: ML020800920 (5)

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March 20, 2002 Mr. Stephen A. Byrne Vice President, Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Post Office Box 88 Jenkinsville, South Carolina 29065

SUBJECT:

VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT NO. 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MB2051)

Dear Mr. Byrne:

By letter dated May 24, 2001, you applied for an amendment to the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1, Facility Operating License No. NPF-12. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to the emergency feedwater system isolation valves. Subsequently, by letter dated October 30, 2001, 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/

Gordon E. Edison, Sr. Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-395

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

Mr. Stephen A. Byrne March 20, 2002 Vice President, Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Post Office Box 88 Jenkinsville, South Carolina 29065

SUBJECT:

VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT NO. 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MB2051)

Dear Mr. Byrne:

By letter dated May 24, 2001, you applied for an amendment to the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1, Facility Operating License No. NPF-12. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications pertaining to the emergency feedwater system isolation valves. Subsequently, by letter dated October 30, 2001, 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/

Gordon E. Edison, Sr. Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-395

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY DOCKET NO. 50-395 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (the licensee) to withdraw its May 24, 2001, application for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-12 for the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1, located in Fairfield County, South Carolina.

The proposed amendment would have revised the technical specifications to include the emergency feedwater system automatic isolation valves into the surveillance requirements.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on August 8, 2001 (66 FR 41625).

However, by letter dated October 30, 2001, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated May 24, 2001, and the licensee's letter dated October 30, 2001, 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 20th day of March 2002.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Gordon E. Edison, Sr. Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate II Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Mr. Stephen A. Byrne VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION South Carolina Electric & Gas Company cc:

Mr. R. J. White Ms. Kathryn M. Sutton, Esquire Nuclear Coordinator Winston & Strawn Law Firm S.C. Public Service Authority 1400 L Street, NW c/o Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Washington, DC 20005-3502 Post Office Box 88, Mail Code 802 Jenkinsville, South Carolina 29065 Resident Inspector/Summer NPS c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 576 Stairway Road Jenkinsville, South Carolina 29065 Chairman, Fairfield County Council Drawer 60 Winnsboro, South Carolina 29180 Mr. Henry Porter, Assistant Director Division of Waste Management Bureau of Land & Waste Management Department of Health & Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Mr. Gregory H. Halnon, General Manager Nuclear Plant Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Mail Code 303 Post Office Box 88 Jenkinsville, South Carolina 29065 Mr. Melvin N. Browne, Manager Nuclear Licensing & Operating Experience South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Mail Code 830 Post Office Box 88 Jenkinsville, South Carolina 29065