ML031480601

Withdrawal of an Amendment Request Elimination of Independent Onsite Safety Review Group from TMI-1 Technical Specifications

ML031480601
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	05/28/2003
From:	Colburn T NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD1
To:	Skolds J AmerGen Energy Co
Colburn T, NRR/DLPM, 415-1402
References
TAC MB2964
Download: ML031480601 (7)

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May 28, 2003 Mr. John L. Skolds, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 (TMI-1), WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST RE: ELIMINATION OF INDEPENDENT ONSITE SAFETY REVIEW GROUP (IOSRG) FROM TMI-1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (TAC NO. MB2964)

Dear Mr. Skolds:

By letter dated August 14, 2001, as supplemented September 11, 2002, you applied for an amendment to the TMI-1, Facility Operating License No. DPR-50. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications (TSs) to eliminate the IOSRG requirements.

Subsequently, by letter dated April 30, 2003, 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/

Timothy G. Colburn, Senior Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-289

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page

May 28, 2003 Mr. John L. Skolds, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 (TMI-1), WITHDRAWAL OF AN AMENDMENT REQUEST RE: ELIMINATION OF INDEPENDENT ONSITE SAFETY REVIEW GROUP (IOSRG) FROM TMI-1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (TAC NO. MB2964)

Dear Mr. Skolds:

By letter dated August 14, 2001, as supplemented September 11, 2002, you applied for an amendment to the TMI-1, Facility Operating License No. DPR-50. The proposed change would have modified the facility technical specifications (TSs) to eliminate the IOSRG requirements.

Subsequently, by letter dated April 30, 2003, 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/

Timothy G. Colburn, Senior Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-289

Enclosure:

Notice of Withdrawal cc w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC PDI-1 R/F RLaufer TColburn MOBrien OGC BPlatchek, RGN-I ACRS DOCUMENT NAME: G:\PDI-1\TMI-1\WDLMB2964.WPD ACCESSION NO.: ML OFFICE PDI-1\PM PDI-2\LA OGC PDI-1\SC NAME TColburn MOBrien SUttal RLaufer DATE 5/13/03 5/13/03 5/23/03 5/27/03 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC DOCKET NO. 50-289 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted the request of AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (the licensee), to withdraw its August 14, 2001, application, as supplemented September 11, 2002, for a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-50 for the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1, located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

The proposed amendment would have revised the Technical Specifications to eliminate the requirements associated with the independent onsite safety review group.

The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on March 5, 2002, (67 FR 10009).

However, by letter dated April 30, 2003, the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated August 14, 2001, as supplemented September 11, 2002, and the licensees letter dated April 30, 2003, 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, Public File Area O1 F21, 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 day of May 2003.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Timothy G. Colburn, Senior Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate I Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 cc:

Site Vice President - Three Mile Island Nuclear Senior Resident Inspector (TMI-1)

Station, Unit 1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 219 P. O. Box 480 Middletown, PA 17057 Middletown, PA 17057 Director - Licensing - MId-Atlantic Regional Senior Vice President Nuclear Services Operating Group AmerGen Energy Company, LLC AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Nuclear Group Headquarters Warrenville, IL 60555 Correspondence Control P.O. Box 160 Vice President - Mid-Atlantic Operations Support Kennett Square, PA 19348 AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-N Rich Janati, Chief Kennett Square, PA 19348 Division of Nuclear Safety Bureau of Radiation Protection Senior Vice President - Department of Environmental Protection Mid Atlantic Regional Operating Group Rachel Carson State Office Building AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P.O. Box 8469 200 Exelon Way, KSA 3-N Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Vice President - Plant Manager Licensing and Regulatory Affairs AmerGen Energy Company, LLC AmerGen Energy Company, LLC P. O. Box 480 4300 Winfield Road Middletown, PA 17057 Warrenville, IL 60555 Regulatory Assurance Manager - Three Mile Regional Administrator Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Region I AmerGen Energy Company, LLC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 480 475 Allendale Road Middletown, PA 17057 King of Prussia, PA 19406 John F. Rogge, Region I Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Board of County Commissioners 475 Allendale Road of Dauphin County King of Prussia, PA 19406 Dauphin County Courthouse Harrisburg, PA 17120 Michael A. Schoppman Framatome ANP Chairman Suite 705 Board of Supervisors 1911 North Ft. Myer Drive of Londonderry Township Rosslyn, VA 22209 R.D. #1, Geyers Church Road Middletown, PA 17057

Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 cc: continued Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 2301 Market Street, S23-1 Philadelphia, PA 19101 Dr. Judith Johnsrud National Energy Committee Sierra Club 433 Orlando Avenue State College, PA 16803 Eric Epstein TMI Alert 4100 Hillsdale Road Harrisburg, PA 17112 Correspondence Control Desk AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way, KSA 1-N Kennett Square, PA 19348 Manager Licensing - Oyster Creek and Three Mile Island AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Nuclear Group Headquarters Correspondence Control P.O. Box 160 Kennett Square, PA 19348