ML023400303

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request

ML023400303
Person / Time
Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	12/12/2002
From:	Macon W NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3
To:	Skolds J Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
Macon W, NRR/DLPM/LPDIII-02, 415-3965
References
TAC MB5243, TAC MB5244
Download: ML023400303 (6)

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December 12, 2002 Mr. John L. Skolds, President Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. MB5243 AND MB5244)

Dear Mr. Skolds:

By letter dated May 31, 2002, as supplemented by letter dated October 4, 2002, you applied for an amendment to the LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos.

NPF-11 and NPF-18, respectively. The proposed change would have modified the facility Technical Specifications (TS) pertaining to TS Surveillance Requirement 3.6.1.3.8 by reducing the number of excess flow check valves required to be tested every 24 months. Subsequently, by letter dated October 30, 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/

William A. Macon, Jr., Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373, 50-374

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

December 12, 2002 Mr. John L. Skolds, President Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NOS. MB5243 AND MB5244)

Dear Mr. Skolds:

By letter dated May 31, 2002, as supplemented by letter dated October 4, 2002, you applied for an amendment to the LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos.

NPF-11 and NPF-18, respectively. The proposed change would have modified the facility Technical Specifications (TS) pertaining to TS Surveillance Requirement 3.6.1.3.8 by reducing the number of excess flow check valves required to be tested every 24 months. Subsequently, by letter dated October 30, 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/

William A. Macon, Jr., Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-373, 50-374

Enclosure:

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

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LaSalle County Station Units 1 and 2 cc:

Site Vice President - LaSalle Regional Administrator Exelon Generation Company, LLC U.S. NRC, Region III 2601 North 21st Road 801 Warrenville Road Marseilles, IL 61341-9757 Lisle, IL 60532-4351 LaSalle County Station Plant Manager Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety Exelon Generation Company, LLC Office of Nuclear Facility Safety 2601 North 21st Road 1035 Outer Park Drive Marseilles, IL 61341-9757 Springfield, IL 62704 Regulatory Assurance Manager - LaSalle Document Control Desk-Licensing Exelon Generation Company, LLC Exelon Generation Company, LLC 2601 North 21st Road 4300 Winfield Road Marseilles, IL 61341-9757 Warrenville, IL 60555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services LaSalle Resident Inspectors Office Exelon Generation Company, LLC 2605 North 21st Road 4300 Winfield Road Marseilles, IL 61341-9756 Warrenville, IL 60555 Phillip P. Steptoe, Esquire Vice President Sidley and Austin Mid-West Operations Support One First National Plaza Exelon Generation Company, LLC Chicago, IL 60603 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Assistant Attorney General 100 W. Randolph St. Suite 12 Senior Vice President Chicago, IL 60601 Mid-West Regional Operating Group Exelon Generation Company, LLC Chairman 4300 Winfield Road LaSalle County Board Warrenville, IL 60555 707 Etna Road Ottawa, IL 61350 Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Attorney General Exelon Generation Company, LLC 500 S. Second Street 4300 Winfield Road Springfield, IL 62701 Warrenville, IL 60555 Chairman Illinois Commerce Commission 527 E. Capitol Avenue, Leland Building Springfield, IL 62706 Robert Cushing, Chief, Public Utilities Division Illinois Attorney General's Office 100 W. Randolph Street Chicago, IL 60601

LaSalle County Station Units 1 and 2 Director - Licensing Mid-West Regional Operating Group Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Senior Counsel, Nuclear Mid-West Regional Operating Group Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Manager - Licensing -Clinton and LaSalle Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC DOCKET NOS. 50-373 AND 50-374 LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensee), to withdraw its May 31, 2002 application, as supplemented by letter dated October 4, 2002, for proposed amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18 for LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2, respectively, located in LaSalle County, Illinois.

The proposed amendments would have changed Appendix A, Technical Specifications (TS) , of the Facility Operating Licenses. Specifically, the proposed change would have modified TS Surveillance Requirement 3.6.1.3.8 to reduce the number of excess flow check valves required to be tested every 24 months.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on July 23, 2002 (67 FR 48218). However, by letter dated October 30, 2002, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated May 31, 2002, as supplemented by letter dated October 4, 2002, and the licensee's letter dated October 30, 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 12th day of December 2002.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

William A. Macon, Jr., Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation