ML023430544

Withdrawal of Amendment Request

ML023430544
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	12/04/2002
From:	Donohew J NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD4
To:	Overbeck G Arizona Public Service Co
Donohew J N, NRR/DLPM,415-1307
References
TAC MB6378
Download: ML023430544 (5)

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December 4, 2002 Mr. Gregg R. Overbeck Senior Vice President, Nuclear Arizona Public Service Company P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034

SUBJECT:

PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MB6378)

Dear Mr. Overbeck:

By letter dated September 26, 2002 (102-04844), and its supplement dated October 23, 2002 (102-04856), you applied for an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-41 for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1. The proposed change would have modified the Unit 1 Technical Specifications pertaining to steam generator tube inspection. Subsequently, by letter dated November 19, 2002 (102-04865), you requested to withdraw the amendment request and as stated in our letter of November 22, 2002, the staff did not have any objections.

Since the amendment request has been withdrawn, the Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register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/

Jack Donohew, Senior Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. STN 50-528

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

December 4, 2002 Mr. Gregg R. Overbeck Senior Vice President, Nuclear Arizona Public Service Company P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034

SUBJECT:

PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT REQUEST (TAC NO. MB6378)

Dear Mr. Overbeck:

By letter dated September 26, 2002 (102-04844), and its supplement dated October 23, 2002 (102-04856), you applied for an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-41 for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1. The proposed change would have modified the Unit 1 Technical Specifications pertaining to steam generator tube inspection. Subsequently, by letter dated November 19, 2002 (102-04865), you requested to withdraw the amendment request and as stated in our letter of November 22, 2002, the staff did not have any objections.

Since the amendment request has been withdrawn, the Commission has filed the enclosed Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License with the Office of the Federal Register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/

Jack Donohew, Senior Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. STN 50-528 DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC

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Palo Verde Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 cc:

Mr. Steve Olea Mr. David Summers Arizona Corporation Commission Public Service Company of New Mexico 1200 W. Washington Street 414 Silver SW, #1206 Phoenix, AZ 85007 Albuquerque, NM 87102 Douglas Kent Porter Mr. Jarlath Curran Senior Counsel Southern California Edison Company Southern California Edison Company 5000 Pacific Coast Hwy Bldg DIN Law Department, Generation Resources San Clemente, CA 92672 P.O. Box 800 Rosemead, CA 91770 Mr. Robert Henry Salt River Project Senior Resident Inspector 6504 East Thomas Road U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Scottsdale, AZ 85251 P. O. Box 40 Buckeye, AZ 85326 Terry Bassham, Esq.

General Counsel Regional Administrator, Region IV El Paso Electric Company U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 123 W. Mills Harris Tower & Pavillion El Paso, TX 79901 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 Mr. John Schumann Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Chairman Southern California Public Power Authority Maricopa County Board of Supervisors P.O. Box 51111, Room 1255-C 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90051-0100 Phoenix, AZ 85003 Brian Almon Mr. Aubrey V. Godwin, Director Public Utility Commission Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency William B. Travis Building 4814 South 40 Street P. O. Box 13326 Phoenix, AZ 85040 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-3326 Mr. Craig K. Seaman, Director Regulatory Affairs/Nuclear Assurance Mr. Thomas Saporito Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station P.O. Box 1234 P.O. Box 52034 Buckeye, Arizona 85326 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 Mr. Hector R. Puente Vice President, Power Generation El Paso Electric Company 2702 N. Third Street, Suite 3040 Phoenix, AZ 85004 April 2002

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY DOCKET NO. STN 50-528 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of Arizona Public Service Company (the licensee) to withdraw its application dated September 26, 2002, and its supplement dated October 23, 2002, for proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-41 for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No. 1, located in Maricopa County, Arizona.

The proposed amendment would have revised the definition of steam generator tube inspection in Section 5.5.9, "Steam Generator (SG) Tube Surveillance Program," of the Technical Specifications.

The Commission had previously issued Notices of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on October 3, 2002 (67 FR 62079) and on November 26, 2002 (67 FR 70763). The initial notice stated that the amendment had been submitted under exigent circumstances, to be issued on or about October 25, 2002, with the public comment period being less than the normal 30-day period. The basis for the exigent circumstances was provided in the notice. However, on October 25, 2002, the NRC staff issued a letter to the licensee stating that the proposed amendment was not needed on an exigent basis prior to plant restart. Therefore, the second notice was published to provide the normal 30-day public comment period for the amendment. By letter dated November 19, 2002, the licensee requested to withdraw the proposed amendment request, and by letter dated

November 22, 2002, the NRC staff stated that it did not object to the licensees withdrawal of the application. Therefore, the proposed change effectively has been withdrawn.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated September 26, 2002, and its supplement dated October 23, 2002; the licensees letter dated November 19, 2002; and the staffs letter of November 22, 2002. 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 4th day of December 2002.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Jack Donohew, Senior Project Manager, Section 2 Project Directorate IV Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation