ML021700693

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R. E. Ginna Withdrawal of Request for Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License Regarding Proposed Change to Plant Staff Qualification
ML021700693
Person / Time
Site: Ginna Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 06/12/2002
From: Mecredy R
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp
To: Clark R
Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
TAC MB4548
Download: ML021700693 (2)


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ROCHESTER GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION , 89 EASTAVENUE, ROCHESTER, N.Y 14649-0001 0 716 546-2700 www rge.com ROBERT C. MECREDY Vice President Nuclear Operations June 12, 2002 Mr. Robert L. Clark Office of Nuclear Regulatory Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

Subject:

Withdrawal of Request for Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License Regarding Proposed Change to Plant Staff Qualification Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Docket No. 50-244

References:

(1) Letter from R.C. Mecredy, RG&E, to R.L. Clark, NRC,

Subject:

Applicationfor Amendment to FacilityOperatingLicense RegardingProposedChange to PlantStaff Qualification(Specification 5.3.1), dated March 18, 2002.

(2) Memorandum from Robert Clark, NRC, to Richard Laufer, NRC,

Subject:

OperationsManager QualificationRequirementsfor Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (TAC NO. MB4548), dated May 30, 2002.

(3) Letter from A.R. Johnson, NRC, to R.C. Mecredy, RG&E,

Subject:

Issuance ofAmendment No. 61 to FacilityOperatingLicense No. DPR-18, R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, dated February 13, 1996.

Dear Mr. Clark:

By the above Reference (1), Rochester Gas & Electric (RG&E) requested an amendment to the Ginna Station facility operating license in regards to the requirement for a candidate for the operations manager position to hold a senior reactor operators (SRO) license at the time of appointment, as described in ANSI Standard N18.1-1971. On May 7, 2002, RG&E and NRC personnel held a telephone conference, Reference (2), to discuss whether the amendment request was necessary. It was stated by the NRC staff that this issue was addressed as part of the conversion of the Ginna Station technical specifications to the Improved Technical Specifications (ITS), Reference (3). Specifically, the addition of a requirement for the operations manager or operations middle manager to hold a SRO license (ITS Section 5.2.2.e) was written to allow flexibility for the middle manager (i.e., operations supervisor) to provide direction to, or oo 1W-i 0I

supervise, licensed operators if the operations manager does not have a SRO license. RG&E acknowledges that the utilization of this flexibility also requires that the middle manager must meet the operations manager requirements of ITS Section 5.3.1, "Plant Staff Qualifications."

Therefore, RG&E hereby withdraws the request for a license amendment for Ginna Station transmitted to the NRC in the letter dated March 18, 2002, Reference (1).

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that I am authorized by Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation to make this submittal and that the foregoing is true and correct.

If you should have any questions regarding this submittal, please contact Mr. Tom Harding, 585 771-3384.

Executed on June 12, 2002 Very yours, Robert C. Mecredy Vice President Nuclear Operations Group xc: Mr. Robert Clark (Mail Stop O-8-C2)

Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 Regional Administrator, Region 1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 U.S. NRC Ginna Senior Resident Inspector Mr. William M. Flynn, President New York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority Corporate Plaza West 286 Washington Avenue Extension Albany, NY 12203-6399 Mr. Paul Eddy NYS Department of Public Service 3 Empire Plaza Albany, NY 12223